Hi guys Apex hunter here and sorry for the end of exchange of light but it had to happen because of its plot quickly becoming a mess but anyway hope you enjoy this instead
Chapter 1
It was an normal day in the tower, well as normal as a day can get with hundreds light infused guardians being cramped into a building but as each day this one had an acceptation
A large group of about twenty guardians were crowded into the room known as the Hall of Guardians by the towers inhabitants, where the crucible handler and quartermaster along with the Guardians in a tense atmosphere with the occasional muttering much to the displeasure of the crucible handler Lord Shaxx as the closed doors to the room where the vanguard were located which hid the reason on why there was such a gathering
"who's the unlucky individual stuck in there " came the synthetic voice of a female exo hunter draped in blue themed hunter armour who gained a response from next to them in a condescending manner
" Individuals , and I believe that their members of fire team Lions Claw and Wolfs Fangs are the individuals in their " came a second voice of a Awoken warlock
"wait the kids , what did they do stay up past their bed time " came the voice of a Human titan only to get multiple disapproving 'boos' from the surrounding guardians
Only for a rough grizzled to cut through " what they did was avenge the Lords of Iron"
The unmistakable voice of one of the towers most well known ledged
The whole group of twenty Guardians split into two groups almost like it was instinct allowing the two armoured figures a direct path towards the door allowing the two figures to walk uninterrupted only being surrounded by hushed whispers such as
"what's Lord Saladin here for" along with " I thought Efrideet was supposed to be dead " were along the most asked questions that remained unanswered as the two with their clocks swaying slightly with each step before Lord Saladin allowing the muffled voices to be briefly heard like an explosion with commander Zavala shouting " IF YOU WERE ON MY FIRETEAM I WOULD HAVE YOU SHOT " and a equally loud voice replied with "IF I WAS, THEN I WOULD'EV DONE IT MYSELF" only for the rest of the verbal fireworks display to be ended by the doors coming to a close
(pov inside of the room 5 minutes before Saladin entering through the door )
Within the room there was two groups one consisting of three individuals where as on the other side , Six figures were stood in a line with the exception of two who were stood in the middle and further ahead of the other four one being an titan the other being a male hunter with the titan wearing a full set of new monarchy Spektar Kallipolis armour
The hunter stood in front aside the titan wearing a Spektar mask, Lions Vigle Grips, Spektar vest, Spektar Heliopause boots along with having the Cloak of the Leopard with the Old guard shader equipped with his arms crossed over his chest and his head angled so the shadows created by his cloak hid his masked covered face and along with the rest of his companions, failed to flinch under the gaze directed at them from two of the three members of the vanguard one was just trying not to laugh
"what in the name of the traveller compelled you do perform the actions you six did, I was willing to let the incident with crota go but this is going to far even for you " said Ikora Rey with the anger being visible across her face only to get an blunt response from the Titan
" we were compelled by the threat it posed to the city "
" because of your actions we lost so much possible information on an enemy " replied Ikora only to get an response from the hunter whose hood covered turned to face her with slight silent fury
" information that is no longer needed because the enemy is dead " replied the hooded hunter
" that is still no excuse to set off an explosion that destroyed the wrath of the machine raid site when the splices abilities posed no harm to the city as minute and especially with negotiat-" "with all due respect Ikora which is very little at this point they not only had access to large quantity of siva enhanced weapons such as the siege engine they used to, destroy part of the wall! But also nuclear capabilities that did pose one hell of a fucking threat, one more important than negotiations " the hooded hunter interrupted getting fed up with this lead to commanded Zavala slamming his hand on the desk and shouting "ON MY FIRETEAM I WOULD HAVE YOU SHOT"
Before the hunter responded with "IF I WAS, THEN I WOULD'EV DONE IT MYSELF"
"ahem" came a new voice causing the rooms occupants to look over to the rooms entrance to see Lord Saladin and Lord Efrideet
The unexpected appearance of the two iron lords causing a immediate cease in the verbal fire fight with ever commander Zavala struggle to form a reply
"Lord Saladin what matters bring you and Lord Efrideet here?"
" are these the ones responsible?" questioned Lord Saladin getting a nod in response from the six individuals
"good I require them at Felwinters peek " bluntly replied Lord Saladin much to the shock of the rooms occupants
"sure you can have my hunters" Cayde-6 spoke for the first time throughout the meeting walking towards the other hunters before coming to a stop and leaning against the table in front of the group "but you'll owe me Apex "
" here now were even" the now named hunter Apex said as a white hand cannon with the ace of spades painted black on its side was transmitted into his hand before being thrown towards the hunter vanguard who caught the exotic hand cannon and nodded in appreciation
" Cayde you cannot be serious " said a Ikora before commanded Zavala also agreed allowing the two fire teams to leave following the two iron lords passing a crowd of guardians who had gathered and were trying to act like they had came down to see the crucible vendors instead of eves drop before the group of 8 exited into the towers main court yard
" I would recommend gathering all of your vaults items that you want before you meet us at the hanger" came the female voice of Lord Efrideet before the two iron lords headed off to the towers hanger leaving the six stunned guardians
"I really don't like how today's turning out" said the second hunter In a female voice who behind her helmet was an Exo and was wearing a chest of the exile along with young ahamkaras spine and bones of eao boots with a cover of the exile helmet that had a skull painted onto it along with a bitter steel shader on giving her the appearance of having bone armour
" always the optimist aren't you Grimm" replied a Exo titan wearing full crucible gear without a shader equipped and had a hawksaw and party crasher shotgun on him
"don't start 5's " came the voice of the first titan wearing full new monarchy armour and had a kervostove rifle in his hands
" hey twins I want you two ready for a fight you as well Ash " came Apex's voice directed at the two warlocks in the group both wearing trails of Osiris armour with a jackal theme to them but with one being black and gold whilst the other being white and blue who both pulled out a imargo lope hand cannon and the titan with the kevostovee
" why you wanting us to arm up " came Grimm's voice as she backed off from her vault with her grasp of malok cradled in her hands
" because what would an iron lord want with a group of trainee guardians , (sigh) I just don't want to take the risk" replied Apex as he holstered both of his pistols , The First Curse and The Last Word on his thighs along with having a Black Spindle on his back and transmitted a triple barrelled machine gun into his hands that had 'super good advice ' painted in white on the side which Apex inspected before transmitting back into is inventory as the group set off to the hanger.
Upon arrival the group of six had been instructed to bored an awaiting Hawk drop ship which upon entering and taking a seat had take off almost immediately with the compartment holding the six guardians being in tense silence
(10 minutes later)
After arriving at Felwinters peek the Hawk had left fire teams Lions claw and wolfs fang along on the frozen mountain which lead to them slowly moving around looking around
"this place is deserted" said 5's artificial voice before a short whistle drew his attention along with the others to Apex who was stood in front of a set of doors decorated with wolves and trees which upon reaching both titans pushed open and they stepped into the darkness of the room
" yo ghost bit of help" Apex asked holding his left hands palm upwards allowing the construct to appear in a flash of light floating above his hand with its single eye focused on him
" wow your still alive , well ok then, let there be light" the ghost said before floating over to Apex's left shoulder and floating there whilst producing a beam of light ahead of the group which the others soon copied the idea with their ghosts before carrying on and reaching a large room in which the ghosts projected light wasn't able to fully cut through the darkness.
This lead the six guardians paranoia to sky rocket leading to them forming a circle and quickly draw their weapons, pointing them into any potential enemy's lurking in the darkness
"Shit this is just like the Hellmouth "mutated Grimm who cast a glance over to Apex who had both of his hand cannons draw and ready to fire only for a single spark of light to appear about 30 meters ahead of him which was quickly sighted on by his pair of fire arms which followed it as it spread to form a semi –circle of fire which it turn lit up six statues and the whole room in light produced from the fire also revealing two very similar armoured figures stood there, with a hand cannon aimed at each of them
"At ease young wolves" came Lord Saladin's voice causing the group to holster their weapons but leave their hands hovering over them encase their fears were true
"I mean no disrespect Lord Saladin but I don't exactly see any wolves around here" said Grimm before Ash said " I think he means us " this lead to Lord Efrideet to answer the question on everyone's mind
" yes Lord Saladin does"
"meaning?" asked Grimm only to get Lord Efrideet's response again
" meaning that for what you did in the name of the Last City and the Iron Lords we welcome you to the Iron Temple where you be getting training from us personally instead of your potential being wasted being tutored at the tower "
" so wait , what " said 5's still unable to grasp what's happening causing Lord Saladin to chuckle slightly
"welcome Iron Apprentices each of us three will be teaching you to your full potential" stated Lord Saladin
( time skip 1 hour forward )
Two figures were waiting at the bridge that linked the Iron temple to the other mountain both being hunters and the wind making their cloaks billow in the wind, these figures both being Apex and Grimm
" so who do you reckon were going to be taught by " asked Grimm trying to start a conversation and only got a shrug in response causing a sigh from Grimm
"you're going to be like this for most of the day aren't you" Grimm asked getting a nod from Apex
"you know it wasn't your fault what happened in that pit" reassured Grimm who placed a comforting hand on Apex's shoulder saying 'pit' like it was poison
" I know it's just that introduction brought back some unpleasant memories" Apex responded with a slightly distant voice before the pair turned to face the arrival of their mentor
"well I guess that makes sense , a hunter training hunter's" Grimm said out loud as the arrival of Lord Efrideet meant their training could finally start
"right good to see that you two are here follow me" Lord Efrideet said as she began crossing the bridge flanked by both Apex and Grimm which the group began traversing the icy peaks and snow covered crevasses in an hour long walk that lead them down the mountain till they arrived at a clearing at the bottom of the mountain range that the trio had traversed
The clearing consisted of a large circular patch of grass at the base of a small water fall with a collapsed tree having landed creating an improvised bridge over it that had the run of water from the melting ice from the mountain flowing beneath it before it fell over the lip of the 5 meter edge landing into a small stream that ran through the clearing which was surrounded by thick pine trees
"ok now that were here I want you to show me your weapons and abilities " Lord Efrideet announced as she removed her helmet to reveal her blond hair and blue eyes as Apex and Grimm began to transmit their weapons onto a section of grass with Apex keeping his hand cannons and sniper holstered whilst having his machine gun the Super good advice placed on the floor with and a black shot gun with a red siva symbol on its body whilst Grimm placed down a Omolon sniper rifle and a nemesis star machine gun before removing her helmet to reveal her artificial face that is pretty common for an Exo whilst Apex removed his revealing short black hair that was messily spiked along with a three perpendicular scars on his left cheek that looked to have been from claws that was about an inch beneath his dark blood red eyes
" well you two are ready for war aren't you now I want to know your subclasses " Lord Efrideet said as Grimm created a ball of void within her outstretched hand
"Apex you do know how to control your subclass right?" Lord Efrideet asked
"yes its just " Apex tried to respond only for Lord Efrideet to interrupt " then show me"
" uhh fine just don't kill me over it" Apex responded as he held open his hand for a black flame to appear with blood red smoke moving around it in thin streaks before the click of a weapon echoed throughout the clearing causing birds to take flight causing Apex to turn his head expecting the sight of a barrel being pointed at his head instead found Lord Efrideet stood with her sniper rifle on the floor
"what is that " she more or less demanded getting a closer look at the orb only for Grimm to awnser her question
"its been like that since what happened on the moon"
" and please tell what happened on the moon" replied Lord Efrideet
"fire team Helios happened , they were supposed to have scouted out a root and lead us the position the vanguard had wanted me to and Grimm to establish a recognisance FOB, instead they didn't even recon the area insisting that they would 'protect us' and when they dragged us into an ambush even I had noticed and this was my first live fire mission on the moon and when the moon's surface started to vanish from beneath our feet and the abominations of the hive crawled their way out , fire team Helios 'protection' led to being more of a burden when the cowards used the emergency escape bacons and left just me and Grimm stuck in a hive ambush, under levelled, undermanned and with only one evac beacon" said Apex with a voice laced in venom as the ball of red flame took shape showing the moon's surface collapse and a image of an evac beacon ( it looks like a patrol beacon)
"one of you stayed didn't you" Lord Efrideet
"yeah I did, after getting Grimm to hand me her spare ammo and tricking Grimm into activating the beacon, thousands upon thousands of Thralls swarmed my position even when I ran out of bullets and my gun broke in half over a Thralls skull I kept fighting ,until by Knife shattered into shards of steel and my knuckles broke from punching them to death or my shins shattered from kicking in the heads of the hive in or crushing the freaks equivalent of a wind pipe closed. I kept fighting , hoping that rescue would come , ha , it was that naivety that allowed that wizard to come up behind me with the last whispers In my ears causing them to bleed were 'I am the end of morrows xyor , the blessed. Xyor the betrothed. I am of the coming storm . These are not my words. But prophesy. your light will one day shatter and die. For now it simply offends….and you, dear, sweet, fragile thing, shall be made to suffer for your transgressions upon this holy ground till your light abandons you , and the darkness rightfully claims you" Apex finished staring into the distance hands clasped in anger.
The part of the tale leaving the clearing in silence with Grimm breaking it with her synthetic voice " it took us two days for me and the rest of the trainees to organize a rescue attempt through a lot of favours we managed to strengthen our light and gain enough munitions to be ready for the moon, me along with another eleven trainee guardians stole ships from the ship Wright and flew them to the moon, we found Apex after half an hour of fighting into the hive tunnels with black blades of fire erupting from parts of his body such as his knuckles and elbows turning them into punch daggers, surrounded by the husks of five knights, before he collapsed and we managed to get him out of that hell" Grimm said
" can you activate it?" asked Lord Efrideet who only got a nod from Apex who concentrated for a second before a flash of darkness, like the light of the clearing had vanished for a second appeared revealing Apex covered in shadows making him seem ethereal with him seemingly naturally blending into his environment with red blades protruding about 5 inchs from the top of his knuckles forming a sort of natural punch dagger, the same being said for his elbows and knees effectively turning each punch, kick, elbow or knee thrown into a deadly strike mixed with a blade.
"my super is mostly based for hit and run attacks with me being able to go invisible instantly and leave what I can only describe as shadow clones in my place " Apex said from the other side of the clearing as the Apex stood with them fell apart into red smoke
"well at least I know what I've got to work with, do you two remember the route we took to get down here "
"yes Lord Efrideet , why?" asked Grimm
"I want ten laps from here to Felwinters peak doing now " this get irritated groans from the pair who began the long run
Hi guys Apex here hope you enjoyed this story and if so leave a comment on any improvements or OC ideas thanks
