Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated the stories in a while, especially A Map to the Turian Heart. I'm sorry about.

Do not fear, I am not abandoning the stories. It's just… I have a lot on my hands at the moment and I'm finding it hard to find the time to write.

So, you'd be asking, "Well, if you didn't have the time to write the other chapters then how are you writing this?" well, my good sir, I have been preparing this story for the December month so you guys have something to read while I'm away. I'll be taking a trip to Mexico to meet some relatives and spend the last month there for Christmas and New Years. Yall understand, right? I would hope so.

This story is something new to me but at the same time familiar. If I make a mistake in certain lore, then, oh well. I'll fix it later. Call me out. Whatever. I'll explain why I chose this couple at the very end of the story.

Anyways, I'll stop talking and let you read.

Enjoy :)

Chapter 1

"You know Alice, we can do this one," Drew says as he lifts up a small packet holding a CD.

Drew was a Titan Guardian, revived years after the Collapse. He was a tall and surprisingly well-built Man of 25 years old. At least, that's what his ghost told him. He had dark brown hair, a tan skin tone, and blue eyes. So much time to find his past but it seems that whoever he was died long ago along with millions more. Everything and anything that could have helped him was either rusted away or burnt to ashes. Whatever happened long ago, it was too late for him to do anything about it. But now, a new life has been given to him, a fresh start to try and make a difference in this new world. After avoiding the Fallen, he made his way to the Last City to which he was surprisingly welcomed by many especially the Titan Vanguard whom quickly decreed him as a Titan of the Light.

And that was 3 years ago. Over time, he made new friends, one of the most notorious being Alice, the female EXO Hunter. Through her, he met 3 other Guardians; Retz being a Human Hunter and lead Guitarist, Johnny being the groups EXO Warlock and drummer, and Ren being the groups female Awoken Hunter and Pianist. Before, they were just a ragtag team of misfits trying to do what they could to fight the darkness. Now, they've come to be the Cities best band of Misfits, holding their own Ironic title as The City's last Misfits. Alice was uniquely talented as the lead singer but so was Drew. After a few test performances, they actually sounded great together, taking on and bringing the party to whoever hired them to perform. After years of unity, they were still the most popular group in the City, if not, the planet.

Drew was especially happy to be a part of something great, he had great friends, a healthy lifestyle, what more could he get out of this?

Well, that's up for debate.

He began noticing Alice acting strange around him 2 years into their friendship. She began avoiding him whenever he walked around the corner, she avoided eye contact with him when it was a group discussion, and even got nervous when they were supposed to sing together for rehearsal. And then, suddenly, she started acting all cool like nothing strange ever happened.

He meant to talk to her about it but now it seemed it would be way out of topic so he decided to drop it.

Alice leaned her head into the doorway, staring at the object with her bright blue eyes, "What is it? Anything we could use as a guideline?" she asks.

"Probably, it's called, Through the breeze and the Birds. What do you think?" he asks holding it up for her.

She squints her glowing blue orbs and then shakes her head, "Nah, sounds too calm to do," she disregards it without another word.

"Okay, well how about Air…" he stops. Alice frowns and tilts her head in confusion.

"Is… that the title?" she asks, her tone sounding as though she's about to laugh.

"Umm… yeah, basically," he confirms.

"Psshh! Hah, no way my good sir," she shakes her head as she walks in, revealing herself fully.

There was no doubt in his mind that Drew found her body to not be sexy; her white and gray faceplate was default compared to most other EXO's but he could see certain traits that he would consider as 'attractive', he couldn't deny the size of her rack; though they weren't overbearingly big, he saw they were supple and small enough so they wouldn't affect her ability to complete a mission whenever she was sent out, her small waist tracing down and out to shape her hips. Her hips seemed so perfectly crafted and shaped that it was possible to claim that they would never change for anything. And that goes for her round as-

"Yo, Drew, you with me?" she snaps her fingers in front of him.

Drew blinks and snaps out of his gaze and quickly nods in response, "Oh yeah, yeah, sure I totally agree," he answers, hoping he answered whatever she was asking.

Alice gives him a partially annoyed look and shakes her head, "You weren't listening, were you?" she asks.

Drew opens his mouth and his mind races to come up with an excuse to hide his thoughts but comes out with a blank note, "I… uh… I got nothing. No, I wasn't listening, sorry," he apologizes as he scratches his head.

Alice continues to glare at him but then smiles and giggles girlishly, something she doesn't do often, "It's alright. I was asking if you'd want to come with me somewhere. Somewhere far. A place I think will have what we need to write our new song," she explains a bit vaguely.

Drew frowns in response as she walks toward the computer in the room, "Where to?" he asks curiously.

She doesn't say anything but instead waves him over as she sits down on the seat. He walks over to her and stoops over her, looking at the screen as she shows him a visual of the Earth.

"So we're going to Earth, huh? Should be fun," he states sarcastically as they both know they are on Earth.

Alice giggles and elbows him on his armored chest, "Well duh! But we're going somewhere no one's been in for centuries," she explains.

Typing away at the keyboard, he doesn't get the chance to see what she's typing as the words disappear once she enters them in. The globe spins quickly then slows down on a different continent than where they are.

"Wait, you're talking about the North American continent? But that's literally a black hole in our long-range scans, we can't even get satellite footage of the land," Drew argues.

"I know but it' also the best place to look for new material. Mostly all of the songs were made there before the Collapse. I know a place in the old continent where we can look and it's here in the old US state of New York," she types in the keywords to highlight the location of the state.

Drew steps back in disbelief as he takes in the situation, he knew as well as everyone that going out of bounds means almost certain death, with the war between the Fallen and the other factions raging everywhere.

"Exactly, with their pointless war going on they'll be too busy to even give a damn about us. And I just got word from my contact that now's a good time as ever to sneak in and find what I'm looking for. And I want you to help me," she tells him. Drew breathes a heavy sigh, resting his chin on his hand, his mind telling to say no way, but he can't bring himself to say that in front of her. Nor in any other way, "Well, what do you say?" she asks giving him a sweet innocent smile.

Drew rakes his hair roughly with his gloved hands as he decides his course of action. His mind literally screaming at him to just walk away but then the other voice in his head is telling him to just go for it. What could he possibly lose? His life, that's what.

"*sigh* Alice… I…" he tries to make his statement but her begging expression overrules his decision in an instant, "I'll go…" Alice jumps out of her seat and swings a fist in the air.

"Alright, let's get to the tower then. I'll tell the guys what's up," she says excitedly and runs past him while giving a friendly punch, "Retz, you're in charge of the place!" she yells as she runs down the hallway.

Drew groans in frustration as he facepalms himself, "What the hell am I getting myself into?" he asks himself.

"Well, I would think by now you would have already been wiser in your decision making," Drew's ghost states as he materializes out of a blue mist.

"I guess it's a recessive trait," Drew chuckles.

"Probably why you died in the first place," he says with an aerial bump to Drew's face.

"Haha, very funny. Prep the Jumpship for flight, will ya?" he asks as he grabs his helmet from the cabinet.

"Already in progress, I'll call it once you get to the Tower," the Ghost states as it disappears in a blue mist.

"This should be interesting," Drew states as he makes his way down to the living room where everyone else is busy tuning their instruments.

"Sup' Drew, can I have your boots if you don't come back?" Johnny chuckles.

"No, and I will be back with some books that'll help with your drumming skills," Drew shoots back.

Johnny chuckles in response and flicks the bird at him, "Screw you, my friend," he says as he continues to tap beats on the sofa.

Ren was busy recording her Piano solo's, her headphones hugging her ears, "So D… carry the long E and follow up with a G," she talks to herself.

Drew presses a random key, completely throwing Ren off her concentration, "What, NO, Drew you jerk, I thought I had something going here and you just had to mess it up," she snaps at him.

"Hey, Alice and I are leaving for a few days so try to keep Retz in check even though Alice put him in charge," he tells her, trying to keep a straight face.

"Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever. Get going now before you mess me up again," she says waves him off.

Drew shrugs as he walks toward their Armory. Entering he finds Alice already loading up her Hand cannon with a cylinder, "Here, I got your rifle serviced and ready for use," she throws him the gun.

Drew catches it and looks at it confusingly, "You already had it serviced?" he asks. She nods with a smile as she loads her Hand cannon and slips it into her holster, "…thanks…" he says as he clips it to his back.

"No prob, let's get going. We don't want to be late," she tells him as she walks past him through the door.

Drew feels oddly suspicious about her mood but doesn't question it as he doesn't want to disappoint her at the moment. He grabs his shotgun and attaches it to his back and walks to the front door leading out into the next hallway out of their apartment. Alice is already waiting for him, "Alright, let's go then," he says as he puts on his helmet.

"Alright- oh, I almost forgot to ask, is your Jumpship serviced as well?" she asks curiously.

"Umm, yeah. Why?" he asks now very suspicious.

"I'll explain once we get to the tower," she assures him as she starts walking down the stairs.

Drew follows her down but still is suspicious of her. But at the moment he has nothing to make a claim.

Best to leave it be.

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They arrive at the top of the tower where all the ships enter and exit the City. Many Guardians are gathered around the consoles and the vendors selling weapons and other miscellaneous items. Some kids run here and there only to be scolded by the other Guardians for their immature behavior, but who's going to teach them about manners? Drew looks straight up at the massive structure known famously as The Traveler. It's casting shadow giving everyone a sense of protection.

Many Jumpships fly to and fro overhead, with gunships docking and deploying constantly.

"You seem to be the daydreamer, aren't you?" Alice asks as he snaps out from his daydreaming.

"What? Oh, my bad Alice, were you saying something?" he asks, embarrassed.

"No, I was just watching as you just stared off. So cute," she says with a giggle. Drew feels a flutter in his heart as he hears her say that last word.

"Umm, *cough* so do you want me to follow you as you lead or what?" he asks.

Alice looks up at The Traveler and then looks down disappointingly, "Well… the thing is, as my Jumpship being serviced, the mechanic accidentally disabled the navigation system and piloting controls. It'll take a week for it to get fixed so… I'll just have to tag along with you on your ship," she explains.

Drew nearly wheezes in response as he takes in what she just said. Her? In his ship? With him? Yes! He's about to say yes until a thought comes across his head, stopping his response, "Wait, how are we gonna fit inside? It's only meant for one pilot," he explains the issue to her but she just smiles in response.

"We'll make it work, I know how to improvise," she winks at him.

Drew doesn't protest, strangely enough, and gets his ghost to appear, "Jumpship?" the Ghost asks.

"Yup, call it!" he tells him.

The Ghost disappears and the roaring sound of engines blazing sounds overhead as Drew's Phaeton Class v1 flies overhead and docks in the balcony. Alice jumps over the railing and casually walks onto his ship, not even caring about how high they are at the moment, "Come on Drew, take a girl for a ride," she says as she waves him over.

Drew reluctantly jumps over the railing and onto the hull of his Phaeton. He isn't as cool with heights as Alice is so he walks slowly over to the hatch leading into the pilot's seat. He turns a dial like-switch and it opens up revealing the cockpit, "Alice, we're not going to fit, honestly," he tells her. But her plain expression says otherwise.

"Get in," she tells him.

Drew frowns in confusion, "But…"

"Please?" she cuts him off with a pleading tone.

Drew opens his mouth to say something but he just breathes out instead. He follows her word and steps in, falling down and landing on the seat softly, "Okay, look you- wait what are you?" before he can finish, he leans his head back in order to avoid her boots from hitting his helmet, "Agh, what are you doing Alice?" he asks again but could only see her legs making themselves comfortable in between his own while her butt swings down in front of him, prompting him to get a good view of them.

"Hold on, I got get my… there we go," she plops down on his lap as he quickly tries to get his crotch as far from her ass as possible. But there's only so much space on the seat for his ass to move, "See, it's not so bad," she says as she unclips her rifle from her back and manages to stick it in his weapon rack on the right side of him, "Ahh, that's much better," she says as she arcs her back, bringing her hands to her head.

Drew can only watch as her feminine figure shows greatly from her waist, "Here, let me close the hatch," he suggests as he starts to get up from the seat but she just leans against his chest.

"Don't worry, I got it," she grabs the hook just below the hatch and lifts herself up, raising her round ass back up to his face again. Drew can't help but stare it as she swings it left to right as she tries to close the hatch.

"Oh my lord, please!" Drew says mentally. His view is interrupted as she closes the hatch and she sits back down on his crotch.

"Done. And now, to New York," she activates the ships navigation systems and begins typing in the destination.

Drew feels her ass move against his crotch as she tries to get comfortable, the feeling sending blood down to his private, and he can't stop it, "Um, let me try and get the seat to skootch back a bit," he suggests.

"No, it's fine the way it is, you can leave it," she politely declines the offer. Her response both giving him relief and anxiety. He groans quietly to the point where it just sounds like a heavy exhale, "You okay back there?" she asks looking away from the screen.

Drew moves his head to say yes but shakes his head, the sooner they get there the better, "Nope, let's just get there, alright?" he hopes.

"Oh, there's no need to rush things, dear. You just sit back and enjoy the ride," she tells him, not mentioning any assurance to him.

The Jumpship jerks back as it leaves the dock, multiple kids are running toward it but could only go so far as the railing would let it, their amazement as a Guardian's ship rockets high into the sky and disappears over the clouds.

The sapphire blue Phaeton zooms past The Traveler as it ascends into the sky, the sun peeking overhead and the light reflecting off the hull. Alice watches the sunrise overhead and smiles as the raw beauty of the sunrise gives her warmth. Or what an EXO would expect to be the Human idea of 'warmth'.

"Makes you wanna reach out and pluck it from the sky like a flower, right?" she asks as she looks back at him.

"I guess, but then you'd have a really bad burn on your hand," Drew says.

"Probably, but I guess the only thing closest to touching the sun is our light," she implies The Traveler.

"Maybe you're right," he looks down at where her ass is sitting on his crotch, his limp woody starting to swell, "Um, can I at least move a little bit, my legs are starting to go to sleep," he pleads.

"I thought Titans didn't admit their pain until they really needed help?" she asks. He feels her move a little and it drives his senses crazy. At that moment, he was glad he had his helmet to hide his face from her view so she couldn't see his hot red cheeks, "Hmm?" she asks again.

Realizing she was expecting an answer, he quickly tries to change the subject until his ghost appears, "Drew, I believe you- oh, I wasn't aware you were in here too. And why are you in here, if I may ask?"

"My ship wasn't fit to launch today, I just received word from the shipmaster. So I thought maybe Drew would give me a ride," she explains without looking back at him.

"Oh, I see. But, couldn't you two have taken a gunship inst-"

"Activating Jump Drive," she cuts him off quickly as she pushes the throttle forward and the ship rockets at top speed.

The sudden rumble of the jump throws Drew's Ghost off guard and flies into the wall behind them, "Ouch," he says as he floats back up over Drew's shoulder.

"Sorry about that. Sasha can you give me the coordinates of the location?" she calls to her ghost.

"Yes, Alice, transferring coordinates to nav," the white and pink ghost appears out of nowhere. A small blue beam shoots out from its eye and into the Navigation system, "Coordinates transferred."

"Thanks, Sasha," Alice says. The ghost does a small nod and disappears in a blue mist. The ship dives down into the atmosphere, leveling off as it descends through the clouds slowly, "How about that, space really does make travel easy," Alice says.

"Approaching the old city of New York; New York City… or what's left of it," the ship descends below the clouds to the sight of old, rusted, crumbled buildings. Rusted cars lay on what would be considered curbs for to park. The skyscrapers that once stood tall now stand half the size they originally were. The Empire states half lying on top of other buildings, trees and vines can be seen growing out of the buildings and intertwining with what used to be Humanity's greatest success.

"Kind of sad to see what used to be great now burned down to something not worth seeing," Alice states sorrowfully.

Drew takes the distraction and looks at the screen; the rusted buildings giving a gruesome scene of a post-apocalyptic world, "Yeah, all this for nothing. Only to be destroyed by the Fallen," he agrees.

"I believe we are nearing the location, Alice. However, we must land a few blocks away from the building, I detect a nearby battle between Fallen forces and Cabal. We don't want to be shot out of the sky now do we?" the feminine robotic voice sounds off.

"How far?" Alice asks.

"Not too far, I believe. Taking control," the ship changes course and flies in a direction in between two still standing buildings, probably apartments. The ship hovers just a few feet over the grass-covered street.

"Ok Sasha, drop us down," Alice orders.

Drew and Alice are enveloped in pure light and teleport down below the Jumpship. Drew unclips his Assault Rifle and pulls back the action, loading the first bullet in, "I'm ready when you are," he tells her.

Alice takes her Scout Rifle from her back and pulls back the action, "Oh I'm ready, are you?" she shoots a funny smirk at him and sprints toward the location.

"Hey, wait up!" Drew yells as he runs after her, though still cautious of their surroundings.

Keep' er goin -