Amalgamous Contagion

Inigo and I stepped through a portal, a plateau greeting our vision. Our surroundings were of a vast desert, a civilization far off in the distance. A ship was parked next to us, a girl donning titan SIVA armor coming out of its cockpit. She turned to look at us, hand on the hand cannon she had, before relaxing. Analysis from Rasputin said that the hand cannon was the Fever and Remedy hand cannon, imbued with solar powered rounds.

"Hey there Inigo. Friend of yours, or you've already found your brother?"

He nodded. "Yep. So what you up to now? Blowing up another Black Void base?"

"Void base?" I cut in. The girl looked to me, as if just noticing me for the first time.

"Galactic slavers. They set up a base on one of the rush worlds, which could prove troublesome for the galaxy later on. The U.G.C has sent me in to stomp it out before it can grow, being one of its most valuable assets strong enough to stop the Black Void from invading places and taking people." She said, before twirling her hand cannon. "There's also the fact that one of the Black Void higher ups are here. I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this, right?"

"Wouldn't that be too much for you to handle?" I heard Inigo ask in concern.

"Yep. Which is why," The girl then moved over to us, planting her hands on our helmets. "I was going to grab some help again." My hud was updated, new data coming into the helmet. A marker was placed over a manhole, and I received a notification saying that I had a mission.

New mission:Crowd Control Objective:Destroy the Void base. Prevent the detonation of the nuclear bomb.

Inigo was first to speak. "First off, why are you worried about a nuclear bomb? You know they won't hit that button unless everybody in the place is willing to do martyrdom. Second, what do you have against these guys?"

She shrugged. "Second bit, nothing much other than they're a pile of dicks. First bit, the explosion is meant to be a signal." She then pointed at the fleet in the sky. "That up there is from the U.G.C, meant to glass the place at the first sign of a powerful explosion. The Void pirates have already set up a comms jam, which means I can't warn them about the nuke they have." She looked back to us. "I can't keep an eye on a nuke and, well, quietly destroy a base while I'm at it. That's where you guys come in, if you're willing to of course."

I then spoke. "Anything we could get out of it? Some weapons or gear?"

The girl looked at me, before speaking in an amused tone. "I'm sure you've been wanting a ship of your own for a while now, right you two? Don't lie, I can feel the envy." She then unholstered Fever and Remedy, walking over to the manhole as she spoke. "The U.G.C promises me a lot of cash in exchange for tearing this place down. If you help me out, I'll see about grabbing you a ship or two."

I couldn't have unslung Steel Medula from my back any faster. "Sounds like a deal then. You in Inigo?"

He looked to me, seeing me nod in affirmation, before looking back to her, his fist crackling with arc. "Can I have my own entrance? You know, since they don't know me?"

She shrugged. "Sure, go blow up the place in whatever way you can. Just don't cause any explosions big enough for the fleet to see, while I keep an eye on the nuke."

Inigo didn't waste a second after hearing that, launching into a full on sprint towards the wall. He then reared his right arc-imbued shoulder back, before slamming it into the wall, creating a big dent. I quickly turned away from Inigo, facing the unnamed titan.

"I'll make sure he doesn't make too big of an explosion, you handle the nuke." I said, before running off in his direction.

The girl chuckled. "When were you the captain of this mission?" I heard her snidely remark behind me, before hearing her jump into the manhole.

She must know some kind of shortcut.

Nice titan that sunbreaker girl. Reminds me a bit of Jolder, even though there's no traces of her light on her. A wave of sadness spread through me. I hope she got into this displacement thing with the rest of us. She was the only titan I got along with among the iron lords.

I sympathized with Skorri, if not for a few seconds before turning my focus to the battlefield's explosives, getting them out of firing range. Inigo's entire body was covered with arc energy, and void troops were attempting to stop, or avoid getting killed by, him with little to no success. He punched everything he could, making holes in the wall, and disintegrating anybody unlucky enough to meet his fist. The attacking void pirates opted to pile themselves on top of him, in a attempt to restrain him. I was about to shoot them down, putting some of the explosives I got out of the battlefield on the floor, before Inigo gave a grunt of annoyance, slamming his fists into the ground and creating a wave of arc energy that completely disintegrated them.

Off to Inigo's right, a tank had fired at him, the area around him exploding. For a moment, I thought it was over.

Then Inigo moved at blindingly fast speeds from the smoke, leaping up in the air and smashing the tank, jumping off just as the tank exploded. Hundreds of void pirates piled out of the doorways, bullets flying all around the place in a attempt to kill Inigo, only for them to meet the same fate as the rest. Titans really appear to be overpowered among guardians... I thought in awe.

Still waiting for my chance to shine... Skorri thought, annoyed at the fact she can't prove to me the power of sunsinger.

Well, maybe you should've learned more of the warlock arts, miss master race.

My cheeks heated up. The other warlock classes are dumb anyways! Like seriously, who wants to sit in rain butt naked and wait for an arc lighting bolt to hit you?!

...What other kind of shit do you wizards do when the other classes aren't looking?

IT'S WARLOCK! I chuckled at Skorri's reaction, before continuing to focus on Inigo. It appeared as if Inigo was really paying attention to his surroundings, making sure to not hit anything that would cause a large enough explosion to make the fleet fire upon us.

"Can you hear me you two?" I heard the unnamed titan ask over the comms. "I got the nuke secured. Shouldn't be causing anybody trouble underground."

"Good," I heard Inigo say in the comms. "I've been itching to try my SIVA super out on some bad guys, since Aaron didn't invite me to the caribou slaughter.

"Wait, there are variants of this stuff?" I asked.

"Just watch." I heard Inigo say, after dispatching a large group of pirates with one final slam. SIVA then poured out from his body, before latching onto him again. He grew larger and larger, parts of his body changing into weapons, a barrier of SIVA forming around him to prevent the void troopers from hurting him as he transformed. When it was over, he was now twice my size, his right arm transformed into a chaingun with a rocket launcher in the middle of the barrel, and his left into a drill.

Legions void pirates fell screaming in despair, as he rampaged about the facility, breaking down walls and occasionally firing rockets into large groups of them, turning them into regular SIVA zombies that charged down the void troopers without mercy. Analysis from Rasputin said that the zombies would be unable to mutate, and would die out upon him transforming back to normal.

By the time he was done rampaging, most of the facility was in shambles, only the explosives remaining untouched. I looked on the scene with awe, speechless at the destruction. Various ships, mechas, and vehicles laid in shambles, as he transformed back to his usual self. Inigo whistled in awe of his own power. "Just got warmed up too. Now, to talk to her."

Is it possible for me to do the same, Rasputin?

With my assistance yes. Though it has a cooldown of 25 minutes, and you need to assist with utmost care. Otherwise it will take 10 times as long.

"Right!" I heard Inigo say over the comms. "I think that's about everything. The void guys will have a hard time rebuilding here without the U.G.C spotting them.

"Hold on a second," I heard the unnamed girl say over the comms. I'm reading new signatures. A Vex is popping in for some reason. How about we shut it down before it calls its buddies over?"

"Probably not an ordinary one considering our luck... ehhh it's probably going to be a piece of cake anyways!

"Great. It should be up on the remnants of the upper floor. Remember boys, you get ships for this!"

With that, the unnamed girl went off the comms. Me and Inigo climbed the building, reaching its peak within a few minutes of using our jump abilities. True to the titan's word, a large heavily armored robot stood at the top of the building, standing over the corpse of a mecha. It turned its gaze, what looked like an arc cannon on its right shoulder pointing directly at us. Analysis from Rasputin revealed the weapon to be an unusually large minotaur wielding a Vex foil rifle. Once a target is hit the weapon can cause hallucinations, along with a rare chance of 2 second seizure. The weapon was also able to chain targets, though the chained targets gained half the effect the one that got shot did.

The Vex released a bellowing roar, and what looked like miniature arc storms appeared around it. I saw Inigo put his right shoulder in front of him as he sat in a crouching position, making a large wall of pure light. "Vex clouds! Bring out your explosives Aaron!"

I ran over to the barricade, pulling out my Steel Medula. "I don't have anything other than my abilities! My SIVA super might be able to take them all out though!"

Code changed to maximize damage output.

"Are you shitting me right now, Aaron?!" I heard Inigo yell as he launched discs of pure arc from Radegast, landing into the masses of the recently spawned goblins and destroying small groups of them. "If those things get infected, there's no telling what power the Vex may gain. We may even screw over the multiverse!"

"Just trust me on this!" I said after wiping out a group of hobgoblins with Steel Medula. More Vex spawned, this time closer to a mix of goblin, minotaur, and hobgoblin units. I jumped up above the horde, drawing their attention, and releasing a huge wave of nanites from my body. While the large minotaur barely had a scratch, most of the Vex units were decaying at an extremely fast rate, as the nanites tore them apart like a swarm of mosquitoes to its prey. This caused the minotaur to start attacking, charging up its cannon and firing it at me and Inigo. It tore our shields apart, and I ended up seeing three of the minotaur. Having no clear target, I threw my pulse grenade at the minotaur, and Inigo threw a flashbang at it, disorienting its systems.

I ran to the barrier and swapped to Ether Nova just as the barrier ran out. The minotaur roared once more, calling in more Vex reinforcements. Inigo was able to pop another barrier before they began firing at us, and thus we fired at them in return with from the safety of it. I then swapped to Sleeper Simulant once the herd was thinned, and fired a shot straight into the minotaur's chest, causing it to stumble. I didn't let up for a moment, releasing the rest of the mag into it.

The minotaur took the advantage it had, rushing at me with an arm in striking position. Unable to get out of the way in time, I raised my hands in a attempt to block it. Suddenly, the girl from earlier ran past me in a blur, sending a flame-charged punch into the minotaur's core. "I got your back!" she said, before summoning a hammer of pure sol energy, hitting it into the core over and over again, as the Vex could do nothing but stumble from each hit. Just before the core gave way, the minotaur released one last roar, before exploding, causing the unnamed titan to fly past me, her arm dug into the floor to keep herself from falling off.

The girl got up from the floor. "Good work you two. But next time, maybe consider not throwing your lives away for a ship?"

Inigo just sighed. "Yet another thing I'll owe you for."

The girl smiled. "Hey, your dues will come eventually... pup."

Inigo didn't say anything about it, but I could feel his annoyance. "So about that ship you promised us?"

You're not the only one Inigo...

The girl smiled. "Yeah just give me a second." She then proceeded to walk down a floor, and I heard her talking below us, but was unable to tell what she was saying. Eventually, she came back up. "Your ship should be here in a few. It's got enough room for six people, so you should be able to have a raid team living in adequate quarters next to each other."

Inigo instantly cheered up. "Sweet! Thanks for the ship Daleyza."

Daleyza chuckled. "No problem." Her ship then flew down in front of us, another ship landing next to it as well, and she entered her ship's cockpit. "You boys have fun out in the multiverse, got that? And remember, no settling down! Settling down is for losers!" The cockpit then closed, it flying out into space. We stared at the ship for a minute or two, before looking at each other.

"You're gonna want to fly it, aren't you?" I asked in bemusement.

"Pretty please with a cherry on top?"