Hey guys this will be a bit of a short chapter probably I don't really know cuz I always write this before the story itself but yea so I guess read and enjoy also I would like to says thanks for reading all these and hope you enjoy it tank chu ^-^

-walking to the training room to meet Stacie's fireteam-

Pushing open the doors I see Staice standing in full guardian armor minus the helmet, letting her blue hair flow the back of her chest plate.

This would have been very stunning despite the fact she was barking orders to the other five guardians running around trying to do what she says.

"YES MA'AM" another titan in camo colored armor shouts as he shoulder charges through a small cement wall.

"Whoa" I breathe out and walk over to Stacie.

Before I can get halfway there a female hunter lands in front of me.

Her short-cut black hair tied in a bun on the back of her head and her green emrald eyes staring at me. "Who are you?"

Stacie turns around and squeels running at me and hugs me tight, crushing my ribs.

The others stand there dumbfounded while they watch their leader hugs a pale ginger in basic warlock robes.

"Ok that's enough, people are staring" I say trying to peel her off me.

She stands there and watches me.

"Introduce yourself to them." She states.

"Uhhh ok, my name is Ben, I'm a Sunsinger warlock"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Jace" says a hunter in a green cloak walking over to me.

As I shook his hand I got a good look at the man before me: blonde curly hair, dark green eyes like his cloak, and a tattoo of a arrow on his right cheek going to his ear.

"Nice to meet you..." I say when someone pats me on the back.

The camo titan pulls off his helmet to reveal a robotic head, all black with red eyes and a red star above his right eye.

His mouth moves a little to what looks somewhat like a smile and says "I'm betta 2-1 but you can call me beta"

"Ok beta..." I say slowly remembering how he ran through a wall.

"I'm Lynda" the hunter with her hair pulled into a bun says while glaring.

I count them off in my head. "There's four of you?"

"I'm here to." Said a voice from above.

I look up in time to see a girl with red glowing eyes and long blonde hair going down to her hips as she stands up from laying on the rafters and jumps down.

Before she's halfway down she teleports and lands near me.

"The name is Ruby." She says walking over to me. "And I'm glad to have a fellow warlock on the team."

"Ok team back to training!" Stacie shouts and everyone groans.

"Uhhh Staice, what do you want me to do?"

"Hmm...can you fly yet?"

"Fly? No."

"Then your goal is to make wings of fire and fly to the rafters." She says and walks away.

How the fuck am I supposed to do that? I think.

Ruby walks over to me and laughs "Let me guess she wants you to fly?"

"Yea..."

"The first thing she wanted me to do was teleport."

"Oh..."

"Trust me it seems impossible but you'll figure it out and the trick for wings is to concentrate and imagine your shield of flames forming wings on your back." She says before leaving the room.

"So I gotta imagine? What is this metal training?"

I look around watching everyone train and then I see Jace... Climbing out a window when Stacie turned her back.

I walk over to the window and look down seeing the city about 130 stories below...

"Where the hell..." I think allowed when I hear a whistle above me and see Jace had climbed up three stories and is waving at me.

"Fuck." I climb out the window and start to climb up hanging on rails and stuff cursing at Jace for being stupid and stuff and yell out. "WHO THE HELL CLIMBS RANDOM BUILDINGS AND STUFF, WHAT ARE YOU A ASSASSIN?" Then he puts a hand over my mouth while hanging from his toes and pulls me up into the room "shhhh, do want stacie to find us?"

I shake my head no and look around the room seeing a bunch of random stuff around the room.

Books, parts of guns, a vex head, and a table with a blueprint on it with the frame of a gun ontop of it.

"Are you making stuff?" I ask and he looks down.

"Have you ever heard of a gun from stories and myths, like a gun to kill other guardians or pieces of armor made from bones of a old extinct alien, the exotics..."

"I've searched my whole life looking for a very specific one and haven't even got a clue where it could be hiding and that's why I've decided to make one." He says slowly

"You really think you can?" I ask

He shrugs and keeps looking down.

"That's awesome dude I don't really know you but I think you definitely can pull this off." I say smiling and rubbing the back of my head only half believing what I said.

He looks back up at me with all shyness gone and nothing but confidence and pride. "I know I can to." He states, looking like a whole other person.

Now I think he really can do it. I think to myself "I'll help you any way I can."

"Thanks" he says and walks over to his gun he's building.

"So what's it gonna do?" I ask standing next to him.

"It's gonna blow everyone away..." He states showing me the blueprint.

-later that night in the bar-

All of us were sitting a little to close in the booth and being pressed against one another laughing and drinking...expect beta who can't drink.

He pressed some buttons on his arm and made him "drunk"

"I still can't tell if you're tired or actually drunk I say" staring at beta.

Everyone laughs and I get up. "Well today was officially awesome" I said

Then stacie stands up and fearing another bone crushing hug i raise my arms to protect myself when she gets serious for a moment with a Flushed face.

"I'm so sorry about Jav.." She says in a pained tone. "But... Someone has to tell Holiday...she's worried about him, go talk to her before you leave."

In that moment the "Happy high" I was on disappeared and I make my way to the hanger bay.

She was packing up her stuff, about to head home for the day when I speak up. "Holiday..."

She turns around wide-eyed and looks at me. "Ben... If you're back then wheres... No don't tell me..."

I hug her softly as she starts to sob in my arms. "He died in the line of duty to protect me and finish the mission... I wish he wasn't but he is... He's gone, I'm so sorry..."

She sobs into my arms and I hug her lightly.

-one year later-

A intercom beeps and a voice is played: "Lord Salidin is now at the tower and iron banner sign ups will start soon please make your way to the event area to sign up."

Everyone stands up, after a year of training we've matured more and IVE gotten stronger I think... Much stronger.

And that does it like I said a somewhat short chapter that is leading up to the tournament and MY GOD THE TOURNAMENT WILL HAVE SURPRISES. Can't wait to write that already got the gist of it in my head and some of it typed up, also I hope you guys like all the new characters and the exotic gun that Jace is making which will be ready in the next chapter and I hope you guys approve of it \(^-^)/