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The Silent Fang

10:02 AM
03/26/3221

Asteroid Belt - The Reef
Vestian Outpost

Music
Destiny - Reef

"We found Skolas once, we can do it again. We just need to identify his next target. I bet I know how we can get started."

"Brief us in on the way, Petra." Michael said, wasting as little time as possible after restocking on supplies.

10:17 AM
03/26/3221

Approaching planet Earth

Music
none

"Before I 'earned' my post as the 'Queen's Emissary', I served her in the Reef Wars. The Silent Fang are assassins. Killers. Real charmers. During the war, they went after our commanders. They'll do the same to the House of Devils. Variks and I know all their tricks, though. We'll get 'em."

"You have nothing to fear. The Silent Fang will be tracked down and eliminated."

"Thank you, Spyglass. Even old machines know just what to say."

"HEY!"

"Michael, no. Petra is correct. I am old. If it weren't for the fact I was in outer space for a long time, I would have been reduced to rust when you found the IMS Sentinel."

"{Don't forget about me.}"

"I will not forget about you, Ghost."

Planet Earth - Old Russia
The Divide

Music
Destiny - The Journey Home

They arrived, and all the SIVA growths appear to have been removed, leaving holes where they once were. "It looked better without the SIVA anyway." Jack stated.

Petra was on the comms. "We think they're gathering at the Cosmodrome gates. Best we find them before they do what they do best. Watch your back."

They headed into the wall, encountering little to no resistance from the Fallen on the way.

"In the war, I led an attack on the Fang during the Cybele Uprising. We managed to kill or capture most of them. Only reason we won, I think."

"Ego much?" Samus added.

Planet Earth - Old Russia
The Breach

More Fallen, which were easy targets.

"I could do this all day." As they headed into the wall, Michael ran into a Fallen Tripmine as it activated. The explosive that was planted on one side of the hall blasted him into the other, but he still survived. "Ouch... Yeah, I missed you too, Tripmines." He got himself out of the new Michael-shaped hole in the wall, saw a piece of debris stuck in his Spectre arm, and yanked it out as his Ghost repaired the prosthetic. "Not really."

"Third time you've been sent into a wall, Michael." Mark-18 stated.

"Third?" Spyglass questioned.

"I only saw his second and third. The third happened just now."

"Let's keep moving."Michael ordered.

They went through the gigantic hole within the wall, reaching another hallway with more Tripmines. "Variks, why have the Devils deployed so many traps?" Petra asked over the channel.

"Devils can detect comm signals as well as we can. They... they know. The Wolves have their scent."

"The Fang probably helped Skolas escape, but rumor has it the Queen gave him to the Nine. How did the Fang get Skolas past... them?" Petra wondered.

No idea, but I've met one of them before. An odd individual by the name of Xûr."

"Xûr?" Petra sounded flabbergasted.

"Yeah. I bought one of these 'Exotic Engrams' from him, then I just gave it to Mark since I didn't need a new weapon. Not sure what became of it though."

"Hmm. I see." Petra noted. "We're detecting... yes, Wolf comms just beyond the wall. That has to be the Fang. Eyes up, Guardian." She reported.

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

Music
Destiny - Fallen

The Fireteam made it through the wall, ending up in the sector in which they were first revived by their Ghosts.

Well... not all of them.

There were a lot of Fallen in the area, and a Titan was dropped in to assist in clearing them out. A single round from the T-203 Thermite Launcher was used to ignite two canisters of flammable gas, burning a majority of the Fallen.

"Nicely done, PYR!"

"[Thanks, Michael. It's good to be back.]"

As they killed off the Fallen, Eliksni chatter was heard on the comms. "Variks, what was that?!" Petra demended.

"That was commander of the Fang. He just called you a... well, it was an insult."

"An insult that will not be taken lightly. EMBRACE THE VOID! WELCOME TO OBLIVION!" Mark-18 released a Nova Bomb, decimating the last of the Fallen in the area.

Planet Earth - Old Russia
Cosmodrome

Music
none

"['Embrace the Void. Welcome to oblivion.'?]"

"It's just Mark's way of saying 'Your end is here.'." Michael stated.

"Nice work! You've denied Skolas the House of Devils. But there's another Fallen House on Earth. I'd be willing to bet he's going after the Kings next."

"The House of Kings? I've read about them. There's not much to go on because they're so rarely seen." Michael stated.

"We should return to the Reef for our next orders." Spyglass added.

Well now. PYR made a return.

Skolas, your days are numbered.

See you next time, Guardians.