Destiny: Steadfast Seraph

9 - Home

"There's thousands of them. The scanners can't even pick 'em all up!"

"What are they?"

"They're....oh my god....Guardians. They're walking corpses.."

"How is that possible?"

"Quickly! Tell the Commander now!"

Gate-4 gets the message. He runs to the large window of the Hall Of Guardians.

"What do you see? Frederick?" Ikora asks.

"An army."

Frederick holds the Staff up high, and then begins to speak as Guardians and civilians gather on the wall to see the commotion.

"Bring me your Commander!" Frederick voice booms across the whole City.

Gate hesitates. He doesn't move.

I'm afraid.

Dolos looks at him, and puts his hand on Gate's shoulder.

"Don't be afraid of fate.." He whispers to him.

Gate looks back at him. He nods, then leaves the Hall of Guardians. He stands on the wall.

"I'm here!" Gate yells back.

Frederick glares at him from below.

"Not close enough.." He uses the Staff to pull Gate towards him, off the Wall. He gets in his face.

Gate shows little fear.

"Afraid, Commander?"

"I'm not afraid of you." Gate has a hard time speaking under the Staff's control.

Frederick gets too close to Gate, they can feel eachother's souls.

"I will make you afraid."

Frederick grabs and breaks Gate's arm in near half, shoving the Staff into his hand.

"Show me your strength!" Frederick aims the Staff for Gate, towards the Wall.

Everyone on the Wall begins to panic.

"No!" Gate resists, the Staff is too strong for him.

"Show them your strength!" Frederick yells in Gate's ear.

The Staff goes off, sending a large projectile that slams into the Great Wall, shattering it like nothing. It left a large hole in it. The Last City was now vulnerable.

Gate pulls out his knife and stabs Frederick in the neck, but it was nothing to Frederick, who simply headbutts Gate and throws him to the dark ground below.

The Union flies past the Moon.

"Have you heard from Gate at all?" Echo asks Camille.

No one on the bridge says anything.

"Nobody?! They could all be dead!" Echo paces around the room.

"Grow up. The Last City is impenetrable." Lynch stands up.

Echo grabs him by the neck.

"Have you forgotten about Ghaul? Savathun?! The Whispers?!"

"Get your hands off me!"

Camille breaks them up.

"Please. Don't fight."

Frost watches from across the room.

"The Last City will not fall. Gate's the Commander. What's the worst that could happen?"

Echo and Lynch both look at eachother. The room is quiet.