The Dark among the Light

by BIONIC441

A guardian relies on the light just as much as the light relies on the guardian. But what if their ties were severed? This is what happenens to Jonathan "Bionic" Norman when a little accident has dire consequences. Will the young guardian overcome his struggle, or will the darkness consume him?

2. Chapter 2: The Lost

Location: Venus, Ayakashi region

Time: 1300 hours

The Vex here were tough. VERY tough. They were stronger than usual, faster than usual, and overall better than usual. But there was one thing that tipped us off. They wouldn't leave. They were defending something, and it was our job to find out what it was and destroy it. I looked to my right to see Joker, my only other fire team member here, with Bionic being on patrol duty. With our leader out of the fight, we were having a bit more trouble than usual, but nothing we couldn't handle. As we started to fight through them, I started to sense a pattern in them: Three goblins come in from the back left and keep advancing, 3 hobgoblins go to the roofs and snipe, 5 harpies come down the middle, then a minotaur comes from the right. This cycle continues on and on, quickly expending our ammunition. I was just about to order a retreat, when out of nowhere, they stopped. I don't mean they stopped coming, I mean they just all shut off at once! Not eager to take any chances, we destroyed all the ones out here we could, and proceeded to search the area for anything that they might have been protecting.

The battlefield had nothing on it, but there was a cave off to the side that had an ominous glow coming from inside. As we approached the cave, we saw what it was. A golden Vex timegate, with some form of a camera on the top. Joker laughed, saying "Great, now we have to deal with the Vex AND pimps!"

"Knock it off" I said, "We still have work to do." While saying this, though, I couldn't keep back a small chuckle.

Guardian policy states that all enemy equipment should be destroyed immediately when possible, and be called in for investigation when not. But something told me that this was different. The sudden shut off of the Vex? The gold in the gate? There were just too many questions that needed answers, and this time gate could have the answers. Or death. Probably death.

Joker pulled out his rocket launcher and took aim, but I knocked it out of his hands.

"What the hell man?" he shouted at me. "Lets just shoot this thing and get out of here."

"No" I said. "This timegate is different. Lets investigate a little bit, find out why this one is so different."

We approached it with extreme caution, not knowing what to expect from it. At first, nothing, but when we were within arms reach of it, it happened. A bright flash of light, a violent suction feeling, and then darkness.