The Bane of the Dark Gods flew alongside the Aspect of Glass heading towards Earth. Chris, the pilot of the Bane of the Dark Gods, stayed silent as he flew with Valerie standing behind him in silence. Athena and Ceres were in the Aspect of Glass together talking about what all four of them had finally done. It was a terrifying fight for each of them to unite and escape their parents. Now the even riskier part of their plan was about to go into effect.

Chris knew Valerie well after all the times they had communicated, as well as communicating with Ceres and Athena. They knew the plan made by Athena and Valerie might work but they were all unsure of what would happen when they got close to the City.

Chris opened up the communications between their ships, "Athena, Ceres, you doing okay in there?" he asked just to make sure.

"Chris, we're fine, can you please stop asking so many times, we know you like to be a leader and all but you're being more concerned than usual," Athena replied with slight annoyance.

"Well we're getting closer and closer to the City, why else would he be asking?" Valerie said.

"I'm ready to try this out, maybe we'll have a chance that the Traveler won't shoot us down," Ceres said without worry.

"I hope not, follow my ship," Chris said starting to go into Earth's atmosphere and heading for the large clouds surrounding the City that were charged with lightning.

Almost immediately Chris' ship was hit by lightning. He quickly switched the communications channel to the one he knew was for the City since Athena had figured it all out. "Mayday mayday, anyone at the Tower, we got hit, we have two ships and we need a place to land before we crash into the City!" Chris shouted into the mic hoping for a response.

"This is Holliday, how close are you to the City?" the Shipwright at the Tower asked.

"Well we're about 6 seconds in the cloud, we don't know how far that is since it's our first time to the City, where's the place to land?!" Chris shouted knowing they had only three seconds before they could slow down.

"Land in the Hangar, I'm clearing it out right now," Holliday said clearing it out.

"Chris what are we doing?!" Athena shouted getting hit by more lightning.

"Land in the Hangar, we're breaking through in 3, 2, 1, break!" Chris shouted going through what appeared to be the end of the cloud and immediately heading for the Hangar. "Valerie, switch the controls to patrol, fast!"

"On it!" Valerie said switching multiple controls to slow the ship. The ship immediately slowed enough so that they could pull into the Hangar safely.

"We're in patrol mode too," Ceres said on the comms.

"We're gonna get a small crowd of Guardians so be careful with how you act guys," Athena said knowing how bad it could go.

"Let's introduce ourselves," Chris said before switching to Tower comms. "We're pulling in now, we'll be careful," he said slowly going in the Hangar. The Aspect of Glass pulled in alongside his and the ships turned off after being correctly positioned.

Chris and Valerie got out of the Bane of the Dark Gods as Athena and Ceres got out of the Aspect of Glass. Both ships looked like they had taken a beating from the Traveler as they went through what took down most Fallen and Hive ships.

"That was a close call," Ceres said smiling.

"Yeah, let's go meet the Speaker now that we survived," Athena said looking at the crowd of Guardians.

"Let's go," Chris said walking forward and through the crowd that backed off as he walked as if he had a dark aura, and the same could be said for the others.

The four of them walked through the main area into the place where the Speaker stayed. He looked down at some reports before he faced them. His face was covered by his simple yet elegant armor and his posture changed as if he were uneasy.

"I can see that you are not Guardians. You seem very corrupted, so I ask one thing: who are you, and what is your purpose here?" the Speaker asked still maintaining his monotone voice in spite of his nervousness.

"I am Chris, son of Crota, who is the son of the Taken King," Chris said.

"I am Athena, daughter of Atheon, Time's Conflux," Athena said.

"The name is Ceres, son of Skolas, Kell of Kells," Ceres said.

"And I am Valerie, daughter of Valus Trau'ug, leader of the Broken Legion," Valerie said.

"So you four are children of some of the darkest enemies we have. If that is so, how did you get through the barrier surrounding the City, and how did you four escape from your individual parents?" the Speaker said interested.

"We barely made it through the barrier. The only reason I can think of for us being able to pass through completely is that we are not completely corrupted by the Darkness. Each one of us have met each other several times before now, as we could travel to meet with each other. Our parents saw it as a possible alliance of all the dark armies, but now they are probably wanting a chance to kill each other accusing the others of treachery," Athena explained.

"Then why did you come here, do you believe that we could protect you?" the Speaker said not as nervous anymore.

"We wish to fight against the Darkness as an ally to you. It goes against every instinct we have and we refuse to listen to them. If any of our parents decided to attack we could be the difference between victory and the Light being stamped out," Valerie explained with a very definitive tone.

"I know now that since you have admitted to wanting a chance to join us you may be able to pass through the barrier without harm. But I cannot guarantee it. You may need to communicate with the Traveler directly as I do, it will be a challenge for you four. Do you believe you can handle it?" the Speaker said with concern for them.

"Each one of us broke away from some of the most hateful beings. We've got this," Ceres replied confidently.

"Very well. You must close your eyes and will your Light, or in this case your Darkness, to the Traveler's soul. I wish you the best of luck," the Speaker informed them.

"Let's go," Chris said closing his eyes with the other three doing the same.

They each felt their souls drift further from their bodies as they went to speak with the Traveler. When they opened their eyes they were inside the Traveler, not within their own bodies. The sound of footsteps brought the four's attention to behind them, where a woman with solar orange hair, purple eyes that drew all of their attention and an electric blue dress was walking towards them looking unhappy.

"You four should not be permitted here. If you have a reason for coming to speak with me then please make haste with it. It takes more strength than one may think to speak with you," the woman said.

"We came to speak with the spirit of the Traveler, because we may be children of the Darkness but we could be the only thing that could save the Light from a massive attack by the Darkness," Chris explained.

"And what makes you believe that you could convince me that you are here to protect me?" the apparent spirit of the Traveler questioned.

"Because we know how our parents will act, and how to fight against some of the most powerful legions. We possess the ability to cut every last dark soldier down that stands before us. And if we wanted to harm you we would've just flown our ships right into you possibly causing lots of harm to you," Valerie explained.

"Perhaps you could be helpful fighting against my ancient enemy. If I do let you pass through the barrier the same way all Guardians do so that you won't be hunted down, I only ask of one thing from you. Please try not to corrupt the Guardians by accident, I don't know what could happen if any were corrupted by you, some were corrupted before and betrayed us before being defeated in the end. I don't want you four turning on us," the Traveler explained.

"We don't betray anyone who won't betray us. When we're on the same side we stick to it, unlike my dad, so you just have to worry about your Guardians asking us to do stuff for them that might be bad," Ceres replied.

"Very well. You may come and go to the City as much as you want unless you betray us. I'm putting a lot of trust in you four in the hopes that I could someday regain the power that the Darkness took from me. Good luck to you in getting along with the Guardians," the Traveler said with finality before she waved her hand and the four were in their own bodies and facing the Speaker again.

"Well, we got her trust. Where will we be staying?" Athena asked the Speaker.

"I think it's best if you are in some private barracks, just for the four of you. I can have the Vanguard escort you there, they are the most trusted Guardians other than me. Watch that the factions don't influence you, they seem to not have faith in what gave them the Light,. And I believe a fitting name for your group would be the Shadows," the Speaker told them before summoning the Vanguard.

As they were escorted to their barracks, Ikora Rey, the Warlock Vanguard, asked them if they could show the Vanguard what they were capable of in the Crucible the next day, to get an idea of how powerful they could be as a unit. They agreed to have the new team of the Shadows go against the Vanguard and Lord Shaxx in a Skirmish match with fireteams of 4. They would fight in Twilight Gap, which would certainly prove an interesting battle with revival of the Shadows through the Darkness they had been born with and the experience along with the Light that the Vanguard's team had. Tomorrow was the beginning of their true recruitment, and a chance to prove how powerful they were.