Rise of the Reaper part 2:first impressions
After what I thought to be 60 hours (2 1\2 days for those who aren't smart), Rev informs me that we're making our final approach to the tower. "Reaper," Rev began, " welcome to the last safe city on Earth, the only place that the Traveler can protect." I look up and point at the big ball overhead. "That thing is the Traveler?" I ask Rev. Rev nods. "Now we're counting every day that it's still standing," Rev said, "and this tower is where the Guardians live." I turn to see multiple guardians walking around. I chuckle lightly. "You'll meet your vanguard leader in the hall of the guardians, Reaper," Rev said to me as I started walking towards the stairway ahead. As I approach, I see three figures at different places around a long table: a human female, whose beauty reminds me of one of my ex girlfriends in my previous life, a machine-like person looking at a map, and a person with blue skin with his hands behind his back. The person looking at the map was the first to notice my presence in the room. "Hey Zavala," he said, "looks like a new titan is gracing us with his presence." The woman looks up and agrees with him. "It would appear that way, Cayde," she said, "I'm Ikora Rey. I'm in charge of the Warlocks." I nod solemnly. "So, who's Zavala?" I ask. Zavala turns to me and nods. "That would be me, Guardian," Zavala said, prompting me to shake his hand. I shake his hand, noticing his strong grip. "Name's Reaper," I said, "this is Rev, my ghost." Zavala laughed, as if he was amused. "We've never seen someone name their ghost since Osiris," Zavala said, "correct, Ikora?" Ikora nods in agreement. "That's correct, Zavala," Ikora said, "I wonder how Osiris and Sagira are doing since his exile to Mercury?" I shake my head, confused. "Okay, I have two questions: one, who is Osiris, and two, why did he get exiled?" I asked Ikora. Ikora just laughs lightly. "Well, this is a first, a curious titan," she said, "are you sure you're not a warlock?" I chuckle. "Yes, Ikora," I said, "I am using a flashbang grenade, which Rev told me was a titan-class grenade." Zavala laughs at my comment. "Well then," Zavala said, "let's get you situated with new armor and weapons. Go see Banshee-44 for a new weapon, Reaper." I nod and salute. "Sir, yes, sir!" I said and left the vanguard leaders to obtain a new gun to add to my inventory. I walked up to another machine-like being, whom I guessed was Banshee-44 and just stood there. "Hey, newbie," he said, " looking for a new gun?" I smile. "Looks like I came to the right place then," I said, "what do you have that can pack a punch?" Banshee-44 just looks at me, dumbfounded. "If you're looking into dealing a lot of damage, I'd go with the assault rifle," he said, "if you want a lot of damage in a single shot, go with the revolver, if you're trigger happy, the pulse rifle is the one for you, but if you want to be a marksman, I would go with the scout rifle." I stroke my chin, pondering my choices. I pick up the pulse rifle, checking the iron sights, and then a question pops into my head. "Which of these guns has the most ammo per magazine?" I ask Banshee-44. He waves his hand over the pulse rifle. "If you're looking for a gun with good ammo capacity, I'd personally go with the pulse rifle," he said, "but if you're looking for high damage per round, I would go with the revolver, but then again, it's not my choice, it's yours." I nod and decide to take the pulse rifle. "Interesting choice," Banshee-44 said as I gave the pulse rifle a brief inspection, "it's a burst fire weapon, in case you're wondering." I nod. "Thanks, Banshee-44," I said walking away, "alright, Rev, where to next?" Rev appears and says we should speak to Amanda Holiday about the ship we found to see if it's okay. Rev points me in the right direction to find a blonde who is bubbling over with excitement. "Hey," she says, "you must be the new guy Zavala told me about." I shrug my shoulders. "Yeah," I said, "it would seem that way. How's the repairs going on my ship?" Amanda shakes her head. "I've seen ships that look better than this, that's for certain," she informs me, "the only thing that's wrong with the ship is that it's missing a warp drive, so you may have to find one for me to fix your ship to 100%." I look puzzled. "A warp drive," I said, "that's all that it's missing?" Then, a yawn comes out of nowhere from me. Amanda laughs. "Why don't you try to get some sleep before going to look for it, okay guardian?" She says. I nod before my stomach starts growling like no tomorrow. "I might have to get something to eat first," I confessed, "haven't really stopped to get a bite to eat since I landed here." Amanda points me towards a bar that serves food in addition to giving out drinks as well. "So," the bartender asks, "what are ya having?" I rub my eyes for a minute before glancing at the menu and I see that they serve a wide variety of food at this bar, which makes me smile. "I'll take a huge order of popcorn shrimp with the strongest energy drink ya got," I said. The bartender comes back with a large can, which I recognize almost immediately. "I'm surprised that monster energy drinks are still around nowadays," I said, taking a sip of the energy drink, "how long until my popcorn shrimp gets done?" The bartender heads to the kitchen area of the bar to check on them. "Hey, you want them extra crunchy?" He asks. I thought about it for a second. "Hell yeah," I said, "just don't burn them, okay?" A few seconds later, the bartender comes out with a tray with at least four dozen popcorn shrimp on it. "What's my total?" I ask for some glimmer to pay him, but he puts his hand out. "Relax, kid," the bartender said, "it's on the house; besides, you're one of Zavala's newest recruits, right?" I nod. "He was in charge of me, back in the day," he continued, "since you're a titan like me, your first meal here is free." I smile. "Thanks," I said, "by the way, got a name?" The bartender chuckles. "Just call me Barkeep," he says, "what's your name?" I smirk. "Name's Reaper, this is Rev my ghost," I said with a nod towards my ghost. "So, Reaper," Barkeep said, " what do you have planned for the days ahead?" I pause with a popcorn shrimp a few inches away from my mouth. "Well, first thing tomorrow I gotta go find a warp drive for my ship so I can go anywhere I want," I said, "after that, pretty much nothing. Why?" Barkeep nods his head to my left (his right) towards a lonesome figure sitting in a booth, just fiddling with a drink. "Why don't you go talk to her?" Barkeep suggested, " besides, she's a fellow titan and one of my regulars. Not to mention the fact that she's been looking at you since you walked in." I smirk. "Is that right?" I ask, "I might as well go grace her with my company." I place my drink on the tray and walk towards her booth. "Hi," I said, "this seat taken?" She shakes her head no. I sit down and look at her features. She's a human, with platinum blonde hair and beautiful sky blue eyes. "So," I said, "Barkeep was saying you were checking me out since I walked in, is that true?" She blushes, which causes me to laugh. "It would appear that I look at all titans that way," she said, "by the way, my name's Rose. What's your name?" I smile. "My name is Reaper," I said, shaking her hand, "so, what's a beautiful titan like yourself doing in a bar?" Rose sighed. "I just got to the tower recently," Rose said. I smirk. "Funny you say that," I said, "I got here recently, too." She looks at me, surprised. "Well, then what gun did you get from Banshee-44?" Rose asked as she looked into my steel gray eyes. "I personally picked the pulse rifle," I said, "what gun did you choose?" Rose looks at me, shocked. "I picked the scout rifle myself," she said, "but what made you pick the pulse rifle in the first place?" I thought about what Rose asked me before answering. "I picked it because of the fact that it fires in a three-round burst and that it's perfect for a marksman like me," I told Rose, "what made you pick the scout rifle?" She laughed. "I always thought of myself as a skilled marksman," Rose said, "hence why I chose it over the others." I laugh softly. "Do you have a place to sleep?" I ask, "if not, I'm sure Zavala wouldn't mind us bunking together since we both have to get warp drives for our ships." She smiles. "I'd love that, Reaper," Rose said. As soon as we finish our drinks and I finish my food, we walk together to my home in the tower. As soon as I swipe the keycard Zavala gave me to unlock the door, we walk into a luxurious interior complete with a fully stocked fridge, freezer, and pantry. Also, to add icing on the cake, in the bedroom was a king size bed. "Wow," I said, "they went all out!" Rose nods in agreement. "I can't believe they included a walk-in shower as well!" Rose said as she glanced in the bathroom. I turned to Rose with a shocked look on my face. "Are you suggesting we shower together?" I ask her. Again, Rose blushes. "I might be suggesting that," she said as she began to take off her armor. I shook my head as I looked at her beautiful body, from her beautiful chest to her plump ass. "Dammit," Rose said as she tried to unclasp her bra, "sometimes I hate having huge breasts." My eyes widened at that comment. "Rose, do you need help with that?" I ask her as I walk over to her. She moans at my touch. "Hell yes," she says as I unclasp her bra and notice the size: 38E. "You must hate having breasts that big, don't you Rose?" I ask as she takes her thong off and walks over to the shower. "So," I say as I turn to her as we are drying off, "what class are you, striker or defender?" Rose turns to me as she slips into her nightclothes. "I think my ghost Anna said I was a defender," she said, "but I'm not sure." I lay down on the massive bed with a thud. "Well," I said to Rose, "I know for a fact I'm a striker because the first grenade I unlocked was the flashbang grenade." Rose brushed her hair before joining me on the bed. "It's weird," she says, "most guys ignore me because I'm a titan, but you just waltzed right up to me and started talking. Why is that, Reaper?" I run my free hand through my jet black hair and sigh. "I honestly don't know, Rose," I said, rolling on my side to see her looking right at me, "maybe it's because we're both titans; but then again, who the fuck knows?" Rose and I laugh at my comment. Then, Rose yawned. "Well," I said, stretching, "we gotta get some sleep if we're gonna get those warp drives to fix our ships tomorrow." "Reaper?" Rose asked. "Yes, Rose?" I said, looking down as she looked up into my sTeel gray eyes. "Can you hold me?" She asked quietly, "I was kinda scared of what could be out there still, even though we're at the tower." I nod slowly as I wrap my arms around her and pull her close to me. "Of course, babe," I said as I told Rev to turn off the lights. "Reaper?" Rose asked softly, "does that comment mean we're an item?" I chuckle softly, running my hand through her platinum blonde hair. "Yes, Rose," I said, "we're an item." We both fell asleep feeling one another's heartbeat.