[b]Twilight Gap: Unknown Aftermath[/b] Perspective: Tersik, the Punisher Rank: Captain [i]Emergency Broadcast(translated from Eliksni): Attention. We have failed in our attempt to take the Great Machine. The wielders of it managed to counter us. House of Wolves betrayed us. All remaining, fall back.[/i] A captain, leaking ether, stumbled out of the trees. A team of six managed to push them back. He clutched two shock blades in his hand and held a shrapnel launcher in the other two. His crew had already been killed by the one with the lost horn. Those known as...hunters would be coming after survivors soon. This recently promoted captain, Tersik, sent out a desperate signal for support. He knew that he would be found. Someone would find his signal, but he didnt know if it would be friend or foe. He heard the sound of those...weaponless pikes that the wielders of the Light used. He struggled forward. Tersik heard the sound of footsteps coming after him and he knew that they were not his brethren. If he was to go down, they would regret trying to do so. Despite the pain, the captain started running and he could hear his enemies behind him. He activated his arc shield and loaded his shrapnel launcher. He heard slight movement to his right and he turned and fired his shrapnel launcher. He heard a shout of pain and a body his the ground as one of those little balls of light emerged and flew away. Another jumped out of the foliage and fired at Tersik with an auto rifle. After taking a few hit, he grabbed the rifle's barrel with his hand lunged forward to stab his foe. He heard slight breath as the body crumpled to the dust and another ball of light flew to cover. Another one, dressed in a cloak jumped out and slashed his side with a sword, going through his arc barrier but not break it. The captain spit some blood into his helmet, now breathing in blood and ether as he parried another blow and slashed the cloaked one's helmet, sending him to the ground. Tersik felt more impact on his shield as he turned to face another one. He managed to knock the man's gun out of his hands, but that didnt stop him from using his fists. Tersik attempted to shoot him, but he ducked out of the way and delivered a right hook to the captain's helmet. He tried to fire again, but he had no ammo left, not after their failure to take the Great Machine. He blocked another punch with his own gun and clubbed the man on the side of the end, at least knocking him out. Then there was a flash of light. Tersik could feel it. He started running, for he had felt that flash before. So many times during the previous battle had he felt it. He saw their power kill hundreds if not thousands of his brethren. But he had one...last...desperate idea. He drew all of his power into his shield and kept running, knowing that he could outrun the others, but not the source. When he ran a good distance away, he turned to face his foe. It was the cloaked one, a blade made entirely out of lightning in his hands. Tersik could feel the electricity in the air. He looked to his left and saw a tunnel. A way of escape! But the cloaked one would follow...the cloaked one would kill. Tersik knew that it was life or death here. If this failed, he was dead. If not...it would be his little secret. The man with the lightning blade lunged at him and at the same time, Tersik channeled all the power of his shield on his hand. He grabbed the arc blade in mid strike. Then...an explosion. Osiris came not long after, attracted by the blast. He saw a few Ghosts floating above their guardians bodies. Then he came to the source. A hunter body lay there with his ghost above him. His helmet was blown off and underneath was a look of shock. Then Osiris looked at the cave...and saw Fallen tracks entering the darkness. [b]To be continued....[/b] [i]In files on a Freelancer and other stories.[/i]