Ghost Fragment: Mothyards
Some Guardians are lost to the Darkness. It is inevitable. The war rages on all across the Solar System, with casualties from both sides. Even the best can make mistakes.
In the Mothyards, a lone Hunter stands atop a snow-covered boulder. You would be forgiven in thinking he was watching for movement across the sweeping metal graveyard, but the Hunter is there for another purpose. His hand cannon remains in his belt; his sniper laid carefully aside, shielded from the snow by his cloak. It was removed long ago. It is not needed for this task.
He has been there for hours.
Finally he moves, shaking away any snowflakes that had landed on him while he was lost in thought. His armour has long since frozen solid. Ice has found its way into any little crack or crease it could find. He silently stretches each limb out, movements clumsy, still half lost in thought. But his time is almost up. The Vanguard will be needing him soon, for some new mission to push back the Darkness and protect the souls it tries to take.
He could not protect them all.
There is just enough time for his final salute. A final homage to her - the one light he had thought could never go out. It had been such a small mistake. Wrong place, wrong time - one wrong step. Then, that blazing Light had been crushed. She was Fearless. Radiant. Unstoppable. A blazing beacon for all to see. She'd tried so hard.
No more.
The Hunter lays down in the snow, limbs tiredly outstretched. Slowly, he begins to move them, up and down, up and down. The snow is falling heavily now. He can almost hear her laughter. She should be next to him, making these pointless shapes with him. Once, he scorned her and refused to join. The regret and guilt is a burning fist, clenching his chest. He continues to push the snow aside.
Then, all too quickly, he is done. The Hunter slowly gets to his feet. His work is done here. He gathers his weapons, fastens his cloak around his neck, and walks away from his creation without as much as a glance backwards.
The snow angel will be gone by dawn.