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The Devils' Lair

1:19 PM
02/16/3201

Planet Earth - Low orbit

Music
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"The Fallen will continue to claw at the walls of our City unless we strike them down. Beneath the ruins of the Cosmodrome, in the shadow of an old colony ship, we've located the House of Devils' Lair, and the High Servitor feeding them their strength. We must destroy this machine god, and send their souls screaming back to hell."

"We're on it, Zavala." Michael acknowledged.

They then arrived, but landed in a different sector.

Planet Earth - Old Russia
Rocketyard

Music
Destiny - The Journey Home

The Fireteam landed close to a battle between the Fallen and the Hive. "I think they can deal with each other, so let's just move along." They got their Sparrows and raced past the war-zone, going into a building, and ending up in a new location.

Planet Earth - Old Russia
Refinery
(!) Darkness Zone (!)

"{Fallen and Hive. Let's hope we can avoid the crossfire.}"

"Again." Michael sighed.

"I don't think we can this time." Samus had a point.

"Alright, let me see what I can do." Michael cloaked and placed a Satchel Charge in the middle of the Fallen group before heading over and placing one in the middle of the Hive.

Once he was out of harm's way, Michael detonated the explosives, clearing the path.

"Looks like you missed one."

"Huh?" Michael looked around the corner, seeing a new Hive soldier.

SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES

1: Knight

The Knight held a giant sword and was marching toward them, until Michael opened fire with his Spitfire LMG. It took damage until it pulled up some strange version of a Particle Wall. Michael ceased fire with the Spitfire LMG, but still had the Holosight trained on where the Knight's head was. Once the magic wall vanished, the Pilot resumed fire, vanquishing his target.

The Fireteam advanced and ended up in a new room, with more Fallen and Hive, there were even a Captain and a Wizard, which were promptly killed along with the rest.

They started to head out, but there was a mesh of lasers blocking the way. "{Great. The way out of here is sealed.}"

"Why don't you fix that, Ghost?" He was about to let his Ghost out, but Samus beat him to it.

Music
Destiny - The Fallen

"{Pretty complex. I'll need time.}"

"You'll get that time." Samus stated, reloading her R-97 Compact SMG.

As more Fallen arrived, a Captain was the first to come, and the first to go. They had to deal with dozens of Dregs, Vandals, and Shanks before some of the lasers went down.

"{The Fallen are getting smarter. It's like the entire system is wired to a-}" An alarm sounded in the area as more Fallen arrived. "{I'll work faster.}"

This wave seemed significantly harder than the first, with Vandals going in with sabers and sniping with Wire Rifles. They were killed off, but with some difficulty.

"{I'm close, but just so you know, there's more Fallen AND Hive on the way.}"

"Hive?!" Samus exclaimed.

Just then, Thralls, Acolytes, and a Wizard appeared in the area, attacking the Fireteam. As they shot at the Hive, Fallen appeared.

The Fallen and the Hive seemed more interested in attacking the Guardians than each other at this time. One of the Fallen Captains was incredibly persistent and difficult.

SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES

1: Naksis
Devil Baron

Despite the superior challenge of facing both Fallen AND Hive, Michael and his Fireteam made it, but they took a loss.

Naksis, Devil Baron (House of Devils) [Shrapnel Launcher] Michael
Mark-18 [Bonekruscher] Naksis, Devil Baron (House of Devils)

Michael was then revived by Mark-18. "Thanks. I needed that."

"{Barrier is down. We can move now.}"

Music
Destiny - The Journey Home

The Fireteam made their way out of the building, killing a few Fallen on the way.

"{The lair is up ahead, under that colony ship, just on the other side of... all those Devils.}"

Planet Earth - Old Russia
The Blast
(!) Darkness Zone (!)

Music
Destiny - The Fallen

On the other side of the area was a Devil Walker; a giant six-legged autonomous tank.

Upon reaching some good cover, Michael brought out his Charge Rifle and started blasting the Devil Walker in the red optical bulge on the front.

"Aim for the legs!" Following the advice of a veteran Guardian, Michael aimed his Charge Rifle at the Devil Walker's legs and hit them with energy beams, dealing significantly more damage and eventually destroying the armor on the one leg, temporarily bringing the Devil Walker down and exposing its engine.

"Time for a rodeo attack."

"A what?"

Michael went in cloaked and jumped on the Devil Walker, unloading his Spitfire LMG into the engine, dealing crippling amounts of damage, eventually getting blown off by the legged tank.

He skid and rolled across the terrain and hit a wall, leaving an impression in it. "Ow... Not again..."

Mark-18 headed over and pulled him out of the new Michael-shaped dent in the wall. "What do you mean 'again'?"

"I've been blasted into a wall before. Left a big dent in it just like this. It's in the Breach."

"I'll have to take a look the next time I'm on patrol.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be pelting that Devil Walker with my Anti-Titan weapon." He then got back up and finished off the Devil Walker in seconds.

Planet Earth - Old Russia
The Blast

Music
Destiny - The Journey Home

"That takes care of that. Now for the rest."

"That thing's pretty powerful." Mark-18 remarked, looking over the devastation wrought by the Charge Rifle.

With the other Fallen eventually wiped out, the Fireteam could press onward.

Planet Earth - Old Russia
The Devils' Lair
(!) Darkness Zone (!)

"{So this is the Devils' Lair.}"

There were bones and skulls everywhere. HUMAN bones and skulls! "I promise to those the Fallen have slaughtered, we will make things right." Michael whispered.

A large door opened, revealing a lot of Fallen and a giant Servitor.

SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES

1: Sepiks Prime

Music
Destiny - Sepiks Prime

"There's our target! Destroy it!" They fired upon Sepkis, but the Servitor was shielded.

"We can't damage it! Take out the Fallen!" Samus ordered.

Once the Fallen in the area were taken out, they noticed that the shield Sepiks Prime had around it went down to allow the Servitor to engage.

"OK. NOW we can damage it. Take it down!"

"WELCOME TO OBLIVION!" Mark-18 launched a Nova Bomb at the giant purple metal eyeball, dealing incredible amounts of damage, but not enough to kill it. "That... That wasn't enough?"

As they fired upon Sepiks Prime, a Skiff appeared and released Fallen reinforcements. The Servitor teleported back out of the way and was surrounded in an energy shield again, leaving the Fireteam to deal with the Fallen.

"Samus, on your right!" Samus turned, swiftly killing a Vandal before it could hit her with Shock Blades.

"Michael, on your six!" He turned around, pelting a Captain in the face with the Spitfire LMG.

With the efforts of the Fireteam, the worshipped Servitor was vanquished. At first, it looked as if Sepiks began to malfunction catastrophically, then it exploded.

Mark-18 [Bonekruscher] Sepiks Prime (House of Devils)

Planet Earth - Old Russia
The Devils' Lair

Music
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"{Well done.}"

Zavala's voice was heard over the radio. "Sepiks Prime cast a great shadow over our City. With its destruction, the Fallen Devils will grow weaker, but we must stay vigilant. The Fallen are crafty. They'll find ways to survive. They always do."

Now THAT was something!

They just took down Sepiks Prime, but it won't be the last you'll see of that Servitor.

See you next time.