A white light went from planet to planet, searching for a new Guardian to rise up and face the darkness. It searched for many years, looking in every crevice to find a warrior worthy of the Traveler's light. Its next target was Earth, a planet of life and home to the Guardians who are resurrected and given the power to fight the darkness. He roams for many miles, trying to sense a power within the remains of people who once resided on this planet. He is losing hope, when an abnormally large spike occurs on the sensors, larger then what the sensors normally scan. This one is very strong indeed he thought to himself, and looked down at the human before him. He was nothing special, having black hair with dark red streaks, and wearing unusual attire. He wore a black trench coat and a white t-shirt with jeans. Black combat boots covered his feet and a necklace with a skull pendant hung around his neck.
The ghost prepared revival sequence and a blue light shrouded the man. His body rose and he plopped onto his feet, then immediately fell back over. "Hello I am-, " the ghost stopped mid-sentence as the man began to snore. "Are you asleep?" he asked shocked. The ghost shot a small laser into his leg, just enough to wake him.
"Who the fuck just did that?!" the man asked as he got onto his feet and looked around, spotting the floating ghost a couple feet away from him. "Err…What the hell are you?"
"Hello I am-"
"Yeah, I don't really care anymore. What time is it? I feel like I slept through a like fifty wars."
"It is the year-"
"Eh whatever. I just want to find my-" the man stopped as he looked around and saw his surroundings. "Okay what the fuck did you slip in my drink guys?"
"Sir if you would just let me explain-"
"Okay seriously what the hell are you and why the fuck is a floating white thing talking to me?"
"I am a ghost. I was sent by the-"
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Hold the phone. You're a what now?"
"A ghost sent by the-"
"Who the fuck came up with that name? You're a floating white ball that talks too much!" the man laughed to himself. The ghost gave him a blank stare and started to float away, giving up hope with the man. "Where you goin' gumball?" the man joked and began to follow the agitated ghost, who floated along an abandoned highway and up some metal stairs. They entered a doorway and the man lost sight of the ghost due to the darkness.
"If you would SHUTUP for a minute, I could explain to you what's going on! And I swear to the Traveler, if you EVER call me gumball again, I will lead you straight into a hive!" the ghost exclaimed, letting out his anger towards the man. "You can call me Ghost. I was sent by the traveler to find a warrior to face the darkness, and apparently you are very powerful. I will be your guide throughout your fight and I will help you in any way I can as long as you show me some respect! Now there are fallen in here, creatures shunned by the Travelers light and who now fight against the guardians. Wait here and I'll get the lights." The ghost said, finishing his explanation and leaving the man staring at him with a what the fuck look on his face.
"Fuck you!" the man yelled into the darkness. A few seconds later the lights turned on and the ghost reappeared from around the corner. "Let's go," he said, floating back out of sight. The man walked forward, and saw a chasm before him, strange objects were hanging from the ceiling and canisters covered with nets were placed around platforms. Ghost pointed out a gun next to one of them and the man picked it up, pulling a mag out of his trench coat and pushed it into the weapon, an Old Russian assault rifle in good enough condition to fire. He cocked the weapon and held it in his arms. "I hope you know how to fire that thing," Ghost said, his words caring but his tone betraying them.
They wandered through the halls of the fallen infested building with no contact, when suddenly one of them dropped onto the man from above, forcing him to roll aside. He raised his gun and shot a bullet into his head, turning towards another that had just dropped down and put another into his. He stood and looked at the ghost, slinging the weapon over his shoulder and raising his fingers in the shape of a gun, blowing out the imaginary smoke. "I got this," he said and walked off with pride. A few steps later his foot fell through a loose plate and his legs split on the floor, causing him to let out a small whimper before pulling himself up. Ghost snickered and watched as the man pushed on, and jumped back when a red X appeared in front of him.
"Trip mines. I recommend not getting your foot caught in one," Ghost said laughing. The man looked at him and flicked him in the side, flinging him into a chest nearby. "Oh look a sniper!" the man said happily, picking up the beaten up rifle and putting it on his back. Ghost popped up and gave the man an evil look before disabling the trip mines. "Trip mines clear."
They proceeded into the next few hallways, the man shooting fallen that came their way and Ghost disabling trip mines when needed. They soon entered a chamber, full of fallen and a captain guarding them. A ship was suspended above them. "That's our way out," Ghost whispered. The man nodded and snuck around the side, grabbing a dreg and slicing his throat with a knife. "Oh so you're a hunter," Ghost said. The man looked at him, silently telling him to be quiet. Suddenly yellow words appeared above the man's head and a series of pings could be heard, attracting the attention of all the fallen in the room. "What the hell Ghost!" the man turned to him, questioning what just happened.
"That wasn't me! Your light has grown more powerful!" Ghost said defensively.
"Who the hell thought making an "I'm over here" sign above my head?" the man asked furiously, shooting the dregs and taking cover from the shrapnel launcher of the captain. The man popped up and threw a grenade instinctively, killing a group of dregs and burning another. "Oooh. What was that?" he asked, clearly excited about his new ability. "That was your light. You can focus it into different abilities, but you do have a limit to its use."
With the dregs dead, the man focused on the captain. He took out his sniper and slid into cover behind some broken pieces of concrete. He listened to the fire rate of the deadly shotgun and timed his shot, popping up and taking the captain's head off with a single bullet, penetrating his shield and killing him instantly. "Okay now how the hell do we get that ship out?" the man asked, Ghost silently floating towards the orange and white jump ship. He disappeared and the ship began to whir, a large captain came through a crack in the wall, followed by a group of vandals. "Let's go! We can face them later!" Ghost yelled. The man ran towards the ship and jumped up, Ghost teleporting him into the cabin and getting them into the air.