by starkissedvixen
Ace in the Hole
Requiem had been uncomfortable ever since their meeting with the Spider. But now with all the barons long dead, he feared for his guardian, “Petra is out for blood,”
Wes glanced over his shoulder, ensuring they weren’t being followed, “Yes,”
“Yes, she is,” Hawk nodded, checking around the upcoming corner.
“But we’re out for justice, right?”
The hunters were synchronised in their response, “No.” They glanced at each other for a moment, before continuing their approach.
Req moved in front of Hawk and stopped her for a moment, while Wes continued on ahead. “What are you going to do when you find him?” Hawk pushed past him in silence. “Hawk, you don’t have to do this…”
A wave of emotions passed over him from her. Lately, he couldn’t get a read on her at all, all the images and flashes never made any sense. But this time it was clear. She was resolute.
There was no other way.
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Uldren chuckled as the hunters approached where he crawled on the floor. He groaned as he rolled to face them. Turning to Hawk, he looked past the barrel aimed directly between his eyes and sought her own, “Congratulations, you have my undivided attention,” Icor sputtered from his mouth and he wiped it away with a grimace, “Now where’s my sister?”
“She’s not here,” He turned and watched Petra emerge from the shadows. “and if she was, this would be a whole lot easier…”
“So…” He chuckled, “this is to be a reckoning,”
Wes nodded, steadying the weapon in his grasp.
Req sees Hawk’s trigger finger twitch, “Wait! Not like this.” She flicks her eyes to her ghost. “Look at him, he’s finished. Even with everything he’s done, we can’t just-”
“You have no idea what he’s done!” Petra snapped, causing even Wes to glance at her in surprise. “If Cayde was here, I know what he would do, Guardian” She turns to Hawk, her mouth drawn in a thin line, “Do you?”
The prince chuckles once again, and Hawk's attention shifts. “What would the notorious Cayde-6 do? You have his gun,” Uldren gestures towards Hawk, “Seems you get the last word,” Wes clenches his jaw. The prince can barely look him in the eye. Uldren flicks his attention to Petra, his tone darkening “Everything I did, I did for HER.”
Petra takes one hand off her weapon and stands a little taller, and the tension within the figure on the ground lessens.
“Funny.” The prince grins to himself, “The light between Light and Dark is so very thin.” but again he returns his attention to Hawk, “Do you know which side you’re on?”
The guardian falters, the ace in her hands lowering for a moment. Req senses the turmoil inside her once again, the starlight and dark in constant struggle. But even before Petra and Wes’ eyes meet her, she raises it once more, her mind resolute. She nods to the prince, and for a moment Req swears he saw the hint of a smile as he closed his eyes.
It had to be her.
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TIMELINE
The Dreaming City, during the later events of Forsaken