Chapter 1: An even more Confusing start.
You know, I didn't think I would be able to tell this story. A lot of shit went down in the past week, and I need to explain what happened between then and now. This is a lot to talk about all at once. In the time I was alive, for this short week, I learned a lot, who I am, what I can do, and some other things. I just need to make this quick and hope I won't take too much of your time. My name is Klein, and you might want to sit down for this, because this is going to be quite the shock to some.
One Week ago, Old United States…
Time: Unknown. Reason: Server Corrupted
Date: Unknown. Reason: Server Corrupted
As far as I was concerned, I remember being dead, that much was plainly clear, ya know? I was awoken by some weird entity, it stated, "Oh my! It worked, I did it! Woohoo!" it twirled around while saying so.
"Wait, who are-" I started before I started coughing harshly, looking at my arm, making sure I didn't just cough out my insides after JUST getting 'em back.
"Well, I heard other Guardians say this… but I'm a Ghost, well now I'm your Ghost. Ohhhh it feels so good to finally say that." it said as it flew around me.
"Wait, you're what now?" I asked in confusion.
"It is as I said, I'm your Ghost, Guardian, and you have been dead for a long time."
"Wait, Guardian? My name is Klein, not Guardian. Also, how long have I been dead?"
"Hmmmm, I don't know actually… Strange…"
"That is not helping… Anyway, where are we?"
"No time for questions, we need to move. We need to get you to the City."
"The City? Wait, where are we?" I asked once more.
"We have to move, I'll explain later, I promise, Klein."
"Well, that clears it up. What is your name by the way?"
"Well, I don't have one, it's just Ghost."
"I'll figure out a name later…" I said.
Looking around I noticed I was on a hillside, seeing an entire canyon in front of me. Then, I looked at myself, covered in armor? This armor was really thin, didn't look like it could protect me from anything, but it was better than being naked, so I'll take what I can get. A really huge canyon was in front of me, complete with a lot of orange rocks around. Sitting on the hill was this backpack; Why was it there? Without even thinking anymore, I grabbed the bag and started to climb the semi-steep hill, I didn't think about it then, but the fall down was pretty far down. I started to develop a fear of heights and a sense of vertigo. On the way up the hill, my foot had slipped out from the little divot it was in, and I started to slip and slide down the cliff. I grabbed onto what I could, but it didn't catch, so naturally…. I fell, for what seemed like an eternity, but in reality, it was only a few seconds. I fell and landed, still alive somehow…. I felt all my bones shatter and split into my organs, the pain was unbearable, I felt blood seeping out of my mouth and into my helmet, I started to choke on my blood, it was filling my mouth and creating a pool around my head; It happened that fast. 'Why was I brought back to die again, I lived and died previously, so why do it again?' I thought as I started to close my eyes hoping I wouldn't suffer anymore. My vision faded into black and waited for the grasp of death to take me, back to where I once was. It was the first time I died, and it wasn't pleasant at all, and that wasn't going to be the last time I died either….
At least I thought I was headed to the darkness, but a glimmer of light shined through it all, and all of a sudden, I was alive again… with that 'Ghost' hovering above me asking if I was alright. I was going to respond with 'I'm fucking fantastic', but I was more confused on HOW I WAS EVEN ALIVE! I fell a good fucking distance and should have died on impact, but here I was, alive, laying down in a pit, surrounded by dust, rocks, and sand. I eventually moved after what felt like an eternity.
"Klein, are you alright? I hope you are, because we need to go soon, like real soon." she was starting to panic, but why? I soon found out as something was watching us, and it was not friendly at all. Six silhouettes standing on the top of the canyon, because at this point the sun was facing me directly, it was hard to see, but they were shouting something, I couldn't, for the life of me, understand what they were saying, at all.
"Scrap, I was hoping they wouldn't follow, I thought I shook them a while back."
"Who?" I asked, sitting up finally.
"Add it to the list of questions I'll answer later. Right now, you need to move to the closest wall, and start climbing." Ghost said in the most serious tone of voice.
So, I got up and started sprint towards the nearest climbable wall, and well, started scaling the rock face. I was terrible at climbing, but when fight or flight comes into play and adrenaline starts pumping within you, you excel at everything, no ifs, ands, or buts. Making it out of the canyon after a few minutes of climbing, I was at the top and there was a sign, it read, "Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA". Well, that answers my question of where I was, now the next was how do I get the hell outta here.
POV: Unknown
Unbeknownst to Klein, someone was taking a very keen interest in him, they watched him climb out of the canyon after that nasty fall. They wore a full set of white armor, with multiple scratches and a few dents. They have been watching him since he fell off of the hill. They were cloaked for that entire time, it tricks Ghosts into thinking it is clear, when really, it is not. They pulled out their Ghost and asked it a question:
"You absolutely sure it is him?" The female Titan asked her Ghost, with utmost confusion.
"Yes, Guardian, I am positive it's him; It's Klein. I doubt he'll remember you." replied the Ghost with a few confirming beeps.
"Well, I'll have to make him remember then, he needs to know…"
"You can't tell him that, who knows how he'll react?"
"We'll find out won't we?"
"Can I say, you are really difficult to work with, ya know?"
"I know, you only remind me every single mission…" The Titan in White said with attitude.
"I do not!" The Ghost replied in a fit of denial.
"Doooo toooooooo!" The Titan retorted, jumping down from their perch, and silently followed Klein and his Ghost.
POV: Klein
"I need to find you a weapon, before they find us again." Ghost said.
"Who was 'they?'"
"'They' were Fallen, scavengers from another world, hostile to all except their own."
"Something tells me there is more to it than that." I said, demandingly, almost.
"There is, but can we save it for another time, 'member, we need a weapon."
Walking along the canyon's edge, I spotted a building of some kind, windows were broken, door was open, so, I went inside to see if I can find a weapon, to you know, defend myself from whatever is trying to kill me. Upon closer inspection, there was this vault, still in decent condition. It was hiding in the back of the store, which, oddly enough contained this gun, somehow not rusted, corroded, or any type of thing that would make a gun useless. It looked brand new. Closely looking at the gun, I opened its chamber, a six-shooter handgun. I didn't know what it was called, but I took it, grabbed bullets for it, tested to make sure they were the right ones for the gun and made sure the barrel was clear by taking a small pin that was laying around and I checked the barrel for any dirt or debris that could possibly be lodged in it, so I don't pay for my mistakes later. I also grabbed what looked like a map for this place, seemed useful for the time. I placed the weapon I acquired into my right-side hip holster, useful, I thought. I looked over to where the Ghost was, and it was gone. I didn't know where until it spoke to me… in my head….
'Don't worry, I'm still here, just inside of your armor, safely'
'Why?'
'Easier to travel this wa- Klein look out!'
The warning came too late, as the footsteps that Ghost heard sped up, and I felt a pain in the middle of my chest, looking down, seeing it wasn't AS bad as I thought. The blade went through and through. I didn't even feel it until it started to remove it from my chest. I say it, but it was actually a Captain, who I learned was a part of the Fallen race that Ghost mentioned to me earlier, it appears they caught up to me rather quickly. It then grabbed me by the throat, raised me up, and threw me into a wall. It hurt, but not as much as the waterfall of blood pouring out of me like a leaking sieve that didn't work. The 'thing' went away, and I was left there to bleed out, but Ghost phased right in front of me, scanned me, and fired a beam of something at me, because the next thing ya know, that wound I had, it looked like it never existed after Ghost was done.
"But how?" I asked with intent on getting a straight answer
"Remember how I said 'Guardian' earlier?"
"Yeah"
"Well, Guardians have the power to wield the Light, a power bestowed on Humanity by the Traveler. I used that power to heal you, it is also how I brought you back form the dead."
"Traveler? Brought me back?" I asked, still trying to wrap my head around this.
"It'll be easier to explain when I get you to the Last City. Where less things will be trying to kill us" Ghost said, with a hint of worry in its voice, her somewhat feminine robotic voice.
"The Last City? The fuck happened while I was dead?" Great, even more questions that I most likely won't get an answer to yet.
"A lot of stuff went down, I couldn't even think where to start…"
Accepting that this isn't the place to talk I responded, "Later, like you said, we need to get out of here."
Ghost suggested, "Keep that gun close, I think you'll need it."
"Sure thing, any idea on how to get us out of here, Kara?"
"Kara?" Ghost questioned.
"Your name; I told ya I'd come up with a name. Plus, you have a more feminine voice, you remind me of someone I think I knew once." I said happily.
"Kara..." she pondered, "I like it" she twirled around happily as I put my hand out and she landed in it and I brought her close to my helmet.
"Thank you Kara"
"You are welcome Klein, now let us get moving."
"Sure thing" I said as we headed towards an airfield Kara had mentioned. There could be a ship waiting for us or something else. I just wanted to get outta here as fast as possible. This desert gives me the creeps. The walk there was long and tiresome, it was almost nightfall when I made it there. The desert was nothing but a wasteland that looked like it was forgotten in some war. Wreckage was everywhere, along with a few skeletons for those unfortunate to be caught in the crossfire. All the cars on this road have rusted away, except for the symbol on this one car. It had a bigger chassis, and on the front of the vehicle was this golden crest. It was faded, but it wasn't faded enough to notice it was at one point a gold crest. Moving a few more miles down the road, Kara pointed out the airfield that should have a ship, so that we can make it to the Last City. I kept glancing over my shoulder, I don't know why, but I felt like someone was following me. Kara thought it was the Fallen, I disagreed, The Fallen, so far, have tried to kill me at first sight. No, someone else was here, but I couldn't find them. I asked Kara to perform a scan of the immediate area, it came out as nothing. Begrudgingly, I kept walking to the airfield, with the presence still there….
POV: Unknown
"You know, had he been more attentive, he would have found us, and who knows what he would have done had he found us." said the Titan's Ghost.
"I have a backup plan had he spotted us, but he still can't leave, not yet…."
"What do you plan on, Amira?"
"Might be quite a 'shocker' to you…" I replied coyly.
"Did you really just say that? You know that is experimental equipment right?"
"I know, but I need to test it, better now than later, and if it doesn't work. I have a backup plan…"
"Does it involve your fists?"
"You know me so well…"
They continued to follow, silently, waiting to strike.
POV: Klein, sorry for the multiple switches
This airfield must have been an important one, it had hangers that stretched for miles. Hangar bays lined up and down with a central runway. One of these doors, labeled Hangar 5-E, was open, with the lights on. I went in to get a closer look and I saw a ship, it looked nice. It had a sleek design and it was blue and white colored, not the colors I would've chose, but it fit the ship pretty well. Before I was about to take a closer look, I once again hear footsteps behind me, again. This time, I reached for my pistol holstered to my side, to face the attacker, but they put something on my chest and it sent electricity straight to my muscles, so they would spaz out and not work with me, and the next thing that happened was, a fist to my helmet…
Then darkness…
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A/N: Welcome to my first story on FF! If there any grammar issues, feel free to bring it to my attention! Hope you enjoy! I have almost the full Book done, just another chapter to finish off later. In later chapters, the point of view switches are much more defined and clarified, bear with me.