Destiny: The Legendary Hunter

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The Prime Juggernauts were fast. 

Void shot forwards, instantly ducking as a serrated limb sliced a hair's width away from his head, Void deftly slid under the Juggernaut, slicing back at the behemoth.

But before his blade connected, the Juggernaut's limbs dug into the floor and it launched upwards.

Before he could react, the second Juggernaut blitzed behind him with crushing speeds. Void looked up, his feet planted into the ground as the second Juggernaut inched closer by the second.

Time seemed to slow down as he coiled inwards. 

Void darted off the ground, weaving through the tackle, and as the Juggernaut came crashing down, he flickered back, inches away from impact. As he looked ahead, thoughts raced in mind.

'They're nothing like the one I faced before. These ones are strong.' Void frowned.

Their agility had him reeling. The Juggernauts were titanic and armoured, equipped with rockets and lethal ammunitions. 

The air shifted, it was lighter now. Void took a stance as the Juggernauts observed his every move.

Then, arc energy surged through his body and lightning raced through his veins.

'If they're fast, I just need to be faster.' Void gripped his blade tighter. 

Sensing the shift in energy, the Juggernauts shifted uneasily, mounted machine guns and rockets emerged from their hulls.

Void slammed his foot down. He exhaled.

Lightning wreathed his form, and he raced ahead.

The Juggernauts had pre-emptively fired, a storm of bullets and barrage of rockets swept towards Void. He twisted his blade, and took another step. Then with Void swung his blade with terrifying speeds. 

Time seemed to still. The strike surged forwards.

A pale energy erupted from within the blade as it seemed to shatter the approaching bullets like glass, erasing them as if they never existed. Void took another step. This time the blade hung overhead.

The rockets were closer now. He could feel the heat radiating from their charge. Void's eyes locked onto one of the Juggernauts, his wrists shifted aligning him with its hull.

Then, he swung downwards and a harrowing force screamed outwards. The Juggernaut could not react, it had never seen such a force before. As the shockwaves tore through the air, it shattered the rockets and ravaged towards it. The Juggernaut's sensors failed. 

There was no counterattack. 

The strike seemed to consume reality itself. And just as it reached the Juggernauts hull, it had already torn through it, weakening it drastically.

Sparks erupted. An explosion rocked the room. He slashed again, arcs of light tearing through servos in its legs, vaporizing rotating joints. The Juggernaut was now immobile. Still, the juggernaut didn't falter—it lunged, rockets streaking the dim vault.

But Void flickered again. Suddenly he felt it: the lack of oxygen. Each breath was thinner now. His chest burned as a dizzy spell threatened to consume him.

He focused. As bolts danced across him, he moved again. The first Juggernaut staggered, misfiring its rocket. Void closed onto the second one with blinding speed and finally cleaved its chassis in half.

Void darted, there wasn't much time left.

He zoomed around the remaining Juggernaut's flank, closing in as bullets grazed past him. Instantly he flickered above. Raising his blade as he shot down with a bolt of lightning. Akin to a thunder strike.

The head unit exploded, servo pistons dangling like dead limbs and the first Juggernaut collapsed.

Void's sword scraped across the floor as he struggled to stand, oxygen betrayed him. He coughed. His chest burned again. He couldn't last.

The second Juggernaut he'd cleaved in half, shifted. Its core glowed dangerously; Void frowned, almost as if he knew what was next. As fate would have it, he was bitterly right.

The Juggernauts core stirred with energy.

Void's eyes widened, "Son of a -"

Then—

BOOM.

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[Cosmodrome]

A dust cloud erupted in the sky as the vault imploded beneath the Dead Sea. Dust soared. A shockwave pulsed outward, levelling the crumbling ruin.

A silence gripped the barren landscape as the dust clouds stirred, eventually settling back down.

Then, Obsidian flickered into existence above the collapsing control chamber. Its eye glowed once, a blue laser scanned the collapsed vault. Obsidian irritably shook his head. A moment later, it blinked inside the collapsed vault again.

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[Dry Sea, Sunbreaker Base]

Sunbreakers in the Dry Sea looked up in awe as a dusty haze rolled through their camp.

Murmurs spread through the camp as to what had caused it, they could even feel faint tremors in the ground. They were confused as not many would dare to loiter around their territory. 

As the Sunbreakers scanned the surroundings, they found nothing but the barren land they'd been surrounded with. It seemed the blast had buried whatever had caused it. At least to the naked eye, nothing was visible. Regardless, observing thousands of kilometres of the Dry Sea for one blast was a fool's errand.

The scouts went back to camp, thinking nothing of it as they made a routine report. But some among them did not think of it as a minor occurrence.

"So you mean its likely a golden age bunker?" Ouros scratched her chin.

"Yes." Liu Feng nodded, "We've traced the tremors, comparing old records and the size of the eruption, it could only be an underground bunker. Tracing the origins, the only bunkers here are of the Golden age."

"Hardly interesting." Ouros sighed setting down the datapad, "Perhaps just another loot crazed scavenger triggered its defence mechanisms. Nothing to worry about."

Liu Feng shifted uneasily.

"Or...is there more you wish to say?" Ouros raised a brow.

Lie Feng nodded and continued, "A blast of that radius, and the force observed was not ordinary. A bunker of that calibre would have stored military secrets or secure technology. The only thing that fits that criteria in this region is-" 

"Rasputin." Ouros frowned, "so some maniac wants to mess with the Warmind's bunkers?" She clicked her tongue.

"None of our business. Tell the squads to not go closer. I'd rather not have a Warsat dropped on our camps." 

"Understood." Liu Feng heaved a sigh of relief, but then, she lingered, hesitating to continue, "There is one more thing."

Ouros lounged in her chair, her golden eyes peeking through her fingers as he held her head in annoyance, "go ahead."

"Several members of the order wish to return to Mercury." Liu Feng calmly put her hands behind her back, "How much longer will we be staying on earth?"

"Eager to go back are we?" Ouros chuckled, "I don't suppose you are among those members?" 

Liu Feng coughed, choosing not to reply.

Ouros boisterously laughed at her childish response, "It indeed has been a few months since we left the shrine. It's normal to be homesick."

Then she paused, falling into silence as if her words had struck herself. Ouros eyed the burnt logs of wood at the hearth, she stood slowly, and chucked a new log inside.

"I know that many in the order do not wish to stay here longer due to the City's disregard for us." Ouros spoke, as if reprimanding Liu Feng in a gentle tone.

"But our mission here wasn't connected to them at all." Ouros turned her hand, conjuring a solar axe in her grip.

Liu Feng's eyes widened, in all the months they'd been here she could never get Ouros to talk about the mission in detail, a sudden surge of curiosity gripped her as she eagerly listened on.

Ouros's fingers ran across the edge of her hammer. She flicked its head as a spark flew off onto the wood. The ember ignited immediately, and a fire crackled in the hearth.

"I came here for a few reasons." Ouros watched the fire burn, "Osiris made a deal that he'd help suppress the Vex on Mercury if we guarded the City in its time of need."

Liu Feng nodded.

"With the Hive war over, we have repaid our bargain." Ouros's voice turned low, "But that wasn't all he asked of me."

"Was there a second request?" Liu Feng asked hesitantly.

"No. It wasn't a request." Ouros paused, a memory seemed to flash behind her eyes, "Before Osiris disappeared, he warned me of something. One of his many rididled prophecies, omens as he liked to call it."

Ouros recalled the words she'd heard, "He said that when the moon shrieked and the light faltered, I'd witness the birth of a great calamity on earth."

Ouros's voice turned low as she breathed, "The birth of one that would usurp the dark throne."

Liu Feng shuddered. A chill ran down her spine. Her eyes widened.

Ouros faintly smiled and shook her head as she observed her tense reaction, "Do not worry, I've seen no such calamity. Besides, Osiris's riddles are often just mere hearsay. He describes them as visions, but I've yet to see them be fulfilled." 

"Still...If Osiris mentioned such a thing, should we not observe longer?" Liu Feng frowned.

"Changing your stance so quickly?" Ouros raised a brow, "Its useless now. I dwelled on it for a while, but no such thing has happened." 

"It's likely that cunning old bastard just wanted us to hang around the City longer." Ouros sighed, "Tell the members to pack up. We'll leave to Mercury at dawn tomorrow."

"Understood." Liu Feng nodded and hurriedly rushed to inform the rest of the camp.

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[Tower, Last City]

Back at the city, in the Vanguard Quarters, Ikorra, Zavala, and Cayde convened under tense light.

Cayde's grin faded. Zavala's stance stiffened; Ikorra's eyes narrowed. Each felt the shift. 

Cayde grimaced. "The network is back online now, but I don't think our backups are safe."

Ikorra nodded. "We'll need more arrays. I'll get our warlocks and technicians to come up with something."

Zavala frowned, "We've paid a huge price to try and stop this Fallen assault. But the City is not ready to do it again." 

Zavala voiced it: "If we want to solidify our stance against the Fallen, we need a weapon. Something that constantly holds them back. keeps them in check."

Cayde's eyes narrowed, "I don't like the sounds of this one chief."

Ikorra studied Zavala and sighed, "You're not thinking of activating the Warmind are you?"

"That's the only way." Zavala nodded, "If we can link its major relay arrays across Earth, Rasputin can take back control. Once that's done, we won't have much trouble with the Fallen."

"Linking the arrays back will also make it fully operational, you sure you want that maniac out there?" Cayde raised a brow.

"I hate to say it, but Cayde's right." Ikorra nodded

"Hey!" Cayde grumbled as Ikorra avoided his gaze.

"Rasputin is strong, but his stance on the City is questionable. Its hard to work together." Ikorra spoke up.

"I understand, but we do not need it as an ally. We simply need it as another entity holding back the Fallen." Zavala suggested.

A silence gripped the room as the three fell in thought.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend?" Cayde rubbed his chin, "I guess we could work with that."

Ikorra's eyes narrowed as she considered it, "If we do not engage with it further this is a viable option."

Zavala accessed the mission reports as he studied the Terrestrial complex, observing its links with the major relays of earth.

"If that's the case, we might have it easy. It seems the complex is already wired with the large relays outside." Zavala eyed the documents.

"We can probably get the new lights to trigger the relay. Shouldn't be hard." Cayde chirped.

"I'll look into new network alternatives." Ikorra got to her feet, "Get the engineers ready, it seems we'll need to put in some work."

"Got it." Cayde followed.

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