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Voxen; Tower, Earth.
Suddenly the soft sound of the front door opened from outside Voxen's room caught her Kell's attention and she stepped towards the door of Voxen's room and pressed a botton next to the door, and it opened for the Huntress. Voxen moved forward behind Shadow to see who had arrived. The young Titan, Thyra, was the first one in through the door with what Voxen had come to understand was a worrisome expression on her face and the Exo wasn't far behind her; cradling the once lifeful Warlock in his arms.
"She hasn't even stirred once the entire trip home." Thyra spoke just above a whisper upon Shadow's approach to the three.
"She'll be fine, just set her down in her room to rest." The Huntress replied, puting a hand on Thyra's shoulder, Voxen knew it as a comforting gesture.
Voxen stepped out of her room without her mask, she felt suddenly weak as she left the strong ether air behind her as she stepped up to the Exo, examining the Warlock, and even reaching out to touch her gently. However Raven didn't respond to the touch, and Voxen looked around at the other Guardians.
"What wrong? Injuried but no wounds?"
The Exo answered her first before her Kell had a chance. "Raven has Visions of events. Sometimes they come true, other times they do not. Sometimes they are powerful enough to consume all her energy. However with rest, she'll be fine. Even with all the trouble she put us through to find her."
"Oh?" Shadow's response from behind surprised Voxen.
"She took off laughing again. Then just vanished. She was supposed to be helping me teach Thyra the importance of stratagy when facing the Cabal." DRAC-0 growled as if aggitated. She hadn't been around the Exo enough to understand them yet.
"Well in a way she did." The huntress laughed back. Causing the exo to grumble again as he stepped around Voxen and off towards one of the closed doors in the back, presumably Raven's room.
After spending the night in her room, Voxen felt stronger than ever and ready for whatever lay ahead of them. She sat in the corner on her bed breathing in the ether air while she waited for the others to stirr in their own rooms. She resisted the urge to go peek on on them and see what a resting Guardian looked like, that is if they even slept at all. Voxen herself had never stumbled across a sleeping Guardian, not even while she had been hunting them with House Winter.
Her thoughts wanderered over now... She was no longer Fallen, so therefore no longer a Vandal either. So what was she? She was not lowly, she was strong and experienced, yet surely she was stronger than a Vandal now, she wasn't up to par with a Captain yet. She could probably fight blade to blade with a Kell's Guard if she ever were to come across one... That was it! She already wished to protect Shadow as if the Guardian were a Fallen Kell. She would act like a shield, she would be a Guard to the Fear-Striker.
Her mind made up and with fresh energy running through her lifeblood she rose up quickly and donned her mask so she could relay this "discovery" to the Huntress.; turning off the Ether pump before she left her room. Once into the living area, as it was called by the Guardians, she quietly stalked through the darkness of the room with ease to the door which Shadow's scent was coming from the strongest. Pressing thee botton on the wall beside the door to allow her entry into the dark sleeping room. The door opened with a quiet whoooosh and Voxen stepped into the room.
Simular to her own room it was fairly simple, with a small table in one corner with piecies of what appeared to be armor stacked in a haphazard piled on top of it. However as curious sight as it was to see the armor not on a Guardian, was that there was too much of it to belong to one Guardian. Voxen smelled a familar scent mixed in with the Huntress's she hadn't been paying attention to before, and her gaze turned over to the bed in the corner on the other side of the room. Not one, but two sleeping Guardians quietly snored while sleeping on the bed with their backs turned to each other. Shadow lay on the outter side of the bed, as if protecting and yet keeping distance from the female Titan that curled up on the inner side. It was so strange seeing two Guardians without armor. Yet she was still focused on the task at hand; that is if she could dare wake the sleeping Huntress.
Voxen croached low to the floor, which brought her just above the level of the bed and the two sleeping Guardians on top of it. She reached out and prodded the sleeping Huntress with a finger to the head right between the eyes.
"Fear-Striker... Kell... Must tell you something..." Voxen whispered as quietly but also as audiable as possible while she still poked the Guardian's face.
Her efforts were rewards with Shadow shifting her position with a low groan. So she persisted, getting closer to the Guardian's face with her own and kept prodding.
"Must tell you thoughts Kell... wake from sleep yeeees?"
Another groan and then one eye sleepily opened. Then both eeys opened wide and Shadow suddenly became very much lively as she jumped back from Voxen.
"HOLY SHIT!"
"You wake!" Voxen chirped cheerfully, her mandibles clicking in a pleasant purr.
"Damnit Vox... You scared the shit outta me!" Shadow snapped, obviously not bothering to be quiet for the other still sleeping Guardian. "What do you want?"
Voxen lowered her head some at the displeased Huntress. "Has thoughts to share. For new house, and for myself..."
"Right now?" Shadow exclaimed, and then idly to herself. "What time is it?"
"Yes, thoughts fresh! Wish to tell before they fade." Voxen answered.
Shadow ran a hand threw her mane of quills on her head and grumbled. "Alright, lets take it to the living room, thought I'm doubtful our chatter will bother Thyra here. She could sleep through anything." The huntress rose up to her feet and slowly led the way out of the room and into the larger living room. Flopping on the couch with a heavty sigh.
Voxen followed after and made use of a comfy chair that sat across from the couch.
"Alright, what did you wake me for?"
"Kell's have Kell's Guards, yeeeees?"
"Yes?" Shadow answered in a disgruntled tone.
"I your Kell Guard. I protect Kell so Kell does not have to waste energy on lowly foes."
"This is what you woke me for?" Shadow grumbled. "Okay so you consider yourself a Guard. However I wouldn't consider myself a Kell Vox. More like a Chief."
This stopped Voxen for a moment, confused with the new word. "What is a Chief?"
"Its like a Kell, but not ruthless or cruel that simply slaughter their own. Kinda like what we talked about before. Besides how did I get elected to be the leader of this House again?" Shadow explained.
"Chief... YES! Good name. Chief Guard! I am Chief Guard!" Voxen chirpped exitedly again.
"Oi vey..." Shadow muttered under her breath, but it was still audible for Voxen's hearing. "Didn't answer my question though."
"You Kell... noooo... Chief because you strong. Strong leader. Worth following, worth fighting for. Not ruthless." Voxen explained her reasoning as best as she could, deeply seeped in the memory of their first meeting... Even if it almost ended very badly for Voxen.
"Okay. Okay... I'm worth following I guess... Well the best leaders are often the ones who didn't want the position in the first place...or so Cayde-6 says anyway." Shadow replied, followed by opening her mouth as wide as Voxen thought was possible for the human with a strange howl that escaped from the open mouth. Her head tilted to one side curiously to the strange human gester.
"I am Chief Guard!" Voxen chirped and then gave Shadow a puzzled look. "What is name of House?"
"Good question. Let's see here... We've got House of Devils, Kings, Wolves, Exile, and Winter right? Well... We both agree that their way is dividing them and hindering them from rising up to being a better that pirates or savengers. Plus it's not going to be easy to set up a House that not only is made up of Eliskni but of Humans, Awoken and Exos... There will be resisting from both sides..." Shadow mubbled, but Voxen had a feeling it wasn't directed at her, but more of just airing the thoughts inside of her mind. Then it was Voxen turn to jump out of her seat, suddenly startled by a "AH HA," from the Huntress.
"That's it!"
"What is?" Voxen asked.
"House name!"
"What shall our banner be known?"
"House of Defiance!" Shadow exclaimed with suddenly energy; sitting up in her seat. "We will defy the Darkness. We will defy the Tower that we can work together, and will will defy the Fallen and their way too!"
Voxen screeched with excitement. "Yes! We are small now, but strong!"
"What's all the noise for?"
Voxen turned around to see another sleeping room door opened with a very disgruntled Exo standing in the door way.
"Hey Draco, did we bother you?" Shadow asked, her voice sounding unphased by the irritated machine.
"Yes... Too much noise out here for me to shut down and recharge in peace." He growled.
"Come and sit. I want you in on this. How much you hear?" Shadow answered, and the Exo moved toward the couch and plopped down on the end of it.
"I heard most of it." He grumbled. "How could I not. Between you and the clicking alien over there, it's hard not to overhear."
"Well so, want to be apart of the new House then?" Shadow offered casually. "It'd be nice to have other Guardians as well as some of the Eliskni be apart of the leadership too, Voxen only appears interested as a Guard."
The Exo grumbled for a moment to himself, then looked up at the hunter. "I will think on it." He answered.
"Alright good enough I guess." Shadow sighed back with a shrug.
Another door opened up and small group all looked up to see who it was to emerge this time. Thyra stood in the doorway looking like she just woke up and stubbled her way towards the door.
"There you are. I wondered where you went."
"You sleep through everything, and yet you noticed when I got up." Shadow retorted. "Come on and sit with us."
Thyra gave a tired smile, and made her way to the spot next to the Huntress, plopping down beside her; closer than Draco had dared to sit. This puzzled Voxen as she still found human relations were still very strange to her... She would have to keep learning, but now wasn't the time.
She looked over to her Kell... no... Chief. "Hooooooouse." She clicked at Shadow.
"Oh yea." Shadow said, "Vox had an idea she had to share, so she came and got me. You missed me jumping clear outta my skin when she woke me."
"Awwww I missed that? The almighty Fear-Striker startled?" Thyra laughed and then looked at Voxen. "Nice job Vox!"
Voxen didn't understand why she was being praised but it felt good anyway and she chirpped back in response.
"Aaaaaaanyways. Voxen really wants to ally with us, and make a House that brings both sides together. She seems to think I'd be a good chief for that. And she's has claimed herself as my guard." Shadow explained.
"That's awesome!" Thyra replied exictedly, sitting upright in her seat with a very excited grin.
"Yea, but the question becomes, would you like to be apart of this new house? It's called House of Defiance."
"Hell yes! Count me in!"
"Yeeeeeeeeeees! Banner flies strong!" Voxen cheered excitedly.
"No need to even think about it?" Shadow answered with a smile.
Thyra scoffed at the question. "No. This sounds awesome. We need all the allies we can get! Plus I really don't care for all the extreme, uptight millitary assholes. No offense Draco, but if I didn't love to punch my enemies in the face instead of stalk them, I would have been a Hunter."
"I'm well aware of that observation Thyra." Draco grumbled at the young Titan. "That is why I was assigned to be your Mentor after you came back to the Vanguard at Death's door."
"Owch Draco. Bit of a low blow, ain't it?" Shadow remarked, shaking her head at the machine.
"Don't matter. I'm fine. But we got a problem... How will we recruit more Fallen?" Thyra replied, effectively changing the subject. Yet Voxen also saw wisdom in the question too.
Voxen was the first to chirp in. "Recruit more Eliskni from Fallen will not be easy. Not easy to find Eliskni in Fallen. Not easy to move them under new Banner. Different Banner with Guardians... Both sides guilty of blood."
"Good point Voxen." Shadow answered. "We will have to tred lightly."
The Exo grumbled to himself and shook his head. "You three are insane."
His remark even to just himself was met with Shadow rolling her eyes; and it was also another gester that was lost on Voxen...
"Well someone should really go check on Raven. We really need to be getting a move on."
"I'm awake. And you need to hear what heard and saw in my Vision."