"Dialogue"

Krim's Thoughts

"Ghost's speech in her head"

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Ch.1 The Mission

Boom, dead, again in a wave of lighting. Less than a second later I rezz at point c, the only one we held.

I hate titans.

"Well I'm sure they hate you too, Guardian." my ghost chimed in. I reloaded The Last Word, my trusty hand cannon and charged back into the fray.

"Fuckin' iron banner, stupid lord Saladin can shove his iron banner right up his-." Just then a shot glances my helmet "Fuck!" I blink jump behind cover and fire on my attacker, three rounds and he drops dead.

"You know Guardian I preferred you when you didn't know any curse words." My ghost adds.

Well, that was a long time ago, and a very different time.

"That we can agree on, Guardian."

I sprint in a mad dash for zone b, then over the broadcast I hear shaxx in his condescending voice. "Stand tall Guardian, this battle was lost, but there will be others." I growl as ghost transmats me to the rewards room, where my 'random' reward is a mote of light and an iron medallion.

I transmat myself back to my ship and groan. "Um, Guardian, you have a message from the speaker." My ghost says, appearing in thin air.

"Play it." I reply. Suddenly the voice of the traveler plays over my helmet speakers.

"Guardian, I need you to see me in the tower, I have a mission of upmost importance for you."

I smirk. "You heard the man, start making way to the tower, I'm gonna check on something." I remove my helmet and clip it to my belt, put my hood down and go to the computer. I pull up the file containing everything I had found out about myself, before I was resurrected by ghost.

All I have is a document containing all the memories that I've seen in dreams or nightmares. "Damnit, why can't I find anything?" Ghost floats over. "It's okay Guardian, everyone who gets resurrected does this, they either find out, or stop caring." I groan. "How far out are we?" Ghost floats over to the window. "4 minutes, tops." I sit up and check my gear.

Okay, all three knives? Check. Hand cannon? Check. "I'm ready" I turn and face my ghost whilst saying. "Okay, let's see what the speaker wants." Ghost replies, before returning to my head. I feel myself transmatted to the tower. Home sweet home. I made my way toward the speaker. "Guardian, good to see you." The speaker says as I approach.

"You requested me sir?"

The speaker nods. "Yes, yes I did, we have an important mission for you, but before we go meet with the vanguards I wanted to speak with you in person."

I nod. "What is it?"

"Well Guardian, I looked into that request you asked of me after you slayed Oryx." I nod, listening closely "The Cyrptarchs uncovered some information, I've had it sent to your ghost, look at it when you can." I nod. "Now, let's head to the vanguards, I'm sure they have been waiting long enough." The speaker starts walking, me close behind. As we reach the hall of Guardians, I look the vanguards over, Cayde-6 the exo vanguard for hunters. Ikora Rey the human vanguard for warlocks. Commander Zavala, the awoken titan vanguard, and the oddly familiar human female titan standing next to him, I can't quite place her though.

Wait, that helmet, that shader, and that mark.

"Guardian, it is ill advised to do what you are thinking of doing."

Too late.

"You!" I growl and pull my first knife from my hip and toss it at the Titan, she raises her gauntlet and blocks it. I throw another knife from my thigh, blocked. I blink jump and draw my last knife from my wrist just in time, to be blocked by the titans arm, I swing a punch at her, which she caught. I remained in a lock with her as Zavala and Cayde shouted to get us back to normal.

"Tankmaiden! That is not how I taught you."

"Guardian, stand down, now!" Cayde chimes in after Zavala. We kept locked, in spite of our mentors, we both knew that we couldn't let the other slip. I growl at the Titan. She snarls back.

"You thick-headed, skull-smashing brute!" I growl at her.

She replies. "Darkness wielding lawless beast!" I smirk in response.

As suddenly a shout from Ikora draws our attention. "Hold your rivalry for the Crucible Guardians!" with that shout from and otherwise even-toned warlock, we stepped back from eachother, and toward our vanguards.

"What is she doing here?" I ask Cayde as I turn to him.

"Guardian I know you aren't going to like this, but, you need to work with her for this mission."

"What!?" I reply angrily, gripping my knife in my hand tighter, void energy arching off of it as he grabs my arm.

"You two are the best Hunter and Titan we have in the field, you two are the only two that can do this whether you like it or not."

I growl. "So what is our mission anyway?" Cayde opens his mouth to speak, but is cut off by the speaker

"I'm glad you asked, your mission is to infiltrate a fallen skiff nearby earth, believed to be housing information about fallen movements, and one of the most infamous fallen leaders, Skraklis, the Unbloodied."

"Skraklis, is a very high priority target, and stronger than anyone either of you has faced, also getting into the ship isn't even remotely easy." Zavala added.

"Okay, so where do we begin?" Tank-Maiden asks.

"Glad you asked, Titan." Cayde chimed in. "You'll need to enter the Skiff while its lower hatch is open and on the ground, unless you're willing to risk a mid-air transmat into the ship, last guy who tried that, he… let's just say it didn't end well." I nod, cringing at the thought of being transmatted in the wrong place. "So, Guardians, the closest we are willing to bring you is the edge of the Cosmodrome, but, you'll need to do this at night, do not been seen, that means you Tank-Maiden." Cayde smirks at the titan, or at least the Exo equivalent.

Zavala turned to Tank-maiden. "So you'll need to follow her instructions to the letter, do I make myself clear?"

Tank-maiden nods and growls in a low voice.

"Yes sir." I smirk. "I might enjoy this."

The speaker says. "You will leave tonight Guardians, until then, do as you will." With that the speaker leaves the room and returns to the traveler, I confront my new partner.

"See you tonight." I say smirking widely. "Good luck keeping up with me." I finish as I walk away and transmat to my ship. "Ghost, open the file sent by the speaker." I say as ghost appears in front of me.

"Right away guardian." I look to one of the screens in my ship and examine this file, it was about an awoken woman named Krim 'Shill, it was a golden age police record from a place called, New York.

Golden age Cities had such odd names.

"Apparently I was a thief in my old life."

Ghost looks this file over. "Indeed you where, Miss 'Shill." Ghost pauses. "This was only a few years before the collapse, before you died, the first time, I wonder how you wound up in Russia."

Krim laughs. "It doesn't even seem real, it doesn't even feel like my name. I mean the woman in this… this."

"Mugshot."

"This, mugshot, looks like me, but she doesn't feel like me." Krim narrows her eyes, reading in more detail. "It says here I was Reefborn… I wonder why I left."

Ghost floated over Krim's shoulder. "I guess we'll never know, there probably isn't anyone alive from then."

Krim looks the file over. Nothing too interesting, nothing about how I died, or who I was, other than a thief, ah well.

Ghost turns to Krim. "You should rest a bit Guardian, its better than toiling away in the crucible."

"Agreed." I add and head to the cot toward the back of my ship, lay down and dose off quickly.