The two spent several hours scouring the ruined city for a ship. The hive presence made it hard for Jean to pin down a location on a vessel he could feasibly repair and with Aurora still finding her footing as a guardian they found themselves doing a fair amount of hiding.

"Come on, there has to be one here somewhere." Jean was starting to let his frustration show a little.

"Relax, we'll find a ship. We just have to keep pushing." The guardian told him as she adjusted the old bow that they'd found her.

While he would have preferred a gun Jean had to admit his guardian was very good with that bow. Still, it wouldn't mean much if they never made it off this remote rock. Looking at her, with her rough patched together armor he felt his troubles ease somewhat. Her light was strong, he could tell from the moment she had first unleashed a shadowshot upon their enemies. Not many hunters came fresh from the grave with an affinity for the void but already in the short time she had been alive Aurora was well on her way to becoming a fearsome nightstalker.

"Right. Let's try the western edge of the city. If my scans are correct it looks like there is a sort of space port there." He said, still a little unsure but when Aurora looked up at him he could feel the fight she had inside.

Carefully peeking her head up from behind their cover she checked for any of those hive things and, seeing none, she stood and started moving west.

Sticking to the shadows she skirted her way around the edge of the crumbling ruins and despite a few skirmishes along the way they made it to the space port. Aurora was finding it easier to deal with the hive after each battle, learning how they moved and worked. Where their weak points were and how to land the killing blow in as few shots as possible. Still, all that couldn't prepare her for what greeted her when she entered one of the derelict hangars. In one of the far berths sat a ship that, despite likely being a few centuries old, was still in decent condition. Sadly, between them and that ship was a powerful looking wizard and its accompanying group of hive soldiers.

"Oh that doesn't look good." Jean put words to what they were both thinking. Aurora crept along the wall and took cover behind a broken wing that had fallen over the catwalk. Peering around the edge she tried counting the different hive but quickly gave up that endeavor. Jean watched them for a moment before making a motion like shaking his head and attaching himself back to his guardian. "There's too many. I don't think we can take them on."

"Only one way to find out." Aurora's bold reply caught him off guard and before he could advise against it she stepped out from behind her cover and drew back an arrow. This confidence was a welcome sight but as she loosed her arrow and the shrieking began Jean couldn't help but wonder. Was this really the best time to test their limits?

The first arrow found its mark, felling an acolyte with a single shot to the face. Aurora was able to get a few more off downing another and two thralls before going on the move. Leaping off the catwalk she landed on the hangar floor and dove for the nearest cover. The blasts from the hive striking the pile of debris as she ducked behind it. When she heard a break in the firing she moved out into the open again, firing back a volley of arrows as she raced toward an ancient pile of crates. As she got closer though the wizard screeched and entered the fray, it's powerful blasts threatening to dismantle her cover as chunks broke off and flew past her head.

"That wizard isn't going to go down easy! Be careful, guardian!" Jean warned, the panic evident in his voice despite his best effort.

Aurora hissed as a hive blast ripped through her arm and she ducked further behind her cover. This definitely hadn't been her best idea. Too late to turn back now though. As a large piece of her cover broke off she narrowly dodged being crushed and made a forward push, avoiding the wizard for the moment she focused on removing the thralls and acolytes. She was successful in thinning the herd but as she dove into her next option for cover she was no doubt only a few good shots shy of holding what would probably be the record for shortest lived guardian in history.

"We cut that a little too close." Jean remarked as he healed her wounds quickly.

"Yeah, I got that." The hunter replied as she caught her breath. They were close to the ship now, she could see it. Maybe just another sprint away from her current position. But that wizard was moving in for the kill now and she doubted they could get that ancient bucket of bolts off the ground before it made swiss cheese out of her. She tried to peek out from behind her cover but a volley of shots from the hive quickly ended that. "Any ideas Jean?"

"You're the one that got us into this mess!" He retorted.

"Not helping!" Her snippy reply drew a huff from her ghost but he scanned the area regardless.

"There's a weak cable in that spot of the roof. If you can cut it somehow it's liable to cause a cave in and maybe crush the wizard?" He told her after a moment.

Aurora looked up to the roof and located the cable he was talking about. It was worth a shot at least, but she'd likely only get one. Taking a deep breath she leapt out from behind her cover and rushed toward the wizard, sliding beneath it and moving back toward the center of the hangar as she tried to draw it into position. Narrowly dodging it's blasts and running for all she was worth the guardian got a few shots off to stun it and buy herself just enough time. As the wizard recovered and prepared to end this pest once and for all Aurora unleashed her shadowshot, firing upwards she landed a direct hit on the cable and it snapped with a cacophony of shrieks and groans. The roof shifted and slid, metal twisting and crumbling, both guardian and hive watching intently as it creaked and whined. The beams bent and buckled, the metal breaking as the massive chunk of rook collapsed into the hangar with a roar that could be heard for miles and under the deafening crash the dying shrieks of the hive echoed through the hangar.

As the dust cleared and the ground stopped shaking Aurora picked herself up from under a piece of sheet metal and surveyed the chaos they had created.

"That's one way to end a fight." She remarked. The long sigh Jean let out was answer enough.