Kal felt the familiar rumble of his ship as it exited the atmosphere of Earth and into orbit. Other than the occasional rough patches when landing or leaving a planet, his red and white fighter Comitatus flew quite smoothly. It flew high enough above the atmosphere to resist the planet's gravity, but close enough so that he wouldn't be sent adrift into space.

He leaned back in his pilot's seat, examining the view before him. It was one that he had seen quite often, one that had yet to become dull to him. The Earth. The home world of Humanity, and all of its subspecies. He could see a bright white orb in the distance, not far below. It sat there silently, hanging above a broken city. It was quite beautiful, even in its broken state. The Traveler.

It had come almost 1000 years ago, when humanity was still beginning to reach out to other planets. It began terraforming planet after planet, before eventually reaching Mars. Humanity had sent out three armed explorers, the first Fireteam, to investigate. What they found would be beyond comprehension.

Thus began a Golden Age. For 600 years, humanity expanded its reach across the Solar System, doubled its lifespan, created powerful new weaponry and A.I., and made life better for everyone overall. It even created sentient war machines called Exos. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever, and so the Golden age would have to come to an end.

The Darkness came. Information on what the Darkness was specifically has been lost to time, but what we do know was that it brought along with it new and powerful enemies. Humanity almost didn't survive. In a last ditch attempt to save its life, the Traveler created Ghosts.

Ghosts searched for suitable warriors to bring back to life and fight back for humanity. These undead, known as Guardians, would fight for Humanity, eventually creating a safe haven known as the Last City. And that's where Kal came in.

Kal-9 was an Exo, with gold plating and blue eyes. He was also a Hunter, one of three kinds of Guardians that specialized in fast and swift attacks. He wielded a large revolver called a Hand Cannon (quite a fitting name if you ask me), along with a sniper rifle and a space sword.

He had been revived only three years ago and had accomplished so much. He and his Fireteam crippled each of the four races assaulting humanity, securing the Travelers safety. Unfortunately, one of the most powerful and dangerous species, time traveling robots known as the Vex, were gathering strength. Kal didn't particularly like them, especially since they had the power to wipe someone clean from existence. He also didn't like that they had a vendetta against him for destroying their command and one of their greatest sources of power: The Black Garden.

But that wasn't an issue at the moment. He was in his ship, his mobile home, just above the Traveler. Nothing would harm him here. He could finally relax.

"A lot on your mind, huh?" his Ghost asked jokingly, flying up to him from behind the pilot's seat. It looked like a robotic floating eye with eight spikes, four facing forwards and four facing backwards. Each set of spikes could rotate on its own. But, overall it was quite small and wasn't too much of a threat.

"Can you ever give me privacy?" Kal asked, looking back at his floating companion. "You know, for once I would like to be able to think about something without you poking inside my mind."

"Sorry, no can do!" Ghost said, getting a grumble from his Guardian.

"If you continue doing that I'll make you get back into my backpack. We both know how much you like that." Kal threatened jokingly, and Ghost quickly floated away, yelling "No! Just NO!"

Kal laughed for a little bit, before getting back to looking at the view. It was truly nice, but there was something off…

That's when it opened. A triangular portal appeared before him, beginning to suck his ship in. It had triangular edges, with another triangle behind it that was slightly smaller. That triangle had another, and another, etc. until they were too small to see. They were almost like glass, making the entire thing quite strange to look at.

Unfortunately, there was no time to stare. "Ghost! The Vex have opened a portal right in front of us!" Within an instant, his ghost appeared right next to him. "By the Traveler, that is amazing! The Vex shouldn't be able to open portals like this without a gate, and I've never seen anything like this one…"

"Come on ghost, we need to stay focused here!" Kal shouted, turning the ship around, attempting to resist the portals' pull.

Slowly but surely, his ship got closer to the portal. "Ghost, see if you can get us out of here!"

The Ghost flew across the controls, panicking as red lights began to flash from one of the control monitors. "We're unable to warp anywhere, there's too much strain on our engines! If we applied any more power, they would explode!"

"We need to make radio contact with the Tower, see if they can send some help!" Kal yelled, quickly activating his comms.

"This is Kal-9, Exo Hunter speaking! We're in low orbit at the moment, and are caught in some sort of Vex portal! We need immediate assistance!" Kal yelled.

He soon received a response. "This is Commander Zavala speaking. We are having trouble understanding what you are saying, please repeat!"

"This is Kal-9, Exo Hunter! I'm in low orbit, and am stuck in a Vex portal! I need help NOW!" Kal repeated quickly.

"Understood Kal. Help is on the way, just hold out-"

Everything inside the ship went black. The power had been cut. The engines shut off, and his ship began to quickly drift faster and faster into the Vex portal. Soon they had been entirely engulfed, and Kal fell unconscious.


General Grievous was at the helm of his ship when it had opened. His fleet was stationed at a mining system in the Outer Rim, hiding out from the Republic forces. The planet below had given them little complaint, and those who did were shot and killed. The Hutts had expressed their concerns to the General when they learned about his arrival in their territory, but the transfering of a few hundred thousand credits made them change their minds.

Everything was going well until the portal appeared. It was hard not to notice, as it was so bright and alien that all of his ships sensors were going completely crazy. He was anticipating something from outside the galaxy, some sort of hostile alien force to attack. All ships were on standby, ready to attack at any moment.

That's when out came a little fighter. It was different from any normal ship he had seen, yet it at least had similar features to a fighter. It was primarily red, with white symbol's plastered all over it. A white triangle with three diagonal lines decorated each side of the ship, meaning that whoever was inside was probably part of some larger faction or empire.

"Sir, what do we do?" one of the droids at the helm of the ship asked in its signature high pitched voice.

Grievous thought for a moment. "It must be a scout ship of some sort. Blow it to pieces, before any reinforcements arrive."

"Understood sir." The droid said, pressing several buttons. "Wait…we're receiving radio contact from the fighter. Should we respond?"

Grievous nodded. "Go ahead."


Kal soon woke up to a very different scene. The beautiful Earth before him had been replaced by an orange desert world, with a massive fleet of ships above. "Damn! They can't give me a break, can they?!"

Kal then looked to his friend. "Ghost, where are we?"

"Oh good, you're awake! I was worried there for a moment." Ghost said, activating the radio and attempting to connect with the nearby fleet. "I'm making radio contact with our friends nearby. Let's see if we can get some help."

"Alright then." Kal said, ready to communicate with whoever these new people were.

Ghost chirped, saying "Communication established! Be ready!"

"This is Separatist General Grievous speaking. Who are you, and why have you entered Separatist territory?" a raspy, metallic voice said on the other end.

"This is the Comitatus speaking. We got trapped in some kind of wormhole, and have ended up here. We need assistance in repairing our ship so we can leave as soon as possible."

There was silence for a moment, before the General responded. "Understood. We'll-"

There was no time to respond as someone else quickly contacted him, overriding the security measures his ship had set in place.

A new fleet came in, one made up of ships of similar size to Grievous' yet somehow more elegant.

"This is General Kenobi of the Republic. Whoever you are, you need to get yourself out of there now! I'm sending an escort to you as we speak." The transmission then cut out, and Kal quickly moved his ship out of the way as the ships began to fire at each other. Red and blue lasers were exchanged in a spectacular lightshow. Soon, a trio of fighters came in nearby, with the leading one making radio contact. "This is Yellow 3. If you can, make your way over as soon as possible before the Separatists open fire on you."

Kal quickly talked back, saying "Understood. We're on our way."

Ghost activated the engine of the ship once more, and it roared to life. It picked up speed, making its way over to the more elegant cruisers. "On our six!" Ghost yelled as several drones flew up behind him, opening fire.

"Don't worry, I'm on it!" Kal said, throwing his ship to a full stop and letting the drones pass by. He sped up again, matching their speed. He then pressed a button at the top of the stick, deploying two seeking missiles towards the drones. Both made contact, destroying two of the three. Kal then began firing rounds at the last one, tearing at its armor until it exploded.

"Wooo!" Kal yelled. "First good thing that's happened all day!" Guardians didn't often fight in space, but when they did it was quite a sight.

The trio of fighters made it over to Kal, and began to escort him towards the cruisers.


Hey guys, I just finished rewriting the first chapter! I really feel like it wasn't originally that good, as it was a little rushed. Now I've fixed it at least!

So I decided to begin by explaining the Destiny universe for Clone Wars fans that haven't played the game. It makes who Kal is much easier to understand, and makes the story more fluid overall. I didn't explain the Clone Wars universe, as it's both a popular title and that the explanation will come later in the story anyways.

Now that the first chapter is updated, is there any other chapter you guys feel that I should update? It'll probably take me a bit, as I want to actually focus on writing the next few chapters in the story.

One last thing. When you guys request an OC, please make sure to include how they got into the Clone Wars (or whatever Infinite Timelines universe they've entered). It'll make writing them in much, much easier. A good example of this is Seraph-7, who was created by Shimmering Dawnstar.

Anyways, that'll be all. I'm going to start working on the next chapter tomorrow, so be ready for that soon!