Sterling's POV
The Hunter picked his way through the rock, finding some old caved in passages. Old. Probably centuries old. Finding a path wide enough to actually travel through, he stepping in it, planned only to be brief, seeing dozens of Vex corpses. Granted, they had moss covering them, so it was a while since they had died.
It looked intriguing, so his plan to be brief kind of left his mind. Looks like Kabr's work. He always liked his Hard Light. Came to the Gunslinger as he crouched down and yanked off a gauntlet, feeling the bullet holes. Going slightly farther in, his foot brushed aside a chunk of moss, tripping him.
He sighed, getting the tangle off him, but then freezing. There was a set of armor there... Badly damaged. Crouching once agin, he gently took off the helmet. Granted, there was nothing underneath but bone, but he nearly threw up.
It was Lilith. His old mentor, his friend. How did he know this? Well, Lilith had had a healing broken jaw at the time she left with the team, seeing it as no issue. The last time he had saw her was her climbing aboard her jump ship, promising that they would have a jolly good 'hunt', as she put it, when she got back.
She never did, obviously. Getting to his feet, he quickly left, walking toward Pyrus. "I found the remains of Lilith Kartovic, in that tunnel." He reported, voice not even cracking. Pyrus turned toward the Hunter, face grim behind the visor. "That was expected... Do you think that path continues?"
Sterling nodded. "Easily. There were remains of Vex, shot likely by Kabr." Pyrus nodded, relieved. "That should be enough to report. Get ready to..." Pyrus's voice faded, as he turned to the entrance of the Vault. There... Was some sort of singing.
Sterling saw a small ball of yellow light appear in the entrance, the song like liquid peace. At least- that's how Pyrus described it once this mission was over. Sterling personally wasn't affected, disliking music. But Andrea had a very different thought, slowly approaching the orb with a hand outstretched.
Andrea's POV ( a few minutes earlier)
The Voidwalker was inspecting the remains of the group of Minotaurs that lay dead near the entrance. She was absolutely ecstatic. "Pyrus, these machines must be at least a thousand years old!" The senior Warlock of the group jogged over and crouched down next to her. "Wh-?" The Voidwalker quickly shushed him, a habit she did when she was excited.
"I took the liberty of reading Kabr's journal, and he mentioned something. About the denizens of the Vault." The Human took a breathe. "He wrote about two main kinds, the Precorsors and the Descendants. Supposedly, they are older than the dawn of humanity."
Andrea, you're doing it again. Wolfram piped up. Shut it Wolf, I'm on a roll. Andrea snapped back, still excited. "If we took pieces of these back to the Tower, we could finally crack how they could last so long, maybe even time travel!"
Pyrus shrugged. "Could work. Go ahead and... Hm? What is it Sterling?" He turned and got up, conversing with the Hunter that had emerged from a hole in the wall. She huffed, slightly miffed, but quickly started grabbing samples, the eyes, parts of the arm, etc.
Then she heard the music. Oracles. She slowly got up, shutting who eyes. The singing was faint, but still noticeable. Though... No one else seemed to notice. Andrea... Wolfram warned, but it went unheeded.
A small ball of yellow light appeared next to the Vault entrance. Almost immediately, the singing intensified, blocking out almost anything. Her only thought: claim the source of this beautiful song. She reached out her hand, vaguely aware of her brother, AJ, shouting out a warning. Then everything went black.
AJ's POV (a few minutes earlier)
They are in. The legendary Vault of Glass. AJ snorted.
What's the matter? Kellar inquired. This may sound like the stereotype Titan here, but this place ain't made of Glass. I call fooey on Kabr. AJ responded, glancing at his icy camouflage colored Ghost.
Listening to Pyrus give out orders, he personally wasn't listening until his name came up.
"AJ and Kai, inspect the door." Nodding mutely as he trudged over to the gigantic doorway along with his fellow Awoken Guardian. "Kellar, scan the support columns for structural weaknesses and strengths." Copy that. Kellar vanished upward, hearing the scanning.
Seeing the rest of the team move a little farther in the Vault, he turned to the Hunter, who was sitting on the ground, toying with a Goblin arm. "Seriously, Kai." The Hunter looked up at him.
"When will you tell him?" He asked, zeroing in on her channel so no one else could hear. "You know him as well as I do. He's clueless." Something filtered through his link, something a both ancient Minotaurs. Whatever. Kai shrugged, not trusting herself to talk.
AJ sighed, going back to look at Pyrus. "There's nothing that seems..." He trailed off, hearing singing. It was sweet, but bitter at the same time, almost like a good sweet that had gone bad. His eyes flickered to his sister, Andrea, slowly walking toward a ball of light that had suddenly appeared there.
Instantly a foreboding entered his very soul, and he ran toward her, yelling her name. The second the Warlock's hand came in contact with the Oracle, she vanished in a bright fiery explosion.
Author's Notes
Yep, like I promised. Our first death. I realize there wasn't devlopment for Andrea, but oh well.
The switching of the POV's have ended, for now.
If anyone asks why no Taken King subclasses are inside this, I'll say this: one of the remaining Guardians will gain a new class very soon.
I realize I made up Lilith, but don't hate. They never said every single Guardian who entered the Vault.