As our ships approached the Last City, we realized a large storm was passing over. Must've come here during the flight. I thought.
"Tower flight control, this is the Titan Thalia of Fireteam Archimedes. Requesting permission to land. I say again, Tower flight control, requesting permission to land." Nothing. Weird.
"No response. Tower flight control, do you copy?" Nothing once more. Only silence. Either this storm is interfering with communications, or something is very wrong.
"Team, speed up. The Tower isn't responding." I called out, as the three of us rushed to the Tower.
Unfortunately, my fears were true. The Tower was under attack! By the Cabal no less! We transmat into the catwalk still standing where the Hall of the Vanguard was, as made our way up. The Cabal we encountered here, weren't Dust Giants, Blind Legion, Sand Eaters, or anyone else we encountered on Mars. Sarge tagged them as Red Legion, saying that they have "Never known defeat".
Slowly, we pushed forward, eventually reaching lord Shaxx, a Titan worthy of respect from the most narcissistic Warlock or the most… Cayde like Hunter.
"Ah, the Slayer of Oryx! And her fireteam! My armory is open to you! Use what you find wisely!" He pried the door open, and the three of us went in. I grabbed a new Heavy weapon to replace Sol Edge for now, taking a Machine Gun to replace it, while Sara took a Rocket Launcher. Serenity-33 just tapped her foot in impatience. Guess her weapons are special to her. Loaded up with new weapons, we move forward into the hangar, myself taking point. Any Cabal were quickly dispatched by No Time To Explain, until we encountered a Centurion, who launched himself in the air and fired at us, forcing us to disperse. Serenity took aim with her Devil's Dawn and shattered his shield, then aimed for his head, while Sara and I dealt with the Legionaries.
Once that was dealt with, we headed over to the Tower Plaza, where Zavala fought a group of Cabal in front of the door where Iron Banner was once held.
"Fireteam Archimedes, to me! We need to defend these transports!" He ordered, as they rushed to him, right as he activated his Ward of Dawn and blocked a missile barrage from a Cabal ship. Shortly after, a wave of Cabal troops came in via what I can only call drop pods, even killing a Guardian unlucky enough to be underneath them, though she safely respawned. I fired No Time To Explain, regaining rounds for Precision shots, Serenity fired her hand cannon, The First Curse(claims she lost Ace of Spades in a bet with Cayde), killing Legionaries in one shot to the head, and Sara launched a Nova bomb, vaporizing a group of Cabal as they left their pods. Serenity took advantage of the orbs she generated and fired off her Golden Gun, killing the last of that wave.
It went on like this for a few minutes, with Zavala shielding us from missiles after each wave. After the third wave, we heard Ikora mention the Speaker, and that he didn't make it to the transport. Zavala ordered us to find the Speaker. We moved out, and… it was gone. The Speaker's quarters were completely destroyed. Ikora was clearly angry, as she jumped onto a Cabal ship and brought it down with her bare hands, only assisted with Void energy. It was...rather impressive, actually.
We continue on, past the door near the Speaker's quarters, clearing it of enemies quickly. It's not long before Amanda Holiday picks us up and takes us to the Command Ship.
Now, this thing was massive. Not as big as the Dreadnaught, but bigger than any other Cabal ship I've ever seen. I have Sarge scan a nearby terminal when I near it, and he tells us what to do.
"Listen up, maggots! We have a few targets! Thalia, you take the shields. Serenity, you try and disable the engines and bring this ship down."
"How am I supposed to do that?" The Exo Hunter asked.
"Shoot whatever looks important. Sara, disable the weapons! NOW MOVE OUT MAGGOTS!" The three of us split up, and I head for the shields. I kill whatever I find, obviously, but I doubt you want to hear about everything bullet I fired until I finally disable the shield generator. I try to contact my Fireteam, only to get static from anyone I try to call. Nothing but static.
Sarge and I keep going though, reaching the outside, where we see the full extent of the attack. Craters in several areas, the Tower in ruins, the wall itself now having massive holes.
"This is… Impossible. How are we supposed to come back from this?" I ask, mostly to myself. Then I hear it. I hear… Him. Gaul.
"You don't. Welcome to a world, without Light!" He gestures to the Traveller, as some sort of cage closes around it. It was as if my Light was ripped from my very body. Sarge falls to the ground. I myself fall to my knees, and hold him tight. I look up as Gaul approaches.
"Do not look at me, Creature!" He kicks me across the ship, and approaches onc.
"You are weak. Undisciplined! Cowering behind walls! You're not brave! You've merely forgotten the fear of death. Allow me to reacquaint you." He kicked me once again, this time to the edge, where I dropped Sarge.
"Your kind never deserved the power you were given. I am Gaul. And your Light..." He points at the Traveller while glaring at me.
"Is mine." That was the last I heard, before he sent me crashing back down to earth, Lightless for the first time, and utterly terrified.