Anthology Of The Origin System

Primed Chamber

Disclaimers: I do not own Warframe.

A/N: I get that Mesa has been appearing too much and I get that I need to get back to the main story, but once I heard about the Primed Chamber's fiasco, I couldn't resist.

Primed Chamber

"Yes! Yes! I finally got it!", Mesa's voice rings out as she enters the mess hall of the Orbiter, where a number of her fellow Tenno were gathered around in various parts of the room while hugging a Gun Mod.

Most of them give her nothing more than the side-eye before returning to their business but the ever-curious Gauss decided to indulge the Gunslinger Tenno.

"Mesa, my dear lass, what is it that you finally got?", The Runner Tenno asks as he instantly appears next to her, despite being on the other side of the room a moment ago. Usually, this would have startled Mesa but she was too focus in her bliss to care. She merely holds out the mod and Gauss takes it as his cue to scan it.

"Huh, Primed Chamber: one hundred damage on the first shot in the clip", he comments, "Fascinating, though I can't say I've ever heard of this mod before."

"That's because it's the rarest, most expensive mod in the whole damn system!", Mesa squeals, "And it's finally mine! My Snipertron is going to be one-shotting Bailiffs in no time once I improve this mod!"

"I say if it's so rare and all", Gauss began, "Then where did you procure it from?"

"From Darvo on the Pluto Relay", Mesa replies.

"You mean the Orcus Relay, correct?", Gauss says.

"Whatever.", Mesa says.

Gauss shrugs at this, "Darvo, you say? The man does have a knack for finding rare items. And one more question, my dear. How much did it cost you?"

"One hundred thousand platinum", Mesa answers.

The Speed Tenno merely stood there, staring at Mesa through his helmet almost as if he was frozen in time. After a moment of awkward silence, the Marksman Tenno wave a hand in his face.

"You okay there, partner?", she asks before Gauss snap out of it and shakes his head.

"Terribly sorry there, lass. I believe I might have heard you wrong. Did you say this particular mod cause you one hundred thousand platinum?", he asks.

Mesa nods her head, "Sure did."

"Platinum? The former currency of the ancient Orokin Empire which is scattered across the entire Origin System on various planets, moons, asteroids, and ships?", Gauss further questions.

"One and the same", Mesa says.

"How were you able to gather that much platinum? I have searches entire former Orokin colonies and have been only able to gather a hundred platinum at best?"

"Well, I was stubborn and lucky. I lost a lot of sleep, I had to pay some of the other Tenno to take my watches and patrols for me so I could go exploring, and I own a lot of people favors", Mesa admitted.

"That explains why you paid me a thousand credits to take your bridge watch that one time", Gauss murmurs.

"But in the end, it was all worth it", Mesa said as she hugs the mod once more, "Soon, I'll be the deadliest shot in the system!"

"You're already that if the Grineer and Corpus' chatter we pick up is anything to go off of", Gauss points out before the doors to the mess hall open up and he spots the Water Tenno entering also with a Gun Mod in his hand.

"I say, what is that you have there, Hydroid?", Gauss asks.

The Tenno merely shrugs, "I don't know, some Gun Mod that Baro was selling on the Earth Relay."

"Strata Relay", Gauss corrects him.

"Whatever", Hydroid says, "He said that it can make me a deadlier sniper. I think it's called Primed Chamber or something."

Gauss' eyes widen behind his helmet as he hears something drop on the floor in front of him, "Oh dear."

"Anyway, he sold it to me for a mere million credits and almost three thousand ducats, chump changes really. Can you believe that?", Hydroid starts to laugh, "I thought I was ripping him off for once!"

Gauss slowly turns his head back around to look at Mesa who now was frozen in place and the Gun Mod laid on the floor at her feet.

"And the best part", Hydroid kept on, "was that he said that Darvo sold another one to some idiot a few hours ago for a hundred thousand platinum! Seriously, where do you even get a hundred thousand plat?"

"Um, Hydroid?", Gauss tries to warn him.

"I bet whoever did that must be kicking themselves in the ass for getting dupe by Darvo!", Hydroid kept laughing but stops upon hearing a voice that made his blood run cold.

"You best get running, suga."

Hydroid turns his attention to Mesa who was staring at him and notices a Gun Mod at her feet. Upon quickly scanning it, he makes an audible gulp.

"I-it was you Darvo sold the mod to, wasn't it?", he stammers.

"Yes, and like I just said, you best get running, suga", Mesa says as her Regulators Pistols flip up into her hands.

Hydroid makes a break for it, all the while screaming at the top of his lungs, "Woop, woop, woop, woop, woop!"

"Ordis!", Lotus calls to the ship's A.I. from her desk in her quarters as she hears gunshots ring throughout the ship, "What is going on? Have we been boarded?"

"Negative, Lotus. It would seem that Operator Mesa is having some kind of dispute with Operator Hydroid", he answers, "I have an incoming message from Operator Gauss who is on the scene."

A message screen pops up in front of the Lotus with Gauss on it, "Ah yes, Lotus. Terribly sorry to bother you at this time but it seems we have sort of a situation here."

"What is going on, Gauss?!", Lotus shouts.

"Ah well, you see, it would seem that Mesa got swindled by Darvo while Baro-", Gauss ducks just in time to dodge some bullets while Mesa's voice could be heard in the background.

"Get back here, you watery varmint! First I'm going to kill you, then I'm going back to Pluto to kill Darvo, and finally, I'm going to Earth to kill Baro! Afterward, all three of ya'll can be buried in the same grave for all I care! I'll dig it for ya!"

"Woop, woop, woop, woop, woop!"

"Can you get everything under control, Gauss?", Lotus asks.

"Well, that might be quite difficult seeing how Atlas, Rhino and even Hildryn are all trying to hold Mesa down but they're just getting dragged along for the ride it seems. Mesa is surprisingly strong when properly angry", Gauss answers as more bullets zip by him, "You might want to send reinforcements."

And with that, the message screen disappears.

"I am going to have a nice long talk with both Darvo and Baro when this is all said and done", Lotus said as she got up and made her way to the mess hall.

A/N: To everyone who actually bought Primed Chamber way back then, I'm truly sorry for you.