HAI GUUUUYYYYS (AAAAAND GALS, if there's any, lol) THNX 4 REDING, LOL ANYWAY enough with caps lock and 4-grader spelling, GO READ SKRUB. Yavek missed his old captain Skintar. Though being with his brother gave him enthusiasm for every battle. Yavek was a full-fledged vandal now. He belonged to house kings with his brother: Grayon. They were just preparing for a battle with the vex when these thoughts ran through his mind. Yavek was given a shock rifle from Grayon. "Make sure you hit, yes?" He said. "Understood, brother" Yavek responded. He tapped Yavek on the back and pointed him to the skiff they were taking. "This unit is extremely battle scarred" Grayon said. "They know what they're doing" The skiff came to life and Grayon and Yavek hopped aboard. One of the vandals in the skiff looked at Yavek and his brother. He raised his eye brow. "Oh good, more fresh meat to get seared by combat" the grizzled veteran said sarcastically. "Hey, me and my brother are experienced too!" Grayon said. "Then we'll see you killing vex on the battlefield, won't we?" He said. The skiff entered orbit of Venus and begun traveling inside of the atmosphere. The skiff slowed, and they got their weapons ready. They stopped completely and the skiff pilot looked back at them and gave them a signal. They climbed down the metal rod of the skiff and leaped off the side. They landed, and instantly they were thrown full speed into combat. Vex lasers shot though the smoke masked battle field. Fallen arc rounds were returning fire at the source of the vex lasers. Yavek stopped and looked around for his brother. He was nowhere to be seen. Yavek quickly pulled out his shock rifle and took aim at two goblins. He fired off three shock rounds in quick succession and the goblins reacted. One of the goblins dropped on the ground with a explosion of the white liquid. The other one's head came off and he ran ferociously at Yavek. The third was left unharmed. The angry one ran at Yavek full speed. Yavek quickly whipped his dagger out of his sheath and jammed it into the core of the goblin. It exploded and dropped to the ground. The third one shot at him with his slap rifle. Yavek charged him and stabbed the dagger into the eye of the goblin. The goblin beeped madly and the eye shut down. The goblin went mad without his eye and tried to claw Yavek with his metal fingers. Yavek dodged the clawing hands of the goblin and stabbed again, killing it. He looked for Grayon and saw him pinned next to a Minotaur. Yavek sprinted to the Minotaur and jumped on his back. The Minotaur went crazy and tried to get him off. He threw down his axion hammer and grabbed Yavek by the throat. He yanked him off his back and threw him at his brother. Grayon shot the Minotaur and the Minotaur beeped then dropped dead. Grayon quickly sprinted to Yavek. "You ok?" He asked. "No, Minotaur sprained something" Yavek said. "We need to get you back to base then." He said. Chapter 21 I shook out of my dream. I woke to feel freezing cold. I shivered and rubbed my hands together to get warmer. I got out of my bed and opened my chest to get my armor. I pulled it out and strapped it on to my body. I pulled out my helmet and booted the systems. I put on my helmet and opened the door. The crew was ready and waiting for my commands. I looked at the crew. "We are near the great super weapon and the ship known as, the Dreadnaught" I said. "We are here to find Ezkor, his comms went dark a day ago" "we need to find him as quickly as possible, so load up and be ready to move by tomorrow" they all bowed. "Yes, kell Skintar!" -that night- I slept once again, expecting the voice to call out. But nothing did. The voice didn't call, and my soul waited for it to. I waited, and once we got closer to the dreadnaught, that's when it called sharper then ever. "YOU COME TO MY SHIP TO FIND YOUR FRIEND, HOW ENTERTAINING" it said. "I come to find Ezkor the augmented!" I said. "And I will NOT, be stopped by you!" "OH, YOU WILL NOT!? WE SHALL SEE" ---------------- I shook off my bed, thrashing about. I soon stopped and stood up. I put on my armor again and walked into the main part of the skiff. I walked inside and the crew instantly snapped into a bowing position. I walked passed to the skiff pilot, cape trailing behind. I opened the door to the cockpit and peered in to speak to the pilot. I gave him a glance. "Where are we, pilot?" I asked. "Just coming up to dreadnaught, kell" he replied. "Good, good." I said, walking outside of the cockpit. I stopped inside the main room to address my crew. "Every fallen knows how battle is" "but this, "dreadnaught" is more than anything we've ever conceived. It's filled with filthy thralls, and other hive abominations." "You all need to be ready to fight, tough Knights." "Understood Kell Skintar!" They said. ~Good, I have a crew again~ I thought. ~but, where Yavek?~ the thought just passed through my mind. "Kell! We are coming into landing range!" The pilot said over the intercom. "Good, slow down speed and adjust for landing on the structure below!" I commanded. We were heading into the belly of the beast. And there weren't any turning back now. ~I've made my choice, I will not be slowed down by some, shadow!~ I thought.