I'M NOT DEAD! and boy I am sorry that I haven't posted an Update on my status due to COVID-19 so i apologize in advance for not doing so. I was making sure to take care of myself while this outbreak was going on so i barely have anytime to work on this chapter, but i can now safely say now is that I AM BACK WITH A NEW CHAPTER!
...But first to look at the Reviews.
Jontron: ...Oh no.
Yep. looked at the current ones and boy they have a lot to say about my story...lets get to it.
mareed0389: Arg I'm gonna be theorizing on this one all night. Is magic related to the void? Or was it something else? You always keep the cool stuff coming. Happy ficaversery!
Answer: Magic and the void are not related but The Void does give a tremendous amount of power to the Tenno when using magic. and thank you.
Perseus12: This is more interesting, now Olga, Alicia, and Chloe are NOW officially Tennos and I love it! A new addition for the Tenno Force on the Seven Shield Alliance against the Black Dogs along their collaborators! I wonder if Celestine can become a Tenno as well?
I wonder if Anna Florence the High Elf and Grace Campbell the Dark Elf (from [Kuroinu Gaiden] Elf Mura no Kanraku ~Chijoku to Kairaku no Utage~) can be paired one of the Tennos?
They better find some allies that will help the Alliance against the Black Dogs like the Warrior Bunnies, Night Elves or the Draeneis. Maybe other smaller kingdoms to the south and ask them some assistance?
Its kinda funny to imagine if the Tennos facing Spear Hero Motyasu, Sword Hero Ren and Bow Hero Itsuki while they help Shield Hero Naofumi's quest to clear his name from so-called 'crime' set up by the red-head bitch princess aka Malty Melromarc (from the Rising of the Shield Hero anime series).
I'll just wait to read the next chapter.
Answer: I'm glad that you love it, but you my friend are getting VERY close to figuring out what I will do for the rest of the story. Stop digging too deep please.
I decided to look up Kuroinu Gaiden and I decided to include them, but i will also add another character from the Kuroinu series as well because she would actually be an interesting character to include, but it will be a while before that happens. Ok?
There are no other Kingdoms that will be include however their will be certain species like one of the ones you mentioned that will join the fight under certain circumstances.
NO! Rising of the Shield Hero will not be added to THIS story...Maybe in a sequel I guess?
And now the new chapter...IS HERE!
Haro654: Hmm now this is interesting with the new Tenno, I wonder if it's because the girls fell in love with the Tenno became Tenno themselves. What would that mean for any future lovers they have if you do have all of them go the harem route with the princess knights being a Tenno? Anyways something that still interesting from the escape from the black dogs is when Umbra beat cerebus how and why did it get absorbed into him? Will you have some sort of plan for the future of this?
Answer: Eh you're close but no. it has more to do with that being around these Tenno for an extensive amount of time while using the Warframes. and it was Squall that defeated Cerberus and the reason why it got absorbed into him is because of his Void-like powers that allowed him to take his powers for himself. and Yes it will, but later down the road.
EnriksD8: Normally lemons aren't written well in fiction. Believe me, I have tried and I couldn't get them right.
Now for this chapter, this is pretty good. The fight with REX and Chloe against the Behemoth was a nice boss fight and something that'll further their bond more.
Olga, Chloe, and Alicia turning into Tenno is a strange thing to do but it could be an interesting thing to see given how the SSA has nanosuits from Crysis of all places.
That actually reminds me, how did Charles, Ryan, and Aaron actually make those suits? Like, I'm aware that the Warframes can carry a lot of stuff but I highly doubt that they could fully implement fully functional nanotech within a relatively short amount of time.
Not being antagonistic but I'm expressing some concern and confusion as to how they were able to create such things when they were merely regular civilians prior to this whole thing.
Answer: There's an old saying: "Practice makes Perfect." Nothing will ever be perfect about it but i keep practicing.
Thank you, I pride myself when I did this Chapter involving the Battle with the Behemoth.
It was my original plan to make the Princess Knight and the Dark Elfs Tenno in order for them because i believe that they will be much more useful in combat when the time arrives.
As for the Nanosuit, I was trying to see where i can go with this since i might make an Omake of this within the chapter it was published on...sorry if you got confused.
Guest 1: I thought the tenno were children.
Answer: Yes in the Cannon universe until the 'Duviri Paradox' Update comes around. However in this story it's just a couple of dudes playing Warframe getting "Isekaied" into another world with the abilities of the Tenno and the Warframe Items that had on their separate profiles.
Guest 2: So, I'm not even three chapters in (barely passed the first few paragraphs, actually, since I couldn't even bring myself to read that monstrosity of an intro) and I can already tell this is less of a Crossover and more of a self-insert power trip...
Yeeeeaaaah, no. I'm out.
Answer: Sorry you feel that way man. Have a nice day
Dead344156: An amazing story . plez update soon
Answer: Thank you. I will make sure to update from now on.
Nitpicky Bastard: My thoughts upon with reading this story, however short lived, documented by chronical order;
1: "Oh, character bios... Okay, not what I was expecting, but okay. It's odd the author would put these *here*, in the story, physically, instead of organically developing said characters, but alright. I can just ignore this segment I gue-"
2. "What the fu- an entire anime intro? For a self insert fantasy? Why? How? For what? Just... Ugh, okay, massive red flag, but I'll let that slide I guess... Maybe this story will be good. After all, it's obviously a spite fic considering it's a cross between Warframe and a rape hentai. How bad can it be?"
3. "... Fuck... Okay, so... A bunch of weebs get sent to Warframe due to Void Shenanigans? Alright... Far fetched, but all fucking right. Why not? And now said weebs are given said Warframes without any context (Void Powers, training, psychological trauma, Sematic Implants, etc) whatsoever, spouting out generic anime as fuck one liners? Oh my God. Ugh. Fine. Fine. I'll just. Keep giving it a chance. Just... One more chance... How bad can it-"
4. "Fuck this. Fuck this so hard. I can't. I just can't. Not only are Warframes designed to combat things LEAGUES above these medieval peasants, but these characters. God damnit, they're so generic, and this concept is such a boring one sided stomp considering actual in game fucking *lore*, and just... Fuck. Everything is just so... UGH. I'M DONE. I'M JUST... Done... I can't take this anymore. I'm going to re-read Wail Of The Banshee or something. Fuck this."
Answer: ...Well then, all I can say is sorry that you didn't enjoy this, but i will not hold it against you. Have a nice day and btw I'm still surprise that Wail Of The Banshee is still here on Fanfiction. Good read btw.
AnimeFan0216: I think that Olga, Chloe and Alicia are descendants of the ancient Tennos in Eostia perhaps the same with the other shields. Because if they are not, how come they could use transference or have the warframes calling to them like they recognized their owners.
Answer: The answer is a simple one: just being around the Tenno for an extended amount of time has exposed themselves to the Void and left traces on them thus allowing them to access the Warframes when they heard the voices of the suits, which may i remind you that the suits themselves have a dark and terrible history around them.
cegi85: UP DATE THE .
Answer: ...okay if you want me to update the story...Done!
Guest 3: Wow. I'm sorry, but...
This is quite possibly one of the worst fics I've read. Not because of grammatical errors (the structure of this story is actually pretty solid so kudos to you for that), but because of the borderline blank slate main cast. Why make them inserts? Why not just make them Tenno? Their schools and beliefs would have made their interactions with the Eostia cast much more interesting. Despite popular headcanons, the *real* Tenno are, in fact, heroes dedicated to defending those who can't defend themselves. I mean, just look at Fortuna. Literally nobody asked them to help, they just did because they decided to. There was nothing worthwhile in it for them.
But instead, *because* they're inserts, not only do they act like shits, a few of them know everything about everything. That's just... Boring info dumping. Heck, at least one of the inserts even comes off as a combat happy psycho.
And for some reason, when it comes to the Warframes and Operators themselves, you're working off of video game logic, using ability names, levels, and pause menus. It's unnecessary to have those written as it just clutters the story and makes it awkward to read. You're even unintentionally limiting the frames potential by doing so when, in canon, the the Tenno are capable of much *much* more. Example, Inaros becoming a planet wide sandstorm, or Mag redirecting a wall of bullets back at Grineer.
Now we got a rapist acquiring a Sentient/Shadow Stalker powerup...
I don't know how to properly describe my displeasure with this fic, and I really don't mean to come off as rude, so I apologize if I do. But this just feels... Bad.
I wish you the best of luck, no sarcasm whatsoever. But I will not be reading any more of this.
Answer: ...welp I can't force you to keep reading this story because of the many reasons you wrote on your review, but hey who am I to judge you for your opinion. At least i can thank you for wishing me the best of luck...So thank you honored Guest for at least giving this story a try.
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OK! now that all these reviews have been looked at...It's time for the chapter.
It's Showtime...
Chapter 9: Divide and Conquer
[Feoh Mountains – Temple – Next Day]
It was the break of dawn at the Tenno temple where the whole group exited out of the main temple. Umbra was the first to come out but looked much different than before. Now, his Excalibur Umbra Warframe was out of its GRAXX skin and was now in the Caduto skin with the color texture being the same as before. The attachments also changed from the Prisma Edo set to a Saturn Six set with the same coloring. On his back is the Saturn Six Syandana, A syandana inspired by the brutality of life inside the Saturn Six Max-Pen. He kept the same weapons with the exception of his Primary because he changed his Tiberon Prime to the Kuva Chakkhurr, A Grineer-styled flintlock rifle with matching colors to his Warframe. It fires explosive rounds that deal immense damage, even more so on headshots, at the expense of a low fire rate, slow reload speed, and limited ammo reserves.
REX was next and he had an appearance change for his Rhino Prime, from his GRAXX skin and Warlust helmet to the Palatine set with the coloring being silver and red. The attachment now being Prisma Daedalus for both his arms and legs with the coloring being the same as his Warframe. He also now has a syandana on his back known as the Nsaru Syandana with the coloring being the same. His weapons remained the same but his Melee weapon, the Wolf Sledge, now has the Hammer Palatine Skin with the coloring being the default. Next to him was a giant like red stripped Kubrow walking next to him like that of a dog as it begins to sniff like one too and looks around for anything suspicious.
Squall came up next and he is the one who change his appearance as well, from his Grost/GRAXX skin to his Emperor skin with the texture being the default coloring. His attachments change from the Gazel set to the Sigma Series set with the same coloring as his Warframe. On his back was the Sigma Series syandana with the coloring being the same as his Warframe. He also changed his whole arsenal as well with his Primary weapon now being The Quellor, which was the standard-issue rilfe to Dax Railjack crews of the Old War, dating back to the earliest, pre-Sigma craft. A rapid-fire assault rifle with a hefty magazine-size, the Quellor is an all-round workhorse. Also capable of large, short-range cryo-blasts, with the texture being the exact same color as his Warframe. The Secondary weapon is now the Stubba, which is a compact Grineer submachine gun with a medium fire rate and a good magazine size. The skin of this gun is the Zundi Pistol Skin with the coloring the same as his Primary weapon. His first Melee weapon is now the Guandao, which is a Tenno polearm with a massive blade, giving it unparalleled range compared to most polearms and equally impressive damage and critical chance, at the expense of slowing its attack speed. His second Melee Weapon is now the Pennant, which is a Two-Handed Nikana used by Railjack crews during the Old War, featuring high critical chance and critical multiplier. The Pennant gains increased attack speed after killing an enemy with a Heavy Attack. The coloring of this weapon is the same as the rest of his weapons.
Right behind them the Tenno women came out as well with new armaments and attachments on them.
Olga with her Warframe now colored in order of: Brown, Black, Dark Violet, and Gold with the aura being Violet/Purple. She also has the attachment of: Avia Prime Chest Plate, Narvarr Prime Shoulder Guards, Atavist Prime Leg Guards, and her Syandana the Repala Syandana with the coloring being the same as her Warframe. Her Royal Scepter is set as a Primary Weapon with some configuration to be able to work as a Tenno Primary, while her secondary weapon is a Lex Prime Pistol with the coloring being the same as her Warframe. Her Melee weapon is the Danka Prime, which is a Tenno forged weapon, crafted during the Time of the Orokin. It is renowned for speed, power and the ability to hit multiple targets.
Chloe came next with Warframe now colored in the order of: Black, Brown, Violet, and Gold with the aura being Red/Violet. Her attachment are the Itzal Armor Set and her Syandana being the Teplo Syandana with same coloring as her Warframe. Her Primary weapon being The Cernos Prime is the Prime variant of the Cernos Bow. A noble bow to hunt hellish beasts like that of the Kuroinu and Sentients. Her Secondary weapon the Spira Prime is the Prime variant of the Spira throwing daggers. These rare, braided throwing daggers were a favorite tool of high ranking Orokin assassins and now will serve her in her hunt of Black Dogs. Lastly her Melee weapons is now the Venka Prime, which are the Prime variant of the Venka Claws. The gleaming blades of white will draw blood of the deepest red from the Kuroinu army.
Lastly, Alicia along with Prim came out of the temple. Her Warframe now has the colors of: Blue, Black, Dark Grey, and Gold with her aura being Blue/Violet. The attachments of her Warframe is the Tagris Set and her Syandana is the Vistapa Prime Syandana with coloring being the same as her Warframe. Her Primary Weapon is the Latron Prime, which is the Prime version of the Latron Rifle. The ornamental Latron Prime exploits ancient Orokin technology to get a slight damage increase over the standard Latron. Her Secondary Weapon is the Akstiletto Prime, which is the Prime variant of the Akstiletto dual Uzis. Stylish, discreet and accurate, perfect for the Tenno of distinction. Her Melee Weapon is Destreza Prime, which is the Primed variant of the Destreza Rapier. It takes mastery to the next level with this primed rapier.
As the rest of the group begin to check their inventory, Umbra looks at his right wrist to which a small device is placed on it. With a flick of a wrist, it extended to a foot long sharp blade. This was the Parazon, which is a bladed tool used by Warframes for a variety of functions. It is primarily used for hacking enemy electronics but is also strong enough to be wielded as an assassination weapon. The weapon is normally hidden when not in use and can be materialized on the Warframe's right wrist when needed. It also comes with a tether that allows the Warframe to throw the Parazon out and then retrieve it afterward.
Umbra sighed as he as he stares the Pazaron blade when he begins to remember what happened yesterday.
[Flashback: Umbra]
"Okay let me get this straight. Basically, the Tenno from way back when, built multiple temples around Eostia, with the possibility of lots of equipment stored at each of those temples and a slight chance that they left something for us to get back…and you want us to go into separate groups so that we will be able to cut down time before the next enemy wave hits another Castle Fortress." REX said as Umbra nodded at his statement. The Umbral Tenno explained that the coordinates that was shown on the screen led to many temples that has been scattered all across Eostia and luckily the temples are close to the Castle Fortresses. However, it shows that only those of high ranks can access the temples without any complications. So, Umbra decided to come up with the plan for the whole group to go into separate groups so that they can be prepared to fight against the oncoming invasion of the Kuroinu and the Sentients.
The plan of dividing groups in which Squall and Alicia going to where the Eagle sigils are next to the Castle Fortresses of Kaguya and Luu Luu. REX, Chole, and Prim going to where the Tiger sigils are next to the Castle Fortresses of Prim and Maia. And finally Umbra and Olga going to where the Dragon sigils are next to the Castle Fortresses of Claudia Levantine and Celestine Lucross.
"Yes. That's the plan that we have REX…You don't approve?" Umbra questioned.
"While I always like the idea to go smash, crash, or blow up my enemies at the drop of a hat, but don't you think that splitting up the group is a bad idea?" REX asked with Squall nodding at his question.
"Yeah even I can see that this is never a good idea. Can't we usually stay together as a group and work this out…or is there a reason why we need to split?" Squall asked as Umbra nodded and went back to the screen and enhanced it to be a holo-screen showing the other the whole map.
"That is what I thought as well but judging on how much time we have and the upcoming invasions that will occur to the other Castle Fortresses, we don't have that luxury. So, we have to go into three separate groups in order to be prepared for the full invasion." Umbra said to the other Tenno groaned at the answer from their leader.
"Fine."
"Ok."
"Good." Umbra said as he heads over to a table that has six small devices on it. He picks up one of the devices, looks around the thing to see what it is, and then places it on his right wrist. He then picked up the other devices and passes it to the others.
"Um…Umbra? What is this?" Alicia asked the scarf Tenno, who only raised his hand and with a flick of the wrist, a foot long sharp blade jutted out from the device, causing the others to recoil in shock.
"This, Alicia, is the Parazon, which is a bladed tool used by Warframes for a variety of functions, mostly for certain devices and assassination." Umbra said as REX and Squall looked at the devices in their hands with surprise as they place their devices on their wrist. The Female Tenno were hesitant at first but ultimately place the device on their wrist as well.
"What else do we got?" REX asked Umbra, who turned back to the computer and begins to type some keys as the screen begins to light up and shows multiple tabs.
"It looks like we now can also access to Archwings, Arch-Guns, K-Drives, and Companions. It also looks like we can now change our appearances of our Warframes as well." Umbra said as REX and Squall cheered at the list of things that we have obtained, but the girls were confused at what was going on.
"Um excuse me but what are you guys talking about? What are these Archwings, Arch-Gun, and K-Drive you are talking about?" Chloe asked as Squall nodded and begins his explanation.
"The Archwing is an all-environment flight system of Orokin design used by a Tenno to fly and engage in combat in space, offering a potent mix of firepower and mobility to engage spaceborne enemies. Archwing can take place on a three-dimensional plane, offering nearly complete freedom of movement in all directions. Though intended for space use, the Archwing also has the ability to engage in both atmospheric and underwater combat. The Arch-Gun-." Squall was then cut off as REX soon took over from here.
"Arch-guns are heavy weapons, most frequently used in zero-gravity Archwing combat. Unlike traditional Warframe weapons, Arch-guns have no separate ammo reserve or magazine in Zero-G, instead having a regenerating magazine whose contents replenish to full when the weapon is not firing. The delay from ceasefire to replenishment and the speed of ammo regeneration varies between different Arch-gun models. Because they have no ammo reserves in their normal usage, Arch-guns essentially have unlimited ammunition and thus do not require replenishment from ammo pickups." REX said in excitement as the other newly made Tenno nodded as they slowly tried to understand what REX and Squall just said.
"The K-Drives are Corpus-fashioned hoverboards that Tenno can ride on to traverse large, expansive on-land areas quickly, or even across the surface of lakes, ponds, rivers, and oceans. As for companions…Well how about REX shows us one of his companions for you." Umbra said as REX looked over to him in surprise!
"You mean!" REX started as Umbra nodded. "YES! Hold on a moment. I'll get him out."
'Him?' were the girls thought as REX begin to access his menu as he begins to open a certain tab and begins to press on a few buttons on the screen. A device nearby begins to light up as two circular doors closed in on each other, sealing up completely. A few seconds later, the doors open and in the center of the device is a large crimson striped furred dog-like animal with a weird snout sleeping peacefully. The dog-like creature begins to stir as the begins to wake up with a big yawn and stands up on its four leg. It begins to look around to figure out where it was and when it lays it eyes on REX, it jumps in joy and runs over to him as it jumps onto him as it begins to lick REX's face in happiness.
"Ok! Ok Boy, calm down Fenrir!" REX said as the dog creature, named Fenrir, hops off him and sits down like that of a dog. REX turned to the females of the group as he places his hand on top of Fenrir head and scratches behinds his ears. "Girls. I would like you to meet Fenrir, my Sunika Kubrow. Fenrir, these are new friends. Go say hi."
Fenrir stands up and begins to go over to the girls as he begins to sniff around them to get a good whiff at them. After a few moments Fenrir stops sniffing them as he sits down in front of Prim and begins to pant like a dog and tilts his head at her.
As for the result of this…
"SO CUTE!" Prim squealed as she hugs the Kubrow and rubs the top of his head, causing Fenrir to wag his tail. The others only looked at this scene with a relieved sigh at how adorable this scene was with Prim and Fenrir.
"So, what exactly is this thing?" Olga asked as Umbra begins to answer her question.
"This is a Kubrow. They are canine-like egg-laying species that originally served as companions and pets for the Orokin, and later as attack and guard animals for the Orokin elite. For the Tenno, a Kubrow can be a powerful and loyal ally; however, they are limited to melee attacks, and require constant care and proper maintenance." Umbra said as Prim begins to scratch Fenrir's belly as it begins to kick its hind leg in happiness.
"Well aren't you special boy. Aren't you?" Prim cooed at Fenrir who barked in approval. REX shook his head in amusement as he whistles to Fenrir, who stands up and sits next to his master.
"Anything else?" Squall asked Umbra who once again begins to type into the computer mainframe to get something else. After a few moments, three doorways with a Falcon, Tiger, and Dragon Symbols opens up on the wall revealing corridors to god know where. The whole group looked at the open doorways and then to each other and nodded.
"Guess we're going to find out. Squall, I want you, Alicia, and Prim to go down the Falcon symbol corridor and find out what is down there. REX you and Chloe do the same with the one with Tiger symbol. Olga, you're with me on the one with the Dragon symbol." Umbra said as the others nodded but Prim looked conflicted as she looks in between the Falcon doorway and Fenrir, who looked up to REX with a small whine. REX, now knowing what Fenrir wants, nodded as the Kubrow barked happily as he walks towards Prim who looked at REX with pure joy as she pats Fenrir's head.
After that was taken care of, each group descends into their selected hallways.
A few minutes later, The Umbral Tenno and Dark Elf Queen-Tenno arrived in a wide open space featuring many tall pillars. The empty pits and lack of barriers make it possible to fall out of bounds.
"What is this place?" Olga said in wonder of the massive room that the two were in as Umbra walks up to a console that is nearby and begins to type on the keyboard to activate it.
"A Simulacrum. It is an artificial arena that allows Tenno to create multiple Mimeographs or holograms of enemies that the Tenno had completed their Codex research on and train on their combat skills…Oh? What's this." Umbra said as he begins to look up what he just found. After a few moments Umbra turned to Olga.
"Olga, I think you're ready for your first three tests," Umbra tells Olga who looked very confused right now as she tilted her head.
"What tests?" Olga ask Umbra, who went back to the screen in front of him and begins to type in commands.
"Now that you're capable to access a Warframe, I'm going to test you on your accuracy with a rifle," he replies and looks over the row of weapons that are in the room though a holographic projection.
"So, what's this test about?" Olga ask him as Umbra gets something from the weapon arsenal that soon vanished as he got the weapon.
"I'm going to see how well you can aim with a Braton-MK1 rifle," he replies and holds the strange looking weapon to the Dark Elf Queen who looked at the weapon strangely.
"This is a rifle?" Olga asked as she examine the strange weapon. The weapon is 30 inches with a rail on the top and a small black box and a handle with a small trigger next to each other at the bottom.
"Correct, it was my first weapon when I became a Tenno, it's a good starting weapon really," he replies and looks to the pillars around him as he opens a window on the panel and begins to type in more commands.
"Okay, releasing six training drones and set them to level one," he replies and six round metal like balls come out the pillars and stand around the arena.
"What are those things?" Olga ask as she walk up to one and poke it with a finger as it just moved slightly and returned back to position.
"These will project holographic enemies which you will shoot with that rifle. I'll start you off easy and let you practice for a while before we start the test," Umbra tells her and a blue light shines on the metal ball. After a few seconds, images of what looks like freaks in bulky armor appear making Olga yelp and try to punch it in the face. Only for her hand to go through causing the Dark Elf to lose her balance and fall face first to the ground. Umbra chuckles at her as she get back up and dusts herself off.
"What are these things?" Olga asked as Umbra begins to walk around the metal human-like abomination.
"The Grineer are genetically modified, purpose-bred clones of humanity from humans that they abduct from colonies to become soldiers or workers. The products of ancient, half-remembered Orokin technology, Grineer are produced rather than born, and in industrial quantities along with their weapons and equipment. Each one is genetically defective to some degree, their genome both originally stunted by their creators, and further damaged by the invasive cloning procedures they themselves have been using to birth each generation in the centuries after the fall of the Orokin Empire." Umbra said as he points towards the holograms. "As a result, they have a life cycle that is limited to only a fraction of a normal human lifespan and are prone to a host of degenerative disorders such as decaying limbs and skin or reduced intelligence. They compensate for this by the widespread use of crude cybernetic prosthetics and robust augmentations. Indeed, it could be argued that the Grineer are better at fixing broken bodies than they are at creating ones that function to begin with. Most of their equipment, weapons, and armor is technologically crude but undeniably effective, and many Tenno have fallen because they underestimated the firepower of Grineer machines."
Olga frowned from within her suit as she clenches her fists at the monstrosities that this 'Grineer' Faction has done towards innocent people. While it is true that she would not care about most humans but she would never take them from their homes and families then use them to make what the Grineer have. It was like a violation against life itself when she looks at the Grineer.
"Alright then, I'll now explain to you how that rifle works," Umbra tells her and stands beside her as he is practically leaning against her as he begins to helps her put herself into a position to hold the rifle.
"This here is the charging handle, pull this to put a new round into the chamber," he says pointing to a small looking lever. "This is the trigger, squeeze it with your finger to fire the round in the chamber, you don't need to pull the handle back again as the next round is automatically fed in. Here is where the sixty round magazine goes in when you need to reload," he explains all the uses for the parts as well as how to fire and reload the rifle.
After ten minutes of explaining and Olga asking a few questions, he sets up some of those holographic targets and tells Olga to shoot them. Olga place the rifle stock against her shoulder and look down the sights at the farthest left hologram and take a few seconds to make sure she's doing it right, she pulls the trigger and the rifle pushes back against her as the bullet soars through the air and hits the Grineer in the chest making it shatter like glass.
"Whoa... this is amazing!" Olga exclaim with excitement and aim at the next one.
After shooting all six and then another eighteen of them, Umbra tells Olga to reload the rifle so she push the button that pops out the magazine and a new one appears in her left hand which she just stare at it for a moment as she fumble with it to get it in the rifle. Once in Olga leave the handle alone as Umbra said she only have to do that when it is completely empty.
"Okay Olga, now we'll test how well you can react to moving targets," Umbra says as he punches in some codes into the panel and the holograms start running towards The Dark Elf Queen. Olga yelped in surprise and hold the trigger and spray into them making them all shatter after she thinks fifteen bullets.
"Don't panic and just spray and pray, take your time and focus. While the hologram take at least four to seven shots to penetrate their armor with this rifle, these will register the first hit to the head or chest. You can't afford to waste ammo during a mission," Umbra tells Olga sternly.
"Sorry, Let's try again." Olga apologize and reload the rifle again.
45 minute later…
After getting used to the rifle, Umbra tells Olga he is starting her Primary Weapon test. "All you have to do is hit each target in the head or chest, there will be twenty targets in total and they will come at you from all angles," he tells me and the metal balls spread out and surround me.
"Olga, the test will now begin, please prepare yourself," Umbra warns me. Olga loosen her shoulders and aim the rifle ahead of her towards her targets.
The first one appears and she quickly shoot it in the chest, the next shows up behind her so Olga quickly turn around and pop it in the head, this is easier now that she is used to it. Two more appear, one to her left and one to her right. Olga shoot the one on her left and spin on her heel to shoot the other.
However,…
"AHHH!" Olga yelp as she loses her balance and falls on her back. She then hear Umbra chuckle making her frown and get back up as three more appear and charge at her with those cleavers that they have in their hands.
"Come forward you abominations!" Olga yell and fire a shot into each of them making them all shatter. She could not help but grin as she is actually having a lot of fun.
"Don't get over excited, Olga. Stay focused as you need to be aware of everything around you." Umbra tells Olga through comms of their suits.
"I got it!" Olga reply and turn around only to be face to face with one of the Grineer Lancers. "AHHH!" she yell and squeeze the trigger putting four shots into its head while five more charge at her with recklessness.
"Concentrate, Olga! Focus on hitting your targets! You can handle it!" Umbra tells Olga sternly causing her to look down for a moment then looks up as she lifts her rifle up towards the upcoming Grineer.
"Alright!" Olga reply and aim at the next charging target as she pulls the trigger and fires once again.
7 Minutes Later…
"Alright, Olga. Good work." Umbra tells Olga as she lower the rifle and sighed as she looks around at the level of damage that she caused.
After that freak sneaked up on her, Olga stopped trying to show off and just focused on shooting all the targets, it took a few minutes but she got them all in time!
"How was that? Did I pass?" Olga ask as Umbra walks up to her and observed the aftermath of the Primary Weapons Test. He turns back to her and begins his evaluation.
"Well, apart from the start you did well, remember this isn't about being the best. It's about protecting those around you and putting down the threat fast and efficiently, showing off can lead to unnecessary deaths or damage," he replies and if Olga had her ears still they'd be lowered in shame.
"Sorry. I was just trying to impress you and show you that I can do it." Olga tells him and look down.
"If you want to impress me then be as efficient as possible, make each shot count and put everything you have into the mission," Umbra replies and places a hand on Olga's shoulder in a comforting gesture.
"But for your first time using a rifle I say good job, you passed the test. I believe it's also time for your secondary weapons test, but I will let you rest for several minutes before we begin." he tells her and Olga nodded as they use Transference to leave their Warframes and begin to take their break and talk about certain things, such as their likes, dislikes, hobbies, and plans for the future. They were having a swell time talking with each other as they try their hand in 'Fasionframe' for see if they can get a new look for themselves and trying to figure out how to make Olga's Staff into a Primary weapon for her to use since it might take time for her to get use to a rifle.
However,…
"Hey Charles?" Olga spoke up in a concerned tone.
"Yes?"
"…After the war with the Kuroinu and the Sentient…what's going to happen to you and the others? Are you going to leave us?" Olga asked that dreadful question that Charles wished he never wanted to hear from her. After a few moments of silence Charles hung his head down in silence before answering.
"I don't know. I honestly don't know what will happen…"
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…
After a few moments of silences, Olga lays her head on Charles's shoulder in a comforting manner causing the Umbral Tenno to look at her in confusion before she said something to him to comfort his troubled mind.
"Don't worry. If anything happens to you, I will always follow you till we see each other again. And I'm sure the others will too." The Dark Elf Queen said in a soothing tone causing Charles to look at her for a moment and nodded with a small smile as he pull her into a comforting hug as they are now enjoying the silence together before they went back to training for the next test.
[End of Flashback]
'I don't know about that, but I will be waiting for you if that happen…Olga.' Umbra thought to himself as he retracts the blade back into the standby mode as he walks over to Olga and checks on her before they head out on their journey.
While this was happening, REX was checking his gear and weapons to make sure that they were in top condition and functional to a T. As he begins to check on his Secondary Weapons he begins to remember the training montage that he did with Chloe involving Secondary Weapons.
[Flashback: REX]
"Secondary Weapons?" Chloe ask as she places her newly acquired bow on her back that she has chosen for her Primary Test as REX begins to type up some commands on the console that would initiate the Second Mastery Test.
"Yeah. Secondary Weapons are usually use for either covering fire, crowd control, or distractions when you run out of ammo for your Primary Weapon." REX said as begins to look though the list of Secondary Weapons from the holographic arsenal and begins to look through the selected arsenal.
"You mean like those big guns you have on your legs you like to fire a lot beside your laser cannon on your back?" Chloe asked in a teasing tone, pointing at the Twin Grakatas on REX's legs, causing the Tenno to stop what he was doing, turns towards her and pulls out the weapons out with the guns being pointed up.
"Yeah they are big and I like to fire it more than my Opticor, but it's usually used for close quarter combat which I use to not only to mow down my enemies but also keep them at bay. Therefore, crowd control." REX said in an annoyed tone because of her teasing as he twirls the twin automatic rifles without them firing off then places them back onto his legs as he pulls out a set of Spira Prime throwing knives from the Armory.
"and since you prefer the silent approach so I believe these bad boys will help ya out." REX said as he then tossed Chloe the throwing knives, who caught them with ease as she pulls out a set of the blades from the case and begins to observe the spinning blades.
"Are these blades… spinning?" Chole asked as REX came up to her and picks up one of them from her hand gently.
"Yep. This little baby will spin extremely fast depending on how hard and precise you throw it, causing to drill deeper into a target." REX said as throw the throwing knife into a nearby pillar causing it to drill deeper into the pillar than any ordinary throwing knife would do.
"Like so."
Chloe nodded as she pulls the knife out and returns it into the case as REX returns to the control panel and begins to type in a few commands as the holographic spheres begin to project new enemies for Chloe to fight. The enemies are now 7 human-like beings but with box-like helmet with four of them with futuristic guns and three with electric sticks and also five bi-pedal metal automatons with cannons on the top, including floating one as well.
"REX what are these things and who are they?" Chloe askes as REX walks up to one on the hologram enemies and begins to walk around them as he begins to talk about the current opponents.
"The Corpus are a merchant society, built on the foundation of salvaged technology and robotics. They scavenge the outer systems, greedy for the Old War salvage. Their most sought after of all - the Tenno and their Warframe armor. Those captured are treated as salvage; meticulously dissected, integrated. The remains are sold to the highest bidder." REX said as he pats one of the holograms head. "Lead by innovatory and elusive industrialists, and claiming to be descendants of Orokin lineage, the Corpus are dedicated to the accumulation of wealth. This elite ruling class operates an insular trade organization using other humans and robotics for labor and security as slaves rather than workers and have been condemned by the Honored Seven as a merchant cult than a society."
Chloe was disgusted at the description of the Corpus hierarchy who uses people for labor which is no different than slavery that she endured during her childhood. She reaches for her first set of Spira Prime knives and prepares herself and says. "I'm Ready."
"Let's see it then." REX said as he heads back to the control panel and activated the Secondary Weapons Test for Chloe.
Unlike the first test where the Grineer holograms would just run towards their opponents, The Corpus humans with the laser rifles begin to take cover around some of the pillars that were nearby as they begin to shoot from their hiding spot while the ones carrying the batons charge towards Chloe and the Corpus mechs stood into position and begins firing at the female Tenno. Chloe wasted no time as she begins to dodge the incoming projectiles and begins to take down the mechs first as they were stationary while they were firing and destroyed them with ease as each Spira Prime knife entered the 'heads' of the targets. The first Prod Crewman swung his weapon at Chloe but she dodge his attack and stabbed him the chest with a Spira Prime knife causing to dissipate then she throws it and another Spira Prime knife into the skulls of the second and third one as they slumps down and dissipates as well. After she took care of them, Chloe then took care of the remaining few that were still hiding and delivered quick and deadly throws at them, thus completed the first wave before the timer went out to zero.
"Nicely done Chloe, but that was just Wave 1. Here comes Wave 2 and you better be quick." REX said as another wave of Corpus holograms appeared with their weapons ready with Chloe flipping one of her knife around and begins to attack once more.
Several minutes later…
After the final wave of Hologram enemies, Chloe knelt down as she begins to catch her breath as REX approaches her with his arms behind his back and looks around the area of fallen hologram enemies.
"How was that?" Chloe said in huffs of breath as REX hummed a bit before stroking his metal chin in thought at her test. After a few moments of silence, he gave a thumbs up with a chuckle of approval.
"Well done! You passed your Secondary Weapons Test!" REX said with joy as Chloe softly laughs at his enthusiasm as she tries to get up and get ready for her melee test but almost falls over if REX did not catch her in time. "Woah there firecracker, I know that you want to go ahead and do the Melee Weapons Test but how about we take a break before we do the next test. Ok?"
Chloe wanted to argue about this and get the final test over with but knowing that REX was just looking out for her caused her to sigh and agree to his request. Soon both of them use Transference to leave their Warframes and begin to talk about certain things. About the ways on how they would fight against certain enemies and how to do it in style. They were having a swell time with each other as they try their hand in 'Fasionframe' for see if they should change their looks into something that they would like than what their Warframe appearance is now and trying to figure out on what kind of weapon Chloe should use for her Melee Weapons test.
"Hey Ryan?"
"Yeah?"
"…After the war with the Kuroinu and the Sentient…what's going to happen to you and the others?" Chloe asked that dreadful question that Ryan wished he never wanted to hear from her. After a few moments of silence Ryan scratched his head down before answering.
"I don't know Chloe. I never thought about what will happen to us when we win the fight."
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…
After a few moments of silences, Chloe lays her forehead on Ryan's chest in an unknown manner causing the Tank Tenno to look at her in confusion before she said something to him as she begins to slightly tremble.
"I don't you to leave me. I want you to stay with me…please." The Half Elf said in a scared tone causing Ryan to look at her for a moment and with a small sad smile as he pull her into a comforting hug as they stood there in silence as Chloe wept a little before they went back to training for the Final test.
[Flashback End]
'I hope that it doesn't come to that…Chloe.' REX thought to himself as he felt something rubbing his leg as he looks down to see Fenrir looking up to him in concern and confusion. REX chuckled as he begins to pet his Kubrow's head which causes the animal to pant happily. After that, REX decided to place Fenrir into stasis again for the travel and then went over to Chloe and Prim to checks up on them to make sure that they is ready as well.
While this was happening, Squall was in a Zen position as ice particles begins to float around him as he was concentrating on controlling his Frost Warframe powers. While he was doing this, he begins to remember the Final test that he did with Alicia and the time that they had while in their Simulacrum.
[Flashback: Squall]
"So, what will the Melee Weapons Test be like Squall?" Alicia asked Squall as he begins to look though the row of melee weapons that was presented to him in the Arsenal while Prim was sitting nearby as she pets Fenrir's head who gives out a sound of appreciation.
"It's basically a test involving using weapons like swords, daggers, greatswords, nikanas, and so on. When you complete this test, you will be ready for the Kuroinu and the Sentient armies." Squall said as he looks though to see what kind of weapon Alicia can use. However, The Princess Knight-Tenno only smiled as she draws out her castle forged steel sword and presents it in front of her like it was some trophy to show off.
"Then look no further, because I have a sword I can use." Alicia said with pride which caused Squall stopped for a moment to look at her with a blank look on his face as he walks to the Princess Knight and grabs the sword out of her hand.
"Hey, be careful with that! The best blacksmith at the castle armory made that for me," she warns Squall, but the Cryo-Tenno ignores her as he walks over to the arsenal again and gets a Destreza Prime rapier out. Squall then holds her sword out with his left hand and raise the Destreza Prime with his right. He then swings the Destreza Prime down with all his might and cut straight through his sword like butter. She and Prim gasps in horror at what just happened as Squall tossed the destroyed blade to the ground.
"What are you doing!" she yells and picks the blade off the floor as she looks at her broken weapon in surprise/horror. This sword was one of her favorite ones too…
"That's not your sword anymore. This is," Squall tell her as he does a few practice swings and stabbing motions and then holds the Destreza Prime out to her to wield. She looks at the rapier for a moment then sets down her broken blade to the ground and takes the Destreza Prime from the Cryo-Tenno's hand.
"It's so light!" she says with awe as she tries a few a few swings and was amazed at how fast she could swing the blade.
"Yes. Lighter, sharper, and more durable than any blade made on this world could ever be," Squall tell her as he decided to drop the bombshell to her. "And it's now yours," he says with and caused Alicia to stop test swinging the blade and look towards him in surprise.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. You're going to need it for the final test anyway." Squall said as he walks towards the Control Panel and begins to type down a few commands to activate the drones. The holographic projections begin to take form as what Alicia and Prim saw was look like it came out of a horror story. The new enemy looked like twisted flesh and metal of previous enemies that Alicia face before with the other ones looked like was ancient cthulhu-like demons with gold parts connected to its body. Alicia and Prim was silent as they both looked at the enemies disturbingly as Fenrir stood up and growled in defense, but Prim petted the Kubrow to calm it down which worked to calming him down.
"Squall…What in the world are these things?" Alicia asked in horror and repulsion as Squall upped to the holograms without any fear as he begins to explain.
"The Infested are Corpus and Grineer units who have been taken over by the techno-organic parasites, or Technocyte Virus for short, of the Infestation, a biomechanical pathogen used by the Orokin." Squall said as he begins to point out some differences of the Infested. "The majority of Infested seem to be former Corpus Crewmen or Grineer Lancers, or "Mutalist" versions of Corpus robotic proxies. The oldest individuals, the infested Ancients, are creatures overtaken by the plague so long ago that their original form is unrecognizable, perhaps dating back to the Old War itself."
Alicia was stunned at what was explained to her. Her opinion of the Orokin Empire have been dropping more and more lately from the description that Squall and the other Tenno told her and for good reason after all. The Princess Knight of Iris clench her fist in silent anger for the 'unfortunate' victims of the Technocyte Virus that the Orokin unleashed in front of her and soon draws her Destreza Prime and held it in position in front of her. "Let's begins the test."
"Then let's begin." Squall said as he heads over to the control panel and begins to type in some commands in to activate the Melee Weapons Test.
The Infested unleased a gluttonous roar at the three Chargers and Leapers begin to advance towards Alicia while the Infested Ancient slowly advance towards her as well. Alicia waited for the right moment before they got too close to strike. As soon at the first Charger got close, Alicia unleashed a quick flurry of stabs against it causing it to shatter into pieces then delivers another stab to the second on one the head killing it instantly. The third was close enough to swipe at Alicia, but the Princess Knight was nimble enough to dodge the attack ad delivered an upward strike, piercing the head on the Charger, finishing it off. The Leapers tried to attack at once and got extremely close to striking her down, but once again like before Alicia dodged at the last moment and impaled the three Leapers at once tuning them into an Infested shish kabob!
Alicia swipes he blade to dissipate the holograms and prepares herself for the Infested Ancient but was surprise when one on them flung its arm forward sending a flesh-like grapping rope towards her! However, Alicia was quick enough to raise her weapon to block the attack but was caught by the cord and was slowly begin dragged towards the creature. Alicia thinking quick released her sword and charged forward towards the creature. The Infested Ancient tossed the blade behind it and swung its arm to hit her, but Alicia slides underneath the Ancient then grabs her sword off the ground and delivers a fatal backstab into the Ancients back. The creature stood still for a moment before it shattered into pieces.
"Quick and effective…Well done Alicia! But now we need to finish the remaining waves. Are you ready for more?" Squall said to Alicia though the comms as new Infested holograms appeared before the Princess Knight, who silently raised her blade and prepares herself once more for the upcoming wave.
[Several minutes later…]
After the final wave of Hologram enemies, Alicia knelt down as she begins to catch her breath as Squall approaches her and looks around the area of fallen hologram enemies while Prim walks over to her and checks on her.
"Alicia, are you okay?" Prim asked as she was about to help her sister with some healing magic, but Alicia only raised her hand to stop her and begins to stand up.
"I'm okay Prim…just need…to catch my breath…so Squall, how did I do?" Alicia said in huffs of breath as Squall hummed a bit before stroking his metal chin in thought at her test. After a few moments of silence, he nods to her in approval.
"Besides the ones that got awfully close to hitting you…you've done well! You passed your Melee Weapons Test!" Squall said with joy as Alicia softly laughs at his enthusiasm as she tries to get up and get ready leave the Simulacrum but almost falls over if Squall did not catch her in time. "How about we get some rest before we head back to the other. Okay Alicia?"
Alicia wanted to argue about this and get the final test over with but knowing that Squall was just looking out for her caused her to sigh and agree to his request. Soon both of them use Transference to leave their Warframes and begin to talk about certain things along with Prime. About what they do on their spare time like training, reading, sparing,…cooking? They were having a swell time talking with each other as they try their hand in 'Fasionframe' to see if they can have a brand new look as well with Prim being a judge. It was kind of cute for Prim to act like a professional judge.
After that they decided to sit down and enjoy some silence before they have to get back to the others.
"Hey Aaron?"
"Yeah?"
"…After the fight with the Kuroinu and the Sentient…what's going to happen?" Alicia asked that dreadful question that Aaron wished he never wanted to hear from her. After a few moments of silence Aaron scratched his chin before answering.
"I don't know Alicia. I hope that we can get through this however...but I don't know for certain."
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After a few moments of silences, Alicia pats her hands on her lap causing the Cryo-Tenno to look at her in confusion before she said something to him as she begins to explain about what she was doing.
"I heard that some men like this. So, place your head here please." The Princess knight said in a shy tone causing Aaron to look at her for a moment in confusion but none the less nodded as he places head on her lap, causing Prim to cover her mouth as she blushes at the site. After a few moments, Aaron now realized what was happening!
'Is this…the legendary lap-pillow?!' Aaron thought to himself as Alicia rubs her hand on his head, enjoying the feeling of her fingers though his hair. After that, the Cryo-Tenno soon thought of something as he looks over to Prim who was now playing with Fenrir to keep herself distracted. So, throwing caution into the wind, he decided to ask her a question. "Hey Prim? I got a question for you."
"Yes, Ser Aaron?" Prim said as she continues to play with Fenrir who was now on his back.
"First off, I'm no ser. And two: You wouldn't happen to have a crush on REX would you?" Aaron asked causing Alicia to look to Aaron in surprise while Prim stopped playing with Fenrir as her whole face turned completely red.
"W-Whatever do y-you mean? I-I don't have a c-crush on R-REX!" Prim stuttered as she looked over to Aaron who only looked at her with a blank look on his face and Alicia who had a look of surprise/shock. After a few moments of silence, the poor girl could not help it as she buries her face in her hand and lets off an embarrassed moan.
"Y-you like that brute?! When and how in the world did this happen Prim?!" Alicia said as Aaron gets up from her lap so that she can get up and walk up to Prim to get some answers, but Squall actually figure out why.
"I believe it happened when she was saved by him from Beasley when he became a turncoat and blocked a lethal attack from said persons attack. Am I right?" Aaron said as he looked towards Prim who only nodded as her face begins to return to a less red color.
"But…you do know that he's with Chloe, right?" Alicia asked her cousin, but immediately regrets it as Prim looks down as her hair covers her eyes as she begins to sniffle a bit. Fenrir sensed this and whines a little as he did not want to see his master's new friend sad.
"That may not be a problem." Aaron said causing the two Princess Knights to look over to him in confusion. To answer this, he begins to access his [Inventory] and pull out a book called ' The Eostian Laws'. "According to this book; The Eostian Laws, on page 69; Paragraph E – Section 8: 'Whenever an individual with no ties to Eostia, that possess new forms of unknown power and/or bloodlines, are allowed to start a new House with a new family name and are allow themselves to have multiple wives in order to further their bloodline.'. In other words, you may have a chance to be with him if you still want to…" Aaron said as he stopped to look at Alicia and Prim who looked at him in bewilderment. "What?"
"I'm…surprise that you found such a thing, Aaron." Alicia said as she shook out of her stupor.
"When you enter foreign lands, you may want to read up some laws ahead of time so that you don't get into much trouble." Aaron answered her before turning to Prim who looks like she was coming back to her senses. "So? Do you still want to be with REX, Prim? This maybe the only chance you have looking to be with him."
Prim was quiet for a moment as she begins to think about it. After a few moments she looked up to Aaron and nodded with a smile on her face and said.
"Yes."
[Flashback End]
'Well I hope that you and REX get along Prim…and I hope that Alicia and I can still stay together after this.' Squall thought to himself as he finishes his meditation and went over to Alicia and make sure that she has all of her gear ready to go as soon as the others are ready. After a few moments of last minute checking, everyone got together and Umbra begins to talk to this group before they head out.
"Okay everyone here's the deal. Now that we are ready to head out, we will be heading to the coordinates that are on you HUDS." Umbra started as he points to his helmet. "To cut some of the travel time down, we will be going by Arch-Wing to get to our locations in time before the Kuroinu begins their attacks within a week or two. REX, since your taking Prim to her Castle Fortress you need to be careful with her because she does not have a Warframe while traveling a high altitude. Handle her with care."
"Right. Better buckle up Princess." REX said as he activates his Elytron Arch-Wings as he pick up the pink haired princess, bridal-style, causing to gasps cutely. "You alright, Prim?"
"Y-Yes I'm alright." Prim said in a stutter, causing REX to look at her in confusion while Chloe with her Itzal Arch-Wings on looked at her with a teasing look on her face as she knows that the pink haired Princess has a crush on her 'Knight in Shining Armor'(LOL) and Alicia giving REX an annoyed look at the scene in front of her.
"Alright then. Everyone else ready?" Umbra asked as looks around see Squall using the Odonata, Olga using the Elytron, and Alicia using the Odonata as well. Seeing this, Umbra nodded then activated his Odonata Prime Arch-Wings and begins to float in the air with the others as the ascend higher into the clouds. "Well then…MOVE OUT!"
At that very command, the newly formed Tenno units head towards their own destinations…and will see each other again when the final battle in Eostia will occur.
Phew! This was a massive time spender, but it is time for Phase two of this Fanfiction: Divide the group and Conquer the enemy. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and i hope to GOD i will work on the next chapters quicker and smoother because it will now be on separate individuals.
Until then, I will see you then. PEACE!