Hello, again. Part 4, pt. 1: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/187518329 |======================| “This is bad!” Ravien yelled. “What is it!?” Harrol was running down the tower hospital with him. “She’s infused over ten thousand times the healthy amount of darkness!” “Darkness has a ‘healthy’ amount? What is the ‘healthy’ amount?” Harrol said, panicking. “A single drop!” Raiven said. “On the video… when she got stabbed with the darkness blade, that was three hundred and forty drops alone!” He opened the door, and they went in. Jaik kneeled down and set Zara on the floor, Ralph instantly by her side. “How come she didn’t awake, then!?” Harrol, now out of the hallway, quieted down. “I don’t know. She seems… stronger than the others…” Ravien said. “She was one of the first guardians. She helped build the wall.” Harrol said. “She’s that experienced? Oh, wait, here! She’s lived near the hive, and the dark, all this time… she must be overly resistant to it by now.. when she got her axes, she must have been able to reshape the darkness to her liking…” Raiven pondered. |======================| [i]Meanwhile, In the room opposite…[/i] Zara rolled over on the floor. “I like pie, and killing things.” She muttered drunkenly, and Ralph sighed. “Well, it looks like she’s somewhat back to normal-” he was cut off by Sanders and Ayria bursting into the room, panting. “DEUCE!” he shouted, picking Zara off the floor and hugging her tightly. In response, she puked down the back of his t-shirt. Sanders winced, but didn’t put her down. “Who’s she?” Ayria commented, raising an eyebrow. Ralph grinned. “It’s Zara, she was on our fireteam before. Y’know, the one that was presumed dead? When we killed Oryx?” She examined Zara closely. “Is she… Taken?” Ralph shrugged. “Yeah. Also, Sanders, I suggest putting her down. She can’t regulate her burn when she’s delirious.” He blinked in confusion, then set the concussed taken down on a hospital bed, only to see a large black burn all over him. He turned to Ralph. Zara giggled. “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Sanders gave her a weird look. “Explain?” He muttered to Ralph, who shrugged. “He didn’t! I snapped his spine before he could cross!” Zara shrieked in laughter. The three of them exchanged glances. Ayria gave a low whistle. “She’s not looney, is she?” Ralph shrugged again. “We were in a fight, as you probably saw. She got thrown a pretty good distance and landed in a rotten ether storage room.” “The Taken burn?” “She kept her abilities, which included a burn from the dark energy. If she’s not there to mentally keep it in check, well...” He gestured to the slowly blackening sheets of the cot. “Will she be ok?” Sanders asked anxiously. They just stared at the delirious taken guardian. “I think s-” Suddenly Ralph’s head was dismembered from his body and Zara was standing up panting. “GAAAAAH WHAT THE SHI-” Ayria started to yell, reflexively punching Zara in the head. “Son of a bitch!” Zara yelled, shaking her head. She looked around in confusion. “What the hell is going on here?” “YOU’RE OKAY!” A revived Ralph exclaimed happily, embracing her in a hug. Suddenly, a confused, young defender titan stood at the doorway, having witnessed the whole thing. He mumbled something. “[i]um, hi, I’m danny, and I’m looking to see if sasha was okay…[/i]” His hand was up, his index finger making a slight arch. Ralph was about to tell him to buzz off, until he saw he was covered in his blood. “Um… sorry about that.” Zara said, and everyone just stood there in awkward silence. |======================| [i]Back in the room...[/i] “Will she be okay?!” Harrol asked him, impatient, with tears in his eyes. “Is she going to live!?” “I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.” |======================| [i][u]Four Months Later…[/u][/i] “Mumblegrumble~” Harrol muttered in sleep, his head by Sasha’s legs. “Harrol~?” An ethereal voice said to him. His head jerked up instantly. He began to tremble. “S- Sasha?” “You know it…” Sasha’s eyes were calm, half-closed. Her hair seemed lighter than the past four months. A calming, early morn sun was filling the room, lighting up the curtains and specks of dust in the air. The lone ceiling fan above them was silent as they shared a hug. “I missed you.” Harrol whispered in her ear. “I wasn’t really conscious, so I can’t say the same.” She giggled a bit. “But I had a long time to think.” She looked at her hands. “Holy crap… how long was I out?” She looked at Harrol. “You were out for four months, Sasha.” Harrol grabbed her hand. Despite it’s warm colour, it was surprisingly cool. “I thought I lost you.” “C’mon, you know you’ll never lose me.” She put up a hand to his face. “Honey.” “I’m just happy you’re awake. Let me get the doctor. He’ll tell you your condition.” Harrol said as he got up and walked out the door. As it closed, Sasha’s Ghost appeared in front of her. “AH!” She said, started by the fast entry. The hair deepened and the tips started to ember. “Sorry, Sasha. As soon as I detected you awake, I got here as fast as possible!” The ghost said. “Oh! Hello, ghost. How have you been?” “I’ve been very mellow, ever since you disappeared.” His single eye looked down, forlorn. “Aw. So, what… happened to me?” Sasha gestured to her whole body. The door slowly opened. “I can explain that!” Raiven said. “You see, since you’ve lived on the moon all this tim-” He was cut off by a hand wrapping around his face and pushing him out of the way. “Pfft, don’t listen to nerdo, over here. Sasha! You’re back!” Zara ran up to Sasha and gave her a hug. “I am so sorry that I just let you do that.” She said, apologetically. “It’s okay, Zara. I just-” She waved her hands around like glow sticks. “‘-glow now!” They both shared a laugh. |======================| [i]A half hour later, everyone has said hi to Sasha, even Jaik. And, of course, she was now holding her helmet.[/i] “Hey, um-” Harrol stroked the back of his neck. “What is it?” Sasha said. “Your- your pod on the moon was destroyed when you crashed.” “WHAT!?” Sasha said, in disbelief. Her hair began to flame. “D- Don’t worry, most of your stuff is intact. The scorch cannon, the shock swords, most of the stuff is good.” Harrol set the list down and pulled something from behind his back. “I have you weapons here, too.” He set a polished Hawkmoon and her axes at her feet. “Aw, thank you, harrol-” Sasha was cut off. “-but, where am I gonna live, now?” “With me! I have a pretty nice view from my apartment, here.” “...fine. I guess the tower isn’t so bad, after al-” Sasha was cut off. “PARTY! PARTY AT APARTMENT COMPLEX 34-B! FREE FOOD! TOMORROW AT 9! CELEBRATING 50 SOMETHINGS OF FRIENDSHIIIIIIIP~!” A titan was seen yelling and throwing papers into rooms while running down the hall. One fell into Sasha’s lap. She sighed. “Well, if I’m gonna be staying here, I need to make some friends, huh?” She looked at Harrol. “Want to go?” “Sure! I’d be happy, to!” He said, with glee. “Okay. But, I’m going to need my armor.” “Well, yeah, of course. It’s not like anyone will be showing up naked~!” A voice clicked on in Harrol’s comms. “I got a party pamphlet. You guys goin’?” Zara asked them. “Heck yeah! You should come with us!” Harrol said. “Actually, I’ll be going with Ralph… heheh…” Zara admitted, rubbing the back of her neck. |======================| END OF THE HOUSE OF SCAR, AND INTO A NEW CHAPTER OF SASHA’S LIFE! LET’S DO THIS! WOOOOOOOOOOOT! //Program End The Taikonaut Chapter 11: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/189933594