//------------------------------// // Blade brothers // Story: The Guardian's story // by Lon35hadow //------------------------------// I came to slowly from the blackout Harmony had induced on me, rubbing my head as I did so and I opened my eyes, which showed the scenery to be some kind of sci-fi dungeon, as it had stone walls, but a lot of advanced instruments that looked straight out of a science fiction game, and trust me, I would know. That was my genre before being sent to Equestria. Anyway, I sat up. "Oh, my head," I muttered before hearing a somewhat robotic voice. "Ah, Tenno. Good, you're awake. And you aren't just a mind drone." Oh no, I recognize that voice, and it made me jump from the table I was on and summon my Exalted blade, and pointed it at Alad V- the mad scientist from the Warframe universe who would cut open Warframes for research purposes. "Just where the fuck am I?!" I yelled at him. "And don't think of getting close to me, because I will skewer you." "I suppose I should have seen that coming," Alad, dressed in the in-game outfit he usually has. "I can understand your reaction, Tenno, but I have no interest in dissecting you. And even if I did, I'm too busy using Griffon physiology against them. And not because I'm the villain, it's because I'm the scientist of the Displaced trio that rules here and is currently at war with the Griffons." ". . .Somehow, I'm not surprised by that," I said as I deactivated my power. "So, you're a Displaced too?" "Indeed I am," he replied. "My Zanuka- which arrived with me here, by the way- found you and brought you to our castle, where you've been out for near month since we found you." "A month!?" I yelled in surprise. "Yes," Alad said before the collar. . .thing around his neck which also allowed him to control Zanuka beeped. "Ah, it seems as if Oryx is on his way here." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Oryx? As in Oryx the Taken King? As in a boss who is incredibly fucking terrifying in the Rain given his health and the mechanics?" "And in this universe, adoptive father to Celestia, believe it or not," he said. "Yeah, as a brony, I was surprised to and nearly freaked at that little fact." I shrugged. "Dude, I just got done killing a mirror version of Luna, Celestia, and Cadence who were in Nightmare form dressed as warlocks from Destiny alongside the Shadow Stalker. When it comes to Displaced shit, I've learned to not question stuff like that." "I suppose that make sense," Alad said. "So, what's your Equestria like?" "Anthro with twenty plus ponies in Warframes, as these frames are special liquid metal mixed with magic," I replied. "Half of which are allied with Celestia trying to stone my ass, while the other half, including Twilight and Luna, are with me. And just call me by the frame designation. I've gotten used to it." "Noted, Excalibur," he said as we heard heavy footsteps, making me turn around and see the Taken king approaching us. "Ah, Oryx. I imagine you can tell our guest is awake?" "And his name," Oryx replied as he stopped and eyes me. "Hm. Odd. Your colors resemble that my brother preferred on his online avatars." "Really?" I asked before what Harmony told me hit me in the head. "Hey, uh, quick question." "Yes?" Oryx asked. "What do the Gamertags 'Brother Saber' and 'Brother Katana' mean to you?"(1) "Those were my and my brother's gamertags," Oryx replied. "Why do you ask?" "'By the light of our blades and the shadows of the cut, all our enemies shall fall'," I replied, making Oryx mouth open slightly. "Josh? Is that you?" "Yeah. I'm guessing that's you, Mark?" "Indeed it is," he replied. "It is good to see you again, brother, but I'm curious as to how you're here given your death." "A goddess gave me a second life," I replied. "You getting here?" "Some ass at comicon that gave me wings, Alad his robotic dog, and Didact, the last of our trio, his scattershot." "So the usual Displaced shit then, huh?" "Apparently." "And how's it feel being stuck here?" I asked, knowing he absolutely hated this show. "Since I am in the leadership and currently changing it to more of my liking, quite well," he said. "If your curious as to where your weapons are, they're in the guest room. If you want, I can show it to you." "Please," I said. "I've had weapons long enough to where I don't feel right without at least a sword. An actual sword, not my Exalted Blade." "Then come one," he said. "Then you get to meet your new niece." "Oh yay," I muttered. With that, Oryx led the way to my room-something which was an average room without anything fancy- where I put the weapons in their respective places. That is to say Silva and Aegis on my left wrist, the Soma across my back, and the Aksomati on the thighs. From there, he led me to the nursery room where Celestia-or Sekana as she's called here- was playing. "Adopted her a little over a year ago when she was already three," Oryx said. "Explains why she's already playing with toy swords," I muttered. "Guessing you put a little capital d Darkness in her too?" "Just before Zanuka found you," he replied as Sekana came over to us. "Daddy, who is this?" she asked, a wooden sword in her hand. "This, Sekana is your uncle Excalibur. He only recently arrived." "Hello, Sekana." "Hi uncle Sword," she said with a smile. "Are you going to help Daddy beat the Griffons?" I chuckled before replying. "Yes, Sekana, I am," I said before kneeling down and picking her up. "And if you want to, if I'm able to and when you're old enough, I can show you how to use a sword." "I don't see why not," Oryx said. "Yay!" Sekana cheered. This was unfortunately cut off as a Taken pony-no, I'm not kidding- appeared and bowed. "Hi, uncle betrayer," Sekana said and I looked at Oryx. "A traitor to the Griffons who now serves as one of Sekana's caretakers and, eventually, one of her hands," he told me before addressing the Taken. "What is it?" "My liege, the Guardians and Didact are under attack by a new war machine of the Griffons, and require assistance." Before i could look at Oryx, he said, "A happy accident I've decided to roll out to all Taken," before addressing the Taken again. "I and Excalibur-who will have the same authority over you and the others as Sekana and I- will handle it. Take care of my daughter until I return." Before a reply was heard, I felt my world go upside down and my insides turned inside out before they were righted, and I saw that Oryx and I now stood on a grassy hill overlooking four figures running from a huge tank that was currently firing from a primitive machine gun towards them with a small force of Griffons around it. "Muskets mixed with world war one era machine guns," I commented. "That's new, not to mention the huge ass tank." "Indeed," Oryx said. "Alad will want that mostly intact to study." He then looked at me, and I at him. "So, want to show 'em why we were called the Blade Brothers back home on Live?" Under my helmet, I grinned as I drew Silva. "I'll go in, clear out a path to the tank, then move in and kill it's crew." "We'll need something fitting for the sword play," Oryx commented. "Revengeance?" I asked. "Please," he said, and I could hear the grin in his voice as I turned back to face the battle ground. "Then let's do this shit." Cybis' perspective "Come on, we need to outrun these fuckers!" I heard Josh yell just before I jump back and throw a scatter grenade at the pursuing Griffons, though it did little, as these guys had special armor that was somehow resistant to my grenades. "No fucking shit, Josh!" Rino yelled back before jumping into the air and using light before turning in the air to face them and fire off a G-horn shot against the new tank- a three story thing with high velocity shells and old machine guns, as in our world's world war one era machine guns for the secondary weapons-, though the armor plating on it was thick. Now, I know what you're thinking-why not hijack the thing? Because, quite simply, those machine guns, though primitive, could melt through our shields, and Didact can't jump up high enough to reach it. "Where's the nearest base?!" I yelled as we avoided shots from the foot soldiers. If there's one good thing abou thte tank, it's that is has one slow ass reload time. "Three kilometers away!" Didact replied. "Shiiiiiiiit!" Josh yelled at that just before we heard music. "Okay, who the fuck's playing something from Revengeance!?" Rhino yelled before our radios came on. "Guardians, Didact, this is Oryx. I am inbound with a new ally to capture the tank. We're already in the area." "How close?" Didact asked. "Close enough," was the reply before we heard the air behind us crackling and screams of pain, making us turn our heads and see orbs of Darkness coming into existence over the Griffon footsoldiers before coming down and infecting many of them with Darkness, enough to become Taken, apparently. Literally a second after that, a blue and green blur began to slice those that hadn't been converted on the tank's left side into pieces. It then jumped partway up the tank, and-I'm not kidding here- ran up the side of the tank to the top, flipping up and out of our view. "The hell?" Josh asked before Oryx teleported next to us. "I have told you all of my life before coming here, correct?" he asked. "Yeah," Rhino replied. "Why?" "Turns out, that blur is another Displaced who just so happens to be my brother," Oryx replied. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to prove I'm still worthy of my nick name from before coming here." With that, he flew to where the remaining Griffons were, and began to strike at them with his sword. "Okay, seriously," Josh said, "how is it we have the Taken King;someone who wants to eliminate humanity; a mad scientist; and now a once thought dead man as our allies!?" None of us had a reply.