PART 3 [i]COSMODROME, VANGUARD BASE[/i] Rick: Hunter, likes to make friends Mike: Titan: follows orders too seriously Marisa: warlock, overthinks too much Randal: The vandal, likes to be cheerful even to his enemies Tech: Dreg technician. Loves to work with machines It was a standoff. Sarviks was standing at the far end of the wall. The three Guardians had their weapons at the ready pointed towards the captain. Randal and Tech were so nervous as to what would happen. They figured Sarviks had come to kill them. But his weapon was holstered, his arms on his hips and glaring curiously at them. Rick was the one who ended the standoff. He said, "I would advise you to leave now before my friends here open fire." The captain sniffed disdainfully. "Nothing is worse than what I just went through. Our Kell is dead. He was murdered by glowing monsters that resemble us, the machines, and the militants." Marisa said, "Taken? Here? How?" Mike replied sarcastically, "Maybe they came here on vacation. I sure would." Rick yelled at both of them. "Please be quiet and let me work this out! Okay?" Sarviks looked at Randal and Tech. "I expected no better of the both of you. Running of was stupid but life saving. Those 'Taken' overran the base in minutes. I was lucky to escape them." Sarviks hen turned to the guardians. "If you want to find your friend, he has taken shelter near the cabal base in Meridan bay. You'll need to have two Splinters to break through." Mike replied, "What's a splinter?" Tech answered for him. "One of my ideas. Three people can get in it and the two up front can drive and be front gunner. But the one in the back can use a anti air or anti ground gun. I've never had the resources to build it. It's what I had in mind for this job." Sarviks grunted, "That's what I figured. Good luck. I'll be wandering this blasted planet until I find remnants of our House. Goodbye." And with that, Sarviks turned and walked away giving the rest time to build this Splinter. Three days later, they were done. It was a marvel. It had the speed of a sparrow, but the durability of a small tank. Combined fallen and human technology made it a marvel to drive. It was what they needed to break through the cabal base. It was what they would use to hunt down Delta 288. With that. Tech and Randal boarded the guardian's ship with the Splinter aboard, and they headed off to Mars. [i][b]To be continued [/b][/i]