He heard a voice, a feminine one. Gentle, yet stern. "Guardian? Eyes up Guardian!" His vision slowly returned to him as he looked around, devastation. He saw an innumerable amount of rusted and destroyed cars. His face wasn't stung by the cold wind blowing through the air, he felt numb all over. Roots and leaves intertwined throughout the dead husks of the vehicles. "It worked… You're alive! You don't know how long I've been looking for you." He looked over and saw a small metal shell floating in the air speaking to him. He tried to speak but couldn't, nothing came out, his throat felt thick and clogged. "I'm a ghost. Actually, now I'm your ghost. And you… well you've been dead a long time. So, you're going to see a lot of things you won't understand." As the ghost kept speaking, he looked at his hands and stretched and clenched his fingers. They were stiff and cracked as he did this. A roar was heard in the distance, somewhere close by. "This is fallen territory. We aren't safe here. I have to get you to the city. Hold still." The ghost said as it dissipated into a blue and white light. His head felt lighter and he heard the same voice say. "Don't worry I'm still with you. We need to get moving."
As he ran he couldn't get one word out of his mind no matter what he did, Crow. He ran past the decaying metal and frozen dirt until he came to a door way. He turned around and saw something, standing, atop one of the cars. Upon closer inspection he noticed a gleaming light coming from its head. "Look out!" The ghost called, making him jump back. He barley dodged as a beam of blue flew past him and hit the metal wall. The metal around the point of impact was red hot. He quickly shut the door and ran up the stairs. "You need to be more careful. I can't afford to lose you." The ghost said. "Sorry." He said, his throat barely clear enough. "Where are we?" He asked. "The Cosomodrome. Old Russia. We need to get you to the city Guardian." The ghost said. "Guardian?" He thought. "You are a guardian. You will go to the city and help us fight back against the darkness." The ghost replied. He was taken off guard when she replied because he didn't verbally ask. "If you don't like it you have a name right?" The ghost asked. "I… I don't remember." He said. "Well come up with one then." The ghost replied as he walked into the next room which was completely dark, like an abyss. "Hold on I'll try and get some light in here. Fallen thrive in the dark. We don't." After watching the ghost fly off into the darkness, He noticed lights in the distance. They were in a diagonal angle towards the roof. When the ghost finally turned the lights on, he saw they were creatures that gave off the light. When the light turned on, they scurried out of sight. "I found a rifle over here." The ghost said. He ran over and looked at the rifle on the floor. The glass in the sight was missing entirely. He took out the magazine and saw it was full, which he thought wouldn't be good rounds since they probably have been sitting here for god knows how long. "It's a piece of shit." He said. "Well I'm sorry I didn't put in an arms day order for one." The ghost said sarcastically. This resulted in a chuckle from him.
He walked down the hallway and heard a bang. He stopped and raised the rifle. In front of him, a ceiling grate fell down and something fell down. It stood up tall and stared at him with four eyes. He put his finger on the trigger lightly. It had two arms on a rifle that was pointed down and has another two hanging at its sides. It held the rifle with one arm and yelled at him. He tightened down on the trigger and put a few bullets into the head of the creature. "Get down!" The ghost yelled as the creature hit the floor and two others dropped down. They had two arms this time and were smaller. They held a pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other. They quickly split up and hid behind cover.
He hid behind a crate and waited a while but heard nothing. He slowly looked out of cover and saw they hadn't moved either. He saw an ankle of one of them and fire a shot making the creature fall onto the floor. It shot back with its pistol, firing the same blue bullets. They all missed and he put a bullet in the creature's head. The other came out of cover and fired one shot that hit him in the shoulder. "Ow fuck!" He cried as it burnt. "That's fallen weaponry for you." The ghost said. "Fallen? Fitting name after I'm done with them." He said as he popped out and fire three shots into the torso of the fallen. He continued to fight his way until he came to the bottom of the pillar where he saw the lights. "Look a cache." The ghost said. He pried open the chest and there was a sniper inside. "This I can get used to." He said as he lifted the rifle and saw it was in tolerable condition. He walked down and out a tunnel that was flooded slightly. He stepped outside into the night and looked around at the empty area. A loud thundering boom was heard and he looked to the left and saw a massive blue and twisting light. A ship appeared along with a shockwave which knocked over the absolutely towering spaceship tower. "Fallen ships this close to the surface!?" Ghost exclaimed. "We need to get out of here." She said as he ran under a ship that dropped a fresh supply of troops. He quickly ran into a room and saw a ship hanging from the ceiling. "Clear out the fallen I'll try to get the ship running." Ghost said as she disappeared. He quickly lined up his sniper and fired a round that gave good kickback into the head of a Vandal. A much larger Fallen turned around and fired an incendiary shotgun at him. He quickly ducked into a room and took out the remaining vandal before turning his gun to the Baron. He emptied his clip into him but it did nothing but take out his shields. He didn't have any ammo left so he threw a grenade at the baron, resulting in a fiery explosion. The baron burnt and fell to the floor. He quickly stepped over the corpse and went to the ship. Ghost got the ship up and running. "It isn't going to breach orbit but it may just get us to the city." He heard a noise and turned around to see a massive fallen crawling out of a hole in the wall. It yelled out something in a strange language. "Bringing you in!" He disappeared and reappeared in the ship. The shit quickly rose and flew out of the hole in the roof. "We can come back for them later." Ghost said. "Let's go get you to the city and introduced to Cayde-6." Ghost said.
After flying for a while, Ghost spoke up. "So have you come up with a name yet?" "Not yet." He said. "How about Crow? You were thinking it a lot earlier." Ghost said. "Sure why not?" Crow said. "Apparently, you fit the role of a hunter." Ghost said. "A hunter?" Crow asked. "You don't fit the role of a titan or a warlock. You seem to be acquainted with that sniper and you have the abilities as well." Ghost said. "So what's the city like?" Crow asked. "Well it's the last city. The only one left. The guardians live in the tower while the civilians live in the city. The guardians, if you have enough glimmer, can get a room in the tower. You'll report to the Vanguard Cayde. He'll handle your trials as a hunter." Ghost said. "What's glimmer?" Crow asked. "It was used as a power source before the collapse. Guardians use it as currency. The city is coming into view shortly." Ghost said as they flew over a mountain range. A sprawling city was lit up in the night and a large tower was on the other side. Above the city was large sphere. "What is that?" Crow asked. "The traveler. The final thing that is holding back the darkness." Ghost said.
They flew the ship and docked it at the tower hanger. Crow stepped out and ghost flew out as well. A blonde girl with goggles and a red handkerchief came up and asked. "Who's this ghosty?" She asked. "I finally found him, Amanda. My guardian." Ghost said. "Well I bet behind the mask he's probably got the looks of a guardian. Go see the Vanguard. I'll get this hunk of junk space worthy." Amanda said as she went underneath the ship. Ghost lead him through the tower until they came across a room with a table in the center that three people were around. The sides of the room were dotted with computers and robots operating them. "Well well what have we here?" A blue robot with a white forehead and a horn asked, his mouth lighting up an orange color with each word. "I guess our ghost finally found her guardian." An African woman said. "A hunter no less." A large man in armor spoke in the back. He wasn't human though he was a slight tint of blue. "Cayde. Nice to meet you." The robot spoke extending his hand. "Likewise." Crow said observing the robot. He was wearing a black cloak and was in brownish armor. The woman spoke up and asked. "Have you got a worthy ship yet?" She was wearing a grey and purple trench coat and had yellow painted on her eyelids. "Amanda is working on it." Ghost said. The bald blue man spoke up, his blue eyes observing Crow. "The job of a guardian is no easy one." He was in silver and orange armor, a large orange shoulder guard on his left arm. "That's Zavala, general if you will, and the nice lady over there is Ikora but I'll be your handler from here on out." Cayde-6 said.