Hey guys! Welcome to my first fan fic on this site! While I'm new to this site , I've written fan fiction before. So I'm excited to express my imagination once more for the Destiny Universe. This first chapter is a little short. I was a noob and lost some info so this chapter will be split into to 2 parts. Hope you enjoy!
It has been 5 years since Elita and her fireteam defeated the Heart of the Black Garden. There were things still unanswered, however, like who that strange Exo woman was, why it was so easy to defeat what the Speaker said was the very source of the darkness, what role the Cabal played in this war, and how was it possible for a non-Fallen to be in charge of a sacred religious House? These things bothered Elita as she looked from the Tower's tallest balcony, always wondering if she had done enough for the sake of the 'Light' and if things were going to get worse in the future.
She summoned her ghost that had now taken on a brilliant blue colored shell and a golden yellow light to illuminate its core optic and the points of its shell. She just stared at it, reflecting on how it came to be that color and remembering the things she saw in her journey.
"Need something my Lady?", the ghost queried.
"N..no, ghost. I apologize. Just thinking is all", she said snapping back from her aimless gaze.
"No need to be sorry. I'm here to serve you...after all, you are the..."
"DON'T...ghost...please", Elita exclaimed while shutting her eyes tightly and tilting her head downward.
"My apologies miss Elita, I will never speak of it again", the now seemingly embarrassed ghost said
Elita let out a huff and looked back at her gear sitting on the bench. No matter what she did, she couldn't get the traumatic images of the Hive and their 'god' out of her mind...
::Flashback::
"I don't understand!" A warlock shouted. "Why does our armor change when we get to a certain point!? Why do we look like this?!"
Elita stood silent as she watched 3 members of an alliance fireteam become rapidly uneasy with their predicament. The warlock, Ramsey, took it the worst as he was the first to experience this 'change'. First his boots changed from a steel tipped leather material to a hardened bone shape with a golden bronze tint. His pace became slower as the weight of the boots increased. Eventually he could no longer leap from the ground. Next he watched as his gauntlets and shoulder armor morphed, starting with the fingers sharpening to a point, the back of his hand cracked as hive bone encompassed it. He watched as the green energy traveled up his arm and extended large bone coverings on his shoulders. They circled the shoulder and made a sharp point about 5 inches out. He started to feel an unknown power course through him.
"I gotta bad feelin about this y'all" He said nervously
Green and white energy swarmed around him and seemed to have covered his entire body. The other warlock and titan next to him rushed over to try to help him but before they got to him, an extreme flash of light emitted from his body. The entire team covered their vision and waited for the brightness to subside.
"Ramsey!" They all shouted
Elita and the others saw something they thought they would never see. Not here and not now. Hovering 3 feet from the ground, a long scaly cloak dragged across the ground, a high rigged collar flared from the figures neck and pointy like ears near the top of its head.
"WIZARD!" The Titan shouted pointing his Vex Mythoclast aimed to fire.
The two hunters in Elita's fireteam pointed their guns as well. The hovering figure shook and convulsed as if it was having an internal struggle. Elita too was about to take her aim until she heard what was not a Wizard sound but a deep grunt of a man.
"Ramsey!" Shouted the female warlock on his right. "Guys stop! That's my brother" she said jumping in between him and the other guardians.
Ramsey's face resembled that of a wizard but still had a pitch black vizor indicating that the helmet could be removed. This was all confusing to the six of them especially when the rest of them started to change. Elita and the hunters were next, all morphing into Hive counterparts of there respective class. The Titan with Ramsey and the warlock were last. It seems as if there experience was different then Ramsey's.
"So...why did we not flash all glowy like Ramsey did?" The female hunter asked.
"I dunno V. I feel different, more powerful but I don't think that its a bad thing." Elita said scanning the room at the other guardians.
"Ever since we walked through that bright tunnel away from all those crazy Thrall, we kept changing...as if it was supposed to be like this." Elita walked cautiously toward Ramsey and his sister to see if he was okay. "April, is Ramsey okay?" Elita said calmly
"I don't know...he wont talk" She said nervously
Elita approached the silent guardian and placed her right hand on his shoulder. The moment she touched him, he flinched and jumped back about ten feet.
"Ddd...Dooont!" A broken voice came from Ramsey.
"Ramsey...whats wrong?" April asked
"ttToo...Muuchh..." he uttered again.
That was all he could manage to say before collapsing to the ground...
::End Flashback::
Elita looked at her armor, armor which she could not get rid of. Even when she applied the Black and White shader from Dead Orbit, the armor would gradually revert back to its golden bronze color.
"I guess the only way to not look like a Hive Knight..Wizard thing, is if I wear my helmet they call 'Insurmountable Skullfort' and my Mark of the Exodus from D.O" Elita sighed to herself.
"You seem lonely up here all by your lonesome" a voice said behind Elita.
Elita closed her eyes and cracked a slight smile before responding. She waved her hand toward her ghost, making a grabbing motion and returned it to its slumber.
"Alone, but not lonely. What's up Val?" Elita said turning around.
Valerie White; or just Val because no one calls her Valerie. A highly skilled huntress with sass and class to match. She's got medium length golden blonde hair that resembles a blowout but not really. Bangs slightly cover her left eye and her eyes shine a crystal blue color. Make no mistake, this girl is no where near dumb nor is she gullible. If there is a joke she doesn't get, she probably wont care enough to ask. She too was an agent of the Dead Orbit Faction (she also dragged Elita into it) so she dawned emblems, hoods and shaders from them. Her armor, however was not permanently affected by their experience with the Hive like Elita and Ramsey. She could actually change into that armor when she felt like it. The armor she was currently wearing had a hardened black metal plate that covered her breast area up to her collarbone and around her back, leaving a white skin tight plug suit like armor underneath. Her belt was black and had compartments for small throwing knives. Her left arm was covered with a spinal column and small skull of a golden age creature, it origins unknown. The bones moved periodically on their own but served a good purpose of slowly collecting energy from enemies around her and sometimes scaring the civilians who annoyed her. She wore boots that were custom made from Dead Orbit that allowed her to have 2 large combat knives, one on the outside of each leg. Their functionality was perfect for her, allowing her to jump higher, run faster, and convert solar energy for additional attack power if she so desired. Her hood drape was half the width of her body and came to a wedge at the end, sporting the D.O pattern. This was Val, always hungry but looked like a model.
"Food...I was thinking...Winter Kell Supreme, or Loaded Fallen Fries...extra bacon" (**NOTE** These food items are just clever names not actual fallen lol)
"Definitely Winter Kell Supreme! haven't had one of those in forever" Elita said smiling
"Thought you might...lets goo!" Val said spinning 180 degrees and walking down the stairs. She then stopped and walked back up to Elita who was gathering her things."Whoa whoa...we cant have you going out looking like that." Val said crossing her arms and raising a brow.
"What chu mean?" Elita said high pitched while looking at her attire in question.
"Nah nah nah...look. Your hair's all jacked up, you look like you just got outta bed.."
"I did..." Elita said under her breath
"And you came all the way up here without getting decent?" Val said holding the bridge of her nose and squinting.
"How many times do I have to tell you? No guy wants a chick who always be lookin rough early in the morning" Val continued
"But...its 6pm Val" Elita said quietly
"That's even worse!" Val shouted
"Val, I'm a guardian, I have to time for guys" Elita uttered
"That's not the point...always be prepared, just like you said right?" Val said smirking
"Yea but..."
"No buts! And speaking of butts, go wash yours!" Val said laughing
"Ok ok..." Elita grumbled, snatched her gear and shuffled downstairs to the elevator
"I'll meet you at Holiday's office" Val shouted down
"Yea yea..." Elita waved off as she continued on
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"Anyone heard from Sam?" A woman's voice chirped in through the radio comm
"nah...didn't he express his not wanting to be involved with Gate Guardians anymore?" A Hunter spoke while looking through the scope of his 'Ice Breaker" Sniper Rifle
"3...2...1..." He counted, until the next round reloaded and then tagged another dreg. "Nah haven't seen or heard from him sis" Ramsey replied
"Nope!" the titan quickly remarked
"You make it seem like, you don't care Gil" April spoke
"Why should we? We don't need that weak behind no life anyway" Another titan said.
"I'm not askin you to care shortness, I just need you to do your job." April snapped back
"And is your job to sit around and eat all day while we go out and look for someone that don't exist?" the titan snapped back
"Listen Jay, I ain't in the mood to be arguing with you today. Finish your patrol so we can move on to the next mission" April said as she smacked two Reaver Captains in the face with her scorch melee.
"iight whatever..." Jay replied as all communications beeped out.
The Gate Guardians had been the last clan on Earth since the others felt no need to continue after the downfall of the Black Garden. There were 8 total members so far. April was their leader; a powerful warlock with the power to turn off her emotions at will. She dawned a super rare helmet that allowed her to consistently throw Nova Bombs within 5 secs of each other. How she has that much power to keep up with it...no one knows. Second in command was Jay, a strong but cocky titan. He proved to be the fastest titan anyone had laid eyes on. People blame his small stature for his speed but something else was different about him. He had another ability that allowed him to switch between the Striker subclass to the defender in an instant. He was a human 'Shield and Sword'. Next was Ramsey; a wise warlock who spent more time studying the arts than working on his strength. Though he seemed weaker than the rest of the clan, Ramsey had dual personalities. This doesn't count as an ability because he cannot control it. One minute he'd be fine and the other he would just snap on people. The Gate Guardians fear for the day that Ramsey controls his disposition, because he would truly be the most powerful warlock known to man. He had another ability that was linked to the split personality but it was unclear exactly what it was, and the others felt it better to not mention it. Gil was a powerful titan with the ability to use the kinetic energy of ammunition and project it as if he were using a weapon even when he wasn't. If he had a sniper bullet in his hand, he could throw it at a velocity that would make it seem like it came from a sniper rifle itself. He craved battle and was a 'shoot now, ask questions later...without a name', kind of guy. He towered over his second in command at 6'5" weighing a solid 300 pounds. The Hunters in the group were, Shark, Jet, and Aaron; all great snipers and tacticians. The last and missing member was Sam. Another warlock but seemed to have vanished after their alliance with Elita and her crew.
Things were the same with the Gate Guardians...do bounties, collect relics, dominate other guardians in the crucible, rinse and repeat. They always prepared for the day that everyone would need saving again.
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"So yeah, when those new ships come in let me know. I cannot wait to test them out" Val said chewing on a candy bar outside of Amanda Holiday's Office.
"What new ships?" Elita asked walking up behind Val
"uuhmm...Nuthann" Val said in mid chew
"Oh Yeah! Now THAT'S better!" Val said looking at Elita
Elita stood tall, all 6'2 of her, wearing only the leg portion of the Molnyia Type 0 armor and the dark grey tri-polymer under armor. Her wavy, rich dark brown hair had grown in these years of peace, from just shoulder length down to just past the middle of her back. Two large wavy strands fell down over her shoulders and a large bang swept around from the left side of her face to the other, all while not covering her deep cerulean blue eye color. She twirled her 'Venation III' Hand Cannon in one hand and twirled a curl in the other, now bashful from Val and Amanda staring her up and down.
"Well look at you guardian! lookin hot!" Amanda said smirking
"Whew! Don't you clean up well!" Val added. "You almost look as good as me!" She said winking
"Val!" Holiday shouted giving Val a small push
"What? Gotta give the girl some confidence!" Val said laughing
"Guys...I just changed. I didn't do anything special" Elita said embarrassed
"mmm hmmm" Val and Amanda said together
Elita made her weapon do one last rotation before locking it in place securely on her lower back. She shook her head and grabbed Val by the arm.
"Okay okay that's enough of the Elita fan-club, let go already." Elita said while trying to hold back a smile.
"Have fun girls. Don't get into too much trouble." Holiday said with a smile on her face. "We shall" Elita replied
"No promises" shouted Val
The two walked off, laughing and pushing each other playfully, then turned to exit the docking area and into the vast courtyard of the tower.
"Those two...so different yet so alike. I see why they're best friends. Almost makes me jealous. All that youth and power." Amanda said staring off toward the docking bay.
"But...who else will keep their ships up?" She perked herself up while stretching
"Better get to wor..." Amanda's eyes widened as a black and green energy appeared in the corridor in front of her. A loud screech filled the bay as if something was ripping through the atmosphere and there appeared 2 red Hive Knights and a small figure wearing a dark green cloak.
Amanda looked around and remembered that everyone in the bay area had turned in for the night. She realized she was alone and knew better than to linger or try to be a hero so she immediately turned to push the tower alarm but smacked into another Knight. This one was bigger than the other two but had the normal bronze-ish brown color to it. She began to scream but it slammed the hilt of its sword into her middle, instantly knocking her out. He slumped her over his shoulder and walked toward the others who waited for him.
"Isht shula nawa nekomah?" (Is she the one needed?) The large Knight asked
"She is..." The cloaked one replied in a disguised voice
The Knights gave a bow and the 'Screech Portal' opened again. The Knight carrying Holiday entered first, then the red Knights after him. The cloaked figure looked around and a grin cracked open as he turned around.
"The time has come Guardians!" He uttered through the grin as he slowly walked through the portal.
The portal smacked closed and all was empty in the docks. Elita and Val had no idea what was about to happen...
Thanks again for taking the time to read my first chapter. I will upload the second chapter soon and possibly even the third before next weekend. Stay tuned.