We Stand Together

Chapter 7: Crucible Match With A Sunbreaker

Three hours in and Eden is having the time of her life.

There's gunfire everywhere, mass chaos ensuing as each team tries to capture the points, and Shaxx is roaring and screaming over the comms. Eden loves it!

"Hey, newbie, you and me are going B," A Titan calls out to her. They receive a sharp nod and Eden follows them.

When they get there, four of the six enemy team is standing and guarding it.

The Titan crouches and she follows their lead.

"Alright, taking that zone will win us the game. I can distract them if you go around and use your fist of havoc."

As soon as the words are out of their mouth, they're gone. Eden looks between the empty space they were just sitting in and Uriah. The little Ghost shrugs and shakes his shell. Eden sighs.

"Well, you heard 'em, Uriah. Let's go."

With that, she and Uriah watch as the Titan reappears on the opposite side of them, shooting at the enemy team. The four turn and return fire tenfold of what the Titan is giving.

She looks at Uriah and gives him a nod before clambering over the cement block she'd been using as cover and begins to sprint toward them. Eden uses her momentum to jump up on a pile of rubble and high in the air. As she begins to fall back to the ground, arc crackles and waves all around her. The enemy team stops their fire on the Titan just in time to see her slam the ground around them.

Shaxx loudly congratulates her on the quadruple kill she got as their bodies disappear in an array of arc. The Titan gives her a thumbs up before moving to stand on the zone with her. They both wait to capture it.

When it hits about ninety-two percent, Shaxx announces thirty seconds left and they hear the heaving thudding of several boots running their way.

The Titan turns to them. "Stay on this point! I'll take care of them!"

And then, they sprint off. Time slows around her as the Titan jumps into the air. Sol swirls around their form as a hammer of fire takes shape in their hands. A clear clank sounds in the air and the enemy team stops where they're at. With a quiet grunt, the Titan throws a hammer. It hits the mark in a Warlock leading the charge.

He goes up in a flurry of embers with a yell and his teammates stop and try to turn around but with another couple of hammers thrown, they're down for the count too.

To say Eden's impressed is an understatement. She stands staring at the Titan until they turn back to look at her.

"You're lucky you're wearing a helmet or you'd catch flies," The Titan jokes as they walk back over to her. Eden shakes her head a bit before gushing out, "What was that?"

The Titan chuckles. "That, newbie, was the Hammer of Sol, the Sunbreaker subclass."

And before the Titan can say any more, Shaxx calls the match and they've won. Uriah bumps against her helmet in excitement as Eden grins. That's the third one she's won in a row. Of course, there were a few losses in the beginning (a lot actually but who's counting?) but it was worth it for the wins.

The other team is good-natured about the loss and congratulates Eden and her team. She notices though that some are wary of the Sunbreaker Titan and avoid them altogether. Eden shrugs and goes on her way. She's already won three matches and sated her need to fight.

"That's wasn't so bad. I expected worse," Uriah beeps and twirls at her shoulder.

"Oh? Didn't you believe in me, Uriah?" She teases him.

The little white and silver Ghost pauses, gaping and muttering a single word here or there. Eden laughs at him before petting his shell.

"I'm just joking. Come on, let's go see if the others have any missions or bounties for us to do." She stops for a moment before excitedly turning back to Uriah.

"Or maybe Axel could teach us how to use Hammer of Sol! Let's go!" She exclaims happily, marching toward her ship.

Uriah shakes his shell but follows after her none the less. Besides, Eden knows that he's just as curious as she is, even if the little Ghost doesn't want to show it.

As soon as they board their ship, they take off.

The map Shaxx had placed them on had been in the Eastern Dead Zone of Earth. Eden decides that now is a good time to rest as any. It'd be a couple of hours before they reached the Tower anyway.

As she takes off her helmet, Uriah beeps and looks at her.

"Remember that Titan we fought with in the Crucible? Well, they just pinged us."

Eden watches on in amazement as Uriah displays the message on the little datapad she keeps in the ship.

Hey Newbie, you weren't too shabby in the Crucible. If ya ever wanna go in again, message me and I'll join up. Maybe I'll even show you how to use Sunbreaker.
-Tayten-6

Eden's mouth drops open and she stares at Uriah in shock. Then slowly, she smiles.

"We'll have to take her up on that sometime," Eden says, leaning back in her seat. All Uriah does is beep and settle on her shoulders.

Together, they both doze off as the ship heads back towards the Tower.