A memory shone again through the night. Reaching to me, embracing me in all the thoughts once more. -3 years ago, on Mars- As the battle raged on I was taking cover next to a vandal. I looked over the piece of metal I was taking cover against to see my surroundings. The red sand of Mars was flying in front of the cabal base, making it a disadvantage to us. The sky dancers base was crawling with cabal itching to see fallen blood. I crouched underneath the piece of metal. Reaching for a shock grenade, I tossed it over the piece of metal, only to hear it go off a few moments later. I then grab my shock pistol and aim down sights at two phalanxes. They didn't see me aiming, so it was the perfect opportunity to show off to my captain. I aimed down and shot three rounds. The three hit there target and the phalanx drops on the floor dead, pressure leaking now from his armor. The other phalanx turns around confused. ~It great that dust got out of way~ I thought. I aimed down firing two more rounds which struck the phalanx's head, pressure leaking from his helmet. Then the vandal I was covered next to drops dead. I look up to see a cabal rushing towards me with a combat knife. I dodge out of the way, pulling out my own serrated shock dagger. I aim and stab into his right leg. He roars in pain and lumbers toward me again trying to slash. I dodge and attempt to stab which misses. The cabal brings the blade down on me. A split second later my captain stabs the cabal through the skull. He drops dead and the captain stands triumphant. I look at him and say. "Was trying to kill him!" The captain looks at me with anger and growls. "Remember your place, dreg!" With that he walked off, leaving me in the dust. -the next day, aboard ketch Simiks fel-89- I stood inside my room and sharpened my blade. My room was the smallest, as all dreg's rooms are. Just then the door opens and a vandal is standing there. "Get up! The captain wishes to see you, dreg" he growls. I get up, and he escorts me to the captains chambers. I enter inside and the captain is there waiting. "Ahhh, Skintar, I wanted to see you." He chirps. "What for?" I asked. "No, only way is to see" he replied. "Please bow before me, and I shall do it" ~oh great! Another docking ceremony? A show of submission?~ I thought. I bowed and he approached. He pulled a sword from the scabbard and put it to the side of my head. "I, Paskin of the house of wolves, make you a vandal." A vandal! The wait was no more! I could have four arms! I stood and I bowed. "Thankyou, captain" I said. "Your un-docking ceremony is tonight." He said. "You will be allowed to have your four arms" -present time- Phantom arrived at the tower to speak with Cayde-6. Phantom entered the hangar and sure enough, Cayde was waiting. Phantom walked to Cayde and Cayde said. "Hey guardian, so want to get on the dreadnaught?" He asked. "The dreadnaught? Already?" Phantom asked. "Oh you exos, yes! Yes! The dreadnaught already!" He replied. "But how will we get there?" "A cloaking device I developed" said Cayde boastfully. -later- As phantom flew into the dreadnaught reaper said. "Are you sure they can't see us?" "We'll be fine" phantom replied. Then the dreadnaught's massive weapon started to light up. "Punch it!" Reaper said. Quickly I shoved the engine stick forward. The ship flew faster and faster. The weapon hummed to life and fired! The ship blew up. Phantom then was quickly teleported to the ledge of the dreadnaught. "Woah" he said. "Thanks reaper" "No problem." He said meekly. Phantom pulled out his rifle and walked into the heart of the ship. As he continued on, Zavala said into the comms. "Guardian, we have a strike set up for you and two other guardians" "your target is a taken wizard named: Alzok Duül" "Copy that sir!" Phantom replied. Right then, two guardians teleported right behind him. One was a Titan and the other a hunter. "Hello, my name is Jek" the hunter said. "My name is alaris" the awoken Titan said. "Nice to meet you guardians" phantom said. -later- The team continued into the heart of the dreadnaught. Catacombs and caves made up the majority of the dreadnaught. All the rest was prisons or giant hallways. As they entered the territory of where the target was, taken warped in suddenly. The screeching of the portals started, then taken fallen walked threw them. Vandals were all on the pillars of the giant room they were in. The vandals aimed their wire rifles and started to shoot. The Titan quickly got into position and used his light to make a void shield around us. The hunter shot his handcannon up into the air and it lit on fire. Aiming he took out three of the ten there. Phantom switched to my sniper rifle, aimed and shot. The bullet hit a taken vandals head and he quickly was sucked back into whatever dimension they were from. Phantom switched targets and shot again. The bullet hit and it was a kill. He stopped shooting. All the taken were dead. "Nice shot!" Jek applauded. Then another portal showed up, this time allowing a taken captain come through. The captain, shivered and shook. He looked at us, and his eyes adjusted. He let out a taken screech. His targets were spotted. Chapter 17 My soul awoke again, not to see fallen killed by me, but to see my body attacking death walkers. ~good, I'm not killing my brethren~ then my body took a hit by one of the death walkers. I staggered and readjusted. I ran to one of the death walkers and slashed him, making him instantly drop to the ground wounded. The leader of the group ran to me and used a power on me. Instantly I stopped moving. He then ripped the taken force away from my soul. I gained conciseness, looking up to see him point his weapon at me. I put my hands up. "What you want, death walker?" I clicked. "Who are you?" The death walker asked. "No, who are you?" I asked. "I'm a guardian of the last safe city" he replied. "A, guardian? That's what you called?" I asked. "Yes, now what's your name and house?" The guardian asked. "My name is Skintar the wolf" I replied. "House?" He asked. "Oh yes, house wolves, noble division" "Well Skintar, I was going to take you in or just kill you but I think you can be trustworthy" the guardian said. "Oh yes! Skintar be very trustworthy." I said. "Good." The guardian said while lowering his weapon. He offered me a hand, I took it and he pulled me off the ground. "However" the guardian started. "If you hurt me or my friends, I will not hesitate to gun you down"' "Understood, guardian" I said. "But I'm not the wolf anymore" "For now on, I'm Skintar the loyal"