"Vanessaaaa!!" I shouted as I swung around the massive Fallen tower with my nanite grapple cable. The warlock turned to, and stared, at me with shock. While mid-flight, I shot at the SIVA that had my team trapped, dropping the Wolf Pack to the ground. They took up arms and began shooting the infections around them, forming a safe zone. I dropped to the ground and joined the firefight. It was like a zombie survival mission. "Alan?!" Kourtney screamed excitedly while ripping her serrated knife from the mind core of a drone. "Yeah, it's me!" I replied as I fan fired my lucky Ace of Spades. "It's about d*** time you showed up!" Blake shouted. "I also brought friends..." I added. Just then a figure, with large wings that blocked out the sun, zoomed through the air and fired at the drones with a machine gun, shredding them to pieces. A portal also formed in the sky, spitting out a warlock wrapped in a forest green overcoat. While gliding in the air, he threw down a massive Nova bomb that wiped out several of the enemy before joining us on the ground. Colt, who had fallen behind, also swung into the fray. "Hello, we're the Protectors! I understand you're the Wolf Pack! It's very nice to meet you!" The 'Guardian Angel' said quickly, trying to skip introductions. "It's over, Vanessa! You're outmatched!" I shouted, now backed by an entire Raid team. "The one known as Vanessa no longer exists. She was weak, and lacked the diligence to achieve her goals. I am a fragment of her mind, with the sole purpose of bringing forth the age of SIVA... I [b]am[/b] the Technomancer!" The warlock said in a monotonous tone. "Wha?" Blake asked as he cringed slightly. "She's been... converted..." I said matter-of-factly, but I was shocked too. The Technomancer waved a couple of fingers around, then everything began their attack; drones, Guun Ji, Lady Sif, and whatever nanites the warlock used as her own choice of weapons. The sky shifted from the angry orange of the fire and smoke made by the machines scattered about, to a deep red from all of the SIVA flying towards us. I reloaded my cannon, then prepared for the worst. The tsunami of nanites surging toward us began pinging off of a surface just beyond my face. Blake, standing in the center of the group, had thrown up a Ward of Dawn, fending off the assault. We all looked to him, and he gave a reassuring nod. "Yeah! You're welcome!" Blake shouted snarkly. Kourtney took this opportunity to pull out a large knife and imbue it with arc Light. She ran out of the ward, then spun on one foot; the arc energy that she had cast out in a circle pushed the SIVA back just enough for the rest of us to run out as well; forming a beachhead of sorts. As Kourtney lunged from drone to drone, frying each one, Gideon and I stood back to back and covered the Bladedancer. Dakota swung his battle-axe through the air, shattering the robots like they were panels of glass. Blake and Angel were moving up in opposite directions, keeping the drones off our flank. Gideon jumped into the air, then fired a Dusk Arrow into a drone. It was consumed by the cold between stars, but the others around it became anchored to the Void. Silajir finished the SIVA off with another Nova Bomb that swallowed them into oblivion. I placed my boot against the chest of a drone and kicked to the ground while retrieving my knife as well. "Blake!" I shouted after turning to the tita Blake turned around to see Lady Sif swinging a massive SIVA hammer towards his face. "S***!" He screamed as he caught the hammer, inches from his Glasshouse helmet. Blake punched the titaness in the face, then kicked her away. The Defender took his Dark-drinker and clashed it against the titaness' hammer. With a powerful swing, Blake sliced the head of the hammer off. He, then, grabbed Sif's shoulder and flipped her over before she could rebuild the weapon. Angel raised up her auto rifle and began firing at Guun Ji, who was firing SIVA arrows from a distance. A slithering SIVA tendril grabbed the titaness' gun and sabotaged the firing mechanism. Angel threw down the weapon before any nanites could get onto her armor, then she used the beats of her massive mechanical wings to blow away several approaching drones. A drone, aiming its cannon at Kourtney, locked onto the huntress and charged up a SIVA projectile. [i]Pow![/i] The drone exploded in a blaze of fire and smoke. A small Ward of Dawn, just large enough to fit the drone inside, trapped the explosive inside with it. I jabbed a knife into a drone, ripped it out, then threw it at another drone. I fired four shells into a third machine, but a fourth robot came up behind me and got me in a choke hold and threw away my weapon. I tried to break free, but another drone began punching me in the stomach. I fell to the ground, unable to breathe properly. The Technomancer commanded SIVA to catch Angel straight from the sky as she flew around; with another wave of her hands, a mass of nanites enveloped Silajir and pinned him to the ground. More SIVA caught Kourtney, then flung her around, knocking her out cold. "Pathetic!" The warlock overlord exclaimed. Colt had somehow made his up through the horde without being detected; I suppose it was because he looked like a drone. He snuck up behind the Technomancer and punched her in the back of the head. The warlock fell to the ground, but quickly pushed herself up. She turned to Colt, then commanded SIVA to lift him off the ground. "You have become a thorn, Ghost!" Colt gasped. "I'm not a Thorn! I'm! A! D***!" The Technomancer cocked her head in confusion. Suddenly, a pike was shoved through the warlock's stomach. The Technomancer gasped and hunched over, but did not fall to the ground. She beared her teeth and ripped the rod out of her gut; she then took the staff and stabbed Colt in his artificial stomach. I looked up to see the Technomancer cast Colt aside like he was a piece of scrap. "COLT!!" I screamed. I recreated my wrist daggers and stabbed two drones at once. I ran up, but SIVA gripped my feet, causing me to fall into the snow. They lifted me up, dangling in the air upside-down. Dakota, who had died, emerged from a blaze of fire, then began tossing fusion grenades at any nearby drones. [b]Explosion! Explosion! Explosion![/b] Nearly eleven of the SIVA robots were destroyed in a couple of seconds. "Enough!" The Technomancer shouted as she waved her hands around, as if calming the seas. SIVA caught Dakota's arms, and kept him from grabbing his rifle. "You tear down my drones, but you are no closer to stopping me! You are merely a pest, a distraction!" SIVA raised all seven of us Guardians into the air, just ahead of the Technomancer. Arc energy coursed through the warlock's fingers; she still wielded Light. One touch to the SIVA holding us, and we would all be electrocuted; and the Technomancer planned on doing just that. She outstretched her arms... but something caught them. [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/229585066/0/0]CONTINUE TO PART 2[/url]