Chapter 4
This Sucks
I was sitting alone in my personal Junno Garden inside our Dojo, waiting for my squadmates. I had asked them to go out and check something that Ozpin called for. Right now, I just wanted some peace and quiet. I had another encounter with my 'fans'. Let's just say I was less fortunate with getting away. I was sitting in the center of the room in the Tenno sitting position. I had my helmet on and my eyes closed, clearing my mind and listening to the insects in the background. I was interrupted by the sound of a door sliding open.
"We got some news, and you're not going to like it," Hydroid said gravely. I stood up and turned to face them. My face heated up a bit when I saw Banshee. I was still embarrassed about the events from two days ago. I have attempted to electrocute Prime several times since then.
"Alright, spit it out," I grumbled, still irritated from my interruption.
"Ozpin is going to call an assembly later today. He's going to have us spar each other in front of the whole school as a demonstration," He said. I sat there, blinking several times under my helmet. I then grabbed a rock and smashed it on my head, cracking it in half, and dropped it.
"I need to have a word with him," I calmly strode past them to speak with Ozpin. I left the Dojo and reentered Beacon. I opened the door to our dorm and immediately punched whoever was behind it in the face. I can never be too safe. I ran up the walls and crawled through the rafters. When I reached Ozpin's office I entered the air vent above the door. I knocked on his vent. It was pretty much my door for him since the fangirl issue.
"Come in," He shouted. I opened it and slid down the wall.
"Mr. Volt, your team was here a minute ago. They asked about-"
"The assembly. I know. I'm here to ask about that," I cut him off.
"What more is there to ask?" He questioned.
"You know of my current predicament, correct?" I began. He nodded, sipping from his endless coffee.
"Then why are you trying to further endanger me, my team, and my fellow Tenno by making nearly every female in this academy CHASE AFTER US AT ONCE!?" I demanded, escalating as I went through the sentence. He just drank calmly, despite my sudden outburst. He simply sat there for a second before responding.
"Do you sincerely believe that I would allow my reputation to be harmed? You are mistaken if you think I would let such skill and combat prowess be lain waste to by a few unruly students," He countered. I was about to retort, but saw the logic in his point. He probably had something up his sleeve. I reentered the ventilation system and said goodbye.
I crawled through the vents and eventually reached a metal grate on the floor. I removed it silently and replaced it once I was inside. I was currently in the rafters of the large central hall of Beacon. I had taken the liberty of memorizing the building's air ducts so I could get anywhere quickly.
Ozpin soon called the assembly, and students began to pool into the large room. Suddenly, Prime materialized in front of me.
"Boo!" She shouted in my face, holding her hands up. I was completely unfazed and she just shrugged and put her hands down.
"I'm more scared of you when I don't see you," I said flatly.
"Well, I did something big that really pissed you off, so I have to try small things to keep you from killing me," She shrugged.
"I have tried to kill you," I pointed out.
"Well, you've stopped, so… it's working!" She said gleefully. I just sat there, silent. She disappeared and went off, presumably to poke at Banshee. Despite being the oldest Tenno here, she was the most immature. I heard the static from the microphone and directed my attention to the front.
"Now I'm sure some of you are aware of our new students," Ozpin waited for the fangirl squees to stop "but for those of you who do not, today they will be demonstrating their abilities for you. First, let me introduce our new arrivals," He calmly waited for us to arrive. I took this as my queue and jumped down from the ceiling and landed in a dramatic pose. I had to clamp my ears because of the screaming from the audience. The other Tenno made their own dramatic entrances, except for Hydroid, who just casually strolled onto the stage.
"Do we all really have to make dramatic entrances? Why can't we all just walk like normal people?" He joked, earning a laugh from the assembled students.
"This will be melee only, no primarily ranged weapons permitted," Ozpin said as he began to explain the rules. I instantly knew what the matchups would be. And I knew I would be facing Banshee, no doubt about it. Ozpin knew a lot of things you wouldn't think he would know. I would not be surprised if my relationship status was one of them.
In my eyes, the matches were nothing special; just everyday sparring drills like back home. But to the audience, it was like Corrupted Vor and Excalibur in a fight to the death. I knew that I would be last. Ozpin was probably trying to make me get angry at him and go all out. Most matches would end with heavy applause and lots of screaming from the audience.
"Now for our final battle, it will be Volt and Banshee," He announced. I knew it.
"Against me," he finished, popping off the end of his cane, revealing the hilt of a… Nikana?! Banshee came up with me and we looked at her warily. I switched on a comm network with her and deactivated my external voice unit so only Banshee could hear me.
"He's got a Nikana! He's like Excalibur!" I exclaimed.
"Maybe he's like the alternate universe version of him?" Banshee theorized.
"Begin!" Ozpin shouted, cutting us off. We began circling each other, analyzing each other's every move. Ozpin kept his hands on the sheath and hilt, the classic Tenno style. I tried to do a jump attack to knock him down but he saw it before I even left the ground. He responded with a flurry of lighting fast strikes, sheathing after each one. I never even saw the blade. He nearly cut through half of my 1100 shields. I jumped back, seeing that my weapon was a bit too slow. I let Banshee distract him in CQC while I pulled out my Dragon Nikana. I saw Banshee get knocked back and Ozpin standing strong, no damage at all. I quickly jumped to action, slashing and slicing at him but to no avail. We went back and forth, exchanging blows and blocking. We clashed with each other and I delivered a lethal dose of electricity through my blade and into his. By some mysterious power, he soaked the energy up like some kind of sponge and deflected it back at me, sending me flying back. I flipped in the air and landed next to Banshee. I grinned and deployed Helios. Ozpin was then surrounded by a cold aura, slowing him down. Banshee did the same, slowing him further. Our sentinels began laying down fire on Ozpin, forcing him to block. Due to his decreased speed, he had a hard time blocking the projectiles. We then charged him, slashing and hacking as hard as we could. Ozpin began showing signs of intense effort, grunting and sweat forming on his forehead. Suddenly, he deployed a kind of shield in front of him, deflecting our sentinels' shots and allowing him to focus on us. He was soon able to send us back. He then absorbed the cold and send out icicles that hit our sentinels and shut them down. I then looked and Banshee and we nodded at each other. I began firing Shock off in rapid succession. He blocked easily but his sword began getting overcharged. It soon exploded in a ball of lightning, stunning Ozpin and opening him up. Banshee used Sonic Boom to knock him back and kept him stunned on the ground. I ran up, jumped in the air, levitating in place for a second, before causing a wave of electrical energy to radially fly out of my body, causing lights and other electrical equipment to explode, shocking him again. Banshee then jumped into the center of the arena and smashed he hands into the ground, violently shaking it and causing Ozpin to drop into the red. Banshee then exited Sound Quake and we went to the front of the stage just as the crowd erupted into applause. I folded my helmet back and held my hand in the air, silencing the crowd.
"I want to make sure that this doesn't start, so I'm going to do this," I shouted over the crowd before turning to Banshee, who got what I was doing and deactivated her helmet. I then pulled her into a deep kiss, earning another round of applause from the audience, an approving grin from Ozpin, and a cheeky giggle from Zephyr and Hydroid. When we finally broke, I then addressed the audience again.
"So if anyone here tries to woo me, my girlfriend, or any one of my brothers or sisters, you will be fighting the people who just defeated your headmaster," I said in a threatening tone. The crowd fell dead silent. I then cheerily waved and rejoined the rest of my squad.
"Yay! Now you two can have celebratory sex!" Zephyr exclaimed cheekily. I slugged her square in the face, mine being as red as my Warframe.
-Later-
It was about midnight, and I got up to get a drink of water. I was aboard my ship, which I had recently installed anti-Prime locks to keep my privacy. I shifted past Banshee, who was in bed next to me. I went out of my room and went out of the ship to find one of the kitchens on the Dojo. When I found one, Prime was sitting at one of the tables and appeared to be deep in thought.
"Yo, Prime. What's up?" I asked. She looked up at me.
"It's Ozpin," She said.
"What about him?" I pried.
"His abilities, they remind me of a Tenno," She was being very vague.
"I don't think any Warframe has those kinds of abilities," I commented, sitting across from her.
"There you go, Lotus' lies again. Warframes don't give us abilities, Volt. Why do you think Valkyr's abilities channel anger and rage? Do you think the Corpus gave her that?" Prime corrected me. I shrugged, genuinely clueless.
"We're infested. Valkyr evolved to use her anger as a weapon that would help her survive the harsh experiments," Prime explained.
"But that doesn't explain Ozpin's powers. As far as we know, the Technocyte Virus doesn't exist here. Ozpin must have this naturally," I tried to get back on topic.
"It doesn't need to exist here. You know, I asked him after the fight if Ozpin is a name or a title. He just chuckled and told me that was for me to find out," Prime said.
"Quit being cryptic and tell me!" I couldn't hold back anymore.
"The first Tenno, Hayden Tenno. This is the real story of the Tenno," Prime began the story of his life and his exploits in Lasria, and his fight against the infested. (If you don't know the Dark Sector storyline, just read it on the wiki or watch a video about it). "And after he defeated Mezner, he went into hiding. I've checked some of the old scripts in the Derelicts and Orokin Towers, and they suggest that Hayden then founded an organization to contain the infestation, naming it The Tenno and using the Lotus symbol he saw on Lasria. He began augmenting the suit that he found on Lasria and thus created the first Warframe. When the Orokin period started, it is said that he used the new technology to exit the universe and find a new life to escape his past, but left the Tenno behind. And since the infestation keeps a body alive as long as it's alive, Tenno are ageless," Prime finished her story.
"That means…" I began. Prime gestured me to go on.
"Ozpin is Hayden Tenno,"
DUN DUN DUN! Cliffhanger! Hope you liked it! Because there's plenty more coming. I have been trying to get out as many chapters as possible to compensate for my absence this last month. That's all I got! Necrorizah out!