It ends a bit abruptly... but it is already 150 words over the limit XD. As Kier circled above the crumbling city his transmitter clicked on. "Kier, good to see you in the area." He recognized the speaker immediately, Orion was an old friend. "Orion! Its been a good while. What are you doing on mars?" "I was sent by the warlocks council. They think an artifact, a clue to the collapse lies in this dead city." "Why are they so obsessed with the collapse. It is in the past, we should be expending resources to win back our planets not hunt ancient artifacts that may or may not teach us about an irrelevant history. Rebuilding is important, not finding out how we fell." "Regardless how you feel about it, that is why I am here. What are you doing?" "There was a report of a cabal hunting party in the area, I'm looking for the hunter that sent out the report, and the cabal themselves." "You and a hunter take out a hunting party on your own? Tell you what. Come down here and I'll help you find this hunter and take out these cabal, if you in turn will help me find this artifact." "Deal." Kier landed in a small plaza near the north side of the desolate city. As the back hatch of his space fighter lowered he could see Orion emerging from the low building occupying the plaza. He waved a greeting as he moved to join his old friend. Orions long warlock coat was dust covered and he looked as if he hadn’t seen civilization in some time. “How long have you-” Gunfire erupted from the tall buildings to their left. Both guardians dove for cover behind an old slab of concrete. “The Travelers Shadow! How did they set this up!” Kier shouted over the Cabal fire. Just then, a loud shot rang out from the buildings to the right and Kier caught sight of the sun reflecting off a long barrel. The Hunter. The shooting from the Cabal stopped briefly. Kier and Orion took advantage of their enemies brief hesitation. The Warlock flung a nova bomb at the windows where the fire was coming from, as Kier run pulled his shotgun out and jumped flying into the second story window of the crumbling building. As Kier landed he called for his ghost. The small drone came flying from his ship. “Stairs, Ghost, I need stairs.” The ghost whizzed down the hallway without a word. “I found them, Uploading them to your display now.” came the ghosts whimsical voice over the intercom. “Thank you, now make contact with that hunter and patch him through to the same frequency as Orion and I. We have Cabal to kill.” And that is how Orion, Kier, and Tera first came to work together. They went on to become a legendary Fireteam.