AN: First time writing a Destiny Story, criticism is welcome.
There will be character death and rating may change to M later... but lets see if i can stick with it first.
My fire team left me, no….the whole strike team left me... DAMN THEM! We had defeated the Taken King...we were all good friends...so why…?
I heard the Thralls, Acolytes and Knights coming for me from every direction...I felt the Traveler's light abandoning me as I looked at the broken shell of my Ghost, Click... Soon enough I was surrounded by a horde of them, I watched them with weary eyes...minutes went by and I felt my blood pool beneath me. I was getting closer and closer to death…
"WH-WHAT ARE...YOU WAITING FOR?!" I screamed and still they did not move. "CO-COME ON!"
Then I heard a Knight screech and apart of the horde moved to reveal a Wizard. She floated towards me and I could see a vicious smirk on her lips.
"Look how the mighty have fallen." Her voice sounded like multiple in one and it had a strange calming effect.
"K-kill me already... I'm ti-tired of all this…."
"Oh no dear Guardian, the hive still needs you…"
"F-for what?"
"Let me ask you, do you want revenge, to cause those who left you behind pain?"
Do I…want that…? I bet they are already back at the tower being praised for their deed...for my deed...I carried the fucking Fire team...and this is how they repay me… I made a fist.
"Y-yes… I want revenge!"
"Good…" She smiled she dipped her hand in my blood.
She raised her bloody hand to her face and took a deep breath. Her glowing eyes began to glow bright green, I watched in wonder. She floated up and stared down at me.
"Joseph, a Hunter in service to the traveler, you've killed a Vex "God", you've stopped the House of Wolves, and you've killed our princes and our King... Yet your allies abandon you, out of jealously, greed and pride. The Traveler has abandon you...I see no other worthy successor to the Throne… So Joseph, do you forsake the light and the Traveler?"
I looked up at her and said. "I-I...do."
"Do you forsake the tower and all of its Guardians?"
"I do…"
"Now Joseph do you accept the Darkness?"
"I do…."
I could see my blood boil beneath me and I began to float. A green orb of light flew towards me, I caught a glimpse of some sort of creature before it slammed into my body, then it entered my body, the pain was excruciating. I let out a scream of pure agony, I felt my body changing. My armor also began to change. After 20 minutes of pain, I was dropped from the air and I landed on my feet. I slowly stood up and looked myself over through my visor. My armor looked like the armor of the Knights that had surrounded me, I took my helmet off and it looked like their helmets but it had horns around the helmet that made it look like a crown. In the visor i could see my eyes were no longer brown, but illuminate green. My complexion became pale white, my messy hair became crimson. The wizard landed before me and bowed, I looked up and saw all of the creatures of the Hive bow before me. I placed my helmet back on my head. Then Ashara stood up and said. "HAIL THE NEW KING OF THE HIVE!"
The Hive let out screeches and roars of approval and praise. Soon they all calmed down and looked at me.
"Where shall we start?" I said and just like the wizards', my voice sounded like multiple people.
The Wizard stood up and said. "You must recover the blade pieces of our past king and remake the blade before we strike the tower."
"Where is the first shard?" I asked.
"It fell to Saturn's moon Titan but the others have scattered throughout the "Milky Way", my king." She said.
"Hmmm, I need a weapon." A Knight approached me and handed me a Cleaver.
"Thank you." The knight bowed before walking away.
"Is there anyone else on the moon?"
"There are Fallen and Vex forces."
"Good… I'm dying for a fight." I grinned as we headed for a pod.
"So what is your name?" I asked.
"I am known as Ashara." She said.
"Ashara you are my right hand and get the warriors ready." I said as I entered a pod.
"My King you can do that yourself, just say the word. I will advise you from here." Ashara floated away.
So do I think the command and they obey? I guess I'll try that.
Warriors of the Hive, heed your king and prepare for battle!
Within the ship, I heard screeches from all over before I saw three knights leading 50 Acolytes and 70 Thralls into the pod. I gripped a bar within the pod as the door Shut. I looked at my squad the Knights were armed with Cleavers and one had a Boomer. Acolytes were armed with the same repeater rifle. I felt the pod rock as it left the Dreadnaught's pod bay.
"Ashara, where are we being deployed?" I questioned through the mental link.
"You are being dropped a few miles from the city of Weisshaupt, there is a large concentration of Fallen and Vex forces within the city but they are all over the moon battling each other." She answered.
"The shard must be there… Ashara how many pods have been launched?" I asked.
"Only your pod the others are being prepared for the drop."
"How many of us will be on the ground when the other pod is deployed?"
is six knights, 100 Acolytes and 140 Thralls. The second pod will land nearby from your position, my king."
"Good, keep me updated on the Fallen and the Vex." I said before I cut the link.
"Acolytes when we land, secure the area, Thralls await inside the pod until I order you to move out," I ordered and one acolyte screeched an agreement. "Knights you're with me."
"As you wish, your majesty." One of the Knights responded.
"You can speak English?"
"Knights are fluent in your native tongue but we will rarely use it." Another Knight said and he was holding a Boomer.
"The Acolytes barely understood you but the one who screech is on his way to becoming a knight." The third knight said.
"Alright tell me your names." I said as the pod began to shake violently.
"I am Bjorn….of the Spawn of Crota." He said and I just realized his armor was yellow.
I turned towards the one who was holding a Boomer, his armor was red.
"I am Archon of the Hidden Swarm." He said.
I looked at the last knight, his armor was light blue armor and he was dueling wielding cleavers. "I am Rtes of the Silent Brood."
"Glad you have names."
"Why?" Rtes questioned.
"So I don't call you Knight one, Knight two and knight three." I stated with a smirk.
Archon growled his agreement just as the pod slammed into the ground. I turned to face the door as the acolytes moved closer to it. I saw them grip their weapons tightly before the door opened and they all filled out. I stepped out after them and looked around to find we were in a canyon of some sort, in the sky I could see more pods making landfall.
"Thralls! Move out!" I yelled but nothing happened, i turned around towards the door with an eyebrow raised.
Then Bjorn screeched and within I heard a Thrall return the sound before 70 poured out of the pod and began to sprint towards the canyon wall with the acolytes following cautiously behind.
"My King, the Fallen have taken notice and are sending a lot of their dropships." Ashara said.
"How close are they?" I questioned.
"They are 20 miles out and closing quickly, you must rally your warriors before they reach you." She answered.
"Is the other pod ready?"
"Almost, it should be done in 30 minutes."
"Understood." I said before cutting the link.
"Bjorn, Rtes and Archon, the Fallen are closing in." I told them as we climbed the wall of stone. "Tell the Thralls to bury themselves in the sand."
"My King you can tell them yourself." Rtes said as we made it to the top.
I smacked my helmet. "I forgot i could do that…"
Thralls heed me and bury yourselves within the sand and await further orders.
One of the Thralls screeched before all of them buried themselves, I nodded. Then I looked at the Acolytes and at the wreckage of Mara's Alpha fleet. This will have to do...Acolytes take cover within the wreckage. They moved quickly to cover and watched for the Fallen's Arrival. I looked at my sword and frowned, I placed it on my back. I need a long range weapon as well...and I'm not going to use a Shredder or a Boomer. I stretched my left arm out for the armor to begin to shift, I stared at my arm in wonder as the armor formed a bow and a green ethereal string appeared. Now this is what I'm talking about. I pulled on the string to feel its weight and it felt like I was actually drawing a bow string. I pulled it all the way back and then an ethereal green arrow appeared. I chuckled to myself then I heard the hum of the Fallen's drop ship, I looked up to see at least 15 ships and 2 of them were carrying Walkers. I growled and aimed at one of the ships, I released the arrow and it shot off towards it at an alarming rate. It pierced the hull of the drop ship and it exploded. The drop ships continued their path and I fired another arrow taking down another ship. Archon fired at the drop ships, he manage to hit one of the stabilizers and it caused the ship to spin out of control and crash to the ground. The ships began to land their ships near another wreckage of the Queen's Fleet. I unleash arrow after arrow dropping any of the fallen who didn't immediately run for cover. Then their Walker came up and fired at me but Rtes raised a black wall of ooze blocking the explosive shot. My forces and the Fallen trade fire, I put my bow away and charged forward with Cleaver at the ready, Rtes and Bjorn following him in while Archon laid down cover fire. The Walker fired at us with its machine gun, Bjorn moved to the front and blocked the shots with the black ooze but this time it was like a shield on his arm. A group of Vandals rushed towards us and the Walker stop firing. One leapt over Bjorn and engaged me, I stepped back dodging the Fallen's blade barely, before cleaving the Vandal in half. I ducked under another blade before slamming the cleaver into his side, the Fallen let out a scream of pain. I used only enough force for it to go halfway through him. I grinned as i got a gore idea, I reached into the Fallen's stomach and gripped his damn spine and snapped it before I pulled his upper torso from his lower body. My grin widened as blue blood splattered on my helmet and tossed the corpse away. I let out a primal roar and the ground shook slightly and the Thralls revealed themselves taking down Fallen left and right. The Acolytes cautiously pushed up towards the Fallen's battle line. The second walker appeared and fired upon a group thralls kill the squad.
"Bjorn and Archon deal with the other Walker, while I and Rtes get rid of this one." I commanded before i charged towards the walker in the center. Some fallen tried to intercept me, but I cleaved my way through them. I struck one of its joints on it leg as Rtes cleaved through a leg with both his cleavers. The Walker whizzed and let out bouncing bombs, Rtes raised a shield, I slashed at any bouncy bomb that got close before their detonators went off. We reengaged the Walker and I cleaved through the same leg. The Tank whizzed and began to steam, then it sent out a pulse pushing me and Rtes back but the walker's engine guard began to glow. I smiled and I rushed to stab the heated plate, Rtes had the same idea, for three Cleavers pierced the engine. We pulled our weapons free and ran from the walker as it began to whiz and beep, sparks erupted from the machine. I heard the Walker blow up then another and looked towards the second walker to see Archon and Bjorn helping the Acolytes and Thralls kill off the remaining Fallen as the Walker was burning. Rtes and I joined them in the slaughter of the retreating Fallen. Soon enough the Fallen attack squad were true to their name.
"I say we did well for our first skirmish." I said as I wiped blue blood off my Cleaver.
"Did you see the way that dreg wet himself, too funny!" Archon chuckled.
"My king, your strategy to hide the Thralls in the sand before the enemies arrived, was brilliant." Bjorn said and Arc agreed.
"It was, but we still have a moon full of enemies left and if the Fallen or the Vex obtains the shard it will grant them immense power." Rtes said with a scowl. "What will you do then?"
"Compromise of course." I said as I place my blade on my back.
"Compromise?!" Rtes yelled.
"That is what I did back when I was a guardian and when I made it onto the Dreadnaught, I was alone and had to compromise to bring my traitorous team aboard," I growled and got up. "How many warriors did we lose?"
"At least eight Acolytes and 15 Thralls." Bjorn said. "That leaves us with only 42 acolytes and 55 Thralls."
"More reason to link up with the other pod." I said as I walked away from them. "Ashara, heed me."
"I am here, my king, what do you need?" She asked.
"How many Hive are aboard the Dreadnaught?"
"Not many...your incursion devastated us…."
"Hmmm, can you give me a rough estimate?"
"230 and you departed with 246...so we have 476 Hive members left on the Dreadnaught."
"Can you contact the other Hive Sects in the system?"
"I have done that, but they do not see you as King…yet."
"Hmm...Is there any way we can make more?"
"Mating?"
"Oh…..I guess…"
"Well a female Hive members can produce 15 to 20 eggs and our young grow quickly."
"What is the normal lifespan for a Hive?"
"Ten years…"
"Wow….so how old was Oryx?"
"He was over 10 years old…."
"I will tell you when you return… Also the pod landed 7 miles away from your current position"
"Alright, Joseph out." I turned back to my warriors. "Let's get moving we have to link up with the other pod."
The knights nodded and got up. "They are seven miles on the way to Weisshaught."
The knights began to walk but the others look confused.
HEAD TOWARDS WEISSHAUGHT!
The Thralls and the Acolytes screeched before they started to march towards Weisshaught. I followed after them, then I felt something….something within the Moon...