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Three days have passed since the three dead men have arrived at the tower. They have been doing what they please. Slade built everyone Sparrows specially designed for them and their capabilities. Lazarus has been learning all he can about what has changed since they have been dead. Jack...he's been getting drunk and causing fights. He never owns up to it though. The Vanguard have started to doubt them.
Slade was reading when he was approached by Commander Zavala.
"Stand Titan." Slade did as he was told. He didn't salute though. To him that was a sign of being owned. He would never be owned ever again.
"The Vanguard want to see what you and your team are capable of. Tomorrow we are going to have you fight one of the best teams we have to offer in the crucible. Go tell them." Slade was beyond excited. He had heard of this crucible but had never participated, let alone see it. He ran off and reached his teams room. Lazarus was adding a tactical pad to his arm while Jack was recovering from a hang over.
"Guys! The Vanguard want us to participate in the crucible. We leave tomorrow to fight someone!" Jack shushed him and put a pillow over his head.
"It's too early Slade."
"It's one twenty three." Jack glared at him from under the pillow causing the childish Titan to shut up. Lazarus seemed interested in what was happening.
"Why do they want us to fight?" Slade just shrugged.
"They don't think we can fight that well I think." Jack shot up and pointed angrily.
"Bastards! We'll...I need to rest first." With that he just sat down again and stared at the floor blankly. Lazarus had a large grin on his face.
"What's the plan Laz?" Lazarus looked up and shot Slade a dark grin.
"I have an ace for us. Just rest and make sure you're ready for tomorrow." Lazarus said no more and went back to his tac pad. Jack recovered from his hang over and decided to do some snooping. He snuck into the Vanguard part of the Tower and watched from the shadows. The Vanguard had a team of three in front of them. Like most teams at the Tower, it consisted of a Warlock, Titan, and a Hunter. The Hunter was a Gunslinger subclass, the Titan a Striker, and the Warlock was a Void Walker. They looked fairly advanced and like they had combat experience.
"Remember, this team is supposedly very dangerous. They have not shown that they are, just don't hold back." They saluted and left. The Vanguard then crowded around the table in thought.
"Where will the battle take place?" Cayde spook up.
"How about the Shores of Time on Venus?" They all seemed to agree with him.
"Very well. Prepare the ships. People have been wanting to see this team in action. There will be a lot of spectators."
"Do you think Fading Light has a chance?" They all seemed to be very quiet.
"They should. This team has not shown that they are as dangerous as the records say." Jack decided it was time to leave before he was noticed. Getting out was just as easy if not more so. He returned to his team, bottle of rum in tow. Lazarus shot him a glare.
"Just a little, I swear."
"That's what you always say. Give me." Jack gave him the bottle after much arguing.
"What did you find out Jack?" His Ghost appeared and played back the whole scene.
"Shores of Time eh? I have to ask Relena for some information. Some maps would be nice as well." Jack just slumped on his bed.
"I'll just be here. Alone. Without any booze. Or women." Lazarus threw the bottle of rum at him.
"You're rediculous. Good work though." Jack chuckled darkly and started to down the bottle. Slade just leaned over to Lazarus, not taking his eyes off Jack.
"Where does it all go?" Lazarus shrugged and started to leave to find Relena.
"Who knows."
Lazarus met with Relena in the courtyard and they traded information. Lazarus told her of the time before the Traveler started to fall apart and in return she gave Lazarus information on the Shores of Time.
"What was it like before everything fell apart?" Lazarus had to think back to a time when it was the best. He smiled when he remembered.
"Everything was bright and cheerful. The Traveler seemed to glow all the time. Everyone was like one big person. Helping each other. It truly a beautiful time. Even when the Darkness was closing in things seemed to be peaceful." He looked at the sight around him now.
"But now...not so much." Relena seemed to notice his sadness and changed the subject.
"Well. I sent the information to your tac pad. Good luck tomorrow. We'll be rooting for you." Lazarus smiled at her and went back to discuss strategy with his team. He arrived to see Jack still standing. He was definitely drunk though.
"Heeeey Laz! How was Rena?" Lazarus knew trying to correct him wouldn't work so he could only go along with it.
"Good. Now then, let's talk strategy." Despite being drunk Jack talks strategy well and retains the information well. Slade was the best out of them all and would often remind them of the plan. Even though ninety nine percent of the time they change the plan to a much more simple, efficient one. BLOW SHIT UP! That was against Fallen though. For other guardians they would need an actual strategy.
"Looking at the lay of the land I have an idea." The holo-map Gale created had markers for each member of the team. Black for Jack, White for Lazarus, and Grey for Slade. He reorginized them and started to explain.
"The left had medium ranged battle zones that are perfect for someone with a mid-ranged gun. I'll take the left. The middle is close quarters and the most dangerous, Slade will take the enemy on there. The right side is very open and perfect for snipers. Jack will go there. Just don't fall off the cliffs." Jack scoffed and gave a *hic* as his response.
"Ah'll be fine." Lazarus smiled and pulled out a bottle of Vodka. Jack eyed it and reached for it like a baby.
"Gimme, gimme, gimme." Lazarus pulled back and shook his head.
"This is for the pre-battle. You tend to be hard to follow when drunk. I plan to use this to our advantage." Jack started pouting.
"Fahn." He still seemed slightly upset but Lazaus didn't care.
"Well, I suggest we rest for tomorrow." They didn't argue and settled down. Slade was tossing and turning like a child having a nightmare.
"What are you doing Slade?"
"Do we actually have to kill those Guardians?" Lazarus hadn't thought about that.
"They probably have some safety precautions to keep that from happening." Slade was calmed down by this. He didn't want to kill people who weren't evil like the darkness. Even if they were evil but were human he wouldn't want to. He couldn't explain why but that was how he felt on the subject of killing. He would kill anyone who tried to hurt hm or his friends though. They were brothers in arms and swore to protect each other. Slade smiled remembering that day.
"Get down you fool!" Slade jumped behind the sand bags like Jack ordered and kept his head down like Lazarus always told him to do. He pulled his pistol out.
"What are they Jack?" The human looked over cover and dropped down when the bullets started to whiz over his head.
"Shit. Fallen. I thought Venus was safe from them." Slade looked over and saw dozens of the creatures rushing towards them. He had always been told about these creatures and had seen pictures, but to see one in person was truly terrifying. Even for an Exo.
"What do we do?" Jack responded by looking over and shooting the heads off a few of the ones that didn't take cover.
"Shoot them before they can get close." Slade nodded and popped up. He tightened his grip, fired, and watched as a Dreg's head exploded. He fired a few more rounds before getting back in cover and reloading. They kept shooting and shooting but they just kept coming. Slade loaded his last clip and looked at Jack.
"Last one." Jack looked at his belt and saw one more clip. He loaded it and chambered the shot.
"Same. Make every shot count. Only take the shot if you know you can make it." Jack then blind fired and the sound of a Shank exploding sounded out.
"I thought you said take shots if you know you can make it."
"I know if I can make a shot." He did the same blind fire getting a similar result only with a Vandal. They shot and kept them back. Slade took a shot and then when he tried for another his gun clicked and signaled that he was out.
"I'm out Jack." Jack fired three more shots until he had a similar click.
"I hate that sound." He threw his gun at the approaching Dreg and chuckled.
"Stupid alien freaks." He slumped down behind cover.
"Well. Guess this is it buddy. It's been a hell of a ride but they all have to end at some point or another." They then heard the sound of an auto rifle and the dying screams of the Fallen. The two slowly poked their heads out of cover and smiled when they saw Lazarus striding towards them, auto rifle strung over his shoulder.
"Bout time. Lazy ass Awoken." Lazarus smiled at them and then chuckled.
"So you would much rather have me not show up at all?"
"Never said that. Just try to be faster next time please." Lazarus nodded to them and looked around.
"We need to get the hell off this planet. The guards are barely holding them back. The escape shuttles are by the docks. It's only a mile or two away at the most." Jack nodded and started to loot the Fallen for ammo. He picked his scout rifle up and loaded it. He then did the same for his sniper rifle and turned to Lazarus who had done the same.
"I'm ready." Slade loaded his pistol and smiled at them.
"I'm ready too." The two exchanged glances before shaking their heads. Jack bent down and grabbed a pulse rifle. He loaded it and threw it to Slade.
"Three round burst. Aim for the upper chest and the reciol will carry the rest to the head" Slade looked down the sights and smiled.
"I like it." He grabbed a few clips and then saw something that caught his interest. By a dead officer was a shotgun that looked very dangerous. He picked it up and saw a name scratched on the side.
"Party Crasher+1" He grabbed a few shells and caught up with the other two. They saw the shotgun and nodded their heads in agreement.
"That will come in handy I'm sure." He loaded it and chambered a shell. He aimed it and smiled. On the other side it said, "I said INVITES ONLY!" Slade didn't really understand but he didn't really care either. As long as when he shot it it killed then he was fine with it. They walked for a few minutes before seeing the ships. The last one was being loaded so they started to sprint to get on. They were almost there when they were surrounded by fallen.
"Back to back!" Slade did as Lazarus said and aimed his pulse rifle at the encroaching hoard.
"What do we do now?" Jack pulled back the action on his scout rilfe and chuckled.
"Send them all to hell." Slade nodded and aimed at them. They let loose a stream of hellish steel that ripped them all to shreds.
"Keep in formation and walk towards the evac point!" They started slowly with Slade in the back and Lazarus and Jack in the front. Slade kept firing and anytime he ran out he loaded another clip as fast as fast as he could. The Fallen couldn't shoot them because anytime they popped out of cover they were ripped apart by the bullets that hungered to end them.
"It's leaving without us!" Slade took a quick glance and saw that they were right. Lazarus remianed calm.
"Sprint for it!" They took off. Slade took his shotgun out and fired at anyone who got to close for them. Jack was shot in the leg and fell. Slade put his gun on his back and picked the small human up and over his shoulders and took off running while Lazarus covered them. The ship stopped and the men on board started to shoot and cover them. They were a few dozen feet away when Lazarus dropped from a shot to his shoulder knocking him on his back.
"Go on! Get out of here you two!" Slade used one hand to balance Jack on his back. He handed Jack his pistol and Jack started to shoot at everything he saw. Slade used his other hand and grabbed Lazarus' collar and started to drag him away. Lazarus picked up a pistol and used his good arm to shoot at them.
"Almooooost!" Slade could feel the shots ripping him to shreds as he dragged them to safety. He fell to his knees and felt like he couldn't go any further. Then he heard his friends.
"Die bastards!"
"I won't give up!" Slade felt empowered and stood. He started to run faster then before. He got to the edge and threw his friends on the ship. He almost made it when a shot knocked him to the ground. Jack and Lazarus jumped off the ship and started to help the Exo to the ship. The men on the ship fired their guns as fast as they could.
"Leave the Exo!"
"We aren't leaving without him!" The man jumped down and helped them put Slade on the ship. They all loaded up and the ship pulled out and made it to orbit. Slade was a mess. His arm that was holding Lazarus was barely connected. His entire back was blown to molten shrapnel. Nothing was badly damaged but he would need a lot of maintenance. The three sat next to each other in silence until Jack spoke up.
"Thanks Slade. You saved our asses back there." Slade just shrugged.
"It was nothing. You guys are like my brothers. I wouldn't leave you behind." Jack put a hand on Slade's shoulder.
"Well, I still thank you."
"As do I." Lazarus' shoulder was being attended to by the medic.
"I believe that we should be a team. I heard they are gathering soldiers together to fight against the darkness. We could go as a team and defeat anything that comes at us." Jack seemed to be thinking about it while Slade just nodded quickly.
"I'll do it!" They turned to Jack who just shrugged.
"Eh what the hell."
"We need a team name." They looked at Slade confused.
"Why?"
"So when we become the best fighters people will have a name to call our team." They couldn't argue with that. They couldn't think of anything. The captain came up to them and smiled.
"You are some crazy bastards. The way all three of you fought reminded me of a mythical creature called a Cerberuse. Giant three headed dog." They all turned to each other and smiled.
"Cerberuse's Light." The captain was confused but just left them to it.
Ever since that day they had been brothers in arms and vowed never to leave a man behind. Slade smiled remembering that day. It marked a new life for the three of them. One they enjoyed to the max. Even when Earth was invaded and they knew one could make it away safely, they stood together. Lazarus had died first. Stealth Vandal came up behind him while he was trying to cover Jack from some captains. He was killed instantly. Then when Jack tried to help him he was shot full of holes by the Captains. Slade tried to get them out. He threw them into a silver car and started to drive. They didn't get far when a missle slammed into the car and killed Slade who was the only one alive at that point.
Slade would not dwell on the past though. He knew that he would give his life again to keep them safe. He then shut down to recharge for tomorrow.
Slade turned back on early like he usually did and looked at his sleeping companions. He had an idea that he knew they would like. He left quietly and went to the gunsmith.
"Do you have any pistols?" The gunsmith put one on the table for him.
"I need three. One for me and two for my friends."
"What are your friends?"
"Hunter, Blade Dancer. Warlock, Void Walker." The Exo nodded and put two more pistols on the table. Slade gave him the glimmer. He had been finding a lot of the stuff just lying sround the Tower and was surprised but didn't complain. He returned and saw Lazarus was up and getting ready while Jack was recovering from his hang over.
"Where were you?" Lazarus asked calmly. Slade gave him his gun. They were all the same but would apparently work better for each class specifically. Lazarus smiled and had Gale change the color to white. Jack smiled and started to observe it carefully. Shadow changed it to black while Banshee changed Slade's to grey. They got geared up and went to the hanger and waited. The enemy team came and stared at them like they were trash.
"Well, guess they still have snobby assholes." Lazarus tried not to laugh but couldn't hold it in.
"Guess it must be a breeding thing. They bred the brains right out of those ones." Lazarus started to laugh causing the other team to glare at him. The Warlock started to speak with a pristine accent.
"What would be funny?" Jack's smile spread form ear to ear.
"He even sounds like a dumbass!" Team Cerberuse's Light was rolling on the floor laughing. The Warlock looked offended and pointed at Jack.
"You will pay for your insolence you foolish Hunter."
"What are you going to do? Take your glove off and slap me!?" They were once again laughing at the team on front of them. Jack then pointed at the Warlock and grinned.
"I'm going to put a bullet right in between your eyes." The Vanguard came to the hanger and were confused why team Cerberuse was on the ground laughing. The large transport ship came in and everyone loaded on. Lazarus nudged Jack and gave him the vodka.
"Go nuts." Jack snatched the bottle and chugged it. Much to the shock of everyone else. The Vanguard stepped forward and pulled up a holo-map.
"The battle will take place at the Shores of Time on Venus. It will be a simple last team standing. First to win three rounds will win. Just like out in the field, if a teamate falls then you may revive him or her." Jack stared at Ikora.
"If we die then we can just be brought back to life?" The alcohol had yet to kick in though he was starting to feel it.
"Yes. Didn't you know that?"
"Nah. We didn't have that shit." It started to come over him and he was slouched with a huge grin.
"Wait. So that means that if Lazarus dies I can bring him back to life?" She nodded. Jack pulled out his pistol and shot Lazarus in the head, killing him.
"I've always wanted to do that." He touched Gale and Lazarus came back.
"Did you just kill me?" Jack grinned at him.
"I don't know. Did it look like this?" He shot Lazarus in the head again and brought him back again. He tried for a third time but was stopped by Slade. Jack just shrugged and looked at the bottle.
"Laz.*Hic* What was in that sheet?*Hic*" Lazarus shrugged and looked at the bottle in his hands.
"Not sure. Just said regular vodka on it." Jack started to swing around fully drunk now. He pointed at the Warlock.
"Heeeey...duchy." The Warlock glared at him.
"I have no words to say to you." Jack winked at Lazarus and then threw the empty bottle at the Warlock's feet causing him to jump.
"What the hell is your problem!?"
"I don't know all of them but there are a lot." They spent the rest of the ride in silence. They arrived and were warped down to their spots.
"Just like we said yesterday. Now let's move team!" Lazarus pointed and moved to the left. Slade ran to the middle while Jack hobbled his way to the right. He reached the cliffs and looked off. He whistled and chuckled.
"Thas a loooooong*hic*...drop." He looked left and saw the glint from a sniper scope. He bent back and the bullet whizzed past his face. He was behind cover and popped his middle finger over the cover.
"You meeessed...dipshit!" He jumped up and fired at the glint. He almost hit the Hunter who jumped back to cover. Jack just waited and gave out the occasional hiccup. The Hunter jumped out and fired at Jack. Jack spun in a circle dodging the bullet and when he finished he fired and nailed the man in the chest, knocking him on his ass. Jack threw his hands in the air and dropped his sniper.
"Thee sixtay nu scooped...biatch!" The Hunter jumped behind cover.
"Even drunk he's a threat." Jack pulled out a knife and threw it high into the air while spinning and chuckling.
Heeeeey!" He called to the Hunter.
"What?"
"I'm unermed!" The Hunter carefully looked around cover. When he saw Jack was indeed unarmed he stepped out and aimed at his head.
"Got you." The knife from early then flew back down and impaled the Hunter through the head and killed him. Jack threw his hands in the air and fell on his back laughing.
"Bestest snipper*hic* EVAH!*Hic*" He sat laughing when Slade stood above him.
"Heeey! Hower you!?" Slade shrugged at him.
"Did ya git*hic* yur gah?" Slade nodded.
"How'd ya do et?"
Slade made his way to the center slowly and ready to move quickly. He reached the circular center and waited. He then moved to the side and a storm of bullets shredded past him and into the wall. He took cover behind the middle and looked around and saw the Titan that belonged to the other team. The Titan ran at Slade and started glowing blue. Slade moved to the side and the Titan shoulder charged into the wall. He jumped off and faced Slade. Slade waved at him.
"Hi." The Titan tried to punch Slade who just moved to the side again.
"Woah. Careful." The Titan kept trying to punch Slade who kept moving. Then the Titan hit Slade turning him sideways. Slade slowly turned back to the other Titan who was ready to fight. Slade walked forward and pushed him on his back. Slade grabbed the Titan's leg and heaved him over him and slammed him into the ground. Slade then spun him around quickly and threw him into the air. Slade jumped up after him and started to glow blue. Slade's boots kicked in and launched him forward faster. The Titan was sideways in the air when Slade delivered his knees into the man's gut. The force blew the man in half and the two halfs hit the walls with a splat.
Slade landed and wiped his knees off. He then decided to check on Jack.
"And that's what happened." Jack was just quiet.
"Jack?"
"Dayum. Nevah knew yoa had thah kinda powah." Slade just sat next to him and looked around.
"Round Over!" They were all transported back to where they started and were joined by Lazarus.
"Ya got em?" Lazarus chuckled at the sight of Jack being so heavily drunk.
"He wasn't that tough."
Lazarus kept his gun high up and ready to fire. He was in a good position to survey the area. He waited for a bit and then he heard a sizzling sound. He jumped away and dodged the explosion from the grenade. He jumped to cover as the bullets from a hand cannon whizzed by him. He waited and then heard the Warlock.
"Shit." Lazarus wasted no time and jumped out to see the Warlock trying to load his hand cannon as fast as he could. Lazarus pulled back the action causing the Warlock to drop his hand cannon.
"You dun goofed." Lazarus pulled the trigger and shredded the Warlock to a messy pulpy pile. Then the announcer said game and he was transported back to the beginning.
"Nice. Slade kneed someone in half." Lazarus smiled at Slade.
"Nice. Same strategy?" They all nodded. The round started and Slade went to the same spot he was at before. He heard the sound of an action and he jumped for cover. The sound of a hand cannon being fired sounded through the walls. Slade jumped out with Party Crasher and started to shoot in full auto mode. The first two shots shattered his shield. The next two blew off his legs below the knees. The last one was placed at his head which effectively blew it off his shoulders.
"That was easy. Wonder if anyone needs my help?" Slade continued to wonder what to do with his time and just settled on watching the Ghost in case an ally came to help the Warlock.
Jack stumbled back to the cliffs and watched for any enemies. He saw the Titan running towards the cliff quickly. The Titan jumped over the gap and made ready to shoulder charge. Jack blinked and the Titan missed his shoulder charge. Jack appeared a few feet away and was leaning against the wall.
"Are ya suuuur ya taint *hic* druunk lak mi?" The Titan rushed him again only for Jack to spin out of the way with his hands above his head like a ballerina.
"Ah'll take this *hic* dance." He bowed to the Titan who tried for and uppercut. Jack moved to the side and kicked him away. The Titan tried to slam into him only for Jack to blink away and reappear.
"Yur a bat dancur." The Titan tried to smash his fist into the drunk Hunter only for it to miss and for Jack to lean against him. Jack ran his hand along the Titan's helmet and chuckled.
"Surry. You ain't mah tipe." Jack stuck a trip bomb to the Titan's chest and shoved him away. He then took a bow at the Titan who was trying to get the bomb off him. It exploded and knocked Jack on his ass causing him to laugh. The top half of the Titan was gone and splattered everywhere.
"Thah was*hic* fuuun."
Lazarus kept moving and kept his eyes peeled. He saw the glint from a scope and ducked to the side. The bullet scrapped against his helmet. He got out Murmur and chuckled.
"Kids not half bad." He started to charge it and right before it fired he aimed at the sniper and let loose his fury. A few bullets hit but weren't enough to kill him. He ran forward and made a scatter grenade in his hand. He threw it but the Hunter wasn't there. Lazarus' gauntlet charged and he was ready to throw another one. He saw the Hunter behind a rock readying for a shot. Lazarus threw his second grenade and it hit the hunter in the chest. The pieces scattered and each small explosion blew holes in the Hunter. When the grenade ended all that was left was a bloody pile.
"That had to hurt."
"Round End" Lazarus was transported back and smiled when he saw his teamates.
"This is what the Guardians have to offer us?"
"Same strategy would be wise." For the third time they agree with each other and wait for it to start.
"Begin!"
Lazarus ran and in a matter of seconds saw the Titan. Lazarus got ready to strike when he saw the Titan jump up.
"Fists of Havok." Lazarus smiled and jumped up as well.
"Eat this!" Lazarus threw three Nova Bombs at the charging Titan, blowing him back and dissolving him into a pile of ash.
"Maybe next time." Lazarus smiled. Yet he couldn't help but be dissappointed.
"These are the people who are supposed to help stop the darkness? We are in for some trouble."
Slade went to the middle like he had been doing and looked around. He saw a glint and jumped to the side. The bullet hit him in the leg and broke his shields. He waited and a grenade landed next to him. He ran away from it and towards the thrower. The Hunter started glowing and pulled out a golden gun. He aimed at Slade who wasn't scared. He only had three shots and they were evenly paced. The first was directly at his chest. Slade jumped to the side and avoided it, though he could feal the heat as the bullet passed him. He slid under the second one and bent back so the bullet would pass over his head. He could once again feel the heat as he narrowly dodged. He stood and jumped high into the air. The bullet went under him and Slade could feel the energy coursing through him.
"Time for the big finish!" He slammed down on the ground and sent his built up energy everywhere. He focused it so it flew at the Hunter in forms of electrical waves. The Hunter was enveloped and dissolved in the waves. Slade stood up and cracked his knuckles.
"Throw that on you shrimp...barbie. Nevermind. Making jokes is Jack's thing. Wonder how he's doing?" Slade turned to the ash pile that was once a Guardian.
"This is the best that we have to offer against the darkness? Unbelievable."
Jack made it to the cliffs and saw the Warlock rushing forward.
"Yur on *hic* biatch!" The Warlock jumped and launched a Nova Bomb at Jack. He responded by blinking through it and out the other side. The Nova Bomb just turned around to chase him. Jack smirked and grabbed his blade. He activated his Super Charge and jumped up after the Nova Bomb. He slashed straight through it and out the other side. He pulled his scout rifle off his back and aimed at the stunned Warlock. He fired three times and broke his shields. He fired two more at his legs causing him to fall to his knees. Jack landed in front of him and aimed right in between his eyes with one hand.
"Told ya I's shoot ya in tween the eyes." He pulled the trigger and the Warlock's head kicked back from the recoil. The bullet took the back half of his head with it. He then fell to his side dead. Jack lowered the gun slowly and then stood looking at the dead body as it dissolved.
"We're doomed."
"Round End!"
They all warped back and were giving each other high fives.
"Badash!"
"That was a good work out."
"Very good work team." Jack turned to the other team who had their heads down in shame.
"Well...thers alwas nex tim." They just glared at him with anger in their eyes.
"Wah?" Lazarus put a hand over Jack's mouth.
"Do us a favor and be quiet." Jack nodded with a huge grin. He then licked Lazarus' hand so he could breathe again.
"I would have let go." Lazarus wiped his hand off on Jack's shoulder. Jack was too busy making faces at the other team to notice. He then threw his hands around his brothers in arms and started to laugh.
"Bestest *hic* team...Evah!" Then he passed out causing both soldiers to have to carry him.
"Every damn time." Was all Lazarus could say.
They arrived at the Tower and carried Jack to their room and threw him on his bed.
"Drunk dastard." Slade stared at him confused.
"Who says dastard anymore?"
Else where in Ylisse, Owain sneezed.
"Not sure. Just came to me suddenly. It matters not." They relaxed on their respective beds and just stared at the ceiling.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Slade asked Lazarus concerned.
"That if they are one of the best that the Vanguard has to offer then we are screwed?"
"Ya." They both watched the ceiling like it would give them an answer. It never came. Then they got a knock on the door. Slade hopped up and opened it. Relena, Maddie, and Shara.
"What are three doing here." They all stepped in and smiled at them.
"Just wanted to congratulate you three for your first victory. That team was pretty tough." Slade and Lazarus exchanged sad glances that didn't go unnoticed by the girls.
"What's up?"
"If those three are some of the best that the Vanguard has to offer then we will lose." The three women exchanged glances of confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"There are ancient evils that you could not even begin to comprehend. If this is the best you have to offer then you won't last five minutes. Your light will be eaten and destroyed." The three seemed to lose their joy and took seats around the room.
"So what do we do?" Slade and Lazarus exchanged smiling glances before turning to them.
"We're going to upgrade you. You'll need better weapons than...whatever those are. Better armor that can take more punishment. We also need to push your skills to the limit and see what you can do." The female team exchanged some confused glances before they turned back to the two conscious Guardians and nodded.
"We're in."
The girls will start to get better stuff. They will get exotics and everything else will be legendary. They will help our main characters to kick some ass. Stay tuned. Well...not tuned, eh you get what I mean. Anyways, keep calm and may the Aura be with you all.
