"Where I'm from, we have things called 'video games'", Maria began," and you can play them on almost anything with a screen. There is one about this universe, called 'Destiny', where you can make your own Guardian and do Guardian things, like missions, patrols, strikes, and there's even a player vs player activity called "the Cruible', where Guardians compete to see who has the best weapons and abilities".
As Maria was finishing the two Hive about video games, they heard a loud crash coming from outside of the room.
"What was that?" Maria asked, somewhat scared.
"I'm not sure", Xahn replied," but you should probably hide until we can figure it out".
Maria looked around and saw a crack in the wall, mostly covered by the odd vines and moss that covered most of the room. She hid there, and watched Xahn and Vahra.
The Hive stood at the door, listening and ready to defend themselves if need be. They soon heard voices that sounded human.
"Be careful, Mike", the first voice whisper-yelled," you could have alerted the Hive of our presence".
"I'm sorry Sierra", 'Mike' responded, "I didn't see those buckets. It's hard to see things at my feet with this helmet on".
"Xahn", Vahra said, "go look out the window and see what's going on".
Xahn went to a small hole in the wall and looked out, then reported what he saw.
"Looks like Mike and Sierra are both Titans, human, and a Hunter just showed up, Awoken female".
"How do you know they are human and Awoken?" Vahra asked.
"They took their helmets off", Xahn replied.
"Hey, what's in here?" The Hunter asked.
"We don't know, Marie", Sierra answered, "no Guardian or Ghost has been able to get in there".
"Alright, everyone", Mike said, "I think we should go find those Fireteams now".
The three Guardians walked away. "You can come out now, Maria", Xahn said, "they just left".
Maria walked over to Vahra, and Xahn joined them near the door.
Xahn spoke to Maria, "If you ever need to hide again, go to that spot you found, ok?
"Ok", Maria replied.
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The Curse of the Taken Book 1: The Beginning
RandomMaria is a normal girl who lives in a normal world, where Destiny is just a game. One night, after having a strange dream, she awakes in a different world, but not one that is new to her. She is in the world of Destiny.
