"Hello! Traveler to Ed! You in there?" I snapped out of my thoughts as my teammate, Orisa, spoke to me. "Are you okay, Ed? You seem to be zoning out much more than usual." I turn to see my other teammate, Jade. I nod. "Okay. Just... try to focus more right now, alright?" "HEY! What's the hold up? Come on! We have a leviathan emperor to loot!" All three of us turn to see three other guardians, collecting their rewards. Oh that's right. We just finished raiding a cabal emperor. I honestly thought it was going to be harder. Then again, we are one of the most prestigious fireteam from the Vanguard. We went to get our loot. Huh. I got Wings of Sacred Dawn. Sweet. Could help me with Dawnblade. "WHAT?!? WHY DOES ED GET AN EXOTIC AND I GET A LEGENDARY?!?" I immediately jump back and cower in fear as Emily had a sudden outburst. Oh yeah. My team consists of girls. I don't know why either. Zavala just called me in one time to tell me I have a fireteam of 5, me being the last and youngest of the team. I met Jade first since she was already there. Jade is a Titan, human, subclass being Sunbreaker. Very calm and passionate about others. Almost like a mother protecting her offsprings, especially around me. However, I have seen another side of her that not alot of people really know. I've seen what has happened when she's enraged as a Sunbreaker. I... rather not remember. Then there's Orisa. She's a Hunter, Awoken, subclass: Arcstrider. I met her after Jade introduced herself to me. Opposite to Jade, Orisa is more of an outgoing person, moving more freely, yet reckless at the same time. She's like an overprotective, mischievous older sister. Me? In a sense, I'm basically everything, mainly Warlock. The reason for this is because I've studied under everyone. Ranging from the Iron Lords, to the Vanguard,to the Awokens in the Vestian outpost, even to Mercury, where it's only for Titans. Even so, I'm a Warlock, human, main subclass being Voidwalker (since I practically mastered every subclass). "Emily did you really have to scream? Look, you got Ed all startled." Jade said as she came to relax me. "But it's not fair! He has the one I've been looking for, Wings of Sacred Dawn, and he gets it first try!" "Then again, he was the one doing the most damage to Emperor Calus. So he kind of deserves the credit." Jasmine spoke as she was walking towards me and patted me on the back. I felt another pair of arms wrap around my shoulders. I look up to see Angelica. "Oh you must be so tired, always Nova Bombing and using Hammer of Sol on that Cabal. So big boy, want me to carry you to the ships~?" I stare at her, slowly processing what she said. Once realizing it, a blush slowly crawled it's way to my face, thankfully my robe is a bit big for me, thus reaching up to my mouth. I look down, pulling the robe higher to cover my cheeks. "Aww~! Is Ed embarrass?" "Angelica, please stop messing around with him like that. It's weird." Emily commented on the actions that had transpired. My second half of the fireteam, Angelica, Jasmine, and Emily. Let's start with Jasmine. She's a Hunter, Awoken, subclass: Nightstalker. She is the more reasonable friend of our bunch. Always the voice of logic. Next is Angelica. Titan, Awoken, subclass: Striker. She, unfortunately, is the more perverted one in our small group of friends. Always flirting with me at any opportunity possible, or making sexual jokes. Last but not least, Emily. She's a Warlock, human, subclass: Stormcaller. Emily is probably the most childish one of the group. She always complains when I get better things than her or the fact that I've mastered the subclasses. Once again, like an older sister. "We should inform the Vanguard that our raid was successful. Ghost?" A little machine popped out of thin air into Jade's hand. "Yes, Jade?" "Please inform Zavala that we succeeded in our mission. Also tell home that we are on en route back to the tower." "Sure thing Jade. Do you also want me to bring the ships to us?" "No thanks Ghost. It's time for Angelica to do that honor." "HEY!" Everyone starts to laugh while Angelica burns with annoyance.
The raid was successful, yet something was off. It felt like when we were in the dreadnaught to take down Oryx, the Taken King. Emily and I couldn't sleep for a week after that raid. Anyways, the feeling was void, almost like there's something hidden in plain sign. As we were flying back, my jumpship, the Waning Star, started to send out alarms. "Guys, are you getting the alarms?" Jade questioned as the rate of the alarms' noise increased. "Yeah, but from what? The Cabals arent here, the Vex can't teleport to space, Fallen can't really get to where we are, and the Taken can't spawn in the middle of nowhere. So what is this?" Orisa stated over the beeps and clicks. "Ed, any ideas?" I thought for a moment. "My guess is that something is near us but we can't see it. Almost like a... portal." I slowly spoke as a rift immediately opened up. The wosrt part... we were heading straight for it at a high speed. Along with the gravitational pull of the rift, there was no escape. "Girls, I need you to stay close to my ship. We're going through." "Ed, are you crazy?!? Where did that thing even come from anyways?!?" "Angelica listen to me! We can't get out of the gravitational pull that rift has on us! Even if we slow down it's still too strong for us to get out. So I need you to move closer in a diamond formation. I'll lead. Understood?" No one responded. Instead, they moved to the formation given. "If we don't make it, just know that I enjoyed being with you girls." "Likewise Ed" was the last sentence I heard before going through the portal.