The Titan walked down the steps leading to the Vanguard's main hall. Passing another Guardian along the way. He nodded. The bite of the cold winter had just started to set in. Leaving a tired and dreary state over everyone. Perhaps it had been because Light was losing the fight to the Darkness. Maybe it was the deaths of their fallen comrades. Maybe it was just the weather. The Titan lost himself in thought, only to be interrupted by Commander Zavala's voice.
"Michael." He said. The Titan shot his dark brown eyes to Zavala. "Take a seat." Michael looked down at the seat. He took a seat, releasing all his weight into it. After all, it had been quite the patrol mission he had been on recently. He ran his fingers- or at least attempted to- through his buzz-cut hair. His dark brown skin riddled with drops of sweat, even after such a long period of time of being off the field. Despite that, the Guardian's interest was piqued when he was called here.
"You called me here..?" Michael spoke out, breaking the silence and the low whistle of the harsh winds.
"Yes, uh…" Cayde said, looking over at the other two Vanguards from the left side of the table. "I'll cut to the chase; we need a Fireteam." He said.
"Okay… you haven't gathered one yet?" Michael asked.
"We unfortunately slash fortunately haven't had enough time. Commanding people, helping the wounded, getting other Fireteams together…" Ikora started, her eyes in a serious state. "We need you to start it." Michael wiped the sweat that had started working his way down his brow.
"I have to scout the people? Easy enough." Michael tried to progress the conversation as quick as possible. He knew that the Vanguards had places to be and he knew that he had to get back to the field to help as much as possible.
"Except… this is different." Cayde began. Everyone's attention focused to him. "We need…"
"…Six people." Zavala ended. Michael's eyes grew into a confused state. Six people? There had only been a maximum of four at one point. To group 6 guardians together, and send them out into the field?
"May I ask why?" He replied.
"This is a shot in the dark for us," Ikora started. "we're hoping that six people may increase the chances of Guardians not being torn to shreds in the field."
"And the reason we called on your Michael was because you show excellent skill in terms of battle and leadership. Now, we're not asking you to be the leader exactly but to…" Zavala replied to Ikora's statement. "…get one together." Michael nodded. His thoughts still fixated on the whole "six man team" thing.
"We hope you understand." Ikora added.
"So… who exactly am I looking for?" Michael replied.
"Well preferably," Zavala started. "Two hunter, two Titans, and two Warlocks. For balance. Preferably one of each subclass. Sunsinger, Voidwalker, Defender, Striker, Gunslinger, Bladedancer. Again, preferably." The odds were quite low that Michael would find a perfect team who would be skilled in all of those subclasses. Assuming that they picked him because he was skilled for those subclasses, Defender Titan could be knocked off the list.
"So, let me get this straight. My job is to find six skilled guardians who master each of those subclasses to fulfill a six-man Fireteam?" Michael asked.
"Yep." Cayde replied.
"Just me?" Michael retorted.
"Listen," Zavala started. "we're not in the shape to start arguments about your capabilities. We brought you here and asked this of you for a reason. Not because we are desperate, which, admittedly, we kinda' are, but because we believe that you can do this. And we believe that this Fireteam will be successful." Michael nodded. He stood up.
"Alright," he said. "You can count on me." He grabbed his CydoniaAR-3 which he had laid alongside the table and put it on his back.
"Good, we're starting to need people who we can count on." Zavala said as Michael walked out. As he walked out he shook his head and chuckled.
"Now where am I going to find 5 people?" He mumbled.
Author's note: This first bit was pretty short in my opinion. But it's just the prologue so you'll definitely will be seeing more in terms of length, detail, all that good stuff. I hope you enjoyed it. Leave a like, subscribe, comment, +1- nah, I'm just kidding. You can leave a review and tell what you thought of it, dislike it or whatever, it's really up to you. But expect more soon!