"Eyes up, Guardian."

Those were the first words Lucy remembered hearing for a long, long time. In fact, she didn't actually remember the last time she was awake. From what this tiny white robot was telling her, she was in fact dead this entire time.

She stumbled around after the little white robot, listening to his instructions and firing a crappy, broken automatic rifle at anything that moved. She almost shot him once out of panic, and he didn't seem all that impressed.

By the time she reached the Tower, everything was just a blur. Nothing made sense, and everything was different to how she remembered. Except, when she tried to remember how things used to be, she drew a complete blank, like her mind had been erased.

She didn't have time to think about it all that much, for as soon as she landed in the Tower, she was hustled to a back area full of Guardians that looked much like she did – young, afraid, and confused. Before she could find her bearings, a large, purple coloured man was bellowing throughout the room.

"Welcome, new Guardians. I know this must be a confusing time for you all, but I promise that in time things will start to make sense. You have a new life now, here in the Tower, with millions of other Guardians. We must fight against the darkness, before it consumes what is left of our world."

The Guardian on the left of her shuffled suddenly, startling her. She gazed over at him. He was blue like the Titan in front of them, but his eyes sparkled mischievously as he smiled at her.

'You will be divided up into groups of six, Guardians." The Titan, named Zavala, reached for a tablet on the table beside him.

"These Guardians will be your fire team. It is now your job to protect them, watch over them, and most importantly, stick together."

Lucy gazed around until she heard her name read off with five others. A robot handed her a small tablet and a keycard, and she was ushered out of the room. She looked down at the tablet, which listed a floor and a room number. After several wrong turns, she finally found the apartment block.

She was the last to arrive, and as she stepped in the door she came face to face with five other bright eyed Guardians.

"Uh, hey…" She began, glancing at each of them.

"Hi! You must be our leader!" A robotic Titan bounded towards her, and her eyes widened. The female robot kept on talking.

"I'm Mila-66, I'm a Titan. Nate-4 is the other Titan over there, then the Hunter over there is Kevin, and the two Warlocks are Brucie and Shadow.'

"Uh, I'm Lucy…." She stuttered, overwhelmed by all the new information. "But I think there's been a mistake. I'm not a leader…"

"Don't be silly! Cayde wouldn't have picked you if you weren't capable." Mila beamed at her before turning on her heels and heading back over to the other Titan.

Lucy stared at the group, unsure of what to do next. She glanced over at the Warlocks, who were deep in conversation, and noticed that the one named Shadow was the friendly Warlock she'd stood beside in the orientation. She breathed a sigh of relief. At least someone looked a little familiar.

She took a deep breath and headed towards Kevin, who was dressed in a similar fashion to herself. He was fiddling idly with his gun, completely disinterested in his surroundings.

"Hi." Lucy found herself blurting out, and the Hunter looked up at her with an expressionless face. He didn't acknowledge her but instead nodded his head ever so slightly before resuming twirling his gun.

Lucy sat down beside him, unsure of what to say. She stared at him, taking in the shape of his face, small and round, a head of tousled short brown hair and vibrant green eyes that complemented the bluish shade of his skin.

"You got a staring problem? He asked suddenly, and her cheeks flushed red as she realised that she had, in fact, been staring quite intently.

"Sorry." She whispered, and he leaned back into his seat.

"Where'd they find you?" He was asking her a question, but his tone remained disinterested, like he was simply trying to break the odd silence that had fallen over them both.

"Venus, I think." She responded.

"You think?"

"It was bright, green and blue, and red… IT's all a bit of a blur."

"Better than Mars. That planet is just red. Nothing else."

The two fell silent again, but fortunately, Mila came up to them mere moments later.

"So, there's six of us, but only three rooms in this apartment. We thought it would make the most sense to split the rooms by class, or if you'd prefer, you and I could share a room and the boys could split the other two."

"I don't mind, honestly." Lucy replied, glancing at Kevin.

"We can share" Kevin murmured under his breath.

"Well, it's settled then." Mila said with a smile, and wandered off.

After a few more hours, Lucy was finally starting to feel somewhat settled. She'd made the trip down to a sweet old lady named Eva, who had given her civilian gear to wear while she wasn't out on missions. She'd even managed to get an oversized shirt to sleep in. She climbed into the top bunk and tried to get comfortable, but her mind was spinning and nothing felt right. She continued this never ending restless spiral until eventually she burst into tears. She attempted to stay as quiet as possible to as not to annoy Kevin, but it clearly didn't work as his head popped up into her bunk just a few minutes later.

Surprisingly, he didn't complain, and instead of telling her to shut up like she expected, he clambered over her clumsily and snuggled up behind her, draping an arm protectively over her. He didn't utter a word, but his actions were speaking much louder than words ever could. It wasn't long before she felt his lips, soft and warm, pressing against hers in a kiss with electricity like she'd never felt before. Exhausted and vulnerable, she caved into him, letting him move her how he pleased, until they both fell asleep.

He wasn't there the next morning, and while she was a little hurt she wasn't surprised. She threw on her civilian gear and headed out into the common room. She found Mila and Nate excitedly discussing what subclasses they wanted to be. The two Warlocks didn't appear to be awake yet, and Kevin was sitting in a corner, idly twirling a throwing knife in his hand. She stared at him a moment, unsure if she should say anything to him. She opted against it, and headed to the kitchen area to make some food. As she set out the ingredients she paused a moment and realised how odd it was to be completing such mundane tasks, while having no memory of ever doing them before.

"Lucy? Earth to Lucy." Someone's voice startled her out of her thoughts, and she turned to face Shadow, who must have finally woken.

"Oh. Sorry." She smiled nervously at him.

"It's okay. Are you ready for our first assignments today?" He reached over her to grab the bread she had been using.

"Not in the slightest." She looked up at him, the fear apparent in her eyes.

"Ah, don't worry. We'll get through it."

"How can you be so calm? I just woke up and I already feel like I've been awake a thousand years."

"It's the Shadow way." The Warlock answered with a simple laugh.

"You'll have to teach me sometime." She giggled back, and the two headed back to the rest of the group.

"Alright, Guardians. You've been assigned your fire team. I hope everyone is getting along well." The Guardian addressing them smiled at their young faces.

"My name is Jason, I'm from the Exile Order, and I will be your mentor for the first few weeks of your training. Now obviously, I'm a Warlock, so I won't be as helpful to you Hunters and Titans, but for class-related questions you can head down to your appropriate Vanguard and ask them anything you need to know."

Jason paused and looked at the group for a moment.

"So Lucy, you're the leader, correct?" The Warlock looked directly at her.

"I….uh…" She stuttered.

"Yes, she is. She's just a little nervous." Shadow stepped in helpfully.

Jason crouched down in front of the tiny Hunter.

"Don't worry. You're going to be amazing. Cayde doesn't just pick anyone to lead a team." He smiled and stood back up.

"Now. While you are all in a fire team, often a lot of missions don't require all six members to complete a task. In cases like this, we split everyone into two groups of three, one Hunter, one Titan, and one Warlock."

"Lucy, I'll leave it to you to choose how to split the groups. Any further questions?"

Lucy found herself shaking her head despite her mind being a whirlpool of questions. Jason smiled and bade them farewell.

"So, who are the lucky ones?" Shadow teased, poking her in the side.

"Well, you're definitely stuck with me." She teased back. "I think I'll take Nate, too. It'll be good for Kevin and Brucie to have a girl with them to keep them in line."

"It's decided then." Now, how about we get out there and kill some shit?!"