[i]So, after much deliberation, I decided to post my story back on here. And like I said before, this is my first attempt at something of this nature (in story). I also came to the realization that I was being too hard on myself. Anyway, here it is (again), enjoy![/i] I am enervated with killing...it’s all I ever do...and I can’t...I’m done. Capping the Cabal, vanquishing the Vex, hammering the Hive, and foiling the Fallen, I’m sick of it all. Physically and mentally drained, my slate grey eyes follow my hand canon, Misery, all the way to the carpeted floor of my ship’s cockpit. As I hurtle through this deep pool of eternal darkness that is space, I come to a bitter realization; I have nothing left. I’ve given everything that I had for the Traveler, for the people of the City, for my fellow Guardians. Endless shells of polished brass, countless numbers of enemies slain by my hand, and I can’t take it anymore. The spirits of the dead haunt my dreams, even though I can rarely find that sacred area of sleep, they still come. My ship bursted into flames as I entered into the planet’s atmosphere. The lonely little planet that floated carelessly amongst the stars, and out of the reach of the almighty Sun, Rabu waited patiently for me. The existence of this planet was thought to be a myth, a fable, and nothing more than a tiny piece of folklore spun by those in power to fool those without. Unfortunately, and all too often, my fellow peers fall into the lies and believe that, in place of this beautiful piece of rock, is blank matter. But, it is here where I knew that I would find [i]her[/i]. “All ends are beginnings…. Our fight is far from over.” I remember the gentility of her robotic voice as if it were only a few minutes ago. Her battered cloak covering her feminine metal frame, those little specs of blue light, that served as her eyes, scanning over me. It was a feeling unlike any other, and it is this feeling that has brought me here to her home planet of Rabu. I didn’t have any permissions or clearances to dock, but that didn’t stop me as my ship found an unoccupied space in the hangar underneath their city. I stepped out of my vessel, climbing over bars like a jungle-gym until my feet hit the steel platform where I was greeted by the inhabitants of the planet; Exos, lots of them, and all with their weapons draw, and pointing right at me. “Your kind is not welcome here, Human. How dare you defile our planet with your stench of death and loathing? If you wish to die so badly, perhaps you should go and dance with the Deathsinger…” This Exo was a male, and an ill-tempered one. “I do not wish to die, sir,” I said as I was unsure how to address him. “My only wish is to see--” but the bastard cut me off. “I have no interest in your wishes, Human, and as a matter of fact, I have no interest in seeing your disgusting, hideous face any longer than I already have. Shoot this man.” Their guns charged with an electric buzz, and I closed my eyes as I prepared myself for death. But it was that soft, sweet, robotic voice that rang out and into my ears instead of a pulse rifle blast. “Leave him be.” Her voice took me away to a place where I, at every waking moment, envisioned us to be. A green meadow that stretches as far as the eye could see, rolling hills, tall, yawning trees that would sway ever so softly in the wayfaring breeze, and her. The hard, cold unforgiving feel of her metal exterior against my bare flesh, arms wrapped about each other in a loving embrace… “Leave him be? You must be totally fried, woman. This man is a human, and he is trespassing on our home. This, as you know, is a serious crime punishable by death. If we let one human live to tell the tale, more will come, and the vermin will arrive in unrelenting hordes to infest and destroy, Rabu, just as they have done to, Earth.” “He’s come to find me, not to ravage our planet of every natural resource. And I would watch your tone you bucket of bolts, lest you forget, I outrank you.” The light of her eyes pierced through the one who wanted me dead, until she found me. “So, you wished to see me? Well, here I am. Come, we have much to discuss.” Her voice soothed me as it sent my heart to flutter like an angel with wings under my ribcage. With great haste, I stepped out of the murder-circle the Exos formed around me, and quickly caught up next to her. “Thank you,” I said, but I was nervous and afraid. My voice cracked and stuttered as I tried to speak. “I...I can’t believe that I found you...ever since that day in the Tower after the Heart was destroyed...I have hoped and prayed that I would see you again.” My words came out in a quick ramble of near-incoherent nonsense, but she turned, a smile could be detected in her voice. “I thought that you would…” something like sadness emitted from her vocal box. “But, you shouldn’t have come. I may hold a position of power on my planet, but I cannot save you.” “I didn’t come here to be saved, my lady, I came here because…” I couldn’t finish my sentence, how stupid I must sound. A mournful sigh came from her. “I know why you’re here, Caeli, and as much as this pains me to say; it cannot be.” “Don’t you see…” I moved my body in front of her, effectively stopping her from her walk. My hands, as if I were reaching for nirvana, found their place on her steel shoulders. “We don’t have to stay here. You can come with me, in my ship. We can leave right now, fly out among the stars where there is no one to say that we can’t be together. Your mysterious, distant, and sexy. You are the first thing that I think about in the morning and the last thing I think about before I drift off to my nightmares. You are the light that guides me through the dark, the beacon of life that I am so desperately clinging to...you’re all I need, you’re all I’ve ever wanted.” But her eyes did not rise to meet mine. Instead, she slowly lowered her head to stare at the ground. “Caeli...please...try to understand. I am not what you need. I am nothing more than flashing lights and wires. I--” I didn’t let her finish. My right hand moved from her shoulder to lightly cup her frosty, rigid chin in my palm. The blood surged through my veins as my heart pounded hard enough to burst, I didn’t care, I wanted this, I hunted for this, this is what I wanted… I carefully lifted her head, my gaze meeting hers, then, I made my move. Electrifying shockwaves reverberated through my body as my lips found the sweet-spot of hers. I closed my eyes as I floated into a utopia of unequivocal bliss, and this moment washed away all of the horrors, all of the bloodshed, it all melted away like an ice cube on a hot day. Whether she felt the same, or whether she didn’t, I would never find out. I felt the cold steel press against my right temple...and my last conscious thought, before the trigger was pulled, was, as it had always been; of her.