My head pounded with an unbearable pain, I tried to open my eyes. Everything was a blur. A female robotic like voice spoke,

"Eyes up Guardian, we have to move quickly."

My vision started to become clear, my eyes burned.

I responded, "What?! Screw you, uh I got such a hangover oh my God!"

"A hangover Is that what you humans call coming back from the dead?"

"No it's whe-wait what I was dead?!"

"Okay Guardian you should probably keep your voice down, we aren't in the safest of places."

I looked forward for the first time towards the voice. I was met with a small floating metallic machine painted black, accented with green lines across it and a glowing green eye in the center. Mesmerized by this machine I couldn't answer, I let out an awkward gasp at a loss for words and comprehension.

"Duck!" She screamed.

I heeded to her warning as a blue flash of what seemed to be charged energy flew into the distance where my head was. Instinctively I rolled swiftly to a large rock to my left for a source of cover. I heard the same energy like shots impact the ground and rock that I was sheltered behind causing pieces of earth to fly through the air.

"Uh hello a little help here!" I yelled at the machine but she was gone. "Great now I'm alone, I was dead and now I'm going to die again. Perfect. Just my luck."

"Oh don't be silly Guardian I'd never leave your side."

The voice came from within me, I was so damn confused but knew I should stop asking questions and act. I sat there with my eyes closed listening and counting the time in between shots. I breathed and listened. It was barely a 5 second window...I peered to my right and saw rusted broken down cars and a forest beyond it. That'll have to do. I anticipated the next shot and started to run before it struck the rock, figured it'll buy me more time to reach my new cover and escape. I sprinted. A quarter of the way to the rusted car I heard the shot hit the rock, I smirked. Five. Nearly halfway there, this is gonna be close. Four. Halfway mark. My legs burned and buckled as I sprinted.

I yelled "Come on!"

Fueling my body with adrenaline pushing desperately. Three. I felt the sniper charging his rifle peering at me through its scope. Two. Damn I'm not going to make it! One.

"Guardian!"

I jumped as a last ditch effort to reach the car. I felt myself lift and then a sudden rush followed by nausea. There was a sudden rush of wind around my body.

I gripped my head "Ugh..I'm gonna be sick".

I slowly picked myself up from the ground. I rested on one knee trying to regain my composure.

"What the..?"

I was in the woods. Well more accurately I was on the ground of the woods with broken branches and leaves scurried through what looks to be an armor of some sorts.

"What just happened?" I asked the machine as I pulled a branch and leaves out of what seemed to be my helmet's rebreather.

The machine materialized in front of me. "Yes, simply put, you blinked. Which I might say is amazing at your level of development. That means you're either a warlock or hunter. Ooo I always wanted a warlock of my own!"

I was not as enthused as she was. "No this is blinking." I blinked my eyes annoyingly at her. "What was that?!"

"Guardian you're aware you have your helmet on and I can't see what you're doing, right?" She giggled and spun in a circle playfully. Defeated I looked down and thought to myself.

"This ain't going to be easy."

End of Chapter 1.