“Yeah, but we have to get back to earth.”
It was a pretty hard day so I took off everything except my pressure suit, and laid down on the bed.
“There is something I ask me the whole time.” the Ghost said.
“What is it?” I asked, turning around to sleep.
“A ship tried to link to us, but earth is 200 systems away.” the Ghost answered.
“Can you locate the signal?” I jumped out of the bed and put my armor on again.
The Ghost scanned.
“It is on Ikarus IV, an old Guardian outpost near the edge of discovered space.” the Ghost said after he finished the scan.
“Then make the link. Maybe we can get home.” I said, running out of the room.
I ran past Twilight, and she yelled something after me. I heard her hoof clocking so she followed me.
I opened the door and stopped.
“Sky what's Wr…” Twilight was silenced by the ship descending down from the orbit.
The ship hovered only a few meters over our heads. It activated its landing gear and landed in front of us.
“Twilight, we heard loud noises from here. Did something…” Rainbow Dash came along with Twilight's other friends and stopped mid sentence as she saw the ship.
“What is that?” Rainbow Dash first looked at the ship, then at me.
“It is a Minerva-class ship. Biggest and best armoured ship for Guardians.” my Ghost answered before I could say anything.
I stepped near it and the main hatch opened. Fluttershy took a few steps back, seemingly scared by the giant gunship.
“Maybe it's better if you wait here.” I said before entering the ship.
I made my way through the storage room to the cockpit.
I sat down on the pilot seat and checked the instruments.
Fuel: 85%
Engines: Standby
Main Gun: fully loaded
Rockets: Armed
“This ship is too new and too good in shape for such an old outpost.” I said to myself.
Then I noticed the the yellow dragon square with an eye in the middle on the console.
Could this be the ship off my old master Osiris?
“Can you connect us to that outpost?” I checked the weapon systems.
“Something is disrupting the signal.” the Ghost answered.
“Keep trying.” I tested the main gun, and hoped for a Click sound, meaning that the gun is not loaded, but actually three real shots fired out of the barrel.
Twilight could barely dodge the three armour piercing rounds. Through the gunpowder smoke a purple light began to shine through,meaning that Twilight charged a spell at me.
I activated the speakers. “Sorry, my fault.” Twilight's horn stopped glowing.
I stood up from the pilot seat and walked to the main hatch where the others waited.
“So, what are you doing now?” Rarity asked.
“This ship has not the needed jump range to reach earth, but enough for the next planet.” I answered, tipping in data for the board computer.
“So what now?” Twilight asked.
“Now I will fly to that moon where this ship comes from.” I put on my helmet.
“Can I come with you?” Rainbow Dash was excited.
“I don't know what awaits me there.” I pulled out my Riskrunner ,”So No”
Rainbow Dash’s excitement vanished more into anger.
I got back to the cockpit and started the main engines.
The ship took off and made its jump to Ikarus IV. As it came out off jump speed I could see the whole planet and it's moons in their full beauty.
The ship turned right to the moon and made its path into the atmosphere.
The moon was covered in Vex structures.
We landed on the main platform of the Guardian station. The air locks were broken, so no breathable air in the station.
We entered the dark station, my Ghost lighting the way. As we entered it I became a bad feeling. Something was wrong.
“Look if you can activate the power.” I said to my Ghost, weapons at ready, looking for treats.
“I will try but I don't believe there is any power left in this place.” he scanned the main controls.
Suddenly the lights went on, revealing twenty Vex Goblins.
I raised my weapon, but before I could shoot a voice behind me said:”Don't shoot Sky, their friendly!”
I turned around, just to see my old master Osiris stand behind me.
“Is that really you?” I asked, almost dropping my weapon.
“Yes it's really me. It has been too long student.” he placed his hands on my shoulder.
We shared a hug, and I went off to inspect on of the Goblins.
As I stepped near it, it didn't flinched or tried to attack me, it just stood their.
“So why aren't they attacking you or me?” I asked my old master.
“Why should they? When Vex attack they only fight for their territory or for a new living space. The only thread out here are the Cabal.” he gave one of the Goblins a holopad.
“The Vault of Glass?” I still didn't trusted the Vex.
“We only protected our home.” one of the Goblins answered in flawless English,”We held you like the fallen for a thread and only protected what was ours.”
The Goblin was painted in yellow and black and had a blue lense instead of a red one.
I turned to Osiris:”You said there are Cabal out here what are they doing here?”
“I don't know what their building on Heiros but it is definitely nothing god.” a minotaur followed by two harpies entered the room.
“Also, what happened to the light?” Osiris inspected my partly scorched armor.
“The red legion trapped the traveller and cut of every guardian from its light.” I looked at Osiris, noticing he still had light in him,”I think we are the only ones with light left.”
“What are we doing now?” Osiris asked.
“The ship that brought me here hasn't got enough fuel left, so I don't know.” I inspected a weapon that a Vex gave me. It was an Antiope-D Häkke submachine gun.
I put my Zarinea-D into the ship's inventory. Next a Vex showed me a room with armor. I found a new set of Warlock armor and put off my old armour, and on the new, storing the old one in the ship's inventory as well.
With new equipment I reentered the main room. Now equipped with an SMG, a trace rifle and a field forged shotgun from someone called Hawthorn.
“So what's the plan?” I asked in the group of high ranked Vex and Osiris.
“We received new scout reports.” a Vex commander responded.
“Their building a ship called ‘The Almighty II’.” another one continued,”It can destroy whole systems, by making their sun implode.”
“They will test it on a solar system named Equestria, not known to humans but known for Vex.” the yellow Goblin pointed on a small solar system on a holographic map.
It was the same planet where I got teleported to from the traveller.
“There are intelligent creatures living there. We have to help them.” I said, gaining the attention of everyone in the room.
“We can't help them.” the yellow Goblin answered.
“If we don't help the the Cabal wipe out another peaceful race.” I punched the table,”I have been there for only a day, but they're not really into combat. So if we don't help them, their dead.”
“As I said….” the Goblin tried to answer.
“IF YOU DON'T HELP THEM THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, BUT I WILL HELP THEM!” I yelled back at the group.
“Sky you will die your last death!” Osiris responded.
“If I go down, I go down fighting.” I loaded my shotgun,”Just provide me with more Intel and I will take out that ship.”
I left before one of them could answer.
I entered the waiting ship and flew back to Equestria.