After the events with the changelings, things had been hard for everyone. Mainly Twilight. Chrysalis was imprisoned for kidnapping and assaulting an Equiestria citizen, beating a captive, and then there were various amounts of war crimes she ended up being accused of for the changeling attack. I saw the list; it was a damn long list. To me, it was a small win. To Celestia, Luna and all of Twilights friends and family... it was like conquering a mountain. But Chrysalis had nothing left, no magic, no wings… no hive.

I don’t regret the last one in the slightest.

Back to Twilight, she got to see her friends before they headed home the next day. Twilight had to stay at the castle for obvious medical reasons. It was hard for her, because whenever she slept or closed her eyes, she would scream, cry, and beg for me to come and hold her. She was truly having a hard time with everything. Can't blame her though... I too, know what this suffrage contains.

Anyway, I had just gotten her to fall asleep when I pushed open a large set of wooden doors and walked into the throne room. Serenity, Cadence, Shining, Luna, Celestia, and two other ponies were standing in there discussion something. The two new faces I hadn’t seen before... obviously. The mare was light grey in color, had light blue eyes, a white and purple striped main and three stars for a cutie mark. She looked a lot like Twilight. Next to her stood a light blue coat, had gold eyes, a dark blue main, and what looked like a crescent moon within a crescent moon for a cutie mark.

I walked up to the group and ran a hand through my hair, “Howdy everyone,” I said while scratching the back of my head before letting my arm go limp.

“Greetings Excalibur. How is Twilight?” asked Celestia.

I glanced at her, “Sleeping… finally.”

I glanced at the two new faces for a second before looking back at Celestia, “And who are our guests?”

“Twilight Velvet and Night Light,” said Celestia, “They are Twilights parents.”

I looked at both of them before letting out a light huff, “I wish I could have met you under better circumstances,” I said while sticking my hand out.

Night Light extended his hoof first, “It’s quiet alright,” he placed his hoof in my hand and we shook appendages, “You must be this Excalibur that Twilight talks so fondly about?” he asked before I let go of his hoof.

“I am,” I looked at the mare and gave her my hand. She placed a hoof in it and shook it, “I’m Twilight Velvet, it’s nice to finally meet you,” I let go of her hoof.

“Like I said, I wish this could have been under better circumstances.”

“Well first off, we would like to thank you for saving our daughter,” said Velvet.

“And multiple times too,” added Night Light with a glance at his wife.

“It’s what I do,” I replied with a shrug of my shoulders.

“Excalibur?” asked Celestia. I looked at her.

“Hmm?”

“We were just discussing Twilights condition. Since you have been with her the most, perhaps you could explain how she’s doing?” she asked.

“Sure,” I looked at Twilight parents, “Thankfully Serenity was able to get her to a doctor quickly. She has been recovering well, but her mental state appears to have taken the brunt of the hit.”

“We we’re just discussing that also, actually,” said Celestia... convenient, no? “All the doctors I have spoken too can’t seem to diagnose her condition.”

“P.T.S.D.,” said Serenity, who stood a few feet away with her arms crossed.

“P.T.S.D.?” repeated Cadence.

Because this planet hasn't had a major war in who knows how long, the idea of P.T.S.D. is practically nonexistent. And with crime being a rarity, suffering is almost nonexistent. This planet is a total 180 from what I grew up in and from what I experience today. It also doesn't help that they are a thousand or so years from where I stand on the evolutionary scale. Even with all the advancements we made in medical technology, we were never able to find a way to fix mental disorders such as P.T.S.D.

“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” I said slowly while looking at the pink princess, “Or as we call it, battle fatigue, something that we both know all too well.”

“How so?” asked Velvet.

I looked at the grey mare, “I suffered from it. Shit, I still suffer from it, and I know Serenity does too,” I looked at Celestia, “It can be a pretty serious thing.”

“Is there a cure?” asked Shining. I could sense the worry in his voice.

I looked at the white stallion, “No,” Velvet damn near fainted and the rest of the group looked all around with shocked and scared faces, “But there are ways to cope.”

They all looked back at me, “How so?” asked Luna.

“For now, Twilight is going to suffer from nightmares, paranoia, suicidal tendencies and thoughts. She has to be looked after and she needs to talk to those closest to her. The best thing to do is keep her active, get her to talk about anything other than the events that have transpired… at least, until she’s ready. She needs to stay happy,” I said while looked at everyone. I looked at Celestia, “She has a lot of family and friends that care deeply about her. They need to interact with her. She has a luxury that I didn’t for a very long time."

“What do you mean?” asked Cadence.

I looked at her, “After the Old War, the Primes went their separate ways. Well... I mean, I did have Ember, but we rarely talked. Yah know, we couldn’t ask, ‘How was your day?’ or anything like that," I sighed, "For me, most of my coping involved explosives and a lot of swearing,” I paused, “Worst hundred years of my life,” I said under my breath.

“So what are the symptoms of P.T.S.D.?” asked Celestia.

I looked back at the solar princess, “Like I said before, nightmares, paranoia, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts and tendencies," I looked around the group yet again, "Early on these will all be very prevalent, but as time goes on, she will learn to control her thoughts. The memories of this event will become less prevalent, but there might be things that set her off. Triggers that lead to panic attacks and the like.”

“Like what?” asked Night Light.

I looked at the blue stallion, “I don’t know, but they will become prevalent in time.”

I just realized how much I liked the word prevalent at that time... where was I?

Oh, right!

“Oh, my poor baby!” said a distraught Velvet. She sat on her haunches and brought her hooves to her face and started to cry into them.

Her husband rapped a hoof around her and did his best to comfort the distraught mother.

I kneeled down in front of the distraught couple, “I’m extremely sorry Miss Velvet.”

She looked up at me with bloodshot eyes, “It wasn’t your fault,” she said while looking off to the side.

“Don’t worry, Twilight is a strong girl. With help, she will do well in life,” I said, trying to reassure the troubled mare.

She put her hooves on the floor, “I hope so,” she said while continuing to look at the floor and sniffling some more.

I stood up and looked at Celestia, “It would be wise to keep constant contact with Twilight. If she doesn’t respond to a letter or something, immediately check up on her.”

“I will,” she said with a nod of her head. She looked at her sister, “Luna, could you please watch over her dreams and make sure nothing bad enters?”

“Of course sister,” replied Luna with a nod of her head, “We do not wish to see thy friend in this state.”

“Thank you Luna.”

I swear that this planet is built like a movie, because the door to the throne room shot open and a little white nurse came running in right after that. Then again... when did I close the door?

She ran up to Celestia, “You majesty! Miss Sparkle is awake again, and she refuses to take her medication!” said the nurse frantically.

“Is she screaming for me?” I asked. The little white nurse turned to look at me and nodded. I sighed, “Duty calls!” I said with false enthusiasm.

I promptly left the throne room and headed down the halls to the medical wing. After a short jog -with the princesses, prince, Serenity and Twilight's parents in tow- I made it to her medical room. I grabbed the handle and opened the door gently. Immediately when I stepped inside the room, the first thing I saw was Twilight sitting on the bed, crying while holding my helmet close to her body while she gently rocked back and forth on the bed.

“Twilight?” I asked calmly.

She looked at me immediately, “Excalibur!” she let go of my helmet and stuck her forelegs out like she wanted a hug. My shoulders slouched as I sighed and walked over. I removed my helmet from her lap and placed it on the table next to the bed. Then I wrapped my arms around her and took her into a hug, “I thought you left me!” she stated before crying into my stomach.

“It’s okay Twilight, I’m not going anywhere,” I cooed softly.

I looked over my shoulder; my tired and depressed eyes told them everything. Velvet began to cry some more while she held a hoof to her mouth, her husband found the floor more interesting while he held his wife; Cadence too, held a hoof to her mouth, Shining looked at the floor, and the twin princesses looked depressed while they looked at us.

I looked back at the still crying mare and stroked her back, “Don’t worry Twilight. I’m here for you... I promise.”

Twilight was released later that week. Unfortunately, she never wanted me to leave her side. So whenever I snuck out when she was sleeping, should would wake up screaming my name. It was hard since I was the only thing that comforted her, but I made it work. After the first few days, she began to calm down a little and relax. The nightmares were few and far between, all thanks to Luna. Thankfully, Twilight was able to talk to her parents, Cadence, and her brother. They were worried sick about her and had every reason to be. But the talks brought her great comfort. Unfortunately, I had to be within eye or ear shot for her to be truly comfortable.

With nothing to do in Canterlot, I sent Serenity back to Ponyville and told her to enjoy herself. From there I didn’t care what she did; as long as she didn’t get arrested, we were good. As soon as Twilight was released, I had to ride on the train with her. I didn't want to leave her crying during a couple hour train ride. It was just better if I did my duty and stayed close by. Besides, I hated seeing her like this, so if I could comfort her, I did. But when we got back to Ponyville, all her friends came to greet us at the train station. They we’re ecstatic to see her and she was extremely happy to see them too.

Things were looking up. Pinkie threw a 'Get Well Soon' party, and Fluttershy was willing to help Twilight with her medical needs. The library was still a bloody mess and I was more than willing to clean it. To many battles. Cleaning dried blood of my suit and blade gave me a little bit of experience... just a little. I had finally thought I had weaned Twilight from the proverbial nipple.

I was wrong… terribly wrong.

A day or two after we returned, Fluttershy came knocking at my door. She told me that Twilight had had a relapse and was crying for me. Well... I wasn’t going to let this sweet little pegasus have multiple sleepless nights. So I went over immediately. After a short walk, we entered Fluttershy’s small cottage. The place was very homey, she had a nice little couch. There were cages, bird houses, animal food, and small animals sitting around or curled up in balls sleeping. I was amazed that the place didn't reek of animal scat. That's besides the point, immediately, Fluttershy told me that Twilight was in the upstairs bedroom. I thanked her and went up the stairs to the bedroom. Once I reached the room, I looked inside. And on the bed, curled up in a ball, crying her eyes out, was the little purple unicorn in question.

“Twilight?” I asked from the doorway.

Her head shot up and she looked over her shoulder and locked eyes with me before quickly scrambling to the edge of the bed as fast as her little legs would let her. Once she reached the end she said my name frantically, “Excalibur!" while sticker her forelegs out like back in Canterlot.

My shoulders went limp while I let out a depressed and tired sighed and closed my eyes before I finally walked into the room and sat on the edge of the bed. I took Twilight in my arms before I picked her up before I placed her on my lap and took her into a proper hug. She held me close and cried into my chest. I placed my cheek on top of her head and held her close. While I sat there, I spotted a familiar yellow pegasus standing in the door way with a hoof to her mouth. She was on the verge of crying.

I mouthed the words, ‘I’m sorry’ to her.

She moved her hoof and mouthed, ‘It’s okay’ to me before turning and leaving the doorway.

Twilight found solace with me. And for now, I was willing to put aside my repairs to make sure that this little unicorn I have come to know, makes a good recovery. Once she had finally calmed down I lied down in the bed with her, making sure to hold her close. The next morning -after making sure Twilight was sound asleep- I left her and walked down stairs and took a seat on Fluttershy’s couch. I sat there and held my head in my hands while I stared at the floor.

All I remember is that some time had passed before I felt a tap on my right leg. I opened my eyes and quickly took my head out of my hands and looked in the direction I felt the tap. All I saw was a little white cotton tail looking at me.

“Hey little buddy,” I leaned back on the couch and placed my arms to my side, “What are you up to?”

He hopped on my right leg and looked at me. He pointed a paw at me and started making mouthing motions with his paw. I furrowed my brow and cocked my head. I was so lost that a rabbit -of all things- could be this intelligent.

Right… small magical horses, need I say more?

“You want to… talk?” I asked out of confusion. He nodded his head in response, his ears flopping around as he did, “About what?” he pointed at me again. I pointed a finger to myself. I must have looked like a moron, “You want me to talk...” I pointed at him, “...to you?”

He nodded.

Does ears!

I sighed and looked to the side, “I don’t know brother. It’s… its hard yah know?” I looked at him, “I know life isn’t easy. Mine never has been! But to see someone as innocent as Twilight, to suffer like this… well it’s hard,” he nodded in acknowledgement, “Sometimes… sometimes I never wish I put this suit on,” I paused and felt my emotions run a little warm, “I… I never felt the same when I left her oh so long ago,” he tilted his head to the side, “What?”

He made these little squeaking noises that all rabbits make.

I just wanted to say ‘dude, spit it out!’ but I’m talking to a rabbit… a rabbit! After a few moments he gave up and “groaned” while looking at the ceiling in frustration. He jumped off my leg and hopped over to the nearest table. He jumped up on a chair before he jupped up on the table. He grabbed a pen and paper and started scribbling on it.

‘That’s one smart rabbit,' I thought to myself.

Once he finished up, he grabbed the sheet of paper in his mouth and hopped his way back over to me. He jumped up on the couch and held the sheet of paper up for me to read it.

Who?

“Oh,” I looked at the floor, “my first wife,” I felt a tear form, “it’s been a thousand years since that day. And every day since…” I looked at him, “…death and suffering have followed in my wake,” I closed my eyes, scrunched my face and let my head go limp. I started to cry, “There are reasons why I avoid people… they always end up getting hurt.”

“Why?” asked a sweet and gentle voice.

I looked up to see Fluttershy standing nearby. She looked exhausted. Her mane wasn't brushed and her coat looked a little matted and greasy.

“I didn’t even hear you come in," I said, "How long have you been standing there?”

“Oh… um… since you... uh... started talking...” she said nervously while looking at the floor and hiding behind her pink mane.

“Jeez… I have to be getting old,” I said sarcastically with a light chuckle while I rubbed half my face. I dropped my arm and looked at the yellow mare, who was no longer hiding nervously, “I was just talking to my new friend here,” I said while pointing at the little rabbit.

“Oh that’s Angel,” she said while walking over to the couch, “He’s my bunny,” she said happily.

I looked at him and started to scratched his ear. He started to thump his leg out of pleasure while he also wore a dopey look on his face, “He’s pretty smart.”

"Yes he is," Fluttershy hopped on the couch, “Uhm... do you… uh.... want to talk about anything... I mean if you want to... that is?”

I will never know why Fluttershy is so shy. Then again the word shy is in her name. Anyway, I looked at her before letting out a defeated sigh and looking at the couch, “Might as well get it over with,” I said to myself. I looked up at her, “It all started a thousand years ago…”

The room in itself was bland... at least, to the primes standing in the room. Nothing but shining white metal with golden spires and accents filled the room brightly. It contained nothing more than a large white and gold table and a thin screen on the far wall opposite of the round automatic door. Twenty-seven other Tenno stood around the rather large table. They had their helmets off and they were sitting on the table. The Tenno had been silently eyeing each other for the last few minutes. None of them bothered, nor wanted to say anything.

“Where the hell is Ember?” asked Loki, breaking the silence.

Loki Prime, the trickster. He stands at six foot even. He has average length black hair, no facial hair, and grey eyes. He is known for being... well... a trickster. He is Excalibur's stealth leader. The man has been known to get in and out of the highest and tightest of secured Grinieer ships without them even knowing. But he is also known for being a jokester. And he isn't subtle either.

Immediately the door to the room opened and the frame in question walked in.

“Right here jackass," replied the frame in question with anger and frustration in her voice while she threw her helmet across the room.

Ember Prime, the fire 'godess'. As her name holds true she is a bit of a hot head. She is the second frame ever to be build behind Excalibur. She is his top lieutenant and close friend. Tragedy lead to her to meeting him. She stands at five foot six, has red hair -the right half of her head is shaved- and oddly enough, red eyes. The virus had an interesting side effect on her, but her eye color was it. As mentioned she is a hot head and often finds herself being confronted time and time again about her anger by her superior.

Loki ducked to avoid the helmet. He started to stand while looked over his shoulder for a moment. He looked at the angry redhead, “What were you doing? Touching yourself to his picture again?” asked the trickster with a mischievous grin.

Without missing a beat, Ember clenched her hand into a fist and released an anger filled fireball in his direction. Thinking quickly, the trickster used his Switch Teleport ability to swap places with the fire frame. The massive fireball hit her in the chest, but failed to harm her.

She stumbled back from the hit, “AHH! LOKI!” retaliated the now enraged frame.

“ENOUGH!” boomed a very deep male voice.

Every Tenno in the room took their attention off the arguing frames and looked at the massive, seven foot tall man. He looked at Ember, “That’s enough! You’re the leader here. ACT LIKE ONE!”

“Then shut it Rhino!” retaliated Ember, “We’re all suffering here!”

Rhino, the tank. He is the heaviest of all the Tenno. The man stands at a whapping seven feet and weighs 350 pounds. He is literally, a walking tank. The man runs bald and has deep brown eyes. He is Excalibur's forward assault leader. Anyone that gets in his way either has to be light on their feet or face being 'mauled'. But through his tough exterior, he has a soft side for his friends... when they aren't trying to beat the shit out of each other.

His angry demeanor changed into a level headed one, “And that’s the reason we’re all here,” he said calmly while crossing his massive arms in front of his chest.

“How could he just get up leave us like this?” asked the gold poison frame while looking around the room.

“If I knew Saryn, I would tell you,” replied Rhino while he looked at her.

“He’s been with us since the beginning,” said light male voice, “Do you really think Excalibur would just leave?”

“Frost, we all know what he’s like. He comes and goes regularly,” said a different female voice.

“Yeah but he’s never been gone for weeks Mag!” said a different frame while placing her hand on the table and gesturing with her right arm, “What if he was captured, killed, or worse!?”

Loki walked up to Embers left hand side, “What’s worse than death?” he asked while looking at Rhino.

Rhino shrugged.

“Calm down Nyx,” said Frost.

The frame looked a him, “How can I Frost!? Our ally, our friend is out there somewhere!” retaliated Nyx.

“Yeah, like we don’t already know that,” Loki said under his breath.

“Shut it Loki!” screamed Ember while looking at the trickster and pointed a finger at him.

“I’m just telling it as it is fireball!” he said while holding his hands up in his defense.

Ember's pointed hand turned into a clenched fist and she shook it, “Why I oughta-”

“Will you two cut. It. out!” screamed a deep raspy male voice. They looked at the hunched over, red leather clad frame, “Honestly, you’re acting like children!”

Ember lowered her arm and slowly turned to look at the drake, “So the dragon isn’t as dumb as he looks,” insulted Ember.

“Don’t make me come over there Ember.”

“And what are you going to do Chroma? I already control fire,” she said while stating the obvious and holding up a hand momentarily.

His skin color changed from red to white, “I control other elements. Remember?”

“Ember, control yourself!” ordered Rhino while looking at his shorter comrade, “You are Excalibur’s top lieutenant! Act like one!”

She turned to face the massive frame yet again, “How can I!?” she retaliated while gesturing to herself with her hand, “My brother is god knows where!” she screamed while looking the frame in the eye and gesturing to the right with her arm before dropping it to her side, "We have to find him!"

“We know Ember; we’ve searched every Grineer and every Corpus record we can get our hands on. Our informants and spies have been helping us tenfold. Even our allies in other galaxies are looking,” Rhino said calmly, “He literally, fell off the radar.”

“Just relax a little Chicken Little,” said Loki with crossed arms.

Ember spun around and grabbed him by the chest piece and pulled him close to her face while holding up a clenched fist, “I’ll Chicken Little you!”

Rhino grabbed her raised hand by the wrist, “I... said... CONTROL YOURSELF!” he boomed.

She clenched her teeth and looked over her shoulder and stared daggers at Rhino before she pulled her arm out of his grasp forcefully and huffed. She looked at Loki and released him before crossing her arms and looking at the floor.

“So what do we do?” asked Frost.

“We keep searching,” replied Rhino to everyone.

In that moment, a high pitched alarm filled the room. The room went dark as a map of the Origin System appeared from the center of the table. The solar map quickly focused in on the blue planet of Neptune. A little exclamation point in a triangle appeared. Everyone opened their palms to read the new alert.

“Corpus Treasury Ship,” said Rhino while looking at the screen in his palm, “Anyone want it?” he asked while looking around the room.

All the frames looked at each other for a moment.

“I’ll take it,” said Nyx, “I need to get my mind off of things anyway,” she closed the screen in her palm and looked around, “Anyone want to join me?”

“I will,” said a frame with a smoke trail reverberating from his right arm.

The rest of the frames in the room closed the screens in their palms.

“Same,” said a different frame with a large ring on his back.

“Ooo hoo! I’ll go, Ooo-oo-ooo!” said the monkey like frame.

“Alright, Ash, Nezha, Wukong, let’s go,” said Nyx while she grabbed her massive gold clad helmet and began to leave the room. The new members of the team grabbed their respective helmets and followed close behind Nyx.

The holographic map faded back into the table and the lights reset to brighten the room to its original white glow.

“Everyone else,” said Rhino, “You’re dismissed. Just remember to keep your eyes open.”

The rest of the frames didn't say a word, they just grabbed their helmets and placed them on their heads before leaving the room. Ember bent over and grabbed her helmet off the floor while Loki grabbed his from the table.

Rhino turned and looked at them, “Ember, Loki, a word?” he said with a hint of authority. The two in question turned to look at him, “I know you are distraught, I am too. But beating each other up won’t bring Excalibur back.”

Ember's head immediately dropped, “I’m sorry Rhino, it’s just…” she looked the massive man in the eyes, “he was there when no one else was. He was and is my only family.”

“Ember, we’re all family,” said Loki, his serious side showing.

She turned to look at him, “Loki… you weren't there when I met him. He took my in with open arms. He saved me! He may not be my real brother,” she turned back and looked at Rhino with tears in her eyes, “but he was always one to me. I love him, and when he disappeared,” she closed her eyes, dropped her head, and clenched her fists, “I just couldn’t take it!”

Rhino placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, “I know Ember, we’re all feeling it,” she dropped her helmet on the floor and lunged forward and took the massive man in a “back breaking” hug before she started to cry.

Rhino wrapped his massive, muscular arms around her and returned the gesture, “It’s alright Ember,” he said comfortingly.

He held the distraught fire frame for about a minute before releasing her.

She let go of him and wiped her eyes with her hand, “Thanks Rhino… I needed that,” she said with a small smile.

“Any time Ember,” he responded with a small smile of his, “So, are you two going to kiss and make up?” he asked while looking between the two.

“Yeah, like I’d kiss that loser,” she said with a small smile while pointing a thumb to Loki.

“You probably taste like hot sauce anyway,” said Loki jokingly.

She pushed him on the shoulder, “Sorry about earlier,” she said with a smile, “You’re still an ass though.”

“Damn straight!” he said while swiping his fist on front of his chest enthusiastically.

Just then, the lights faded and the massive screen beeped and turned on. The three frames turned to see who was calling. It couldn't have beeen any of the other frames since they were still in the dojo. It couldn't have been Excalibur, because he was no where in site. So that only left one real option. Their happy demeanor changed to disgust. On the screen, was a woman with a purple, lotus shaped helmet with tube like objects sticking out the back and she wore a purple and gold dress appeared.

“Lotus, what do you want?” asked Rhino with a hint of anger, disgust and annoyance.

“To help,” said the woman, with a light, almost motherly tone.

It struck hatred in the three primes.

“I see that you are one short teammate.”

“Boy your timing is impeccable,” Loki complimented while crossing his arms, “But I think we’re good.”

“It has been three weeks since the disappearance of my child.”

“He is not... your... CHILD!” screamed Ember while she pointed to the screen, “None of us are!” she retaliated while swiping her right arm in front of her self, “God, if I knew where you were it beat you head in!” she screamed while leaning a little closer to the screen.

“You already have your own… ‘children’,” added Rhino while squinting his eyes slightly, “You are to leave us out of your so called 'family'. We take our orders from one person, and that’s Excalibur.”

Lotus held up a hand and dipped her head slightly, “Apologies, t'was a slip of the tongue,” she said, “but the Tenno stick together. I am just here to offer my assistance.”

“What’s the catch?” asked Loki skeptically.

She looked at the trickster, "Loki, we all know that I have nothing to gain.”

Ember crossed her arms in front of her chest, “Should of thought about that a long time ago,” she chastised.

“I have changed, and you know it,” replied Lotus with a hint of authority.

“That doesn’t excuse you for anything!” screamed Ember while holding up a clenched fist and shaking it lightly. If she was any more furious, the air itself would have caught fire.

“Ember,” Rhino placed a hand on her left shoulder. She looked at him and sighed before relaxing. He let go of her and looked at the screen, “What do you have in mind?”

The Lotus looked at him, “I will inform all of my children. If I learn of anything, I will inform you immediately.”

“I’ll hold you to that,” said Loki while he crossed his arms again.

“I expect nothing less,” replied Lotus. “Until next time, Tenno.”

The screen went black and the lights reset yet again.

The three primes turned and looked at each other.

“Even I’m not that good,” said Loki, “And I pride myself on my timing!” he said while holding up his arms up slightly to accentuate his point.

“Do you think she’s telling the truth?” asked Ember.

“When has she ever lied?” asked Rhino.

Ember held up a finger and opened her mouth, only to close it and place her finger on her chin while she looked at the floor, “You have a point.”

“Look...” Ember looked up, “...any info we get is useful to us. Just keep your eyes peeled… we’ll find him. I know we will,” said Rhino with a hint of confidence.

“I hope you’re right Rhino,” said Ember solemnly before she bent over and grabbed her helmet off the floor.

The other two primes respectively grabbed their helmets off the table and headed for the door. They stopped just before the door and shared sad, sorrow filled glances before they slipped their helmets over their heads and leaving the room in silence while they went their separate ways in the dojo.

Author's Notes:

Anyone ever wonder why Excalibur mentioned the Lotus' name once?
For those of you that have played Warframe and finished the Natah quest you would know.
For those of you that haven't or just don't play Warframe, I has a secret to tell you.
Raise your hand if you want to know!
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*points towards door* To bad, detention, now get out of my class room.
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Oh and this is getting darker then I had really ever expected. But that Dark tag is there for a reason so uh... yeah. I know things get a lot happier later, but that will be a while. There will be more sad and happy moments to make things look up.

P.S. Twenty-seven Tenno with the latest addition of Inaros, the Egyptian sand frame.

Good quest, wont lie.
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Tacos...

P.P.S.
I added Loki's, Embers, and Rhinos bio's because they are the three main leaders. And since there are almost thirty different frames, the rest are left to the readers imagination. I will not have chapters going into how Excalibur met every frame, but I will have one on how he met Ember. Its just to much and I feel lazy. If you want to check out the frames listed and what they do click here