Hey all. I'm in a bit of a (massive) writer's block with The Reckoning, so I'm starting something new. The laws of exotics are going to be broken, and not everything will be canon. But anyway, I'm starting a new story.
Renegade
Standing over the bullet-ridden corpse of Atheon, the legendary Exo Hunter Knight-17 thought about how it all began. Sitting on the crumpled head of his rival He began to think out loud.
"What am I?" The Exo said to himself. Looking down at his hands and the mechanical appendages.
"You're a Hunter. You're the best hunter." Came a deep, resonating voice. A massive Titan came walking towards him. Placing his Suros Regime on his back he walked towards the Exo.
Picking up The Last Word, Knight-17 walked towards his Titan friend. "Let's get back to the tower. I need to repair my Sniper Rifle and Rocket Launcher."
"Surprised that they're even still around." The titan thought. "That sounds fine." He said.
"Ghost, Transmat us to orbit." The mechanical voice of Knight-17 said. "Cayde isn't gonna believe this." Holding up his latest trophy weapon, a gold colored rifle with a peculiar break in the barrel.
"You two spend too much time together." The Titan said. "You're too alike."
"We're cousins. Not something you would understand, Thomas."
"Shut up you stupid robot." Tom said with a grin.
"It's a good thing my emotion module is broken." Knight snapped back.
"Will you two shut up? I'm getting a migraine. Exo's can't get migraines." The voice of Cayde-6 came from the onboard radio.
"Cayde, you will not believe where we've been." Knight said.
"Looking forward to hear it."
"Boon, Nico, do you read me?"
"Confirmed." Boon's deep voice came from over the radio.
"Tower, this is Hunter Knight-17 calling in. We have a successful raid on the Vault of Glass.
"You said the Vault of Glass, right? As in THE Vault?"
"Confirmed. We have one wounded. Minor abrasions and plasma burns. Our two Exo units require repairs as well."
"We'll have an team prepped for medevac. Tower out."
"Knight-17 out."
As the ships flew over the Twilight Gap, Tom's eyes grew a darker haze and the Titan's grip tensed as he guided the ship over the ruins. Knight turned and looked to his friend, and said. "We all lost something that day. Dwelling on it won't change the past. He made a decision and paid for it. And I'm damn glad he made it."
"Thank you."
"So, you're telling me you killed Atheon?" The incredulous voice of Cayde-6 came from across the table.
"And I have trophies. I have two entire sets, so these are yours." Knight said. Signaling to his ghost, the ghost dropped a massive bundle onto the table. Unwrapping the bundle, Cayde was ecstatic. Lifting a brown hand cannon he fire a shot into the wall. There was a small explosion of blue light, and the wall had spider-web cracks all over it.
"Explosive rounds." Knight said to the grinning Exo. "There's armor in there too, but be careful. It's dangerous.
"Knight! The Speaker has a special mission for us. We're supposed to meet him in 15. Where's Tom?" A short, female awoken Warlock asked.
"He's still debriefing. I'll get him."
"I'll see you there then."