As I promised Ikora, I headed out the next morning and hopped into the Courier.

Ikora's voice came in over the comms, " You'll be heading to the World Grave," she said as I dodged an asteroid, " You might encounter Hive there, don't die too many times Guardian."

I smiled under my helmet, I could see the Moon in the distance. It seemed to glow and I could even see many Golden Age buildings across the surface, though all were abandoned by humans. The Fallen controlled parts of the Moon now, I would have to get through them before even finding the Hive. My Ghost dropped me off by the Archer's Line. There was a large, tube like structure that continued on beyond my sight. Maybe an Exo could see it better.

I began walking to my left where a building was located. A blue Arc bolt shot into the ground just in front of my feet. I looked upwards to see a Fallen Vandal. I dove to my side as he opened fire again. A Dreg came up on my right, holding a dagger of sorts. I could see the Arc energy flowing through it as it barely missed my face. I rolled backwards, slamming into a crate.

I regained my footing, kicking back the Dreg as it approached. I then stabbed into its chest to kill it, taking its pistol and shooting at the Vandal sniper. The Vandal took cover behind the angled roof which allowed me to find better cover myself. I slid to a slightly bigger crate close by then peeked over it. Fallen of all shapes and sizes came out of a few doors. They perfectly blocked my path.

I shook my head, then jumped into the air, calling upon my Light. I reached high into the sky grasping the fiery form of a Hand Cannon. I landed on top of the crate, it seemed as if time slowed down. I had limited shots, so I aimed at a Fallen Captain, and a few Vandal's heads. I pulled the trigger, shooting a fiery round into each of their heads. They died instantly, it was the power of the Light after all.

I hopped off of the crate once I reloaded, then shot the remaining Dreg's.

" Ghost, I need my Sparrow." I said.

My Ghost came up to me, " Sure thing." he said as my Sparrow appeared.

I hopped onto the vehicle, then drove faster than I could on Earth with all the debris, until I reached the World Grave. I knew where it was of course, as I had been there a few times. But recently, there had been Hive guarding it, and killing all Guardian's that came to it. But somehow, and sadly, the Guardian's remained dead.

There wasn't any Hive guarding it this time. I walked through cautiously, looking behind every corner and wall. Something was wrong, the Hive never abandoned something so important. I continued through, walking down a few flights of stairs and into the main area. Eris referred to this place as the, Hall of Wisdom. A fitting name, though to get to that wisdom, you usually had to fight a bunch of Hive.

I spoke over the comms, " Ikora, we're here," I said, " What am I looking for? "

" You should be able to see a wall of text, with a large cylinder in the center of the room." she responded.

I sighed, then walked up ahead to the described place.

My Ghost flew over to the wall, " I'm going to need some time to scan these." he said.

I grunted, he always needed time, and that led to a bunch of enemies coming my way. I pulled out my shotgun, waiting for the enemy. But as he finished the scan, no Hive or Fallen ever came. As if the place was abandoned.

The Ghost turned to me, " Well, I found a few things on Oryx, but nothing about this ritual."

I tilted my head to the side as Ikora spoke, " Keep looking, there has to be something there."

The Ghost looked for a bit longer, " Nothing, from what I'm reading, there's large sections missing." he said, " As if someone came here, and tore out what they needed."

Ikora sighed, " There's only a few more places to look then. Continue your way through the Worlds Grave."

We continued through as instructed, expecting the Hive to jump out at us from every corner. Again, nothing came. I lowered my Hand Cannon, walking through casually. Then I saw something odd, dead Hive. I ran over to the corpses, they were burned, cut apart, and overall brutally murdered. But, the Hive deserved to end up like that.

I heard a haunting noise, the sound of a Hive Ogre, those beast. I took a deep breath, maybe it hadn't seen me yet? I looked around a corner, looking to the Ogre. I noticed I was now in the Circle of Bones, the place always gave me shivers. The Ogre dropped the Hive, then came from around the corner and roared, its hideous body stood much taller than any other Hive except the gods. Its face, if you could call it one, looked as if it was infested with something. The round, bubble like shapes spread across the entire body.

It roared again, shooting a concentrated beam of, something, at me. I stood quickly, then jumped backwards. The beam had hit my right leg slightly, it burned more than I remembered Ogre blast did. It stepped forward, crushing a Hive Acolyte corpse under its foot. This beast wasn't a normal Hive, lower class Hive rarely killed each other. At least to the knowledge of the Vanguard.

I aimed my shotgun, pulling the trigger as the abomination came closer. The bullets tore into its arm. Some sort of black liquid came out of it, it didn't look like Hive blood. Trust me, I knew what Hive blood looked like.

My Ghost spoke, " This doesn't seem good."

I shook my head, running as fast as I could around a pillar. The Ogre rammed into the pillar, destroying it instantly. I dove forward, but the beast caught my leg. It lifted me into the air, then threw me into the pit below. I flew over the ledge, just barely grabbing onto the edge. The Ogre stepped forward, looking down at me, then shooting at me again. I had no choice but to release my grip, and possibly fall to my death. Every Guardian died many times, but I hated the feeling. It felt, wrong to come back so many times. Some Guardian's went insane from the mental scars it left.

I blinked a few times as I fell upon something hard. I rolled over onto my stomach, then got up onto my knees. My luck was really shining lately. A Hive Tomb Ship rose from the mist, carrying me along with its black form. I looked down at the Ogre, it stared up at me. For some reason, that Hive seemed...smarter than it should have been. I exhaled loudly, then a portal opened in front of the Tomb Ship I was on.

No no no no! I thought as I stood, running to the back of the ship. I could've jumped, but there was a few hundred feet from me, and the ground. I froze, taking short, shallow breaths. I jumped. I landed harshly, losing my helmet and rolling down a hill then coming to an even harsher stop. I felt dazed as I looked around the sandy dunes, blinking a few times. When I opened my two eyes, I was greeted by four.