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Edited by sholtan: 5/6/2015 1:52:50 AM
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No guardian left behind

We’ve been in this damned room for days now… One look at the others and it’s pretty clear that morale is at an all-time low. Maybe we overestimated ourselves going this deep into the hive tunnels. Everything was fine at first just your standard Thrall, Acolytes and Knights to take out. But something went wrong at one point… They just swarmed us. We ran as fast as we could through the narrow hallways, me and Spark leading the charge, me with my storm fists and him with his arc blades. But we went too fast… Wood couldn’t keep up and he got cut off. His brother almost went after him. Thankfully, Reaper got the idea to use her void powers to make the ceiling crumble behind us. Polthron took his loss pretty hard, but we needed him if we were to survive. Reaper’s little barricade gave us enough time to find an empty room and close ourselves in. I’ve been trying to devise a plan but there doesn’t seem to be a way… None of us remember how we got here, where to go and only the traveler knows what awaits us outside this room now. The Thralls claw at the door endlessly, I’m pretty sure even if they stopped we would still hear it. None of us have slept, eaten or drank. My armor feels heavy, I’d want to remove my helmet but I still need the oxygen. I have to look strong for the others, after all a weeping Titan would be the first sing that this is the end. Spark has been walking around for a while now, he’s always so jumpy. Polthron has been completely silent and only stares at his hands. I’m a little worried that he might try to end it. Wood and he were inseparable when we met them for the first time, just two random guardians taking on the. Reaper, Spark and I we’re close, we’ve been on the same fire team ever since we became guardians… but to lose a brother, your own blood. That’s when I finally saw why he was looking at his hands. Why did I not see it earlier! - Is that Wood’s Ghost Polthron? I asked. - Yea it followed me… guess being his brother I was the closest thing to its partner… That’s when Reaper jumped out of her meditation and took out her Ice breaker. - Well now we got a motivation! - What do you mean? Asked Polthron. - The hive wizards are known to experiment on guardians from time to time. I think a titan dumb enough the get this deep into their tunnels is sure to peek their interest! - So we have a chance to get him back, Shouted Spark with his Thorn in hand. I gave my hand to help Polthron up. - What do you say? Let’s get your brother back! And so in a second we were ready to go. Finally a bit of hope for ourselves! A goal other than mere survival! I walked to the door and charged my fist. - It’s gonna get messy! And punched the giant rock door so hard is exploded in pieces. As soon as the opening was made Reaper and Polthron both threw void bombs into the darkness, not even caring what they would hit. And finally Spark took out… his Gallahorn… (Of course he had to show it off!) and blasted away. In a matter of seconds we were running as fast as possible, using the commotion we created as an opportunity to get as far as possible. - All right, Ghost, focus on Wood’s light and lead the way. We’ll try to keep up! And so we ran. Shooting, punching, cutting and blasting our way through the hive. We were focused; there was no place for mistakes, no time to slow down. It seemed like forever but Wood’s Ghost finally stopped. - There. It said. I’m reading a strong light but also great darkness. - I think we found our wizard. Said Spark with anticipation. - What makes you think it’s just one? Asked Reaper cautious as ever. - No time for that, he doesn’t have forever until they take his light for good! Barked Polthron. He was right, we didn’t have time to scan and devise a plan and we needed to act fast! I ordered the Ghost to open the door and decided it was time to switch it up to my void powers at the same time Polthron and Reaper activated their sunsigner specs and Spark grasped his arc blades as hard as he could. We could hear the waves of hive coming our way. - Do Ghosts ever open a door on time? Did I Shout impatiently. - We’re good! Did it answer back. The door opened and I activated my ward of dawn in front of it. The Thralls were blinded in their tracks and we got inside guns blazing. - We don’t have much time until that bubble drops, take them down! Shouted Spark. There was only one wizard in the room, but there were at least a dozen of knights and double that amount of acolytes. But on an altar in the middle was Wood’s body. His light felt weak but we could still save him! I took out my Vex my Son of Ir Yut and started shredding at the knights. There reflex to put up their shields was predictable but it wouldn’t stop these bullets. Reaper was taking the acolytes on the two balconies to our sides down one by one with her ice breaker. Polthron was taking care of the Thralls coming behind us. Easy pickings once blinded by my ward. I couldn’t see Spark anywhere in the mayhem, did get taken out? But as well as everything went, all hell broke loose. As soon as my machine gun was out the knight started shooting back at me. Their blasts took Reaper by surprise and she lost focus for a second. That’s when the wizard did his move and rained arc upon her, she didn’t last a second. And then a heard a familiar sound… my ward! - Polthron! It was too late, the effect I had on the Thralls was over and they swarmed him. As I screamed at the top of my lungs, I received the blunt of a knight’s blade behind my head, knocking me to the ground. They dragged me to the wizard. Put me to my knees, two knights holding their blades at my throat. I looked proudly at the wizard, ready to face my fate. That’s when the corner of my eye caught a glimpse of something. Like a silhouette of someone near Wood’s body. I knew our luck smiled upon us once more at that moment. I jumped to my feet and punched one of the knights, disintegrating him and forming a force field with his energy. Needless to say the Wizards blasts did not do much to me after that. At the very second I was up, Reaper and Polthron’s bodies bursted into flames and came back from the dead. And then the coup de grace came. - Wood, finish them! As I screamed these words, wood jumped into the air and slammed his fists into the ground, turning everything around us to dust. I was wrong to think that Spark had been taken out. All along he just went straight for Wood while he was cloaked. He gave us the element of surprise to get the upper hand. Now that the five of us stood together once more we took out our rocket launchers in unison and blasted the rest of the hive back into the darkness. Most of the Thralls and Acolytes ran away when the wizard and the knights were taken care off. We made it… It put a smile on my face to see the two brothers reunited. It made this all worth it. While the others celebrated I asked my Ghost to contact commander Zavala. - Sholtan, good to see you, we expected the worse! - So did we sir, but we’re ready to come back to the tower. We might need extraction though, the hive still roams these tunnels and we’re starting to run short on ammo. - I’ll get a fireteam at your coordinates ASAP, but you might need to cover some ground, your signal is weak and hard to read, hang in there just a bit longer and be careful. - Will do sir. I turned to my fellow squad mates, prouder than ever of us. - All right guardians, let’s move.

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