Mika stood in with the two Warlocks while the Cayde-6, Zavala, and Ikora Rey examined the Fallen cloak.

"Well it defiantly isn't any Fallen house we have seen before," Said Ikora.

"Great and we already have the House of Wolves to deal with, now this mystery House," Cayde chimed in.

"We don't have any other information besides the fact that the Hive are going to war against them. We should keep this open, but the Hive are making unprecedented moves," Zavala said.

"What moves?" Mika said. Zavala turned on the display on the vanguard table. Zavala continued,

"We have detected a massive amount of energy usually associated with Hive Tombships near the Cosmodrome and moving toward Old China. On top of that, the Hive have been decreasing in the Cosmodrome as well. The Hive seem very interested in Old China, this mystery house may be hiding there. There is also a small colony headed by Dead Orbit there as well. Mika, I believe you had a part in setting up that camp. Is that true. "

"Yes, but a friend of mine and I got kicked out," Mika Responded.

"That doesn't matter, we need to evacuate the colony, "Zavala said, "We can't risk losing the citizens of the city. Dead Orbit also won't gave up the colony that easily, with the short notice. Cayde, would you be okay with accompanying these guardians to the colony?" Cayde nodded enthusiastically.

"I'll talk with Dead Orbit leadership to get them to order the guardians there to evacuate," Ikora said.

"Agreed, let's get going guardians," Zavala said.

"So I have a lot of questions. To start, why hasn't the city learned of your presence?" Kale asked. Draikous had lead him to a sort of meeting room with a large oval table in the middle of the room. Draikous was sitting silently across from him, seemingly deep in thought, but staring at him.

"Look, I'm sure if the city learns you mean no harm, I don't think the Vanguard will send forces here. Who knows, we could even trade." Draikous gave a sigh,

"You Guardians tend to shoot anything that moves," he said, "Well before we all get blown into oblivion, okay. The House of Makers is one of the Oldest Clans of our species. We were the house mostly in charge of the designing and construction of buildings, tech, ships, weapons, and the list goes on. Our species used to be under the protection of the Travel until the Darkness came. For a while, we were in the same situation as your kind is in. When we finally awoke the Traveler using God knows what, it left us and I don't know why. We were left against the full force of the Darkness. One that it did, it corrupted our Servitors. The Servitors were made to end hunger by turning all matter into food called Ether. They were also very much like your Ghosts as they were first created by the Traveler. The Darkness made it so the Servitors were are only source of food and we think they convey the will of the Darkness to us. Guardian Kale, did you notice that there are no Servitors that you have seen?" Kale looked around. There wasn't any servitors around.

"The reason we are not religious fanatics that have Archons and consult the servitors for advice, is the fact that we built them," Draikous continued "We keep them all locked up in one of our hangar bays and we allow only the most knowledgeable of the Servitors."

"Who is that?" Kale Asked. Markara raised her hand.

"I am the expert of all our race's technology, I am the closest thing to an Archon to the House of Makers," she said. Draikous nodded and continued.

"Back to my story, we then entered your Solar System, we saw that the Traveler was over your city, we thought that if we fought your city, the Traveler would accept us again. The some other Houses still think that the city is the darkness occupying the Traveler. The House of Makers at the time was actually small and was dragged into the Battle of the Twilight Gap by the other Houses. I became the Maker's Kell during the Battle of the Twilight Gap after the previous Kell was killed in battle. Seeing the power of the Last City, I pulled out my forces within the Chaos and we settled here. To us, staying hidden and not messing in others business with the exception for reconnaissance. The Other Houses and every other power in this solar system don't even know if we exist and would like to keep it that way." Kale was floored. His answer was answered, but it made way for dozens more questions. The battle of the Twilight Gap in the Fallen perspective? How did they fight the darkness? If the Makers pulled out of the battle, how powerful are they? Would the traveler leave the city when they revived it? He picked one and asked another question,

"What do you know about the House of Wolves?"

"They are all suicidal, they were too risky and arrogant in their war against the Awoken and they paid for it. I support the freedom of my people, but they try act like they are the top House and try to unite the houses instead of laying low. Their Kell, Skolas, thinks he is some kind of chosen one. To him it's go big or die."

"So they aren't all that powerful, what is the Maker's strength?"

"That is too much information," Markara answered him this time, "Draikous, it is now my turn to host our guest. Maybe without a monologue, come with me Guardian. I need you for something." She rose. Draikous seemed to smile as he rose and waved them goodbye before talking to a Fallen Captain who was waiting for him. The Captain suddenly burst out in Panicked Fallen language. Kale was able to pick out a few words, Luna, Hive, and Cosmodrome. Draikous put a hand on the captain's shoulder when Kale's guards motioned for him to up. Draikous called the guard in Hive armor to him, but the rest Kale's escort followed him to wherever Markara was taking him.

Arach Jalaal was not looking pleased in the slightest when Cayde-6 told him the news. Mika wondered if they were going to have to fight Dead Orbit. Ikora had gotten Dead Orbit Leadership to order the force to evacuate, but Arach was more interested in what lay in the city. Zavala was banking on the Dead Orbit to help them so they only Cayde, the two Warlocks, and herself were here. An emergency call for Guardians was issued, but it may be awhile before backup arrived. Nobody was more displeased than Elander. He spent years trying to create a colony only to have it be evacuated from the Hive. On top of that, Arach was taking all of his 28 guardians with him to go treasure hunting instead of defending the colony. Arach could handle himself but, something Told Mika that Elander wasn't going to back down without a fight.

"Look Arach, we have a duty to protect the citizens of the city, not finding treasure," Cayde said. Arach shot back.

"Not treasure, resources. Resources to help Dead Orbit. We need to get into Shanghai before that Guardian Kale takes it all for himself." Mika stared at Arach. Kale was still in Shanghai? Why hasn't he moved on? Mika was going to ask about him, but Elander with several citizens behind him chimed in,

"You guardians are all the same, you keep us cooped up in the stinking city, while you run around and find treasure like a bunch of mercenaries. It's no wonder how the Queen of the reef is able to get thousands of guardians to do her bidding. This colony is the next step in humanities reclamation of the golden age and you're stamping it out." Cayde turned to address Elander while Arach backed away slowly.

"Look every hive in the Cosmodrome is coming here and we don't have near the amount of people here to fight them off. Unless you….," he was cut by Mika

"They are leaving!" she said. Arach was whizzing away on his Sparrow with his Guardians.

"Mika, after them. Keep tabs on their position!" Cayde called. That was all she needed. She got on her Sparrow and went after them.

-still in the colony

Cayde watched Mika go, he took a deep breath. He wished he was going with them. He hated being stuck having to do administrative work, but someone had to do it, and it won't be administrative work when the Hive come. He turned back to Elander.

"I don't care about the stinking Hive," Elander proudly said, "If anything this is a test of our military training." Cayde didn't have time for this. Cayde answered,

"You think that just a few months of weapons training is enough to prepare you for a thousand Hive all at once. Are you ready for hundreds of thrall charging at you, ready to rip you to shreds? Are you prepared to see your friends die from when their acolytes fire back? Are you prepared to be captured as the Hive love to take victims to their necropolis to be ritually sacrificed?" The other citizens by Elander had horror in their eyes. Elander though remained unfazed. Cayde continued "Are you ready to see the gleam of the Knight's blade as he prepares to lope your head off. Are you prepared to be experimented upon by the Hive Wizards? If you're not, you are not ready for the hive."

"Scary stories meant to frighten children," Elander Said, "Do you really think we'll back down when our achievements are at ris…"a rifle butt hit him in the back of the head. He fell down in front of Cayde and another citizen took his place.

"Which way to the ships," the citizen said.

"Right this way," Cayde said with a smile.

Kale followed Markara through the depths of the Lair of Makers. The lair looked more like massive production facility well-kept but not in use. It seemed though that already fully stocked. He saw hundreds of Fallen Shank Robots stored on racks above him. There was even a Shank the size of a spider Tank up there. He saw more Spider Tanks being loaded on Fallen Skiffs. There where whole fleets of Pike's with Fallen riders at them, making small adjustments. The sound was deafening. There where Fallen rushing all around him. Many of them were armed with the usual weapons, but also with weapons Kale never seen before, he recognized the Scorch Cannons, but others looked like the Shock Machine gun from Spider Tanks to rocket launchers. This is war Kale thought, he hoped this wasn't against the city. Markara wasn't paying much attention to any of the commotion. They finally got to the other side of the facility. Marakara pressed her palm onto a keypad and the door in front of them opened. They walked into the room. All the noise from the activity outside was silenced as the door shut behind them. The decent sized room had Fallen tech laying around to hanging on the walls to hanging from the ceiling. One of the walls was a garage door. There also was a large workbench with assorted tools and blueprints scattered around. Clearly someone was not very organized.

"Miss Archon, you could have cleaned up while our Kell was talking to our guest," The red and orange Fallen Guard said.

"For the hundredth time Secpik, we have no Archons here," Marakara responded, "Guardian, Welcome to my humble workshop. This is where I design new tech for the House of Maker's use."

"Ok," Kale answered, "So why am I here for?"

"Well, in order for us to survive and to satisfy our House's tradition of making and improving our Technology, we scour the solar system, looking for technology to learn from and adapt for our use. We use everything from relics from the golden age to other races technology. Your Guards are gems of my work." Kale Looked back to see his guards as Markara continued,

"Draikous wanted to make sure he had an expert in every foe we might face. There is Wollus who is our Vex Expert, Markous; our Cabal expert, Torrix; our Hive expert you saw earlier, and Secpik, our Guardian and Reef expert." Kale looked at his guard and then at Markara. Markara was practically what the Foundries in The Last City were. He had seen many Guardians using armor and weapons from other races in the Galaxy. Markara still stared at him, waiting for his visual cue for her to continue.

"So you want to examine my armor and weapons?" Kale asked.

"No, those things can be picked off of any dead Guardian, I want to see your Ghost," Markara said. That crossed the line. There was no way he was going to give up his ghost to the Fallen, the City can never reproduce the Ghosts, and they were the most valuable resource we have. It wasn't going to be a trophy for Secpik's bandolier.

"No," Kale said defiantly. Within an instant, the guard's poked their guns into Kale's back. Markara waived them off and said,

"The only Ghosts we could find are dead Ghosts. I need your Ghost alive and the only things that keep a Ghost alive is a Guardian or the Traveler. Your Ghost will not be harmed. Besides you will get the chance to examine the deactivated Servitor I have here." She went to the Garage door lifted it up to reveal a secondary room. In it was a decently large deactivated Servitor on a stand. The Servitor seemed much bigger than a regular servitor, but yet smaller than a Prime Servitor. Markara turned back to Kale, "I examine your Ghost, and you examine the Servitor. A fair trade." Kale felt only a fraction at ease, but it was a fair trade. He opened his palm to let his Ghost out.

"Are you okay with this?" He asked his Ghost.

"Yes….Kinda," Kale's Ghost answered nervously. The Ghost flew off his palm.

"Alright," Markara said, "Ghost, in good faith, you can examine my Servitor first."

"Okay," The Ghost said. It slowly flew into a hatch opening in the Servitor. Kale could see the blue light of his Ghost moving from within the Servitor.

"I didn't know that there was so much space inside one these things," The Ghost said.

"They expand when shut down for maintenance," Markara said. She stared intently at the Servitor. Something didn't seem right to Kale.

"You learn something new every day," his Ghost gleefully said. All of a sudden, blue light engulfed in innards of the Servitor.

"Umm I think I turned it on by accident, what do I do?" Kale's Ghost said with its nervousness returning. Markara said nothing. Her Fallen eyes grew wider. Kale tried to help but was stopped by his guards, also looking intently on the Servitor. The Servitor lifted off on the ground. It made a triumphant sound made by all Servitors and Kale's Ghost was fired out the hatch were it came and bounced on the floor before levitating again. The Fallen around Kale were dumbfounded. Kale's Guards let go of Kale as he rushed to his Ghost. The Ghost looked bewildered for a robot, but fine. The Fallen were frozen in place, in awe of the Servitor.

"It worked," Marakara said, "Holy Ether shit, it worked! Get my husband, tell him it…" she was cut off by the wall opposite from them exploding. Everyone was knocked back. The dust was clearing when Kale got up to see the black and white Guardians he wished he didn't want to see again.

"What are you doing here Kale?" Arach called to Kale. The Fallen were getting up. Dead Orbit Guardians raised their guns. Kale needed a way of explaining this fast, but Arach acted first.

"Fire on the Fallen!" He shouted. The Fallen sprung into action forming a shield around the blue Servitor. They took a hail of rounds but their armor and shields held. They fired back and the guardians took cover. Kale noticed that Draikous's Guard had the same shielding as their respective alien armor. He also noticed that nothing was coming his way. At least Arach respected him as a guardian. To the Guardians right flank, a massive garage door started rising. The direction of the foundry he just in a few minutes ago. A Calvary of Pikes came roaring out the door at the Guardians. Their Arc blasters roaring as their jest boosted at the same time. Kale was going to wonder how they could do that but assumed it was Marakara's work. The Dead Orbit was finished. Some of them were taken down, the rest, including Arach, summoned and sped off on their Sparrows. The Pikes gave chase, but one Sparrow was coming the other way. It wasn't Dead Orbit, but in seconds it was blasted by incoming Pikes and the Guardian tumbled into the dirt. It was a Titan, but Kale knew this Titan, it was Mika. He ran to her.

"Mika what are you doing here? I thought you left the planet!"

"Kale, these Fallen," she said weakly, "they aren't shooting at you."

"Guardian, do you know this other Guardian?" Markara Said. Kale looked around to see dozens of Fallen infantry moving past them. Mika's Markara and Kale's Guard surrounded him and Mika. Secpik was eyeing the dead Guardians.

"Yes, she is my friend. So is it war with the City?" Kale asked.

"Thanks to you, we may have not have to," Markara said, "Servitor!" The blue Servitor came forward from its apparent hiding place. Kale didn't notice it hid. The Fallen infantry stopped when it showed itself.

"Heal," she said. The Servitor did a double look, but went to work going to each Guardian. One by one, each bewildered Guardian was revived. This Servitor acted like a Ghost. Secpik went to one of Guardians still on the ground. To Kale's surprise, Secpik helped the Guardian up. All the other Guardians looked at Secpik as he went back to Kale.

"I respect my enemies and their power and that is why I wear you're armor. The House of Devils didn't like my view and decided to try and dock my arms. Draikous helped me escape and whatever he says I do and that was not to kill the Guardians including you Kale," He said. All of a sudden, Hive Tombships entered the sky, close but on them. Markara sprang into action. She pointed at some Fallen. She spoke in Fallen Language. They immediately herded the Servitor away. She then spoke,

"Guardians. We will not attack you, but will defend ourselves if you attack. Go and spread the word. Kale spoke up.

"I want to talk to Kell Draikous. I will go with you."

"I will go too. I want to see this Draikous," Mika said. Markara nodded. The other guardian said nothing and sped off, probably still shocked. Everyone else left to fight off the Hive.

Kale had never seen combat like this. Fallen and Hive were fighting a pitched battle. There was clear lines between the Fallen and the Hive. They were about a building away from these lines, but a few Hive Blasts whizzed past them. He saw a team of five Fallen snipers firing in volleys down at the enemy. A pack of Dregs ambushed and dogpiled onto a Hive Knight from a second story. Any Fallen infantry on the ground hugged behind Spider Tanks which cut through the Hive. Masses of Shanks accompanied by Skiffs fought Tombships in the maze of skyscrapers overhead. Suddenly a massive wave of Thralls flooded the Hive Lines and charged the Fallen ones. They broke though the Fallen line in one section and ran at Kale's group though an alley way. He, And the Fallen drew their guns but Mika ran at the Thrall and performed the Fist of Havoc on them. Mika then went to one side of the alleyway and Markous opened fire with his Heavy Slug thrower, mopping up the rest before the Fallen front line reabsorbed the bulge. They finally got to what seemed to be a makeshift command center with Draikous holding an electronic tablet. He looked up to see Kale's group.

"I see you picked up another Guardian," he said.

"Yes, did you get any message about my Experiment?" Markara said.

"Yes I did. I would be awestruck, but now is not the time. The Hive underestimated to our forces, but they aren't going down without a fight. Torrix is on the front lines with the Maker Barons trying to find the Hive Leader.

"Can the Hive actually take over this City?" Mika Asked.

"We are pushing back on all fronts. We will defiantly win against them, but I want to finish this before your city gets involved."

"What about the Colony of Gudang?" Mika continued.

"The Guardians you faced fled back to that Colony. I don't know what happened to them."

"We can help them. Where is their current position?" Kale Asked.

"Why? What do you have to gain from helping us?" Draikous Asked.

"What I saw what you did with that Servitor that my Ghost activated. What it did. That Servitor shows that the Fallen don't have to be enemies but can be allies. Let us help you to foster that relationship." Kale responded. Draikous looked pensive,

"Kale, you are only one Guardian out of thousands of other Guardians that thinks that way," Draikous said, "but that doesn't mean you can't help us. We think that the Hive Leader is a Wizard near Gudang. a Pike Squad will accompany you."

"Okay, Mika lets mount up," Kale said. Mika nodded and they summoned their Sparrows. Their Pike Squad followed up behind them. Kale could hear Draikous talking to Marakara in Fallen Language. Draikous noticed him and waved them off. They sped off not knowing what he said. He really wished he could learn the Fallen Language.

Kale's team cut through the Hive like butter to a knife. Some of the Pike's were actually outfitted with Scorch Cannons which made things all the easier. Kale called over to Mika,

"So what did you think of Draikous?"

"Kinda mysterious, but very smart. You?"

"Someone who doesn't want to get cozy with guardians. If only he could see through his fear of us."

"Kale, Guardians are literally the bane of Fallen existence, he has every right to fear."

"The City needs to find friends not enemies and they could be one of our friends."

"Yeah it's nice to be with Fallen that don't shoot us on sight." They continued on their hunt. Kale was noticing that there was less and less Fallen on the battlefield. Not even Fallen bodies shown up. All he saw were Shanks and Spider Tanks continuing the fight. Then a Fallen dropship appeared overhead. A few purple Servitors fell out of the dropships cargo hatch. They were abandoning their Servitors! Kale now really wished he at least had his Ghost out when the Fallen talked in their tongue. The group finally came upon a group of Large Fallen fighting a group of Hive Knights. One of which was Torrix fighting cleaver to cleaver with a knight. Kale's team opened fire and killed the group, but not before Torrix decapitated his opponent.

"They are just over the Hill," Torrix called. Kale and Mika rushed their Sparrows up the Hill. This was indeed very close to Gudang. They got to the top of the hill to find a Heavily Fortified Hive position. Four Hive Shrieker Turrets forced them off their Sparrows. They were then met by 2 Hive Ogres, 3 Hive Wizards, multiple Acolytes, and to top it all off the Gudang Guardians being led by Cayde-6 himself were fighting them. Gudang in was burning in the distance. They leapt into action, taking out the Shriekers and regrouping with the bewildered Guardians.

"Nice to see you back Kale!" Cayde called.

"Nice to see you back in the field," Kale responded

"Yep, little rusty, but it's good to be shooting something again." Hive were falling left and right. Two Warlocks in particular ripped through the enemy. Kale noticed a rather large Wizard much like The Hive leader, Omnigul.

"That's the Leader!" Kale cried.

"Alright! Kale, Golden Gun!" Cayde Called. Side by side Cayde and Kale unleashed their golden guns onto the Wizard. The Hive Leader evaporated in solar blasts. The Hive were defeated. Some Guardians Cheered. Cayde-6 turned to Kale and Mika,

"Nice job you two,"

"What happened to Gudang?" Mika asked concerned.

"They are all safely back in the City. The Hive hit the Colony hard, but we managed to push them off. Now, Kale, you were with Fallen that didn't attack you! Where are they?" Kale looked around the top of the hill. He didn't notice that his Pike team didn't follow him up. Looked over where he found Torrix, but he and the Maker Barons were not there. All of a sudden, the ground shook. Buildings in Old Shanghai in the distance were crumbling. A massive and symmetrical Ketch rose into the Sky. It was followed by 2 others rising from the bay of Shanghai. They then activated their jump drive engines and they were gone.

Mika sat with Kale after the Ketches left. Cayde was reporting back to the Vanguard. Kale had told him all he knew about the House of Makers. Kale looked as if his heart sank to his legs.

"It's okay Kale," Mika said.

"Yeah," Kale responded halfheartedly.

"We'll see them again," Mika said again, trying to make feel better. Kale stood up. A lightbulb must have turned on in his head,

"What if we seek them out? Wouldn't that be interesting?"

Mika Smiled. This was the Kale she loved.

"Yep, let's do it." she responded.

Thank you for your support for this fanfiction. This is my first fanfiction. I'm sorry for not releasing this sooner. Recently I haven't been liking Destiny while making part 2, but I wanted to finish my work. I think I will be making other fiction works in the future on my free time.