Hey guys! Link234521 here with a new story (well, not completely new)! So, since I decided to have the Second Arc/Season II a part of the original Destiny: Skyfall, I'm making the two arcs have separate stories for those that probably don't want to read an estimated 30-40 chapter story. Now, I wouldn't expect a lot of people to look at this and think that I'm just stupid or what not for making the two arcs separate, so yeah.

So, let me go over this again: this is only for those who think reading two arcs in the same story is tedious and time-consuming. However, if you don't care and are reading this for convenience, then be my guest. Besides, most of the overall content will be completely unchanged from the original story anyway. Enough blabbering from me, let's get this on the road already!

Author's notice: I, in no shape or form, own the Next Generation MMO Destiny. The video game belongs to Bungie.

You know what I hate about this right now?

Having a legion of pissed off Fallen and Hive Majors right on my tail. As soon as I see some cover, I dived over and huddled against it, loading out my shotgun and slamming the pump. I narrowly dodged a combination of a Shrapnel Launcher and a Hive Boomer, the Solar and Void fragments obscuring the right side of my helmet.

"Goddammit, I swear I'll kill him for this…" Taking a deep breath, I popped out of cover and started blasting the nearby majors with my Burden of Proof XI. Take cover when the knights and captains had their godforsaken weapons pointed at me, shoot at the Dregs and Acolytes, rinse and repeat. Did I mention I hate Shrapnel Launchers and Hive Boomers? No? Well now you know. That was until I ran out of ammo. I crouched back and started to reload my shotgun, only to realize I ran out of Special Ammo. I cursed under my breath.

Rez, if you don't get the hell over here and help me, I swear I'll─

The sudden sounds of a sniper and fusion rifle going off snapped me back to reality, followed by the sounds of ether hissing from Fallen heads and the crackling of the Hive disintegrating to dust. Who the hell just─?

"You asked for backup?" Standing before me was a Warlock and a Hunter, both armed with a Susanoo and Stillpiercer respectively. Ohohoho, how much I wanted to get back at the one who started all this. The Hunter had his hand out and instead, I gave him a left jab to the face. He staggered back in a comical fashion, later shaking his head and glaring at me under the Hive-like visor.

"What the hell was that for, Spectre?!"

"That was for making me the bait while you and Silver were trying to grab what we came for!" I yelled in his face, ready to pull out my New Monarchy shotgun and blast his face in. If you thought I ran out of ammo, I was lucky enough an ammo pack was on my side when the shooting stopped.

"All right you two, settle down, will you? You realize you two can settle this in the Crucible…again." Silver gave out a defeated sigh, know how well Rez and I are.

Oh, I forgot to give a proper introduction.

My name, as you already knew, is Spectre. As for my name, I have a good reason. Seeing as how most of my enemies can't see me coming a mile away, whether it's with my guns and/or my Raze-Lighter and Hammer of Sol, it's fair that I had a name to go with my reputation, despite being a Titan and going in guns blazing.

The idiot Hunter standing in front of me is Rez, a pretty sneaky bastard that almost gets away from everything. Quick on the trigger, but mostly sticks to the shadows like the Nightstalker he is. But once you give him a sniper rifle or any heavy-hitting weapon, you'd wish you'd die any other way than what Rez has in store for you. In fact, I don't even know how I even became friends with this guy. Oh wait: he scratched my back, and I scratched his. I got him the handcannon Thorn out of my own sanity, and he owes me a lot of Glimmer.

Silver, on the other hand, is pretty quiet like the Warlock he is. Although I don't get his deal with owls, especially with that helmet he's wearing and cracking his infamous 'Owl' jokes when the moment seemed right. He's just as smart as most Warlocks I've seen on the battlefront, but between the two of us, it's clear I was smarter since I took in a leadership like Commander Zavala. But out of Rez and Silver, it's the Warlock I'm most afraid of. Hell, I don't even know what to run from in the Crucible anymore: Silver's Bolt-Caster and Stormtrance or Rez's Arc Blade. Luckily, Silver doesn't get into the Crucible when Rez and I have one of our infamous 'fights over petty matters'. Either way, Arc damage doesn't like me. It doesn't like me, I hate it against me. Win-win right there.

"I will admit, Rez's plan was a bit…cheap. Seeing as the three of us had our swords ready, we could've taken a more direct approach."

"Hey! I'll let you know it was a good plan! I mean, the heavy hitter out of the three of us is Spectre, so it would be obvious that he'd deal with the majors!"

"Says the Hunter that has jacked up plans to date. If I had to pick between you and Cayde for a partner, I'd already turn to Cayde." I grumbled, wiping off the dirt and dust that settled on my helmet from the shrapnel launcher and hive boomer blasts.

As soon as I saw Rez pull out his Last Word on me, I immediately pointed my Burden of Proof XI at his face, finger on the trigger. Both of us grit our teeth under our helmets, fingers resting on our respective triggers. Friends we may be, but our dislike of each other puts us in mortal rivals. Soon enough, Silver steps in and pulls out his Hawkmoon, undoubtedly chambered with his Luck in the Chamber bullets ready to blast our heads off. Both of us knew how fast Silver can aim his weapons at multiple targets, and that includes us.

"…Crucible it is."

"Agreed, Rez." Both of us put our weapons down, as much as we wanted to just get it over it and get Silver to revive us after we blasted each other in the head. Either we shoot each other in the head or Silver shoots us in the head that hurts ten times as worse as my shotgun blast or Rez's Last Word with Aggressive Ballistics on.

My Ghost, which I had taken to name Primus, pops out of my pack on my side and hovers over my shoulder. "Primus, take us to orbit. We got the relic Banshee needed."

"Of course, Guardian." The Ghost chirped and clicked, starting the timer to get us back into orbit. In the five seconds until we were sent to our ships, I watched as the sun began to set, followed by a blanket of…'snow', as my human ancestors called it covering the ruins of Old Russia. I remember what Primus said every once in a while when we were on patrol: 'The Cosmodrome; a rusting monument before the Collapse. Someday we'll restore this place…right?' Under my helmet, I smirked. Yeah, we'll restore our home. Even if it takes a damn long time to take it back from the Fallen and maybe the Hive.

-Destiny-

"Banshee, we got the relic you asked from us."

"...Have we met?" the old Gunsmith asked, the artificial eyes zooming in on me as I put the relic, a DVALIN-class fusion rifle, down on the table. Just how senile was this Exo? It was then that the Exo noticed the handcannon holstered on my hip just below my knife on my mark. "Wait, I know that gun... Built it myself. How were you even able to...?"

"Banshee."

"I remember. I was just messin' with you, Spectre. No need to be so uptight."

I shrug. "I'll never be able to tell whether he's actually losing his memories or if he's just playing a joke."

"Says the human clone of Commander Zavala." I hear Rez mutter behind my back, followed by the sound of a Force Push igniting and silence following suit. From the corner of my gaze, I saw both Rez and Silver splitting up, undoubtedly to meet up with their individual factions in the Crucible. After the Crumble of the Black Garden, the three of us went our separate ways, but we still stuck with our respective vanguards. Of course, I was with the New Monarchy as Rez and Silver were sided with Dead Orbit and Future War Cult respectively.

"How the gun comin' along, Spectre?"

"What, you mean Skyfall?" I pulled out the handcannon from my hip holster, inspecting the beauty and sleekness it gave. "I'd never doubt your craftiness with guns, both performance and design-wise, but this one really takes the cake. It's everything I'd ever ask for if I was able to craft guns myself. Although reloading the thing takes up precious time."

"You asked for a handcannon that can annihilate any Vandal, Knight and Legionary in one Precision shot with the range of a pulse rifle. That was the best I can do. Don't worry, if the gun starts acting up, just send it to me and I'll see what's wrong with it. On the house for helping me out with finding relic weaponry."

"Thanks, Banshee."

"Oh yeah, before I forget, there's another order here. Can't remember who it's for." The Exo hands me a package and through the window I can see a handcannon very similar to mine, but has a silver-gray finish and a different emblem engraved next to the chamber. Wait, I only ordered for Skyfall, so whose custom handcannon is this...?

"Hello Banshee." I hear a female's voice behind me, chipper and eager as ever despite the crisis we're in with the Taken. Turning my head, I saw a Hunter standing beside me, helmet still on but her hood on her cloak was down. Oddly, she also has a bow and arrow across her back. Based on her voice, she's gotta be human or Awoken. Dammit, the similarities between both species are too in sync with each other...

"Howdy, Guardian."

"Do you have my custom order today?"

"Which one was that again? Because right now there are a lot of orders right now, both Foundry and custom. Aside from Spectre's Foundry orders, you two are the first of the day to collect them." A human I may be, but I think that Banshee's actually telling the truth here. It's Arms Day after all. Then again, I can't tell if this Exo's just pulling another joke on us.

"How could I forget?"

"Maybe you forgot to register your claim for your order?" I suggested, the female Huntress turning towards me. Jackpot.

"Oh crap, I did!"

"What did your custom order look like?"

"It's a handcannon, and it has a silver-like finish, and looks like yours─" I hold out the package in front of her as though to shut her up before she gets too technical with guns. As much as I don't have much of a thing with the chatty type, I can tell a weapon fanatic a mile away before it gets out of hand. "Oh, thank you! I thought Banshee threw this out the window!" she tore open the package like it was nothing and pulled out her handcannon. I was right. Her custom weapon was built the same way as Skyfall, even sharing the same frame. However, the engraved text next to the emblem read out in fine, calligraphic print 'Starfall'. Coincidence much? Maybe.

"Don't go too gung-ho with this, you hear me? Last thing I need is a broken barrel beyond repair."

"Thanks a lot, Banshee! Sorry for putting you through making a custom gun." As though the two had some backstory, she pulled out her Glimmer storage unit and started putting fistfuls on the table. However, Banshee brushed the pile aside like he wasn't interested.

"I don't need this much Glimmer. Only thing that matters is that you keep this thing in working condition."

"But, I owe you a lot of Glimmer to make you build it!"

"I changed my mind. Besides, you'll probably need all that Glimmer to upgrade your gear."

She pouted and started recollecting the pile of Glimmer from the table, her Ghost appearing and putting them back into storage. As I was holstering Skyfall and started to take my leave, the Huntress stopped me.

"Hey, thanks!" I turned around, nodding in response. She stepped down from the stairs. "I'm Reaper." Huh, looks like I'm not the only one that has an odd name as a human. Well, aside from Rez.

"It's nice meeting you, Reaper. I'm─"

"Spectre. You're the leader of The Ancient Vanguard." She interrupts my introduction. Who am I kidding? Every Guardian knows me and The Ancient Vanguard.

"Slayer of Atheon and Skolas, the Swarm Culler, even the Hive Conqueror."

"Now the Slayer of Crota."

"And what about you, miss Reaper?"

"I'm nothing special. Just a freelancer with a hot precision streak and a Fallen Conqueror," she crossed her arms, proving her standards. "I'm not sure if you heard of the 'Predator' from the other Hunters." Now that she mentioned it, Rez did talk about it once, during our Strike with Valus Ta'aurc. "Truth be told, the 'Predator' is me."

"I figured that bow and arrow isn't just for show, nor have I seen any other Hunters use one aside from the Nightstalker Super ability."

"Crafted it myself using a lot of the materials you'd find on Earth, the Moon, Venus and Mars. Plus some weapon parts and armor materials."

"Well, aren't you a crafty one?" I'll admit, never have I seen any Guardians try crafting their own weaponry since I was revived by Primus. I tried to make custom gauntlets after I first got to the Tower, but I failed. Only thing I'm good at is adding more Talent nodes to my weapons and armor...for now. "Still, it's pleasant meeting you."

"Likewise, Spectre." We shook hands and parted ways after we did our business with Banshee-44. As I went down the stairs to meet with Commander Zavala and the other vanguards after our mission on Phobos in the Hall of Guardians, I made a mental note to not forget Reaper. Her armor certainly made her live up to the title of Fallen Conqueror and Predator, but anyone can get that gear with enough marks. Yeah, call me skeptical, but I've seen plenty of Guardians claiming they were something great and fail to stand to their 'titles'. But that bow...something about it seems like something that most Guardians would like to use. Maybe one day I'll have her prove that she lives up to her title. Or I'll have a sparring match with her in the Crucible...

But first, debriefing the Vanguard on the situation with the Taken.

Then that Grudge Match with Rez.

Hope you guys enjoyed it! If you'd like more on this, just like, favorite, review and follow this and I'll supply! Supply and demand, readers!

Note: When I mentioned Reaper was a 'freelancer', I envision freelancers as Guardians without a group or clan in-game. Also, the deal with Spectre and his handcannon Skyfall? Homage to James Bond's two recent movies, Spectre and Skyfall.

Now, on with the appearance of my characters introduced:

Spectre:

Main Subclass: Sunbreaker (Talent Nodes used: Fusion Grenade, Increased Height (Lift), Suncharge (Hammer of Sol), Stoke the Forge (Sunstrike), Titan Codex III, Flameseeker, Titan Codex V, Cauterize)

WEAPONS (In order of usage):

Primary Weapon: Custom-made handcannon 'Skyfall' (Story exclusive, treated as an Exotic weapon), SUROS Regime (Self-alternates between Focused Fire and Spinning Up based on situation), SUROS ARI 41 & 45 (Both Focused Fire), Righteous VII (Same as SUROS ARIs), The First Curse

Special Weapon: Burden of Proof XI (Modified stock variant from Executor Hideo with Full Auto and compatible with High Caliber Rounds and Elemental Transfusion from Susanoo, as well as increased reload time and range than stock Burden of Proof XI models) Immobius, Conviction II, Antinomy XVI, customized Ironwreath-D (Black and gray instead of tan and green and implemented Fan Fire from the Last Word; fires rounds that have a similar impact to handcannons), The Chaperone

Heavy Weapon: 'Raze-Lighter' (not to be confused with the actual Raze-Lighter, this one was forged from materialized Solar energy without the jagged edges and shard of Willbreaker), SUROS JLB 47 & 42 (Both Cluster Bomb for crowd control), Objection IV

Ghost Shell: Dread Explorer lookalike

Helmet: Duskrender Type 0/Pandion Type 1 (with the Antigrav Thrusters perk from Empyrean Bellicose)

Gauntlets: Pandion Type 0 (with the Accelerant perk from Immolation Fists)

Chest: Duskrender/Pandion Type 0 (with the And Another Thing perk from the Armamentarium)

Legs: Dunemarchers (with story-exclusive bonus Exotic perk 'Gravity Stabilizer', allowing Spectre to wallrun and slide farther than normal)

Mark: Honor of Cormorant

Artifact: Scales of Eao

Shader: The Old Guard

Bio: A determined and strong veteran since the Crumble of the Black Garden, Spectre was a member of the Fireteams that slayed Atheon, Skolas, and Crota and was there when he saw the coming invasion of the Taken. A human he may be, but he has already earned a worthy reputation as one of his Titan brethren (like Vell Tarlowe, Holborn, Lord Shaxx, Saint-14, and Wei Ning) and can be considered to be the next vanguard to succeed Commander Zavala. However, Spectre declined the offer to take Zavala's place as he views the leader of the Titan vanguard as his mentor, hence his similar well-executed strategies and tactics. Now, he proceeds to take on Oryx and save the Traveler from the Darkness with his friends Rez and Silver-79 as the leader of a group dedicated to train new Guardians freshly picked by their Ghosts known as The Ancient Vanguard and as Fireteam Nero Bianco (Italian for 'Black White'.)

Rez:

Main Subclass: Nightstalker (Talent Nodes used: Vortex Grenade, Triple Jump (Double Jump), Quiver (Shadowshot), Vanish in Smoke (Smoke), Path Unknown, Lockdown, Way of the Fearless, Shadestep)

Primary Weapon: The Last Word, Ace of Spades, Häkke Judith-D and Gaheris-D (Both with Speed Reload, Triple Tap and Armor-Piercing Rounds)

Special Weapon: Stillpiercer (With added Explosive, Skip, Armor-Piercing and High Caliber Rounds for multiple combat versatility), Telesto, The 4th Horseman

Heavy Weapon: The Ash Factory (Variant with Tripod and Tracking perks), 'Dark-Drinker' (not the exotic version of Dark-Drinker, this one was forged from materialized Void energy, no shard of Willbreaker and is more sharper than the Exotic one was), SUROS JLB 42 & 47 (Same as Spectre's JLB launchers)

Ghost Shell: Vanguard Shell

Helmet: Aspriet 1.0

Gauntlets: Neuroghast 1.0

Chest: Aspriet 1.1

Legs: Heliopause Boots

Cloak: Solar Flayer Mantle

Artifact: Dredgen Yor's Rose

Shader: The Old Guard

Bio: A friend of Spectre's since they took down Sepiks Prime, Rez is, like his friend, a human veteran since the Crumble of the Black Garden and the slayings of Atheon, Skolas and Crota. Despite his insanely stupid plans and laidback personality, he's no slouch on the trigger of a gun. With Spectre and Silver, he is a part of The Ancient Vanguard and acts as the 'Cayde-6' of the group. That is true, seeing as how easily Cayde and Rez are risktakers with dumb plans in the field in both vanguards. That and they are buddies.

Silver:

Main Subclass: Stormcaller (Talent Nodes used: Storm Grenade, Balanced Glide (Glide), Ionic Blink (Stormtrance), Rising Storm (Thunderstrike), Arcane Force, Feedback, Divine Order, Perpetual Charge)

Primary Weapon: Tlaloc, Hawkmoon, Omolon Tuonela SR4 (Variant with Third Eye, Extended Mag and Rescue Mag)

Special Weapon: Susanoo, Häkke Strongbow-D, Omolon Thesan FR4

Heavy Weapon: 'Bolt-Caster' (Same as the above swords, forged from materialized Arc energy and has no shard of Willbreaker)

Ghost Shell: Brave Shell

Helmet: Haliaetus II

Gauntlets: Haliaetus II

Chest: Heart of the Praxic Fire (Praise the Sun Exotic perk replaced with Lightning Rod from The Impossible Machines)

Legs: Haliaetus II

Bond: Ebonthorn Bond

Artifact: The Traitor's Die

Shader: SUROS Minimalist

Bio: A Warlock taking under Ikora and Toland's work, Silver-79 is an Exo dedicated to his studies like all Warlocks, but takes it seriously and sometimes cracks a joke. Unlike Rez, Spectre met Silver upon seeking knowledge on the exotic bounty A Light in the Dark, much to the Warlock's fear of the weapon's dark history. As a part of the fireteams with Spectre and Rez, Silver takes on a more logical route and points out flaws in Spectre's tactics, even claiming that Omolon's weaponry were 'sheer perfection' and more damaging than normal bullets used by the conventional weapons, but occasionally uses bullets. He is also one of the Warlocks to not go insane during their studies, especially with Toland's work. However, he is not a permanent member of The Ancient Vanguard, but rather an honorary member since he finds his studies more important than anything else. Well, his studies and his friends who he has to calm down before they get out of hand outside the Crucible.

Reaper:

Main Subclass: Bladedancer (Talent Nodes used: Flux Grenade, Blink (Double Jump), Vanish (Arc Blade), Escape Artist (Blinkstrike), Path Unknown, Shadowjack, Way of the Drifter, Stalker)

Primary Weapon: Custom-made handcannon 'Starfall' (Story exclusive, treated as an Exotic weapon)

Special Weapon: hand-built bow and arrow 'Night Predator' (Story exclusive, treated as a Legendary weapon), Häkke Tamar-D

Heavy Weapon: 'Raze-Lighter' (same as Spectre's 'Raze-Lighter')

Ghost Shell: Frontier Shell

Helmet: Celestial Nighthawk (Big Game Exotic Perk replaced with a combination of Unstable Current from Mask of the Third Man and Sensor Pack from Knucklehead Radar)

Gauntlets: Kallipolis Grips

Chest: Crest of Alpha Lupi

Legs: Kallipolis Boots

Cloak: Strength of the Pack

Artifact: The Pahanin Errata

Shader: Superblack

Bio: Like most of her Hunter brothers and sisters, Reaper was a lone wolf that survived in the wilderness and ruins of Earth and found her way to The City like all new Guardians. However, she spent most of her patrols perfecting the ways of the Hunter both old and new, from tracking her prey to surviving out in the wilderness. In a way, Reaper is as mysterious as the Exo Stranger, but has a known reputation for silently hunting her enemies using a bow and arrow that grants her similar abilities to the Nightstalker subclass, thus being known as the 'Predator' among the Hunters. She was also one of the many Hunters that hunted down the House of Wolves after they broke free from the Reef, but spent most of the time before and since the Crumble of the Black Garden working missions for the Cryptarchs and the Vanguard. Despite her lone wolf demeanor, she is somewhat forgetful and clumsy outside the battlefront. After The Ancient Vanguard gained its fame and reputation, Reaper views Spectre as an idol and someone she wanted to be.