Master Post: [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/1585496/210973245/0/0[/url] EPISODE 8 SHATTERED Written by SmartAurum75 Erax ran to the ship. It was an oversized Blockade runner with the Osiris eye painted onto the side. The rest of the sip was black. He walked on board and saw Hemera, Saladin, and 9 other Guardians he didn't know. There were 4 Warlocks, 3 Titans, and 2 hunters in the group of the other 9 Guardians. NEW CHARACTERS: Delta Team Tellectus: {Human Female Stormcaller Warlock} Her KNAWLEDGE is unmatched by that of her Fireteam members. Her red hair is long and often gets in her face. She wears the Old Guard shader like all of her teammates. She carries the Mida Multi Tool (which has an ornament that makes it black) as she believes that logically a scout rifle is the only way to go. Magno: {Awoken Male Sunbreaker Titan} His yellow eyes are menacing to anyone who sees him. He is a deadly adversary who would much rather take out the enemy before they attack. He rushes his enemies with his Invective shotgun. Ducis: {Exo Female Sunsinger Warlock} She was built with leadership in mind. That is why she is the leader of Delta Team. She wields an extremely modified version of the Pocket Infinity Fusion Rifle. (Pretty much a Year 3 version.) Her short temper and having her finger always on the trigger is not a common Warlock characteristic. She hates her teammate Alec Consor because he never really takes things seriously. Alec Consor (AKA: Alan) {Human Male Nightstalker Hunter} He is driven by loot. It is precious to him. He has the Suros Regime Auto Rifle which is his favorite gun. (His Regime has an ornament that makes his weapon black and the red parts glow) He will run if he has too but will ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, go back for the sweet loot no matter what. [Guess which Youtuber this character was loosely designed off of] Stultus: {Awoken Male Voidwalker Warlock} Stultus is an idiot. He is the dumbest Warlock to ever walk the stars. He NEVER uses his grenades or melees and has an artifact that disables his super for two melee and grenade charges. His jump leaves him up in the air long enough for him to get shot to death. James Nyfir {Human Male Stormcaller Warlock} He is the most serious member of Delta Team. A true warrior of the Crucible before the City was Taken. He had went unbroken during his test runs of the upcoming game mode Supremacy. He was hit with terror when the City was attacked and was the only Guardian to make an immediate escape. Deinde: {Exo Female Defender Titan} The Universe bend at her will. The orange light of her eyes mean death. She is insane and was banned from the Prison of Elders for pulling her Universal Remote shotgun out on Variks. (she wears no backup plans) Primum: {Exo Male Sunbreaker Titan} The silent type. His face is black and his eyes are white. His weapon of choice is a Red Death pulse rifle that has an ornament that makes it pure black. He carves his armor with his custom built sword. (His sword is a Legendary Solar Sword with an ornament that makes it black) Natus: {Human Male Gunslinger Hunter} They call him Nate. He was a prisoner for crimes against Humanity in his past life. He was killed when his prison was attacked during the collapse. Now revived as a Hunter he will kill anything he sees as an enemy. Anyway back to the story. The nine guardians known as Delta team sat in the ship. Erax went and sat down next to Hemera. He looked at her as he put on his helmet. ”Do you know any of these people?” Erax asked Hemera. Hemera put her helmet on and explained. “This is Delta Team. Ducis is the leader. We are going into the Hellmouth with them. And they’re pretty well coordinated.” Hemera said. “The Moon team is going to be us, Exypnos, Saladin, Alec Consor, and Tellectus. The rest of them are going to Venus to stop the Taken from seizing the Vault of Glass.” She took her Trials pulse rifle off of her back. Now that they were all on board they were going to jump into warp. First to Venus and then to the moon. Once they descended on to the Waking Ruins the ship was a lot less crowded. Natus was piloting the ship. The trip to the moon was an intense one. The Taken energy surrounding Earth had become a magnet. Getting past it was a nightmare but landing on the Moon was worse. The Hive and Taken Guardians were patrolling. The group landed the ship on the side of the Hellmouth opposite the bridge. Exypnos got off first and was followed by Saladin. Next were Hemera and Erax and then finally Alec and Tellectus. They looked about. All they had to do was get to the other side of the pit. It was easy enough. At least any other day it would have been easy. Today the Darkness had Taken Luna. The Fireteam ran around the Hellmouth and to the activation plate. They stood on it. Erax felt the Darkness flowing through his veins. He aimed his Doctrine. Then it happened again. Taken Guardians teleported onto the bridge. They ran out to the fireteam and opened fire. Exypnos went to the bridge to fight them hand to hand. Her sword lit with flames. She slashed at the enemies. But one of them was clever. The clever Taken Guardian shot Exypnos in the leg. She fell of the bridge and into the pit. The other fireteam members ran into the portal. Saladin brought out his axe as they descended. It was wet, dark, and terribly evil in Crota’s ascendant realm. The lamp maze was no longer filled with Thralls which was a surprise. The Oversoul throne had become a simple bridge. Swordbearers were the only things protecting it. This was not a problem anymore. Saladin held his axe and jumped off of the stairs and down into the group of Swordbearers. He mowed through them quickly. A simple method to mow through simple enemies. As he removed the axe from the last swordbearer, a Warlock walked out of the shadows. He was wearing the Crota’s End armor set. He spoke in a deep voice. “It still doesn’t make sense does it?” The Warlock was carrying a very aged copy of Toland’s journal. “Well then I clearly have some explaining to do! For starters my name is Toland. Yes that Toland.” He said. “I know what you’re thinking. I should be dead or lost to the void. But I’m still here. Somehow. Younger than ever” Tellectus grabbed her sword off of her back. She placed it on Toland’s chest. She was angry and the Lightning inside her was aching to come out. Then she charged her sword. “You Hive scum! Toland died years ago! Eris told me everything! You Demonic lump of bones! I’ll kill you!” She raised her sword to kill Toland. Then Toland blinked out of the way. A Nechrochasm materialized in his hands. Everyone aimed at Toland. Red dot sights rested on his chest. Fusion Rifles charged to power. He dropped his weapon. He took his Murmur off of his back and dropped it. “After all that's happened you're going to kill me. You've lost too many Guardians already.” Saladin looked at Tellectus and Alec. Alec said something about loot under his breath. Tellectus put her sword away. Saladin nodded and looked towards Toland. Toland picked up his Nechrochasm. “The Taken King’s power is limited here. It's an Ascendant Realm. This realm is one of Crota’s netherworlds. Forged by his will. It's his ultimate Utopia. The catch is that he could be killed here. Permanently. Which he was. Now Oryx is using it as a bridge to take back Luna for the Taken after it was taken by Crota and then taken back by the Chosen Guardian. It's beautiful really. All of that chaos for a ball of stone. Well the core is actually worth something. It's a tiny planet in surrounded by a thin atmosphere of metal. Even fracturing the core could bring the moon to dust.” Toland said darkly. “If Oryx marks this as his realm we could easily kill him here. But the Dreadnaught is now linked to the Oversoul Throne. Once we even get close to killing him he could go back to the Dreadnaught. So don't try it.” Saladin walked up to Toland. “We all thought you were lost forever. You and my sister Efrideet. The two lost Guardians. One lost to Crota the other SIVA. Our two greatest enemies, the Fallen and Hive, and now I've learned that their losses were for nothing.” He put his axe on his back. His brothers and sisters, Tarlowe and Omar. They had all died for nothing. The Darkness was still going to survive. Saladin wasn't going to let that happen. “I was wondering if you could speak to the dead for me.” Saladin said. “To the Iron Lords, tell them that they will be avenged no matter the cost.” “Making requests already? My my Saladin. I had always heard that you were one to rush but that was quick.” Toland responded. “I'll try but it might not work. I've been one with the Dark for far too long. I'm part Hive now. They took my eyes. And my hands” He put up his hands to reveal claws. “Then again being one with the Darkness is just as powerful as being able to manipulate it. Because you can. You may be a minion but that faint spark of light is enough to give you your free will. At least that’s how it was in my day. These Taken are something else.” As the team walked across the bridge, Zavala, Petra and Mara fought through the Dreadnaught. The Hive warship was moving closer to Earth. It was not stopping.