Warframe: Forever in Pain

"You never told me your name" Luna said.

"My name was forgotten long ago, but if you wish, you may call me Valkyr" the Tenno said.

The two had been drifting from moon to moon on the Corpus ship. They could not afford to detected by anyone; for if they were, they could be recaptured, and then who knows what could become of them.

Valkyr spent most of her time in silence, staring at the mark on her hand that the dark one's dagger left. The rest of her time was spent either redirecting the ship to avoid detection, or answering Luna's questions.

After a few more minutes of nothing but the quiet hum of idle engines, Luna asked, "Why do you hide your face behind that mask?"

Valkyr turned to Luna and stared at her for a moment. She said, "Are you sure you want to see what I hide?"

Luna hesitated, but nodded all the same. Valkyr reached her hands up to her damaged helmet and began to unlatch its various locks.

Luna stared at the Tenno as she finally pulled off her helmet. Valkyr looked up, long blond hair falling over her face. Through the hair, Luna saw a pair of glowing orange irises. Valkyr pulled her hair to one side, and her eyes' glow dimmed slightly in the light. Then Luna saw the scars.

There many, but they were mostly centralized around her neck, and the top left section of her head. The rest of her face seemed smoother. She found herself wondering where some of the scars came from, but thought against asking about them. She looks like she's gone through as much as myself in less than half the time, She thought.

Valkyr looked at her marked hand, then back to Luna. "I think I know where we have to go" She said, "but I haven't been out of that facility in years, maybe even decades. I have no idea who controls what sections of the solar rails."

"Alright," Luna said, "then I suppose I could put a spell of mine to use should the need arise."

"A spell?" The Tenno raised an eyebrow.

"A cloaking spell,"

"You knew of a way we could hide in plain sight, and you haven't told me?"

"If this craft were smaller, the spell would be much easier, however I am not fully recovered from being thrown through the empty storm. "

Valkyr thought a moment, Empty storm? She can't mean she came through the Void! No living creature can survive direct exposure to the Void storms. She looked at Luna. "How did you get to the Origin System? You're not one of Alad's experiments, and definitely not from the Grineer."

Luna's expression turned dark. She muttered, "Sombra..." She stomped a hoof, "He was reformed by some cult. The fools unleashed that darkness over my kingdom, and the entire world."

"You rule over a kingdom?" The Tenno asked.

"With my sister, her former pupil, and our niece." Luna said. She looked down and sighed, "That was, untill a few days ago, when Sombra won."

"I am sorry."

"Do not apologize for something you had nothing to do with. It was my fault that he won." A tear came to Luna's eye, "I failed my subjects, and my sister, and though this isn't the first time, it may be the last."

"Don't give up, not untill you know for certain that your world has fallen to this darkness. And don't think that you're the only one that failed those you cared for." Valkyr put a hand on Luna's shoulder as she spoke, "If you weren't here, I would have wanted to be detected, if only for the chance to kill more ggreery Corpus." She turned away from Luna and got back in the pilot's seat. "We should be on our way."

That creature has faced more than most could live with. She thought, Maybe he would help us... She glanced at the mark, Or he could simply want us dead.

I am a Tenno, and though I blame them for what little I remember, I must help maintain balance in all things. That includes preventing the fall of a foreign world. The Lotus may not want me to return, but I will, once I am ready.

She glanced at Luna, who was holding back her emotions, and said, "Khnkrr klos Luna, I will find a way to return you to your kingdom, we will learn of your people's fate, and I will aid you further, should you need it."

Luna looked at the scarred Tenno, "Thank you, Valkyr."

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The pair's journey was quiet, both in thought. Valkyr's instincts made plans, and backup plans should things not go smoothly. Luna, however, was thinking about what Valkyr had told her, She is scarred, but... I cannot figure her out like I could with Griffons or Hippogriphs. She has seen the horrors of combat, but she hides it so well.

Who exactly are you, and why are you helping me? Luna's train of thought was interrupted when she realized that the ship was idle. They were drifting near a large tower-like construction that floated in the void of space. The tower had areas that looked like they should have had lights, but as they approached it, the structure remained dark.

"Rhugrrt rregre hu left gar..." Valkyr muttered. "It has been a long time since I was last here." She said to Luna. "I hope you're ready to defend yourself. I'm not sure how he'll react to you."

Luna took a few deep breaths, I will pass any test if it will get me closer to returning to Equestria and my sister.