EPISODE 4 TAKING THE CHOSEN Written by SmartAurum75 and cheater740 [b]WARNING! THIS CHAPTER HAS A FEW DEATHS[/b] The table that Erax and Hemera had hid behind had fallen and pinned them to the wall. They were both bleeding out quickly and needed their ghosts to heal them. Their ghosts unfortunately were on a mission to heal the people of the city. The floor had begun to cave in. The Taken now had an advantage. They could teleport. The team fired their weapons at the Taken but it was no use. Then it happened. Ikora had been his in the chest by a Taken Titan’s stolen Will Shotgun. She struggled for a moment and then died. Only to be revived as a Minion of Oryx. The white exo transmatted away. Eris fell to her knees and surrendered to becoming Taken. Shaxx was covering Zavala while he reloaded his Fusion Rifle. He heard the sound of a sword. Shaxx turned around to kill the sword wielder. He was too late. The Dreadfang sat in Shaxx’s chest. In a booming voice he yelled to Zavala. “Last Guardian Standing! Make it count!” He too was then consumed by the Darkness. Just as all seemed lost for both Zavala and our heroes he spotted a Hard Light auto rifle on the ground. He looked up to see Hemera and Erax pinned by the table. He grabbed the table and threw it to the ground. Erax and hemera were free. But they were injured. Zavala tossed the Hard Light to Erax and then popped his Ward of Dawn. Their bloody wounds began to heal as he had blessing of light. A screeching sound blew through the room. Every guardian could hear it. Then a voice. The voice of Oryx. It yelled: “RISE NOKRIS! SHOW THEM THE TRUE MEANING OF THE DARKNESS!” The area around Zavala, Erax, and Hemera suddenly became pitch black. Then a blinding white flash. The world had darkened. The Chosen Guardian had become Taken. And possessed by NOKRIS. Nokris spoke. “What was that Eris Morn’s friend said to Crota. Oh yes. I remember. EVEN GODS CAN BLEED!” Out of Nokris’s hands launched a ray of Darkness. It tore through the ceiling and out on to the City. On to the Traveler. Zavala’s Ward of Dawn suddenly collapsed. The Traveler had been. It had just been… It had just been Taken.