Phantom walked up to me, "I must admit: I did not believe you would come to my aid..." Phantom drew his shotgun from his back and led me into the battlefield. "Yeah... Odd, isn't?" I played with void in my hand then followed. I shot randomly into the horde of Hive and Taken. I pulled a knife from a sheath on my gauntlet, jumped in the air, and tackled a knight while my knife pierced its tough hide. It squirmed for a moment before going limp. I tried to rip my knife out, but it was caught in the flesh. The knight began to glow slightly where the blade cut its throat. I watched for a moment, but Phantom force pushed me away. I pushed myself from the dirt to see the knight explode! "That was close..." Colt said as he appeared beside me. I flinched a little when he said that, "How did you get here?!" I asked. "Um... I can transmat you at any time..." Colt stared at me for a moment. "What the h*** are you doing here?!" He inquired. "I am fighting the Hive, and stopping them from commandeering this ship." "This belongs to the Hive!" Colt shouted. "Actually, it belongs to the Guardians, but no one wants it, so it's a gift for Phantom..." "Why?!" Colt asked as he spun his shell in emphasis. "Let's not ask too many questions..." I said as I hopped to my feet. Phantom fired a shell into a knight that charged him. The knight dropped its sword and held its chest. The knight raised the sword again, but Phantom shot it again. The knight fell to a knee, placed its hand on its stomach and looked at the blood that pooled up below it. The knight looked up at Phantom, who littered the knight's face with more lead. "These are some tough, little bas****s!" I exclaimed. Phantom and I backed away from the knight before it exploded. Phantom went his own direction and led a squad of Taken while I continued to fight. I twirled Ace of Spades on my finger when I drew it from the holster. I shot at a knight, causing him to detonate when I got a headshot. Another knight came up behind me and wrapped its arms around me. I dropped my knives and cannon. Another knight, dragging its cleaver in the dirt, approached me. When the knight got close, I jumped up, kicked it, and caused me and the knight holding me to fall. I got up and deployed two hidden blades I installed into my arms. Two more knights joined in-- four to one. Four knights, one Guardian. I smiled under my helmet. They attacked, and so did I. Our blades clashed against one another. A knight hit me in the stomach and sent me flying into a rock. I landed on all four, catching my breath. I got up and charged the group. I ran and slid under another swing. I swung and cut a knight's knee. It fell. I thrusted both blades into the the Hive monster and ran. The knight fell on its stomach and laid there. The explosion caused me and the other knights to fall into the dirt and fire. Fire covered me, and should have burned me, but it strengthened me. I got up and spawned my flaming hand cannon of solar Light and turned the knights into ash. They couldn't even self-destruct. I picked up Ace, twirled it on my finger again, then holstered it. Eventually, the tide was shifting, the Taken army were beginning to overpower the new Hive. Support beams began to break, and the plating fell off the walls. The Dreadnought was slowly falling apart! A series of explosions blew a straight shot into the Hall of Souls, where the Court of Oryx awaited. Phantom mobilized his troops and began chasing the retreating Hive. "Hey," I yelled. Phantom looked to me. "Who are these guys? Why are they on fire?" Phantom picked up the broken helmet of a knight, then came to me. "They call themselves the Shattered Suns. Their gods, Prince of Fear and Duchess of Kólasi, are descendants of Xivu Arath. They embrace fire. Fire spreads. Conquers. Consumes. They are fire," Phantom dropped the bony helmet, causing a small dust cloud to bellow up. He led the Taken into the Hall of Souls to fight the rest of the Hive. "Dude, Alan, Xivu Arath is not someone to trifle with! As the story goes, when Oryx received the King Wyrm, Xivu Arath got the Knight Wyrm... Her whole rebirth is around killing! Conquering! She is the perfect warrior, knight, soldier, whatever! Her descendants could be just as bad!" Colt yelled into my ear. "Don't worry... I got this," I replied before running after the warlock and his army.