I walked outside my apartment and stretched. Slowly, but surely, Colt followed me out. "Can't you let me sleep for one day?!" he sounded very drousy. "You ask Dakota if we can get a day off." I scratching my head. "Alright. He is right over there talking to Blake." Colt slowly flew over there. I caught him before he could get out of my reach. "I didn't mean that literally!" I looked up and saw Blake pull out a yellow tablet. He read a step from his exotic bounty. Dakota crossed his arms, then tapped Blake's shoulder. Blake then ran into the hanger. "What was that about?" I asked. "Blake's got to kill some target for that shotgun. He was asking if he could go alone." Dakota watched the ship break orbit. "I wonder where he is going." I said. Dakota, James, Morin, and I gathered around as we ate breakfast. As we ate, a titan walked out of the hanger. He wore a full set of Murvaux Type 0 armor. He also wore the mark of the rumored Sunbreakers. "A sunbreaker? What are they doing here?" Dakota watched as Commander Zavala met him half way. "Hello, Titan. How can the Vanguard assist you?" Commander Zavala shook the titan's hand. "I bring grave news of the Awoken and the Queen. We have reason to believe that the Queen was killed. The full extent is unknown. The Reef has also been attacked." the titan read the letter given to him. "Yes. I have already sent a squad of guardians to check it out." The titan nodded, then walked off. "Titan! Can I ask you something?" Morin stopped the titan. "Yes?" "You said the Queen was... killed." "Yes. We believe her fleet was wiped out as well. Awoken, huh? I am dreadfully sorry." The titan walked to his ship and left. Morin rubbed his face for a little bit, then marched for his room. "Morin, are you-" I tried to ask. "Don't." Dakota put his hand in front of me. He walked to his door and punched the wall. He walked in and closed the door. "We should give him some time." Dakota walked away, then so did everyone else. I sat on top of the kiosk that held the post master. The 12:00 sun blazed on the Tower. Ships were leaving and coming constantly, but one caught my attention. "Dakota?!" I jumped down and ran to the barracks. We walked over to Morin's door. "Morin?! Morin! Come on, we're leaving!" Dakota knocked on the door. There was no reply. "Okay..." Dakota reached for the button panel. The screen was cracked and was sparking. "He destroyed it!" "I got this." James punched the panel and the door slid open. "He's not here!" I was astonished. "My gosh! Why the h*** does no one tell me about this?!" Dakota slapped the wall in frustration. "Get to the hanger!" I was pulling something from the vault when I heard an uproar. I leaned over to see what was going on. The hunter, Dalton, had walked up to a warlock. "Hey! There was no f***ing reason to get that violent in Crucible!" Dalton pulled off the warlock's hood and revealed a black and blue flaming face! "Oh God! What the h*** are you?!" The warlock spun around and grabbed Dalton's throat. "I am your deliverance! Your new King will welcome you!" Phantom vanished pulling Dalton with him! I felt myself go numb. I ran to the hanger as fast as I could! "Phantom's here! Phantom's here!!" "What?!" Dakota dropped his bag. "I just witnessed Phantom take a guardian to... that other dimension!!" "Ah, s***!" Dakota grabbed his weapon and ran to the courtyard! When we arrived, thee were already several guardians on high alert. "What the h*** just happened?!" asked Commander Zavala. "He is here!" Eris Morn followed close behind. "Who are?!" "Father of Crota. Oryx, the Taken King!" "How did he reach us?! We're right in the Traveler's Light!" "They let Oryx in. Any other guardians losing faith in the Light will let Oryx get a better grip!" Commander Zavala looked to us. "Protect the City! They will be back!" We walked through the streets of the City, but Phantom would not attack. All of the sudden, five large spheres grew behind us. Four of them dropped four Vex-like Taken each. A total of sixteen Vex. The fifth sphere dropped Phantom, the warlock in a smokey shroud and a hunter who had blood flowing from his eyes and thousands of fang-like teeth! The hunter teleported off who knows where, but Phantom slowly approached us. I threw my knife at a Vex, but it gained an over shield from another! "Whoa, what?! When did they start doing that?!" I said frightened. Phantom charged Dakota and he raised the Invective! Dakota shoved the barrel into the air as Phantom fired twice. Dakota raised his hand about to push Phantom away, but the warlock vanished. "Don't let any of them touch you!" I yelled. "Why?!" yelled Dakota. "You may look like them!" We tried to shoot down the Vex, but they kept producing shields for each other. Phantom reappeared in mid air! He pushed James back with his melee. I spun around with my knife, but Phantom disappeared again! The Vex had us surrounded! "I wish Blake and Morin was here!" I yelled. James used his fist of havoc and killed eleven of them. The other five died by the electricity in the ground. "Okay, eyes on Phantom." said Dakota as he looked around. Phantom phased right in front of Dakota. Phantom punched Dakota, making physical contact! A large hole formed in Dakota's right shoulder, and it started to spread! "Ahh!" Dakota tried to punch Phantom back, but once again, he disappeared. "So, he does need physical contact." I thought to myself. Phantom jumped out in front of James and shot his gut with the Invective! James gasped for air, them fell back. "No!" I dragged James to a wall. His ghost scanned his body. "I can't! The Darkness is too thick here!" "Just keep him here!" I yelled to the ghost. I walked back over to Dakota, who was grasping for his quickly vanishing shoulder. "Phantom got Dakota and James. Now he's coming for me." I heard something behind me, I spun around at lightning speed and stabbed Phantom in his side! "Owww!" his echoing voice barked with pain! "I got you now, you bi***!" He slowly limped away! I knew he was about to phase, so I ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder with my bionic arm! He teleported through dimensions carrying me with him! He tried to reach for me, but I took my last knife and stabbed his eye out. His body began to vanish. I cut off his boots and watched him dissappear from existence. A booming voice rang from my right. "You think you have victory?! Ha ha ha! You merely killed one of my minions! I still wield an army you will never defeat, warrior of the Light! And I will have vengeance!" the Hive king, Taken King, stood before me! I was in his acendant realm! "You must be Oryx. King of... nothing that concerns me." I bowed to him, but as I raised up, I flipped him off. "You're coming to get revenge on the death of Crota? We'll be waiting!" I put on Phantom's boots and teleported out of there before the Taken got me. I got back to Earth to see Dakota well. Phantom did not successfully Take Dakota, thus the process ended. James was also revived. When I dropped the boots, James ran up to me and hugged me! "Don't you dare scare us like that!" "How did you do it?" asked Dakota. "Because only my robot arm touched him. Oryx and Phantom need physical contact to that which has a will, which is any biological mass. The Vex can be Taken because they are a biological mass inside a shell. My arm was completely severed, so my robot arm has no will." I smiled at how wise that BS statement sounded. "I'm going to pretend to understand that." Dakota laughed and hugged me as well. "Now, just got to find that hunter." I said as I reloaded my hand cannon.