Prologue:The escape from the Vanguard
"Actual watch out!" Postremo said as he dodged the incoming rockets being shot at him and his fireteam. Dodging using his teleportation void magic he quickly jumped out of the way of a Valedictorian rocket 'Another day another group of Guardian hunters' Actual thought to himself. Back in the past a guardian was supposed to be exiled like any other. They were the only exception. The Traveler betrayed them knowing that Crota will tell them the truth. Why the light had to be devoured. Why the Ogres were made. The Traveler spouted lies to the city saying that they allied themselves with the Darkness somehow. Guardians wouldn't listen to them as they shot non-stop against them. Poor fools, blinded by the lies of the light. A group of guardians had intercepted them there as they were waiting behind the vault door. However the were easily dispatched as Praeteritus managed to slip behind them and used his arc blade to down the guardians. "That'll delay them for a while." Acutal said "Place their souls over at the center circle it'll increase the time" As they instructed their ghosts
*Crota's final moments*
Crota shot lots of arc bolts at the fireteam members that got close. One had a sword which he aimed for in panic. Unfortunately for him they've already fire their rocket armada and fired their bullets. Dazed Crota knelt for the final time. He then found himself falling backwards lying on the ground behind him. Now was his time as it seemed. He spoke his final breaths to the guardians.
"Don't go for it yet Warlock"
The Warlock stopped and looked straight at him
"Why should i not? You've killed thousands upon thousands of guardians and you're left completely at death's door." He stated firmly with a little bit of hatred tainting his voice.
"Because i had no choice to do so." Crota was going a little dark. "The Darkness is not real Warlock. Fallen,Cabal and my father's hive all been brainwashed by the Traveler. It's power turned most of the three races into his own personal playtoys known as the Darkness in your vision. Vex not included due to the fact they've been created by it."
"You're joking." The Warlock said "The Traveler couldn't have done that."
"Look around you Warlock. Can you not see the Knights,Wizards and Thralls pleading for you to not kill me?"
He was right too. The Warlock looked around Knights were standing completely still not firing a single bomb ,Wizards were just staring and Thralls were practically begging not to finish him off yet. Him and the other two felt a slight pain of sadness and guilt.
"The Traveler has already sent your kind to find and kill you. Remove you of your ghosts even."
The fireteam visibly cringed at the thought. They now felt like he's telling the truth.
"Head for the Vault of Glass Warlock. It's your only hope of escaping his wrath. A Vex Time Lord has awaken there and is now bound in the Vault. He will free you from the endless hunt before the Traveler finds you..."
He then layed motionless. Knights,Wizards and Thralls then looked at them waiting for their command. The Warlock wanting to fix the situation since he was an master in Hive Magicka said. "Like hell i'm letting you die now. WIZARDS! GET THAT CRYSTAL! We are not letting him die here." They went to the chamber of night to make Crota live again and have there newest escape route built overtime. Once Crota lived once more they left the Moon but not before seeing the Traveler hovering above them using everything he can to stop them towards their ship that escaped in a matter of seconds.
*Present time entering the Vault*
They were entering Atheon's lair since the Vex were actually allied with the Traveler. They forced species off planets so they could fight against the forces The Traveler had basically stolen but there were reports of a Vex rebellion hidden within the Vault from the Fallen on Venus though the Vex outside it cannot enter. They gone through the conflux part with ease and oracles with little trouble lasting a total of 37 minutes. It was the Templar that was going to be the problem.
As Actual picked up the shield they quickly got into positions. Postremo went to the left knowing the danger. Praeteritus went to the right knowing the danger too. Actual would take out the oracles closest to the circle and sometimes head to the right to kill the other Oracles. He used the shield's Lance ability to take down the shield which would leaves the Templar weakened. When he uses this ability he called out his team to get close to him so he can take down the Electric prison the Templar would put on them. The fireteam shot hunger rockets with savagely at the Templar. This process continued for exactly 7 and a half minutes before the Templar finally went down.
"Alright team let's get in ther- OOF" Actual was interrupted as the shield suddenly bind itself to his shoulder "What the hell?" Actual said "What just happened?"
"It seems Kabr's artifact has taken a liking to you Actual" Praeteritus mused while Postremo was laughing like a wizard on drugs "Perhaps you should keep it"
"Shut up Praeteritus it probably would've done the same to you" Actual said "Postremo get off the goddamned floor and get the show going"
"Alright alright not my fault if i'm into stupid jokes" Postremo countered "Besides it's not like the Gorgons can hear us from here"
One long fall and stealth Gorgon walk later...
"You sure about this Actual?" Praeteritus asked "This sounds like a death trap."
"I'm certain that Atheon can help us" Actual said "We just need to release him"
"Then one at a time then" Postremo started to explain his strategy "Praeteritus will go into the future and use our fireteam treasure: The Gjallarhorn against the past gatekeeper after we get done with the nonsense in current time. Actual provide a bit of cover fire and Void power for Praeter. We will have about approximately 30 seconds to get in and out of that portal and same will go for the future. After the past is done Praeteritus's ghost will transfer over the treasure and ammo and Actual will repeat the process on the future. Praeteritus is going to defend the conflux using the past shield. According to Actual's findings we'll be marked by void so kill the future and past gatekeepers quickly or you will be blinded by the void. I'll defend you when ya get out and then you give me that shield in the future"
"Why do i get the hard jobs again Postremo?"
"Because Warlocks are powerful enough to revive themselves so you get it Actual" Postremo said
Sighing we went with our strategy which went perfectly well surprisingly and freed Atheon from his bonds. The same things happened to Praeteritus and Postremo when they picked up the Past and Future relic and gotten out fast enough. The Vex Time god looked down upon us and said "Thank you Future,Present and Past"
"What?" All three of us said
"No time to explain,i know what your here for" The time god placed a few weapons down "Take these and enter this portal i'm opening. It'll give you all your escape."
"What about you?" Actual asked "By now the six guardians behind us have gotten in again and are making their way to you."
"That doesn't matter. They don't know what i can do or what they can do." He said "Take them and leave quickly they are very close already"
We didn't hesitate after what he said. We grabbed the the weapons and made our escape.
Atheon closed the portal when the fireteam used to escape. The Vex time god then looked down upon the guardians chasing the fireteam that went in the closed portal. "The Traveler may have sealed me all those years ago... But i'm alive and the rebellion is reborn." He holstered his weapon "I'm sorry to do this to you here and now corrupted Humans,Exo and Awoken"
We woken up in a lush green forest. Have Atheon given us heaven? A place with barely no worries? I hope it's what it looks like. Cause i'm already liking this universe. Our ghosts and actual were already scanning the trees and everything so we should be fine for now...
