The jumpship screamed towards the surface, the many flaps whirring to and fro, stabilising the decent. I whooped as the ship broke through the cloudbank, and began a more level descent. A few minutes later, the dropship banked, and came into a hover above a raised embankment inside the main area of the cosmodrome. I transmatted out, and the jumpship rose back upwards on autopilot. I pulled out my auto rifle, and performed a quick scan of the area. I performed the trick Ghost had taught me, and pulled him out of his 'hyperspace pocket'. He floated above my palm, and projected a navigational display. I flicked my wrist again, and he disappeared. As I ran, Ghost gave me additional details on my mission:

"A guardian's jumpship crashed here a little while ago. I'm not sure if the Fallen have looted the warp drive yet, but we could be able to get a new one from the crashed ship. I already showed you where to go, so get there quick. The Fallen won't ignore a opportunity to loot some more technology for long."

I nodded, and kept moving. Eventually, I rounded a corner, and saw the crashed ship. A couple of dregs and a single vandal were picking over the ship, pulling damaged components out, and chucking them over their shoulders. I waled up unnoticed, and yelled.

"HEY! Insect Boys! Catch this!"

I then chucked one of the grenades I had on my belt. It landed on top of the ship right in the middle of the group. Instead of running like any human with half a brain would, the aliens simply crouched, and covered their heads. The solar grenade sent them flying, their outer clothing and parts of their skin on fire. The jumpship remained undamaged thankfully, something I didn't think of when I threw the grenade.

"That was stupid," said Ghost in a amused tone. "You could of damaged the ship."

"Damaged it any more than it already is?" I replied in a equally amused tone. "This isn't a Video Game, Ghost."

Ghost appeared, and cocked his head. "Video Game?" he asked.

I shook my head. "Nothing you need to worry about," I said. "Just some stuff from the Golden Age."

Ghost shook his frame slowly from side to side, and drifted over to begin scanning the wreck. He flitted about for a couple of minutes before reappearing next to me.

"The drive is gone," said Ghost sadly. "But I'm picking up a signature coming from the other side of the Cosmodrome. It appears to be emanating from a undamaged warp drive. We may want to check it out."

He disappeared, and I began moving towards the direction he had indicated on my HUD. I was halfway there when I ran into a group of Fallen. They caught me by surprise, and I took several hits to my shield before I could react. I used my new pulse rifle to take out a few of the dregs, while I threw my knife at a vandal that was charging towards me. I felt a shimmer at my side, and I saw a gold-coloured hand cannon appear at my hip. I shrugged, and pulled it out of the leather holster that had also appeared beside it. To my utter surprise, the gun began emitting a corona of flames and light. I shrugged, and fired it at a vandal who had just stepped out from behind cover. The alien literally disintegrated. I laughed, an fired it again at another vandal who was charging towards me. He had just enough time to snarl, before the shot vaporised him out of existence. I fired it again, and took out a dreg who had snuck up behind me, causing my helmet to bleep a distorted warning. The alien flew backwards, disintegrating into embers as he did. The gun the disappeared, along with the holster. I frowned, and asked ghost what just happened.

"That was the Golden Gun," replied Ghost. "Every gunslinger hunter has the ability to condense a large amount of excess light into a superpowerful solar hand cannon that can literally disintegrate enemies. Be careful how you use it though, as the corona around it consumes the light that powers it. Once the light depletes, or you fire off three shots, the gun disappears until you have generated enough light to rematerialize it."

I grinned, and unholstered my pulse rifle. I reloaded the bullpup weapon, and continued on towards the ruined hangar where I first found my dropship. After neutralizing a few dregs who were scrounging round on the dusty floor of the hangar, I began threading my way through a new series of corridors towards the location of the signal. However, I didn't run into much opposition, although a few enemies attempted to sneak up on me, attempting to attack me from behind. I eventually reached a large room that had partially flooded. Ghost started whispering urgently as I began clambering down a metal staircase to the flooded floor.

"Look out," he whispered. "I'm picking up our large friend from before. He's in there, and he's not alone!"

I nodded, and pulled my Calcutta from it's location in Ghost's Hyperspace Pocket. I aimed down the scope at the large creature, who thankfully had yet to notice me. He was considerably larger than the others, and protected by some sort of shield (which I sa shimmer in mid air, kinda like heat rising off the pavement in summer). He carried a massive multi-barrelled weapon with glowing orange muzzles, and cables leading to ports in his suit. He wore some hind of head ornamentation, and had a flowing red cape with gold epaulets. His survival suit was the most ornate I had seen to date.

"He must be a very senior officer," whispered Ghost in awe. "Looks like they consider you a threat,"

I nodded, and squeezed off a shot aimed at his head. Before the bullet even hit him, he blinked to the side with a blur. He roared, and the surrounding Dregs and Vandals perked up and looked at me. A collective snarl was heard, and I saw several drone-like robots rising from the ground.

"Those are Shanks!" exclaimed Ghost. "They're scouting drones. This is a raiding party!"

"Well," I said grinning. "This party's about to be gatecrashed. Lock and Load Ghost."

"I don't have any weapons…" said Ghost belatedly as I ran off. I ignored him as I began working my way through the crowd of enemies. I took down at least ten of them before the massive creature began firing. His weapon was extremely powerful, and I managed to place a few dregs in-between him a me. The dregs literally flew apart into a shower of flesh and blood that splattered all over my armour. I fired at him one-handed with my pulse rifle, while throwing a knife into the head of a Vandal that had tried to charge at me from the side. the massive creature fired again, and took my shield down to a quarter. I cursed, and dived behind a piece of cover, stabbing a cowering Dreg through the chest with my knife. I chucked a grenade over the cover, and heard the characteristic explosion, followed by a roar of pain. I swung out, shields at full, and fired off three bursts from my rifle into the massive Fallen, who roared in pain. I noticed that my grenade had taken down his shields, and threw my knife at him. He caught it in mid air, and crushed it one handed. I swallowed as he charged towards me with a roar. I jumped out of the way, and noticed that my golden gun had appeared. I quickly activated the weapon, and fired off three shots right into his head. He roared, and then exploded into golden ashes. A single engram dropped to the ground at his feet, along with his singed red cloak. I picked both items up, dropping my tattered cloak and putting on his red cloak. It was slightly too long, and I made a note to find whatever passed for a tailor at the tower.

Ghost scanned the engram I was holding. "That's the warp drive alright. Well, about time we got out of here. Calling in the jumpship. It should be here in a few minutes."

He paused, and appeared in front of me. "Every ghost is born knowing who their Guardian is. I didn't know what you looked like, but I knew who you were. I searched across the solar system for you. I flew through the Vex ruins on Mercury, travelled through the cities on Venus and travelled through the dunes of Mars. I thought I'd never find you. But then I did! I'm glad you're my Guardian, Ace."

I grinned. "The feeling is mutual. Thanks Ghost."

The jumpship came in overhead, and I transmatted into the cockpit. Before we could ascend to orbit, I set course for the Tower, and reclined in my chair. I didn't know it, but I was about to meet someone from my past…

The jumpship arrived back at the Tower hangar. I climber out, and met the shipwright (who Ghost told me was called Amanda Holliday). Amanda assured me that she would install the warp drive, and told me to go clean up in my quarters. When I asked where they were, she told me to go talk with Kadi 55-30, the postmaster and the person responsible for tower accommodation. I walked to the post office, and found a package waiting for me.

"Package from Cayde-6, Vanguard Hunter,"

I asked for the package, and she handed it over. It was a nondescript paper-wrapped package with 'TO NEW HUNTER FROM CAYDE-6" written in ballpoint marker on the top. I unwrapped it, and a burst of confetti burst up from the package and covered my chestplate. Inside was a flashbang grenade- with the pin pulled.

"Oh SHIT!"

The grenade went off, and a burst of smelly gas came up into my face. I fanned the gas away, and heard a mechanical laugh coming from a nearby Exo. He had a horn sticking up from his forehead, and had a angular face.

"Oh, that was CLASSIC!" he laughed, doubled over. "Almost as good as the one I pulled on Master Rahool with the engram full of stinky socks!"

I glared at him as he came over, and stuck out his hand.

"Name's Cayde-6. I'm the hunter vanguard, and you must be the hunter that Arthur brushed off. Nice to meet you…?"

I grinned "Ace. My name's Ace."

Suddenly, Cayde scrambled back, a look of shock on his metal face.

"You…You're called Ace?"

I nodded, and looked closely at him. "Yeah. Y'know, you look very familiar. Did I bump into you in a previous life. The only Exo I ever knew was my Dad, and I never saw him after he went off the Clovis Bray to cure his cancer."

He gaped, and stepped forewards.

"Oh. My. Traveller. Ace, I'm your Dad."

I gaped in shock, and stepped back.

"Bullshit."

To Be continued…in the next chapter.

Author's note: Hey guys, and welcome to the end of another chapter. Now, sorry for leaving you on a cliffhanger, but I couldn't write much more of this chapter. Next week, I'll publish another three chapters (give or take a few). However, the week after, I have exams, and as a result, I will be unable to write much. I might publish a few chapters, but I'm going to be pretty busy with work, so I'm pretty sure there won't be any major developments in the story the week after next. Just BTW, if you haven't already, go and subscribe to either this story or my profile. As a author, it's really nice to know if people enjoy my stories or not. To go even further, post a review like SuperedX and KnightsKing have already done. Thanks again to Nactick, SuperedX and KnightsKing for Subscribing. That's all for now folks. Goodbye for this week!