Ishtar, Venus.
The rain drops on the dirt covered ground that was once a road in front of the vault of glass or what was the vault of glass or currently is since its a place separate from our timeline. Its been a month since the fall of Aksis, Oryx, Crota and Aetheon and the guardians have never been prepared as before. They are ready for the coming of the darkness and its servants and armies have fallen leaving it weak and vulnerable. But not all is fine and dandy...a group of guardians fly by while ramming some Vex along the way. They are fireteam of three really, enough for a stike really. What is strange about them is that they are wearing old guard armor. They consist of hunters, titans, and warlocks. Most are wearing typical vanguard gear but some have something unique. The leader is wearing a magonel type 2 helmet, armamentium chest armor, magonel type 2 gauntlet, magonel type 2 leg armor, and class armor Iron saga mark. The second in command is a female hunter wearing a full set of bog wild armor and has a monte carlo auto rifle holstered on her back. On the last is a warlock wearing void fang vestments, days of iron gloves, days of iron steps and bindcaster helmet.
"Zevala, this is Titus of fireteam phantom. Do you read Zevala?" Titus, the titan, asks the leader of the Vanguard. Titus is a black ops titan and is under the command of Shiro-4 at the same time. Black ops guardians are sent out to deal with threats the city mustn't know. Sort of like the Hidden except aggressive. He is armed with a SUROS regime auto rifle and havoc pigeon sidearm.
"I hear you loud and clear Titus. We've been getting reports of the Vex creating something in the Citadel of theirs. We need to know what it is." Zevala replied on the coms.
"Copy that. We're almost there." Titus replied before the hunter, Vera-78, rams into a Vex Minotaur which kills it immediately. He sighs at Vera and rolls his eyes before focusing on the road. His consists of Vera and a warlock named Longinus who is also a cyptarch student.
"Oops!" Vera said while turn quickly at the damaged Minotaur. They finally make it to the Vex citadel with some guardians in the outside surrounding the place and talking. Titus raises his eyebrows underneath his helmet and gets off of his sparrow with his team doing the same. He walks towards the hunter leaning against a wall.
"What's happening?" Titus asks.
"Don't know,a fireteam went in and saw some kind of giant Vex gateway inside. Next I hear I them raving about some other world beyond ours. Said it looks like a world after the collapse." The hunter replied.
"We'll see through it." Vera assured and signals the team to come with her. They enter the entrance of the Vex citadel and head into the gateway of the Citadel but its been replaced with a giant time gate. Vera pulls out her Last word handcanon and shoots it but its immune to the shots right now for some odd reason.
"Is that really the solution?" Longinus asks her.
"First solution. Any ideas boss?" The Exo asks Titus. Titus squints his eyes at the gateway and turns to them.
"We're going in." Titus replied. Vera sighs while Longinus is worried though accepts it. They enter the gateway...to reveal a cave of some kind. Titus activates his ghost which scans the place.
"Strange...this place seems out of place. Something feels off, no light or darkness. Though there is a little of it." His ghost notified. Titus nods and pulls out his rifle alongside his team with Vera wielding the Last Word and Longinus the Tlaloc scout rifle. They spot some kind of opening with Titus ascending with his team doing the same. Light engulfs them which briefly blinds the team...revealing a rather beautiful scenic landscape. The cave is in some kind of forest overlooking the view. Titus whistles at the sight.
"Damn..." Titus muttered.
"Well would look at that-A place that doesn't have destroyed buildings wherever we go." Vera observed.
"Huh...this is different." Longinus agreed.
"There! There they are!" A voice called causing them to turn to see a rather peasant-looking man and a couple of soldiers with spears and swords causing Vera to snicker since they have guns. Longinus preps his stormcaller ability as a warning to back off. The soldiers prep for battle a blonde woman walks behind them. She is wearing revealing armor and a spear, her armor shows more skin much to Vera's sight causing her to pull the collar of her outfit since she's a little turned right now. The woman looks a lot like those harem anime women. She also has a cat-eared headband.
"So you're the otherworldly intruders." The blonde said while looking at them.
"Yeah...otherworldly. I think that guy is talking about the first group of guardians that came here not us." Vera replied and walks towards the woman. She is smiling underneath her helmet and focusing on her breasts.
"So...what do they call you?~" Vera asks him. The woman smiles seductively and licks her lips.
"The names Elina of House Vance and who are you in response?" Elina asks.
"The names Vera, Vera-76. I'm an Exo and its obvious to me that you people don't know what that is-"
"Oh not this again!" Longinus replied. Vera turns to him.
"Are you throwing that all-female-hunters-are-bisexuals-or-lesbians trope card at me? That's profiling! We're a culture not a costume and this is who I am and its not okay!" Vera replied in fake innocence.
"I think that trope is associated with female titans not hunters." Longinus countered. Titus walks forward towards Elina.
"The names Titus, I'm a Titan guardian warrior class. We heard of some kind of gateway made by our enemies and we were sent here to investigate. Apologies that we bothered the locals of...this planet? World?" Titus tries to come up with something.
"Apologies? You're smelly so called hunter approached me in a perverted way so apology denied." Elina replied and draws her spear at Titus. Vera pushes Titus out of the way and throws a kick at Elina who ducks and throws a swing at Vera who pulls out her knife and blocks it before launching herself back.
"Alright boss, this is my fault and I've been working on my apology already." Vera assures as a void energy surrounds her thus preparing her void bow attack on the woman. Elina prepares to attack her. Meanwhile in the sky, a blue haired angel girl spots the battle.
"What's this?" The angel looks at her book for the potential Queens Blade participants.
"Hm...that's Elina Vance of the Vance family! Trained assassin and spy! And that's...who's she? And what's with the weird weapon and knife?" The angel observed sensing that she isn't human at all.
"Lets dance!" Vera yelled and is ready to throw a venom grenade at her...only for a lightning strike to separate the her and Elina much to the Exo's anger and annoyance thinking its Longinus as the sudden storm blows the angel away. Walking towards the two is another woman who looks like a Norse goddess compared to her and has red hair and also some kind of lance or spear.
"Well lookie lookie." Vera muttered and got up and gets some dust off of her.
"I apologize for my sister's attitude." The redhead said while reaching her hand out to Vera who takes it.
"No need. I would've taken her down with a shadow shot tether and some Last Word rounds." Vera bragged. The redhead looks at Titus who looks back at her.
"I'm Claudette Vance and you are?" Claudette asks.
"I'm Titus, commander of this unit. We were sent here after a gateway our enemies created led to your world. Our world was once a thriving one and a force called the Darkness ended our time. Now its enemies surround but after a couple dozen hits from one of our own, I bet we can take out the darkness with only a toothpick." Titus explained and reaches his hand towards Claudette to shake it. Claudette shakes his hand.
"I hope this incident doesn't make your world think ill of us."
"Oh I assure, our world needs friends big time."
Tower.
Cayde, Ikora, and Zevala look at the hologram of the two groups meeting each other. Zevala knows he can't trust the Vance family since it appears their rule is backwater compared to there's and they've heard intel that they treat the local peasants like garbage giving Cayde the urge to attack them and free the people. Ikora just wants them to be left alone since there is another heir to the throne who is probably less. Regardless, they found another race or another world that doesn't want to kill them besides the Awoken.
"Well this is a brand new start. Working with an oppressive regime!" Cayde observed. Zevala has a look of doubt in his face since he also found out that Claudette's weapon is somehow magic and the fact the warriors of this world seem to be enhanced with magical weaponry.
"Indeed. The Vance family maybe evil but they are our ticket in setting up some kind of influence over there. In fact, guardians have already made a village into a social space and began to entering the area but haven't explored much really but we don't war also." Zevala replied.
"I suggest opening relations. Get to know there world and they get to know ours." Ikora suggested.
"Yeah, give the tyrannical monarchy our weapons, equipment and knowledge! Greeeaat." Cayde rolled his eyes.
"This is only one part of their world, perhaps there's countries somewhere that can help us extend our influence...I say we should send one our best for this mission and have her interact with the governments." Zevala said.
"No offense, from I've heard about the intel is that most of this worlds government is corrupt as heck. Unless we need someone to be the central leader." Cayde sighed. Vera enters the vanguard meeting hall, beside her is the angel from before. Zevala notices the angel who is floating besides Vera.
"What the fu-"
"Hey guys, I can't help but overhear your talk about gaining influence in Gainos but my floating friend has good news for you. Nanael, break it." Vera signals her to come forward.
"Hello there warriors of light! I am Nanael, as you can see, I'm an angel! I'm here to inform you all of a competition held at the capitol of our world! We call it the Queens Blade, where fighters from different continents come over to Gainos and fight the current Queen. If the Queen is defeated then that said fighter will be the most beautiful and powerful woman of all." Nanael informed. The Vanguard looks in silence both at Nanael and the notion of a competition.
"...We can send in Ikora." Cayde adds.
"Flattering. I'm not the Queenly type." Ikora replied.
"Perhaps we should send in a fireteam to take her on..." Zevala muttered.
"Oh no, it must be a female fighter. One of your best." Nanael corrected. Cayde's optics shrink as he has an idea. He walks away from the room with a smirk on his face.
"Cayde, we're picking out a guardian to represent us for the Queens Blade! We're not done here!"
"Oh I know. I already found one."
Felwinter's Peak.
A woman walks on the bridge after being dropped off from her ship. She is wearing spearhead type 0 armor and has a bronze shader. The titan is armed with a pulse rifle. Shiro stops leaning and spots the woman who appears to take notice. He has a face that emulates a smile before leaning back. The woman heads upstairs with Saladin nodding at her and smiling. The titan goes to Tyra Karn.
"You are worthy of the artifacts. Take this. Jolder would be proud." The titan receives the memory of Jolder artifact and walks to the left and heads straight to where the statues of the Iron Lords are. The titan takes off her helmet to reveal she has short red and frazzled hair.
"Hey mom..." The titan greeted and attunes the artifact giving a brief burst of fire. Saladin walks behind her.
"Your mother would be proud. Seeing you all grown up, Brie." Brie Jolder, the daughter of Lady Jolder who was a member of the Iron Lords, turns around to him resembling a smile her mom made.
"I wish she could've seen me with my first ghost. But still...I will make her proud of me. I may have her name but I can't use her as a cornerstone, I have to make my own legacy." She replied to Lord Saladin.
"Spoken like a true Iron Lord." Lord Saladin replied and pats her in the shoulder. What they don't notice is Cayde and Nanael watching them.
"There's your warrior."