Heads up guys! Not sure if I have stated this before, but the events within this story are relatively unchanged with one major exception. I did however, change when they happen. Please review, let me know if you like this or want them with more length and detail! I would really like to improve! I will also be posting thank you notes at the bottom to those who gave good advice! Sorry for the short chapter, but I felt like it would be a good way to break things up for pacing! Let me know how you feel about it!
-Several days later, edge of the Reef-
"Myst... Are... Are you alright?" Came a quiet voice, hovering just over the Hunters shoulder. She had been locked in the same position, knees to her chest, crying, for the past day or two. She had lost track. It was a wonder they hadn't flown into a rock and died yet, but her ever loyal Ghost, Kai-Lyn, had managed to take over in her charge's absence.
"No..." Came the weak, shuddering response after a few minutes of silence. "I will be once we get there... I hope..." it continued and sighed, sniffling mildly as she ran a gloved fist over her eyes.
"I'm not surprised... They didn't exactly give you much choice, and they didn't listen when you warned them. They are lucky you only tied their cloaks to their sparrows and rigged them to drive back on Venus after our escape." She responded, taking a moment to float down and nudge a part of her shell against her Guardian's cheek, the warmth of light flowing from it's shell into her. Myst nodded quietly, her emotions subdued for the time being, and looked up from where she had fallen on the floor at the foot of her seat. She sighed, smiling weakly at her Ghost, a gentle caress of her shell the only communication she needed to know her Guardian would be fit to stand before the Queen of the Awoken, Mara Sov.
"I still don't know why you wanted to come here of all places..." Kai-Lyn sighed, turning around to look at Myst as she shifted back into her seat, now somewhat composed as the radio feeds started to be picked up by the ship, the same one gifted to her by the queen herself for her service in defeating Skolas, the false Kell of Kells. Some cosmetic changes had been made to it after coming back to the City, but it still had one mark that showed everyone who ship belonged to, and the ship itself was the trademark Awoken ship of the Reef Guard. The Guardian's symbol, a wolf wreathed in arc lightning, which the Reef fabricator's had taken pains to paint, was still proudly displayed across each of the three wings, and its owner had taken equal pains to make sure the ship looked good, as it was a treasured gift, one of the few she still actually cared for.
"We both know why I chose to come here... Even if her brother is an ass, he is just doing his job... She... They... They treat me different. I am just another drifter in the wind to them. Besides... After what Zavala pulled, none of the Guardians besides myself are allowed in, and they don't know that. They didn't even know I had hidden this ship away in case of an emergency. Kind of glad that I did, and that Saladin let me store it in the Iron Temple's hanger." Myst stated with a weak growl, checking over some of the instrument panels.
Jumping a bit as the speaker crackled to life, she saw a trio of ships approach her own, two in front and one behind. The one behind, as it flew by, let her glimpse it had the fallen House of Judgement seal on it's own wings, and she smiled tiredly, the second of the few true smiles to grace her face in the past month. "Guardian Runja, yeeeeessss? Submit authorization codes and state your business, Yessss? Else the guards will destroy you by order of the queen, yesss?" came the broken English of Variks of House Judgement, one of the few allies she still trusted right now, bringing a weak, teary eyed smile to her face with bitter amusement.
With a simple glance at Myst, she nodded at Kai-Lyn to continue. Seeing the acceptance, she began reciting the lines they had mentally agreed upon before this whole trip had begun. "Authorization Code H7-Alpha-7009, We are here to offer our service to the Queen and the Awoken of the reef in the hopes of obtaining refuge with the Awoken." she stated, and her Guardian let out a breath that she hadn't realized she had been holding once she got a response back.
Minutes passed that felt like hours, before the speaker crackled to life once more."The Queen wishes an audience with you Hunter, You are to follow the given course, This is agreeable, Yessss?".
"Yes Variks, it is. I will meet you below."
Thank you to Spartastic 4 for the review on the first chapter!