The Core Part 4 Inspired by Ross’s confidence, the fireteam dove into battle. Delta charged the leftmost knight, and slid to the ground as a cleaver flew over his head. Now in close quarters, Delta hit the knight in the stomach with his energy drain. He felt the life drain from the monster, but it wasn’t enough to kill it. The knight dropped to one knee, but quickly recovered. Delta barely jumped away as a cleaver came down hard where he had just stood. These knights were tougher than he thought. Alex ran up right behind him and erupted into fire. She let off several golden gun shots into the knights body, and chitin flew everywhere. Meanwhile, Lassiter and Solomon charged the middle knight. The Sunsinger flung a solar grenade into the knight’s face, blinding and burning it. While it was stunned, Solomon unloaded his shotgun into the knight’s legs. The beast fell to the ground crippled, and started swinging its dark blade wildly. “Careful!” Solomon warned Lassiter. “I know, I know,” dismissed the Warlock. He glided over the blade and landed his scorch ability directly in the knight’s face. It roared in horrific pain. “Brutal,” observed Solomon. “Remind me never to get on your bad side.” Ross and Adriar went for the third knight. Ross immediately unleashed his shadowshot and tethered the knight down. Adriar followed up by unloading his auto rifle into the monster. Chitin flew as the Titan created a trail of bullet holes across the knight’s chest. The knight swung its blade at Adriar, but he rolled out of the way just in time. Seeing his opportunity, Ross unsheathed his knife, and slid by the knight, slashing the back of its knee. The knight dropped to a kneeling position. Delta kept his eyes on the Keeper knight on the pedestal. It tightly held the Key Blade in its place. Should he be knocked off, the weapon would cycle down. Seeing that the other knights were weakened, Delta took his chance and reached into the void. “Get out of the way!” he shouted to his team. The guardians quickly jumped backwards as Delta called upon the power of a collapsing star. In one swift stroke of his hand, Delta unleashed his nova bomb, and the fireteam watched as the knights were banished to the void. The shockwave from the blast knocked the Keeper off of its pedestal, and the Key Blade flew off towards the left. The guardians gathered around the pedestal. “Hey! We aren’t dead!” said Lassiter. “Now we destroy the blade, right?” “Right,” confirmed Delta. “But, someone should probably kill the Keeper first.” Solomon pumped his shotgun. “I’ve got this,” he said, walking towards the knight. It tried to get to its feet, but Solomon kicked it in the head, then ended it with a single shotgun blast to the face. The Titan slung the shotgun over his shoulder and grinned. “I took a page out of Lassy’s book,” he said. “Great work fellas,” said Ross. “I’m proud of y’all! Now, how do we destroy a Key Blade?” Delta lifted his hand, void wisps dancing around his fingertips. “With light." He began walking towards the blade, when suddenly the room began to shake. “I thought we deactivated the weapon!” shouted Ross. “We did!” responded Delta. CRACK! Delta whirled around to see the back wall split in two. “It’s a door! They’ve sent reinforcements!” The wall peeled back to reveal a ton of acolytes, firing off their void weapons. The room began to fill with Hive, and the guardians sprang into action. “I think we spoke too soon!” shouted Lassiter over the chaos. The team dashed around the room, dodging voidfire and shooting acolytes. “These guys aren’t too tough,” said Adriar, pummeling an acolyte with his storm fist. Horrid shrieks cut through the air as Hive wizards flew into the room. “Stop saying things like that!” said Lassiter, frustrated at the complication. Alex fired her hand cannon into the nearest wizard, but the bullets evaporated. “These are some tough shields!” she called out. “We need solar power, and a lot of it!” Lassiter grinned wildly as he scorched an acolyte. “Now’s my time to shine!” Lassiter gathered his power and unleashed his Radiance. Massive fiery wings burst out from his back and the room was filled with solar light. The wizards screeched again as they were bombarded with solar grenades, and their shields didn’t stand a chance. With the wizards vulnerable, the guardians worked on taking them out. Ross ran around the edge of the room with his sniper, aiming for their heads, and Lassiter kept chunking endless grenades. Everyone else split their focus between the wizards and what acolytes remained. BANG! Ross removed a wizard’s head with his sniper. He aimed for a second, but an acolyte charged him. The Hunter rolled as voidfire flew all around him. The acolyte got closer. Realizing his sniper was useless at this range, Ross threw it aside. He rushed forward and slid across the ground like he had done with the knight, but the acolyte had quicker reflexes. The alien swung the butt of its weapon down in anticipation of Ross’s strike, but the Hunter put his foot down at the last second, bolting to the right. Ross slashed the acolyte across the stomach, swiveled behind the alien, and stabbed it in the back of the head. The Hunter’s foe fell and he picked his sniper rifle back up. BANG! A second wizard lost its head. Delta took out the few acolytes that remained near him with his MIDA. Seeing that he was clear of enemies, he turned to the Key Blade that still rested on the ground not too far away. He had confidence that his team could handle the Hive from here. “I’m going to destroy the Blade!” he called out. He ran towards the Blade, charging his light. He was nearly there, when he felt a sudden and sharp pain in his leg. Delta tumbled to the ground and landed face first. Reeling in pain, he rolled onto his side to get a look at his leg. He had been shot, and it was not by any Hive weapon. “I can’t let you destroy that Blade…” said a soft voice. Delta’s mind began to race as a form loomed over him and a helmet dropped to the floor. He slowly turned to see Alex pointing her hand cannon at his head. “I’m so sorry…” she said, tears streaming down her face. [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/1371758/226335980/0/0]Part 5[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/224417569?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1]The Hub[/url]