Once the ship landed in the hangar, the guardians left the ship. As they walked out of the ship, they received stares from many of the other guardians. The Vanguard come to the hangar and find the guardians sitting on boxes. Cayde walked over to them first and smiled.

"mine!"

"Seriously Cayde?"

"You and Zavala have more guardians than I."

"Fine, but I need to know something first."

"Alright."

"Take your helmets off guardians, let me see the faces that will be joining our ranks."

The guardians look at each other before doing as he says. They take their helmets off and show their faces to the Vanguard. The Vamguard's eyes widened in shock, and Cayde was the first to speak.

"Well, this is interesting. Isn't it Zavala?"

"Agreed."

Ikora looked at the ghosts in shock before responding to her thoughts.

"17 year olds?"

"Is that how old they are?" Cayde asked surprised.

Saladin walks up to the Vanguard wondering what the commotion was about. When he saw the new guardians' faces, his eyes widened slightly. Though he was more interested in their armor. Not many reborn individuals had Iron Lord/Lady armor.

"What's going on here?"

"These Ghosts resurrected 17 year olds."

Then Eia spoke up.

"When we found them, they were wearing Golden Age combat gear."

Then Eon spoke up.

"And Everest basically ordered us to do it."

Zavala gritted his teeth in anger.

"I will speak to him personally."

Saladin looked at the Vanguard and told them what he was going to do.

"I will be training them. They are sextuplets, and it would be best if we didn't split them up for now."

Cayde looks at Saladin before asking him a question.

"They"re still mine though, right?"

"Partially, I will be training them to be Iron Lords and Iron Ladies."

"Alright, no argument here. I just have to ask, can I take part in this training?"

"Why?"

"I have a few things to teach these kids."

"I see no harm in it."

"Great, when does it start?"

"When they get used to being here."

"And how long will that take?

"A month at least."

"Really?"

"Yes, and no pestering them. That means all of you."

Zavala and Ikora nod while Cayde sighs. Saladin turns to the new guardians and gives them something to do.

"Explore the tower, find your rooms, and see what you can do for recreation."

The Claus siblings nod and leaves. Nicholas wanders into the training center for guardians. As Nicholas walks into the room, several other guardians turn and stare at him. Nichola looks down at his fists and clenches them. He looks up at the punching bag and pulls his fist back. One of the other guardians in the room looks at his comrade before making a comment about Nicholas.

"He's probably a newbie."

"If he is, he just needs to figure out his own strength."

"I wonder if he's even used his abilities yet."

"Probably not."

"You're probably right."

Nicholas throws a right hook at the punching bag causing it to swing backwards a little bit. Then Nicholas gets into a defensive stance with his fists up in front of his face. Then he throws several punches at the punching testing it. When he gets confident enough, he rapidly throws punches at the punching bag. His arms move so quickly that the other guardians only see a blur.

After an hour of punching the punching bag, Nicholas throws one final punch before he throws one last right hook and sends the bag flying through the air. Nicholas looked at his hands before looking up at the banner on the wall. He looks around the room and saw everyone doing their own thing. Sighing, Nicholas leaves the training room. He looks at his datapad before going to the courtyard.

Nicholas sits on a chair and covers his face with his hands as he comes to the realization that everyone that he ever knew was gone. Sure he had his sisters, but they family. He looks at his hands and saw blood. His hands were soaked in it, he stood up and looked around as the tower changes into the city of Houston. There was gunfire everywhere and people were screaming. Explosions sporadically occur around him as he watches his wife, Sarah, lie dying on the ground.

He walked over to her body and cried as he held her. The other guardians watched Nicholas's coming to moment. Several guardians tried to go to him, but they were stopped by their comrades.

"Leave him be."

"Why?"

"Every guardian goes through this. Just let him experience it. There's nothing else we can do."

Nicholas felt gut wrenching guilt form in his chest. He looks at Sarah and she whispers something to him.

"I love you so very much."

Nicholas was quiet as Sarah became limp and passed away. The memory faded and Nicholas was left kneeling in the middle of the courtyard. Nicholas's Ghost, Eia, appeared and asked him if he was alright, but Nicholas was silent.

later that night

Nicholas found his room and unlocked the door. He walked over to his bed and removed his armor. He let the armor fall to the floor before walking into the bathroom. He removed his clothes and got in the shower. He turned the showerhead on before turning the water on. He listens to the water run as it pelts his face. He lathers his hair with shampoo and allows it to sit for a while while he washes the rest of his body. After 10 minutes, Nicholas rinses the soap from his hair.

After washing his hair, Nicholas presses a button and the water becomes cold. He lets the water touch his skin until he gets used to the cold. Goosebumps form on his skin the longer he allows the cold water to touch his skin. Nicholas was enjoying the cold water when he heard a knock on the door and voice along with it.

"Are you done in there?"

Nicholas immediately turned the water off before drying himself off. He opens the door making a little crack before asking the voice a question.

"What?"

"I said, are you done in there?"

"Yeah, burning forgot clothes."

"How could you forget to grab clothes?"

"Well, I thought I was the only one that was going to stay in here."

"Ohhh, I see. Would you like me to get your clothes?"

"Would you?"

"Yeah, where are they?

"On the bed."

"Right."

The guardian grabbed Nicholas's clothes before handing them to him.

"Thanks."

"No problem."

Nicholas closes the door and gets dressed before leaving the bathroom. He walks over to his bed and notices that his armor was on an armor stand. He looks at Eia before looking back at his stuff. When Nicholas climbed under the covers, he saw three other guardians in the room.

"So this is our new team member?

"I guess so."

Nicholas ignored the other guardians and went to sleep.

"He doesn't seem to be very sociable."

"Well, I did resurrect him today."

The other guardians stayed up observing Nicholas. When he started tossing and turning, one of them looked at her friends.

"Seriously Maria?"

"What?"

"Sleeping with a 17 year old?"

"He needs something to comfort him. He's obviously having a nightmare. His siblings are most likely experiencing the same thing. I have to do something about it Clara."

"Fine, but if you get in trouble because of it..."

"I won't."

"What do you say Harold?"

The squad leader scratches his chin and "hmms" for a few minutes before making a decision.

"Alright Maria, go ahead. Just don't do anything I wouldn't do."

"Right."

Maria smiles and slowly climbs under the covers next to Nicholas. After Harold and Clara go to sleep, Nicholas wakes up with Maria's arms wrapped around him. He looks at her and his eyes widen. Maria puts a finger to his lips saying "shh" and wiping a tear from Nicholas's cheek. She smiles and sits up.

"You okay?"

Nicholas was at a loss for words. He looked into Maria's white eyes and saw compassion. When he finally found the will to speak, he stuttered.

"H-Hi."

"Nervous?"

"S-sorry, I di-didn't expect a b-b-beautiful woman to be in my bed with me."

"Your stutter is adorable."

"I'm stuttering?"

"You were."

"S-sorry, I do that alot."

"It's fine, just relax."

"So why are you in my bed?"

"You were having a nightmare, so I did what I naturally thought was right."

"Oh, thanks."

"So do you want this to be a thing we do often or..."

"I'm not gonna lie, many guys would like to wake up next to you. You're gorgeous."

"Thanks, but that doesn't answer my question."

"Sorry, I just don't want to sound like a perverted jackass."

"That's nice of you. Though, it still doesn't answer my question."

"Yes."

"What?"

"My answer is yes."

"Oh."

"How tall are you?"

"I am 6'7", what about you?"

"I'm 6'2", so who's going to be the big spoon?"

"Up to you."

"How about you be the big spoon?"

"Alright."

Nicholas lays his head on Maria's chest while she wraps her arms around him. Nicholas yawns and mumbles something. Something that Maria hears.

"good night to you too."

Within minutes, the only thing Maria could hear was Nicholas soft breathing. She knew that he was asleep as she could feel his heartbeat. She smiles before closing her eyes and falling into a deep slumber.