Watch As We Burn

Chapter 9

He watched her black out, her eyes rolled back into her head. She collapsed and her body shut down from the breach in the dam of emotions. Her fingers uncurled, and opened her palms up. A small sigh passed through her black lips, and Ikora looked at her then placed her hands on her shoulders, trembling.

And Nathaniel watched as Ikora tried feebly to push her off of her person.

There was a heavy clicking noise, and raspy breath filled the room when Kyrine's words of hatred finished bounding off the walls.

Ikora didn't pay attention to the Thrall hobbling towards her, she only put more energy into her pushes. Nathaniel broke out of his trance and started towards Ikora, his footsteps fell silent as he made his way to the Vanguard woman.

But the Thall made it there before he did.

Enki placed a clawed hand on his master's back, and Ikora immediately stopped pushing on the limp woman on her. The Thrall nudged Kyrine off Ikora, her body slid onto the white floor.

Nate now stood over her, his face was grim.

"Guardian." Ikora rose her voice to a strong tone, licking the blood off her lips.

He was looking at the battered Thrall who nudged Kyrine farther away from the dark skinned woman. His mouth was turned down in a grim line and his face was shadowed from his long hair falling in front of his face as he looked down on his commander.

A small, deep laugh was heard. "It's ironic. You, my better, down by my feet. Bruised and bloody by the hands of your disciple."

Enki nudged Kyrine's body into proper position, her body straight and her hands by her side. Her mouth hung open, her chest rose an fell slowly. Her brow were relaxed and her lips were parted. She looked peaceful, the first time since Oryx surface and took control of what everyone knew to be.

If only he could keep her that way, happy and peaceful. A deep frown settled across his features.

Oryx had turned Mentor against student, disrupting the daily life and order of everything. All to take over the expanse of the resistance, the Guardians.

All to have his grip, holding to every corner of the Galaxy. His eyes then narrowed maliciously toward Ikora.

She was silent, eye swollen and mouth bleeding.

And he turned, picking up his friend. Kyrine felt like a dead weight in his arms. He was sweaty, shirtless and seemingly hopeless.

Enki was a silent enigma behind him, waiting for Nathaniel to make a move.

He fumbled with his red key card, his name was pressed into it, and pressed it against the scanner to open uh door.

The door opened quickly, the white slides slid into the crevices to open up the view to the hallway.

And there stood Cayde.

The EXO wasn't as banged up as Nathaniel would've perceived. Paint peeled off his head and his bright cobalt eyes, seemed dimmer. His eyes snapped to Kyrine in his arms. And his optics furrowed.