Episode 8: Toland's Pursuit Toland groaned, waking up in a pile of rubble, trying to remember the license plate of the Ogre that trampled him, blasted him, and gnawed on him for a while. He got to his feet, scanning his surroundings for enemies. Finding none, he started to explore the equipment of the room, he appeared to be in some sort of interrogation chamber, not unlike Hive Wizard chambers he had visited. He started to scan through the computer, calling up his ghost as a reflex, but failing to remember it's absence. None of his team had ghosts, one of the reasons that they were chosen for this mission, nobody has ever seen a guardian without a ghost. Although nobody missed their droning chatter, Toland sometimes missed having his partner to open doors and help organize information. "Like a child to it's mother, we guardians don't respect or acknowledge the duties and accomplishments of those who had brought them life" he mused. Toland closed the computer, having found access to the security cameras, Toland tracked Skolas' intended path to a private hangar, where a Fallen skiff was docked, almost as if-. "He was already planning to escape?" Toland grabbed Bad Juju from the rubble and ran towards the hangar. His mind raced along with him, Skolas had played them from the start, the Awoken wouldn't have used Fallen Walkers or Vandals to guard the Prison of Elders, they were Skolas' Army. If they were too late, Skolas could have an entire armada behind him! Reaching an intersection, he looked around for the correct path, and his eyes locked with Skolas, who was just reaching the hangar. With a war cry, Toland chased Skolas into the hangar... and was met with a horde of Fallen Vandals, Dregs, and Shanks. He turned to flee and Skolas reached the Skiff, which immediately took off, leaving Toland to the mercy of a prison army. "Screw this!" Toland shouted, and turned Bad Juju on the horde, unleashing a never ending storm of bullets and Nova bombs, never stopping to reload, or think, or breath. Whirling, he meleed a captain, threw a scatter grenade into a fleet of shanks and headbutted a servitor. He fired and fired until he ran out of enemies. He fell to his knees. And heard a buzz on his communicator from Kabr. "Toland? -bztt- What's happening down there? -bztt-" He punched the comm, "Mission is a failure, Skolas escaped..." he heard Dredgen swear and heard Thorn being fired, as well as electricity screeching "they've captured us, we're done for now!" Toland swore and got to his feet, he punched a different number into his comm, "It's Toland, i'm calling you on that favor you owe-" he gasped from pain, and was driven to his He looked up into the eyes of the Crow "Well, well, look what we have here?" he smirked, "Toland the Shattered, it's an honour, really" Toland's eyes started to dim as the Crow reared back and punched him in the face. He blacked out, hoping that his message had gone through, otherwise, they were all dead. _______________________________________ The end is near... Next Chapter: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/111571040/0/0 Table of Contents: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/114713352/0/0