Hey guys here's the next chapter! Gotta say for the poll it was very close towards the end. Started off as a three way tie between Cora, Sara and Peebee and then Peebee and Sara left Cora in the dust. However the sole winner is... Peebee! So weather you like it or not the official pairing for this story is now PeebeexHunter so no bitching! As for those who asked I will make a side pairing down the line but what it is I'll leave a mystery for now.

Now on with the story.

Eos

"Okay. What. The. FUCK!?" exclaimed Hunter as he stared at his Ghost in shock at the info dump he had just received from the piece of the Traveler.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Peebee after hearing him basically yell out for the world to hear. She had seen him talking with his Ghost but had ignored it for the most part until he just up and screamed.

"Nothing. Just having a little chat with my Ghost." grumbled Hunter to the Asari who just shrugged it off and went back to studying the Remnant site as they waited for Ryder. Meanwhile the Guardian had rounded on his Ghost once more trying to process all he had just learned.

For the past hour his Ghost had given him the rundown on what exactly he was dealing with. From the Prothean ruin's discovered by humanity on Mars, the First Contact war with the Turian's, all the way up until this point including some info about the various alien species discovered so far. Needless to say it was still a lot to take in but he would deal with it as he had already seen some weird shit while fighting the minions of the Darkness.

"You know all of this is just making my head hurt. All of these so called 'friendly' aliens and such is a new one on me. I mean look what they did to the Krogan and the Quarian's! If that's their definition of friendly then I hate to see what their version of cruelty is like." grumbled Hunter as he thought on those two races specifically as they were both now suffering a slow genocide that is almost impossible to stop thanks to the so called 'Council'. Same for his humanity as they are fighting tooth and nail to survive, but if he had been thrown into this universes version of the Milky Way some serious head's would have rolled both literally and figuratively.

"Speaking of the Quarian's I have picked up some interesting signal's coming from that Ryder woman. During my scans of her Omni-tool and person I picked up an implant that from what I can tell connects to an AI. In fact the lot of them seem to have a similar implant but hers seems to have the strongest connection." said the Ghost getting Hunter's attention.

"Aren't AI supposed to be illegal in their galaxy? You know what I don't care, just tell me how advanced it is and if it could possibly be a threat to us." said Hunter as the Ghost seemed to ponder its next words.

"I would have to say pretty advanced for their limited understanding of AI technology. It's not nearly as advanced as I am and not even in the realm of being a challenge to something like a Warmind. If it came down to cyber warfare we definitely have them beat." said the Ghost getting Hunter to nod as at least that was good news. Before he could continue asking some other questions to the little ball of Light Peebee came running up an excited smile on her face.

"Hunter let's get going! Ryder's activated the other monolith and it's showing something near the lake close by! I have the coordinate's, also Ryder wants to talk to you as she really wants to know how your are able to interact with the Remnant tech as well as she can. If I had to guess I say she was a little jealous." said Peebee with a teasing grin making Hunter shake his head at her childish behavior.

"You know I find it very hard to believe your species lives to be over a thousand years old and yet you can still act like this." he said to no one in particular.

"Hey what's wrong with the way I act!?" she demanded with a pout making Hunter smile under his helm as he just walked off towards his sparrow with a ranting Asari right behind him. At least these aliens didn't try to blow him to pieces as soon as they saw him... for now anyways.

"Alright just who and what the hell are you Hunter." demanded Sara as soon as Hunter and Peebee had gotten off of the sparrow.

They were now near the lake with a small island in the middle where some Remnant tech could be seen and near them was a Remnant console ready for use. Above them the three lights connected to the monolith's converged at one point right over the small island.

Sara didn't care about that however as she was more concerned with their mysterious guest. She didn't get it, this guy shows up out of nowhere with strange weapons and tech and now all of a sudden he can interact with Remnant tech!? Then there was the thing his 'Ghost' mentioned about them being in 'a different universe.' They may live in a time of aliens and she may be an open-minded person but the whole 'universal traveler' thing was pushing it.

"I already told you I'm a Guardian and as for what I am...I'm human." said Hunter plainly getting some disbelieving looks from Sara, Cora and Liam.

"Oh really? Well prove it and take off your helmet." challenged Cora making Hunter shrug as he dismissed his helmet which vanished in a flash of light revealing his face to the group who gaped a little at the fact that he really was human.

Peebee then came up and started examining him up close as he just looked at her weirdly wondering what was going through the blue woman's mind. One minute she can be very intelligent and the next she could be about as mature as a ten year old. He was hoping for the former but was also expecting the latter.

"Well not the most good looking guy I've seen but you rank right up there big guy." said Peebee with an approving nod and slap on the shoulder as she walked back to the others leaving a thoroughly confused Guardian who decided to just not question it and summoned his helmet once more. It was so much easier dealing with aliens when they were just trying to murder him.

"A-alright at least you really are what you say you are. But can you really interact with Remnant tech?" challenged Sara.

In response Hunter simply walked up to the lone console by the lake and activated it. When he did the area trembled and more spires came up out of the lake and a small entrance was revealed on the small island. Looking back he nearly laughed at the stunned looks on their faces. Walking up to Sara he teasingly closes her gaping mouth.

"Does that answer your question 'oh mighty' Pathfinder?"

"...you are such an asshole." she says in irritation as she can just feel the shit eating grin plastered on the Guardian's face.

"I come by it honestly. Now let's go see what 'great wonders' are hidden here shall we?" asks Hunter and without waiting for a response starts to walk across the bridge that formed in front of him with each step leading to the small island. Honestly at this point nothing surprised him.

"This guy is bringing up more questions than answers Ryder." said Liam as he stepped up beside her. Before she could respond however Peebee walked by them following the Guardian.

"That just means he's a bigger mystery to solve. I'm sure he'll answer all our questions once he trusts us a bit more. Would you just tell your entire life story to someone you just met?" she said confidently and Ryder silently agreed with her as she, Cora and Liam followed after the bubbly Asari and mysterious Guardian.

Walking into the underground structure the group were on guard in case any Remnant decided to pop up but nonetheless they were intrigued on what they may find down in this hidden Remnant site.

For Ryder, Liam and Cora they were thinking on how this place may help in making Eos a suitable home for the people on the Nexus, Peebee was giddy at what new discoveries the site may hold on the Remnant and couldn't wait to start digging, Hunter for his part was just going with the motions as the Vault of Glass was much more nerve wracking than this place, especially since time was all screwed up in that place which was a major annoyance.

Eventually they came to an empty area which aggravated Peebee that nothing was there.

"No, no, no! This can't be it! All of that for nothing!? You two, do your Pathfinder, Guardian thing!" demanded Peebee before a section of the floor just happened to open up as the group gathered around it.

"Wow. You two are good." said a now pleased Asari as Hunter and Sara shared a glance.

"We didn't do anything." said Hunter as he looked down the hole.

"How far down do you think it goes?" asked Liam.

Looking to the side Sara kicks a small chunk of rock into the hole but part way the rock stops and begins to float back up. Seeing this Peebee starts talking to herself to try and figure out how it was happening as the other's watch on. Eventually she figures it out to be some type of gravity well.

"Now it makes sense. Oh Peebee you idiot! That wasn't the front door, this is." said Peebee gesturing to the hole that was radiating energy.

His sense of curiosity and need to explore took over Hunter as he looked at the hole. Before he wouldn't really have cared about the Remnant ruins but seeing this had ignited his adventurous spirit. He could only imagine what sort's of things they would find down there.

"Well if this is the door why not let ourselves in?" asked Hunter before jumping into the well that began to take him down at a controlled speed.

He could hear Peebee complain about not jumping in first before following quickly after. In no time at all the five of them were floating down the hole as the effects of the Gravity well made sure they wouldn't become a stain on whatever ground they landed on.

Once they exited the narrow tube they saw they were in a large chamber, which didn't look like much in Hunter's opinion but fascinated the other's.

"Looks like some kind of bunker, a vault maybe?" said Sara aloud as they were nearing the floor.

"Maybe, look there's a console over there! If the control's for terraforming are anywhere then they'll be here." stated Peebee as they landed safely on the ground.

While the other's went over to the console Hunter was standing in front of the large door wondering what could be behind it. This whole place was filled with, what his Ghost had told him was called, Element Zero or Eezo for short. It wasn't hard to tell that whoever the Remnant were they were advanced. However that left the question as to what happened to them? Building all of this and then just up and leaving? No, something either wiped them out or drove them off and that worried Hunter immensely.

Then all of a sudden the door opened up in front of him as he could hear the others approach talking about something with the Gravity well. The Guardian however was more focused on the now revealed room which while small, possessed another console as well as some information panels. Without even having to ask his Ghost had revealed itself and was scanning through everything it could get.

"There doesn't seem to be any power for this console. Look's like whatever put this place in lockdown is keeping us from activating anything. We're gonna need to shut off the lockdown before we can help Eos." said Sara as they walked past the dead console and through the door at the other end.

"Okay. Now that is impressive." commented Hunter as he looked up at the large moving pillar of energy that protected another Gravity well. The room was decently sized with two door's on either side meaning two path's of travel.

"Hello what's this?" asked Peebee as she picked up an unfamiliar cylindrical object, looking it over as Sara walked up next to her to get a better look at it.

"What is it?" asked the human Pathfinder curiously.

"Don't know. Symbol of status, information container, with Remnant it's easy to speculate but we need more info. I think I'll find it through that door." said Peebee as she pointed to one of the doors.

"But whatever has this place on lockdown is through that door." replied Sara as she gestured to the opposite door.

"I do best on my own. Plus splitting up means we can cover more ground and discover more secrets of this place faster." reasoned Peebee as Ryder didn't look too happy about that. Yet before she could try and rebuff Peebee's suggestion Hunter voiced his own opinion.

"Sound's like a good plan to me. Who knows how large this place is, so the more ground we cover the easier it will be to gather info. And don't worry as I'll be going with her to keep her out of trouble." said Hunter as while he was a loner by trade he knew running around unfamiliar, and possibly hostile, territory without back-up was suicide.

"But I said I do better on my own!" argued Peebee. While she knew Hunter was no slouch she didn't want to have to be watching out for the guy if they ran into trouble.

"So do I. But we don't know what we may find in there so better to have someone to watch your blue ass than having it getting shot up by Remnant." shot back Hunter with a tone of finality that made the Asari pout a bit at not getting her way.

"Alright fine! Just be careful you two and we'll be on channel 145.8." said Sara as she, Liam and Cora walked off to shut off the lockdown procedure leaving the Guardian and Asari to their own devices.

Without another word to each-other the two walked through the door opposite the one Sara went through with Peebee leading the way.

"So I guess it's safe to assume that your little trinket is NOT a symbol of authority!?" shouted Hunter from his cover before popping up to take a few shot's at the Assembler bot's that were attacking him and Peebee.

"I would say that's a safe bet!" shouted back Peebee as she shot down an Observer with her pistol.

Barely five minutes after they had checked in with Ryder to make sure their comm's worked and they had been swarmed by Remnant bot's. First thing Peebee did was showing the item and ordering the bots to stand down and bow to her, needless to say that all she got for her troubles was a hail of fire that Hunter had to pull her out of.

After shooting down the last Remnant bot Hunter and Peebee made their way through another door where a large chasm lay before them. On the other side of said chasm however they saw Ryder's group running across on their end.

"Peebee!" shouted across Sara as soon as she spotted the duo.

"Ryder, it's not a symbol of authority, the Remnant still attack me! I'm gonna try that data sequence we picked up earlier!" shouted Peebee as she ran along her side of the chasm to the other door while Hunter watched the rear to make sure no Remnant suddenly decided to pop up.

"Are you sure that's a good idea!?" yelled Sara.

"Nothing ventured nothing gained!" said Peebee while Hunter shouted out an additional, "Amen to that!"

Ryder didn't even have time to respond before the two disappeared once more through the doors on their side drawing an aggravated sigh from her. Taking one last look at where the duo ran through She set off with Cora and Liam to finish her part of the plan.

As Hunter and Peebee ran through the hall's the Guardian's Ghost suddenly appeared next to Hunter's head almost startling said Guardian at the abrupt appearance of his companion.

"Ghost? What the hell are doing out, there aren't any consoles to hack just yet partner." asked Hunter as he continued to follow the Asari who was completely oblivious to the Ghost's appearance.

"I needed to let you know that your and your blue accomplice are coming up on an intersection. I need you yo go right and her to go left." stated the Ghost getting a raised brow from Hunter though no one could see it.

"And what's so special about the right side?"

"Just trust me on this Hunter, there is something there that I feel can really help us in the long run f you really plan on helping this Universes humanity, however I don't think we can trust the others with this just yet." stated the Ghost as Hunter thought over his partners words. While it was true that he was working with Ryder's team at the moment and truly did want to help the people aboard the Nexus, that didn't mean that everyone was trustworthy. So he decided to trust his Ghost, as he had always done, and nodded in agreement.

A few moments later they came upon the intersection like his Ghost had predicted, forcing Peebee and Hunter to momentarily stop. Peebee seemed to be struggling on which way to go and Hunter decided now would be a good time to make his move. Stepping up he laid a hand on her shoulder as she turned her head to look at him.

"I think we need to split up again Peebee, you take the left and I'll check the right. With any luck we'll regroup on the other side."

The Asari bit her lip as she debated Hunter's suggestion. It was but a few moments later that she gave Hunter a nod and started to head to the left. Before she was out of sight however she turned and threw a smirk at Hunter, "don't get shot up too much Hunter! Shame if the Remnant managed to ruin that pretty face!"

"Right back at you!" tossed back the Guardian before he ran off down the right hallway.

It was a short run as Hunter soon found himself passing through another door only when he did he stopped at what lay beyond it. The door lead to a small outcropping that overlooked nearly the entire Remnant structure that stretched o as far as the eye could see. At the very edge of said outcropping stood a green glowing console.

Curiously Hunter approached said console but as soon as he got within about a foot of it his Ghost appeared and started to scan the console.

"Okay you got me here partner, now what the hell is so special about this place?" asked Hunter as he still held his Jade Rabbit at the ready just in case some Remnant bots showed up. They were just as annoying as the Vex with how they would randomly pop out from absolutely fucking nowhere.

"Nothing much, just these." replied the Ghost in a smug tone before a holographic display popped up to show exactly what his Ghost was downloading and what Hunter saw nearly made him drop his weapon.

Passing by the green tinted screen was various blueprints and schematic's on various pieces of Remnant tech and even a few maps of hidden Remnant caches on a few planets. Basically a gold mine for anyone interested in anything to do with Remnant.

"Wha? How di-? How in the name of the Speaker's big mouth did you know this was here!?"

"Those holographic data ports when we first came in. Any normal techy would have taken hours to crack the codes to get the layout of this place, but thankfully I'm not a 'normal techy.' Everything here is sure to help us in the long run." finished up the Ghost as the screen closed and the Ghost floated away from the now dimmed console.

"Well at least, if nothing else, we've got a bargaining chip should things go south. Now lets go meet up with the others before I'm accused of being some 'alien spy' or something." said Hunter as both Guardian and Ghost left the area neither one noticing a yellow glowing Observer bot watching them the whole time before leaving to report what it had discovered.

Well there's the next chapter everyone! Review and/or PM me! Until then, Nicranger out!