Anthology Of The Origin System

The Dragon and The Gunslinger

(Mesa)

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Mesa is bewildered by the fact that the deadly sword that she was sure was going to end her life was now being held back a mere inch from her forehead by Chroma's Dynasty Galatine as the Dragon Tenno was currently standing in front of her, locking blades with the unknown assailant.

"If...you..would...be...so...kind!", Chroma struggles to spit out as it was taking every ounce of his strength just to hold back the blade and even then felt his knees start to buckle, "Do something!"

Mesa kicks out to her left and sprays a full clip of her Soma into the shadowy figure, who vanishes from sight and appears on a cliff behind the Tenno duo. Both Chroma and Mesa's radars were able to pinpoint his location and both of them turn around, Mesa bringing her gun to bear as she reloads mid-spin. Immediately upon bringing her sight upon their attacker, she noticed that he had once again vanished from sight.

"Where he go?", both the Dragon and Gunslinger ask themselves as they began scanning the area but to no avail.

Without warning, something reflected the sunlight into the Tenno's eyes from above and both Mesa and Chroma turn their heads skyward just in time to see their shadowy foe descend fast toward them.

"None can escape my vengeance!", he bellows as he brings his sword down on top of Mesa's head once again.

Chroma had less than a second to think. Despite the short distance between him and Mesa he knew he wasn't going to make it time to push her out of the way, so he did the only thing that seemed logical.

He used the flat of his sword to simply knock the Gunslinger Tenno away.

Mesa didn't know what to be more surprise over. The fact that Chroma used his huge sword to knock her out of the path of the attacker blade, the fact that she might have a few broken ribs or the fact that despite being able to dodge the brunt of the attack, the tip of their enemy's blade manage to leave a deep gash going down the right side of her helmet. Luckily her suit's computer system tells her that her warframe integrity had not been breached but her right visual visor was damage beyond current repair.

*The Orokin scientists that made the warframe suits were the brightest in the empire and knew that sometimes unexpected events happen on the battlefield. Therefore they install a system that if the armor and shields were penetrated during the course of a mission and an actual breach occurred in the warframe suit a special second set of shields kick on within the warframe that kept the outer environment from entering the warframe. Though this was only a temporarily solutions along with the fact that these shields were much weaker than their combat orient counterpart, and they drew power from the operator's personal energy.*

Chroma kept spinning after he knocked Mesa away, hoping to catch his foe off-guard and hit him from behind after he landed on the ground. But the attacker must have anticipated this action as he brought his sword over the top of his head and behind him, blocking Tiamat's Wrath in the process with a resounding clank.

"I was expecting more of a challenge from you, but so far all I have found is a huge disappointment", the attacker says before pushing Chroma away.

Chroma regains his balances and brings his sword up to the ready, "Who are you?"

"I am the instrument of the Emperor who will exact his revenge on those that betray him. I will prowl the stars without rest until I have brought all of you Tenno to justice. I'll watch your traitorous kind every move until I snuff out your last breath", the foe explains.