The Gathering Storm
"Mmmm." Where am I?" I spoke out loud mainly to myself as I slowly opened my eyes a bright white light blurred my vision for a few seconds before my eyes finally adjusted to my surroundings, I could make out a window along with Ava floating alongside Cayde we seemed to be inside a room.
My eyes locked on to Cayde for a few seconds before I slowly sat up from the bed I was laying on, I took in my surroundings the room seemed to be covered in white with only a glass table and a small blue chair in the room other than that the room was pretty empty with two doors to which, I was sure one had to lead to an exit while the other was probably the bathroom.
I didn't feel like I was in any danger despite being in the same room as the person who shot me besides a more immediate question seemed to ring out in my head louder than any other. "How am I alive right now?" I asked
Cayde looked towards Ava before answering my question "Well you see Guardians can't die well we can but it's not exactly an easy thing to do."
I blinked a few times at Cayde's answer it was short and lacked any real details but since I still felt tired I simply accepted the answer I watched as Ava flew towards me. I was worried that cayde may have done something to her since she hadn't said a word but after she scanned me she began speaking almost immediately.
"Kiara I'm so sorry I had no idea we had gotten infected by the dark zone if I had noticed I would have told you sooner."
"It's fine at least now I'm cured Right?" I asked questioningly as I looked at Cayde who seemed to be checking something off a pad.
"You should be in the clear however The next time you find yourself in a dark zone you-."
Cayde was cut off as the front door to the room suddenly opened up a tall bald blue skinned person definitely an awoken walked into the room with full white and red armor on as if he had been preparing for 700 wars I looked at the man he seemed to look in my direction for a second before turning his gaze towards cayde.
"Cayde why are you not at the vanguard your group of hunters is waiting for more orders also we have an important matter to discuss." the man finished a small hint of anger clear in his voice.
"Zavala you know I'd love to get right on that but well as you can see I'm kinda in the middle of something." cayde said as he looked towards me.
"This is not the time for your-." this time Zavala was cut off by cayde.
"Zavala this is Kiara, Kiara say Hi to the leader of the titans.
Zavala looked at me for a few seconds before turning his gaze back to cayde.
"We will discuss this later Handle your business quickly and then report back to the vanguard immediately." Zavala finished his statement as he walked out the door it closed automatically as he did so.
I looked at cayde and felt a million questions buzzing in my head but I felt like I was only going to have enough time to ask only a few cayde didn't seem like he was bothered by Zavala's little interruption yet before I could ask cayde a question he ended up asking me one instead.
"Kiara if you don't mind can you tell me what you remember about your life before becoming a guardian and what happened to you out there in the dead zone." Cayde voice sounded more serious and at the same time calm, I gathered my thoughts before retelling him everything that had happened from the dark zone up until he shot me and I told him about the dreams as well.
"Huh, so A guardian who remembers their past through dreams I feel like I've heard that story from a certain guardian before either way. now I'm sure you've got a tone of questions but i'm pretty sure if i take to long old man Zavala will have this Exo's head so ask me what it is you want to know and i'll try and answer as best i can." As cayde finished i felt like he would have stayed in that room until i had asked every question on my mind i decided I might as well ask till i couldn't think of anything else.
"Okay how about telling me Who are you and who are you to me."
"My names Cayde-6 but people just call me cayde i'm the leader of the group of hunters at This here Tower as for who i am to you well thats a long story short version is i've raised you since you were a child well you and you're sister." cayde finished he seemed to laugh at a memory of people freaking out about a human and an awoken being sisters.
"Where's Arya now?" I asked curious if she was here at the tower.
"Last i heard from her She was doing recon on Mercury for Ikora and before you ask Ikora is the leader of the warlocks which is what your sister is I was going to try and get into contact with Arya later to let her know the good news."
I was happy to know that my sister was alive, I felt like asking a bunch more questions but they didn't seem really important however i still had three big questions that needed answering.
I took a deep breath i must have done this when i felt uneasy alot since cayde seemed to be concentrating more on what i was about to be asking next.
"What happened to me?" I looked at cayde in the eyes he looked away from me this time instead looking out of the window as he did he slowly answered my question.
"Sigh You were human before coming back to life back then there were fewer guardians, Before the Travler had decided to give us its light, There was a group of people who went around crushing our enemies fallen hive Cabal it didn't matter we called them the Iron banner however they were also know as The Iron Lords you were apart of that group and you were also one of the best they had. cayde stopped for a second to look at me he stared as if he would have blinked i would disappear from sight eventually he continued the story.
"I Remember that day like it was yesterday you Arya and Holiday were cheering because i had finally agreed to race you in the next SRL event but we had made a deal if you could some how become an Iron lord i would race you, you see back then it was impossible for guradians to gain enough renown with them but you had something special heck you weren't even a guardian at the time yet before you could become an Iron lord there was a large distrubence of Fallen getting close to an iron banner site and they seemed more enhance then before, I didn't go wasn't my place and i didn't want you to go either i felt like it was a death sentence the reports coming from that place were bad from the start and they were getting worst yet there was no stopping you if even one person was alive down there you wanted to try and rescue them more importantly you're familys forest was also near the battle and you didn't want your family to be hurt. i stopped cayde for a second as i wanted to confrim something on my mind.
"When you say family do you mean the Wolfs who raised me." Cayde nodded his head at me i felt like he wanted to finish so i let him continue on.
"I dont know much about what happened on the battlefeild coms were bad but i do know that from what arya told me you all had gotten pinned down after rescuing nearly everyone out of there and as the last line of defense you stayed behind along with a few of your wolfs and a few people who stayed behind to hold the line Arya said you knocked her out and put her on the ship yet by the time arya had gotten back the place was pratically a dead zone."
"I was going to rush out in my ship i didn't give a damn about anything when i saw the condition of everyone else, I was more worried about what was happening to you but just as i had prepared to take off we were attacked by swarms of enemys from all sides we fought the enemy back for weeks by the time the fighting had finally died down they informed us that your last location was inside A Dead Zone."
"I wanted to go in to see if you were still alive but Arya and holiday had already been Holiday lost her right leg in search of you. So in the face of all that and all that had happened we decided to call it and you were declared Dead Nothing returns from the Dead Zone that was the day people truely believed in thoes words."
I sat there stunned I tried to remember any of the details i had just learned about but all i kept drawing were blanks other then the bits and pieces from the dreams i had already went threw nothing was coming to mind it was making me fustrated i calmed myself down a bit as cayde stood up and slowly headed for the door.
"Cayde wait one more question before you go."
Cayde stopped at the door and looked me in the eyes i felt like i had tore off the bandade to a fresh wound the way he looked at me.
"What should i do now i'm starting to feel like i don't really belong here."
Cayde thought for a moment before answering my question.
"You should head to the Speaker he'll want to talk to you anyways so far you've been treated as a guest here but for people not ready to fight the good fight and defend the travaler there is no place for them here though i'd never let them kick you out." Cayde finished as he handed me a map to the tower along with a few glimmer.
As cayde left the room i laid back down on the soft bed gathering my thoughts i still had many questions on my mind.
"So what are you going to do now kiara?" Ava asked landing on the bed next to my knees.
"I guess i'll head over to the speaker if nothing else i can get a better understanding on this travler and the war with darkness everyone keeps bringing up." I told ava as i walked into the bathroom the door closing behind me.
"Are you going to stay and help out around here?" Ava asked.
"Dont know but i do know one thing i'm going to enjoy this while i can." I said as i looked at the shower and felt the refreshing hot water pour on my hand.
Once i was finally clean i noticed my armor was missing probably torched since it was infected however there were some clothes inside the closet of the bathroom along with a black side arm that was tucked near the back of the closet, I left the side arm there since i didn't know who it belonged to while i put on the clothes.
I was now sporting a red t-shirt with some black cargo pants i checked the pockets of the pants and found some more glimmer along with a note it was from cayde i read the note he mentioned that this was my old room and that these were my clothes he also said he'd tell me later about it once he had some free time he also told me to check the back pocket i balled up the piece of paper as i dug into my back pocket.
I pulled out a flat blackend shape disk from the pocket i looked it over a few times confused as to what it was i turned it around in my hand several times though nothing seemed to happen i shrugged my shouldars and placed it back in my pocket what ever it was i could figure that out later.
As me and ava walked towards the courtyard to the tower outside from the hallway we had just left. My eyes widened at the view from the tower of the last city along with the travler floating above it the view seemed like something from a picture although i couldn't quite recall which one, i also noticed alot of guradians running around all over the place while some relaxed and others seemed to be trying to climb the small tree near the gunsmith only to fall time and time again i looked at them for awhile until a group of titans caught my eyes one of them was going on and on about storms and rain which were both intersting and weird at the same time.
As the titan finished his speech i noticed he had jumpped up on top of the very small railing that kept people from plumting to their doom i watched closely and before my mind could tell my body to stop i bolted over to the titan grabbing him by the foot with both my hands catching him just before he could make his sucide leap off the tower.
"Are you Crazy!" I yelled out struggling to pull him back up he was really heavy and the fact that he was one of thoes Exo like cayde only bigger and a titan didn't make it any better.
I could hear small laughing coming from behind me from who i assumed to be his teammates i grunted as i lifted with all my might to pull the titan up unfortunatly i'm not as strong as i had hoped my grip loosened and i let go falling down on my butt as the titan fell to his death with a yell while i recovered from the shock i noticed a ghost turn into a small blue orb next to me.
"Touch it Kiara."
I looked at ava for a second then touched the orb as i did it made a small sound before the titan in a shimmer of blue light returned back to life staring down at me.
"Seriously that's the fourth time this week fucking newbies hey Gale how far did i get this time?" The titan annoyingly asked his ghost as he held out his hand his ghost floating in his palm.
"It seems due to our friends interference you were actually able to improve your distance by 17 meters this marks the longest death fall out of the group making you the winner of this weeks pot."
I stood up watching as most of the titans started arguing with each other about the prize and how it was unfair that the titan i tried to help had won however all of them grew silent as a female awoken with long black hair, golden eyes and all black armor to match walked past them holding her helmet she also had a Sliver hammer on the hilt of her belt along with a bright blue cloth hanging over her left leg with parts of it clawed off probably from the many battles she had been in.
She held an aura of atthorty around her our eyes locked for a few seconds she seemed disintrested in me as she simply turned her back on me and adressed her team.
"Alright you guys enough messing around we got our orders so lets head out as for you Tempest head over to the vanguard before you head out Ikora's got a few words for you."
There leader spoke as they began to walk away the one who i rescued the one she called Tempest headed for some stairs to which i assumed was where the vanguard was i Stared at the titan as he walked away he had a very different designed armor then most of his crew.
While most of there armor matched there leader mainly covered in all black his armor was mostly a dark almost midnight blue while there were bits of sliver that flowed like cracks of lighting throughout his armor he also was wearing his helmet but i couldn't tell what it had looked like as he had disappeared down the stairs towards the vanguard.
i continued my walk towards the speaker i noticed a shop where a bunch of guardians seemed to be talking to an old women i also noticed a special section on the opposiote side of her shop with the words New monarcy written along the wall, I kept the shop in my head as a reminder to go visit it the next chance i got, I noticed there werent many guardians around this part of the tower and as i walked towards where the speaker was i noticed the entire hallway and room open up to this giant mechine with what appeared to be a green image of the travler i stared at it for a few minutes almost barely missing the speaker who was now walking down the stairs towards me.
"There was a time when we were much more powerful but that was long ago until it wakes and finds its voice i am the one who speaks for the travler, you must have no end of questions guardian in its dieing breath the travler created the ghost to seek out thoese who could weild its light as a weapon, guardians to protect us and to do what the travler its self no longer can.
As i watched and listened to the speaker talk i found myself stuck simply wanting to listen as if his words had put me in a trance and every word he said felt as if it was empowering me motivating me to do more then the fumbling around i had recently been doing still i found myself wanting to ask a question and a very simple one at that.
"What happened to it?" I asked as i looked out at the travler.
"I could tell you of the great battle centuries ago how the travler was crippled, I could tell you of the power of the darkness its ancient enemy there are many tales told throughout the city to frighten the children lately those tales have stopped now the children are frightened anyway. The Darkness is coming back and from what my reports have told me you know this all to well.
I flashedback to the fight i had in the cave my anger slowly riseing from the image of my dead family now turned into those things. thats when I suddenly spoke words that didnt quite feel like my own towards the speaker "We will not survive it this time." Ava had also chipped in telling the speaker that, "Its army surround us what kiara experienced in the dead zone is only just the beginning." The speaker seemed lost in thought for a moment before he began speaking again.
"If you would join us Kiara you must push back the darkness Guaridans are fighting on earth and beyond join them your ghost will guide you, I only hope she chose wisely also it is my understanding you are important to cayde our leader of the hunters as well as a few others who live here, should you chose not to fight this fight I will permit you to stay however it will be only temporaiary we can not shealter those who only fight for themselfs now its starting to get late. you should know guardian you always have a choice i only hope that you chose wisely. the speaker finished as he walked back up the stairs towards his work.
As me and ava walked away ava mentioned that she was sure she had picked the right guaridan I smiled at her we walked back towards my room as I entered the room I layed down on the soft bed closing my eyes ava floated on to the white table she seemed to be resting as well
"Kiara were in this together right." i heard ava say.
I nodded my head as sleep quickly took hold of me.
(Dream)
I was running faster then i had ever ran before the forest was pitch black if i hadnt know the forest by heart i'm sure i'd be dead by now i could still hear the sound of thoes monsters chasing after me.
"Papa! PAPA!" i cried out i was scared and getting tired i heard a loud sound come from within the darkness as a small blue light was now chaseing me .i jumped behind a tree just as the blue beam shot past me but the shot had nicked my ankle.
I screamed out in pain it burned beyond anything i had ever felt before the voices were getting closer now i had to get home i had to run i tried standing up on my feet but the second i tried to move the pain from my ankle forced me to fall.
The voices were closer now i covered my mouth with my hands i tried to control my breathing as i crawled into the small hole inside the tree trunk that i had chosen to hide behind, i began shivering it was cold and soon it was going to rain i only hoped i could lose them in the rain.
I stayed completely still inside the tree i could hear two loud noises stomping around near the tree i squized myself as tightly as i could i closed my eyes i wanted my papa suddenly i heard the noises around me stop i was to terrified to open my eyes but it had suddenly gotten strangly quite, i slowly opened my eyes i could see two metal figures with red capes standing back to back they weren't moving though it confused me.
I stayed still inside the trunk of the tree for what felt like forever it had just started raining to the pain in my foot was slowly getting worst i needed to get out of here but those two metal creatures wouldn't move, I decided i couldn't wait any longer and just as i had stepped outside of the tree the two figures moved immidetaly i quickly tried to hop back into the tree but it was two late one of them grabbed me by my head i squrimed even tried punching it but unlike papa soft skin this was hard and it made an echoy noise everytime i hit it.
The two figures roared out loudly and i had to cover my ears with my hands the one holding me tossed me into the ground and pointed a sharp looking weapon at me I growled at it just like my papa would at bad things, the figurie raised the blade high into the air and just when i thought it was going to be over i felt cold my eyes were close i didn't even know i had closed them i opened them up slowly the metal figure was now frozen in ice along with its friend.
"Geez now the fallen are getting this close." a voice in the darkness said i could hear it but i couldn't find it.
"W...whos there." i stammered out it was freezing and i was barely keeping my teeth from chattering.
the figure slowly walked out of the darkness it was a little girl she had Dark black hair that looked just as short as mine was her eyes were gold like mines but with a bit more of a shine to them and she had on a small all black robe that must of really helped her hide in the dark but what really stood out was her skin that appeared to be blue.
She walked towards the two figures not looking at me her left hand was glowing blue as she made a fist, I felt like i should be defensive i tried looking threating thats what papa always did even if he was hurt however she didn't seem threatened by me as she punched both the ice figures shattering them into pieces as both the pieces melted away her hand stopped glowing blue and the cold from eariler was slowly disappearing.
"Whoa Take it easy as you can see i'm not going to hurt you." the girl said to me as she seemed to be looking me over as i had did to her myself.
"Who are you?" i asked again the pain in my foot intensfiying as i slowly sat down.
"My names Arya and you?" she asked me
"Idk Kiara is the only one that pops into my head when ever i think about a name." i answered honestly i didn't know if it was my real name but it always did feel right whenever i said it.
"Why are you out here all by yourself." the girl asked she didn't seem to mind the rain as she talked much like myself.
"I'm not all by myself I was out hunting for my family when those things attacked me what are they anyways."
"There called fallen and there starting to become a huge pain around here."
I slowly rubbed my foot hoping that would stop the pain it only made it worst i couldn't help but yelp out in pain.
"Whoa they sure got you good want me to heal it for ya." my eyes grew wide as i looked at arya i nodded my head quickly in acceptance as arya walked over towards me.
She seemed to look around a bit for something on the ground i assumed she found it as she had picked up something i couldn't see she placed her hands over my injured ankle as she did her hands glew white my feet felt tingly for a little while before all the pain disappeared from my ankle there wasn't even a scar.
i hopped up and kicked my legs out a few times it felt great i looked at arya who was just smileing at me i felt like i should give her something so i dug into the brown sack i had found exploring one day and pulled out a rabbit i had two more so i could spare one.
"Here take this." Arya face went from a smile to one of pure shock and horror.
"Why would i want that more importantly Who kills a bunny?"
I looked at arya questionly "This is food right do you not want it?" Arya stomache growled loudly as i asked the question.
"I mean i am hungry but i'm not that hungry you keep it." I looked at her confused but accepted that she wasn't going to take the rabbit. Suddenly i heard familar foot steps i looked behind me towards the bushes as my papa came out of them growling lowly at arya.
arya seemed to get defensive but i jumpped in front of her immiditaly. "Please just be still he won't hurt you i promise."
I looked my papa dead in the eyes i wasn't trying to be defiant but i had to make sure he understood that arya wasn't an enemy.
papa looked at me for a few before sniffing around where the fallen had been killed he seemed to be trying to get around me but I matched him move for move.
"Papa" I called out to him his temper seemed to have calmed a little even though i had been acting tough to keep arya safe my face was slowly welling up with tears i started to shiver slowly i walked towards him slowly clamly carefully i placed my sack around his neck and then buried my face into his warm wet fur i began to cry slowly until i was crying fully.
"I was so scared papa PAPA! WAAAH!" I stayed like that crying into my papa's fur until i couldn't anymore once i finished i wiped my face with my brown shirt i looked behind me to see that arya had already left the rain suddenly stopped i hopped onto my papa back quickly falling asleep to the comfort of being back with my family.