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A Valus rising

by Lon35hadow

Chapter 18: We'll shake it off

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Excalibur

Why did it have to be fucking Taken? Actually, a better question is how! You know what, I'll look into it later.

Okay, so, Mau'ual, Fleur, and I were charged by the Taken that Discord had summoned, mostly Taken Knights and Acolytes and a few Thrall. No Wizards with tracking shots, fortunately. So, yeah, they charged us, and I used the Aegis part of my sword and shield to block the shots from the Acolytes, and used Silva to slice any that came close enough, Mau'ual was using his mauler to block the larger projectiles, but he couldn't go on the offense as he had no other melee weapons, which is where Fleur took up the slack, and attacked for him with her dual etheric blades.

Still, even then, we were easily surrounded, and I personally found it a miracle we hadn't already been taken down. "Guys, we need to take this outside!" I yelled.

"How do you propose we do that?!" Mau'ual replied with a yell.

"How else?" I yelled back. "Hey, Discord! You call yourself a man? Then why do you hide behind an army like a pussy?!"(1) This had the desired effect, as an expression of rage appeared on the chaos god's face before he snapped his fingers, causing the Taken to vanish, leaving just the four of us. Harmony, get the Raider wings ready for me, will ya?

On it, Ex. They'll be ready.

Thanks.

"You dare insult me!? Discord, the God of Chaos!?" said moron yelled in anger. "I know what you are, Tenno, and I can easily break a machine!"

"Then you're misinformed!" I yelled back. "Now, come and get us! Mau'ual, Fleur, lets fly!"

They nodded, and we made our way to the window we had burst through before jumping out of it, with Mau'ual activating his thrusters and Fleur spreading her wings as a flash of light appeared around me for a second before fading, revealing the Itzal Archwing on my back, the Fluctus in my hand, and Centaur on the wing of the Itzal, each matching my frame's color scheme.

"Nice wings," Mau'ual said just before Discord appeared in front of us.

"Later," I said as I put the Fluctus on the right thruster of the Itzal, and drew the Centaur, causing the blades to expand and the shield to widen.

"You know, Dainn said that if I was able to capture the demon if he was still, alice, I'd be able to switch him and use him for personal use," Discord grolwed. "But I think I'll just kill you, as I like my mares red collared." With that, he snapped his fingers, which caused a shit load of swords to appear before being sent flying towards us.

"I don't think so," I said before activating Cosmic crush, which in essence created a micro black hole which swallowed up all the swords that had been sent flying towards us before it collapsed and created a large shockwave, one which destroyed the glass windows on the building we had come out of. "Lets go, bitch," I said before using blink to teleport behind Discord and try to slice him in half, but, when I did, well, it's Discord, so he survived, but it also made two of him.

Did not expect that to happen, Harmony said. This will be an interesting fight, as you won't be able to cut him at all.

Yeah, I guessed that, I replied. Give me the Knux, then.

If that'll help, she said, and the blade and shield weapon vanished to be replaced with what were essentially large knuckles on each of my hands, each taller than my torso each.

"This'll be fun," I muttered. "Two of him."

"It will be, Discord said. "For us, anyway." And with that, the two Discords attacked, one going for me, the other for Fleur and Mau'ual.

The one that came for me attacked with bolts of lightning and his claws. A few, I were able to deflect using the Knux, while the rest hit my shield, and, half of the time, they were brought down low, as the Itzal was not meant for being a tank of Archwings, they goes to the Elytron, which also does a load of collateral, which we don't need right now. A shockwave can be easily repaired. A mini nuke not easily.

So, yeah, it was a hard pressed fight, to the point one of the Knuxs broke and I had to have Hamrony bring in the Rathbone to replace it. The few hits to get past my shields were repaired with my Rejuvenation Aura mod, though how that works with an Archwing is beyond me.

After ten minutes of bones breaking, only to be repaired by either magic or Aura abilities, the two of us floated in the air, panting heavily. "Why won't you die!?" Discord yelled at me.

I shrugged. "Because I'm able to constantly heal, an it has no limits i know of," I replied. "Now, I say it's time I bring in support. Drones, deploy." As I said that, attack drones peeled off from the Itzal wings, and hovered around me. "Sick 'm, boys." The drones beeped, and proceeded to swarm this Discord, blasting him with laser beams. As they did so, I channeled into my weapons. Harmony, I need a direct tap into your power, I said.

Excalibur, that may kill you, if the Frame doesn't short circuit, Harmony said. Are you sure?

What's life without a few risks, I replied. Besides, I've died once already, and I'm sure you'll be able to find someone to replace me if this goes south. There was a sigh before she replied.

If you think it'll help, she said before my HUD went over board, with multiple overload warnings, each flashing red, and the glow on my weapons and Archwing glowed as bright as a star.

"Time to die, Discord," I said before gunning the thrusters, the Knux raised back, and the Rathbone having it's thrusters ready to deliver a followup shot, one that wasn't needed, as the punch from the Knux utterly and completely disintegrated that portion of Discord, but the fact I was also tapping Harmony's strength, I think, led to his magic being pulled to me.

Excalibur- Harmony began, but I cut her off.

Don't try to console me, Harmony, I said as I began to see just white. This was my choice. Not your fault. Be sure to tell the others how I went out.

. . .I will, Ex. I was about to reply when all the warnings on my HUD vanished form what little i could see, and something else appeared, though I could only make out one word.

Prime.

Mau'ual-1st

Fleur and my fight with our Discord was just about the same, only, we didn't heal quickly. Fortunately, Harmony had apparently-and I asked her after the whole thing, so it is confirmed-put a paper thin barrier over my under suit and around my head so as to allow my skin to stay hydrated, but still allow my armor to be put on. Still, my armor had gouges and burn marks on it, and parts had broken off, and my right shoulder was dislocated.

"Wow," Discord said. "For being one of my sister's champions, I figured you would have been able to fight better."

Before either of us could reply, there was a flash of light, and Discord screamed in pain, and a voice spoke up. "Maybe because we're meant to work together," Excalibur said as the flash died down, and Discord turned to face it, Fleur and I re positioning for a better look, only to see Excalibur, no longer the color scheme he was when he appeared. Now, he was colored pure white with golden accents, and he had an odd head piece on his helmet that was center with the middle of his face, and his. . .what did he call it, Archwing? His Archwing was colored similarly to that, as well as the weapons he had, which looked like an oversized fist and a hammer. Why not?

Discord had an expression of anger on his face. "Oh, I will enjoy killing you," he said before sending a bolt of lightning at Excalibur, who teleported out of the way and next to Fleur and I.

"Don't move," he quickly said as Discord turned around, looked right at us, and then swiveled as if looking for something.

"Ability of the wings," Excalibur said. "Makes me and any allies close enough invisible as long as we don't move. Before you ask, I asked Harmony if I could directly tap her power, she said yes, I kille dmy duplicate of Discord, his power was attracted to me, and both together put my Warframe in its Prime state, which is far more powerful. Mau'ual, when I give the signal, fire everything you got. Fleur, you do the same."

"What do you have planned, Excalibur?" Fleur asked.

"You'll see," he replied as Discord turned his back. "Now!" he yelled as he brought out a large sword that seemed to glow with the color of each Element gem, and I fired a barrage of rockets, and Fleur unleashed multiple blasts of magic as Discord, making him turn at the sound, but being caught by the projectiles and unable to move as Excalibur gunned towards Discord, his sword raised, before he sliced through Discord, and looking his way before cutting off his head, and creating a black hole to absorb his bits and pieces. "And with that, he is dead," Excalibur said as the sword vanished and he turned to face us. "Been a pleasure guys, but i need to head back. The Celestia there thinks I'm evil, along with those who have frames. Need to go back so we're at full strength."

"My thanks, then," I replied before placing my left arm across my chest. "If you need my help, Excalibur, you shall have it. I am quite certain Harmony will allow that to happen."

"And the same for me," the Tenno replied before he disappeared.

"That was. . .interesting, to say the least," Fleur said.

"Agreed," I said. "Now come on, we need to meet up with the others."

Author's Notes:

Anyone get the reference I made?
1:No offense meant to any female readers of this story.

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