Chapter 1

Zeph awoke with a splitting headache in a cold, dark cell. "Thank God, you're finally awake." Ghost sighed before he materialized before Zeph. Zeph jerked back in surprise as his Ghost revealed itself to him, but his Ghost was different. Instead of the normal red, it was black, white, and seething with Taken energy. "Don't be alarmed," Ghost said, "We were Taken by Oryx but he couldn't take your mind due to your connection with the light. He locked you up here and said he'd be back."

Without warning, lights flashed into existence and Oryx glided into view. Zeph looked around and Inspected his cell. The cell was rather small, about 10ft by 10ft, with dark mud brown walls and a translucent barrier where the door should have been. The doorway was strange, it seemed small but could easily admit Oryx through. Zeph then looked down at himself and was shocked to see his armor seething with Taken energy, the same way his ghost was.

"Guardian, you have been Taken, yet you resist control, why?" Oryx asked angrily.

"Because I refuse to be controlled by anyone you, the traveler, the vanguard, or any of the factions. I am my own Guardian and I do as I please." Zeph snarled. Oryx stared hard at Zeph as he pondered Zeph's response.

"Hmm, fair enough I suppose. I will allow you to leave here under 1 condition, stop working for the Traveller and the Vanguard, and work for me instead." Oryx growled in his deep scratchy voice.

"If it gets me out of here, then that's fine with me." Zeph yawned. "Under 1 condition though." Zeph said after thinking for a second. Oryx snarled at him and Zeph decided not to keep him waiting for fear of losing his head. "Give me 1 week to go say bye to my friends and you do nothing for that time and direct the taken in a way that makes it appear you are dead."

Oryx thought for a second before agreeing and sending Zeph back to the dreadnaught, where his ship was still waiting. Ghost started up the ship and transmatted Zeph onto it before setting a course for the Tower. "I don't know how they'll react to our new appearance or the taken that came with us." Ghost said, glancing at the two taken Knights behind Zeph. Zeph shrugged before docking his ship and signalling Ghost to transmat them out. Zeph landed outside his ship, flanked by the 2 Taken Knights and immediately he heard someone shout "TAKEN!" Within 10 secs they were surrounded by other Guardians, all with weapons pointed at the trio.

"By the Traveler's light guys, is that any way to great a fellow Guardian?" Zeph asked disapprovingly as he removed his helm to reveal his face. Out of nowhere, Zeph was slammed in the chest by an arc blast and was sent flying backwards into a wall. Someone pushed their way through the guardians and stalked their way towards him. Disoriented as he was, it took Zeph a second to realize it was his mentor, Ikora Rey. By the look on her face and the way she stormed towards him (quite literally due to the lightning crackling around her) he new he was in some deep shit now. Ikora stopped before him and took a deep breath.

"WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!" Ikora roared at him, "YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN KILLED AND WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BRING TAKEN WITH YOU?!"

"I was going to find Oryx, and those Taken are mine." Zeph answered feebly.

"What do you mean, they're yours?" Ikora responded, hear voice dropping to a near whisper, somehow managing to be scarier than when she was yelling.

"I beat Oryx, I put a shot through his filthy skull and painted the walls with his brains." Zeph lied, "That's why I came back."

Ikora narrowed her eyes before using her void energy to knock Zeph out, and proceeded to put him in a cell until they could verify his story.

Please leave reviews and tell me if you want to see more of this story. Also, I need ideas for new Guardians, so I'd appreciate it if you'd email me with their name, class, preferred subclass, gender, race(Awoken, Human, or Exo) armor and weapon loadouts(desolate armor is not allowed), shader, and attitude at Dovahkiin628 . But be warned, spam me and I'll ignore you. If you can't email me, also feel free to pm me. I need 17 total Guardians.