Taken but not Forgotten

The first pawn to fall

The Vanguard had announced that fireteam Tango needed four more people for the raid against Crota. Zavala and Ikora tried to persuade Agony that six people were not sufficient for such an attack. Agony responded that they needed enough guardians to stay under the radar, but enough guardians to get the job done. Guardian after guardian, fireteam after fireteam tried to join. All were rejected. Agony decided to check the Reef for a team, leaving Roach alone to see if anyone was "raid material". In all honesty, Roach wanted to get away from it all, he recognized most of the fireteams. He had been kicked from them. Roach decided to go to Banshee and pick up his arms day order to take his mind off things. It wasn't until Roach began to walk away, that a Titan in all New Monarchy gear walked past.

"Long time no see Roach. I see you're Mr. Popular now," the Titan said. Roach recognized the voice and let out a sigh,

"What do you want Cooper?" Roach said clearly agitated.

"Heard Agony's looking for four more people, Team Chaos wants in."

"Last I checked there were only three of you."

"We got a new member"

"I'll call Agony and tell her about you," Roach concluded as he walked away. In reality, Roach never called Agony, he just waited for her to return. By the time Agony returned though, it was late and she was disappointed.

"Agony, fireteam Chaos wants in, but you shouldn't let them join."

"Why?" Agony sighed, not wanting to deal with this right now.

"They're not a very solid team, Cooper is a control freak, short temper, lone wolf, we can't have two of you on the team. Erich also has a temper, and River... she's the only good person on that team."

"I'll talk with them tomorrow Roach." Agony yawned as she walked to her room.

The next day Agony and Roach met with Team Chaos where Saladin would set up shop for Iron Banner so they could have some privacy. River arrived early without her team, she was a human, warlock sun singer class her blue eyes deep as the sea and full of knowledge and mystery. Agony loved her passion and how calm she was. When the scheduled meeting time came about Cooper and Erich showed up. Erich was also a warlock, void walker class, blond hair blue eyes, human of some sort of European descent, his black and red armor made him look fierce. Cooper's red hair shone in the light making it look like a blaze, but that's not what caught Agony's attention. Cooper's right eye was completely white, no pupil or iris, just a blank canvas, Agony assumed this had something to do with the scar over the peculiar eye.

"Only three?" Agony asked

"There's a fourth. He was really nervous to meet you. He wanted to look as perfect as possible." River informed Agony with a smile and a small laugh.

"Next question. Mr. Cooper."

"You can call me Coop hot stuff." Cooper flirted giving Agony a wink.

"No, and don't call me any pet names. I am a warrior, not a porcelain doll. Do you have depth perception?" Agony asked. The look on Cooper's face told her she had struck a nerve. Roach was happy he couldn't smile, this was going to be good.

"Why does that matter?" Cooper retorted as Agony held up her right hand.

"Punch my hand." Agony ordered, Cooper glared at her, curled his hand into a fist and threw a punch, he didn't even come close.

"I cannot allow you to join us," Agony said as she put her hand behind her back

"So you would rather have a miserable excuse for a failure over a strong titan?" Cooper snarled. River and Erich let out quiet groans realizing Cooper's mouth was moving faster than he could think. Agony repeated the sentence under her breath.