"Are you alright?" he asked. "Why wouldn't I be? We're so close to getting into the Black Garden. Let's just move on and get on with it." Kai grabbed my arm and dragged me back to where I was. "No you're not you're suffering through these relapses that make you freeze up. Did anything happen in your past? Did someone do anything bad to you?"
"Alright it's Uldren. I can't take him anymore. Before I left for the Vanguard he would train me and work me so hard past my breaking point. He always kept telling me that I'm weak and worthless and that I'm nothing. And sometimes i think that about myself. I think I am what he says I am." I said looking away from Kai. He put his hand on my face and led me towards his face.
"You're not weak, not worthless, and definitely not nothing. He's just scared of you that's all."
"Scared? How can he be so scared of me? He's so cruel to me."
"Exactly which is the point. He sees something in you. He sees a power that he doesn't understand and it makes him jealous of you and it makes him hate himself that it's actually making him hate you more. But when I see you I see something different you use the Light not like any regular Guardian would. I don't know how you do it but there's a reason why the Traveler chose you to be a Hunter. There's a reason why you're destined to be one of us. It's because you have compassion and inner strength even before you were forged in Light."
We were close. I could feel him getting close to my face. Our lips were one kiss away. But then our helmets clinked with each other when we tried to kiss. We forgot that our helmets were on. I can't believe we almost kissed. I can't believe our bond is strengthening more. "We should probably get on with our mission Tegan is probably getting impatient waiting out there."
"Yeah." I said. We both lightly laughed with each other trying to shake off the awkward feeling we had. "The more we learn about the Vex, the more I understand why our Exo friend is so worried about them. During the Collapse, the Vex transformed the planet Mercury into a machine in days... They would've spread to every planet if the Traveler hadn't stopped them. We need to get to the Black Garden. We need a Gate Lord's head."
"Gate Lords. Kai what do you know about them?"
"Gate lords are part of a special rank in the Vex hierarchy just like how Wizards and Princes do in the Hive. They're Minotaurs but they're more larger and more powerful than the average Minotaur."
"How big are we talking?" I asked. "Almost skyscraper big." Great we need to destroy a skyscraper large robot so my auntie could give us the location. "They're tasked with keeping the Vex Realms in line but the difference is regular Minotaurs have shields Gate Lords don't so we may have an advantage."
"Question. I'm wondering why is your aunt making us get a Gate Lord head? said Tegan.
"Believe me I wish she would make this easier for us but I think she's testing me. I've been writing to her about my progress and how I've been going on missions. So far she's been very impressed but I think she wants me to prove it. Don't worry I can take this kind of test over Uldren's tests because at least auntie would give me sympathy."
"First thing we're going to have to do is get me into the Vex network so I can lure out a Gate Lord. I'll lead the way." I hope my Ghost brings out an easy one for us to defeat. We reached a place called the Endless Steps where a large portal was in view. "And this is where we'll find the Gate Lord. Let's go."
"Great we got to pull one out of a creepy looking vortex to defeat one. Aw man! Why does your aunt have to pick a hard enemy?" complained Tegan. "It doesn't look that bad I mean c'mon Hive are much worse than the Vex." said Kai. I beg to differ I thought Hive were the worst enemy out there but I was wrong. There's so much more different enemies out there worse than the Hive. We fought the endless army of Vex. My Ghost needs to hurry up with that Gate Lord I nearly lost it with that Hydra.
But the good thing is the more I fight the Vex the more I learn about them from Kai. Pieces and body parts of Hive kept raining down along with some unusual liquid. Kai is still learning about them and he told me it's some kind of body fluid that keeps them working. I stumbled across a broken arm of a Goblin while running up the steps. I felt my balance give out and I almost hit the floor until Kai reached out his hands and saved me before I hit the ground.
Even though we were in helmets I could still feel our eyes gazing into one another. I touched his helmet wiping off the Vex body fluid that splashed on his helmet. "No time for a romantic moment guys we got a lot more company!" yelled Tegan. Foolishly in our distracted time we left Tegan alone to the Vex. We were almost to the portal but the oncoming attacks of more Vex overwhelmed us even using my past plans don't seem to work. I mean Vex are so much more complex than Fallen or Hive.
They can even transport quickly which rules out my plan of sniping them from above and the more you shoot for the head the quicker and the more aggressive the attacks get. "We're being overwhelmed! I don't think I can take much more!" I yelled.
"I agree! We need to fall back!" said Tegan. "No! We're almost there we just need to push forward. You girls stay here I got this." Kai ran off on his own to fight off the Vex. "Kai! No!" I was about to follow him until Tegan stopped me. "Just let him be when something like this happens then that means Kai is gonna do something awesome." We watched as Kai finished off the rest of the Vex one by one. They were tough but not as tough as as Kai. This was also a moment where he found another weapon of the Light.
An orange light enveloped him. A glowing orb was also above him as well. I saw that all of his attacks were stronger. "What is that?" I asked. "That's the Radiance ability. He's a Sunsinger also. Now let's go before it disappears." Now Kai also joined the club where he can use two weapons of the Light. After we got rid of the Vex and our little celebration it was go time. "I guess you're going to have to step inside the ring." All three of us stepped inside the ring. "Here we go."
Suddenly the Gate Lord appeared out of the portal. "Holy Moly!" This is one big Vex and I thought the Hydras and Minotaurs were the worst.
"Split up! Take cover in different areas! It may be big but I don't think it has the brains to pick up each off!" That gun was so powerful but from what I've seen these rocks can withstand the blasts. We were doing just fine until the Gate Lord had to call on more Vex. "We just defeated the Vex now we have to defeat more!" said Tegan.
"What do you mean we? You and Nahra just watched as I defeated majority of them!" The two were about to get into another argument but this time it was hard to break it up when I had angry Vex attacking me. I was done getting rid of the smaller Vex but the Gate Lord was still a problem. It's too big to take down from the outside so why not attack it from the inside.
If it can't be taken down from the outside then let's see how it reacts when I rewire it's circuitry. I turned invisible and within that moment I dashed behind the Gate Lord and started climbing. The thing is so stupid it's no bothering to check what's behind it or what's behind it. It immediately caught Tegan and Kai's attention and started to shoot at both of them. The two of them were so confused as to where I am.
When I finally got to the top I unsheathed my knife and tried to tears the exterior of its head. After some stabs and jabs and almost being knocked off I finally got it to open. I started to pick apart its wiring and tried to search for the brain or the core. I was getting tangled and electrocuted within the mesh of wiring but it was worth it when I finally reached the brain. I pulled out my hand cannon and summoned the Golden Gun and gave it three shots to its mind.
That should teach it a lesson. I didn't think about what would happen when I succeeded and then I heard the explosions and Tegan and Kai calling out my name. I was too late to get off the blasts is what killed me. I felt my cold and limp body fall to the ground and after that the Gate Lord came tumbling down onto me and it was all black after that.