AUTHOR'S NOTES,
Hey readers, here is another Chapter for FT Dragon! So not much to say here really except for the reader who tried to give me OC Blight I've considered it I will use her but I can't use her that much because you didn't give me a personality to work with, so please if you can PM me so I can work with Blight a lot more. Other than that for those who have tumbler I do have an account there if you would like to contact me there; it's acnologia-prime and I might make a Facebook account under the same name if you guys want to contact me that way. So if you want that please mention so in your reviews. So without further ado~
"We shall be forced to join them in Extinction."
Alisa's POV…
"Welcome Huntress, would you like the usual?" The waitress asked with that loving smile of hers.
"Yes please and thank you Lara." I replied with a smile as I looked towards my partner as he looked around the Diner that I've been going to for the last month for breakfast.
"I was unaware of this place and I've been living in this sector since my revival. But then again, it wouldn't matter." Zeta nicely stated with his arms crossed while he kicked back a little.
"Quite the surprise Zeta, also are you not going to order anything?" I asked him and he gave me an expression that said 'really?'
"I'm an Exo remember? I was built to be a weapon so I don't eat." He stated with a matter of fact tone
"So I'm guessing you don't sleep either?" I asked him with curiosity laced.
"I sort of do but it's more like I shut down for the night and reactivate six to eight hours later." He replied while rearranging the table a bit when he saw Lara coming with my eggs and bacon. She placed them down and walked away and I started eating while Zeta was looking outside.
"Hey Zeta, I have a question about someone named Yor." I asked the question that's been on my mind since last week.
Zeta sharply stiffened and turned to look at me with a shocked stare.
"Who told you about this?" He asked with a hint of hostility in his voice.
"Who told me doesn't matter but who is Yor and why is this Yor blocked and wiped from the databases with Spec's code?" I asked with some frustration.
He was about to speak until our intercoms went off with the signal of the Speaker. Why must he interrupt? Zeta gave me that look that screamed 'we'll talk about this later' and got up from his seat and started heading for the door. I finished my coffee and gave Lara payment and her tip and slightly jogged outside to see Zeta waiting for me and I gave him the signal that I'm ready to go. Before we could transmat a little girl who couldn't be any more than seven ran up to Zeta and the poor girl must have been terrified with the way she was trembling and stuttering.
"Um h-hi mister." The little girl squeaked out. Zeta looked down and went down on one knee to her eye level.
"Well hello there little one, what's your name?" He asked as softly as his robotic voice could allow him. He had his helmet under his left arm while cloaking his knives to hide them from her. The girl was shocked at first from his willingness to go to her eye level and speak to her but she quickly recovered.
"Um are you and her Guardians?" She asked with a bit more confidence while she alternated from looking at me and Zeta.
"That's correct my name is Zeta and she's Alisa. What's your name little lady?" He asked while offering his hand towards her. She looked at us and carefully took his hand.
"My name is Susan; what kind of Guardians are you?" She asked tentatively with a lot more confidence now.
"We're both Hunters and we're also from the famous Fireteam Dragon." I replied back to her and walked up to her and did the same thing Zeta did.
"Wow you two are from Dragon!? That's so cool!" She yelled excitedly so much that I had to giggle a bit.
"Are you going on a mission today and so can you come back and tell me how it was! It must be so cool being a Guardian!" She continued squealing and hopping up and down in excitement.
"Of course it's not a problem Susan now go back to your friends who are currently hiding behind the corner." Zeta said calmly while slightly moving to eye the corner and a bunch of kids that look like Susan's age come around the corner with shocked expressions.
"Alright kids we've got to go have a nice day!" I yelled my goodbye and immediately transmatted to my Misfit and flew towards the Tower to see the Speaker.
In the Speaker's chamber…
"Ah thank you both for coming on such short notice. I do apologize but I have an assignment for the two of you on the Moon." The Speaker calmly stated with usual tone of voice.
"Not a problem so what is the assignment?" Zeta asked while crossing his arms across his chest.
"I need you two to patrol the Moon for any Hive activity just in case due to the fact that there hasn't been any Hive activity for some time Hunters." He replied while showing us a holographic map of the Moon.
"Alright not a problem speaker, we'll move out at once." Zeta replied and turned to leave with me behind him. Once we were outside I decided to tease Zeta a bit to lighten up the mood.
"I didn't know you could be good with kids; and you claimed to know nothing but war." I chuckled a little at the end of it.
"When I was Reborn I killed a Devil Archon and right after I was introduced to the Speaker. He told what has been happening since my death and one thing he told me that still stirs me to fight to this day is the fear in the hearts of children. They were brought on stories that made them fear for their lives everyday even when those stories stopped. When it comes to children well you saw how I acted. They need to know that we will keep them safe from the Darkness and not fear us as well. Remember that if you need to find a reason to keep fighting this war." He then transmatted to his Bane with me transmatting to my Misfit and flying off to orbit.
I thought this through in my head and now I know what he meant about finding a reason to continue fighting.
Huh I wonder what the others are doing right now.
On Venus Aerik's POV …
"Grimlock on your six!" I yelled after throwing an Axion Bolt at a group of Vex Goblins. This day just gets better and better.
"I got it! Thanks for the call!" Grimlock replied after incinerating the Minotaur that tried to flank him which in the process finishing off the remaining Vex.
"These Vex put up a good fight this time. Good work Aerik by the way, now let's move on." I saw Grimlock reloading his rifle and started to walk ahead of me while I was looking behind us just in case.
"Hey Grimlock what did you do before you joined up with Zeta? I heard on how you and Zeta formed Fireteam Dragon." I asked.
"Hm, good question, well I might as well tell you my story then, Aerik let's find a place to hold up for a break first." He replied while taking his Ghost out to scan the area and luckily for us he found a spot pretty quick inside a secure cave.
"Alright I'll make this somewhat short. Before Dragon I used work with another Warlock named Blight. She and I would be sent on missions that suited our skillsets until the Speaker himself gave us an assignment and we were ordered to work with two Hunters. Those two Hunters were Zeta-48 and Dredgen Yor, the famous Dragon Slayer and the Crucible's Gunslinger. I wasn't excited to work with those two and neither was Blight…"
Five years ago in the jungles of Venus, Grimlock's POV…
"I can't believe we have to work with these Hunters! I mean come on we can handle this mission on our own they're just Vex!" Blight ranted for the umpteenth time again today while following the Hunters who were leading the way to the Vex controlled Darkness Zone.
"Give it a rest Blight, I'm not happy about it either but we have no choice but to go with it, the Speaker gave us direct orders to work with them so suck it up." I replied back. I'm wondering though what's with these two they haven't said a word since we left Earth, I'm sure they can hear Blight complaining and yet they haven't made any action towards us like we don't exist at all.
Thirty minutes later inside the Darkness Zone…
We were on top of a cliff looking over the Vex strike force which was surprisingly large. I can see why the Speaker made us team up with the Hunters for this even though this job seems to be more for Titans than Hunters and Warlocks. I saw the Hunter talk a bit then Zeta turned to us.
"Dredgen and I are going to scout them out a bit to get a better estimate on them. You two stay here; we'll let you know when we can begin the assault." He quietly stated and jumped down with Yor behind him leaving us back here sitting on our asses.
"You know what forget this we can handle this." Blight said while jumping down the cliff.
(Listen to 115 [Black Ops Kino Der Toten Zombie Song] I'm trying this idea out for all fight scenes.)
"Blight wait! Traveler dam-bless that woman." I called after while jumping down behind her to back her up. As soon as I landed on the ground I saw maybe twenty or more Goblins just holding the ridge above me trying to pin me down until three Nova Bombs lobbed by Blight cleared them out. She gave me thumbs up then unslung her Suros Regime and started to shoot the Vex army coming at us while I unslung my B-Line Trauma and started working on the Hobgoblins that were trying to snipe us. After clearing the Hobgoblins I switched to shoot at the Goblins while Blight handled the Hydras. I moved to take cover so I could reload when I saw a Minotaur try to stab me with its arm only for me to duck at the last second and pull out my Hide and Seek shot gun and blast it into pieces. I turned to see Blight destroying the Hydras by landing on their heads and shooting point blank on each of them as well as forcing them to shoot each other. She jumped off the last Hydra and landed next to me and game another thumbs up, while definitely smiling under her helmet. We both turned to the next wave of Vex coming our way.
We fought for a good amount of time until things went wrong.
"Blight watch out behind you Minotaur!" I yelled at her but she only managed to turn around to see the Minotaur slam her into the wall. I immediately destroyed her attacker and went to see if she's alright. Just when I got there I felt my left leg get shot by the infamous Hobgoblin's Line Rifle and I immediately collapsed on the ground next to Blight. As I looked up I saw a Minotaur walk up to us and aim his Torch Hammer at us.
Well this seems to be the end for us and all because of bravado and arrogance. As I close my eyes I hear a faint electric crackle and then something cut metal hard. I opened my eyes to see the Minotaur split in half and behind it stood Zeta in his Arc Blade form. He looked towards me and then to Blight who seemed unconscious.
"Can you walk and if so get her out of here, Dredgen and I will cover you!" He ordered us while moving to take out of a group of Vex coming our way while I got up and picked her up bridal style and got out of there. I started to run towards the opening when I looked up to see a Hobgoblin that was aiming for me only to hear a strange Hand Cannon go off and the Hobgoblin explode. I looked behind me to see the one called Dredgen Yor nod at me and continued to shoot at the remaining Vex. Once I put Blight down carefully I called for her Ghost to heal her while I had my Ghost heal my leg a bit and after doing so I left to go back up the Hunters only to see an amazing sight.
Both them were back to back and were using their respective Hand cannons firing at the Vex and they were twirling around each other without words. Zeta was fan firing his Last Word and Yor just firing his Rose one handed.
In a matter of minutes they finished up the last of the Vex and the only thing that remained were the two Hunters that were surrounded by scrap metal.
Present time on Venus Aerik's POV…
"Wow that's quite the story but I'm wondering though who's Dredgen Yor? I've never heard of him before." I asked and Grimlock visibly sighed and took a deep breath.
"Dredgen Yor was—"
Mars on top of a skyscraper in the Buried City Lucy's POV…
Wow today's nice, barren wasteland, abandoned buildings, no Cabal or Vex in the area and the best part is that Alucard is relaxing quietly after practically wiping out the Cabal with my help. I wonder that now that he's more relaxed now if I can ask him about his past.
"Hey Alucard how did you join up with Zeta and Grimlock anyways, I mean I heard you were a one man army back then." I asked him.
"Yeah you're right; I used to run solo the majority of my time as a Guardian. I would only team up if the mission required it and when the job was done I would leave the next minute. But that all changed when I met Zeta while I was patrolling the Cosmodrome.
Four years ago in the Cosmodrome Alucard's POV…
Where is that damn loot cache? According to Seras it should be around here somewhere.
"Hey Seras, can you please tell me where the loot cache is? I don't have time for this." I asked while punching a Dreg out of my way.
"Wow you must be desperate if you're saying please; well I'm already get a read on it. It's inside that destroyed plane right in front of you." She replied with humor in her digital voice.
"Bite me." I retorted back while going inside the plane to see something that straight up irritated me to no end. Someone just took the loot from the cache in front of me.
"Hey that's my loot cache you bastard!" I yelled at the Hunter thief who apparently just noticed I was behind him.
"I don't believe this had your name on it Titan." The Hunter replied back to me with a robotic voice which revealed he was an Exo. I charged at him full speed with my fist already crackling with Arc energy and ran to punch him expecting him to be sent flying. Sadly, that was not the case when he also charged at me with his fist also crackling with Arc energy and with that both are fists collided which in turn caused an explosion which destroyed the plane and the surrounding area. When the smoke cleared the Hunter was still there without a scratch on him and him just looking at me like he was bored.
"How the hell did you manage take the hit head on!? I'm Alucard! The Berserker of the Twilight Gap! There's no way you can take my power and still be standing!"" I yelled while I was seriously getting irritated about this.
"Perhaps your power is half baked. The name is Zeta-48 you may know me as the Dragon Slayer or the Ghost of War." He replied nonchalantly.
I was going to charge him again until Seras' ripped me from my rage.
(At this very moment listen to Eren's Berserk theme [Attack on Titan] cheers!)
"We've got incoming Hive Tomb ships!" She yelled as she appeared between us and looked towards the direction they were coming from and there they are. Ranging from maybe a hundred give or take. Ranging from Thralls to Knights to finally Ogres, there were a lot of them I could probably take em. I'm sure Zeta would high tail it and run for it and try to snipe them from a distance like almost every other Hunter.
Boy was I wrong.
"Hey Alucard I'll take the fifty on the right you take the fifty on the left."
"Fuck you, I'll take all one hundred in one!"
"That's the spirit!"
We both gave our war cries and charged at the Hive head on. I went straight for the Knight with the sword and shoulder charged it which broke its right arm which dropped the sword and with me finishing it off with a headshot from my Secret Handshake. I looked towards my right and saw Zeta fighting a large group Hive with just his hand cannon and a knife. He's just dodges every swing and shot from them and keeps killing them one by one and a couple times few by few. I turned to the Hive in front of me and smiled and readied myself for the massacre that was going to unfold.
"Seras release Restriction level three and keep it off until the entire Hive in front of me have been silenced." I said calmly and quite honestly menacing.
"Already done go get them."
(Also at this point listen to Dethroned by X Ray Dog [extended if you want])
I started walking until I went for a full sprint and smashed the ground with a Fist of Havoc which sent a moving shockwave forward and killed a good chunk of them. I got up and picked off a Hive Cleaver off the ground and ran straight towards them full speed while slashing my way through them even slicing a Knight in half horizontally at the waist. I then unleashed the sword's shockwave at another group of them and wiped them out from existence. I saw more coming at me and I just simply smiled and walked towards them with the sword on my shoulder.
One massacre later…
I looked around to see no more survivors around me. The sword already disappeared halfway in the slaughter which forced me to use hand to hand combat which wasn't a problem. I looked around and saw Zeta walking towards me with barely any scratches like before.
"Fun fight huh?" I asked him with some humor in it.
"Meh I give it maybe six out of ten in terms of challenge." He replied back.
I was going to laugh and retort back until we heard a roar coming from behind us which belonged to an Ogre.
"You missed one." We both said in unison.
(Paul this is for you brother XD)
We both looked at each other and laughed a little until I walked forward and unslung my favorite thing in the world. Zeta saw me and actually flinched at what I was carrying.
"This is the Honey Badger, it's pretty badass."
"Isn't that called Ghallahorn? The most destructive man made rocket launcher?"
"Used to be until I tinkered with it."
"Why did you name it the Honey Badger then?"
I simply aimed at the charging Ogre wait for the lock on confirmation and fired the missile and watched it soar towards its unfortunate victim and anyone else around him. Just before it hit I turned around and started to walk away when I heard the explosion and the following screams.
"Cuz Honey Badger don't give a fuck." I replied.
An hour later in the Tower Courtyard…
"That was impressive work Alucard I'm truly impressed, which brings up my offer." Zeta started while taking off his helmet around the same time I did.
"Offer?"
"I lead a Fireteam called Dragon and I was wondering if you were interested in joining us. You would make a perfect addition to the team besides it's dangerous to go on your friend, soon your luck will run out." He simply stated and when he finished I thought it over and came up with a decision that I never regretted.
"I accept your offer 'Dragon Slayer'."
Present time on Mars Lucy's POV…
"So after that I met Grimlock and Dredgen Yor and in a couple months we made a name for ourselves and became the best Fireteam in the Tower. The End." Alucard finished his story with mocking bow and I started laughing with him.
"Wait so Dredgen Yor I haven't met him." I asked and Alucard flinched so hard he fell of his seat.
"Dregen Yor—"
Grimlock- "A traitor…"
Alucard- "A murderer…"
"My brother in arms…"
On the Moon near the Hell Mouth Alisa's POV…
(Scratch that first one also certain scenes. Listen to Alex Mercer's theme song [Prototype] at this moment)
"Dredgen Yor was my protégé, friend and finally my brother. He was my first student, I trained him when I saw the potential he had with hand cannons and under my tutelage he became known as the Crucible's Gunslinger. He saved my life countless times and in turn I did the same. We were the best there is to the point we were the Speaker's Hands." He said while showing remorse and sorrow.
"What happened to him? Did he die at the hands of the Fallen, Hive, Vex or the Cabal?" I asked with a mix of emotions but mostly empathy. He stayed quiet for a heartbeat and what he said next shocked me to the core.
"I killed him…"
…
"Why?" Was all I could say considering I never expected that Zeta would kill another Guardian in cold blood outside the Crucible.
"Dredgen Yor was a dedicated Guardian of The Last City and to the Traveler so much that he wanted to find ways to end the this war with the Darkness. During his time we've come to the conclusion that only the Hive are directly affiliated with the Darkness so he came up with this theory that is borderline heresy." He explained.
"What was his theory then?"
"To use the dark arts of the Hive against them and anything even remotely connected with the Darkness. I was unaware of his trips to the Moon or to the dark corners of Earth until it was too late."
"What happened?" I asked
"Somehow and very likely he became corrupted by the Darkness and he turned on us. He murdered several Guardians and civilians which drew the attention of the Speaker and the Vanguard. I volunteered to hunt him down to bring him in dead or alive." He stopped to see how I was taking this information and I nodded for him to continue.
"In the end, I've found him after he murdered Pahanin who was a close friend to Alucard and Grimlock. That day was the only time I felt fear but not from death but on the fact that I would have to kill my brother."
Two years ago on top of Dueler's Ridge Zeta's POV…
"Why…?" I asked.
"To test my abilities…" Dredgen Yor cryptically replied.
"Stop this madness and come with me back to the Tower while you still can Dredgen!" I yelled at him while putting my hand on my Last Word.
"…There are no strings on me 'brother'…." He replied back while putting his hand on his 'Rose'.
"The Darkness has corrupted you so far that even your Rose has changed!"
"Thorn…"
"What?"
"It resembles angry Thorns now and it's hungry for your light." He replied while getting into a dueling stance with me doing the same.
"Don't make me do this Dredgen." I pleaded with him but made no movement that he heard me.
The wind was blowing softly as we waited watching each other's slight movement. We didn't even react when tumbleweed rolled between us until it passed.
"Draw!" We both yelled in unison.
I was faster in drawing Last Word and fired a shot that flew towards Dredgen head. Time seemed to slow as Dredgen body fell towards the ground while all sound was gone until his body fell to the ground dead. I went over to see his blood flowing into the soil as Dredgen Yor the Champion of the Crucible and Dragon's Gunslinger was finally dead all by my hand.
Present time Alisa's POV…
I didn't know what to say in regards to Zeta's story about Dredgen Yor but I managed to refocus that he wasn't done talking.
"After I confirmed his death, his Ghost came to me but he wasn't corrupted and he was still there alive so to speak. So as it turns out Dredgen forcibly cut his link to his Ghost so he wouldn't be corrupted in the process as well."
"So what happened to his Ghost then?" I asked which he looked up to me which gave me the feeling he was smiling beneath his helmet.
"Sebastian would you kindly answer her question?" At his call Sebastian appeared in front of me and gave me a look that looked like guilt somehow.
"I was Dredgen Yor's Ghost before he died. Zeta let me know that I wasn't corrupted and let me find another Guardian which happened to be you. We've agreed to tell you all this when you were ready." Ghost finished with his speech and he disappeared again.
"Alright Spectre already finished scanning the Hive bases and found nothing so far. We're heading back to Earth. Alisa I need to come over to my place so I can give you something." Zeta said while stransmatting away. I did the same and Sebastian already punched in the coordinates to the Last City specifically Zeta's house.
"Alisa I apologize that I held back this information and lied to you when I had all the answers concerning Yor and Thorn." Ghost sadly stated.
"It's alright Sebastian, I don't think I would've been prepared if you told me that before. If it helps you more I forgive you and Zeta as well that I'm sorry for what happened to Yor." I replied back and left my mind to wander off a bit.
Thirty minutes later in Zeta's apartment…
"Remember when you first asked about this hand cannon? This hand cannon is called Thorn and it belonged to Dredgen Yor. Here take a look." He said as he handed me Thorn to me. As I looked it over I could see that this weapon used to be noble one back in its day before it got corrupted by the Darkness. I moved to give it back to Zeta after I inspected but he held his hand up and shook his head.
"No, it's yours now so you go ahead and keep it." He said.
"But you've had this for years! Wasn't the reason you kept it locked away was to work like a memento or something?" I exclaimed.
"I kept it in that case to pass it down to someone worthy enough to use it. After all it's Yor's final legacy that you're holding. Its legacy has been corrupted so it's up to you cleanse his legacy from its corruption and you've earned it." He said as he placed his arms behind his back as my mind was going haywire.
"I don't know what to say… thank you Zeta for believing in me and for everything…" I said while walking towards him and finally giving him a hug which he stiffened a bit. After a couple seconds I backed up and decided something that I needed his permission for.
"Zeta, I would like to finally add my last name and with your permission I would like to be named Alisa Yor. As I was chosen by his former Ghost I fit the role of being his descendant as well as being the owner of Thorn his former weapon and beloved possession." I finished while standing straight and with a face that showed I was dead serious.
"As Dredgen Yor's mentor and with the authority of the Speaker's right hand I hereby accept your proposition. As of now your name is Alisa Yor, descendant of Dredgen Yor and second of your name. Hold this name and title with pride and Become Legend."
I'M BACK GUARDIANS! So I would like to apologize for this extremely late update but life came back with a vengeance and I've had no motivation until I read my reviews and saw "why u do this" review and my friends who kept backing me up to continue this. As you can see this is my largest chapter of all time! So to conclude the next two chapters will be on the Iron Banner! Also I'm excited for the House of Wolves DLC! It looks awesome! See you star side Guardians!
