Hey guys sorry for the late update on this but life has been kicking my ass and I have gotten pretty hooked on Destiny once more with the new Forsaken. However, with the new weapons and Super abilities I had to review on whether I could input them into this story or not. Needless to say I have decided to add them in solely due to the fact that despite the new abilities and weapons only being added after the timeline(i.e. before Cayde's death and Uldren's escape) in which I set the Guardians, Lore wise the abilities and weapons were always there just never introduced until now.

With that out-of-the-way let's get on with the story!


'So this is the Lioness of Elysium... gotta say she certainly looks the part with that look she's giving us.' thought Chase as he, Cal and Lexi watched the trio of Alliance soldier's approach them.

Shepard for her part slowed her team down as they cautiously approached the fireteam. She kept her weapon in the low ready but didn't want to immediately appear hostile. One of the figures fit the description given to her by the scientist, but the other two were completely new to her and that just raised her suspicions about their intentions.

The largest figure was very intimidating as he, she assumed it was a he at least by the build, stood just as tall if not taller than a Krogan and the weapon in his hand looked like a something a Krogan would drool over.

The figure in the middle, who appeared to be the leader, wore a weird cloak and his helmet was just entrancing to her with its ever swirling mass of color that showed no facial features whatsoever, and therefore no real way to get a read on him.

Looking at the three made her very weary as their armor and weapons were completely alien to her and their mere presence on Eden Prime now of all times was just suspicious. Still, it would be wise of her to try some diplomacy before trying to force some answers out of the newcomers. Before she could begin questioning them however, the figure in the cloak stepped forward and began the conversation.

"Commander Shepard, the Lioness of Elysium and the Butcher of Torfan. You've got a reputation on you, mind telling me what you're doing here now of all times Commander?" asked Chase casually even as the Commander and her two subordinates tensed up at the fact this apparently random person knew exactly who he was talking to already.

The surprise quickly wore off though as Shepard responded a little more harshly and holding her weapon just a bit tighter in case these guys turned out to be hostile. She just figured he knew her from the extranet as she was basically humanities' 'golden child' at this point due to her actions in her career as an Alliance soldier. The many fanboys she had could attest to that.

"I should be the one asking you that, not only do you three show up in the middle of a Geth invasion, but you're also equipped with armor and weapons I have never seen before. I've already gotten an eye-witness statement of what your friend did at the dig site so I think it's in your best interest to tell me who the hell you are and why your here on Eden Prime." demanded Shepard as she glared into where she thought Chase's eyes were on his helmet.

For a few moments the atmosphere grew really tense, but it was quickly broken as Chase and Cal started to chuckle a bit while Lexi nodded her head in approval.

"Glad to see your reputation on your 'take no shit' attitude wasn't exaggerated Commander. I'm Chase, the leader of fireteam Rogue. These two behind me are Cal and Lexi," he said while gesturing at the two with a friendly tone to his voice, that quickly changed with his next set of words however, "we came here because we caught the planet's distress signal while passing by right before the Geth jammed it. We came in blind and split up to try to help wherever we could. Lexi was probably the one you heard about at the dig site. I went to the residential area to check for survivor's, and Cal made his way towards where the military forces on this planet were apparently fighting." explained Chase trying to give away as little information as possible about his teams true origin's. He still wasn't a hundred percent sure if doing so was a good idea, humanity or no.

Surprisingly enough, it was Ashley who stepped forward with a hard look on her face as she stood before Cal. The two stood there for a moment making the others wonder what they were thinking about.

"...so you saw my unit." stated Ashley as Cal looked down at her.

"...yes, or I at least saw where they made their last stand. I just wish I could have gotten their sooner to help." replied Cal with a shameful tone at the end at his inability to aid the soldiers when they needed him most. An immortal defender he may be, but even he knew that not everyone could be saved, no matter how badly he wished otherwise.

Ashley stared at him for a few moments contemplating his words and the tone he spoke them in. She figured he had similar experiences beforehand and seeing them again really hit the big guy hard. So to everyone's surprise she reached up and laid a hand on his armored shoulder in a comforting manner.

"It's alright big guy, you and I both know there was nothing we could have done. The Geth hit us out of nowhere and we just didn't have the right gear to fight them off. It's no ones fault but theirs." she said kindly and it did ease Cal's guilt quite a bit.

"Actually that's not entirely true, the real sonofabitch behind this attack is a Turian Spectre called Saren Arterius. I had just stopped him from killing the other Turian I assume is with you but he pussied out and ran, probably towards the Prothean Beacon if I had to guess." threw in Chase and it quickly caught the attention of the Alliance soldiers as they just now noticed a prone Nihlus laying nearby.

In an instant the trio rushed to the downed Turian with Kaiden calling for a medivac, all the while the Guardian's just looked on not able to do much more than they already had.

"At least he's alive, thanks for saving him but how did you do it?" asked Shepard.

"Blew the fucker's hand off when he put his pistol to the guys head from over a hundred yards over there." said Chase casually as he gestured to the outcropping he had been on beforehand.

Shepard looked to where he had pointed and was impressed, the marksmanship needed for a shot like that was remarkable and she didn't know anyone else capable of pulling it off to her memory. That just added to the list of question's about these new acquaintances, not only were they wearing and using unfamiliar gear but if Chase was anything to go by they were fairly skilled as well.

"Gotta say that was a heck of a shot, you must be a hell of a sniper. Still, if you made the shot then how did Nihlus end up like that?"

"Saren hit him with a Biotic wave, big bird is lucky he survived. Right now though we have to get moving before-" started Chase before a small sound of movement drew the collected group's attention as everyone's weapons were now trained on a single point.

"Wait, don't shoot, don't shoot!" yelled a man as he jumped up from behind the crates and making everyone let out an aggravated breath.

"We nearly shot you! What were you doing back there for anyway?" asked/demanded Shepard as her and her posse moved to question the man while Chase, Cal and Lexi moved a bit away to have their own discussion.

"So mind explaining why you didn't just out and tell them what we are?" asked Cal to Chase, but it was Lexi who answered the Titan's question.

"It's because this isn't our humanity Cal. Back home humanity is on the brink of extinction with nearly every xeno race out for our blood and Guardian's like us are the only thing's making sure we survive as well as us being guided by the Traveler. In this universe however, humanity only reached this point by using the tech of a long dead civilization and has joined a galactic community ran by a bunch of aliens that use the same tech. If we told them what we were and what we were capable of then they would be forced to tell the rest of those aliens and how much you wanna bet that before long we end up either on a dissection table or our tech falls into their hands?" explained Lexi and that was all the answer they needed.

What Lexi had just said was a hundred percent true in the most brutal way. How they saw it, this Universe's humanity lost their first contact war not in the short conflict with the Turians, but rather through the Council's politics. They had willingly subjected themselves to the laws and leadership of a foreign power all under the pretenses of 'peace' and 'prosperity'. In the end, the Turians got what they wanted and humanity was under the thumb of an elitist Council.

"...yes that is all true Lexi, but that doesn't change our overall mission. This humanity can still be helped if we play our cards right. Right now they are under the thumb of the Council but with our help we can give them something we never had back home." state Chase.

"And what would that be exactly oh wise leader." asked Lexi skeptically.

"Allies." answered Chase with a devious edge to his voice.

It was then that Cal and Lexi understood Chase's train of thought. Back home every xeno species they knew was an enemy, but here that wasn't the case, and humanity could find help in others that the Council has screwed over the, Krogan's and the Quarian's being prime examples. With the medical tech they had, that somehow survived the collapse, they could easily cure the Genophage plaguing the Krogan and gain some impressive military might. For the Quarian's they could give them a planet to settle on and with them and their impressive engineering skill's they could help humanity advance immensely. And they weren't even counting the outcasts that came from the other races that would flock to humanities fold at the promise of a better life.

"You know you've had crazy idea's before Chase, but that has gotta be the craziest one ever... I love it." laughed Cal at the end.

"When the big guy is right he's right. Now we just need to make it happen. It sounds simple on paper but we have to get humanity on board with us before anything else." replied Lexi.

They would have talked more but by that time Shepard had finished with the dock worker and were now approaching the trio with angry expressions but Ashley's looked on the verge of absolute fury.

"I take it the guy pissed you all off?" queried Chase.

"Guy was an eye-witness to Saren's attempt to murder Nihlus and your intervention, but he was also a smuggling thief and had hoarded a few grenades meant for Ashley's unit that he gave us." answered Shepard irately.

"Wow, what a dickhead, still there ain't time to mope cause we got a Turian to catch and then kill." interjected Cal and everyone got serious.

"Right let's get a move on, and you three are coming with us since I still got a few questions about you and your team that are gonna be answered after this mission." Shepard declared sternly, only to be shrugged off both figuratively and literally by the Guardian's as the three were already making their way to the tram to take them to where they figured Saren had gone to.


The trip wasn't long but it was tense as everyone knew there would be an ambush waiting for them at the end. For Shepard and her group it was their instincts telling them, but for the Guardians? They had done shit like this so often that they pretty much expected the worst case scenario at this point.

When the tram finally stopped and rounds didn't immediately start flying at them it was a surprise to the group. But that surprise was quickly forgotten when Kaiden spotted something that just upped the danger of the mission.

"Bomb!" the Biotic soldier cried only to receive a slap to the back of the head from the irate Titan.

"Thanks for giving away our position moron, as if we didn't have enough problems already." chastised the Exo as Kaiden looked down in embarrassment.

As that happened Chase, Lexi and Shepard rushed to the device. It took only a few short moments for Chase to disarm the device as tech was his specialty.

It was a well-known fact that among the three of them Chase was the tech wiz whether it was with gun's or vehicles and even alien tech, he was the guy to go to. Lexi was a scientist without equal but her real passion lied in physic's and it showed in her amazing understanding with physic's and her raw power with the three energies. Cal... well he really didn't do much except train, but he was also a huge history nut and knew nearly every military strategy ever developed with scary efficiency. Give the guy an army and he could lead them without a doubt. The only reason Chase was the leader was because he could look at a situation and know exactly what he and his team needed to do to get the job done and was the most experienced of the trio when it came to survival.

It was a good thing Chase had the skill set he did since using El would bring up too many questions to answer at the moment. Plus there was no guarantee Shepard or her posse wouldn't shoot her as soon as she popped up and he wasn't willing to take that risk.

"Well that's one down but my gut says there's bound to be more of them. Saren no doubt wants to erase the colony to cover his tracks like the slippery bastard he is." growled Chase as Shepard took charge.

"Then we need to disarm those bomb's pronto, you and I will disable them while the others provide cover from any Geth we may encounter." said Shepard as Chase nodded in agreement to the plan.

"Sound's good, you heard the woman guy's! Keep those tin can's off our backs while we deal with the bomb's." declared the Hunter as the other four of the group nodded and moved forward with weapons raised.

It was not even twenty seconds later that they were taking fire from Geth troopers with the team immediately taking cover and returning fire. Cal's was shredding Geth with his Sweet Business their shields no much for the overwhelming firepower and fire rate of the auto rifle. Lexi had swapped out her Huckleberry smg for her Hardlight auto rifle and began mowing down Geth with arc rounds proving that their energy round's completely bypassed the kinetic barrier's the machines possessed.

Ashley and Kaiden were using their Avenger rifles to take down Geth in concentrated bursts of fire with Ashley using her grenades to blow up a few and Kaiden with his Biotic's to pull them out of cover and make them easy targets. As this was all happening, Chase and Shepard were quickly moving between cover and disabling the bombs with great efficiency as if they had worked together for years. Though Chase's blink and cloak abilities kind of gave him an edge in that regard.

"Man these guys are pathetic!" yelled Cal as he mowed down another Geth trooper with Lexi doing the same right next to her.

"I have to agree! The Vex are way more dangerous than these guys, with them you blow off their head and they just keep coming, but with these guys they can barely hold on after a round to the chest!" replied Lexi as a trooper was blown apart due to an overload of arc energy from her rifle.

"Prime incoming!" yelled Ashley as a larger Geth rushed them with a shotgun firing and unlike its fellow Geth this one was a dark red instead of grey and looked to have heavier armor.

Seeing the challenge Cal charged forward to meet the Geth halfway with dismissing his weapon, which Kaiden and Ashley gawked at before continuing to fire upon the remaining enemy forces.

The Prime fired off three shots from its shotgun in close range of Cal but his shields powered through and the two powerhouses met in the middle. The Exo's and Geth's hands grappled with each-other while Cal's remaining hand lashed out and grasped the shotgun that the Geth had and crushed the weapon with his Titan strength.

Seeing it's now useless weapon the Geth released it and tried to throw a punch with its now free hand only for that hand to be grabbed by Cal as well. It then became a contest of strength that seemed pretty even at first, but then the Titan Guardian decided to stop playing around.

Within a second Cal had crushed both of the Prime's hands with his own, and with no way to defend itself Cal had grabbed the artificial being at the back of the neck and lower back and using this hold lifted the metallic being over his head with ease. With a final war cry Cal then ripped the Prime in half and then quickly tossed both halfs at the remaining two Geth which were crushed under the force and weight of their comrade.

Now that the last of the Geth had been dealt with and the bomb's disarmed everything was silent. Until Kaiden decided to break the silence with some words of wisdom.

"Remind me not to piss that guy off."

"That's what happens when someone wants to go close quarters against a Titan, they end up dead, broken or both." stated Lexi, while unintentionally giving Shepard more questions about what a 'Titan' was but she would ask later as right now the Beacon and Saren were more important.

After making sure the port was officially clear of Geth the group made their way to the Beacon but found no sign of the Turian they had come for. It appeared he had managed to escape while they had fought the Geth.

"Bastard gave us the slip! I swear when I get my hands on that son of a-" began Chase only to get a slap to the back of the head from Lexi.

"Oh stow it Chase we got other things to worry about at the moment. We'll hunt the bird down later." chastised the Warlock.

"So this is a Prothean Beacon huh? Didn't get a good look at it when they dug it up before." commented Ashley as she approached said Beacon which began to glow the closer she got.

'Uh not to interrupt but I'm detecting a rise in the Beacon's energy reading's!' said El through the mental link.

'Well you've been pretty quiet for a while. Whatcha been up to partner?' asked Chase.

'I've been on a binge run with extranet and trying to keep that girl Megan entertained and happy now get that girl away from the Darkness damned Beacon!'

At his Ghost's yell Chase turned towards the Gunnery Chief only to see her now floating in front of a pulsing Beacon. Before he could act to pull her away he was beaten to the punch by Shepard who had rushed in and yanked Ashley from the Beacon's hold only to be lifted herself and now trapped in its clutches.

Before anyone could make a move to save the Commander whatever the Beacon had attempted to do was done and Shepard was tossed away right before the Beacon exploded sending its remains all over the platform.

Everyone quickly rushed to the Commander's aid only to find her out cold. After a check from Lexi she determined she was physically fine but without any equipment she couldn't determine anything else and would have to wait until they were aboard the Normandy which was in route thanks to Kaiden, now they just had to wait.


As they awaited the arrival of the vessel Chase had managed to transmat the little girl he had found in the remains of her home back to the ground without the other's noticing. He had managed to introduce her to Cal and Lexi but she stayed as close to him as possible and refused to leave his side.

It was a few minutes later until the Normandy arrived and when it did the fireteam couldn't help but be impressed. They may have superior tech but these guys could build some pretty sweet looking warships.

Anderson, after hearing from Kaiden and Ashley, opted to bring the fireteam on board as witnesses to the Citadel and because he had some questions for them as well. The problem was trying to get Megan to stay behind which she refused to do under any circumstances, so they ended up having to bring her along.

Fireteam Rogue now found themselves in Anderson's office while checked on Shepard and Nihlus condition. The three, plus Megan, now stood across from Anderson as the veteran observed the three unknowns.

The man could tell at a glance that these three were no stranger's to combat just by the way they held themselves. So were they former soldier's? Mercenaries perhaps? And what of their weaponry and armor, who could have possibly made them and where did they get it? So many questions and he needed answers.

"...according to Sergeant Williams and Lieutenant Alenko you three were quite the help on Eden Prime, Especially you son with saving Nihlus. Now while I do thank you on behalf of the Alliance I think we both know I need some answer's about who you are and why you were on the planet when it was attacked." asked Anderson.

The three Guardian's gave each-other a look and came to a silent agreement. They would tell this man the truth, but only because they needed someone high in the ranks to help them out with what they had planned. If they were to survive in this new universe they would need help and he was their best chance at the moment.

"That sir... is gonna be quite a story. But for now let's start with telling you what we are exactly." said Chase as he Cal and Lexi dismissed their helms and showed their faces.

Anderson took in Chase's appearance with ease as he was still human and therefore relatable and an common sight. Lexi was different as while her skin tone was like an Asari's she looked far more human with her white hair and her bright silver eyes shined with power. When he saw the Exo of their team however he leaped to his feet at the sight of him and was reaching for a weapon that he didn't currently have.

"Just what the hell are you doing with a Geth!?" he demanded and he wasn't the only one as Megan had practically become a part of the Hunter's leg with how tight she was hugging it at the sight of the robotic being that reminded her of the ones that attacked her home.

"Calm down sir it isn't what you think. Cal here is an Exo, a human conscience placed inside an artificial body." explained Chase and that seemed to ease Anderson while confusing Megan, but she calmed down as well after seeing how calm Chase was.

"I never heard anything about a project like that. Are you part of Cerberus?" asked Anderson with an edge to his tone at the mention of the rogue human supremacist group.

"We are not apart of Cerberus, and the reason you've never heard of Exo's is because they weren't made by your universes humanity." said Lexi.

"...I feel like I'll need a drink by the time this is all over but we've got time so please start from the beginning." asked Anderson and Cal stepped forward to tell their story since he was the major history nut of the group.

It took a few hours for Cal to explain everything from the discovery of the Traveler on Mars, to humanities rise and fall and all the way up until their arrival in this new universe. Of course Chase and Lexi threw in their own words when Cal talked about one of their missions together. They managed to curb Anderson's skepticism by revealing their Ghost's, who even provided visual aid for their stories which Megan greatly enjoyed until she fell asleep halfway through the story and Chase had begun to hold her as she slept.

By the time they were finished Anderson's coffee had gone cold as he was so enraptured by their tale he couldn't bring himself to even take a sip. For a few minutes he simply stared at the trio with a contemplative look on his face as the new info just sunk in. While the story sounded like something out of fantasy he couldn't forgo the proof before him.

"...this is gonna be a lot to explain to the brass. Not sure they would even believe me." sighed Anderson as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Yeeeah about that... we don't want you to tell anyone about this. At least not yet." said Chase seriously and Anderson now gave him a stern look.

"And why wouldn't I tell them?"

"Because it wouldn't do well for how we plan to help humanity. This may not even be our universe but we are still protector's of humanity and what we see is a humanity in serious need of help." explained Lexi which earned a raised brow from Anderson.

"Oh? And how do we need help may I ask?" queried the captain.

"Because as you are now you will never reach your full potential as a species. The regulations placed upon you by the Council makes sure that you will never be able to rise above them and if you somehow managed to best them in a specific area they would claim it as their own. Our humanity may have been aided by the Traveler but the advancements we made as a species were all us. While we broke restraints and pushed farther you settled for subservience under a foreign power." stated Cal.

"We are not subservient to the Council." declared Anderson hotly.

"Are you? Are you really? Cause as far as I see it if the Council told you to jump you would have to do so or get a quick trip to an airlock. Face it Anderson, the Council races look out only for themselves and wouldn't bat an eye if humanity just spontaneously disappeared. The Asari use diplomacy as a way to trick species into following them under false promises of higher standings in the future. The Turian's use brute force to do the same and the Salarian's use spies and sabotage to advance themselves and keep other races behind. They are all arrogant, power-hungry bastards and care nothing for humanity or any race they see below themselves." replied Chase with such intensity that it made Anderson flinch but still hold the Hunter's gaze.

After a few moment's of looking each-other dead in the eyes the captain finally relented and fell back in his chair with a defeated sigh. He couldn't deny the word's of the Guardian's as they had only spoken the truth. He had seen the corruption of the Council first hand when they sided with Saren despite the blatant proof of the Turian's guilt when he had been nominated for being a Spectre.

With humanity giving the Turian's a bloody nose during the First Contact war and effectively bruising their pride it made things extremely difficult for them. Humans as a whole were alway's ones to push boundaries and evolve with the times, but with the regulations placed upon them by the Council they could never push as far or as hard as they wanted to and it was one of humanities biggest problems with the Council.

"I can't argue with that, but you can't expect Humanity to survive on its own as we are now. If we were to break away there is no telling how the Council would react." explained Anderson.

"And that's where we come in captain, and who said you'd be doing this alone? I can think of two races that would be more than happy to side with humanity if you gave them a hand. Just give the Quarian's one of your garden worlds to settle on and we can help you with the Krogan by making sure the Genophage is cured. We won't make so they become breeding machines again but we can make it so there are no more still births. Plus with some of our tech you would leave those Council clowns in the dust. All we ask is that you keep this quiet for now until we can set things up to make it happen, but if you can help us in convincing your government then it would certainly help." said Lexi.

Anderson tried to find a way to dispute the logic the Warlock had thrown at him but couldn't for the life of him find a flaw in her reasoning. Plus he knew a few people who would be well on board with this idea but it would take some convincing on his part he knew. Still, for the sake of the human race he couldn't afford to let such an opportunity just slip by, not when the rewards greatly outweighed the risks.

"Okay I'll help you, but Cal, you and Lexi will need to keep your identities a strict secret until further notice. Especially you Cal, after the Geth attack on Eden Prime artificial beings like yourself aren't gonna be looked on too friendly and that's if they don't just outright shoot you." warned Anderson and received a nod from the two Guardian's.

"Oh! Just to sweeten the deal, here's a little something to get things started." said Chase as he had El send Anderson something to his omni-tool. When Anderson looked at it his eyes grew wide.

"Wha!? This is-!?" started the Captain but was hushed by the Hunter who gestured to the still sleeping Megan in his arms.

"Just a little something to help with your argument Captain."

"I see, but what are you going to do now?"

"Well first we're gonna go to the Citadel and make a case to a trio of moron's in which afterwards we're gonna go hunting for a certain Turian whose ass I plan to mount on my wall." said Chase casually as Anderson had to hold back a chuckle at the thought of someone literally putting the Spectre's ass on their wall.

"Well that's all well and good but what about her?" gestured the captain towards Megan just as she snuggled deeper into the Hunter's chest piece.

"..."

For once Chase was at a loss for words as he didn't know how to answer him. Logically he should hand her over to the Alliance to find any relatives that may still be living to take care of her or be put in a foster home if there weren't any. It was the smart move, but Chase didn't see it as the right move. Every time he looked at her all he could see was the girl he had found huddling in the corner hoping that the Geth didn't come back for her and that alone is what made him hesitate in letting her go. With a human hating Turian with an army of AI on the loose no place was safe for her or any human being for that matter. It was then Chase had made his decision.

"...until Saren and the Geth are dealt with she stays with me." stated the Hunter with no room for argument and Anderson didn't feel the need to start one.

Just then Anderson received a message from his omni-tool and quickly opened it to check its contents. A small smile spread across his face as he read what it said. Seems he would get to have a chat with the commander before they reached the Citadel after all. Closing the message he stood from his seat and gestured for the three to follow him.

"Looks like the commander is awake. Let's go pay her a visit shall we?"

Well there's my longest chapter to date guys! Now I know you're gonna be wondering just what did Anderson get from Chase but that will be explained later. Next chapter we see how the Guardian's deal with the Council and gather the team! Review and/or PM me!