A/N: It has been a really long time since I've written anything. If you're coming from my Bloodborne x RWBY story and wondering if I'll get back to it, I probably will when the inspiration returns and I feel motivated. In the meantime, please enjoy this story that has been brewing in my mind while I was playing Destiny 2. That goes for any new readers. Enjoy :)

Chapter 1: Beyond Orbit

It was supposed to be like any other Vanguard operation. Jackal-24 was designated to investigate the anomaly at the Pyramidion on Jupiter's moon, Io. She had entered the geometric structure that was commonly found where the Vex inhabited alone. The Exo had to admit that this was more difficult than usual as her fireteam was nowhere to be seen.

"Where the hell are they?" Jack sighed to herself heavily as she sat herself down after a hard fought battle with the Vex. She absentmindedly twirled her Sunshot around a finger, wondering what Asher may have been referring to earlier. After eliminating the Vex, there was nothing in sight that seemed abnormal. Whatever the mechanical hive mind was attempting to accomplish here was impossible to determine.

"I guess I'll report back. Freakin' waste of time." Jack stood up, only for a blinding flash of light to appear before she turned back. She rose her hand in front of her eyes to shield some of the light. When it finally subsided, the Exo lowered her hand to find a massive Vex portal similar to that of the Vault of Glass. "Or not," Jack corrected herself, readying the Sunshot once more.

Her Ghost materialized in front of her, causing her to stop in her tracks. "This is a bad idea. We don't know what's on the other side of that gate. We should report back to the Vanguard."

"Right, right." She waved it off as if it were no big deal before attempting to speak to Ikora on the comms. "This is Jackal-24, do you copy?" There was no response. She always hated speaking in the professional manner that Zavala encouraged guardians to use when speaking on the comms. "Ikora?" After waiting a few more moments, she shook her head to her Ghost. "Lines are dead. Must be because of this big ol' thing." She pointed to the Vex gate with her hand cannon.

"So we go the old-fashioned way and fly back to the Tower," Ghost suggested. Instead, Jack began to walk forward, lightly pushing him to the side. "How many times have we done this? Besides, I'm a Hunter. We're scouts. It's what we do."

Ghost sighed, knowing he couldn't talk his reckless guardian from doing what she wanted. "I still think this is a bad idea."

"You think everything I do is a bad idea."

"How many times have I had to resurrect you because of those ideas?"

"And that's why I can always count on you, Ghost."

Despite that all he can see is the Celestial Nighthawk helmet, he could tell she was smirking. Or at least, as much of a smirk that an Exo could make. He disappeared and returned to his guardian once again as she ventured into the massive gate.

Jackal-24 was immediately met with the sight of a looming shattered moon after entering the gate. She looked around and found herself to be in an open clearing in a forest she did not recognize.

"What the…" The Exo trailed off as she continued to observe her surroundings before returning her gaze to the ominous moon. "Where the hell are we?"

"I told you this was a bad idea," Ghost stated bluntly from within her helmet.

"Hush. Alright, well we're clearly not in our solar system anymore, unless one of our moons were spiked." Jack attempted to call her jumpship to no avail. "Yeah, I didn't think so," she sighed heavily. "No ship means no sparrow. Great."

"We're lucky that the Traveler's light extends this far after it woke up. But it would appear that we're far beyond even the Reef. Making any contact with the Vanguard will be exceedingly difficult," Ghost said after materializing once again, scanning their surroundings. "Despite that, this planet naturally has an atmosphere extremely similar to Earth."

"Alright, at least we have that going for us. Sorry, by the way."

"Jack apologizing? That's rare," Ghost joked.

She groaned. "Yeah, yeah." The guardian began to move forward with no particular direction in mind. "Still, a Vex gate of that size isn't going to lead to nowhere. There's got to be something special here that they wanted to simulate."

"Not like there's any turning back right now. Let's find out what that is."

The Exo ventured from the clearing and into the woods, keeping the Sunshot readied for any danger that may present itself. Jackal-24 quickly lost track of time as she tirelessly marched, her Ghost scanning the environment and mapping it out every step of the way. Before she knew it, it had already become dark. It was at times like this that she was grateful that she is an Exo, for she knew her Human and Awoken comrades would not be able to continue without rest. A small area around her was illuminated from the glow of the eyes of the Celestial Nighthawk, creating the only sense of warmth in the otherwise pitch black darkness of the woods. "Ghost," the Exo called out. He knew immediately what she wanted and appeared once again, emanating a bright light from his eye. Once again, she fearlessly marched into the unknown, for it was what Hunters do. It wasn't long after that was she confronted by the first sign of threat. The Gunslinger stopped in her tracks as she heard a faint growl behind her. As she turned to the direction of its source, she heard another behind her once again, followed by more surrounding snarls. Despite the obvious danger, she couldn't make out what were making the sounds, for the creatures were remaining just beyond the range of Ghost's beam of light.

"Fuck it." Jack fired a round from the Sunshot into the darkness and recognized the sound of the heavy shot finding its target. One of the growls turned into a cry of pain—simultaneously prompting the other creatures to finally pounce at her. As they jumped into the light, she quickly took in their features, her advanced Exo mind processing what her eyes captured in a split second. Creatures that appeared to have been born out of the Darkness itself, with bone parts reminiscent of the Hive. Jack jumped up before the creatures were able to make contact with her, throwing an incendiary grenade beneath her. She jumped in the air once again, outside the radius of the explosion which set the abhorrent beasts in flames. As they writhed against the fire, Jack landed on her two feet and immediately began unloading the Sunshot into the creatures. One fell and was immediately turned into energy of Solar light, which just as quickly bursted and eliminated another. The chain reaction continued until nothing was left but ash. Jackal-24 reloaded the hand cannon, remaining wary of her surroundings. "Ghost, what the hell were those things?"

"I'm not sure, but I felt the power of the Darkness coming from them. From my scan of them, they seem to be as old as the Hive," Ghost informed from within her helmet.

The sound of a young girl's cry pierced the silent night. Instinctively, the guardian sprinted to its direction. "Damn it, damn it!"

"There are people on this planet?"

"We'll think about it later!" She forced herself to move as fast as possible, her Exo parts strenuously working to keep up with her intentions. The guardian finally caught sight of movement in the distance. First a small silhouette of a child being chased by one of the same creatures she encountered earlier. Realizing she wouldn't make it in time, Jackal-24 reached up into the light and manifested the Golden Gun. The flash of solar light illuminated the area, causing the young girl to look at its direction. Her eyes widened with awe at the spectacle and watched as cloaked stranger take aim at the beast behind her and fire. In an instant, a bolt of flame escaped the barrel of blazing gun and struck the monster, causing it to explode in an elegant luminance. The Golden Gun disappeared from the guardian's hand as she slowly began to approach the young girl. In the darkness once again, it was difficult for the girl to make out any of her hero's features except for the pair of glowing eyes. They weren't too unlike those of the monsters that roamed the lands, yet she felt strange sense of comfort from them. Before either of them could say a word, another voice filled with anger echoed in the still air. "Get the hell away from her!" Immediately, the guardian turned tail.

The blond-haired man rushed to the girl's side, embracing her with a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness you're alright, Ruby. I told you not to wander off!" Taiyang scolded his daughter.

The young girl looked up at her father with a grin. "I want to be a huntsman!"

He looked at his daughter with a face twisted in confusion. "A huntsman? Why are you bringing that up now?"

"A huntsman helped me, just like in the stories that Yang tells me. I want to be strong like that!" Ruby tightened her grip on the cloth of her father's shirt, her eyes twinkling with determination.

Taiyang sighed to himself, rubbing his eyes with his thumb and index finger. "Oh, Yang…" He suddenly stopped and focused on Ruby once again. "A huntsman helped you?"

She nodded furiously. The blond looked into the darkness once again, wondering if he could catch that pair of eyes once again. However, it was long gone. He stood up straight, keeping a firm grip on his daughter's hand. "C'mon. We're going home." He pulled her away from the gray forest as the young girl turned her head around, hoping to see her hero once again.

"Maybe I shouldn't have run away like that." Jackal-24 rested on a high branch of a tree, despite her Exo body not allowing her to feel any fatigue. She looked past the trees and up at the sky again, studying the extraordinary shattered moon.

"I think you made the right call. That man sounded angry. People aren't exactly rational when they're angry. Let's take you, for example." Ghost materialized outsider her helmet, looking up to the moon as well.

She shook her head at her partner. "Speaking of people, it looks like this planet has humans. Or at least, similar enough. I figured there had to be more even past the Reef."

"The universe is a large place."

"Do you think the people here have the Light, too?" Jack turned her head to her Ghost.

"I don't think so. I feel only enough of the Traveler's Light to resurrect you. The Darkness seems to be much stronger on this planet."

"Shit," she cursed to herself. "So until we get home, it's just us against this hellhole, huh?"

"I know you're a Hunter, but stop thinking you're alone." Ghost turned himself towards his guardian. She returned her gaze to him. He could tell she was confused, despite her face being obscured by the Celestial Nighthawk. "Those things we saw earlier are old creatures of the Darkness. Which means—"

"The people here are just like Hawthorne." Jack nodded to herself. Being a guardian has made her forget that people can still fight, even without the Light. She recalled the powerful words from Ikora after the Red Legion had taken the Tower. I am more than my light. The Exo thought to herself for awhile before finally speaking again. "We should help these people." Ghost frowned at her, in a way that only a ghost can manage.

"Hey, it looks like we're stuck here for now anyway. If the Darkness is also here, then my duty as a guardian is to destroy it. At least until we can find a way back to the Sol system."

Her Ghost sighed. "Alright. For once, you actually make sense."

Jack laughed before looking past the trees once more, this time towards the direction of the sound of gentle waves. "Hey, Ghost. Do you know how to make a boat?"

A/N: Hopefully I'm not too rusty. I didn't write as much as I would've liked to because I wanted to give just a taste of this story. If it seems interesting enough for you readers, then I will continue. Again, if there are any readers who are coming from "The Forgotten," I hope you still enjoy my writing even if it's a different crossover. I will try to update that story as well. Updates will probably be a little slow because of the madness that is Destiny 2 and of course other things in my personal life.

By the way, if you want a perfect image of what Jackal-24 looks like right now, here's a gear list: Celestial Nighthawk, Errant Knight 1.0 set, Shadow's Cloak [all Calus' Selected shader]. If you want to know what Jackal-24's face looks like, that'll come up in the future.

Anyway, as always, thanks for reading :) Hopefully, you'll be seeing more of me.