I've known her for a long time now. She's practically family at this point. She's defiantly better company than some of my fireteam, *cough* Zavala* cough*. When I first met her, she was wandering around the Cosmodrone. I thought she was lost or something, but she walked like she had a purpose. I went up to her and offered her a ride. I asked where she was going. She told me she needed to go to an old laboratory near Rasputin's caves. I wasn't too comfortable with the idea, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

So, I let her hop on and we rode to this lab she spoke of. I didn't want to pry, not my style. When we got there, I was not at all surprised to see the place was a wreck. We hopped off and made our way to the entrance. The door was locked, not surprising, so we used our ghost. Or, she used her ghost. That little guy was quick. But he wasn't as good as mine. I was about to walk in, but she stopped me before I did.

She then gave me this index. She said it was to save a schematic and map of parts stored in the computer in the lab. She gave it to me and told me to go and get it. I don't know why, but I did not like how the situation turned out. I gave her a ride, and now she expects me to do her errands. I wanted to fight back, but the look in her eyes. I don't like to admit it, but they actually scared me. Me of all people. I decided to be a good sport and do the small favor. She told me i was looking for a map and schematics. I went inside to find them.

I made it into the main lab, bunch of computer everywhere. It all looked like a mess. I saw some fallen equipment laying about. I wondered if they already picked the place clean. I saw a few fallen rummaging around the scraps of computer. I made quick work of them with my Handcannon. I found the main computer and turned the thing on. I was genuinely surprised to see the damn thing actually work. It took forever to load up.

When the computer finally loaded up, It took me even longer to find the stupid files she was looking for. From the looks of the schematics, they were just armor pieces and how to construct them. They were really weird. I had no idea what she wanted pieces of a helmet for, but who am I to ask. It took a while for the whole thing to download onto the index. I was probably sitting there for an hour.

After that grueling torture, I finally was able to leave that dark, cold lab. I made my way up to the entrance. what I saw next... scared me to the core. Fire... everywhere. Where there was once open grassland was now burning fields. I looked around and saw dead fallen everywhere. All of them were shot to death, bullet holes in their heads and bodies. I even saw a few tanks laying around the area. In the center of it all, i saw her.

She looked at me, her face masked by her helmet. She held a silver handcannon I've never seen before. It glowed slightly due to the fire. At the time, I didn't know the famous weapon she was wielding. I thought it was just some fancy handcannon. She walked up to me, gun still in hand. She held out her hand and asked for the index. I gave it to her, my mind still blank from the carnage I saw before me. She walked away from the area as if everything was normal.

I respect her, but on that day... I felt nothing but fear from that woman. I couldn't see her eyes, but I could tell she was different. I wondered what she wanted the schematics for. It was only a few years ago when she revealed what her project was. That was day the "Hawkeye" was born.

~Cayde-6

Author's Note

This one one of the many tolidbits of past I will release in the series. The wait for the next chapter may be long, but it will be worth it I hope