Chapter 2: The Battle Rages On
The titan put up his protective ward of dawn with the hunter, himself and I in it. Although the wizard was dead, there was still heavy darkness in the area. My ghost attempted to heal my wounds with the light. My ghost spoke as it struggled to summon any light. "The wizard left some sort of hex that's interfering with my ability to use the light. There's not much I can do." The titan looked around nervously. "That wizard was leading the assault on the Twilight Gap. It has corrupted the entire area with pure darkness. Our ghosts cannot yet help us."
I sat up and wondered what that vision was. I couldn't concentrate. The ward of dawn was hit with a barrage of fire from hive soldiers. "The ward of dawn won't last forever warlock." "Yes, I know titan" I replied. "But I'm afraid that with my arm injured as it is, I won't last very long out there." The titan looked away. It seemed as if he was contemplating whether to leave me to my faith or stay as long as he could. The hunter kneeled on one knee. She sported the Crest of Alpha Lupi. Her helmet was gold. Her long hood was white with a golden wolf on it. "Try to stay as still as possible. I learned this whilst leading a group to the tower." She grabbed my arm by my elbow and my wrist. "Hey, wait a- GAH!" She set my arm back in place. I struggled to keep the pain under control. "That wasn't so bad was it?" said the hunter. "No" I said with a very painful tone.
The hunter stepped back and readied her weapon. The titan turned back around. He looked like a knight himself. His helmet was t-shaped and his weapon held the largest bayonet that I have ever seen. He picked me up. "Listen warlock, if we don't do something quickly, the twilight gap will fall. I say we charge right at the enemy lines to give a chance for the other guardians to regroup." "That's suicide" said the hunter. "We can provide fire support from here." "That's just like the hunters. Always cowards and shying away from battle!" Replied the titan rudely. "Excuse me!" Said the hunter furiously. "Have you forgotten that you can no longer be revived? Our numbers are already dwindling as is! We need to play this safe!" As the titan and the hunter argued, a massive hive ship broke the sky and came over the battlefield.
The hunter and titan immediately stopped talking. It seemed as if the entire battle seemed to stop. The massive ship eclipsed the sun. The hive soldiers still remaining bowed and one knee and crossed their arm on their chest. They disappeared from the battle. Just as quickly as the hive ship appeared, it opened up another portal in the sky and went out of view as the portal closed. All three of us stepped out of the titan's ward of dawn. The hunter ran off to treat the wounded. The titan slung his weapon on his back and marched down to the lower levels. I walked towards the ridge and looked down at the destruction. The Twilight Gap was hit hard. There were fires breaking out everywhere. I could hear the anguish of the wounded guardians. I could see one guardian, a warlock, kneeling next to another hunter. The warlock hugged the body of the guardian. The ghost of the dead guardian tried everything it could to revive the dead guardian. However, the guardian was all drained of his light. All across the battlefield I could see the ghosts of oh so many dead guardians. The guardian-less ghosts looked at the bodies. There was nothing they could do. In total there were about 150 bodies. This seemed familiar; like Deja Vu. I looked up quickly. "My vision!" I thought out loud. The vision replayed in my head. What did that wizard mean that the light will betray me?
Then suddenly, the intercom came on. It was Commander Zavala. "Guardians, it seems the enemy has retreated from the Twilight Gap. I'm not sure what happened, but it seems the battle is over; for now." My ghost came out of cloaking. "This is a mess... guardian you have been summoned to the hall of guardians. It sounded urgent." "I hope it's something good." I replied with a heavy heart.