Scene 13 (The Taken King, pt. 2) I totally trolled you guys last time. Yup. Well, quit with the yammering and get with it, am I right? Here it is! "N-no..." Sanders and Ralph both stammered, eyes going wide. Zara's cold red eyes burned into them through her hood and broken helmet, and with one fluid movement, she drew the silver Last Word. "This is my curse," she stated monotonously, pointing the gun at Sanders. "And with it, I will kill you all." A shot rang out, and Sanders was knocked into a backwards somersault. "Kill the Taken Guardian!" yelled Ayria, shooting at Zara who dodged the shots easily. "WAIT! WAIT!" Ralph shouted, tackling Ayria to the ground. "Don't shoot!" Ayria shoved him off. "WHAT THE -blam!- ARE YOU DOING?" he yelled, slapping Ralph in the helmet. "ITS A GODDAMN TARGET! IT CANNOT BE SAVED!" "B-but..." Ralph said, looking at Zara who was shooting mechanically at Sanders. Ayria shrugged him off, and charged Zara. "NONONNONONO!" Ralph shouted, watching as Ayria bum-rushed her. "HER SPECIALTY IS CLOSE QUARTERS!" But Zara had already stowed her gun back and drawn her famous dual-wield knives. He saw Ayria's face flash with recognition before she was beheaded. "ATLAS! NOT AGAIN!" Jason shouted, loading a clip into his Baron's Ambition. She turned toward him and disappeared. "What the hell?" Ayria muttered. "Circle up! Watch from all angles! And someone grab his ghost!" They watched all right, but still nothing. "On your guard!" Sanders yelled. Nothing. And then, in front of Ralph, a slight hiss of the wind, and he saw a knife move down towards him so fast, so incredibly fast; and then pause. Zara frowned, then disappeared again. [i]Did she... recognize me?[/i] She appeared in front of them, a good 20 yards away from them. She was clutching her head. "NONONONOONONONO! I WON'T DO THIS! I AM NOT MY FATHER!" She screamed, thrashing around. [i]KILL THEM![/i] Oryx's voice boomed in his head once more. "NO!" She screamed again. [i]FINE! I'LL DO IT MYSELF![/i] Oryx said, and Ralph saw a shade of what Oryx was go [i]into[/i] Zara. She started thrashing wildly, limbs jerking crazily. Ralph subconsciously took a few steps back. She stood stock still, and disappeared again. Sanders gave a short cough, and Ralph turned to see wires splayed everywhere. A hole had been carved out of his chest, and he toppled over. Ralph quickly grabbed his ghost. "She wouldn't do this... she wouldn't.." He told himself, even as Zeus dropped to the floor in bloody hunks. She flashed a blood sprayed grin at him, Taken energy phasing from her. Jason popped a bubble over Zeus's ghost. "Ralph!" He yelled, tossing Zeus ghost to him. "Get in th-" Jason stopped still, and blood sprayed from his middle and he fell to the ground in halves. Atlas was shivering, yet focused. He pressed his back to Ralph's. "We got this. We can do this. But just in case," Atlas said, handing him his ghost. "Good luck. Pleasure knowing you." "Don't say that!" Ralph yelled, and saw Zara standing at the far end, grinning. [i]Grinning.[/i] "You have to kill her, Ralph. You have to; she's not Deuce anymore, she's Oryx." Atlas gave his last word of advice. "ATLAS!" Ralph held out his hand, blood and gore pelting him, staining him. Zara, no, Oryx calmly crushed Atlas's skull underneath her boot. She lunged again at him, blade pricking into his skin, but not piercing it. "Shoot me." she said. "Shoot me, be a man and shoot me, -blam!- IT!" She shouted, and Ralph switched to his shotgun and pulled the trigger. And Zara was blown backwards, smiling. Chapter Index---------> https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/157266003