Chapter Fifteen- The Rage Part Two: Demons
"I am in hell, every day I am not near him. I fight because I will see him again, it is our fate, but my fate to die alone" -Enali Raku
Unknown Location, Dropship Firefly
"Nyxx, you wait for Variks contact to get here. Umbra, drop me in and head towards the Shadows. I will follow suit after I get David and the others out" Enali said as she locked a hand cannon to her left thigh.
"Is that..." Aracela said as she took a closer look, "that's..."
Enali held her finger up to her helms faceplate.
"No, it is not Thorn, it's a custom made hand cannon made to resemble Dredgens famous Thorn"
Aracela nodded as she moved to the hatch.
"Just be careful by yourself, we need you"
Enali touched her helmet to Aracela's before jumping out of the ship, rocketing towards the building.
Enali activated her glide as she neared the ground, landing lightly.
"Tychi is already here, you need to move fast..." Nyxx said over her comms.
Enali nodded and began running the stairs to the top.
Everything in her head flooded as she climbed. David, Shin, Halima, Salem, everyone she has ever known. She was willing to risk her own life for them.
As she rounded the corner, she was knocked back down into the hall.
"You have evaded me long enough, and your precious guardian will die here" a voice echoed in her head.
"Come on Kalos, fight me face to face!" She yelled as she readied her hands.
Kalos appeared standing a few feet from her.
"You threw away your own class for another? How piti"
Enali grabbed his helmet and smashed it into her left knee, the force causing his faceplate to shatter and send him backwards.
"I've always been both, something you would have known if you ever had paid attention to me when you were still of the light" she said as she moved towards him, trails of void energy leaving marks where she had been previously.
Kalos moved backwards.
"You now dangle on the edge of Darkness, I can sense it in your vei"
Enali grabbed him by his throat and lifted him up, ripping her helm off.
"I have always walked that line, ever since you died!" She yelled, "I don't care if I lose myself to it, I will embrace it to wipe out you and your pitiful band of shadow guardians.. Let's not forget what happened to the girl with Jack"
Kalos looked into Enali's eyes. The Darkness swirled within, but she seemed to be in control.
"How are you controlling it..." He gasped for air.
"I waver like my race, between the light and the dark. I will always prevail"
She slung him into the nearest wall, priming a void wall grenade in her left hand.
"Kalos, I would love nothing more than to erase you from existence right here and now, but I need you for later" she said staring him down, void energy flaring behind her irises.
Kalos sat up holding his head. He glanced out at Enali from the blood that ran down his face.
"I am both a Warlock and a Hunter, there is no need for me to pick one side or the other.." she said as she cocked her hand cannon.
Enali's comms burst to life.
"ENALI RAKU, Daughter of Eleri, get out of this building now!"
Enali looked away for a moment before noticing Kalos had escaped. She shook her head.
"Sorry..."
Enali whirled around to face a Warlock who towered over her, her hand cannon aimed directly at his temple.
"Didn't mean to startle you, Tai Kumori at your service"
The male stood tall, his Comorant robes nearly shredded but patched. He held up his hands.
"Your..."
"Halima Kumori's father, your best friend I do believe?"
Enali lowered her hand cannon and wrapped her arms around him tightly, tears falling from her face hitting her faceplate.
"There there child, no need to cry. But we do need to make sure these abilities stay under wraps until it's time to show them. We can't have the Shadows knowing our every move now can we?" Tai said as he patted her head.
"My team has rendezvoused with Umbra, now I'm getting you out"
Enali shook her head, pointing her left index finger upwards.
"David and the rest of Tychi are up there, I am not leaving without getting them out"
Tai rubbed his faceplate near his temple.
"Enali, you do realize that Iena and Erasmus are both here right? Are you prepared to take both of them on by yourself if you make it before David and the others?"
Enali shifted her stance, her grip on her hand cannon causing it to crack.
"What do you mean Iena and Erasmus are here?! What do you know!" She yelled as she felt herself shaking.
Tai watched as void energy seeped into the cracks on her hand cannon. He chuckled as he grabbed onto her arms.
"David and Tychi were sent after them, though I fear it'll be too much for them to handle.."
Enali shook herself away from Tai before heading to the stairs.
"Come with me or go, I don't care. If I'm to die then so be it, I will take them with me if I must"
"Girl, you have way more fire in your bones than your Techeun mother did.."
"My mother was a Techeun... I thought she was a warlock.."
"Enali, your mother was both" Tai said as he tossed her a Techeun's Bangle, "your mother was the most powerful being in terms of magical abilities, I'd say she may could have gone toe to toe with the deathsinger and walk away unscathed"
"This was hers..."
Tai nodded.
Shots rang out from above as the building shook.
"What was that?"
"Three signatures above, one is blipping out. Tag is David Hargreaves" Tai's ghost called out.
Enali's heart raced as she pushed past Tai, seeming to tap into her hunter blink abilities as she raced up the stairs.
"Please be ok.."
Enali rounded a corner to see David's body lying there.
Her eyes widened as her hands shook violently. She raised her Thorn look alike towards Iena and Erasmus, firing off multiple shots too late before they were gone.
Enali ran, sliding next to David as she cradled him in her arms.
Tai looked over at her as he neared the top of the building.
"Saint, we have a problem. Guardian down"
"Who?"
"The Warlock.."
"Shit, recover that machine they had and get out with Enali.."
Tai looked over to Enali who had removed her helm and rolled her robes sleeves up, displaying both marks she had on her wrist.
"Saint and Andal, I'm sending a live video feed to your displays"
Enali held David close to her chest, gently stroking his hair. Tears poured onto his chest as her marking began to glow.
Sam rounded a corner, stopping to see Enali and the other Warlock.
"Enali?" He called out.
Enali looked to him, her eyes glowing bright as her markings seemed to copy themselves onto David's body.
"Wait a moment kid, we need to see what happens..."
The wound that had been present on David's body vanished as color seemed to restore itself to his skin.
"She's healing him... But how?"
She picked him up, carrying him over to Sam. She looked at him, a pleading look in her eyes.
"Why are you dressed as a warlock when your a Hunter?"
"There isn't enough time for this Sam, take him and go"
"But why aren't you coming with us"
She nodded over to Tai.
"We have our own mission Sam and if we don't complete it, everyone will die here"
Sam looked down at David then back up at Enali.
"Do not tell him or anyone that I was here or that I even saved David's life. It's best that way"
Sam sighed but nodded as Enali placed a kiss on David's forehead before she turned and walked away.
"Tai, let's go. The Shadows aren't going to wait very long"
With that Enali and Tai were taken to orbit.
Shadow Fang, Unknown Location
Enali stormed to her quarters, throwing her helm against the wall.
She screamed and cried as she threw stuff from the desks, picking up a chair, screaming as she smashed it into a mirror.
"I can't fucking do it anymore!" She cried out, picking up a shard of the broken glass.
She held it to her neck, taking deep breaths.
"I'm not cut out for this, I can't keep seeing all of my friends and not being able to be around them"
"Enali..." Tai said as he leaned against the doorway.
She turned, looking at him as tears flooded down her face.
"Child, look at all that you have accomplished" he whispered before handing her a small chip, "watch this before you decide to do anything.."
Tai left. Enali sat in the middle of the floor, tears hitting the floor.
A video played, recapping her entire life span. From her childhood and her training with Cayde, to her time spent with David and the others of Tychi.
She watched as her, Xander, and Jack played, her running around with a toy gun shooting darts at Xander and Jack.
She cut the video off, sliding it away as she curled her knees into her chest, crying.
"I don't want to see anyone die..."
"Then don't let anyone die my child.." A voice echoed in her head, "stand up for what is right, face the darkness with the boldness that your mother did when she faced Dredgen, your fight is far from over"
Enali looked around, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Be still and hear me.." The voice called out, "Soon you will find that your path will bring in a new era, you will be the one to lead the armies of the tower and reef alongside David and the others in the final battle"
"How... I am not strong enough..." She replied, feeling stupid for even talking to herself.
"You are strong enough, all you have to do is fight and never give up.."
Enali walked to the mirror in her bathroom, taking the shard of glass in her right hand and her lengthy hair in her left.
She closed her eyes as she cut away the bottom half, leaving it short.
"Go, rid the world of darkness as is necessary to preserve the lives of everyone. Bring peace to all races if possible"
Enali dropped the shard into a trash can, taking a deep breath as she exited the bathroom.
"Tai, we are dropping in five"
"Welcome back little one.. You find the fire that burns within your soul?"
"Yes and it's ready to burn the darkness away"