(I debated keeping this in the previous chapter but had to write this fast otherwise I was going to forget about it. So in the fashion of the Ghost Fragments here's Chapter 8. Chapter 9 will return to the already established format but know that I do plan on switching back to this for a few future chapters throughout.)

Ghost Fragment: Fireteam Dagger 1

Voice 1: Gods, where do I begin?

(Voice recognition. Scanning...)

(1 match. Guardian, Hunter, Human, Male, [DATA CORRUPTED] Callsign, Thunder.)

Voice 2: The Beginning perhaps?

(Voice recognition. Scanning...)

(1 Match. Guardian, Warlock, Human, Male, COBALT, JAYDEN R)

Thunder: You better get comfortable then, Warlock because it's a long story.

Cobalt: We've got all the time in the world.

Thunder: This all started two years ago. I reincarnated around the same time Pluto had. We met during a Strike on Earth. Objective was simple: Find Omnigul, the Will of Crota and take her out. My old team goes in we get overwhelmed by the Hive. I barely made it out of there as it is. I wasn't going to leave my teammates behind though so I called Zavala and requested reinforcements. He sent Pluto and Wolf. I wasn't able to rescue the others, Omnigul's brood consumed them before we made it inside. So there I was, at the mission debrief having to explain why my fireteam was gone. The Vanguard understood. I told them to thank Pluto and Wolf on my behalf.

Cobalt: Did they?

Thunder: They did. I stayed off of Strike and Raid teams for a while sticking to smaller missions and Patrols. Hell I liberated a settlement on Venus like Jarren Ward did for Palamon way back in the day, but mainly I just let my Hunter roots take over. Stayed in the wilds of Venus for a few days, until one day I happened upon Wolf and Pluto again. This time they were doing something with the Vex. I decided to head over and assist. Pluto saw what I could do and asked me to join him. I took it.

Cobalt: Okay, what was the mission?

Thunder: I don't remember actually. I joined them and we wandered around fighting the Vex and then Pluto out of no where orders us back to Orbit.

Cobalt: Any idea why?

Thunder: No. He would take us constantly to Venus and Mercury on mission that I don't even think the Vanguard were aware of. We went to Venus who knows how many times.

Cobalt: I see.

Thunder: I would be part of the team for six whole months when Luisa appeared. When she appeared she was a solo Guardian. Never did like the idea of a fireteam.

Cobalt: She seems dedicated now.

Thunder: That's because Cayde showed her how to be a Nightstalker.

Cobalt: Nightstalker?

Thunder: It's a Hunter Subclass reserved for only the top Hunters. Once a Nightstalker always a Nightstalker.

Cobalt: Are you one?

Thunder: Yes. A Nightstalker knows the true value of a Fireteam, as opposed to the other classes who either forgo the team or simply take them for granted.

Cobalt: Are you talking about just Hunters or Guardians in general?

Thunder: Just Hunters. Well anyways, Luisa got into trouble, kinda in the same way you found me earlier today, and Pluto Wolf and I bailed her out. She didn't take too kindly to it until we got back to the tower. Once she got back and her head was cleared we showed her the footage from Wolf's Ghost she apologized and that's kinda how we became friends.

Cobalt: I assume the next time the four of you were together was right before the raid in the picture?

Thunder: Yeah. Ho boy that fuckin raid.

Cobalt: Good time?

Thunder: If by good time you mean. -he pauses- How to put this. Well let's just say it involves acts of a certain nature that I'd rather not discuss at this time.

Cobalt: Did you and Lusia. You know. Do the do?

Thunder: I cannot answer that.

Cobalt: Alright then. So why did you leave the fireteam? Did something happen?

Thunder: I told Pluto I wouldn't set foot into the Vault of Glass until we knew for certain what we were getting ourselves into. He told me that we knew enough to get inside and even tempted me with the promise of loot I couldn't imagine. I turned him down.

Cobalt: Were you afraid of the Vault?

Thunder: You bet your ass I was. The Vault of Glass is still very much unknown to us seeing as how every time a fireteam has gone in, at most, one Guardian comes back but they're so burdened by PTSD that they can't talk about it without being triggered.

Cobalt: So Luisa and Wolf?

Thunder: I have never brought it up. They did tell me what happened. Some crazy Vex Minotaur named Atheon trapped Pluto in Time's Conflux. So Pluto simply doesn't exist anymore...and at the same time he does.

Cobalt: What do you mean?

Thunder: Time Travel via the Vex is weird. If you travel in time either way you won't stay in you current reality. You supposedly go to another dimension at the time of your choosing.

Cobalt: Okay let's not go into that kinda theoretical physics.

Thunder: Right...

Cobalt: Do you miss Pluto?

Thunder: Yes. Very much. I still cling to some hope that he is still alive somewhere in the Vault. Unfortunately I'm not brave enough to go into the Vault.

Cobalt: Maybe it's time to face your fear?

Thunder: Not with my wings clipped.

Cobalt: I think I can work something out.