Whistling a tone I cut through a Cabal shield with my glowing white katana. I was nothing more then a blur, everywhere at once. Slashing through chunks of Cabal flesh sending blue-black blood spraying out into the air in slow motion. That is the world to me now, everything is to slow and to easy. I've been firing off my power more and more, learning how to do more and more. It may seem like I don't care but honestly I'm just hoping the more light I give off the better chance I have of him coming to me. If he doesn't soon I may just cut the moon in half. Ok well maybe that's stretching it a bit, I could cut through the moon yes, but my sword is not long enough for completely severing it in half.
My power faded and time resumed, the Cabal base now empty of threats I walked over to the command console and brushed off my hands. "Ok Raiden get to work."
"Sheesh since when are you no fun?" A hologram of a guardian appeared, floating next to me. He was about as big as my hand cannon and as bright as a BladeDance. He shone bright orange and disappeared into the console, making all kinds of noises I watched as the screens changed faster then I could blink.
"Are you sure you're going to want a body back? This is pretty handy..."
"Yea I do want it back. I can't feel anything it suckkkksssss. Also seeing isn't the same. It's just no, I'll be glad to have it back."
"Well I will be glad when I don't constantly feel like I'm being watched."
"Oh shush you know you'll miss me Jav. Uh dude I don't know to tell you this but... You're glowing."
"Again? Fuck."
Looking down at my hands I could see the light burning back up inside me needing to get out and be free. Sometimes it felt like it hated to be caged up inside me. Closing my eyes I fired up, surrounding myself in a bright white aura of power, making everything in the room fly away from me as the power grows and grows. Burning through the ceiling of the base and sending some of it out into space towards earth. My mental image trailed it, watching as the power zooms past the moon and crashing into the tower, who accepted the outburst of energy, before glowing just a little and then calmed down. All of that within a few seconds, faster then light it flies through space.
My focus coming back to me I opened my eyes and breathed out, relieved when my body calmed down and was no longer glowing. A few voices came from down the hall and I quickly jumped to a corner of the ceiling, latching on with small micro hooks on my gloves. As I waited for the voices to get louder I watched Raiden reform above the console then disappear back into my armor.
"Who is it?" He asked with the text showing up on my hud display.
Staying silent annoyed him but I was not taking chances. The tower, the reef, the fallen, all of them. No one can know where I am. It's been a week since my plan for Raiden succeeded and technically I was still banished from the tower... And the reef... The fallen don't really like me, the vex want to dissect me, the hive creep me out plus Ben, the cabal and I have had a few conversations with but of course they don't know it's been me slaughtering their bases and stealing their information.
A lone guardian stepped up towards the console. His unusually large knife was just above his hip on the back of his belt. Almost like a machete... His helm was practically the same as my old "mask of the third man", but instead of the hive part on the top half it was like a bird. He leaned over the console and brushed his hand against it.
No way...
Detaching from the wall I fell to the ground causing the guardian to turn around fast, pointing his custom scout rifle at me.
"Hey Cipher, long time no see."
He didn't lower his weapon but he did turn off his comm link so whoever's connected to him couldn't hear their conversation. "Jav? What're you doing here?"
Walking around him to the side I slowly pulled my katana out from under my cloak and raised it slightly towards him. "I cleared out the base."
"That was our job." He spoke calmly his sights never off me once.
"I got here first."
"..tell me Javael."
"Gathering Intel. I'm looking for something."
"What."
"... A home."
"You have one, the tower."
"No. Still technically banished and besides there's no home for me there."
"The reef?"
Shaking my head I look to the side. "She... Isn't my queen anymore."
"Javael you have a home. Go back to it, if you stay on your course of action we may meet as enemies."
Looking at him I stared at him through my helm. "I would never intentionally hurt a friend. You may come after me in the future but I will never fight you."
Lowering his gun he walked to the side and touched the side of his helmet. "All clear, lots dead, no info. Go back to the ships."
"I thought you were solo."
"This is different, we're looking for new ways to improve combat and defense. After Ben... That won't ever happen again I'll make sure of that personally. If you see him while you're out there don't kill him. Not until I get him good."
"No promises." Turning with a smirk I melted into white light and reappeared at the med bay of the tower. Raiden appeared next to me and grew to full size.
"I'm gonna go see if it's done, stop by my room before you leave again."
Nodding I watched as he ran off while i began walking down the hall in the opposite direction when I noticed large holes in the wall next to the women's bathroom. Walking slowly towards it I pushed open the door.
"Hello...? Any Titans need something in here?"
I heard someone jump up fast and run around the corner when a Titan with blue hair and blue eyes stared at me, tears staining her face and armor. She threw away everything she said last time and hugged me tight, sobbing.
"She's dead isn't she...?" I held her gently and closed my eyes. "Stacie I... I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault. Don't ever. EVER. Think that her death was on you. It's his fault and no one else's. He's not Ben anymore. I see that now, I just... Avenge her for me."
"...that's what I'm trying to do. I'm not messing around anymore."
"One more thing." Pulling my head down she kissed my forehead gently. "Just to be clear that wasn't a "I like you" kiss. That was a "thank you for always being there for me" kind of kiss. You're an amazing person Javael I'm glad to have met you."
Smiling I nodded and walked out. Heading towards Silvia's room I poked my head in making her jump in bed.
"LEARN TO KNOCK."
Chuckling I sat down on the edge of her bed and smiled. "How're you feeling?"
"Much better thanks for asking. How was your mission?"
"Unsuccessful. The Cabal don't have what I need. I don't know where I can go... Do y'all still have the Osiris gift?"
Nodding she smiled slightly. "Yea... Have you decided what you're going to use it for?"
"No. I haven't. The houses are uniting and if they attack the tower now we'd need it. But if I wanted to kill Ben I'm sure that would double my powers."
"We'll leave it up to you, I trust your judgment."
"Seems you're the only one these days."
She leaned forward and kissed my cheek. "There's a reason for that."
Blushing slightly I smiled. "Thank you Silvia, I've got some things to take care of right now so I will be back later or tomorrow. Get better soon. Peace."
Hoping off the bed I walked out and closed the door behind me. I headed towards a different hall way and took an elevator down to a secret hanger where only the Vanguard and a few other guardians who are working on Raiden's new body know of. When the doors opened Cayde and Raiden were deep in conversation standing next to a table with his new body on it. It looked like his old one for the most part except this time the arms at the shoulders and down were slick bronze with the white data milk running through them like veins. Both legs were the same cut off in the thighs. Both of his eyes were like that of an Exo. His head was mostly robotic inside but in the outside the only difference wash is eyes, they were black instead of white surrounding his red pupils. His torso was 70% human and flesh, with the other 30% Vex and Exo wiring. He looked like his old self and the hologram Raiden seemed very happy.
"- so yea why not take it out for a test spin? I haven't added the enteral weaponry yet but it's ready."
"Hell yes!"
Raiden shone bright and then the eyes on his new body lite up, making the data milk in his arms start to move. He took a deep breath and blinked a few times before jumping off the table, stretching and throwing a few punches at nothing.
"It feels great! Like my old self." Swinging fast towards me I ducked with barely enough time to jump over his leg as he tried to sweep me. His other fist lighting up bright blue with electricity firing off in every direction came down on me and before I could think I threw up one arm to block and grabbed his chest with my other, melting us both into a white light and reappearing a patch of snow and rocks on a nearby mountain top.
Off balance his fist hit the ground behind us, causing an explosion of light and snow sending us rolling. Jumping up and out he mimicked me as we slid down the mountain together. He threw more electricity charged punches at me which I had to block for the most part when we realized an avalanche was quickly gaining on us and a steep drop was in front of us.
Laughing at the feeling of being alive and feeling emotions again he jumped up and raised both of his arms above his head, becoming charged all over. Looking up he blocked out the bright sun as he came flying down landing in front of me sending a huge wave of arc energy with enough force to send me flying back.
I yelled with a mix of surprise and pain before melting away again and reappearing behind him, katana in hand swinging towards his torso. He turned fast, catching the blade in his robotic hands. Grinning he tossed it up in the air above him and grabbed a hold of me as we fell off the cliff.
Kneeing him in the chest and pushing off the face of the rock I threw us both farther out and blinked backwards up into the air, catching my katana with one hand and then glowing bright white which charged the blade. I plummeted fast as an arrow, blazing past him in an instant and standing half a mile below on ground level. I turned to watch him fall, a blazing white gash in his side and half a mountain of snow crashing down on top of me sending him to the ground faster and harder, instantly buried.
Walking on the newly fallen snow I paused and looked at the ground where he should be. "Raiden you ok buddy? I didn't kill you did I?"
After getting no response I let white light pool out into the air around me. I felt for his life and concentrated, wild flowers bloomed and came to life, poking up through the snow along with an injured bird's wing mending itself and then flying away. Damnit Raiden whe- a hand shot out underneath me and grabbed my leg.
"Raiden!"
Laughing the snow around him exploded and he crawled out. "That. Was. Awesome!"
Feeling reassured I smiled and laughed as well. "I thought you were dead."
"Psh fuck that. I won't be dying any time soon." Lifting up his tight black shirt showing me the gash I watched as the mechanical fibers stitched him together from the inside out.
"That's both gross and amazing...at the same time."
"Oh wait that reminds me." He grabbed my shoulder and I melted us away back into the hanger where he began suiting up.
"Hm? What is it?"
"You hit me with the light but I didn't like, explode or anything. Why."
"The light cleanses and eliminates the darkness. You don't have darkness inside you so their was nothing to purify."
"Makes sense I guess. What would happen if you tried to cleanse something or someone full of darkness, but like... There's nothing purify it's just straight up evil or concentrated darkness?"
"Don't know, I'm thinking I might find out soon though."
Melting into light my smile faded as I looked down at earth. Floating aimlessly in a broken space station I looked to my left. "You called?" Through the darkness of the abandoned room two electric blue eyes stared back at me.
The Stranger spoke. "You have to stop."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Pacing in front of her slowly the heated conversation began.
"You're using the light like a toy. Just because it's self sustaining doesn't mean you can put this much stress on it, it's soon to flare up and try to return to its original owner."
Biting my lip I didn't speak a word.
"Unless... It already has."
"Today was the third time."
Her eyes narrowed. "And?"
"And what?"
"How have you been affected?"
"It's making me stronger and even faster, but... Sometimes it feels like it has a mind of it's own. Sometimes I'll be talking to someone and time will slow down, sometimes even stop, and I'll just sit there unsure how to react. Other times I'll want to play around with my enemies and get some information out of them but when I touch them it reaches out and attacks without me asking it to or a tap on the shoulder breaks every bone on that side of their body. The other thing is... Sometimes the power will build up and it shows especially on my forearms, glowing bright white and burning my insides. The only ways to get it out is to use the power to burn off the extra energy or cut open my arms and let it escape."
She walked forwards and placed a hand on my shoulder and looked at me with no remorse. "I've told you from the beginning that if you accepted the light that you would become a herald of the light, if it wants to act through you, you must let it. It will only bend to your will if you do the same for it. It is not a symbiotic relationship but a partnership. If you truly with to keep it and wield it and use it to achieve your goals then you must assist it with it's goals."
Nodding I took a step back as she melted away. With her warning echoing in my mind I disappeared, melting away into space wondering where I'll end up.
OK, BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE WHIT- nah I won't say that. Whelp guardians I have returned and I apologize for the inconvenience but things happened and well. "I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain." So yea. No schedule just whenever we can the next chapter for Ben also came out so go check that out if you already haven't. We have great things planned and w hope to get them out soon. Not gonna promise anything but I would definitely recommend staying around.
Peace Out Scouts