Hello, Hello, Hello. It's me again. yep, it's not an update. Rather a small rewrite of the first chapter. After the first chapter, just the small amount of followers and favs I got compelled me to continue this asspull of an idea I got in my head. But I couldn't write a second chapter because looking back at the first, there really was a fast pacing that'd put the Flash to shame. So I felt that I had to rewrite the first chap, for me to be able to create a second one. It's a bit short. Shorter than the first, first chapter. But I was never good at making long chapter anyway. so Enjoy, also I would appreciate the criticism.

Please.

I need it.

- V-Trigger

"HEY! CAYDE, YOU LISTENING?! THIS IS GUARDIAN LENT! IM UHHH BEING CHASED BY A FUCKING ARMADA OF VEX AND I COULD REALLY USE SOME ASSISTANCE RIGHT ABOUT NOW!" Another Harpy struck Lent's ship sending it spiraling down to the atmosphere before it reached orbit. He mentally scoffed at his frustration while fighting to control his ship as another swarm of harpies gave chase.

He watched a few stray shots fly past his ship, before warning sirens started to bleep out. "JOY WHAT HAPPENED?!"

His ghost materialized beside him, looking at all the screens pertaining to ship damages. "NOTHING MAJOR! JUST KEEP FLYING!"

A few more shots flew by before a familiar "Ping!" resounded in the cockpit notifying the pair of their escape route. "Warp Drive's ready!" Joy yelled out in relief.

Lent allowed a grin show on his face, he quickly maneuvered his ship through the fire of the chasing Vex and flew it upwards gaining altitude. "Okay Joy, prepare for a warp jump in three!"

Joy bobbed his shell and de-materialized back into Lent's head.

"Alright buddy…jumping…now!" Before the ship could enter the jump a few shots hit the backside of his ship.

The ship finally entered the warp jump before:

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Lent looked at the alarm on the control panel and lost all color on his face when he saw in big bold red letters 'MAIN THRUSTERS OFFLINE.' And more importantly… 'WARP DRIVE ERROR' He gripped onto his chair and tried to prepare for the jump of his life.

/

Gu-..dian…

Guardian!

WAKE UP LENT!

Lent's eyes shot open as he slowly sat up, sporting a small headache. His head darted from left to right, trying to recognize where he currently was… "Joy?"

The ghost materialized in front of him. "Yeah?"

Lent gripped his throbbing head before standing up. "Where are we?" He looked at Joy wander around for a few seconds before floating back in front of him. "Specifically? It's a small campsite I made. But geographically? We're probably somewhere in the Sahara…after an emergency transmat from the ship crash I set this place up to at least have some shelter." the ghost explained.

Lent sighed. He gripped the sides of his head from the pent up stress…he breathed slowly, trying to calm himself down. At least they were just in the Sahara…right? Joy could just contact the Tower, ask for retrieval and he'd be back at his favorite bar in no time… He looked back to his only companions. "Joy, did you contact command already?"

Joy's 8-Ball shell spun around slowly with his only eye averting its gaze from Lent a trait that he knew all too well. "Joy? What's going on?" The Ghost sighed and spoke in a small voice, "I actually…can't contact command…"

Lent's face grew flat. "What?"

"Or anyone for that matter…" Joy continued, "Ever since the crash I've been sending out S.O.S signals to the typical Vanguard frequencies but no one's been picking up…"

Lent opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it back. Trying to gather his thoughts, his eyes wandered to the open sand around him, more specifically, the tropical oasis located a few meters away to his right he started walking towards it, before turning into a full on sprint. Joy caught on to what he where he was going and quickly floated behind the sprinting Lent. He watched the guardian's helmet de-materialize before kneeling in front of the pond, and using his hands to scoop up the water, he drank.

And drank.

And drank.

Until after a few more scoops of water, Lent slumped down in a sitting position, panting from the loss of breath while drinking too much. "I didn't even realize I was that thirsty…" He spoke while panting. Joy's shell whirled happily as Joy did the ghost equivalent to puffing his chest. "I transmatted you here cause I thought you'd be thirsty…guess I was right huh?" The guardian chuckled before lightly bumping a fist to the ghost's shell.

"Thanks."

"No problem, Guardian."

Lent sat in a crossed leg position, putting his hand under his chin while deep in thought. "Well, our first order of business is finding out what the hell happened to the Vanguard…"

"That's true…" Joy agreed, "If we can't find any vanguard communication frequencies being used. Then either something happened to the City when we were gone or this is a new planet that looks exactly like a desert from Earth…"

Lent shrugged at the latter thought. "Wouldn't be the weirdest planet we'd be into."

"That's true…" Joy trailed off, before shaking his shell. "Well I got the Minerva already stored in the databanks so we could start off our adventure."

Lent smiled at his companion's forward thinking and nodded. He stood up and stretched a bit before materializing his helmet back on. Joy disappeared in a mote of light before speaking to Lent in their mind link, from prior scans I found another a place receiving and sending signals for a while now. But it isn't Vanguard…it's something else.

"Fallen?"

No, the Fallen signals are more barbaric and out of the place…this feels more organized.

"So it's the Vex then."

Again, no. Vex signals are hard to decipher being written in their own original language and all. This one looks like it's human but I'm not really sure…I don't know the majority of it is but some of it's in English.

Lent nodded, "That's good enough for me. Mark It on my HUD." Instantly a map marker popped out from his vision. So, what's our plan of attack?

Lent thought about it for a moment before shrugging. "Scathelock'll do for now." He suddenly felt the familiar weight of the rifle on his back. "Bring out the Jupiter too." A second passes before his legendary sparrow materialized in front of him. Quickly getting on, he started up the hoverbike before riding it in the direction of the marker.

/

"Traveler fucking damn it…" Muttered Lent under his breath as trudged forward through the dunes. "Why the fuck aren't sparrows capable of going through sandstorms?" He asked to no one in particular.

Well, sparrows were made to serve as light, high-speed vehicles…besides, this sandstorm's unusually powerful. The voice of his ghost rang in his head. Also, another thing to note…you killed Dominus Ghaul…is something like a little sandstorm really gonna slow you down?

"Easy for you to say! You're not the one being blown by fucking sand of all things while climbing up through several dunes!"

Well, if I was out there with you I'd be blown away in an instant…

Lent huffed from his partner's retort. "Besides…I didn't kill Ghaul. I just shot him till he became a giant light monster and the Traveler…ate him or something. Honestly I have no idea what the hell happened that day anymore…"

Well…you managed to tank the heat of the sun?

"Well, yeah…but only for a few seconds…" Lent nearly slipped from the sandy slope as another gust of wind hit him in the face. "Not for nearly two hours straight…"

Well, here's to hoping the storm would stop soon. His ghost tried to look optimistic.

Lent agreed. "Yeah, let's hope."

/

Luckily the sandstorm did stop, much to Lent's happiness. He quickly got Joy to summon his legendary sparrow once more and rode off to their objective. Hey, Lent? Joy's voice rang out in his mind. "Yeah?"

You ever notice how the sun hasn't moved at all?

"…"

…

"What?"

He heard his ghost sigh in his mind before Joy appeared beside his head as he stopped the Jupiter Midnight to look up at the sun. "It's been up there since I transmatted you out off the ship…it's been eight hours since then and it still hasn't moved…"

Lent kept his stare at the yellow star, his HUD keeping him from being blinded by the harsh light. "Something's definitely wrong with this planet…"

"So what do we do?" Joy asked.

Lent lowered his head. Silent for a few seconds before shaking it. "Our objective hasn't changed…we find the place transmitting the signals. See if it's someone or something that won't kill us on sight and get answers."

The ghost bobbed his shell to his guardian. And with steeled resolve, the two kept going in their personal quest for answers.

/

They just had to fucking explode didn't they?! Lent stressfully remarked in his thoughts as he drove the Jupiter Midnight at top speed while being chased around by over a dozen two legged giant batteries all screaming like a fucking banshee.

It sounded like so fucking ridiculous.

Hell they looked ridiculous.

For the past two hours of riding across the desert they ran across a few unusual things.

Well, as unusual as old dinky looking robots that either fly or run at him with intent to kill. And the fact that they shoot this red and pink bubble things that are so fucking easy to dodge that it was hilarious.

In any case, fighting them felt like fighting the Vex.

An old, bootleg version of the Vex contracted with pre-Traveler technology.

Or something Cayde would build from stolen parts he took from Amanda…

At first they were no threat at all…occasionally finding themselves at the end of rifle. Then those fucking suicide bots started showing up and just ran up to them to kill their selves. At first he started to shoot them down before they got close, but eventually two became five, and five became a dozen. So he and Joy decided to just ignore them and keep going.

He didn't expect them to keep following them.

He didn't expect them to keep up with the sparrow's cruising speed.

And how here they were. A guardian and his ghost, trapped in a high-speed chase with exploding suicide droids at a desert on a planet where the sun doesn't move.

It sounded like a stupid plot for an action comedy movie.

…Nah.

Well here's to hoping something good would turn up soon…as immortal as guardians were, they were still prone to hunger…and all that shit. And by the Traveler was Lent absolutely fucking famished.

He internally shrugged as he kept the sparrow riding in full gear.

Only a few more miles to go…

This better be worth it.

That's a wrap. Yeaaaaah really fuckin short now aint it? anyways if you guys wanna know Lent's current equipment I'll put it down here.

Armor:

-Errant Knight Set.

Primary Weapon:

-Scathelocke (Adaptive Frame, Under Pressure, Legendary Auto Rifle)

Secondary Weapon

-Fate Cries Foul (Adaptive Frame, Genesis, Triple Tap, Legendary Sniper Rifle)

Heavy Weapon

-CUP-BEARER SA/2 (Adaptive Frame, Cluster Bomb, Rare Rocket Launcher)

Joy (Ghost)

-8Ball shell

Sparrow

-Jupiter Midnight

Jumpship

-Minerva Zero

Lent will be using all three of the basic Hunter sub-classes cause restraining him to one wouldn't be much fun now would it?

anyways tell me if you liked this version or the old one more.

of you like this one then I'll continue it, if you like the old one then I'll continue that.

Ciao.