EPISODE 3 TAKING THE TOWER Written by SmartAurum75 The sirens had went off after the Tower was hit. Out of instinct, Herax grabbed his Hard Light and his Thesan-fr4. He ran outside and saw an unholy sight. Taken… In the Tower! He loaded his Hard Light Auto Rifle and fired at the Taken. But they were Guardians. No that wasn’t possible. They were Taken. They were Taken Guardians. And they were infecting. ‘No. I can’t end up like them’ Erax thought to himself. He threw his smoke to the ground and ran to the stairs. As he went up he heard gunfire and screams. The stairs ended at a big black round door. He pushed it open. It got worse. The area he was standing in was at first known as Tower North. Now it was a warzone. New Monarchy soldiers fighting against Taken Guardians. The Speaker’s Observatory was in flames. (Some idiot had fired Dragon’s Breath at a single Taken Guardian that was inside) Executor Hideo was on the ground bleeding and slowly being Taken. Then Erax heard her. Hemera! She was being engulfed in the darkness. He grabbed his Dark Drinker off of his back and slashed at the Darkness. It became undone and consumed by the sword. Hemera was safe. He had promised they would speak again. “YOU SAVED ME!” Hemera yelled. The look of terror that had been on her face moments before had vanished. “yeah . Umm. Don’t mention it. Please.” Erax said in response. He really didn’t like being thanked. Protecting people was his job. Together they ran to the Tower Plaza, shooting any Taken they saw. When they arrived they were immediately almost killed. Tess’s shop had been blown up. Rahools tent was in ashes. The fence blocking Guardians from committing suicide had collapsed. Banshee-44 was holding out. He had all the weapons he needed. The entire floor of the plaza was on the verge of collapse. The Taken were invading the Hall of Guardians. (the vanguard hall) “Oh god no.” Erax said quietly in terror” “What now!?” Hemera asked. “The coffin is still in there!” He yelled back “Shotgun.” Hemera said. The two Guardians ran through the fight and into the Hall. Shaxx, Zavala, Ikora Rey, Petra Venj, Eris and a white exo were fighting off the invaders. They were strong together. A true instrument of war. The exo was carrying a blue Pulse rifle similar in design to the one The Chosen Guardian had. They kept fighting as Erax and Hemera hid behind the Crucible Quartermaster table. Then out of the blue, the Tower began to collapse. My Profile: https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/11844477 CO-WRITERS: thecheater740: https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/13653323 Sullys201623: https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/9264385 EPISODE TWO: https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/1585496/210983695/0/0 Be sure to follow my fellow Guardian, Sullys201623. You can see his profile here: https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/9264385 He is writing an awesome series called Into The Hellmouth. It chronicles the story of Eris and her ill-fated fireteam as they journeyed to defeat Crota.