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Light in the Vault

Chpt 1

Pyrus's POV

"Well, here we are friends. The famous Vault." A Hunter's statement broke the tense silence the team was having.

It came out of his comrade Kai's mouth. "Ah, Kai, keep a calm wit about you. We're here for Intel, and possibly to take out some Vex if we can." The Sunsinger replied. Before the casual remark the Warlock had been fiddling with his Suros AR-41's clip.

And hopefully we all make it back to the City. The Ginger-haired Warlock thought. This is my first time leading. I don't want to report to Ikora that I lost one.

The Warlock had taken charge before, leading wasn't unnatural to him. The issue was is that he took the lead if something went wrong, someone died, or was incapacitated and the such.

Now, it was his fault if something bad happened.

Kai pouted through her helmet. "But missions are supposed to be fun!" The Hunter complained, getting out her LDR-5000, tinkering with the scope. The other Hunter in the group, Sterling, shrugged in agreement. The Hunter rarely spoke, even this is unusual.

Hearing that from his friend cleared his mood. Nothing would happen, this is simply recon. He opened his mouth to make a sarcastic comment, but then Loran spoke up. "Once you two finish flirting, we have a Vault to crack."

The Warlock went red. "Oh shut up, Knucklehead."

The other Titan in the group, AJ, laughed a little. "I resent that remark."

Kai chuckled a little, sending a sort of calming ripple across the Fireteam. "He's right, let's get to work." Pyrus nodded.

"Alright. Those plates look like the ones Kabr mentioned in his notes. Kai and Loran, take that right plate, Andrea and Sterling, take the left plate, AJ, you're with me. Alright, let's move out!"

After he gave the orders, he had his Ghost, Phi, pull his Ravensteel Speeder from orbit, and sped past Vex, even going out of his way to flatten a Hobgoblin, chuckling all the while. Hey? Who said driving couldn't be fun?

Kai's POV

He's so... What's the word... Authoritative. But he's still kind and calm. I wish I could tell him... But then I'd probably feel...

Feel like what? Her Ghost, nicknamed Teth, spoke up.

Oh, Shut up Teth. Came the snippy reply from the Guardian. You always know how to spoil my day-dreaming.

The Awoken Hunter clearly liked the leader of their Fireteam, and it seemed(ironically) that everyone but Pyrus himself realized that. Shaking herself back to the present, she caught sight of a Minotaur come out of those strange... Cloud things, she tossed a flux grenade, seeing the Arc devour the machine.

Crouching and examining the Vex unit, she called to Loran. "Hey, Loran? This Minotaur seems... Different."

The Titan obliged, though hesitantly, hearing the gunfire a little ways away, as the rest of their unit fought waves of Vex. "She's right, Pyrus?"

The Warlock's voice came a few minutes later, which worried Kai a little. "Sorry! This Minotaur just won't go down!"

A little boom came from the distance. "Thanks AJ. Alrightie, what is it?" After Loran told him, he 'hmmed' for a little.

"I remember Kabr speaking of it... I believe they're called Praetorians. And something about they only appear when their most important are threatened. Send a sample back to the Tower."

Loran nodded, and literally punched the thing's head off. Kai got up, chuckling at the Titan's use of force, and she saw another one of those 'Clouds' pop up.

About... maybe 20-30 Goblins popped out of it.

Heh, that's nothing.

The Bladedancer reached for the Arc, feeling her beloved knife respond to it, and she became a whirlwind, dashing to and fro from the opposing units, unmaking them.

Loran's POV

The Exo stood back, admiring his comrade's work. He always admired the power of Arc, but he preferred the Light of Void. Staring at a Ward always comforted him, the Void made him feel... At home.

In fact, he was so absorbed in watching the task he wasn't aware of the Minotaur that teleported behind him until his Ghost, dubbed Grey, practically shouted in his head Guardian, Look Out!

Leaping straight into the air, he felt his defense mechanisms kick in, ancient algorithms activating.

By far, he was the oldest member of the team, model more rusty than Cayde's old buddy Tevin. Sadly, any details about his past life were gone. Like all Guardians, he couldn't remember his First Life.

Instead of the Light coming to him, he felt his side open, and a strange, definitely ancient weapon came out of his side. Normally, these systems would be dormant, but he had never been in this sort of situation.

From his Resurrection, he was always a soldier, through and through. Avoiding dangerous situations, never dying. He was the Elite.

The weapon itself was almost skull shaped, with tons of purple crystals sticking out of it. Needless to say, the Minotaur was wiped from existence.

Touching back down, the Exo was... Intrigued, to say the least. What in the Traveler's name?

Kai noticed it too, walking up to the machine. "Loran, buddy. What was that?"

Just then, a beam of light shot from a Spire of rock and opened the Vault. "We can figure my programming out later."

The Hunter nodded reluctantly before both hopped on their Sparrows and went out to meet the rest of the team.

Author Notes

Note, that this is mainly about Loran and Kai. The switching of the Point of Views will end once I've gotten a little of everyone in. Also, I'm thinking of skipping to the Oracles.

Also, for all of those wondering, no Loran isn't his original name. And why a Needler? Well, you'll figure that out later.

I need some Ghost names for everyone but Loran. Heh, Grey. How droll.

Loran's 'mysterious' algorithms and programming will slowly be revealed as the delve into the Vault.

And yes, someone will die soon. I mean, what's a raid story without one? XD