Chapter 6
"Get those orbs charged up! I'll distract him!" Lawrence calls out as he casts golden gun.
"On it!" A pair of warlocks: Shion-3 and Ion-3, Twin Exos, Dealt with setting off the orbs of corrupted light. Meanwhile, Sammi the Titan and fellow Hunter Lewis deal with the mobs of taken rushing in.
Lawrence continues to keep the king's attention. "Your Traveller can't save you here in my domain! "
"Says the king of worms!" Lawrence taunts.
"To face me alone is a daring feat Hunter, is bravery for yourself or..." Oryx looks to his fireteam trying to set off the orbs again.
"You stay away from them!"
"Fear for your team!" the taken king teleports to what Ion is.
"You stay away from them!"
"Orbs charge-AH!" Oryx slams his fist down onto Ion-3.
Another guardian dead. Lawrence looks on in horror.
"ION!" Shion yells enraged.
"You BASTARD!" she lights up in void energy and fires the biggest Nova bomb any warlock can muster.
"Gahh! You insect! I will slay every single one of you right in front of your proud leader!" Oryx backs off as the orbs pulse.
The next day.
Lawrence wakes up in the barn. It was morning as sunlight cracked through the Barn. Looking to his side he found that Holo wasn't there. He panics and gets up rushing to the window. Looking out he sees her and Ghost having a chat near the soccer field. Feeling relieved, he jumps from the window and blinks right next to them.
"Fwah!" Holo says startled.
"Oh looks like I snuck up I the Wise Wolf," Lawrence smirked but the gets a punch to his side.
"Ow!"
"And I struck the Hunter. We're even." Holo said with a smug face. Lawrence rubs his side and sighs.
"So, What's up with you two this morning." He asks
"Holo was just asking me about the city. Mainly food and festivals." Ghost confirms. Holo loved to party and eat good food so she asked ghost about the last city. "The city sounds like a nice place plays I can't wait to get there!" She said as she stared at the particular object in the distance. It didn't take an expert to figure out that she was looking at the Shard of the Traveller.
"Wondering about the Shard?" Lawrence asked.
"Is that some form of a mountain?" Holo said.
"No, that a piece of the traveller that was cut out during the collapse," he answered.
Holo looked at it curiously thinking how big the rest of it must be.
"Is it alright for it to be sitting there with all those goons out there?"
"Right now it's only creating unusable corrupted light and being a magnet to Taken and Fallen. But when the Red legion attacked and took the light from the guardians. It was the only thing to give me and Ghost our powers back." The hunter explained.
"Just you?" Holo asked and the Lawrence nods.
"Being the only Guardian to be able to revive put a lot of pressure on us. All the others had to face the harsh reality of becoming mortal again." Ghost added with a hint of sorrow in his voice.
"Then I guess you defeated the red legion and liberated the city." Holo guessed.
"Not exactly."
"Huh?"
"Ghaul, the leader of the Red Legion, was syphoning the Light into himself to make him a pseudo guardian. So when I killed him he revived int a non-corporeal form of corrupted light. All hopes of defeating him then were lost until a miracle occurred."
"What happened?"
"I will show you when we get to the city." He then walks to the cabin to get some breakfast for them while leaving Home very curious...and hungry.
After a short breakfast, they were back on the road to the last city. It was a mostly a calm ride with the odd Fallen squad but nothing Ace of spades could not handle.
"How long until the City now?" Holo asked as they entered a tunnel through a mountain.
"About an hour out," Lawrence answered as they reached the other end of the tunnel. Light blind Holo as the came out of the tunnel. After her eyes adjusted what she saw took her breath away.
There it was, The Last City of humanity and it's protector: the Traveller.
"Is that?"
"The one and only, Traveller. A being of pure light" Lawrence said and Holo took in the sight of the massive Orb with a few bites of its body broken off and orbiting around it. "Umm…Can it see us?"
"To be honest? We do not really understand what it does half the time. It went dormant after the creation of the Guardians. Only to wake to truly finish Ghaul off."
"So it's awake now? Can it do the things ghost said?"
"No sadly. You can compare it to a patient trying to get up but their wounds have not fully healed."
Even though the traveller is awakened it cannot do more than enhanced the powers of the guardian in small amounts. Even then there is very little communication between them and the Traveller. Any words wor visions end up being cryptic and make little sense. Ikora as been doing her best gathering all the information but even then it very little to go by.
All but Lawrence.
Ever Since he interacted with the shard he felt a stronger connection to the traveller, it was hard to describe but he is able to bring his Super faster than most other guardians. Even though if he uses it too much he tends to feel drained afterwards.
Back to Holo.
She was in the middle of utter amazement and being super cautious at the same time.
"Judging from her tail might be intimidated by the traveller. But I wouldn't be brave enough to ask her that." Ghost said over the comms getting a smile out of the guardian. They finally reach one of the city's wall entrance and then hop off the sparrow.
"Ghost, Send the sparrow data back to Holiday and tell her that I would like a copy for myself."
"Will do?" Ghost said as they walked up to the gates. Lawrence waves to the bots manning the door controls. "Identify Guardian, militia or refugee?"
"Hunter and one refugee. Identification: Kraft Lawrence." it takes a second for the bots do the checks but the Gates open up and they enter the City.
"Confirmed. Welcome back Hunter"
After getting past the gates, Holo looked around to take in the sights. The City was massive, Towering apartment buildings. Urban districts spitting into many smaller sectors such as shopping, food and thanks to the red legion, town repair.
"Even with the damage, this is an amazing and lively city." She said observing the people constantly moving about the streets. Civilians did there best to make life here in the last bastion of humanity as easy as possible. More than just hiding from the Darkness. There were many businesses that ranged from manufacturing, retail, cooking and of course helping with the efforts of keeping the darkness at bay.
Holo nearly got lost looking around before backing right into Lawrence who kept an eye on her. "So what do you think?"
"I think the place is a beautiful sight to see but...there a layer of fear and worry," Holo answered and Lawrence understood what she meant. No matter how hard Guardians tried to protect the city. They could never get rid of the sense of helplessness that comes with being in the last safe place on earth.
"Once we can secure more territory outside the wall, we can start expanding." He said looking up at the traveller. 'And after you heal up big guy.'
After some more strolling, they eventually reach the lift to the Tower. After Lawrence starts the lifts there was an awkward silence.
"You are worried about something and it probably involves me doesn't it? You can tell me you know." Holo breaks the ice and snapping the Hunter out of his train of thought.
"Forgot you were good at reading people," Lawrence said while looking upwards. He lets out a sigh.
"Before we can do anything further. I am going to have to report to Zavala, Vanguard Commander about your...abilities."
"Huh?"
"Zavala can be fickle when trusting anything that is not either a civilian or a light-bearer. Personally, I would rather not tell him but it would be better for him to know now than discover it later." Lawrence explained and Holo looked to the floor with a frown.
'Dammit,' The hunter cursed on the inside.
"What happens if he says I can't stay?" She asked looking at the hunter.
"Trust me. After all the things I have done for the vanguard. He has to let you." Lawrence said with determination in his voice.
"Well, then I have nothing to worry about then!" Holo said sliding right beside him with full trust in the Hunter.
Moments later they reach walk over to Zavala as he looked over the city.
"Ah Lawrence, Back so soon? Or are you fresh from a crucible match? No matter, what do you need?"
"I have some important to report and it involves my friend here. Sir." Lawrence said and gestures to Holo. " Zavala looks over to the Holo and raises an eyebrow as she looked like any other civilian in the city. "Where is she from?"
"Outside the city. Deep in the EDZ." This got his attention.
"Is she from another Settlement outside the walls? Do they need help?" Zavala questioned.
"No, sir. But It would probably be best that we discuss this somewhere more private."
Now Zavala was really interested in the nature of Holo and Agreed to talk in the War Room normally used for more private conservations with head Vanguards. Once they entered and closed the door behind them, Holo pulled her hood to reveal her wolf ears. Zavala raised his eyebrows and looks at Lawrence.
"This is not some form of joke is it?" Zavala was sceptical seeing the ears.
Holo then moves the ears naturally proving they were real. She also takes off her cloak to reveal her tail.
"Ok...That is something. But why bring this to me? Ikora would be more helpful in matters such as these."
Both Holo and Lawrence looked at each other with a long pause. Zavala then got the idea there was more to Holo than meets the eye."
"Guardian, is there something you need to tell me?" His voice getting more closer a commander over a friend.
Lawrence sighed, he hated this. But he was going to have to show the footage to Zavala.
'I am going to need a drink after this.'
He lets Ghost project the entire first encounter Between the hunter and the wolf. Zavala remained quiet as he watches the footage. After the footage ended, The Titan Vanguard looks to Holo with a very intense stare.
"What are you?" he asks.
"Zavala she-" Lawrence felt a tug on his arm as Holo steps forward.
"I am a being of Yoitsu. A wolf that can shape into a human." Holo answered the question looking the Commander right in the eyes.
"Are there more of you?"
Zavala needed to know for the safety of the city. He needed to know if they are friend or foe.
'Shit.' The hunter cursed in his head. Holo's people might as well be dead even they were a bunch of giant wolves.
"I do not know." She looks away with a face of sorrow.
"What do you mean by that? Surely one can remember there home." He pushes forward. Bringing stress to the wolf. She can't remember much about her homeland nor does she want to believe they were dead.
"Where is your home located."
"I don't know!" Holo was getting irritated and her tail puffed up in reaction to her frustration. She was now baring her fangs and let out a slight growl.
But Zavala wasn't scared of such threats.
"Fine then. I have one more question." Zavala then took a step forward and looked deep into the red eyes of the wolf.
"Have you ever ki-"
"That's enough Zavala!" Lawrence steps in between.
"Stand aside." the vanguard commander ordered.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I am going to tell you one important detail. She's older than the Golden age. Sir" Lawrence trying to remain calm but on the inside. He was pissed at Zavala for instantly going for the threat of city conclusion
"Is this true?"
The ghost then appeared over the hunter's shoulder. "Well. Holo did tell us that her kind can live for hundreds of years if not more if they rest for decades. And well...She does match the description of the legend Devrim told us about. The issue though that her memory appears to be fragmented. She only remembers bits and pieces "
This made Zavala back down a bit as he trusted Devrim. Taking a moment to sort out all the information he received he looks back at the hunter and Holo. his eye catches something he thought he would never see.
Lawrence was holding Holo's hand.
Now thinking back to all the guardian has done for the city he makes a decision
"Holo." He finally said the wolf's name.
"Yes?"
"Do you wish to remain by Kraft's side?" the question tone shifted away from intense to calm.
Holo nods.
"Hunter."
Lawrence looks at Zavala.
"Do you wish to have Holo by your side?" the question starling Lawrence. He wondered what was the purpose of the question but then he felt a slight squeeze on his hand and looked down. Holo was also waiting for the answer.
'Wait...when did I grab her hand?'
He blinked for a moment but nods.
"Yes, I do."
"Very well then. She can stay as long she keeps her hunt aimed at the red legion." Zavala words bring relief to the pair. "Thank you, sir."
"No, with all you have done. I think I can trust your judgment on this matter. You are dismissed." He didn't sound please but not angry at the same time. Though they finally got the answer needed.
After a short apology from Zavala, He confirmed that Holo's wolf powers would be kept a secret but under the conditions that Lawrence would be responsible for everything that involves her.
The duo then leaves while Zavala ponders.
"I guess you would've let her in regardless what I'd say. Just like Cayde would."
Walking to the apartments
The Wolf and Hunter walked down the streets of the city in silence. Hands no longer interlocked. Much to Holo's dislike.
Lawrence was thinking about that one question that he stopped Zavala for. Did she kill people? She is a wolf so it wouldn't be too far fetched but at the same time, he didn't want to believe it.
They reached his apartment and enter the elevator.
The silence continued
"Lawrence?" Holo spoke up snapping him out of his train of thought.
"You were thinking if I ever attacked someone weren't you?" She assumed
"I…" Lawrence stammered but ended up nodding.
"That's a subject I would rather not talk about nor ever bring it up." She said in a monotone voice. Absolutely no emotion either to mask her guilt or to send fear to Lawrence.
She waited for a response but the felt a hand placed on her head.
"I won't then. Just never do it again as long you're with me."
Holo is still a wolf and he cannot ever deny the fact that she might've killed during her time as a beast but he believed at the same time she made a friend or two. If her legend was anything to go by.
He pats her head in a sign of trust and in response Holos tail wagged under the cloak. They reached his home floor and walked over to his door.
As they entered Holo looked around taking in the place. Again it was spartan compared to some of the more fancier places one could get in the city. "Sorry if it's not much. I am a hunter so I usually spend my time out in the wilds."
"No, it's nice. I'll be honest that I would've like a fireplace to curl up to but beggars can't be choosers." She said as she took off her cloak but then a loud grumble came from her stomach.
"I guess It's time to feed the beast." Ghost said getting a chuckle out of the hunter.
"Are do you wish to cook or shall I ordered something."
"Order. I feel so mentally drained later." He then looks to Holo who was looking at him with anticipation and drool.
"And consider her appetite."
"Got it. Pizza it is then." Ghost shifted as he makes the order while Lawrence goes to the bedroom and Holo follows him she peaks around the corners and notices there was only one bed. A sly grin grew on her face.
"Oh no! There is only one bed...I guess I would have to sleep on the couch." She then wraps her arms around his left. "But I don't mind sharing if you like…."
She looks at him with seductive eyes.
"That won't be necessary." Lawrence then presses a button on the wall just under the light switch. Another bed folds out of the wall just above the other one. Turns out this room had built-in bunk beds.
Holo then drops down in defeat and annoyance.
"The pizza will take a bit to get here, in the meantime make yourself at home." He then enters the bathroom and closes the door behind him.
He then lets out a deep sigh. She was definitely teasing him but he wondered if she was just joking around or…
'Is she really into me?' Lawrence shakes his head.
"No, Who would want to fall for a failure like me…" he said staring into the mirror
Otherside of the door.
"I would…"
AN:*Jumps from the rafters* Hello there! This chapter is less of action more of introduction of the city to the wise wolf. Sorry for the late update. Finals coming up and I gotta study. And...some more of my Friends got Destiny 2 on PC So that kinda distracted me.
I AM NOT GIVING UP ON THIS STORY!
I am planning about ending this story at around 10 or 12 total chapters. Depends on the events I can think up and also making some characters from S+W show up in the destiny world. (Chloe,Nora...Weiz)
Welp back to the grind!(IRL and in Destiny)
Hoped you enjoyed and leave feedback