AN: Part 2 of the prologue starts from this chapter. New enemies are everywhere, but perhaps there are new allies as well?


"There it is guys, Edison." Volt said as the three of them watched the gate from half a block away.

The school was created by old money and many of its alumni were well off too. It was located in an area where the city met the suburbs. None of them had ever

been this far uptown before, so it was a strange sight to behold. The buildings, in Volt's mind, evoked the feeling of a British boarding school and as a result,

they were all brick topped with ornate statues near the roofs. But they also had some modern editions of buildings, with those ones having a theme of the colors

white and silver with the additions of glass everywhere. The modern buildings had automatically moving glass doors and even some glass walls. It was

essentially someone's typical depiction of a futuristic setting.

"Alright how are we getting in?" Frost said as he looked at the gate.

The school had very tight security but today it was relaxed for the fair. But, one still had to make it past the gate security guards. Students and staff could go

almost anywhere as long as they had their ID cards. But without being with someone who had a card, one could not go in.

"Honestly, we can just hop over the wall." Rhino shrugged.

"Naw, they probably have cameras." Volt said as he looked at the nearly ten-foot wall surrounding the area.

"So, you have no plan . . . still." Frost said, a little exasperated.

"Don't worry, part of making a plan is having information. So, we just wait for a bit and look at the people at the gate."

"What do you mean?" Rhino looked at Frost but Frost also had no idea what Volt meant.

"The guards might act differently today, with all the friends and family of students here. Looks like all the students have to wear a uniform even though there's

no classes for them today. So, we can't get in on luck and pretending we're students. We'll have to sneak in another way and depending on how these guards do

their job, we can exploit their weaknesses."

"You never run out of ideas, do you?"

With that, they waited under the shade of some trees, so as to not be noticed by the security guards from far away.

Twenty minutes later.

"Got a plan yet?" Frost asked as he stopped tapping his foot for the hundredth time.

"No, biggest problem is Rhino actually. Literally and figuratively. He's too big and noticeable. If we get stopped and questioned at the gate, then everyone will

notice he doesn't belong. I can't really figure out a good way to get you in." Volt frowned as he explained.

"Maybe it's time to give up?"

"Hey, I'd say you're barely below being too noticeable too."

"Well I don't know what you expected from two football players?"

"Fine." Volt said as he threw his hands up.

"Rhino I guess you can go home then. We'll go inside and try to figure this out." Volt continued.

"Giving up this soon? Don't worry I'll find my own way in."

"Just try not to wreck this place too. People will actually care if you wreck this place."

"Hey!" Frost exclaimed.

"I'm more than just brawn you know."

"Uh huh. Well good luck with that. Now come on Frost, we'll sneak in with the next big group."


"Commander, all systems are nearly back online!" A hoarse voice said in an aggressive manner.

"Good. Continue monitoring the city. The sooner we find the princes, the sooner we can take the planet." The commander started to laugh uncontrollably as he

and the others had survived a brush with death. The original plan was to go back in time in order to conqueror it for the Grineer Empire, but the Tenno scum had

cost them the citadel. But it seemed fortune was still in their favor as several ships had survived.

"Any signs of the scum?" The commander barked at his subordinate.

"There have been some visual confirmations of Warframes near the first impact site. The trackers also show that several are online and are converging near a

certain area."

"Hmm. I don't want to launch an attack without our princes."

"Why not send Zekt?" The navigator threw out.

"Aw, yes of course! Zekt! Hahaha, let's see that arrogant piss handle this." The Commander was happy to get two birds with one stone.

Several moments later, a figure lumbered on to the deck. The Grineer were malformed and hideous as a result of being cloned over and over from the same DNA

lines. Most if not all of them were missing some pieces here and there so to speak. But not the princes, and not the young blood.

"Captain Zekt reporting for duty, Commander Reytal!" The figure said with an arrogant smile on his pale handsome face. If the old blooded Grineer were

monsters of mind and body, Zekt's young bloods or rather, the Pure Bloods were monsters in mind only. Freed of the old bloods' degeneration, a divide had

already occurred among the pure and the old.

"Zekt, prepare your squad for action. Kill whoever have the Warframes and retrieve the frames if you can. But your first priority is to make sure they are out of

action, is that clear?"

"Of course, Commander. They are nothing in the face of our might!"

With that, Zekt walked off to ready his troops.

(Hahaha, this won't be as easy as you think it is fool. Even a regular child with a Warframe can kill you. If you don't return, let this be a lesson to all you young

bloods!) Reytal thought as he watched the door close behind Zekt. He rubbed where his right elbow met his prosthetic, a constant reminder of his early days.

"Begin sweeps on the city but do not reveal yourselves at any cost is that clear!?"

"""Yes, sir!""" The entire dock shouted.

(Where are you my lieges? I haven't heard a Tenno scream in ages.)


"Well guys, good work this week. I think all of our troubles warrants some time to have fun, right?" A boy wearing the Edison uniform said to his three friends.

"Damn, I can't believe your school has free food that's actually good!" Another boy said.

"Yea, and I think you could fit four or five of our schools here." A girl said with a gentle smile.

"We're all friends, now right? So, go ahead and enjoy the day as you see fit!"

"What about Nyx? And we still haven't found Rhino either." The fourth member of their group said with a worried voice.

"She'll come around eventually, I'm sure. And we can deal with Rhino some other day. I think we can finally take him down now. We'll have to have a long chat

with him though."

"Alright fine. Loki, Mag let's have some fun."

""Yea!""

With her worries pushed back for a bit, Ember walked ahead with Loki and Mag. As he watched the others go ahead, despite his words, Excalibur secretly

wondered to himself if things were really going to be ok. But that shouldn't matter today, today they were supposed to let loose. After giving the sky a glance for

clouds, Excalibur or rather, Arthur went to join his teammates.