《The Fate of Light》 Prologue + Chapter 1: The Awakening Everything started when humanity first landed on Mars. They at first rejoiced but soon came silence, they were awed by what they have found. The Voyager, an entity that took the form of a large sphere laid before them. It soon let out a pulse to the discoverers, with that pulse came knowledge of what it was and what it can do. Soon humanity bowed before him and asked him one thing... "Will you help us become stronger than before?" and so began humanity Golden Age. Technological wonder were found and created, the Exiled, another race that lived in the Sol system came and help humanity flourish even more and with their help they created a machine race called Exo. The Exo were the pinnacle of humanity and the Exiled technology they were considered the Forerunner of Technology, each one had the mind of the most brilliants of both race in form of machines. Then after so many year of peace an unknown ship came and delivered an ominous message ..."Flee! It is coming! It cannot be stopped! Flee!". When the message went dark humanity and it allies pondered the message and thus began to prepare for this unknown threat. Decades of silence had lowered their guard and so came "the Darkness" an evil so ancient that everything in it path perished in it hands. The first to fall were the outer rim planets, they could do nothing against the Darkness. Planets after planets kept falling Mercury a garden world was turn into machine in matter of days, Jupiter and it moon were erased completely, Mar and Venus two of the most advanced planet were found lifeless. Soon Earth''s moon was swallowed by plague. When the humanity and it allies were prepared for one last final stand the Voyager appeared once again. But even with all it might the Voyager could only do so much, with the last of it strength it push the darkness back beyond the Sol system. With the Darkness pushed back humanity, the Exiled, the Exo all lamented for the Voyager for it has gone silent. Soon they noticed little motes of light falling from the Voyager body, those mote of light where called Phantom. These Phantom were able to bond with anyone dead or alive that they deemed worthy of wielding the power of the Voyager. But not all of them bonded immediately, some went years without finding someone to bond with. During those year humanity and its allies began to recover what they lost, they have found what had happened to the other planets. Mercury was ruled by machines called Vectors, these machine were ruthless and had mysterious power. Venus was ruled by a mutated race that called themselves Fallen, why they called themselves that is unknown perhaps they are remainder of those who lived before. Mar was a barren desert for decade before a militants race called Reptilar decided to occupy a small portion of the planet. Earth''s Moon was found to have twisted creatures that we call Ghoul, they corrupts everything they come in contact with and somehow make it bend to their will. Will humanity and it allies rise to it former glory or will the perish this is a story that will span millennia in it making let us see the fate of the Light. (Chapter 1) The Awakening On Earth in one of it barren lands. A small light was floating around staring at the remain of a fallen Exo. As it was about to move on it notice something seem strange about it and got closer. "After all those year I have finally found you!" It said and soon it dived into the fallen Exo chest and burst into pieces. The fallen Exo eyes soon start to lighten up as it was coming back to life thanks to the small light. ??? POV "Wa.....e up..... Wake....." ''What was that noise? Argh, everything hurts... I can''t move!'' "Wake up already! We need to get out of the open Warlock." Shocked I tried to open my eyes only to see a small ball light bobing up and down flashing as it speaks. "Finally Warlock we need to get out of the open. I see that you are having trouble moving, wait a bit you should be able to move in a sec." The ball of light flew toward my chest and went inside of me. As it flew inside I started to feel my limbs and I spotted a building nearby and started to move toward it heeding the warning. As I reach the building I heard a loud roar echo throughout the plain. Not wanting to meet whatever made that noise I asked the ball of light. "So, how to start.... Ah, my name is Omega-45 can you tell me yours?" "My name is Phantom and I am a light of the Voyager. I suggest that we find the ship that I saw in one of the complex some distance away. We do not want to find out what made that roar and we can leave pleasantry for later Warlock." I agreed with Phantom went further in the abandoned building looking for a steel pipe. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author.When I found it, I started to run in the direction Phantom showed me earlier. As I reach the complex Phantom started guiding me toward the ship. "So Omega care to tell me what you know up still your death?" He asked while I was scanning for anything abnormal. "Well... I was a soldier during the Dark Age. I was fighting against the darkness in a final stand before I was overwhelmed by a hord-" As I was explaining I heard scampering behind me, I swung around lashing out with the pipe only to slam against the wall. I looked down and saw a rat scampering away to wherever it came from. I sighed as I turned around again only to see 2 set of eye floating in the darkness. They leapt toward me revealing two figure bigger than me. I swung the pipe hitting one in the head with a resounding crack, the other slammed into me pushing me to the ground. I groan before the creature grab me with it hand and threw me toward the wall knocking the wind out of me. It then went to it fellow creature and pulled a glowing sword from it and walked slowly toward me. "Quick, Omega before it reaches you concentrate on your hand and swipe it in front of you!" He instructed "Wha-" I was about to ask what he meant before he interrupted me. "It will save you!" He yelled urgently. Quickly I focused on my hand and it started to emit a purple mist. I swiped it in front of me and the air started to twist as a wave went toward the creature. The creature howled as it felt the wave hit it, twisting it chest into a blob of flesh. It howled in agony before it went silent. I grabbed the glowing sword it dropped near me and hover it near it body to clearly see what it was. "Damn a Fallen! Good thing it was one of the Grunts or else it would have killed me." I said while looking at the creature. It had 4 eyes but two of them looked like they were crushed and it had 4 limbs with 2 stubby limbs beneath it''s arms. It pale blue skin became paler as I hovered the sword above it. "Warlock you were indeed lucky that it was a Grunt and that the Space Render worked as it did." He said quietly. "Space Render? You mean the wave that turn it chest to mush?" I asked as I started to loot the bodies for anything valuable which they did not have aside from the sword. "Yes, though it would have turn your hand to scrap metal had it not worked well. Anyway the ship is up ahead we need to get out of here." It said as it guided me toward where the ship was. As I heard phantom explanation I considered myself lucky. Walking toward an open area I saw a sleek spaceship that looked like was made during the Golden Age with all the sign of rust on it. I went toward it and examined it before Phantom flew out of my chest and went toward the ship. "Hey what are you doing?" I asked the little light as it was inspecting the ship. "Making sure it still works. Last time I saw the ship it was barely operational and but somehow it was still intact even after the length of time it was abandoned." I shrugged as I started to look around. I found apre-Golden Age era assault rifle in bad shape but it would still fire if needed luckily it still had some ammo in it but not much. As I head back toward the ship I sat beneath the ship and started thinking how I got into this mess. It all started when the little light woke me up with the worst timing. As I was wondering I heard the a roar coming from the complex, then a Fallen come out it was nearly 3 meter tall with six arm and 4 eyes glowing red like an Asura from hell. "There finished lets get out of here!" As I heard Phantom I suddenly found myself inside the ship, he started the engine and lifted us away from the angry giant. "Wow, Phantom that was too close for comfort. So where are we heading?" I managed to spit out those word as I was still shaking with fear from seeing the giant. "Toward the Light." It said cryptically "Don''t worry it safe for now let me handle the ship. You just relax and enjoy the view." As we fly toward the Light, I couldn''t help but think that what we are going to do it will not be easy. I had the feeling that we were only just getting started. -------------------------- Hey there everybody! A new noob author has arrived! Please be kind enough to point out any error in my story as I will try to improve as much as I can. I made this story with the beginning that is similar to the game Destiny, but what I try to do is to make it completely different as I couldn''t think of a better way to start the story other than this way....(perhaps I have though of one but I most likely forgot to write it down) Chapter 2 Tower of Light Chapter 2: The Tower of Light As Omega-45 and Phantom ship fly off into the distance on the roof of a building in the complex was a lone hooded figure was watching them. The figure turned around and jumped of the building as it was halfway to the ground it disappear into particles of light. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ¡°So remind me again where are we headed?¡± I asked the little light ball. ¡±Toward the light.¡± it said cryptically ¡°I know that but where exactly?¡± I said in frustration. ¡°All you managed to explain so far is that you are a piece of the Voyager, I somehow now have the ability to control space alongside with my previous abilities, and now you refuse to even tell me where we are heading toward.¡± The small light then flew into my chest. As I was about to rant again about how helpful the light-bulb was. It spoke ¡°The reason I couldn''t tell you was because, we Phantoms do not see the world the way you Exo, Human and Exile see it. The way we see is similar to a bat when we have not found our Guardian. We only see the world as you do when we enter our Guardian so please keep that in mind as I will not be the only Phantom that you will be seeing from now on. Also for your information the ability to control space was something you had all along just hidden deep within you.¡± Surprised by this sudden burst of information I tried to make head and tail of it. While we fly toward the light as he said it I noticed the solemn figure of the Voyager in the distance. ¡°Hey Phantom, is this what you meant by ''Toward the Light''?¡± The light-bulb managed to confirm one of my suspicions over where we are going. As we approach the Voyager I noticed that beneath the Voyager was a large metropolis with a humongous spire neat the center that reaches up toward it. As our ship was heading toward the spire but some hundred miles off the metropolis a screen popped up in front of me and a stern voice came out of it. ¡°UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT IF YOU DO NOT IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN THE NEXT TEN SECOND WE WILL RESORT TO EXTREME COUNTERMEASURE.¡± Startled by the sudden extreme transmission I was about to respond before Phantom interrupted me declaring ¡°This is Phantom000Omega on-board. I repeat Phantom000Omega on-board I have managed to find my Guardian. Do not fire at our aircraft. Do we have permission to dock at the Tower of Light?¡± I was holding my breath hoping that Phantom reply was proper as I was preparing myself to begin evasive maneuver in case something goes horribly wrong. ¡°PERMISSION GRANTED PHANTOM000OMEGA PLEASE HEAD TOWARD THE DOCKING BAY 12 AND WE WILL OUTFIT YOUR AIRCRAFT TO THE LATEST STANDARD.¡± As the transmission ended I let out a long sigh, before asking Phantom ¡°Hey, little light mind giving me a head up next time I really don''t want any more deadly surprise...¡± The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. As we head to the docking bay the light-bulb spoke ¡°Head up Omega you about to get one more nasty surprise.¡± Wondering if this is some sort of twisted humor of his, he transported me out of the ship and as I was reorientation myself I heard multiples cocking of rifles around me as I look around I noticed these medieval age armored troop surrounding me. Exasperated I said ¡°You''ve got to be kidding me.¡± As I raised my hands up I heard a high pitched voice coming from behind the armed troopers ¡°Oh not really it all part of the routine until you get fully registered Guardian.¡± What I saw was the beginning of my worst nightmare in this tower. ---------------------------- Hey everyone so here the deal some time ago I managed to write all the way up to chapter 5 when suddenly the dreaded blue screen of death attacked!!!! Sadly this managed to erase all my rough draft and final draft of the chapter i have written. Over time i found out that i still had a warranty and could still replace the laptop and so i had to wait until the computer was replaced with a new one. Against the screen of death i decided to take multiple precaution to prevent this from happening. Updates will be sporadic so dont expect any chapter soon. Chapter 3: The Start of a Legend As I turned around toward the voice I saw a beautiful Exo that took away my breath. She was wearing a red slim suit of armor similar to mine in style organic yet made of metal. She was holding her helmet in her arm it looked just like the moment small flame comes to life. Her face was small yet her eyes were sharp almost like she was staring at your soul. Her lip weren''t visible instead all you could see was a mask covering it. I soon got the feeling that she was smirking as I was staring at her. She then said "Admiring the view, Warlock?" Startled I responded hastily "Yes, who wouldn''t?" But as I said that I realized my mistake and I began having cold sweat. Then she started laughing for a short while before she regained her composure then said " Well thanks for the compliment Warlock. My name is Himoto and I am one of the mentors for all the Warlock in the Tower." I was shocked at her words and she was a mentor for the so called Warlock they kept on mention as I was about to ask what is a Warlock... "I am going to say this only once so listen carefully." As she said that I focused all my attention on her. "Warlock are those who can freely bend the Light within them to their will and use it to manipulate their surroundings to their desire. Their are only 3 primary elements that are known as of now. Void the element that allow us to bend space to our will, Aurora the element that allows us to control anything heat related, and Arc the final element that allows us to control magnetic field and anything related to electricity. Each elements has it variant but they never vary from the element they originate from. I will explain more on this later in your lessons. So Warlock will you now tell me your name and which element you control?" At her sudden question Phantom popped out and then announced " His name is Omega-045 and his elements are Void and Cryo ma''am. He has one of the forgotten element." Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. As he said that the guards and Himoto were stunned by this revelation. But soon a loud roar came from Himoto "Come to my office later we will speak of this in private." Then with a sudden burst of flame she disappeared, leaving me confused with the still stunned guard. ----------(Himoto POV)------------- As I was heading toward the mentors halls I had a grave feeling that Omega is going to be in great danger until he has managed to pass his knowledge down to the others. Then I suddenly stopped in front of the mentors hall and slam the doors open and yelled "A new element has appear we need to warn the others mentor so we can keep him safe from harm." Inside were the shocked look of 2 of my close friend that were with me since the moment I came to this tower. They were Titanis an Exiled Paladin whose Arc element is one of the strongest in the tower and Liara a Human Ranger who element was of the Void she was one of our best Ranger she never failed her mission. Then Titanis and Liara recovered and went full speed to their respected branch of Guardian to warn the mentors. As I watched them leave I thought ''This will be interesting... I hope that he will help us reclaim our system from the hand of Darkness. But for now we need to train him to become stronger.'' ¨C-------(Narrator POV)---------- As the tower was buzzing with news of the rediscovery of an elements. The Guardians were preparing themselves as they knew that changes was coming and their was nothing they could do to stop it. Now what will fate have in mind for Omega-045. Find out next time in Fate of the Light. ------------- I wanted to post this chapter earlier but sadly RL a bitch and decided to fuck me throughly once again. Sadly the next chapter won''t be coming out soon. So don''t go checking this page frequently. Chapter 4: The First of Many Choices Several hours after Himoto vanished in flames to who knows where, the guards who were at the docking bay finally finish the registration. One of them came up toward me and told me to hold out my hand. As I did that a spark flew from the guard hand shocking me. Startled at the sudden action I was about to complain he said ¡°This spark will allow you to access most of the system that you are cleared for. You can at the moment access anything below level 3 clearance which includes most terminal in the city and anything outside of it. Also to raise you level of clearance you need to contribute to the city and then have the approval of at least one of the Head Guardians.¡± When he finish giving this tiny bit of information he led me toward an exit and as we approach it a purple portal appeared. The guard didn¡¯t react to it and told me to walk through it and when I come out of it from the other side I will be in my assigned room when I am at the Tower. I started to walk again toward the portal and as I was about to pass it I whispered to myself ¡°Well here goes nothing¡± Then suddenly I was surrounded by a bright light I then reappeared in a medium size room with a small bed and a simple nightstand next to it. To my left was a closet which I check to see if anything was inside and when I checked I saw a simple white trench coat, some white pants, shirts, a set of boots and a strange helmet. I picked up the helmet and to a look at it and wonder why was it there. As I was examining it, I heard someone knock and went toward the door. When I opened the door I saw Himoto standing there.¡°Well hello there Omega liking the room so far? It usually appear however the owner would like it as. Now then, let get to the point today will be a simple rest day and starting tomorrow you will be following this schedule.¡± She handed me a piece of paper with a schedule on it, I skimmed over it until I read that at the end of the week I had to teach my Cyro element to others Guardian. Confused I asked her about this teaching sessions. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°Ah those sessions will be mostly toward the others mentors as you are still new to being a Guardian. Since you are the only one who at the moment can control this Cyro element and we would like to relearn how to use this element again.¡± Shocked at this sudden revelation I said ¡°I am the only one with this element?¡± To which she affirmed again and then it suddenly hit me ¡°No, this can¡¯t be. There used to be a whole cities of Cyro-user if I am the only user then what happen to the cities on the polar region?¡± To this revelation Himoto said ¡°They were most likely destroyed as the last record of any activity in the polar region where nearly half a century ago.¡± At this I slumped to the ground in despair that the cyro-user were wiped out until I came back. I thought ¡®What was I going to do now? I can¡¯t see how I am going to do this without help. Teaching this element require a lot more than just a teacher. Perhaps it better if I refused this request.¡¯ I then felt a warm hand on my shoulder and I look up to see Himoto with a look of understanding and then said ¡°Stand up Guardian this isn¡¯t the end from what I see. You can be last of the cyro-user if you refuse to teach us, or you can be the precursor of all the cyro-user from here on out.¡± Confidence surged from me she said this. I then made up and told her ¡°I want to make a change to the schedule¡­¡± --------------------------- (Narrator POV) And so in the end Omega heard the fate of his origin. But this didn¡¯t stop him from standing up once again and to restoring his heritage to its former glory. Now what will he do next now that he decided to pass his knowledge will he fail trying or will he create one of the greatest legend in history? --------------------------- Hey author here seem I got to finish this chapter earlier than I thought. So what do you guys think is the story pace to fast or is it to slow?