"So, the plan worked, Hunhow?"
"Indeed it did, my wife. It seems that the Progenitors did indeed intend only for the Tenno to take what lay within the Repository. Not even their own were meant to possess its secrets."
"The newcomer did not know this, though, and he paid the price."
"That he did. Now, shall we break him?"
"Of course."
"I thought so. To all of you within the Origin System, begin your offensive! Focus on taking out the ship designated Extinction. Do not hold anything back - we must take out its captain as fast as possible! As always, no prisoners shall be taken."
"Understood!"
"And now, our foe shall fall...Hunhow, is something wrong?"
"The systems within this war machine are resisting me. It is not insurmountable, but...what?"
"What happened?"
"The commander locked me out of certain systems. I have lost access to some of the facilities across the origin system. IT appears they have been rerouted back to the one know as Commander Flame."
"...Will he be able to take the machine back from you?"
"Oh no, do not worry there. The human will need to access the Commander directly to do that...and he won't be alive long enough to get that close."
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"Warning: Your flagship is under attack!"
Tell me something I don't know!
"Primary weapon systems have shut down."
I didn't mean that literally!
ARGH! This sucks!
Alright, alright, alright, how do I fix this?
First off, send all crew back to my hub universe, including Rory and his siblings. Don't want them to get caught in any trouble.
Next, do the same with all of my volatile resources- floatstone, firaxite, E-DNA, Technocyte tissue, Xenomass, all that, so that the Sentients could not get their hands on them...what do you mean some of the organic resources couldn't be teleported back to my hub?
….Great, the explosion from earlier disabled the ship's Ethereal Psionic Network systems, which means that I can't just move those samples out using the portal network, and the security systems are on the fritz, so I can't depend on my drones to destroy them.
Fine, I'll do it myself.
As I step through the portal to the nearest part of the ship I can directly teleport to, though, I collapse, finding my legs suddenly feeling like noodles. Confused, I turn to look at them, only to be stunned when I see my reflection in a nearby mirror.
As in, my normal, pre-commander reflection.
How am I in my original body again?
Suddenly, my vision blurs as a strange feeling overtakes me. When my sight returns, I look like my chosen body, though I still feel funny. A moment later, the blurriness and strange feeling return, and I am back in my normal body. The cycle repeats once more, returning me to my E-DNA fused body, and then it decides to stop.
Ugh. I hope this doesn't prove to be a problem in the future.
Suddenly, another impact rocks the ship.
"Warning: Grineer boarding parties detected."
OH great, now the Twin Queens are trying to loot my ship. I wonder if the Corpus are going to show up...oh, who am I kidding, OF COURSE THEY WILL SHOW UP!
As I begin to move through the hallway, a Grineer boarding pod tears though the wall, unleashing a small group of lancers, whilst also breaking open a pipe carry hydrogen.
Despite my annoyance at the loss of my commander, I can't help but smirk. TIme to see IF what Melissa taught me is of any use.
As the Grineer turn toward me, I hold my left hand out, pointing it at the gas.
"Ignir," I say, snapping my fingers.
A moment later and a fireball flies into the gas, causing it to ignite, and the pipe to explode, wiping out the Grineer. Moments later, a stitch moves in and begins repairing the damaged wall.
"Hey, what the hell is going on?" asked Melissa.
"How'd you get on my ship?"
"One of my minions told me it was under attack. Why aren't you trying to hit Hunhow with your forces?"
"Hunhow is in charge now! He stole control of my commander from me!"
"...What?!"
"Yeah, whatever that big beast did in the void, it screwed over my access to the Commander Network and gave Hunhow an opening to take it for himself. I'm going to try and get it back, but right now, I want to keep him from getting any good technology from my ship."
"...How can I help?"
"Repel any and all boarders. Also, be advised, the Grineer are attacking as well, and I'm pretty sure the corpus are not far behind them."
"I had my forces plow through an Obelisk trying to attack the Extinction when I arrived here. They are already beginning their assault."
"Well, keep them from making off with anything useful...and could you reactivate the security systems? The guns were knocked offline when Hunhow took control."
"Not really a challenge, but okay."
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
Ending the communication, I turned to go down another hallway-
HAHAHAHAHA
-and promptly got bowled over by a manic. Rolling with the punch so that I could get ack up more quickly, I pulled out a blade and tried to cut at it, only for the monster to dodge it. Moments later, it renewed its assault, steadily forcing me back.
Then it managed to get in a lucky hit, sending me into a wall, after which it leapt and charged...
Only to be unceremoniously flattened by a...drop pod?
"STAY AWAY FROM MY DAD!"
...Rory?
"Rory?! Where are you?! What are you doing here?!"
"I'm not here, I just have remote access to some of the ship's systems. As for what I am doing, HELPING YOU! IF you sent me away from the ship so fast, then you could really use some help."
"...Fine. Just...don't do anything to risky."
"I am stuck back home. I cannot do anything to put myself at risk."
"Fair enough."
Are you going to keep talking or are you going to get a move on, False Tenno?
"...Zen'Hurros?"
The one and only. Did you really think you had seen the last of me?
"Let me guess, Hunhow had you waiting to take me on?"
"True enough. Now are you going to come to me, or do I have to hunt you down?"
"Not sure, I'll get back to you on that."
"Snarking will not save you."
Sighing, I charged down the hall, heading toward the biological resource storage room. Destroy that and I can deny Hunhow some valuable resources.
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"Wait, where is Zen'Hurros?" questioned Melissa.
"Scans indicate that he is currently anchored to the bottom of the ship. It will be difficult to dislodge him, to say the least," replied Elling.
"Not surprised." A moment later, a hyena was torn in two. Soon after that, an explosion rocked the ship. "What the hell?"
"Enemy forces are attempting to breach the engines," responded Synais. "Sealing it now."
"Anywhere else that needs defending?"
"The void access room is currently being overrun. Please kill everything inside."
"Good," replied Melissa, grinning like a maniac, as she hit enter.
Moments later, the ship's main guns came online and began cutting through the enemy forces like a knife through hot butter, barring the rogue Progenitor craft, which took much more effort to destroy.
As the beatdown turned into a true fight, Lisets, Mantis, Xiphos, and Scimitars charged toward the ship, swiftly entering the hangars and beginning to engage the boarders. They would not let the Sentients win!
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Onwards I marched, heading toward the Organic Resource Storage Room. IF I could incinerate the few samples that had not been teleported away, I would be in the relative clear, and could focus on getting my commander back.
Eventually, I came upon a room where the lighting had failed. Well, that just gave me a chance to try out more of what Melissa had taught me.
"Aurallis!"
A moment later, and light filled the room. Now able to see where I was headed, I began to meander my way through the wreckage, being careful to avoid stepping on any exposed wiring or flesh from deceased boarders.
As I advanced further down the hallway, though, the sounds of gunfire began to reach my ears.
"There's a big fight in the room right in front of you, dad. Take the first corridor on the left to get around it."
"Okay, then what?"
"Then, you should be where you're headed-" *BOOM* "-Melissa just reached the void access room. Oh, and the corrupted have started showing up their - it appears they are travelling through the void gate that lead into the repository."
Well, crap.
"You might want to hurry."
"I noticed!"
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Melissa ducked as a missile flew toward her. A moment later, Adeline cut down the Corrupted Bombard, whilst Melissa melted an ancient into goo. As the Corrupted continued to poor in, Melissa set about shutting down the gate. "So, we just need to hit the shutdown switch?"
"Well, first you need to deactivate the gate, but after that, yes."
"Is the deactivation button-key-whatever nearby the shutdown one?"
"They are right next to each other. You should be able to see the control panel now."
"I do."
Right now, a heavy gunner was standing next to the panel, but a moment later, she was half the woman she used to be.
Wiping the blood off the panel, Melissa hit the two buttons, quickly sealing and shutting down the void gate.
"Well, looks like that is done."
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"Good work," I replied. Finally, I had reached my destination. And the tanks containing the various organic resources had not yet been breached.
Good, that made disposing of them relatively easy. Hastily, I approached the center of the room, where the control panel lay. Once I was at it, I began arming the self destruct - thirty seconds should be enough time to escape.
"Alright, I've got the samples dealt with, now let's meet up at-"
WARNING: VOID GATE OPENING!
"..WHAT?!"
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Melissa watched, confused, as the void gate reopened. Then, suddenly, tendrils shot out, ones that looked very familiar.
"Whatever the hell caused you to lose control of your commander just opened the void gate. Let me see if I can't teach it not to mess with a ROB!"
Discarding her weapons, Melissa instead began to trace a shape with her hands. Soon, a glowing pentagon, with a pentagram inscribed within, appeared before her. Holding her right hand in front of her, Melissa spoke out the incantation.
"Aurallis...Vi!"
Then she shot out her hand. A moment later, a blinding light shot forward, slamming into the tendrils and blazing past them, surging into the portal. Screaming in agony, the monster retreated, causing Melissa to smirk. Score one for her!
Yet as the tentacles retreated, one slammed into the edge of the gate, causing it to crack. A moment later, and a small explosion occurred.
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Only five seconds had passed since the timer had started, but the minute I heard the explosion, the ship tilted, sending me flying back into the soon to be destroyed room, and causing me to land on the panel, breaking it.
ERROR: SELF DESTRUCT CANCELED
Oh hell. Groaning, I tried to get up, only for some debris to land on me, pinning me to the ground. As I tried to use my powers to break free, I felt the weird sensation again, but this time, it didn't go away. Looking at a nearby tank of xenomas, I watched on, surprised, as my form seemed to shift between that of my normal body and that of the one I had sculpted for this mission.
Then my reflection vanished as the tank began to spiderweb with cracks. Looking around, I saw that all of the other tanks were also starting to crack.
….Oh no...
"Rory, please don't watch what happens next."
I have no idea if he picked me up on that offer.
Moments later, the tanks broke, and their contents surged toward me, mixing together as they landed and OHGODTHEPAINMAKEITSTOPWHYHGLKBHFLKHLKGHL:GHFKHSGHRLHTJKRH78365872687562875hvjkhgjkehjkhdv!
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"What the heck is going on, Flame?" shouted Melissa...only to receive no response. "..Flame?...FLAME?!"
"Um, boss, heads up," intoned Elling, "but a void rift is about to open."
"Where?"
"...Right in front of the ship."
A moment later, and the rift formed, void energy surging out of it...which pulled the damaged vessel into the rift.
As ship entered the void, a second rift opened in the Void gate room, releasing yet more energy, which soon surged toward the female ROB. Melissa screamed as the energy fried her to her very being, whilst her subordinates could do no more than watch.
Unnoticed by all of them, a shadowy figure watched the event happen from above, its face shifting between one of amusement and one of pity.
Soon, however, the figure vanished, attention drawn elsewhere, while a titanic roar resounded through the ship, which lasted an entire moment before finally ending. Perhaps not coincidentally, the sound faded as the ship exited the void, now perilously close to Earth.
"Ugh, what the hell was?...Hello?"
The last word uttered by the female ROB was in regards to a drone some distance in front of her, which was displaying a blank, holographic screen.
"...Who is this?"
A moment later, the drone's screen was no longer blank.
'This is Flame. My apologies for not contacting you, but I had to fight a sentient creature. It is dead now, but my larynx was damaged during the fight and has not yet fully healed. This will be how I will talk to you for now.'
"...Ok. So, what now?"
'We get off the ship. It is on a collision course for the Earth. I am attempting to alter its trajectory, but the chances of being successful are...minimal.'
"..Okay. Well, where are the nearest escape pods?"
A map suddenly appeared on the screnn, along with a path starting at a point labeled 'you are here'.
"Oh. Thanks."
'You are welcome. Docking pods have been added for Tenno Landing Craft. Now hurry. I will meet you along the way.'
"Don't be late."
'I won't.'
With that, the drone began to lead the group toward the exit. Melissa, however, took a moment to open a very secure communication with a third party.
"Rory?"
"Yes, Ms. Melissa?"
"Is your dad...okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"He's only talking to us using one of his drones, he's claiming that his larynx was damaged, and I feel like he's hiding something. He was at the Organic Resource Storage Room, or whatever you call it, when we entered the void. Did he, well, get doused in anything in there?"
"...Just some technocyte fluid, and aside from growing a few dorsal plates, he seems to be managing and keeping the Infested Hive Mind from influencing him too much."
"That was disturbingly matter of fact. I thought you'd be more terrified if you saw your dad with strange plates on his back."
"Fide says that I may be undergoing a delayed reaction to stress, or that I am mentally denying things until I feel that the situation is less stressful. She says it must be one of the two with ninety percent certainty."
"Okay. Keep us posted."
"Sure. Speaking of which, there are several pockets of Grineer, Corpus and Corrupted forces fighting things out inside of the ship. The route my dad sent you should be free of most of them, but be careful anyway."
"Of course, little one."
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There were a few scattered pockets of enemy resistance in the groups way, but for the most part, the evacuation path was free of danger. The only real hazard was the occasional explosions that rocked the ship, causing debris to occasionally block the group's path, only to hastily be cleared away by repair drones. It was only a few minutes before they reached the escape pods.
Unfortunately, the room was filled with sentient drones.
"Great, looks like we have one last-"
Suddenly, some kind of monstrosity burst into the room and began attacking the sentients. The creature was truly mind boggling in appearance: it was mostly bestial in appearance, with a lower body resembling a cross between a dragon and a pterosaur, whilst the head was instead replaced by a human sized torso - in fact, it looked like someone had taken the upper half a human and attacked it to this beast's body.
The creature quickly annihilated the shards, before vanishing into another room.
"...Nevermind."
A beeping noise turned Melissa's attention back to the drone who had been leading them.
'The monstrosity that just passed by is the result of my attempt to destroy the organic resources failing. They ended up mixing during the void jump and, well, that thing came into existence.'
"Oh."
'Yeah. It's also trying to find me - I think it wants to eat me.'
"Can't you just hide from it?"
'Rory told me that you asked him about what happened to me. You should know from what he told you why I can't do that.'
"Oh yeah. It can just use the hive mind to find you."
'Yes. Now hurry up and board the pods - you do not want to be here when it reaches the atmosphere.'
"No argument there."
Hastily, the ROB's servants helped her into the pod, whilst the Tenno quickly boarded into their recently arrived Landing Craft. In moments, the small craft had left...Only to find themselves facing a very familiar Sentient.
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"They took your fire, Natah. Now you have the opportunity to take it back."
"I know mother."
"Very well. Eliminate these warframes."
Expression unreadable, Natah fired at the first landing craft...and missed. The second to pass by took a glancing blow, but swiftly recovered. Soon, a surge of landing craft came forth, but Natah managed to inflict only glancing blows on most of them. The last one took a direct hit, but still managed to limp away from the fight.
"...natah, what happened?"
"I..apologize, mother, but something was interfering with my senses."
"What do you..what?"
The last statement was in regards to the transmission between the two suddenly becoming garbled up, with static beginning to reach the elder sentient's systems. A moment later, a surge of void energy came forth from one of the ship's cannons, forcing Natah to retreat.
"̡̧L̷Ȩ͠҉̶͝A̷̢͞͡҉V͘͝E̷͘͟!̕"͘͏͢͢
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As the cannon began to reload, Melissa stared on impatiently, wondering where her pawn was. Depite her best efforts to look annoyed, however, the worry on her face was clear.
"Could you hurry the hell-"
Suddenly an explosion occurred, causing the ceiling to collapse, then suddenly fly upwards. The ship had begun to decompress.
And the pod still hadn't launch.
Only now did the female ROB make her fear visible. "Can we launch the pod now? Please?"
Adeline attempted to do just that, only to make a nerve-wracking discovery.
"Madame, the controls are damaged."
"Can't we force the launch?"
Suddenly, the drone beeped again. A new message was on its screen.
'Only form the outside. Whoever does that will be trapped on the ship-' *boom* '-which is now only a minute and thirty seconds from hitting the atmosphere.'
The ROB's face soon contorted in shock, before quickly turning resigned. "..Just to be sure, this is no joke, right?"
'I do not see any reason to oke about this.'
"Ok. Let me pull out the straws."
"͏̵͜͏T̶̸̷̨͘h̴a̶̵̢̧͜t̵̷.̴̷̢̛.̛͘̕͘͠.̨͠w҉ó̵̧͢n̢̧'͝҉͜ţ̨͡ ̨͜b͡ȩ̸͜͠ ̴̀́͠n̸̷ȩ̸̨c̵̵̡e͟͏̵̷͜s̴̛̕s͟á͘͝͡r̨͠͞y̸̷.̸̵̡"̧͠
Instantly, the group turned their attention to where the monster had vanished earlier. Now, it had returned, and was walking toward the escape pod controls.
For a moment, Melissa readied to fight back...until she looked at the human form atop the beast's shoulders. It was a...disconcertingly familiar form, with black hair tipped in red, white and yellow...
And a set of plates running along its back.
For a moment, Melissa was unable to form words, as were the others. When she finally did manage to speak, it came out as no more than a whisper
"..F..Fl...Flame?"
The beast turned toward her, a quizzical look on its face.
"Is that you?"
The creature stared for a moment, then nodded.
"..What happened to you?!"
"̡͟͠Ḑ́̕o̕ę̧̕ş̸̵͟n̨͠'̴͜͝͠ţ̸ ̷̢̀͠͡m̶̨̢͘҉a̡̛͜͠t̀͟͝t̨͘͢͜͝e̕͡r̵̶̵͞ ̷̵̢̢n̴͡o͜͢w͟͝.̵́̀͢͠"̷҉͏̕͡
"..Well, get in the-"
The creature held up its winged right forelimb.
"̷͏͞͝S̨̕͜͞͞ơ͏m̶̧̛͠ę͡o̕͏̢n̡͢͞͠e͡͝ ͟͝͝h͢͠a̴͢͢͜s͠҉͘͞ ̧͢t̢̛o͏̷̕ ̢͝s͏̵͞t҉̶̨͜a͘͜͟͡͡y̛͏ ̸̴͜t͘͞͞͝͞ǫ̴ ͞͏a͘͟͝͡ç̶̡͡t̛҉̕͞i̷̸̛v̵̧̡ą͏̵t͝҉e̴͢ ̀͜t̨͜h̶̶̀͞e҉̡́́ ̛҉p̵̡͟͢o͏̀d̛͞͏̛͜.̡̢́.̵̕͟͜͡.̵̴à̸́̕n͏̶̴d͏͝ ͠b̢̕ę͜s̵̡̀͘̕i̷͘d̡́͝é̶͢s̢҉̴̴,̵̶́́͝ ҉͠I҉҉ ̸̢̛̀́n҉̡̛͟e̡̢͘e̕͟͠d͏̡̧͠ ̸̵̛͟t̵̵͘͘ó̵͠͡ ̴̧͜҉̵c̴̢̨͟h̵̢͞͞ą̨͘n͝͡g̶̕҉͡e͘͜͜͏͝ ̡̨́͟t͏̸̡̨̨h̷͘͏͢ę̵̸̶ ̛́͏ţ̀͏͞r̷̸̢͠a̵͝j̶̵̢͠ęc̡͡t͢͟͠ǫ̵̕͠r̨̡͟͞ỳ̨͘ ̴̧̕͟o̸̕̕͞f̡̀͝ ̷̶̀͡͠t́҉͢͡h̀͡ę̷̸ ̷̴s̛͜h̷͠i̧̢̛͞͠p̶̀̀͢.̵͜ ̴̛́͠I̶̢f̷̛̀́͟ ̶̵̡́͠i҉̕t́͝ ̀̀͜͜͡ļ̸a̶͏͘͝n̶d̴̡͜ś̕͠ ̵̢͡͝w͘͏h̴̨̛͠͡e̵̡̡͠r̷̷̡e̢͘͠ ̴͠͡i̕͏t̶̡ ̷̷͏i̵̧s̡̀́҉ ͟͠h̴̢̕͜è̶́a̴҉d̸̢̕͝͞è̵́ḑ̕͜ ͠ņ̶̵̀͞o̸͜w̶͟͜͢,͏͜ ̵̶i͡͏t̨͜ ̷̸w̶͏i͜͝͞l̴͞͡͏̧l̀͜҉͞ ҉i̡̢̛̛͜m̵̀҉͟p̷͝ą̕͘͟͝c̀͏t̶͝͠ ̵̡͘͜s̷̕͘͜ó͏̶̢ḿ̸̡͟e̕͟͜͠҉w̷͜h̶̵̢͞e̵̛͘͝r̷̢҉̀ę̵́ ͟͏̨͘a̷̵͢r͏̷̴́͘o̡͝u̶̵͘͟n҉҉͢҉d͠͝͏͘͏ ̷̴̵̡͘C̶̀͘͜e̵̷̶͟͝t̶̶̡̧̀u̷̴̡̡͏s̵͜͞.̛͘͟͠"̷͘͘͜͟
"..And the blast wave will destroy it?"
"͢͡͏̸̷N҉̢̨͢ơ̢͜,҉̛ ̸̕͘͟͡b͟͝͠u̸̸̵t̛ ̨͜͞t̴̵͠h̶̵̡͡҉e̡҉̀ ̢̧t́͞s̀҉̴̢͝ù̶̡n̕͜a̷m̴̸ì̶̸͟͢ ̶̧͘t̵̛͡h͘͝a̛͘t̵̕ ̷̡́͝f͢͏͡o͏l̶̴͢͡l̨͜͟ò̷̕w̧͟͝s̵̀͜͜ ͘͢͝͞͝w̸͜i̸̛l͠͏l̨̢̀͠.̵̴͢͡"̢̕͟͏̸
"..I see...will you survive?"
The female ROB had gone through multiple emotions n the past few seconds: fear, rage, anger, despair...and now, sorrowful acceptance.
"̕̕Y͞͝e̶͢s͏̨͜͡.̢͡҉"̶̸̴̢́
"Okay..Please..contact me once the ship lands."
"Of course."
With that, the creature hit the escape controls, launching the pod out of the ship. A moment later, a psionic gate opened behind the beast, taking it to the ship's bridge.
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I sighed. Good god, this new body hurt.
And saying goodbye to Melissa? Why did that, of all things, make me feel sad?
Oh well. This has to be done.
Sighing, I began adjusting the course of the ship. Briefly, a roar drew me out of my corrections - it appeared that Zen'hurros was still haning onto the ship, in spite of being fried by void energy when we made that unintended jump. Poor thing - he was probably roasted right now, and that was only going to get worse in a few moments.
"Dad?"
"Yes Rory?"
"Are you going to be okay?"
"Yes, my son."
"Well, that's good...what do I do now?"
"Listen to Fide, Kathikon, and Synais, and help them take care of your adopted siblings. I'll call you when this is over."
"Okay. See you later, dad."
"See you later, son."
With hta, the link went dead.
Ugh, this felt so depressing. The only thing that could make it worse would be sad music.
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Deep within the ship, an infested tendril, responding to input from an unknown source, accessed the computers and began perusing through some sound files, before settling on a particular file and pressing play.
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Soundtrack Start: Mad World By Tears for Fears, Covered By Gary Jules and Michael Andrews
Thankfully, I never heard any of that on the way down.
Not that that made things any better.
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places
Worn out faces
This was, well, a loss, for me. Not a pyrrhic victory, but a straight up loss.
Bright and Early for their daily races
Going nowhere
Going nowhere
I mean, I had lost my Commander to Hunhow, who was doing who knows what with it. For all I knew, he could be using it to tunnel back into my hub universe, or some other one.
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression
No expression
Already, I was getting reports that his forces were flooding through the teleporter gates I'd linked up to tau, using them to bring forth untold numbers of Sentients into the Origin System. Report of them engaging the Grineer and Corpus were growing rapidly.
Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow
No tomorrow
And all of this was my fault. I'd done exactly what they had wanted me to do.
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
That didn't mean I would try to fight them and attempt to retrieve my Commander.
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
But, for the first time in my journeys as a Commander...I wasn't sure I would succeed.
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world, mad world
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On the ground below, the people of Cetus watched as the fireball descended from the heavens. Adults stopped working, children stopped playing, all to gaze at the aberration in the skies.
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
They watched as the disturbance flew toward the horizon, before slashing into the sea. Soon, though, their expressions turned to horror a huge wave began to rise, headed straight for them. The wave soon grew so high that it appeared as if it would wipe away the City, and the plains surrounding it.
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
They needn't have worried. As the wave grew closer, the Unum began to glow, before suddenly shooting out a wave of light, which both created a shield around the plains and caused the wave to collapse. The remnants of the surge impacted the energy shield and soon dissipated, leaving behind many fish, and causing the Grineer on the plains to break out in sighs of relief.
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The great Sentient whimpered in pain before slowly, ever so slowly, trying to free itself.
Zen'hurros ached all other. His body was scorched, and the rapid cooling from the watery impact only succeeded in aggravating his wounds. Worse still, his aching form was very stiff, and already beginning to sink.
Perhaps he should have let go earlier...but Hunhow had asked him to be sure that the Commander was dead. True, he had made a genuine apology before the ship began to heat up from re-entry, but that did not ease the scorched sentient's discomfort. To some degree, he felt...betrayed.
The sound of movement above him turned the sentient's focus skyward, where a wormlike shard of Hunhow leapt upward, burying itself in something fleshy. A resounding howl filled the room, before a large shape fell to meet him.
Amazingly, it was the Commander, albeit heavily twisted and mutated not to mention clearly in pain. What had caused this?
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
For a moment, the creature stared at him, before placing its forelimbs on the Synthetic's body. A moment later, the pain began to fade away.
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world, mad world
The Sentient could only stare on in shock. "Why? Why are you helping me?"
The monster's reply was simple.
"You are in pain. Do I need a better reason?"
The Sentient stared on for a moment, before extricating itself from the ship and vanishing into the depths.
Enlarging your world
Mad world
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AN:...Just read the chapter, okay?
This is Flameal15k...signing off.