BOOK 1 - Destiny (Shonen Anime Style)

Chapter 15: Anonymous Message

The patrol mission was a failure, but both Ravi and Leah managed to survive nonetheless. And when they returned to the Tower, they immediately reported everything they had found during their adventure to Ikora: the presence of the Hive in the Cosmodrome, the discovery of the legendary warmind Rasputin and also the Array.

However, there was one last thing that Ravi had to mention to the Vanguard commander. Something that could've actually gotten him into serious trouble.

"You... YOU DID WHAT?!" Ikora asked the blue-haired boy as this last one displayed a childish expression.

"I... I activated the array by mistake... hehehe..." he bluntly replied.

"Leah, leave..." the commander added with a more serious and calm tone. "I wanna talk to your friend in private"

"Eh? B-but Ikora..." Leah muttered back with concern.

"Leave now, before I take you as an accomplice"

Leah didn't want to go, but then Ravi himself intervened and managed to convince her. "Just leave, Leah. It's going to be okay" bluenette calmly added as the young girl finally left between concern and doubt, leaving Ravi alone with Ikora.

"Okay then... Now explain to me... What on earth were you thinking?!" the bald woman asked the boy with anger. "Do you have any idea what you just did?!"

"I already told you it was an accident"

"Was it? What were you even trying to do in the first place?"

"I just wanted to... experiment a bit?" Ravi muttered while scratching his head.

"You can't be serious"

"Ok, listen. It wasn't an accident. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the array. First, I looked after Leah and her injuries, and then I looked for the most efficient way to use such amazing technology"

"Amazing!?"

"That's right! I knew Rasputin was designed to be humanity's greatest defense, but I never expected it would be this good!" Ravi claimed with excitement. "This array on Earth is linked to an even greater network, interconnecting almost every major planet, satellite and planetoid in the system!"

"What... What are you getting at?"

"Don't you see it? What I mean is that wherever Rasputin is present, he can see. And whatever he sees, we should be able to see it too thanks to the arrays! So, it's almost like..."

"An extremely advanced interplanetary surveillance system!" Ikora intervened in shock before Ravi could even finish talking.

"That's right!"

"It's amazing! But, does it work?"

"It certainly does!" a male voice behind her suddenly claimed. It was Cayde. He had just entered the room and was carrying some sort of small device with him. "Look at all this" He then opened the device and lots of holograms appeared.

"These are..."

"All kinds of info... Area scans, scout reports, panoramic captures of certain zones, valuable materials' location coordinates... I could continue all day! What matters is that these will certainly be useful... AND... that now have a way more efficient way to stay up to date with what's going on around"

The woman in the purple coat was left without words. She never expected a mere guardian trainee to accomplish such an amazing feat as discovering AND using one of Rasputin's array's for humanity's advantage.