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The Shadow’s touch sent a chill down Trigger’s spine that likely didn’t go unnoticed no matter how subtle. His reflective visor perfectly framed the neutral expression that shaped his face, eyes alight within the airtight shell that surrounded them. They stared intently with the involuntary rise of his head to see something akin to unholy staring back.
Or so they say. Anything that strays from the Traveler’s ‘grace’ is considered as such.
He was but a mere man, a single soul, one not touched by the Light so many in the City coveted. The ace, now facing something of legend, had no witty comments or desperate please. As silent as the grave he’d surely end up in crossing this one’s path. Life outside the Wall wasn’t easy, especially after losing the last man on his rogue squadron.
For a moment, Trigger thought upon the events that lead up to this halt in his never ending journey. A pair of Guardians had been shot down, his doing, after he’d finally caught up to them. They deserved it for what they did to Full Band; that man still had a chance at redemption and the Light-bearers took it away. When he landed to inspect his ship, the Shadow swooped in.
When he finally spoke, his tone was flat and quiet- it was Human. “ Who.. are you? “
At first he considered gunning down the pilot. Others who killed Guardians were so very few and far between, each other meant less for him, he didn’t enjoy that prospect too much. Time to think of death leads to far more curious ideas. The sky was the only place where his reign of terror came to an end.
Thorn mattered little against the reinforced hull of a jumpship.
Now he has his prey within his grasp quite literally, other hand holding a weapon crafted through sin. “Does it matter?” Comes his rumbled answer. Names were rarely useful when death lingered just beyond frayed eyesight, waiting within the ticking seconds.
“You have a choice to make.” Rare was the occasion when Dredgen offered anything to anyone. It was a dangerous game to play with someone so tainted in nefarious actions and who was more than willing to kill for the smallest reasons to simply none at all. A few more seconds crawl past them as Yor studies his reflection within the concave surface staring up to him.
“I need someone willing to pluck Guardians out of the sky.” Such simplicity fails to mention what the implications were of working alongside someone infamous for carving out the Light of each kill; to join the ranks of dastardly beings seeking an end to Humanity’s weakness was not something anyone could come back from.
















