In the Bazaar district in the tower, Wren, Andromeda and Dak were sitting around on a couch and drinking amongst each other laughing

Wren: So then I told him; hey if you're gonna swindle me then make sure you don't pay me before you do! Ahaha!!

Dak: Hahaha!!

Andromeda: Ahaha-wait I don't get it.

Yang: Hey guys!

Yang walks in through the drapes and the trio welcome her in and pull up a chair for her

Yang: Thanks.

Andromeda: So what brings you here?

Yang: Well I have some information and I didn't know who else to turn to.

Wren: Oh? What is it? Is it about the relics we've been collecting?

Yang: No no. Sorry but it's nothing like that. Sorry.

Andromeda: Well show us then.

Yang takes out her ghost and let's it float around before it shines a hologram on the table in front of them

Dak: Where did you get this?

Yang: A friend sent it to me before he...passed.

Wren: Is this recent?

Yang: Today...

Andromeda: Wait what! Are you okay-do you need--

Yang: Just..! Look.

The recording shows a group of guardians going through what is known as the Plague Lands. An area of the Cosmodrome once ravaged by the nano machine construct known as SIVA. It had once infected the area as well is the killer of the original Iron Lord's

Dak: What are they doing in there?

Yang: They heard of Fallen being sighted there and they wanted to make sure for themselves so they could send in the calvary. But then....

Suddenly one of the group members was tackled by a fast moving object and was torn to shreds. When their ghost tries to revive them it was shot by an unknown weapon.

The sound of the ghost dying was haunting to them all but it hit Wren the hardest, remembering back to the day Cayde-6 died. The light from his ghost being felt throughout the Prison of Elders.

Wren: What...did this? This isn't Fallen..this is...a monster.

Yang: I know. Watch.

The rest of the guardians take out their weapons and start shooting at anything that moved but the thing that killed their friend was moving so fast that it was gone from where it stood before their bullets left the barrels of their guns

One of the guardians, a female, was knocked to the floor and was dragged away by the beast. Screaming the whole was until she was silenced by two loud gunshots. One for her, the other for her ghost.

Cursing, the remaining three stood with their backs to each other. Dirt and snow was being kicked up by the speed blitzing entity. Suddenly they were assaulted by a numerous amount of gunfire from all directions. Their Titan formed a bubble around them to protect them for a little while and it worked at stopping the gunfire. In fact, it stopped all together.

The trio sighed in relief but their moment of relaxation was cut short by a loud bang on the bubble which turned into multiple bangs around the dome. The entity...it was hitting the bubble repeatedly.

Andromeda: What kind of monster is that? There's nothing like this in the archives.

Yang: Just watch.

The bubble begins to show signs of damage as cracks begin to form on it. More and more hits caused even bigger cracks until it broke into pieces. Suddenly the guardians were pummeled by the entity from all sides. It was like multiple people were ganging up on them and beating them with an inch of their lives.

Yangs ghost could see the pain on her face and stops the recording and comforts her as she silently cries into her hands

Wren: Wait..hey uh..I'm sorry but can I have that recording?

Yangs ghost sends the recording over to Wren and uses his ghost to play the recording as he begins to study it.

Andromeda: What did you see?

Wren: I don't know but..whatever it is, it isn't human or anything we've ever fought. But it's as tall as a man.

Dak: But fast as Satan on the highway.

They spent a few minutes going through the footage until they spot something in a split second frame of the video

Wren: Stop! Wait stop! Go back! Right...there!!

Ghost: What is that..?

Andromeda: Ghost can you enhance the image?

Ghost: I can try.

The image begins to come out clearer as the Ghost formats the frame into a visible image and what was on that frame made their hearts sink to their stomach, Dak more than the others even though he had no stomach.

Wren: It can't be-!

Andromeda: It's-It's..

Dak: Lord Felwinter...but that's impossible. He died. His corpse was used by SIVA! We burned it! We burned them all! We shut down the replication plant!! How could this be?!

Dak broke out into a furious rage and threw the table over the edge of the Tower to the city below. His breathing became heavy but his rage soon subsided and he sat down holding his head in his hands

Dak: It can't be.. it's-it's not possible.

Wren: M-maybe some SIVA got out and-

Dak: No! There is no way it could get out! Never!

Wren: Well it did and now we've got a-a..a freaking zombie guardian on the loose killing other guardians! Dak I know this is hard to grasp but right now we need to bring in the big guns and take him down!

Andromeda: But how? You saw how easily he took them out. They didn't have a second to react.

Wren: That's why we'll have a better chance at fighting him. With greater numbers and information on him, we can put a stop to this rampage.

Yang: I'm coming too. This thing killed my friends. I'm not about to sit on the sidelines and let it roam free.

Wren: Then it's settled. Anna you get Jäger-7 and Rebecca. Dak you think you can convince Djin to come with us? We'll need his skills for this op.

Dak:*sigh* I will try Guardian. It will be... difficult. I'm sorry I...need a moment.

Wren: That's alright. C'mon, let's get ready.

Wren and Yang left while Andromeda stayed behind with Dak for a few minutes, clutching his hand into hers and flashing him a comforting smile before she leaves

Sometime later...

Multiple jump ships landed in the outskirts of the Plague Lands and the team of Guardians walk out into the snowy remains of old Russia. It had been years since Dak and Andromeda were there. Since they shut down the replication chamber. Since.... Rhys.

Jäger: This place so quiet but still loud with the hyms of death in the air. Many souls have been lost on these grounds.

Rebecca: Can you stop with the mystical shit! You're bummin' me out!

Djin:*kicks a can* Why'd you even bring us out here? There ain't no boogeyman out here to get us!

Yang: He's here. I know it. I can feel his eyes already on us. Watching. Waiting.

Yangs grip on her rifle tightens with her light burning red hot under her feet as each step left a scorching footprint in the snow

Wren: Well if he is then he knows how to keep still. Motion tracker isn't picking up anything. This place is dead.

Djin: And so will we if we don't high tail it! Look whatever this thing is, it ain't here now but it WILL be if we stay here.

Dak: Coward!

Dak grabs Djin by the collar of his shirt and lifts him up like he was nothing

Dak: You try and flee when the enemy is near? Hunters are meant to be out of sight and strike while the enemy is not looking. Instead you just hide and wait for the enemy to flee and pick up the scraps. You are worse than that Drifter!

Djin:*grunt* Oh yeah? What're you gonna do old man? Huh? Kill me? Well go on! Kill me!!

Suddenly, Djin was flung out of Dak's grip and he was seen being pummeled by the entity now known as Felwinter. He screams as Felwinter landed blow after blow like machine gun fire

Dak: Lord Felwinter! Stop!!

Hearing Dak, Felwinter stopped hitting Djin and slowly turns his head back and looks at the group of guardians who had their weapons aimed at him

Dak: Stand--down. You are not yourself old friend. It is SIVA. It has made you this way! Please. Let me end your suffering.

No words came from the Iron Lord. Only the growls of a wild animal. Felwinter roared and ran at the group of guardians

Jäger: Open fire!!

Five guns spat hot led at Felwinter and even for a guardian it would mean death. But something had been changed with Felwinter. Something that allowed him to weave through the bullets like they were frozen in the air. He walks around the group of guardians and extends his hand out to his side and it begins to fizzle with the nanites that begin to construct a weapon in his hand, a shotgun. Felwinter growled and aimed his gun at the back of Rebecca, barrel to her spine.

His finger squeezed the trigger tightly but the sound of a clank brought his head to turn right at the barrel of a gun

Dak: Don't think so cyka.

With a blast of buckshot, Felwinter was sent to the floor and started screeching and writhing in the floor

Time begun to flow normally for everyone and they stopped firing when they realized Felwinter was gone

Rebecca: Where..?

Djin: Behind you!!

Everyone looks to their backs and see Felwinter on the floor with a hole in his chest and Dak standing with a smoking gun

Jäger: How did?

Dak: I am military grade Exo. The old world held many secrets in me.

He sighs and puts his gun on his back kneeling down to look at his fallen friend

Rebecca: So like, who the hell is he?

Andromeda: He's Lord Felwinter.

Rebecca: Who dat?

Djin groans as Jäger helped him up and let him get his footing by leaning on his shoulder

Djin: Even I know who that is you fucking retard...

Wren: Hey man no need for that.

Djin: I'M the one who got the shit kicked out of him by a CORPSE. Excuse me if I don't censor my naughty words.

Yang:*sigh* At least he's dead. Now they can find peace.

Dak: Yes...peace.

Standing up, Dak turns and walks to everyone thinking their fight was over but unbeknownst to them, the hold in Felwinter's chest begun to reform and he slowly rose to his feet

No one heard anything but Jäger had a strange sense he had a pair of eyes on him, a quick pray went through his mind as he turns around and he almost drops Djin from the shock of seeing Felwinter standing with no signs of damage.

Red lightning starts emanating from his forearm and in one harsh swing of his arm, he sends a blast of red energy  that sends everyone flying across the icy dirt

They all collectively groan in pain as each of them stand up ready for another round with him

Rebecca: LET'S ROOOCK!!

She reaches behind her and pulls out a mini gun based weapon and with a wide grin, she pulls the trigger and hot brass sprays out hitting Felwinter

Rebecca: YEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Djin: Bitch is crazy but she's got the right idea!

Djin whips out a heavy revolver and the recoil from each bullet fired brought his arms back

Andromeda: Dak can he be beaten the conventional way?

Yang: What was is that?

Dak: We must burn him. Engulf him in fire. It is the only way to stop SIVA from replicating itself continuously.

Yang: That--I can do~

Her fists smash into each other and her body and hair light up in the glow of solar light

Andromeda: Yeah. Let's kill him properly this time.

Anna crosses her arms and a spark of flames dance around her as bright orange knives form in between her fingers

Wren puts his hands together as small bouts of fire rise from his body. He then focuses the flames into a single point in his hand and he creates a sword made of pure fire

Djin reloads his magnum and spins it in his hand before thrusting it into the air, flashing into a orange gilded tint with his gun burning as bright as the sun

Dak gathers a flame in his hand and he thrusted his fist into the air and his hand explodes in a torrent of fire that forged itself into a hammer

Jäger claps his hands together and pulls them apart creating a sword out of fire

Rebecca finally runs out of ammo and while shaking her gun ignoring the fact that her bullets aren't infinite. Felwinter gathers nanites in his hand and throws them at the floor in front of Rebecca and the small glob of masss shoots out large spikes from the ground towards Rebecca. Without losing a beat, she uses her gun as a shield and the steel like spikes pierce the gun and begin eating it like it was acid

Rebecca: My baby!! You fucker!!

Reaching behind her, she pulls out two pistols and spins them in her hands, in doing so they burn in a warm glow as well does her body

Felwinter growled and red lightning coarses through his body and he takes a fighting stance

Dak: Hang on my friend. You will rejoin the others soon.

Andromeda starts the battle by hurling a barrage of knives

(See what I did there?)

Both Wren and Jäger take to the sky and fling waves of fire at Felwinter. The dead Iron Lord dashes through the knives and dodges them easily but had a hold nearly blown through him by Djin and Rebecca firing off rounds of solar light at him

Dak: HAAAA!!!

Yang: AAARGH!!

Both Titans swung mighty punches and kicks at Felwinter but his speed was unmatched, blow after blow was dodged by him and from his perspective, everything was moving in slow motion making it easy to maneuver their attacks.

He balls his hand into a fist and backhands Yang while using that same fist to dig into Dak's gut and send him in the air

Winded, Dak grit his mouth(because Exo's have no teeth) and held his hammer in two hands and shouted as his flames grew brighter with his hammer as it grew and took on a new shape

Roaring a warcry, Dak spun in the air and brought the axe down on Felwinter but the impossible became possible with Felwinter catching the axe by its blade and he snapped it from the handle shocking Dak

Dak: That's... impossible-

Felwinter smashed Dak into the snow and roars which echoes across the Plague Lands

Wren: Dak! No!! AAAAHH!!

Going into a nosedive, Wren goes in head first to save his friend. Seeing this, Andromeda and Rebecca both start flinging flaming knives at Felwinter while Djin tried to distract him with six shots of solar bullets at him. The world slowed down again for Felwinter and he zipped around their attacks and begun one of his own, starting with Djin.

He appeared in front of the renegade Hunter and dug his fist deep into his chest and turned to face Andromeda who she was met with a heavy kick to the neck and Rebecca, she was smashed into the ground and Felwinter didn't stop until his knuckles were covered in her blood. He then appeared back in front of Wren and decided to put a little flair into this final attack by doing a backflip and kicking Wren in the chin. Finishing off his last opponent

Time flows as usual and the battle was going in the favor of Felwinter. Yang was on her knees in disbelief that even six guardians weren't enough to defeat one monster. That it was hopeless to avenge her friends.

Yang: No...I won't give up!

Digging her fingers in the snow, Yangs fire ignited once more and she took her stance and her hammer of Sol formed in her palm. She gripped the weapon tightly and charged at Felwinter. Her rage burning as bright as the sun and in one move, she smashes her hammer into Felwinter's face. The loud gong of metal hitting metal shook the old structures around them and all was silent.

Felwinter: Heh...I almost felt that~

Yang gasped at his words. He wasn't injured but he could also speak? Impossible. But she didn't have a chance to say or do anything as Felwinter shoved his fist through her chest and lifted her up with one arm. The light in her eyes faded and he threw her corpse away and flicked the blood off his arm

Jäger: Bastard!!

Going in for a stab, Jäger thrusts his sword towards Felwinter but he dodged it and wraps his forearm around Jäger's and smacks him across the jaw and kicks him away from him, knocking him out of his Dawnblade form

Jäger:*grunt* I know...I am not graceful with that technique...but..

Standing up, Jäger had his back turned to Felwinter and he looks down at his hands and clenched them into fists as sparks of electricity jolted from his body

Jäger: This one may "shock" you.

Turning into a ball of lightning, Jäger tackled Felwinter into a wall and started throwing heavy punches at his helmet. Felwinter blocked one of the hits and headbutted Jäger knocking him back a little which gave him the opportunity to throw a high kick to his face but the warlock was sturdier than he looked and was still standing.

They both shouted and started fighting hand to hand. Even though SIVA was controlling the body of Felwinter, it seems it knew his fighting style very well as Felwinter elbowed Jäger in the chest and palm strikes him sending him flying back.

Jäger hit the ground and clutched his chest in pain and Felwinter wiped his chin and turned around only to be met by a staff made out of ice to the face

Wren: I'm not dead yet punk!!

Wren spun around hitting Felwinter with his staff and he didn't let the monster think for a second he would let up as he dragged the tip of his weapon through the snow and flung it forward, creating a torrent of ice that incased Felwinter inside it. Bringing the staff back, Wren struck the center of the ice which broke Felwinter out but also flew him into an old concrete pillar

Felwinter groaned and tried to stand up by Wren appeared in front of him and kneed his helmet, cracking the faceplate of it and broke it even more by smashing his staff above his head. Felwinter tried to throw a punch but Wren caught his fist and froze his arm and smashed it into pieces. He then watched as Wren continues to pummel him into the pillar he was trapped on.

Wren then coats his fist in ice and swung a punch across Felwinter's face that completely snapped his head from his neck.

He watched as the head flew into the snow away from him and finally it was over. Sighing, Wren collapsed into the snow and chuckles.

The sound of something moving catches him off guard and he looks up and sees the headless body of Felwinter standing over him

Wren: Useless ass old world technology!!

Felwinter walks over to his body and picks up his head as his arm begins to reform and clasps his head. He snaps his head into place and looks back at Wren as the other guardians start to wake up and a couple were already standing up to fight Felwinter again.

As the nanites begin to pour out of Felwinter and he takes another battle stance he speaks once again to the guardians

Felwinter: Who's next?