S1-152
Scorned
3:19 PM
03/11/3273
The Tangled Shore
Spider's Safehouse
Music
Destiny 2 - Tangled Shore
By the time Michael had returned, the Spider had his broken hand in a cast. "Ahh. Guardia- AAAHHH! NOT AGAIN!" The Spider screamed, realizing it was Michael.
"Let's get down to business, Spider." This Pilot was in no mood for small talk.
"Uh... Right." The Spider cleared his throat and regained his composure. "I will supply you with the Barons' location, with which I am quite familiar, as... it was, until recently, mine."
With that, Michael checked in with Petra. "Your team's never seen you so serious. Personally, I wouldn't want to see it ever again. I'm sure the Spider's hand will remember THAT encounter. Spyglass estimated that his hand will heal in 9 months... so long as he checks it regularly for any bone pieces pressing out of place. Anyway, the Spider gave us a chance to kill them all, one fell swoop, and if Uldren's there too, even better. The traitor prince will not survive us."
"Consider the Scorn as good as dead." Another example of where Sid got his personality traits.
Michael then went on his way out of the Spider's bunker, rejoining his Fireteam. "{Petra is out for blood... but we're here for justice, aren't we? Anyway, let's hope Spider's tip about Uldren and the Barons' location is solid.}" Rocco stated.
The Tangled Shore
Thieves' Landing
Upon the Fireteam leaving the bunker, the Spider was heard on the comms. "This territory... was once mine. In the 'relocation', I was forced to leave some valuables behind. A proposition, friends. Retrieve my caches, and I will make it worth your while." They cleared out some Scorn, allowing Rocco to transmat the first cache to the Spider. "Ahah. Marvelous. Accept my thanks in the form of my belligerent associates." A few of the Spider's associates appeared, fighting off the large group of Scorn up ahead. Another cache was transmatted back. "Many thanks, my profitable friends."
Returning to the main area, City Hawk 723 came under attack by one of the Scorn Barons. A single blast of Michael's Andromeda Cannons and the Machinist had retreated. "{They know we're coming now. No time to lose.}" Rocco was right.
The Fireteam followed their target, entering a new sector.
The Tangled Shore
Quitter's Well
The place was filled with Scorn, and at the end of the room was another of the Spider's caches.
Since the Shadow was somehow incapable of adding the Scorn to his Taken, likely a result of the corrupted Ether, he settled on clearing them out with his Taken Vex Minds. "{Cache on its way, Spider.}" More of the Spider's associates appeared, getting the door open.
Another Baron was in the next room. "Go on. Take out your Ghost. I need the target practice." It was the Rifleman.
"{Look out!}"
"Every shot I take adds another soldier to the Scorn army."
After making the Rifleman fall back deeper into the sector, Hayden-10 chased him down, demolishing an Abomination with his Archer.
In the ruckus, one of the allied Fallen was killed by the Rifleman. "{Spider, we lost one of your guys.}"
"The cost of doing business, my friends... Do not let it trouble you."
Another cache was up ahead. "{Transmatting cache.}"
The next room held a seriously modified Walker, which released a barrage of missiles from its back. One of its legs was blown up, forcing the Walker to expose its engine, but it also projected a protective dome of energy around itself. Mark-18 ran through the dome, unleashing the Chaos Reach straight into the engine. BOOM!
The Tangled Shore
The Hollowed Lair
A new Scorn enemy was up ahead.
SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES
1: Wraith
It held only strange torches in its hands, rushing in to use them as melee weapons.
Another new enemy type came down the stairs, holding circular shields in their hands.
SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES
1: Lurker
The area was cleared out, allowing City Hawk 723 to advance further. "{ID'd another Spider cache.}" The room was large... and empty.
"Looks like a trap." Michael's senses were never wrong.
"My Scan Visor's freaking out." Samus stated.
"X-ray Visor?"
"Looks like it's on the fritz too, Michael."
Once the cache was transmatted out, a strange Scorn device remained in its place, acting as a tether against the Fireteam. A charged Plasma Beam shot had destroyed it. "{It was booby-trapped!}"
Over the comms, shrill mocking laughter could be heard.
The trap signaled a Scorn ambush, but evidently didn't prepare them for what they were going up against.
Another chamber within the same sector was opened, allowing further progression toward the Scorn Barons. At the end of the bridge, another of the Barons appeared.
SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES
1: The Hangman
The Hangman slammed the ground with a flaming lamp, somehow mimicking the Firewall of a Scorch-class Titan. Like with the Machinist, a blast of the Andromeda Cannons caused the Hangman to retreat.
Over some unseen speakers, the Fanatic's voice was heard. "You fight. You kill. It pleases me. Pleases King Uldren. You think you will defeat my Scorn, my siblings, AND my father all at once? You think you will succeed where Cayde-6 failed? Kill a Fallen, I claim it as Scorn. Kill a Scorn, I raise ten more!" As the Fanatic spoke, City Hawk 723 made their way through a path with rotating gears and fire-spewing Scorn machines, all before the Fanatic was heard on the comms. "I do not need Barons to slaughter you. My Scorn will be enough to end you."
In the final chamber was the Fanatic, along with a new target.
SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES
1: Scorn of the Fanatic
"Rise, my Scorn. Give these dead things their final deaths." The Fanatic ordered, vanishing from the area.
The new opponent, as well as a lot more regular Scorn, were ready for a fight, but Dane, Hayden-10, and Jenny had other plans.
Dane; Hayden-10; Jenny [Blade Barrage] Scorn of the Fanatic (Scorn)
"That was fast." Michael remarked.
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Behind a force field, the Fanatic had been watching. "I do not fear the dead. I control death! And you... more use to me alive. Go. Pursue your vengeance. I claim your Fallen victims for my Scorn army."
With that, the Fanatic vanished. "{The stronghold is secure, but the Barons escaped. This was our best shot at ending this... and now they've scattered. What are we gonna do now?}"
Bring in the Titans, that's what.
See you next time.