Chapter 3
Edward stopped pretending to sharpen the never dull blade of the Void Edge he had laying in his lap(he was sitting cross-legged on top of a standard issue supply crate) and looked up to watch 2 Unfamiliar Guardians drag a female Guardian, (Nissa maybe? He never bothered to remember), out of the passageways that lead to her chambers holding her at the wrists and upper arm. Edward watched as the guardians dragged her towards the dungeon chambers, where... Edward blinked and looked over at the entryway on the opposite side of the room and back at the dungeon entrance. Edward knew with certainty that he had not heard nor seen Cayde cross the room, but there he was standing in front of the door to the dungeon, slowly shaking his head.
Edward jumped when he felt someone breath on his exposed neck(he had his helmet off) and snapped around, ready to strike, only to be confronted by the dark orange eyes and slightly insane smile of his current Fireteam leader, Ana.
"I really don't like it when you smile like that Ana. It always tells me when things just got worse for me." Edward sighed in his moderately baritone voice laden with his noticeable, but not thick, German accent. Ana giggled and tossed her head, flicking her short, dark brown hair to the side, only to have it settle back into it's previous position. Edward's heart skipped a beat whenever she did that, but he knew that she had that effect on every guy, even Lord Shaxx(Edward had asked, even though Ana didn't know). Edward marvelled at her beauty, from her cinnamon roll colored skin and her perfect curves to her beautiful eyes and perfect smile, and the insane personality it hid. Edward knew something no one else did though, Ana's armor did not do justice on her perfect curves. Her thick armor hid most of the curve in her perfect hips, breasts, and well everywhere really. How he knew this? Well, before they were stuck in the same Fireteam, Edward had slept with her a few times and damn did she taste good. Edward realized he was staring at Ana's breasts and snapped his eyes up to meet hers and saw the silent question within. Edward nodded and jumped down from his crate to follow Ana back to her room.
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The Next Morning
Edward woke up, still in Ana's room, and looked at Ana's sleeping form. Ana was curled up against Edward with her arm draped across his well muscled, mysteriously tanned chest, breathing softly, looking as peaceful as can be. Slowly and quietly, trying not to wake Ana, Edward moved Ana's arm and got up. After taking a couple minutes to find his clothing and dress himself(he left his armor by the door) he wandered into her kitchen and began hunting for something to cook. It took awhile before he found something edible in her kitchen (almost everything was expired, Ana never cooked or ate in her room.) Edward had found some pancake mix in her cupboard and a gallon of fresh milk which she had clearly drunk from already. Edward measured out the right amount of mix and milk and fished a pan out of one the cupboards and set it on the burner. Edward mixed the pancake mix with the milk in a glass bowl and began making pancakes.
Ana awoke to the worst noise in history and the best smell ever, the noise of her buzzer Informing her that she had a job to do, and the smell of fresh pancakes. Ana untangled herself from the blankets, shut of the buzzer, and walked into her kitchen, still completely naked, and saw Edward standing with his back to her cooking pancakes. Ana suppressed a childish giggle and slid back into the bedroom to get dressed before Edward realized she was awake. After getting dressed she crept back into the kitchen to scare Edward but was confused when he wasn't there. Edward grabbed Ana's left arm from behind and hissed 'boo' but didn't get the reaction he was expecting. Instead of screaming, Ana instinctively brought her right fist into Edward's jaw with a devastating right hook that would have knocked even an unarmored Titan out. Lucky for Edward, he was wearing his armor, so all Ana did was hurt her hand. Ana scowled at Edward, silently plotting her revenge when he gestured towards the plate of pancakes on the table and spoke.
"You might want to eat quickly, we have something important to do."
Ana sighed at Edward and sat down to eat. 10 minutes later, Ana and Edward emerged from her room fully armored and set off to meet the newest addition to their Fireteam, Ryan 'Blaze' Jackson. Edward and Ana found Ryan sitting on EDWARD'S crate, which considerably irritated Ana.
"So, we've got the Leader," Ryan said, looking at Edward, "And some nice Eye-candy" Ryan finished, inspecting Ana. Ana's only response was to remove her helmet and quicken her stride until she was directly in front of Ryan.
"What did you call me?" Ana hissed at Ryan, clearly pissed.
"I said you are some sweet eye..." Ana's bone shattering right hook cut Ryan off before he could finish. The hit had been so sudden and fast that Ryan had had no time to prepare and was literally knocked for a loop when she hit him.
"Hey bitch, that's my boyfriend you just hit. Who the fuck do you think you are?" A female Titan yelled at Ana. Ana turned around and gave the female Titan the most terrifying homicidal glare Edward had ever seen. Ana stalked over to the female Titan and narrowed her eyes before snarling, "Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" From behind Ana, Edward started making motions with his hands, warning the Titan to back off, cause while the Titan had a foot and a half and about 100lbs on Ana, Ana could probably kill everyone currently in a the room and no one would know they were dead until they died. Apparently, that Titan wanted to die because she leaned down a bit, got in Ana's face and snarled, "I was talking to you, whore." Ana snapped her head forward, connecting with, and breaking, the Titan's nose, before nailing her at the base of her chin with a vicious uppercut that lifted her off the floor a few inches. The Titan crumpled to the floor, extremely unconscious. Edward shook his head slowly and turned to watch Ryan struggle to his feet, dazzed and uncertain. Edward strode over to Ryan and helped him up.
"Lesson number 1," Edward stated "Do not piss off the Fireteam Leader. She can, and will, kill you where you stand." Ryan just groaned and rubbed his jaw. Edward tapped the communicator on his wrist and called Zavala. Zavala answered after the first ring and waited for Edward to speak.
"So," Edward began, "One of your precious Titans may need some medical attention."
"Why?" Zavala demanded angrily.
"She thought it was a good idea to piss off Ana." Edward said, very matter of fact.
"By the Traveler, I thought I told Cayde to control that wretched creature." Zavala snarled. Edward growled but said nothing as the medics arrived. The doctors lifted The Titan onto a stretcher and carried her away. Edward shook his head again and took Ryan by the upper arm and began dragging him towards his and Ana's meeting place. Edward told Ryan to meet them back here at noon tomorrow, pushed him into the middle of the room, and stalked off to his own Room.
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Edward sat in the meeting room the next day, irritated that Ana had been put under house arrest for hitting the Titan, and irritated by Ryan, who was 15 minutes late already. Ryan walked into the room with his helmet under his arm and a donut in the other hand. In the blink of an eye, Edward brought his Dreg's promise sidearm up and fired a single shot, blasting the donut in Ryan's hand to pieces. Ryan stared at his hand for a second and looked at Edward.
"Lesson number 2," Edward growled, "If I say noon, your smug ass better show up at 11:50 or there'll be hell to pay."
"Whatever," Ryan snapped. Without warning Edward unholstered his Auto rifle 'Her Memory' and fired three shots at Ryan's chest. None of the bullets connected with Ryan though, because he had dodged to the right away from them. Edward stood up, reholstered his weapons unsheathed his Void Edge, and dropped into a fighting stance. Ryan drew his own Void Edge and dropped into the same stance. Like Edward and Ana, Ryan was a Nightstalker, so Edward knew the fight would be fairly even. Edward struck first, and then the sparing began. Edward and Ryan fought for the rest of the day, went to bed, got up, meet up at noon, and spared some more until 4:38pm when a commotion from the hanger distracted them. Edward and Ryan ran to the hanger to see what was going on, just in time to see the missing Warlock Zepheron, now covered in Taken energy, being carried into the dungeons. Ikora turned around and growled, "Everyone back to your duties, you will all be updated later." Edward sighed and headed towards Ana's room, he needed to check up on her anyway.
I feel that ending a chapter like this isn't the best way to do it, but everyone has been introduced (except that Titan, she'll be back later) and we're all caught up, meaning the story will really begin to progress now. I apologize for posting this so late, school gets in the way. I'm still accepting Guardian submissions so please send them to me.
