Hey, everyone! It's me!

The guy who broke the promise of bringing a story to you in two to five weeks but prolonged it to a couple months after the game released.

*Audience boos and throws tomatoes*

HEY! HEY! Take it easy alright! I slacked off okay?! I'm willing to admit that.

Ahem.

Anyway, I'd like to start off by saying the rewrite of this story is now underway and hopefully I get it right this time. Why? Because I realized there were lots of things wrong with the last one. Preferably characterization from the OC's/main characters. But I'm aiming to fix that in this rewrite by giving our main protagonist, Jax, a bit more personality leaning toward Cayde's but keeping him smart at the same time.

'Cuz y'know. We all love Cayde and all but... let's be honest. He can be reckless. Which is probably one of the reasons we like him after all.

Another thing I want to state is that Jax's Ghost's name has been changed from Jiro to... well, I don't wanna be a spolier. And that the time setting has been set near the end of Destiny 2's base story in the second to last mission 1AU. When Jax and his Ghost will crash somewhere in RWBY Vol. 3's timeline... well, like I said before. I don't wanna spoil that for you.

Here's a hint though: It's near the end of that volume.

But I'm sure you've heard enough of me yapping. Here are the disclaimers.

Disclaimers: RWBY - Rooster Teeth; Destiny Series - Bungie

Now without further ado... LET'S GET DANGEROUS!

The Almighty.

The crowning jewel and pride of the Red Legion.

This massive superweapon was life's work of their leader Dominus Ghaul who repeatedly used it destroy stars and their systems of those who continued to rebel against him. Many worlds and species had met their ends because of this leading to much of the Red Legion's victories over their losses. Now, it stood in orbit of the Solar System's sun linking itself through a beam that would destablize its magnetic field after obtaining the Traveler's Light and initiate a system wide supernova. Humanity's extinction was near and inevitable despite their continued resistance against the Red Legion.

However, that wouldn't be the case for long.

A Red Legion ship approached the landing of the Almighty was expected to board a high-ranking Cabal officer to which none of the others suspected a thing. Instead, a male hooded figure ordained in blue and orange armor exited the ship without ordaining much suspicion as he prepped his kinetic weapon.

An utter deception that would cost the Cabal dearly.

"Vanguard, Volt and I made it on the Almighty. All prepped for assault."

"Good. Find the ship's central core and disable its weapon system. Your best option would be to follow the fuel stream." A feminine voice responded.

"Got it, Ikora." The armored and hooded character nodded replied back, taking a look a the line which carried various rocks and minerals aboard it. He loaded his suppressed rifle. "Let's do this, Volt."

"Right behind to you, Jax." A robotic, masculine voice responded in his helmet.

The Hunter, Jax, jumped down from the platform and spotted a group of Legionaries and a couple Psions stationed from his view.

Before it even knew it, a Legionary took a few critical shots before its helmet was shot off, releasing air and fluids which was contained inside in order to keep it living. Its other comrades took notice of this and began firing back at the Hunter as he continued to burst through their defenses on board the ship to the core. The Red Legion may have been a well-trained, elite unit, but now found themselves outmatched by the lone fighter.

And if that weren't humiliating enough, this was the same Guardian who had yet to fully embrace the light again.

Jax Pyralis Blackwood had been a Guardian for a few months before the attack on the city began. It was only days after this event he had been taken under the wing under Veteran Titan Kilera Lojir (The Young Wolf) after her partner, Jethor-4, was nowhere to be found after the assault. The loss of her long time partner had affected the Awoken more than she realized when she began to push herself in the Crucible to point where even Shaxx was concerned.

It was only until then that said Crucible watcher/coach/drill sergeant convinced her to focus on helping out the initiates who still needed a reality check on what just happened. Fortunately, there seemed to be gradual improval to take the fight back to Red Legion but only a select few managed to catch Kilera's eye.

And that one Guardian happened to Jax himself.

What was a mystery to Kilera was the situation Jax was in. The new Hunter was a… special case. When he tried to get his light back, the crystal from which his Ghost tracked did not contain enough Light. He regained his healing factor and could dodge but lacked any elemental type of Super, their abilities, and wasn't immortal. That didn't stop him from going into the few Crucible matches and becoming one of the top initiates that made him the one to watch.

Even Kilera, despite reprimanding the Hunter for his self-recklessness, was amazed by his skill and courage when she learned why he kept sneaking back into the Crucible against Shaxx's orders in different armor outfits.

"He shows a lot of promise." He said to her one day.

Strangely enough, Jax did remind Kilera of herself. Skillful, courageous, and somewhat reckless at the same time. Still, throughout their campaign against the Red Legion, both had considered themselves be brother and sister.

For Kilera, a bulky sister with a hot streak, but soft centered nonetheless.

She was understandably reluctant to let the Hunter take Thumos's ship to the Almighty and disable it himself. However, Jax reassured her saying that he'd return in one piece and be back in time to take back the city against the Red Legion. He made a promise to her.

If he broke that promise, Kilera said she'd punch him for it. Dead or not dead, much to Jax and Volt's confusion.

After dropping the squads, the Hunter and Ghost caught a good glance of the Almighty's laser beam connected to the sun

Jax groaned in frustration. "Great, the weapon's already in play. Are we done for already?"

"Not yet. You need to disconnect the link between the Almighty and the sun before it disrupts the sun's magnetic field."

"...And everything goes BOOM." The Hunter Vanguard added.

Jax proceeded to eliminate a few more Legionaries as he ran down the pathway which connected to another part of the starboard landing. He quickly took cover as a turret off to side quickly shot solar rounds his direction. He quickly shot down the turret in response. More solar rounds were heading his way as a squad of Psions being led by a Gladiator, who was rushing, were in formation. He quickly switched to his exotic RPG and let all the missiles find their marks and eliminated the stragglers.

Jax looked toward the other side where there was a side entrance into the ship. His next objective had already been marked on his HUD. He let Volt hack his way into the console to extend the bridge toward the right side. As the bridges began to connect, more ships took position on the bridge and began deploying a staggering amount of War Beasts being led by an Incubator and a couple Phalanxes from behind them against the Hunter. In response, he tossed out a few fragmentation grenades and was able to take out a good number of them before letting his kinetic do the talking.

As he advanced up the bridge, the Hunter shot the helmet of a Legionary which just so happened to land right in his path toward the core. As their comrade's body was laid waste to the lack of fluid and air it needed, more Cabal units were deployed to the front of the bridge as Psions tried to get a bead on the Guardian. But all of them eventually met their end as the Hunter stomped on them easily and began to go into the Mineral Processing Area.

"Okay, we're inside." Volt updated the Vanguard.

"Good. Our forces are moving into position outside the City Walls. Your signal will start the assault." A professional, hard-stoned voice followed.

"Copy, Zavala. We'll get the job done." Jax replied as he vaulted over a few crates.

He soon entered a room where explosive barrels and rocks were scattered across the room. He went toward the opening of the grinder where he shot down a pair of Legionaries. However, the tunnel was blocked with thick rock material.

"We're going to have to find another way. There's a machine not too far from here that's connected to the grinder. All we have to do is find whatever fuels it." Volt suggested.

Jax followed the mark on his HUD where the machine was and looked around from the source. And took note of the hologram showing Mercury being taken apart by the Almighty.

"Whoa…" Jax marveled at the destruction the Red Legion was doing.

"It looks like they're using Mercury as fuel for the Almighty." Volt noted solemnly. "It's hard to believe that this is one of our planets being dug up here."

"There's still plenty of planet left. We'll take care of it."

"Always the optimist, huh, Cayde?" Jax responded with a smile.

"You know it."

The Hunter found a pile of fusion cells lying across the ground, picked up one of them and placed them into the machine. The grinder off to the side started closing and the drill started spinning on the inside.

It would've been a straightforward rest to see what would happen. That was until the alerts nearby caused various Red Legion units to be deployed inside Mineral Processing.

"And of course, the grinder's connected to the alarms." Jax deadpanned casually as they started to get closer.

He took cover behind a nearby rock and fired his kinetic toward an explosive barrel causing the ensuing combustion to take out a rushing pair of War Beasts and an approaching Gladiator. Jax quickly switched to his Valakadyn and pressed the trigger letting solar rounds find their marks against another Gladiator. The butcher dodged off to the left to gain breathing room only to cooked by a frag grenade tossed off to where he took cover. Jax then turned his attention to another straggler toward his right and let the round pierce the brawler's armor. He dodged back using his air pads from his armor, reloaded his rifle, and at the same time narrowly avoiding the cuts from the Gladiator. The Hunter threw his knife and it found its mark on the helmet causing the Gladiator's body flop down. He quickly took back the knife and shook off some the blood stains off.

A trio of Phalanxes fired as soon as the Hunter step off of cover. Jax quickly returned to his safe spot and did the same when he shot the center of one's shield make him vulnerable and shot off his helmet. The same had been done to the others as the met their end.

Another wave was coming. This time, the Hunter made short work of the new enemies from his Wardcliff Coil; the missile barrage setting off the explosive barrels in the middle of the room intensifying the explosions. He reloaded as the last wave was coming in range and fired off another barrage of rockets finishing off a duo of Incubators and a Legionary. He swiftly shot back of another Incubator fueling pack causing a small explosion to stagger another pair of Legionaries. Jax made quick work of them and reloaded his energy rifle as a high-ranking Centurion was advancing toward him. He pressed the trigger once as the Centurion fired back. It staggered after its shield had combusted upon him after taking solar damage.

Angered, the Centurion pulsed his blade out and stomped toward the Hunter as he moved around. When it got in range, the soldier swung only for it be ducked by the Hunter and returned by a knife to the chest. The soldier grimaced in pain giving the Hunter another opportunity to slit its neck and leave its body to fall down, leaving the Guardian to reload his weapons.

By the time the assault ended, the grinder had cleared a way for the Hunter and he was already sprinting through.

"Zavala, your group is in position at the City's perimeter." Ikora had contacted through the channel. Good. Teams were already moving in to get ready for the final assault. The Hunter was already about halfway to the core.

"Understood. Preparing to go radio silent. We can't give the Red Legion any warning." The Titan Vanguard responded.

As the Hunter began to move closer toward the core, the fighting became more intense as the Red Legion did their best to hold back the Guardian. But a few bullets and solar projectiles to their heads said otherwise. He made short work of the War Beasts and other Red Legion soldiers inside. Even with advanced weaponry at their disposal, the Hunter still found a way through their defenses.

Jax made his way on the other side of the room and looked outside where the sunlight was raining down its solar rays with fire down on the ship.

"Sooo… the only way out is… through there?" Jax questioned feeling uneasy about this.

"Yup…" Volt answered, also feeling uncomfortable.

"And… there's no vent or something we could sneak through?"

"Unfortunately."

The Hunter shurgged. "Eh, it's nice to get a tan before you die, right Volt?"

Volt only groaned in response.

The Hunter stepped into another room and was stopped as the other door opening and was met with a small explosion. The outside was raining down constant fire from the sun. The Hunter took one final sigh before he sprinted outside, his shields being seared from burning rays in close proximity.

"Stay in the shadows! The shadows!" Volt screamed frantically.

"Yeah, I know how to live!" Jax yelled back.

The Hunter advanced up and took cover behind a flap where two Legionaries were waiting to ambush him. Both launched their grenades toward the Guardian forcing him to advance forward. They both fired at him as the Hunter was able to shoot them both down with his Call to Serve rifle. His shields had nearly been depleted as a result of transitioning out of cover. He stayed behind the raised platform and began firing on a squad of Legionaries separated on along two pathways. Their bodies had turned to ash after being shot down.

Jax's shields recharged as he reloaded another magazine into scout rifle. He continued through the raining fire until he reached the other platform on the left side. He made quick work of the next batch of soldiers as they tried to use their pads to jump toward him. Jax took out the final Legionary before making it back inside the room and let his armor repair itself.

The Hunter let out a relaxed sigh. "Whoo, I will never complain about being cold ever again." Jax had finally started his way through another room and updated the Vanguard. "Okay, Vanguard, I'm making my way through the Sunside."

"Good. It's time for me to go, Pyralis. You know your path. You don't need our guidance anymore." Ikora Rey replied. "If my journey ends today… then I face it gladly."

"Kick 'em where it hurts, Ikora." Jax replied solemnly.

"With pleasure, Hunter. Best wishes to you as well." Jax couldn't help but grin at the encouragement that of all people the Warlock Vanguard sent him.

"Impressive." Volt stated as a wave of Cabal was heading towards Jax. "I think you've managed to make a friend of her."

"Eh…it's no big deal." Jax shrugged it off as he shot down one of the Psion from the top platform.

"It's a huge deal." His Ghost objected profoundly as the Hunter fired at the incoming War Beasts, Incubators and Gladiators while avoiding the other Psion's sniper shots. "A lot of Warlocks aren't really ones for making friends, and Ikora is no exception. They mostly rather focus on their studies and learn new combat techniques and powers in turn the tide in fight, or find out the mysteries this universe has to offer. Even Kilera told us that she was one of Jethor-4's first true and only friends."

After finishing off a number of the units, Jax switched back to his energy weapon and fired at a Gladiator off to the side. "Well to be fair, I'm also not one for making friends either." He paused when he dodged a melee attack from the lightning bruiser and knocked him on the ground with a deadly punch.

Volt started to laugh. "Ah, yes. I remember that one time you were dealing with that Awoken Hunter and she-"

"Volt."

"Yes?"

"Never under any circumstance mention her again." Jax said with a clenched teeth and dark grin under helmet and afterwards shot down the last Psion in the room.

Volt laughed nervously. "Who her?"

Jax's smiled turned bright and non-threatening. "Atta boy."

As soon as he reached up the top of the platforms, made work of more Cabal soldiers, he was already heading into another room.

"Heads up, Pyralis." Cayde-6 piped up on the channel. "Hawthrone says we're reaching the insertion point, and I'm not big on goodbye scenes. So you do… what you gotta do. Make it out alive, okay? I need someone who gets my jokes and...you know how Kilera is with losing one of her closest friends."

"Don't worry. After this is over, I'll get her some spicy ramen." Jax reassured.

"Heh, you might have to give her more than that after this." And with that Cayde had finally gone radio silent.

This was it. Jax was nearing the final stretch of the main conflict. Vanguard had already said their goodbyes in order to keep radio chatter down to a minimum so the Red Legion wouldn't be prepared for the their surprise attack. All he had to was rid the system of the Almighty, the sun would safe, the retaliation on the city would be made by both civilians and Guardians alike, the Traveler would be set free, and the Guardians would finally reclaim all their connection along with their powers.

Inside nearing the central core, the last Psion was dropped after suffering a brutal headshot. The live Guardian stood over it as his a gray construct with teal painted around its optic along with two black stripes commenced a wide scan of the area.

"All clear. The Red Legion aren't making it easy on us." Volt said after a while.

"Since when has saving the system been easy for Guardians?" Jax chuckled a little.

"Back when only we had to worry about was Sepiks Prime."

"Pfft, I still can't believe the greatest threat to humanity back then was just a scrappy pinball."

The Ghost Unit phased back into the Hunter's helmet. "You'd be surprised at what the Darkness throws at us every once in awhile."

"Been there." Was the Hunter's response. Even in only weeks of combat, the Hunter had been some... bizarre stuff.

And had a prosthetic leg to tell the tale.

Immediately after, Jax found himself in front of a tube ventilating some dirt and rocks. "So… you sure this'll take us straight to the core, Volt?"

"Not exactly. Schematics show it's connected to the core, but we'll filtered out the tube. You'll have to fight your way through the Cabal along the pathway."

"More rhino hunting then. Perfect." Jax quipped. He took once last glance at the tube and shrugged. "Welp, here goes nothing."

The Hunter then stepped into the tube and felt its strong force pull him in as the minerals pelted the back of his armor. He glanced off toward the side as he saw the Almighty's laser linked toward the sun as it was attempting to disrupt its magnetic field.

'Don't worry Big Yellow. I'm coming for ya.' The Hunter thought to himself.

"You do realize the sun isn't really a person right?"

"Shh. It's a dramatic moment." Jax chided to his Ghost.

They continued in silence until the Hunter was dropped out of the tube and onto solid ground into a room full of giant pipes. As he traversed through, the Hunter heard the sound of Cabal soldiers as if they were having a conversation with each other. As soon as the sliding door opened, Jax hit them both with solar rounds from his Valakadyn.

He took a peek down below him and found a sight that seemed too good to be true.

"Wow, Interceptors. You'd think they keep the big guns away from us…" Jax mused to himself as he neared them.

He climbed into the vehicle and immediately directed fire to Red Legion units unfortunate enough to be or get in his path. The Hunter directed dual shots at two Legionaries before they could even stick a grenade to his vehicle; the ensuing explosion intensifying the damage. More units were coming into the way of stopping the Guardian by any means they could, but to no avail whatsoever.

Soon enough, the Hunter and Ghost caught the full glimpse of the central core powering the beam toward the sun.

"Wow… just… wow…" Volt marveled at the sight of the size.

"I guess it's not Cabal unless it can oversize Cayde's ego." Jax replied through the psychic link.

"Nothing can oversize Cayde's ego."

'Touché.'

The Hunter thrusted the Interceptor forward, running over an unfortunate pair of Legionaries that futily shot solar rounds which barely damaged the vehicle. Jax released a few more shots near explosive barrels and another onslaught against more Cabal being deployed to stop him. He spotted a coolant vent off to side which kept the weapon functioning. As he waited for it to open, the weapon fired off a pulse toward the sun, the vibrations being felt at the core and noise almost deafening. After the quake had settled, the vent opened up to release any hot air, giving the Hunter the opportunity to damage the vent. He let loose five shots toward the vent causing it to dismantle.

"That's one!"

Jax narrowed his eyes before he boosted the interceptor on the other side with more Cabal guarding the vent. He returned fire toward the aliens in order to delay him from saving the sun. After eliminating the squad, another pulse shook the central room even harder as the blue from the core shone brighter and seemingly pushed power to the weapon even more. When it ended, the vent opened up allowing the Hunter to assault the coolant with Interceptor shots.

"That's two! Where's the last vent?"

"At the center. It should be ventilating the core."

Jax activated the booster of the vehicle, ignoring gunfire from the Cabal on the current side he was speeding away from. He was met with a fireteam of Phalanxes and Psions using their combined firepower to stop the Hunter. Their efforts were met with heavy solar shots as they were able to damage the vehicle to an extent but were unable to stop the Guardian. A third pulse shook the Almighty's central room even harder than the first. Time was running out. The core needed to be destroyed immediately to prevent the sun's magnetic field from being disrupted. When the doors opened, a pair of Legionaries were ready to attack the lone fighter. He ignored them anyway as he focused his attention on damaging the central vent. After it received sufficient damage, Jax then shifted his attention on eliminating both combatants from the field quickly.

"How's the weapon, Volt?" Jax requested an update.

"Temperature levels are rising, but it's not enough. We need to disrupt the core itself in order to disable the Almighty. You'll have to figure out a way to overload the electron reservoir." Volt replied.

Jax hmph'ed in response. The Red Legion really wouldn't go down without a fight. It was something to be expected from the Cabal anyway.

No matter.

It's just like Shaxx said: If the Cabal want war, give them war.

Then so he will.

He pushed through the room where the vent was and took down a Legionary as it stumbled from the bullets received until it dropped dead. The Hunter hopped and found a fusion cell sticking out of a column. He grabbed it and ran through the heated plates which burning through his shields. The Hunter finally saw a reactor hole and proceeded to dunk the fusion cell inside just before the Almighty could power up its beam once more.

All in all, the Almighty's core had been destroyed and its link with the sun was no more.

Explosions rocked throughout the Almighty. Any stragglers that were abroad the sun destroyer ran toward their ships and desperately tried to get clear from collapsing areas. Some were unfortunate and got caught in the explosions. Meanwhile, the Guardian was doing an evacuation of his own and jumped up on top of the reactor platform and sprinted down the line.

"Volt, where's our ride?!" Jax screamed through the explosions rocking the Almighty.

"I'm bringing the ship around! Just keep going!" Volt exclaimed as the Guardian kept going. His progress did not falter as excessive heat was searing at his shields and as minor explosions rocked in front of him. "Zavala, the weapon's destroyed! Start the attack!" As he neared the end of the line, Jax spotted the stolen Cabal ship above at the end of the platform. As he stopped from under, Volt prepared the transmat into the ship.

"We're done here. Let's go home."

And with that, both the Ghost and Guardian were ported into the ship's piloting seat and were already set to take off to Earth.

Jax let a smile to himself tightened his seatbelt. "Here we go."

The ship's thrusters kicked in as they escaped from the Almighty's blast radius in the nick of time. The once prized trophy weapon of the Dominus Ghaul was nothing more than a piece of worthless scrap floating between Mercury and the sun.

At long last after weeks of hard conflict, the Red Legion was finally about to suffer their biggest humiliation yet at the hands the Guardians. Light or no Light.

After finding his confines comfortable and optimal air levels kicking in, Jax removed his helmet. His face revealing to have brown skin, spiky hair, and black eyes along with dark eyebrows.

He let out a relaxed sigh as he requested his Ghost for a status update. "So, how are we on the way back?"

"One of the thrusters is running a little hot, no doubt from being in close proximity to the sun's solar rays, but the coolant systems should bring it down to optimal levels." Volt answered scanning at the screens. "We'll be able to get back to the City by the time the attack starts."

Jax grinned as he piloted the ship. "Heh, Marcus so owes me 50 Glimmer when this blows over."

"Yeah… wait, what?" Volt turned to his Guardian incredulously. "Why would you bet your life for Glimmer?!"

Jax rolled his eyes. "Relax, Volt. I bet him that I wouldn't stranded on another planet riding this ship. I wouldn't take up something that'd I knew I absolutely wouldn't win."

"That's what you said before you were beaten in a punching contest against a Striker." Volt deadpanned when he turned to him.

Jax cringed and shuddered at the memory as he unconsciously rubbed his cheek. "I can still feel the aftershocks in my cheekbone." He rose up with an easy shrug. "But hey, you live, you learn, you die, and then you live again."

Volt rolled his optic (as much as a Ghost could anyway). "Thankfully, you learn."

"Yeah…" The Hunter then blinked and turned to his friend with a confused yet slightly annoyed expression. "Wait, what do you mean 'thankfully'?"

Before Volt could retort with another quip, an explosion rocked the entire ship, catching both parties inside off guard.

Jax's eyes widened as he looked all around. "Whoa, what in the ace of spades?!" Another blast caused the Hunter to release a surprised 'Gah!' as he frantically asked his Ghost was hitting them.

"Bringing up the radar…" Volt hacked through the controls and brought up from what looked like multiple bogies chasing them from behind. "Red Legion. They must've gotten wise toward our plan."

"Quick, charge up the warp drive! I'll activate weapons and try to shake these space rhinos off of us!" Jax ordered in a hurry as he jerked away at the controls.

From behind the Guardian, Red Legion units were firing everything they had against the Hunter as he did his best to maneuver against the hostile projectiles which came dangerously close to breaching the ship's hull.

"Okay, warp drive power is at 50%." Volt updated until he quickly turned to Jax. "Are the weapons ready to fire?"

Jax sheepishly scratched his head. "Uh… yeah… as soon as I figure it out." He glanced at the controls. "Maybe if I push this…" He pressed the silver button, forced back into his seat as the ship increased its speed by a marginal, and the engines were sounded louder.

The Hunter thought it was a good option nonetheless. "Okay, so not weapon, but it makes us a harder target so we'll live!"

As if fate was conspiring against him, another explosion rocked the ship again.

The Guardian looked up the ceiling and exclaimed. "And I meant that in the most hypothetical way possible!"

Volt checked status on the warp drive. The screen read it as damaged but charging nonetheless. "Warp drive at 80%!"

Jax did his best to buy more time to escape from the Cabal, even though a warp drive should be ready at a moment's notice. He didn't really know which button activated weapons, but he mashed every button he could until eventually he heard an explosion from far behind.

"Target down." Volt replied.

Jax kept focus as he continued to navigate as the relentless fire continued. He didn't know how long it would take for the warp drive to fully charge, but it felt as though it was an eternity when Threshers and Deployment ships were firing so many missiles and solar shots toward him. He sincerely hoped he'd be able to make it through this so he could join Zavala, Cayde, Ikora, and the others in the attack against the Red Legion.

That and he had a good amount of Glimmer riding on this.

Not to mention if Jax did make it out alive, he did NOT want to get punched by Kilera… again.

The ship took yet another hit causing the alarms to go off causing Jax to panic. "Port side just took a hard hit! How's the warp drive?!"

"One moment…!" Was the answer he received until Volt acknowledged him. "There! Warp drive's fully charged! Initiating jump now!"

The Hunter let out a relaxed sigh as they began to slip into warp space. It looked like he was gonna make it through this after all.

But the second they could slip away from the Cabal was the exact moment the port side took a critical hit.

And that was when things started going downhill.

As the ship slipped away, their direction had been severely altered from Earth to an unknown origin. The Hunter struggled to keep conscious as he gripped the lever harder and blood started draining from his head as g-forces dragged the ship down exponentially.

"What's… h-happening?!" Jax struggled to scream as more alarms began drowning throughout the ship.

His Ghost voice was riddled with fear. "I don't know, Guardian! Our direction been severely altered!" Volt scanned any many consoles as he could to get ship stable again, but to no avail. "The controls aren't responding!"

The Hunter kept his grip as the screen flashed an update in Cabal language. It didn't take a genius to know that it translated to 'Warp Drive Failure' and something bad was sure to happen.

The next thing that greeted the Hunter was a blinding light and everything went blank.

The forest was calm.

As calm as it could be when it was crawling with creatures created from pure darkness. These beasts known only as the Grimm had scavenged the lands all across the planetoid along with humanity for centuries to saturate their hunger for fresh meat. Their presence had prevented mankind from expanding their borders to house their own and collect more resources as a result.

A Beowolf was roaming its own territory looking for any prey to feed off of to satisfy its craving. Thinking there was nothing in the area, it was about to leap off in another direction until a longsword was stabbed into its chest causing it to struggle and cry out in pain. It was soon revealed the weapon belonged to a man with a black cloak who just so happened to be scouting the area for anything suspicious.

He scoffed to himself as it seemed another easy day would pass before trouble would hit the fan. "Hmph. Another day, another drink to gorge down after this."

Just as he was about to fly off in another direction, a flash in the early evening sky caught his attention. His eyes caught sight of a huge object which vaguely looked like a ship head toward the cliffside at blinding speeds.

"What the…?" The huntsman muttered to himself at this strange development. He was forced to shield his eyes after the object crashed into the cliffside in a bright explosion that shook the nearby area.

Without missing a beat, the handheld device in his pocket started ringing. He withdrew it and answered. "Yeah?"

A calm voice answered on the other line. "Qrow, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." The man known as Qrow replied.

"Did you happen to see…?"

"Yup. Saw it crash not too far off." He narrowed his eyes toward the crash site. "I have a feeling you want me to look into this?"

"Yes. That would be greatly appreciated."

"I'm on it."

Qrow closed off the call and placed his device back in his pocket as he let out a slightly annoyed sigh.

"I'm so gettin' a double."

"...uar...dian…"

A voice called out to Jax his consciousness was returning toward him.

"...unter...!"

Jax could faintly hear the familiar voice of his Ghost calling out to him in the darkness. His body begging him to rest once more. He let out a ragged breath in response.

"...Eyes up Jax!"

Jax groaned again in response to Volt's voice.

"...Kilera's about to punch you."

In an instant, Jax was alert and already in a self-defensive position as he frantically swung his head around with a knife in his hand. "What? No! Not this time, Lojir! I'm gonna stab you back and…"

It took him a few moments to realize where he really was.

He was still aboard the Bloodguard's stolen ship.

Well, to call it that would be a bit too much. A few of the consoles and controls inside were sparking from the impact, the thrusters off to the side were twisted, and the ceiling was barely holding itself together as a whole.

And if that weren't enough, the 50 Glimmer he bet with Marcus was now out his pocket.

Jax groaned in annoyance. "Why must you always to do that?"

His Ghost was already materialized and floated right in front of him. "Apologies. It's the only way to get you back up when you fall asleep."

"Yeah, well… ack!" Jax stopped he pressed his hands against his back. "Sometimes it's best to pretend you're dead to fool whoever's inspecting your body."

"Well, that's not the case right now." Volt responded, dissipating his star form and pulsing out light around them.

Jax wasn't amused to say the least. "What in Traveler's Light are you doing?"

"Trying to contact the Vanguard, if you haven't noticed." His Ghost's response was court and straightforward with a hint of annoyance.

The Hunter only raised an eyebrow in response. "Shouldn't we be radio silent until we know for sure the attack's commencing?"

His question was not answered when Volt reverted to his normal form. "Strange… all I'm receiving is static on this end."

"You're probably a bit scrambled from the crash not too long ago." Jax suggested.

"Scrambled?" Volt questioned with clear confusion.

"Let me try my comms." Jax pressed a few buttons on his gauntlets only to receive the same result as his Ghost. Again, his eyebrow raised this time in confusion. "Uh… I'm also getting same thing." He scratched his head. "Think we can hail our jumpship or something?"

"Give me a sec." Volt did as the Guardian suggested, but for some reason it wouldn't respond to his calls. "It's not responding."

Jax's expression was in utter confusion as Volt floated the ship curiously. "What? Shouldn't the transmat zone be worldwide or something?"

Volt turned to him in realization. "That's the point. There is no transmat zone."

The Hunter blinked in surprise and widened his eyes. "Wait, what?" He raised an eyebrow. "Are you saying we should panic now?"

"I'm not detecting any jamming device toward all deployment zones because there simply aren't any." Volt stated suspensefully. "Just by looking out the window, the geographical features do not match any to the known planets of the Solar System. There hasn't been any pattern of radio chatter or activity from the Cabal, Fallen, Hive, or even the Vex for that matter. Even worse, I… can't feel any traces of Light around here."

The Hunter had no reaction on the outside, but on the inside he was clearly confused, a little paranoid, and annoyed. In one moment, he was on the Almighty overloading its core. In the next, he was flying for his life on Thumos's stolen ship, and now he's found himself stranded in a backwater location with no ship, no transmat zone, no comms, or even backup for that matter.

It was as if fate was doing the same thing to him as it did toward Kilera. And she's had her fair share of weird events.

"...So you are saying we should panic now." Jax stated again for confirmation.

"That would fit this situation, yes." Volt admitted, making the Hunter tense in response. "But we won't get anywhere if we did that."

Jax put his helmet back on and placed his hood up; his Ghost phasing out of sight. "Thankfully, the atmosphere here is similar to that of Earth. I have an idea on where to start. I'm picking up a comms network that isn't too from here a few klicks to the South. If I can patch in, we can at least have a small grasp of the situation we're in."

Jax nodded his head. "Okay. First, let's get out of this scrap heap."

With his Call to Serve switched for his Nameless Midnight in hand, the Hunter was ported out of the ship into forestral area he did not recognize.

He let out one final sigh before he muttered. "I am so gonna get punched when Kilera finds me."

And with that, Jax started traversing through the forest where he and his Ghost would discover yet another world without light.

Little did the pair know, there were already being observed by a huntsman on patrol.

The man in a black cloak with a longsword, seeing the events transpire from below, took out his Scroll and dialed to the Headmaster. "Ozpin, it's Qrow. You're not gonna believe this."

Ozpin, who was sitting in his office at Beacon Academy, received a shocking recording of a male figure in blue and orange armor porting out of from the mysterious ship which crashed into the forest not too long ago.

The Headmaster let out a sigh to himself.

A new piece had just entered the board.

Welp... that's the end!

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Hm...? You expected this chapter to be little longer? Yeah, I bet you did. But now my word total is at least 6,000 words for each chapter. But don't worry, I'll make up for it in future chapters.

I think.

But as you can see, Jax and Volt are now crashed onto Remnant with no way to get back to Earth, Ozpin now seems to have an eye on him, and a certain pyschopathic fire witch might also take interest in him soon.

Oh, sorry. Did I say fire witch? I meant crazed-clown reject.

Just a note to you readers: this chapter takes place before the episode 'PVP' in RWBY and hopefully we'll see our (sort of) lightless Guardian in action.

So thank you for reading this chapter. As always, let me know what you think so far in the reviews and I'll make the story as enjoyable as possible.

*Imitates Markiplier* BUH-BYE!