Hey everyone! Iâm back after a month of writing and decided to give you another chapter as I have had a few people who enjoyed it. The Original Characters of Nvtfoe belong to @mrevaunit42 and all respected Characters of Star vs. the Forces of Evil belong to Disney and Disney XD Please enjoy the story.
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âMaybe we could stop for a second!? The ship is in enough bad shape, I donât want to crash!â Connor exclaimed.
âThe area around us is too cluttered for us to land anywhere. We need to get to the tower.â The Ghost said.
The spaceship ride was bumpy, jittery, and Connor was not able to relax as he and his Ghost was bouncing around inside the cockpit. Connor would have asked the Ghost to stop somewhere, but according to the Ghost, they werenât going to land anywhere soon.
âSo while we are jumping around as though we're about to crash, do you mind telling me more about the fallen?â Connor asked, with a few hiccups from the juttering ship.
âThe fallen are extraterrestrials that came to earth and are here to get one thing: The Traveler.â The Ghost explained, âThey were one of the contributors to the collapse and now we're on our last legs, only having one last surviving city to stand on.â
âWhereâs the city,â Connor said as a big âBANG!â sounded from the back of the ship,
âWe should be coming up on it now⌠There over the mountains!â The Ghost said as it came into view from the cockpit.
Just over the horizon of the mountains was the last safe city on earth the ghost had talked about came into view. Connor could only look at the city in awe as he took the next few moments to stare in awe.
That was, until, a massive explosion was heard from the rear of the spacecraft.
Connor frantically looked towards his Ghost saying, âWhat now!?â
The Ghost looked towards the controls and saw that they were closing in on the destination and made the ship turn a hard left towards a field with a long strip of grey outside the city as he said, âHang on!â
The Guardians around the grey strip of land were silent as it was quiet and calmer than normal, being more quiet than usual they saw it. So much quieter in fact that Guardians decided to goof around on said land strip that they decided to start a game that involved a ball being kicked around the width of the strip. A few of the Guardians around either rolled their eyes had mixtures of laughter and smiles at their antics or had scoffed with various looks of disapproval.
Eventually, a Guardian who was at his post by the end of the land strip saw the incoming ball of fire that was a ship coming in at a very dangerous speed. The Guardian rang the bell to alarm the others in the entire vicinity, but the Guardians in the middle of the land strip realized too soon and faced the consequences.
And the consequence was a ship coming right in front of their faces.
The ship landed with a boom and slid several meters across the strip of land, as Guardians looked around trying to notify others who were preoccupied with other things to help look for survivors. When some of the Guardians arrived at where the ship had rested and Guardians began to surround the ship and began to investigate the damages.
One of the Guardians that had revived himself took off his plain blue helmet from his plain blue body armor to reveal an oddly shaped, blue-haired human that had a light tan complexion. He immediately went to the front of the ship, obviously frustrated by the fact that the game had been interrupted.
However, when he looked inside he furrowed his brow as he saw an unconscious black haired person unconscious from the impact of the crash landing of the ship.
Connorâs worldview was thrashing about, even though his eyes were shut, as he tried to focus his vision to see what just happened in front of him. His head felt unhinged from his body, however, could make out what some of the muffled sounds that came from the outside world.
â...diaaan? âŚâŚ Please get up? I donât want to revive you again a second time today please,â Connor blinked away the blur and felt himself try to move, but extreme pain in one of his arms kept him from moving.
âHuh, guess that means youâre partially conscious⌠Welp, Ghost, do your thing then bring him to the front tower,â said an irritated voice. Connor could only assume that it was another Guardian that got upset by the situationâŚ. Or in this case a massive mess.
Connor tried to speak and almost said a different name when he called out, but could only make out a loud painful whisper as he said, âGhost, who was that?â
âThat was Jack. Apparently, he is a bit miffed at us wrecking the soccer ball game,â Connor blinked from the oddities within his eyes as his double vision began to come into focus more on each passing second. His Ghost was healing him, however, him suffering the brunt of the shipâs force of impact as well caused him to stagger slightly as he tried to heal his Guardian.
âDid he tell you that?â Connor asked. He knew the answer, but the question came more out of reflex rather than curiosity.
âNo, but I heard him as he stomped towards the ship. Apparently, he was about to pull a trick that no one in the area had ever seen, but got hit by us⌠He muttered this all under his breath as he came stomping towards us.â
Connor groaned as he rose slightly and looked at the ship. It was completely obliterated of any usable technology that was available on the ship beforehand, and the same went to the front dashboard that only had one section of recognizable features whilst the rest of it was a mixture of broken metal and glass. There were also flames scattered throughout the small ship that threatened to reach the two of them in moments. Connor tried to move a little, however, couldnât as the pain hand increased but did not vanish.
The flames rose more and the Ghost spoke in a worried tone, âThis isnât good. If we donât get you out of here, the flames will probably hurt you in a way that I canât fix,â
The Ghost rose to the cockpit, âHey can anyone get him out of here?! He canât move!â After a few moments of silence the cockpit window was lifted out and smoke that was contained inside lifted into the air. The normal air started to enter and mix inside the ship and Connor could breathe slightly as a blurry image of someone reaching out their hand to lift them out of the smoke-filled persecution chamber.
Connor instinctively grabbed onto the arm and was pulled out to fresh air. The noise became clearer as the voices became louder than before. When he finally got a hold of his senses, Connor looked up to see a beautiful girl with blond hair with a single red streak in it. She also had armor that matched, having red armor, but also has small bits of light and dark orange⌠almost resembling a sunset.
âHey, are you okay?â The female Guardian said. She spoke in a normal tone but had a hint of worry that anybody would pick up when they heard it. Connorâs world focused on her and a moment of silence fell on him before he realized what was occurring.
âUhh... Iâm good⌠thank you.â The Guardian nodded and walked away as Connor got down from the head of the ship, âFollow me. Jack needs to give you a ride back to the tower.â
Connor struggled for a moment trying to get more of his bearings but was soon lifted under one arm by the female Guardian looking slightly sheepish.
âSorry, thought you were good enough to stand by yourselfâŚ,â Slight guilt came over Connor as he quickly spoke out.
âNo, no itâs ok, uh⌠My name is Connor, whatâs yours?â Connor was grasping at straws to try and make the conversation any less awkward than it already was.
âThe name is Missy, a pleasure to meet you, Connor.â Connor laughed under his breath in nervousness and after a few moments got a good hold on being supported by Missy. The two of them stared at each other for a few moments, not knowing what to say until something caught the eye of Connor as he looked passed Missy.
âWhy is the sky purple?â Missy turned around and giggled slightly and the statement.
âItâs not purple, that's just the warding dawn,â Connor tilted his head in confusion, âItâs an ability that we Titans can use to provide cover in a big purple dome⌠Think of it as a protective bubble.â
Connor looked at the floor of said âbubbleâ and noticed a white glowing outline that circled around them. Connor nodded in acknowledgment and continued to walk forward towards a destination Connor did not know. After a few paces, they exited the dome and the purple tint around the area of the ship were gone and they saw the area around filled with a couple buildings that were operable with some that were destroyed to the ground.
Connor felt slightly out of place as he said, âSo where are we going, and what's going on?â
Missy turned to him and said, âWeâre heading to the big messed up tower thatâs somehow still up⌠honestly, i donât know why we havenât patched it up yet,â They kept walking towards the crumbled up tower as she continued, âOh, and the Guardians assigned here today are taking your ship to the hangar bay back towards the city to get patched up!â
Missy turned her head towards the ship and winced at the sight of the ship as she said, âAlthough⌠I think itâs going to be a couple of days before you can go on patrols or missionsâŚâ
Connor laughed at the comment and said, âIâm guessing Iâm getting a briefing about everything when I get to the city then?â
Missy scratched the back of her neck out of nervousness saying, âYea⌠Iâm sorry everything must be extremely new to you, I'll try my best to not completely overload you with information.â
Connor rolled his eyes at the situation. The entire situation felt oddly normal to him as if he encountered this kind of odd situations beforehand. Connor thought about it and tried to remember something, anything to give him some insight as to what his past was, however, it was to no avail and he made his way towards the beaten and broken tower that was ahead of him with the help of Missy.
After entering Connor saw that the tower itself was entirely hollow, as any semblance or evidence of furniture was removed from the vicinity an extremely long time ago. They hurried to the top of the tower to where two people were talking⌠and occasionally raising their voice to emphasize some point.
Missy rolled her eyes and sighed as she said, âJack is a little miffed that you interrupted the crash interrupted the soccer game he was holding. Although, I still question why he even decided to hold it in the middle of the crash strip.â
They turned a left as they headed up the stairs and the conversation got louder as Connor could make out a little of what Jack was saying.
â... yes, Janna, we got another ship coming inâŚ. What? No, there wasnât any power supplies you could experiment with⌠Yes, there was a Guardian that came in crashing in with a faulty ship⌠Please try not to experiment with the ship, thereâs a Guardian who needs it⌠Donât make me answer that question, Iâve barely seen the guy.â The conversation went on and Missy set Connor on the stairs next to the entryway.
âJack! Iâve got the Guardian from the crash site⌠You couldâve helped him by the way.â Jack stopped and turned back towards Missy, âHis Ghost was damaged from the crash, he couldnât heal as fast. Could it have killed you to give him a hand?â
âNo, because I needed to inform the Vanguard first. You know how Marco is about being neat and tidy, and that, unfortunately, takes priority,â Jack took a glance behind to look at Missy and continued, âSo, it is going to be a little bit before I can give him a ride to the big city and the Tower, so give me a few minutes to request an order.â
Just then, Janna over a radio in front of Jack spoke in a slightly mocking tone saying, âDonât worry about that Jack, Iâll give âLord Marcoâ that we have a Guardian needing a ride and theâŚ. âNew blood Briefing.â
Connorâs ears perked up at the sound of that. This briefing, judging by Jannaâs tone, was about as inviting as the fallen he took down earlier today.
Thinking back to when he had to fight the fallen only a few hours ago, he noticed the organization the group of aliens had⌠as well as some of the technology they brought with themâŚ. It stood out to him as a threat, and it worried Connor.
Connor began thinking more on this as a few minutes passed before he felt a nudge on his shoulder and turned to see Missy sitting down beside him.
âSo your ride will be here when Marco decides to give the call to pick you up⌠and thatâs when Jackie decides to tell Marco⌠Soo in the meantime why donât I tell you a little bit about the tower and the City?â Connor nodded more eagerly that he would have thought and this caused Missy to giggle slightly. This made Connor have a slight blush, however not visible to the mundane eye.
âTo start off we are the last safe city on earth. After something called the âCollapseâ happened we lost our planet to what we refer to as the Darkness. It swallowed our solar system whole and made us go nigh extinct. However, the big white ball in the sky called the Traveler stopped the incoming Darkness and made a lot of our enemies stop in their traps before we would be blinked out so to speak.â
Connor looked towards Missy and asked, âAre the fallen a part of the darkness? Because I fought them before I even got here.â
Missy looked at Connor in surprise, âYouâve already faced the Fallen and survived all by yourself? Thatâs impressive⌠And yes they are a part of the darkness, and while they are a major thorn in our sides, there are bigger advocates of the Darkness or the darkness themselves that come at usâŚ. And during the collapse, they wiped out nearly all of humanity. Destroying thousands of years of technology that we had built under a society that involved reasoning and cooperative thinking.â
Missy stood up and looked at Connor directly in the eye, âAfter long and hard battles the Traveler managed to push back the darkness, but the Traveler became fractured and broken. With that, he went to what a lot of people say sleep and hasnât done anything else since.â
Connor followed along, however, he looked at his Ghost and then his hand and asked, âSo, where do the Guardians fall into this?â
âWell-,â She was however cut off by Jack who came to the entryway and knocked on the walls for their attention.
âNot to break up the history lesson, but thereâs a ride outside. A woman by the name of Amanda Holiday will take you to the hangar bay in the city tower and youâll be filled in their⌠Also, i heard your name from you two talking right outside my door⌠Also again, sorry for not helping you out earlier, but Marco is a bit picky about how things are typically done as youâll soon see.â
Connor nodded and got up instinctually, a lot faster than he was expecting and turned to his Ghost for an explanation.
âI repaired myself and healed up your wounds with the time that we had.â Connor chuckled under his breath then turned towards Missy who also stood up.
âThanks for the partial history lesson and thanks for your hospitalityâŚ, â Connor scratched the back of his head out of nervousness, âSorry if I was a bit of inconvenience todayâŚâ
Missy hastily dismayed by waving her hands saying, âOh no, donât be! I should be apologizing for not being more helpful in this situation. I mean you must have a lot of questionsâŚâ
Both of them laughed and awkwardness fell in the room until Jack knocked on the wall again saying, âThe ride? To the city?â
Connor and Missy coughed nervously and said together, âRight! Sorry.â
After a few moments of getting down the stairs there was a ship just as Jack said by the end of the crash strip, as he heard many Guardians call it, and left towards the shipâs cargo hold which was open and within was a blond short-haired woman in a grey mechanical suit with a scarf accessory who was waving to the Approaching Connor.
When Connor jumped on the cargo ship he was greeted with a handshake and a country accent, âHowdy Guardian! Iâm Amanda Holiday, a senior engineer. Pleasure.â
Connor nodded and returned the handshake saying, âIâm Connor, new Guardian I guess⌠I donât know what to call myself yet.â
Amanda smirked and said, âWell, Iâm sure Marco is gonna tell you whatâs what back at the Tower.â
Connor was getting more and more nervous with the continued mention about this visit with âMarcoâ and he soon felt a pressure of some sort of guilt on him that he felt was hard to shake off. Amanda noticed this and put a hand on Connorâs shoulder.
âDonât worry about it too much, big guy. At the very least he is a bit more calming than the other two Vanguard Tom and Star.â
This didnât help Connorâs nervousness in the slightest.
The Ride there was slightly jostling in Amandaâs cargo hold but was nothing compared to the crash a few minutes ago and one could say it was even slightly relaxing as they came into the city. The city itself was beautiful up close. It shined brilliantly as many buildings looked both old and new from reconstruction to old age as they flew over the city.
âSo what we just picked you up from was a crash strip that surrounds the city area. Four on each compass of the map so that we donât have many accidents against the city walls⌠The Titans that defend it donât exactly appreciate the accidents that cause a lot of damage to the walls they spend there life to protect.â Amanda shouted, pulling Connor from his sightseeing of the city near one of the windows.
âHonestly, I was the only one able to pick you up right now. Apparently, the city has been scrambling to try and find more warp drives for Guardianships. Apparently, we're out of stock and Marco has made it a priority for every Guardian in the field to try and find some supply the Fallen may have stashed away, Although he ainât having much luck.â
Connor nodded as he looked back towards the city for a moment and said, âI wonder if I could help with thatâŚâ
Amanda laughed at the comment and said, âYouâre already thinking about helping out the city?! Wow! You really are a Guardian!â
Connor laughed at the reply to his statement. Truthfully he felt happy about the comment and was about to say something before Connorâs sight changed from the city to a hangar bay and Amanda exclaimed, âWhere here Connor! Welcome to my hometown!â
The cargo doors opened to reveal noise of metal and metal upon metal sawing, roaring, and destroying one another. Tens of hundreds of voices talking at once and what looked to be robots guarding some of the areas surrounding the area. There were even a few other Guardians that were either just talking or pulling jokes to entertain one another.
Connor stepped down from the ship, uncertain of where to go next until a lady with long blonde hair with two pink hearts on each side of her cheeks exclaiming, âOVER HEREEEEE!â
Connor saw a bright pink robe with some purple accents around the armor with purple stripes on each side of the gauntlets and leg pieces as she rushed towards him and grabbed him by both hands whilst she bounced up and down in almost overwhelming excitement.
âSoyourthenewGuardian!?Ohmygosh,whatâsyourname?Doyourememberanythingbeforeyouwokeup?Whatâsyourfavoritethingtoeat-â
âWhoa there, Star,â Amanda said from behind Connor, gently trying to put Starâs hands of Connor, âThis guy only got resurrected recently, Iâd say all he needs is a briefing from Marco. I think thatâs all the excitement he needs today⌠In my personal opinion anyway.â
Star made a slight pout on her face, âBut, Amandaaaaaa. There are so many things that I want to show him!â Star let go of Connorâs hand to face towards Amanda saying, âAnd I believe everyoneâs first day here should be exciting AND inviting!â
âSo bombarding him with questions he doesnâ have the answers too yet is invintin?â There was a pause before realization struck Star as she scratched the back of her head.
âYou have a pointâŚ. Sorry for overloading you Guardian,â Almost as if she made a 180, her consideration went right back into curiosity as she asked, âWhat is your name though?â
Connor who was jostled up slightly by Starâs antics took a moment to shake his head and say, âIâm Connor⌠I assume you're part of the âVanguardâ that has been mentioned?â
Star nodded her head and said, âYep! Iâm in charge of the Warlocks that are here in the city and you my good Guardian, are probably a Hunter.â
Connor tilted his head to the side and shook his head saying, âPlease before you give me all of this information, do you mind if I sit down for a sec? I kinda want to rest before I get bombarded with more information again.â
Connor more overwhelmed by everything now that he was here, and having another round of information thrown at him sounded about as appealing as fighting the Fallen again.
Star looked slightly surprised, but also a bit impressed as she nodded in understanding saying, âOkay! Just ask to come to the Vanguard Hall when youâre want to!â
With that, Star ran off without a second thought giving Connor a chance to breathe as he looked around the hanger some more. In truth, he thought that Star was going to drag him off somewhere, but was surprised at her understanding of his situation.
Connor began to roam the hangar bay, with a small tour thanks to Amanda, as they roamed around Connor started getting ideas for how some parts could be improved, and ,oh, there could be an extra space in the cargo ships if Har- Connor stopped for a moment and thought to himself for a moment and thought to himself.
Where were these ideas coming from? And how was he coming up with these ideas?... Just who was he before everything going on right now.
âAnd that i believe is about everything in the hangar bay⌠Hey, you okay?â Connor blinked his eyes as he looked back at Amanda and went back to his thoughts and sighed.
â... If itâs alright with you, Iâd probably prefer if I got some sleep. Do you know a place I can stay for the night?â Connor said this with a lot more plea in his voice than he noticed, however it did reach Amandaâs ears.
âSure, If you take a right by the entryway of the hanger, there is a place where Guardians sleep when they're not registered by the city.â Connor sighed in relief as he said his thanks and walked over towards it.
Connor made his way into the room, which turned out to be one big long hallway with multiple bunk beds on each side of the said hallway. There were a few people in the hallway along with  and In between the bunk beds was a nightstand and at the very end of the hall there was a phone labeled, âDirect messaging to the Vanguard, for emergencies only.â
Connor picked a random bed towards the end of the room and laid down, nearly falling asleep, but he thought of something before he fell asleep. However, something out of the blue plagued his mind as he thought of his Ghost in the spur of the moment.
Something came to him, a name that just repeated in his head and was on the tip of his tongue a couple of times during the day.
Connor spoke softly and almost called him the name he was thinking of when he whispered, âGhost are you there?â
The Ghost had appeared in front of him and drifted closer to him saying, âWhatâs up Connor?â
âDo you know anyone by the name of âHarryâ?â The Ghost whirred around and made a couple of noises searching in his databanks.
âNo, I donât have anyone that would go by the name of Harry in my databanks that you would have heard about recently. Why whatâs up?â Connor turned in his bed and contemplated in thought about what was going on inside his head.
âI think that itâs something that I might have picked up from⌠somewhere, but I donât recall, but for now, I think that we should call it a night. Could you do me a favor and see if you could try and see if you couldnât find anything while Iâm asleep?â
The Ghost nodded mid-air saying, âGotcha, you can always rely on me.â
Connor smiled and said, âThanks, pal.â
After that Connorâs eyes fell on his body and mind falling asleep. In his sleep he was falling, falling, falling even more. It came to the point where Connor couldnât figure out what was up or down in some sense.
Until he landed with a thud on a floor of some kind, however.
Connor rose to his feet as he saw machines of many various shapes and styles. Some of them were human, whilst some were being made into metal parts of a spherical shape with energy that appeared unnatural. After that Connor was thrusted into an image of the hangar bay where he found the ship he crash landed with to see an enormous Fallen ominous figure in front of where the spacecraft was originally held. Just when he was about to turn and see Connor a great orange light and flames jettisoned out and cast away the darkness!
âAh!â Connor woke with a stir and found himself back in the temporary settlement he was sleeping in.
The dream felt too real, in fact, it felt as though it was just more than a dream. However, Connor forgot most of the dream in the panic of waking up and decided to think more about it after he was finished sleeping.
Connor was about to go back to fall back to sleep until he heard he heard shuffling below him with a âTHUDâ and heard a slight whimper. Connor held still for but a moment and then decided to peek over for a moment to see who was below him.
It was a girl who wore a dark red robe with black outlines and small white outlines on the bottom of the robes. Rubbing her brown hair, Her two pigtails on the side of her head partially in her face as she met Connorâs eyes with her own cyan blue eyes.
Under normal circumstances Connor would have said something along the thought of, âWho are you?â or âWhat are you doing here?!â but something inside of Connor spoke out to him saying he knew her and he wanted⌠he wanted nothing more than to get to know her⌠to ask her name.
Unfortunately, she had a look of panic as she ran towards the end of the hallway.
Connor scrambled out of his bed and chased after her down the hallway. She ran out and the door bursted open with a slam whilst Connor still gave chase. The girl, however, caught on that he was chasing her and immediately threw what looked to be a rock in his general direction. It whiffed over Connorâs head as he barely was able to duck his head in time and kept charging forward.
âWait!â Connor exclaimed as he ran after the girl, however, she ran with twists and turns until finally she tried to rear around and appeared to throw a fist. Connorâs instinct took over and stopped by throwing his arms over his face.
However nothing hit him, instead, the girl grabbed him by one of the arms and within a moment transmatted within a few seconds and appeared on a ship somewhere in the hanger. Before Connor had the chance to question where he was he was pushed onto a chair and he was now face to face with the girl he had been chasing with her arms crossed, however she had a look of concern rather than anger as she went towards one of the windows on the ship to look out for something.
The girl looked back at Connor saying, âCould you be any louder?! Itâs bad enough we probably woke up the whole waiting hallway with the racket we caused,â The girl huffed, âAt the very least we're here now, and weâll be able to get out of here before the guards catch usâŚâ
Connor stood up from the ground and looked a the girl, âCould at least tell me your name before you take me somewhere against my will?â
The girl whipped her head around to Connor, âExcuse me?! I did not take you against your will!â
Connor simply wore a deadpanned look, âDid you ask me?â
The girl almost winced, but held her stance saying, âWell you followed me didnât you?â
âWithout telling me where we were going, which means without my consent, and therefore means against my will.â
âI could have just told you, but you wouldnât come otherwise!â
âWhat makes you so sure, Nova?â
The air practically froze when Connor said that name and the girl simply looked at Connor with a worried, yet intrigued expression.
âHow⌠H-how do you know my name?â The girl asked mostly out of curiosity, but there was a bit of nervousness that Connor could see in her eyes as he stared at the cyan orbs.
Connor put on a serious face even though he was panicking inside, âI donât, and honestly I⌠doesn't know where that name came from. It just happened to pop into my head whenever I saw you⌠So whatâs your name?â
â... Nova., how do you do.â Connor nodded and looked away for but a moment in acknowledgment as he sighed.
There were so many questions running through Connorâs mind as he looked back into Novaâs eyes. He wanted to know what these names were and they felt as though he has said them a hundred times before all of this today, the same could have been said for the name âHarryâ as he almost called his Ghost that multiple times.
Connor made up his plan and asked, âSo what do you need me for? You seem like the type that wouldnât do this unless you really needed to since you were concerned with almost waking up everyone.â
Nova raised an eyebrow and replied, âWhy do you want to know? For all you know, I could be here to get you killed!â
Connor had already come to this conclusion, âBecause you seem trustworthy. That and you donât exactly give off an intimidating nature.â
Connor continued, âAnd⌠There is this feeling⌠No memory? That I donât remember, but i guess my body remembers⌠saying your nameâŚâ The air went silent again as Nova still seemed nervous for whatever reason.
Nova said nothing for a moment and said, â... You want to know why I led you here?â
âKidnapped,â Connor said.
âLED HERE,â Nova exclaimed as Connor simply wore a smug grin. Nova continued, âAnd I'll take that as a yesâŚ, So⌠I need help.â
Nova nervously grabbed her left arm with her right hand and said, âI heard from Amanda that you had found a ship somewhere during your resurrection earlier today.â
Connor nodded as he remembered talking to it more in detail during the hangar tour as she continued, âI heard rumors that the Fallen are gathering parts from all over old Russia according to the scouts and I was wondering... If you could take me to where you first found the ship in old Russia. I was hoping to investigate it.â
Connor rolled his eyes and nodded his head saying, âA) You could have asked, and B) Sure, but only one condition..â
Nova was about to retort before there was some rumbling outside as she quickly looked back at the window. Panic seized her face as she said, âOkay, whatâs the second condition.â
âI come with you when start investigating.â Nova whipped around to a still smiling Connor. She was about to say âNoâ but the rustling got louder as and Nova bolted from her position from the window.
âWeâll discuss this later! Right now guards are after me!â Connor smiled as he walked to the hangar door with an extended hand.
âI didnât hear a yeees.â Connor knew he was in a situation to where he couldnât get punished too severely considering he just got here moments ago. However, he knew some kind of serious trouble would befall Nova if he were to expose her right here and now.
Novaâs head whipped around and gasped saying, âYOU WOULDNâT-â
âYes, say yes,â Connor said, almost tauntingly.
Nova put on her best angry face, but Connor could only smile as it just only gave him a warm feeling⌠Itâs almost as if he missed this feeling.
The sound got closer and eventually, Connor saw through the same window that Nova had used to see that someone was running around and was yelling, âNOVA, COME BACK HERE!â
Novaâs panic had skyrocketed, as she hastily nodded her head and said, âYES! OKAY? YES!â
Connor nodded in satisfaction as he bowed his head saying, âProceed.â
Nova immediately jumped into the chair where the controls were and started the engines as the craft began to take flight.
Connor heard voices outside saying, âNOVA ANALISE BUTTERFLY NO-â the person didnât get to finish as the ship blasted out of the hangar bay and skyrocketed, causing Connor to immediately hang onto something as they blasted the big white sphere in the sky known as the Traveler.
Eventually, after a while, Connor got his bearings and sat next to Nova in the co-pilot seat. After a couple hours of silence, he said, âWell that was interesting. So do you mind telling me who that was?â
Nova bit her lip as she said, âThat was⌠Marco⌠my father.â
Connorâs eyes went immediately went wide as he leaned his chair next to Novaâs as he said, âYour Dad?! The same Marco that I've heard is a Vanguard member?!â
Nova sheepishly nodded her head as the sun over the horizon began to come up over some mountains, âI was⌠trying to help him out, â Nova dipped her head slightly as she continued, âThe warp drive situation is worse than itâs let on to be. Due to an accident, the hanger, trying to create more warp drives a few days before you arrived, the engineering wing had suffered a malfunction and now it could be months or even years before we could even get more Guardians ships repaired. That means less Guardians out there and no one to try and push back the Darkness⌠Which could be extremely bad for everyone.â
Connor took on a serious face and nodded in understanding as he felt the air take on more of a serious tone. Connor replied with, âHis scouts havenât found anything?â
Nova shook her head and almost looked as though she was in pain, âDad is really not happy⌠lately, itâs all he discusses with Mom at home, trying to get more options to fix this.â
It almost pained Connor to see Nova this down, already he felt the situations weight and put a hand on Novaâs shoulder. She looked at him with almost teary eyes.
âDonât worry too much, we will find something,â Nova raised both of her eyebrows as if to say âAre you sure?â
âAnd even if we donât find anything, you had a good reason to try and find something to help out your family. Thatâs what really counts.â
Nova looked at Connor as if she found a treasure and with looks alone they shared a moment that didnât need words as they stared at each other for a few minutes.
Suddenly a crimson red Ghost appeared and with a deep ladylike accent warned, âNova! Watch it!â Nova whipped her head around as she saw that they were about to hit a cliff. Nova veered right as she swerved around the mountain cliff and narrowly dodged the rock formation with a âphewâ.
âTurn left! Weâre close to the hanger we were at!â Connorâs Ghost had exclaimed. Nova veered left as she jerked the ship in the appropriate direction.
âStop!â The Ghost exclaimed once more. Nova struggled to stop the ship and eventually the ship ceased to and they hovered by a cliffside which was surrounded by rusted buildings, cars and a small rusted metal shack towards the left of the scenery.
Both Connor and Nova tried to get there bearings as the senses were partially frazzled by the experience and Connor shook his head as he sat back up. During his daze, Connor looked out at the scenery and saw the change as familiar white snow with brown grass.
Connor put his hand on his head and said, âGhost. Warnings before you just pop out with screaming.â
Both Ghosts looked at each other and said simultaneously, âSorry.â
After a few moments of remembering where they were, Connor and Nova both transmatted out of the plane and landed on the ground as their weapons appeared on their backs. While Connor only had the one weapon, Nova appeared to have a hand cannon with a bright red and gold color scheme with three white symbols on the side of the gun, A gun that appeared to almost have a square frame with bright lights straight lines of light blue on the sides, and finally a sword with a brown hilt and a black blade with bright white that outlined the blade.
The blade itself was special all on its own, as the guard made a square around the handle. Finally at the vertex of the handle and blade met was the red butterfly that curved upward around the bottom part of the blade, it acted as the entry point for the blade and hilt, and had a black outline to make the butterfly visible, and at the body of the butterfly was a yellow star. Connor whistled as the selection of guns impressed him from looks alone.
Nova rolled her eyes saying, âI need you to follow me. My gear and strength are a better than anything you have currently if Iâm, to be honest.â Connor nodded and the two looked towards their Ghosts as Nova continued, âSo where do we need to head to?â
âI recorded that area for future reference and it should be⌠to your rights.â Connor and Nova looked towards the left as they saw an opening to the rusted fortress of the cosmodrome. With some stairs leading out from the left of the said opening.
âI knew that we were going to come back here eventually, Connor, but barely after a day of your resurrection? I havenât had this much to do, since that time I had to escape a Fallen sector without getting blown to pieces.â
âOnly a Fallen sector? You should try to follow Nova into a Vex stronghold, I swear,â The two Ghosts conversed as they both glided by Nova and Connorâs shoulders, âThis girl gets into so much danger that the Vanguard had put her into house arrest for nearly setting an off a bomb early in a hive cave. Thatâs really the main reason why Marco was so uppity about her leaving.â
Nova blushed out of embarrassment as she jumped up in the air⌠and started to glide up and into the opening.
Connor had to double take on what just happened with both the conversation and what just happened in front of him as he laughed saying, âHow do you do that?!... and house arrest?â
Nova turned her head around, her cheeks still being slightly pink, and said, âI donât wanna talk about it⌠Wait, you donât know how to do your double jump yet?â
âThatâs what I have? How do I do thatâŚâ Connor furrowed his eyebrows in contemplation.
âUmmâŚ. I donât really know how Hunterâs do it⌠Just try.. Jumping I guess?â Connor rolled his eyes at Novaâs words and the only thing that he thought would be to try it and see if it works.
Connor backed up and jumped, aiming for the opening. While Connor jumped relatively high, he didnât notice anything happen and so at the last moments he lifted his arm up, and barely managed to grasp the edge of the opening. Nova helped pull him up and looked at him with a bit of disappointment.
Nova said, âNot a bad jump, but I donât think that was a double jump,â Connor simply shrugged and they continued on into the building.
The building itself was buried under dirt and aged rubble with dusty computers, broken lights, and familiar windows that didnât even give the slightest image outside. In Connorâs mind, the thought it gave off a rather ghost town type of feeling as no one else was in the vicinity.
âUgh, this place always gives me the creeps,â Novaâs Ghost spoke out, âIt always just gives me the creeps just staring at everything broken like this.â
âCrim, focus please,â Nova said softly, âWe need to be careful of Fallen that could be here,â âCrimâ rolled her eye and disappeared floating into Nova.
Connor eyes flared with curiosity, âYour Ghost has a name?â
Nova nodded her head and put a finger to her lips and made an âshhâ noise.
Together they walked the hallways, and after an hour of navigating corridors left from right, Connor spotted something out of the corner of his eye in a bright room. In a small space, he found a golden chest that had a symbol on it.
Connorâs Ghost gasped in an excited tone, âYou found a regional chest!â
Connorâs head tilted to the side saying, âWhy is it different from a normal chest?... also why is it all the way out here?â
The Ghost opened up the chest and said, âThey're chestâs that the Vanguard left and revisit to help inexperienced Guardians that are on patrol. They were first introduced when Star was appointed as a Vanguard to make patrols not as boring for a Guardians first patrol, it must have been moved here by the Fallen and thought it was some kind of recourse cash⌠That means we might be on the right track!â
Within a second the Ghost made an âohâ at the âThis gear isnât usually seen by many Guardians. Itâs protective engineer gear that the hangar bay staff use when they test our ships or prototypes of new spacecraft,â Connor picked up on of the six small green engrams. They were small and almost had a crystalline texture to them, and it could be mistaken for a very big piece of rock candy that someone had crafted.
âWe should probably equip that for the fight ahead, hold still for a sec,â With that Connorâs original plain white armor glowed for a second and changed within a few moments of the process is complete. The armor changed into a simple brown and black design with a short cloak that only had a plain black color. The armor had a number of pockets for all types of tools that were empty, except for a small pair of glasses in the left chest pocket.
The glasses caught Connorâs attention as he removed them from their place to inspect them. They had a simple black frame, but with no actual lenses to see through and when he tried to put them on as the Ghost spoke out, âHold on, I didnât make you a helmet when I revived you because we were in a rush, so Iâm going to make the helmet with all the hud info a Guardian needs-â
Connor interrupted saying, âUm, could we not have said hud? I⌠donât feel like it would help me very much.â The Ghost stopped and said, âWhy?â
âI just donât feel like it would be of any help to me, do you mind if we donât have it?â Connor felt as though so many things in front of his face would mess with him in more ways than one and just felt it would get in the way all when he was fighting things.
âAll right. It makes my job a little bit easier not having to manage everything⌠By the way, you have a great vision already due to being resurrected by the light. Why are you wearing those?â the Ghost said, his voice sounding more inquisitive than criticizing.
Connor just shrugged and heard a giggle from Nova to his right as she said, âYou look like a dork.â
Connor just smiled and said, âGlad to know you think I'm smart. Thanks, Nova.â Novaâs eyes rolled and turned away from Connor rather quickly.
âCome on, we need to stay focused, maneuvering around this place is like a maze with no map.â She was right, the area here was extremely broken and in most cases, they had to have Nova blast away all of the debris away with a fusion rifle that Connor had a powerful urge to ask about, but stayed focused on the task ahead.
Just when they almost had a slight inkling of calling it after a couple of hours, a noise was heard from a distant room ahead. It was the sound of a Fallen with its clicks and noises, both Connor and Nova shared a look that told both of them to move quietly. They treaded with care not to make any semblance of abnormal noise.
After a few moments they arrived at the hangar bay that provided Connor with his escape with a ship, however now the hanger contents were different the last time Connor was here.
There were hundreds, maybe even thousands of large to small parts where being into what Connor could only assume to be the Fallen form of crates as the dozenâs of fallen were loading up everything into spheres that had giant oval openings that had many variations in size.
There was also a machine being built that was a sphere in shape that looked one-third of the way complete with most of it being only silver and black but have a tiny hint of purple surrounding the circle inside the sphere. In front of it was a goliath of a Fallen and what Connor could only assume was the leader of the group. His head looked as though it was a helmet of some kind with it having an oval shape on the top with two stubs on the side, four long arms and the massive body previously mentioned was draped in a red cape with red and white clothing, and to top it all of held a massive gun that seemed to have four barrels that emitted a red fiery glow.
The two looked in awe as they saw from the left side of the room and Nova backed up against the wall, out of sight from the fallen and had heavy breathing befall her.
âThose supplies⌠there probably from the other parts of old Russia. It must have been easy scavenging from other parts of Russian now that there arenât as many Guardians out, and thereâs probably enough there to support the city for weeks!â Novaâs eyes were giddy with excitement but returned to being serious at the moment. Connor could not have tried to hide the smile on his face even if he tried. Even in the situation, they were in at this very moment, there was just something about Nova that made him smile.
Nova took another peek at the Fallen to access the situation further, â⌠Darn. We need to transmat all of the supplies here as well as the Fallen⌠and I think I have enough beacons to get all of those supplies out.â
âHere,â Nova said and she handed Connor the sword, âThis is only to be used in emergencies. Okay?â Connorâs eyes flared open and looked into Novaâs eyes which were eyes of genuine trust.
Connor nodded in acknowledgment and put the sword on his back. The sword locked into place like a magnet as Nova said, âCrim, give Connorâs Ghost all the transmat beacons I have that go directly to the Tower,â With that a processing noise was made by his Ghost, âConnor Iâm going to distract all of them so that you can place all of the transmat beacons on the supplies, okay?â
âWhat about you? Those Fallen will chew you up!â Connor replied, he knew where this was headed as soon as she gave him the sword, but he sure didnât like it.
âIâll buy you some time, besides,â Nova gave a confident smirk, âIâm not gonna die by some ridiculous ether eaters.â Connor still held a worried expression but bit his tongue as he nodded and went along with Novaâs plan.
With that Nova jumped faster than Connor anticipated, and as she flew up into the sky, she burst into light and flames surrounded her body that gave her wings of fire as she threw projectiles that landed whilst floating in the air. Instead of exploding, it created a circle and a ball of fire in the middle that pelted the Fallen with a streak of fire, presumably ending, or seriously damaging their target.
When she landed she returned to normal and immediately got pulled out the hand cannon shooting down a few of the stragglers she missed. Within moments, and a few well-placed headshots, she managed to wipe out everything. However, the massive Fallen roared with fury and within the walls of the compound more fallen that werenât directly in the compound rallied and began to chase down Nova.
Nova threw up a thumbs up and said out loud, âIâll meet you back at the ship!â and ran as fast as she could with every Fallen in the vicinity roaring and chasing after her, including the leader soon following suit.
Connor took a moment to stand flabbergasted as he stood there speechless, but his mind told him to focus and his gaze locked onto the recourse cash of recourse cashâs. Connor could have sworn the number of materials here was the Fallenâs collective treasury and that motivated him more than ever.
Connor moved and said, âGhost, the beacons!â
âRight!â With that, the Ghost flew around everything and beacons transmitted onto each of and every one of the Fallen containers, âIt will take a few moments. But it with Nova buying us time, weâll pull it off.â
âI hope so, I donât feel like getting resurrected three times within twenty-four hours.â Connor held up his auto rifle listening to his surroundings, hearing distant cries from fallen either roaring or the fire that Nova kept spreading.
Silence fell Connor as his instincts ramped up to twelve⌠Connor tensed when he heard the crackling of electricity right behind him. Something in Connor awoke again, similar to earlier that day when he was firing against Fallen or when he beat that Fallen captain.
âConnor!â The Ghost cried out. Connor used the back of his rifle to blunt a Fallen who was invisible behind him and the Fallen fell revealing himself and two blades that was surrounded by blue electricity. Just as the Fallen by the Ghost raised his sword, he fired his rifle towards the Ghostâs direction and the Fallen fell. Connor immediately turned to the one which he stunned earlier to take him out, but it got up faster than expected and got in a quick swipe to the shoulder with his blade before being shot down by Connor at close range.
Connor reloaded and the light healed his wound fairly quickly as he surveyed the area for more Fallen threats. After a few moments, Connor eased up a bit to release a breathe to keep him from passing out.
Within that moment the supplies disappeared, and the Ghost said, âWe got it, Mission Accomplished! Now we need to get out of here before more Fallen show-â
Just then heavy footfall fell as they looked towards where Nova ran out as the giant leader of the Fallen came through those doors.
âThe Archon Priest! Connor get behind cover!â Connor dove to a nearby steel pillar as he heard the furious roar of the Archon and he readied his gun. Almost as if it was a shotgun, four round energy bursts that looked as though it were fire but solid came at the steel pillar and Connor dove from his position to avoid the blast and put away the rifle to bring out the sword that Nova had lent him.
Connor charged as the Ghostâs warnings became distant thoughts and rushed him at speeds that even he didnât expect and hit the rifle the Fallen was carrying, cutting the weapon in two.
The power of the weapon was extraordinary, it felt as though he could feel multiple people helping him that was in the blade itself, and Connor enjoyed the feeling of confidence that took over him. Unfortunately, the gun sparked and exploded a few moments after he cut it in half. Connor was hurled a few feet back but stood his ground.
The giant Fallen also got back up from being knocked down by the blast and stomped his foot in anger as he roared at Connor. Connor simply smirked and pointed his sword at the Fallen, Connor knew that he was being overconfident, but something from the sword just told him to be focused on this fight and this fight alone. The Archon charged Connor as he dove to his right and got a swing off on the Fallenâs leg and continued to maneuver around the Fallen just like that getting hit after, after hit, after hit. It got to the point to where Connor just simply moved out of the way of the Archon as he fruitlessly tried to get a hit on Connor, but to no avail.
After Connor was about to get one final strike on the Archon before the end, but the Fallen grabbed the blade of the sword as it was being raised. The Archon ripped it away from Connorâs hand, and the power surge soon faded from his body.
Suddenly, Connor didnât feel that confident anymore.
Connor moved out of the way from one of the arms that swung at him as he reached for his gun in an attempt to finish it off. However, the gun clicked with no ammo in it and Connor threw the gun away as he tried to think of something.
âUse your bow and arrow!â The Ghosts voice rang out, and before Connor could ask why, Ghost continued saying, âWhen you defeated that Fallen captain I detected void energy! The Nightstalkers are a Hunter class that call upon the Void light and use it to defeat other foes!â
Another arm lumbered from the injured Archon as Connor dodged out of the way, âFrom some of the notes that I've read that theyâre calm and focused when they channel the void!â
Connor dove again as the Archon tried his hardest to catch him. Connor must have thought the giant Fallen overexerted himself as the Archon fell to his knees and sounded as though it was panting heavily.
This was Connorâs only chance as he took a deep breath and tried to stay calm and focus. His focus stayed on only the darkness in front of him. Nothing else, no sound, not object, only silence took his mind. It was easy, easier than he thought as silence took over him and his mind, and he was taken away from the current plane of existence and to somewhere he had no idea.
It was so quiet that there should have been noise⌠and there was. Suddenly there was a low dull roar that Connor could feel and make out. He could make out what it sounded like, but it was unspeakable and quiet. Small is it was Connor reached out to try and find it.
Connor opened his eyes suddenly, and just as the Ghost said, he started to pull an arrow from an ethereal bow.
Connor could feel a physical arrow and bow even before it appeared in magical purple flames gathered around his hands. As he pulled back the Fallen tried to move towards Connor to stop him. But after a few moments, Connor released the Arrow.
Connor sighed as he walked in front of the opening entrance that he first entered when Nova and he first entered. Connor looked down from the elevated position and saw Nova who was pacing and waving her hands in the air as she paced around her small crimson Ghost.
Connor jumped down and walked over to Nova to which he could hear her say, â... I mean I would be responsible for the death of a Guardian WHO HAS NOT EVEN SPEND A DAY ON PATROL!! HOW AM I-â
âHey Nova,â Connor said, interrupting Nova from going too far into paranoia, âHey Crim, do you mind if you can get me on the ship?â
âUhh⌠sure? H-here you go.â with that, Connorâs vision became data like for a moment before being transmatted on the ship and sat down in the ship and sighed in relief for not being on deathâs row for a third time today. Only seconds later Nova immediately got down in her seat and looked directly at Connor.
She didnât say anything, nor did she look like she wanted to hear anything Connor had to say, but she did something that Connor half expected.
With a slap to Connorâs face, the ship launched off from the cosmodrome and back towards the Tower.
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Hope you all enjoyed! keep in mind I am a Novice at writing so please forgive my blemishes on the story. Iâm going to be taking a break from writing this series to find something else I can put these two lovebirds through, but until then have a nice day!
