Ghost - "I got ahold of Tubicus' Ghost, told them the rendezvous point."

Me - "Great, hope he doesn't decide to stop and eat dinner again."

Ghost - "Hopefully he makes great haste, I know how impatient you can be Guardian."

Me - "Speaking of which, time to move, he'll catch up."

I start heading into the Lair.

Ghost - "Sure that's a good idea? Dradimus might have added new guards."

Me - "Let's find out!"

As I'm walking I come to the first area I always have to jump over. I listen for Dregs, nothing.

Me - "Guess he got tired of the cannon fodder dying here."

Ghost - "Still be cautious, you don't know what's lurking here."

I keep walking and get to the first corner, and I hear movement.

Me - "Pull Thorn out."

I grab Thorn, and double check my timer on my sidearm, still not recharged.

Me - "Actually, give me Patience and Time, I'll hold onto Thorn also."

I grab my sniper, go invisible and peer around the corner. I see something that looks like a smaller Archon Priest. Same gear, besides color, and 3 Reaver Vandal snipers. I go back behind cover.

Me - "Man why do they all look the same?"

Ghost - "Functionality?"

Me - "But they always die, how is that functional?"

Ghost - "You got me there Guardian, if he is here do you think we should call a third Guardian, in case it gets to thick for you and Tubicus?"

Me - "Good idea, I think I'm going to start calling you lightbulb, get it? Hahaha"

Ghost - "Why do you insist on calling me things other than Ghost?"

Me - Because, you are MY Ghost, and you need a nickname. And get ahold of Pheebs, her being a Defender will help us face Dradimus."

Ghost - "Got it, going to wait for back up?"

Me - "Of course not."

I go invisible again, go around the corner. The Vandals should be easy, I'll just keep changing positions as I fire, if I keep pace, I can get all three with 6 shots, and be behind that rock for the Archon wannabe. Hmm I don't see a shimmer of a shield either.

I start to aim in on the first Reaver, start walking and fire. One, two, one down. One, two, two down. One, two

Me - "Dammit I missed the last one!"

I lost my invisibility and sprint for the rock, the last Vandal is looking at me, should be I just shocked the crap out of him. And the Archon is looking at me. He teleports to the ledge.

I pull out thorn, as I make it to the rock. I look over the rock, the Vandal is running to the Archon, I aim and fire. First shot hits his thigh, and he starts limping, fire, second in his head. Vandals down.

BAM

Me - "Dammitall! Ghost, status of that hit!"

Ghost - "Stay in cover, you're shield is gone, you can only take two more."

Me - "Can't do that, he won't wait forever, give me Praedyth's Timepiece!"

I switch out Thorn, and check my mag. I'm good.

I look over my cover, throw a tripmine. *Dink*

Perfect, I just got to get him to the right, hopefully under fire he goes that way.

I run from behind cover, aim on the Archon, and unleash fire.

Me - "He's barely flinching!"

Ghost - "Get behind cover now!"

I keep running, trying to get out of line of sight. After I lose sight, I hear the tripmine go off. Boom!

Me - "Hah, dumbass"

Ghost - "I'm still getting a reading, he isn't dead.

Me - "You sure?"

I walk up the walkway to where he was, I get close to the top and creep up, looking. PEW.

I duck, a sniper round whizzing by my head.

Me - "Dammit! Lightbulb, status?"

Ghost - "Shields still down, you're lucky you didn't take a hit."

I look up behind the top of the walkway and start firing.

Me - "He's just taking all the shots like it's nothing!"

Behind cover again, I reload.

Me - "MIDA."

Ghost - "Here!"

I grab MIDA, reload to be sure, grab my incendiary grenade and pop up throwing it. I aim on the Archon as my grenade flies, BAM!

Me - "Ahh I hate getting hit, it hurts like hell!"

Ghost - "Wait for backup, you can only take one more shot."

Me - "No! I got this!"

I pop up from the top of my walkway, and hear the Archon fire, I think oh shit, immediately I hear the familiar sound of a Ward of Dawn.

Ghost - "Shields full! Told you to wait!"

Me - "About time Pheebs, thanks! I don't know what's taking Tubi."

Pheebs - "Did he stop for second lunch? He ancestors do hail for New Zealand."

Me - "What does that have to do with second lunch?"

The Archon is moving closer.

Pheebs - "Doesn't matter, get your shotgun he's not as bright as he looks!"

Pheebs pulls out her Comedian, I grab Crash.

We start pointing at him laughing inside our safe haven, hoping to irritate him.

He moves just outside it.

Pheebs - "Go!"

We run out, shotguns blazing, boom boom. Boom boom.

The Archon starts yelling.

Boom, boom.

Pheebs - "We got him!"

Me - "Yeah!"

Ghosts speak in unison "Good work Guardians."

Me - "Okay, don't do that, lightbulb only talk to me now, don't wanna hear a echo."

Pheebs - "Agreed."

We start heading further in.

Me - "Thanks for the save, I was sure I was a goner. Again."

Pheebs - "No problem. I ran over as soon as your Ghost called. I wasn't far, was looking around the entrance to the Vault of Glass again. That was a fun adventure wasn't it?"

Me - "Sure was, we geared up a lot there, and those hidden chests! Those were a pain to find. Anyway, know where this new Archon Priest is at?"

Pheebs - "Nope, Draksis was on the throne room, and the last area we fought the Archon Priest is still a long way away."

We start to hear foot steps, we grab our weapons and turn around.

Tubi - "Sorry I'm late! Had to finish my dinner!"

Me - "First or second?"

Tubi - "Who counts?"

Me and Pheebs start laughing.

We all continue up the circling path, leading to the ship.

We walk out of the cave, and come to the bluffs, looking at the ship when we see Dradimus.

Me - "Holy crap he's huge!"

Pheebs starts getting her gear ready.

Pheebs - "Weapons of light?"

Tubicus - "Yup, Radiance is ready."

Me - "Tubi, give me some energy to charge my Golden Gun. Make it even so you'll have Radiance when I get Golden Gun, I have an idea I wanna try."

Tubi - "Alright here, don't waste it!"

Me - "Never do, Pheebs how are you on Ward of Dawn?"

Pheebs - "Almost back, got more energy then you for killing the Archon wannabe."

Me - "Then let's move."

We start heading closer. We come to where we're in between the two large rock faces.

Me - "Lightbulb, Patience and Time, Pheebs, Tubi, stay here, gonna scout."

Response in my head

Ghost - (Here Guardian, don't get seen."

Me - (I wont, just scouting I swear.)

I go invisible, and keep walking, creeping up to a railing. I look down and see 15 different enemies, including Dradimus.

I back up slowly not to make any noise.

I get back to my team.

Me - " He's got five Dregs three with Shrapnel launchers, two with shock daggers, five Shanks, two Reaver snipers and two Shock Blade Reaver captains, all surrounding him. Tubs, grab Icebreaker, Pheebs MIDA, I'm gonna use Vision of Confluence to distract him, and after all his Underlings are down, I'll use Gjallahorn. Take down everything else first. I'll distract Dradimus."

Pheebs and Tubi - "Got it."

We head back to the railing, I head to a high rock leaving them lower.

I signal to my fellow Guardians, one, two, three.

We all rise above our cover and start unleashing. I immediately hear the familiar sound of icebreaker going off, and see a Dreg drop. I start shooting at Dradimus, and Pheebs is poping shots at the Dregs. She takes down three more.

I hear icebreaker again, and again. Two more down, I have Dradimus's attention now.

He roars with anger, louder then any captain or Archon I've ever heard.

It appears my shots aren't doing anything, he starts firing, shots I've never seen from a Archon start flying my way, I duck as a massive shock orb flys past me.

I hear icebreaker three more times, and with MIDA's fast firing I couldn't count, but I'm sure there isn't much left of the remaining eight.

Me - "Lightbulb, Gjallahorn now! Full ammo too!"

Ghost - "Got it! Good luck Guardian!"

I frantically grab Gjallahorn, ready it and pop up from cover. I aim (two remain, a Vandal sniper, and Dradimus) I fire Gjallahorn at Dradimus, fire again.

Me - "Reloading! Start focusing on Dradimus!"

Pheebs - "Got it! Ward of Dawn ready!

Tubi - "Radiance ready!"

Me - "Golden Gun, ready, Pheebs use it now! Tubi wait for my mark, when I use golden gun you will use radiance!

I hear the shimmer of Ward of Dawn activating.

Tubi - "Why? What if I need to revive myself?"

Me - "Just wait for my mark! Gonna fire two more Gjallahorn shots, then be ready! Pheebs move left, get him to focus on you after I fire Gjallahorn!"

I jump from behind cover, shoot twice as I'm falling towards the Ward, Tubi is anxiously waiting inside.

Me - "NOW! Throw three grenades at his chest!"

Tubi uses radiance, I use my Golden gun. I move up to see Dradimus and wait for Tubicus's grenades.

Tubi throws three, just like I said.

I aim with my Golden gun, compensating for movement, fire, I hit his first grenade, the grenade stops mid flight, directly in front of Dradimus doing nothing.

Crap what if this doesn't work!

I aim for the second grenade, fire, hit his second, the grenade stops.

C'mon do something!

I am for his third, fire, third grenade stops.

Me - "Dammit why didn't it do any-"

I stammered as the first grenade starts to grow, two times, no four, no eight times larger then it's initial size! The second then the third grenade start to swell.

BOOOM!

All three grenades burst forth, causing massive explosions, all three of us get flung back against the rocks behind us.

I shake myself, check extremities.

Me - "Pheebs, Tubi, report!"

Pheebs - "I'm good, did we get him?"

Tubi - "I'm good too, what the hell was that?"

My ghost - (I do not sense any movement nearby.)

Me - "Lightbulb says we're clear, and I told you I had an idea."

Tubi - "Could've let me know we could get burned by it! I lost my eyebrows!"

Pheebs - "Me too! Dammit you guys! Now I look weird."

Me - "I did also, and honestly I didn't know if it would work, and if so, what it would do. Let's go check the area."

We walk over to where Dradimus was before the explosions.

Pheebs - "Wow guys, your explosions destroyed this whole area, that is so cool!"

Me - "It wasn

't just me and Tubi, if you hadn't given us weapons of light, we wouldn't have had the same blast radius."

Tubi - "He's right, without the weapons of light the explosions would've been half, no a quarter of this size. By adding all three components and our strength we were able to do something I, nor my Ghost has ever heard of."

Me - "Go team, wonder who's in our sights next?"

Queue ending music.

The end

Thanks to anyone that reads this! Took some time, but I literally don't have anything to do at work, so figured I'd do something. Hope you enjoyed it!