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Destiny O.T.V.A: Earth Ch 1

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‘What happened? Has something changed? I…was in light before? I swear I saw something; like maybe a forest..?’ The thoughts came in a rush, so much so that is was confusing. ‘I can’t remember now…what has happened? Why is it dark…? am I…where is this? It’s so dark…’ A flicker...the ground, dirt and something white. ‘What was that? I can’t…I need to see, are my eyes just not open?’

A voice. An odd sounding voice, almost like a machine.“Guardian...Guardian? Eyes up Guardian!” Her vision cleared and her gaze slowly moved upward to a strange floating machine. “It worked…You’re alive!” It sounded overjoyed, it was shaped like a type of star and had a bright blue glow that may have been it’s eye…it had a male voice; but what was it? “You don't know how long I've been looking for you.”

‘Looking for me? Why?’ Her gaze didn’t stray far from the odd machine before her. But she was able to see a large building just off to the right, ruined cars everywhere, trees, rocks…dead grass or snow? She wasn’t sure.

“I'm a ghost. Actually, now I'm your Ghost. And you...Well, you've been dead a long time.” His bedside manner needed work, he’d take care of it later. “So, you're going to see a lot of things you won't understand.”

“Dead…? I was dead? How am I here now? What’s going on?” She had a high, sing-song soprano voice; that’s right, she liked to sing…she never liked dresses though…but…why could she not recall much? She looked at her hands, moving her fingers as she spoke becoming scared and confused.

The Ghost seemed to want to answer her but now didn’t seem to be the time. The Ghost turned away sharply at an odd sound: a growl? A type of call?

The Ghost turned back to her seeming urgent now. “This is Fallen territory. We aren't safe here.” He looked around and drifted away a bit toward the building. “I have to get you to the City.” He came back over and said, “Hold still,” before he vanished in a quick shimmer of blue lights.

For a moment she panicked thinking he was gone but he spoke again, his voice seeming to come from inside her head and easing her worry. “Don't worry, I'm still with you. We need to move, fast.” His voice seemed clearer, louder like this...somewhat comforting. “We won't survive long out in the open like this. Let's get inside the wall.”

She moved forward running to the building trying to avoid running into broken rusted cars, trusting the Ghost but none the less scared and confused. The building was dark and large and because of the darkness the young woman fell as she went up a staircase she stayed on the floor blinking away tears. “Guardian are you alright?” The Ghost asked hovering close.

“No…” She whimpered curling into a ball shaking. “I’m scared…I’m confused.” The light flickered a little. “I can help with the confusion but not now we aren’t safe here we must get out of here, I’ll be with you so don’t worry.”

The woman sniffed and sat up. “Um…do you have a name other than Ghost?” “No.” Ghosts didn’t really have a need for names. She frowned. “Is it okay if call you something else?” “I don’t mind.” The ghost replied.

She bit her lower lip and thought. There used to be a name she liked a lot what was it? “Luden?” She tried, it sounded right. “Luden…” The Ghost repeated. “I like the sound of it-” He broke off and the woman jumped when they both heard that harsh sound again. The woman got up wrapping her arms around herself as she started to move forward.

“I think,” She began walking at a slow pace through the dark building, “that my name is Ocena.”

“Lovely name, come...Ocena.” She followed until Luden shifted back to her. “Okay…I need to find you a weapon before the Fallen find us.” Luden said as Ocena made her way up a few more stairs. The building was dark sure but there was some faint red emergency lighting.

“Quiet.” He whispered as there was a series of rattling noises from overhead. “They’re right above us.” Luden said in a whisper. Ocena slowed and gazed around. Had this building been a factory once? She came to large open space it was far too dark to see.

“Hang tight.” Luden said moving away from Ocena to the dark space lighting it up a bit. “Fallen thrive in the dark, we won't. We need more light. I'll see what I can do.” He drifted around casting light. Ocena jumped seeing something crawling around on a type of pillar. What was that?

“Another one of these hardened military systems...and a few centuries of entropy working against me.” It got dark again for a few minutes then lights started to turn on. Suddenly Ocena wished it had stayed dark, there were so many of them! And they made the most scary sounds.

“Here! I found a rifle! Grab it.” The Ghost said as a gate lifted, the rifle was leaning against a box.

“Wait, what?!” Ocena shouted in disbelief as she picked up the gun awkwardly, briefly noting a pop-up in the corner of her new helmet’s screen that read ‘Khvostov 7G-02’ and pointed towards the gun she now clumsily held in her hands.

“We haven’t got another choice.”

‘We? I don’t see him holding a gun!’ Ocena thought, the gun shook violently in her hands. She had no idea how to use it!

Luden noticed this but hoped against hope she had a good reply for his ext words. “I hope you know how to use that thing.”

“I don’t!” Ocena hissed softly, inching forward fearfully. She saw a shadow ahead and backed up a bit.

“What was that?...Eyes open. Watch your tracker.”

‘Tracker?’ Ocena saw a circle in the upper left corner of her vision; it had red lines on the outer circle…what kind of helmet was she wearing? She slowly moved forward then cried out in shock and fear as the Fallen jumped down in front of her. Without thinking she thrust out her hand and a wave hit one of the two sending it back and killing it…she had just killed it.

“Ah!” The other Fallen struck her; Ocena backed away quickly and hid behind a wall. The blow had startled more than smarted, but she had still felt some pain. “Luden what do I do?!”

“Try to stay calm. Point the gun straight at the Fallen and pull the trigger. I can get you proper target practice once we’re safe.” Ocena took three deep breaths then turned back to the Fallen and did as Luden said. This Fallen was a little tougher than the other…a bit bigger too.

Once it fell Ocena gasped and dropped to her knees and tried to get air, it seemed hard suddenly.

“Guardian! Ocena! Breath, it’ll be alright. Ah…uh…” The Ghost struggled with words. It was clear Ocena was hyperventilating , or having a…what was it called? An asthma attack? Or just a panic attack? Whichever she needed to calm down. “Ocena, why is it hard to breath? Do your chest muscles hurt? Can you speak properly?”

“I’m okay…” She wheezed. “just panicking.” Luden felt relief rush through him but also worry, Ocena would need a lot of guidance and help, he knew that already but this was bad.

“I’m sorry Ocena you must get up and keep moving, I can suggest you run when you see the Fallen and try to avoid fighting them.”

“Okay.” Ocena whispered in fear, she stood and broke into a run, she cared less about looking around the building she was in. She didn’t care what it was she just wanted to get out and be safe.

A few minutes later as Ocena was leaving the building to head out into the cold Luden spoke up. “The fallen have a tighter hold on this place than I thought. Just a little bit further. Let's hope there's something left out there…” Luden had doubts they could find anything but...it wouldn’t make sense why there wouldn’t be. “This was an old Cosmodrome. There's got to be something we can fly out of here.” Ocena wasn’t sure what a Cosmodrome was, she figured she knew once and it would come back to her.

She ran a bit across the snow covered ruin making sure there was something to duck behind to hide or just for cover from fire. A flare suddenly shot up into the air. Ocena’s eyes were immediately drawn to it, wondering where it had come from. “In coming!” Luden warned scaring her. A wave of blue and a sudden loud boom heralded the arrival of a massive ship in the sky overhead. “Fallen ships! This close to the surface?! Move!” If Luden was that worried Ocena knew to very careful but move quickly, if only she could stop slipping and tripping!

It took Ocena a lot of time to sneak around the Fallen and sometimes her efforts didn’t work out, she missed so often with her gun due to her shaking and getting close to shoot off wave things at Fallen risked her getting shot or sliced with painful daggers.

As she took down some fallen and odd red robots at the entrance of another building Luden had good news. “I'm picking up signs of an old jumpship. Could be our ticket out of here.”

Ocena quickly caught Luden before he could float off ahead of her. “Hold on, could you scan or something to see how many fallen may be around?” If she knew how many there were it would be easier to get around and perhaps avoid a fight.

Luden did a quick scan but didn’t have good news. “Fallen are right in our path, you aren’t going to have a choice but to fight them.” Ocena groaned in despair and hoped against hope she’d get out of this place in one piece.

Oceana was indeed forced to fight through a bunch of Fallen in order to reach the jumpship. Luden talked to her while she did, just managing to keep her calm until the Fallen were all down.

“It’s been here awhile.” The ghost said, flying over and scanning the ship. “Hasn't made a jump in centuries. We're lucky the Fallen haven't completely picked it clean.” In all honesty the ghost had been expecting the ship to not be in working order, this was so lucky, they were so lucky.

“Will it fly?” Ocena asked a little worried wringing her hands.

Luden turned to her. “I can make it work.” He stated confidently. He vanished in a shimmer of blue lights. The ship gave a groan and moved a little then lights turned on. The jets came to life and the ship moved more. The ship shuddered and got free from the wires holding it and hovered freely. “Okay...It's not going to break orbit, but it just might get us to the City. Now -- about that transmat...”

Ocena stopped listening to him as she heard the Fallen; they were still coming. And there was one leading them that was bigger than any she had ever seen. She started to panic again, and as she did a strange violet light began to build around her. “Luden!” She cried silently begging him to hurry.

Suddenly a surge of thought shot through her mind: she needed to act as though she was throwing a ball at the Fallen. Unsure why she was doing it, she went through the motion, and blinked in amazement when a sphere of violet energy coalesced in her hand, which she then hurled at the incoming Fallen. A moment later, the sphere went off with a great bang, knocking the Fallen off their feet and staggering the leader. Ocena blinked: how did she do that?

“I’m bringing you in!” Ocena vanished in the blue shimmers and was in the ship suddenly, Luden took care of the ship knowing Ocena had no idea how to drive it right now. “We can come back for them when you're ready. Let's get you home.” The ship took off for the City, unknown to them someone had been watching them leave other than the Fallen.
 
                                                                                 The Tower

Ocena couldn’t believe her eyes as the jumpship cleared the wall: the last city of
humanity was HUGE. Endless fields of farmlands gave way to enormous factory districts that encircled the City’s largest part: the residential district that housed the last surviving remnants of humanity. And floating above the center of it all…

“Is…is that it?” She asked in awe, sensing some kind of warmth coming from it.

“That’s it alright.” Luden responded. “The Traveler.”

It was MASSIVE. It must have been a third the size of Earth’s moon, at least! But her eyes were drawn to the many cracks and chips in its otherwise smooth surface, ugly scars that told of horrific damage.  

‘What in the world happened to it?’ She wondered as they flew over the City. Her attention was drawn back to the forward view screen as she felt the ship climb in altitude again.

“Luden? Why are we going up?-” The rest of her question died in her throat as the upper recess of the Tower came into view. It was tall enough to be level with the Traveler itself, looking out over the entire City from atop the outermost wall. A few jumpships of varying design could be seen entering or exiting the massive docking bays where mechanized drones were conducting flight traffic or making repairs. Ocena suddenly found herself on solid ground again; she felt like she could fall over at any time but remained upright.  

“Welcome to the last safe City on Earth -- the only place the Traveler can still protect. It took centuries to build. Now...we're counting every day it stands.” Luden said as they looked over the city. They then turned around to face the Tower they were on. “And this Tower is where the Guardians live. While I can explain a few things to you it would be better if you spoke with a fellow Guardian.” The Ghost didn’t say it out loud but he was worried for his chosen Guardian.

She was young maybe just twenty, she was very fearful it was common but she wasn’t a common type she was likely fearful before her death. And to have trouble fighting? She needed help badly and as her ghost he could only do so much.

“Look for Ikora Rey, she will help with equipment. And I’m sure you’ll find someone else to help you as well.” Ocena nodded and started on her way.

She quickly grew to love the Tower: it was large…not enough for her to really get lost in but she somehow still managed to do so. She was happy when Luden helped her find her way again.

The Tower was also lovely; she even saw plant life here and there! After she had talked to Ikora Rey she also saw someone about guns, an ‘Exo’ named Banshee and then a woman named Amanda Holiday for her ship. Luden then told her she could explore the Tower for a while so she decided to try to find someone to help her understand things. Such as being a Guardian and fighting.
Edit ColetteJH/DarkMousySan: Hello everyone I have gone through and fixed up a few things, also I made a new friend who taught me some new writing skills. I sent them over to TheOddshipper and they also helped me out a bit so you are going to notice some new things. I hope you enjoy and I’m very sorry these updates won’t be new chapters, the other guardian working on this fanfic with me is a very busy person. Me? I always have free time, I’m hoping to change that soon but chances are low. Not only is the main fanfic getting edited but the shorts have been edited and the pictures and even the cover were change and improved ^-^

Enjoy the new edits!...I just noticed I never put down Arrext's note.


Arrext: Welcome to Destiny O.T.V.A. First of all, the idea for this fanfic was originally devised by my good friend Mouse, or as she is known here on fanfic, ColetteJH. This fanfic is essentially a narrative of the Destiny campaign, but worry not: rather than be a walkthrough this story is rife with OCs and plenty of scenes that go beyond the main story. At first this story will follow Ocena, Colette’s guardian, whose character according to Colette is based off of how she would react if she found herself in this sort of situation (I mean fess up: anyone would panic if their life was being threatened and they couldn’t remember jack squat).

Pretty soon though, Ocena will run into my own guardians and the guardians of a few player friends of mine, each of whom has their own personality. This fanfic is being written in collaboration with Colette on Drive, so you may notice some sudden changes in writing style as we take turns writing parts. Please review and comment, and I will be happy to pass along any comments directed at Colette. Hope you enjoy!




Arrext owns Thane, Victor, Atom, Prayer, Neutron and Idea.

I own Ocena, Avi, Seth, Luden, Peter and Rei.



Ocena's ghost Luden speaks with italics

Thane's ghost, Prayer speaks with bold

Victor's ghost Idea speaks with bold

Atom's ghost Neutron speaks with bold

Avi's ghost Peter speaks with bold

Seth's ghost Rei speaks with italics and bold




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Cool! I'm working on one myself - putting it together right this moment!