How's it going everyone, its Soul of Ragnarok here, bringing you a brand new story. Obviously, a RWBY x Destiny story, but I feel like you'll come to realize that this story goes off the standard path, that I've seen at least, of most RWBY fanfiction crossovers. I'm not going to go into detail, all that you need to know is that this story follows Destiny 2, shortly after Ghaul's defeat. As for the RWBY timeline, well, I'll let you see that for yourselves. Now, without further delay, Brightest in the Dark Chapter 1!

Chapter 1: Untraveled Road

"This didn't go according to plan...whatsoever." The Ghost commented as it and its Guardian looked out upon the sea of Vex surrounding them and closing in on them. Only moments before did they feel as though they had the situation handled, just a few patrols of the cybernetic pawns throughout the entire Vex stronghold. Then suddenly in a few flashes of light, all the open space in the underground system was illuminated with their crimson optical lenses of the cybernetic beasts. Without a warning, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Minotaurs, Harpies, and Hydras all began to unload their weapons down upon the duo. On instinct, the Guardian, who was a Sentinel Titan, activated is Ward of Dawn, protecting him and his Ghost from harm. They, however, were now backed into a corner. "Last time we take any advice from Cayde for a raid."

"You think." The Guardian called out looking over his shoulder to where his Ghost uncloaked itself. "The ward can't hold forever, I'll keep it up for as long as I can. But after that..."

"Don't worry. I'll think off something." The Ghost reassured its Guardian as it looked frantically around. It looked for anything it could find, an opening in the Vex's lines, a possible escape route, anything it could find. Unfortunately, it was no use as it could find nothing. It then turned and looked at the wall behind them, noticing something peculiar about it. "Guardian, the wall!"

"What about it!" The strain could be heard in the Titan's voice as he struggled to keep the waning ward active.

"This wall is ancient Vex Warp Gate. Though I'm not familiar with their tech, I think I can activate it and get us out of here."

"That's grea-grr-wonderful! What can I do?!"

"Do what you Titans do best, defend." The Guardian nodded and released his hold on the Ward of Dawn. The bubble shield started to fall but it was immediately replaced by the Titan's Towering Barricade. The Vex continued to unleash their barrage at the Guardian, not even paying any real attention to the Ghost, who was getting to work hacking into the ancient technology. Though it was unfamiliar with it, the Ghost knew that he only had to get it opened for just a few seconds. In the meantime, the Guardian threw out a Voidwall Grenade into their vanguard. The grenade sent a blazing wall of purple flames across the subterranean floor. Several lines of Goblins mindlessly crossed over it and were immediately incinerated into violet ashes. Minotaurs, however, were slightly more intelligent and halted the Vex advance. Harpies flew down and the gust they created blew the void fire away. The flying cybernetic beasts unleashed their tendrils and fired their purple beams at the barricade. The energy absorbed into the the crystalline wall, causing cracks and fractures to form. Seeing he could not play the defensive game that much longer, he decided to do the other thing that Titans do best.

The Guardian spun around the corner of the barricade and drew his hand cannon, Bad News. He let loose rounds in the mid sections of several Goblins as they approached, killing them instantly. The Titan felt the ground shaking from under him and realized what was behind him. He spun around and grabbed hold of the Minotaur's arm as it tried to clothesline him. He followed the momentum of the cyborg's massive fist and was launched into the air. Using this to his advantage, the Guardian reloaded his hand cannon mid-air as the Minotaur below looked up while charging its explosive weapon. The Guardian dropped down and stomped out the massive Vex's eyes out. The Vex reeled back and the Guardian took the chance and punched through the glowing white liquid that congregated in its mid section. The Guardian pulled his fist out and the liquid poured across the his broad torso. The Minotaur fell and the Titan leapt over top of it and used its body as a make-shift barrier.

"How is it coming along over there, pal!" The Guardian called over to his Ghost. The Ghost stopped its scans to look over to its partner.

"I'm just bypassing its security systems now, estimated time till it opens is sixty seconds. Think you can hold out that long?"

"Don't you have any confidence in me?" The Titan spoke straight faced from a seated position as he cocked Baligant, his trusty shotgun.

"Confidence isn't going to get us out of this." The Guardian took a second to ponder his Ghost words as he tilted his head slightly and shook his hand back and forth.

"Ehh."

"Just shoot them, please."

"Can do." The Guardian rose up slightly to get a look at how the Vex were advancing. At least fifty Goblins and several Minotaurs were approaching from the cavern floor. On ledges all in the background were at least four Hobgoblins that set up their own sniper nests. Finally, behind the army of Goblins on the ground was a massive boulder that jutted up. Atop this was a Hydra that had three Harpies circling it, acting as extra shields to anything the Guardian had to offer. He took a moment to map out his plan and flipped over to his feet. He strapped Baligant to his back and swapped out for his arc auto rifle, Valakadyn. Using his thrusters, the Titan catapulted himself into the air towards the ledge on the wall where the first Hobgoblin was perched. The Vex was seemingly surprised that the Guardian came straight towards it. It leaned over the side and aimed the end of its line rifle into the Titan's visor. Acting fast, he reached up and forcefully ripped the Vex off its feet by its tail, which was in arms reach of the Guardian. It tried to fight but was no use against his raw strength. It fell head first and crashed into the ground below, it's head severing from the rest of its body. He pulled himself up and gained his footing on the ledge. The rest of the Vex, during this, we're doing their best to land a shot on him. He looked over to where the next Hobgoblin was perched and launched himself towards it. His thruster pack took him a good portion of the way. He got himself in range of the wall and kept himself moving by running along the rocks on its face. He swapped his auto rifle over to his right hand, which was on his side facing the Vex. He pointed his rifle down towards the Goblins and rained his arc rounds down onto them. The rounds scrapped the metal along the metal armor of the Goblins, but the arc properties of the rounds caused electricity to surge throughout their bodies. As he came up on the second Hobgoblin he redirected the rifle at its midsection. He unloaded the rest of the clip into it, causing it to explode in mechanical parts and Vex fluid. He landed on the second ledge and replaced the clip in Valakadyn. He sprayed across at the other Hobgoblin, taking this one out from range. The Hydra turned around and looked out at the Guardian. The Hydra sounded of with a deep, booming moan that signaled to the Harpies to attack. The three approached and again flashed their tendrils out at him. Knowing what was coming, he tossed a Supressor Grenade softly up at them. Not knowing what the device was, the Harpies fired their lasers at it, causing it to explode and zapped the power out from them. The Harpies shook violently as their tendrils lost all mobility and their eyes short-circuited. The Guardian swapped to his shotgun, preforming his own version of skeet shooting. All three Harpies fell and their parts now littered the cavern floor.

"GUARDIAN! I have the Warp Gate open! Time to move!" His Ghost called out from across the cavern, it's voice echoing all throughout. The Guardian face palmed as all the Vex that we're focus firing onto him redirected their attention from him back at the Vex Gate, and his unconcealed Ghost. "Uh-oh."

The Vex started their barrage toward the Ghost with haste. Ghost tried his best, passing under and over all passing energy shots. He was able to avoid all the fast paced rounds with ease, but failed to see the Hydra charging up its Torch Hammer turrets. The Hydra turrets were glowing with purple energy ready to burst, with its five eyes fixated on the little light. Just before it fired, its head was smashed into by an celestial purple shield. The Titan unleashed his Sentinel Shield and shoved its edge through the hull of the Hydra. The centipede-like cyborg started disintegrating into a purple glowing ash, but its core was melting down. The Guardian activated his thruster pack, flying forward as the Hydra exploded in a shower that spread over everything in the cave, covering the rest of the Vex in its fluids. The explosion gave the Titan an extra push, giving him the opportunity to launch forward in front of the next assault of Vex attacks. The Sentinel held up his shield, which was emanating with the Light's power, and took on all the incoming damage from the Vex. He was pushed back by the force at first, but caught some footing.

"Just give me a moment to plug in the coordinates. I'm going to teleport us right out of the cavern, then we hop in our ship, go back to the city, and we immediately hunt Cayde down for sending us here."

"Works with me bu-GAH!" The Guardian cried out in pain as a a sniper round from a line gun passed under his under his armpit and through his torso. He dropped his shield as the pain coarsed him, causing his chest to be overtaken with the assault of the Vex spraying him with their energy weapons.

"Guardian!" His life critical, he threw his shield at them in an attempt to kill off as many as he could. He managed to kill off the remaining Minotaurs but was left with an overwhelming swarm of Goblins, especially in his current state. He looked to his left where the shot came from. He saw that it came from ground level and the shot was taken by the first Hobgoblin that he had knocked of from its perch. Though it's head missing, this Vex proved for its species that time and time again they are an unstoppable force. He pulled out his hand cannon once more to finish off the sparking Hobgoblin. "It's all right. I'm here." His Ghost said as he flew from the gate to his side. "Give me a second, I'll get you hea-" a stray shot from a Vex Goblin hit Ghost directly in his reticle. The little light construct's body fell to the ground and dinked of the rocky surface. The Titan quickly grasped his small partner off the ground and looked to the portal. He tried to crawl towards it, cradling his downed Ghost in the meantime. The Vex continued to lay on fire into the injured Guardian. His vision started to blur as he felt the life start waning from his physical form. He looked down to his Ghost and back to the Warp Gate. He sighed reluctantly.

"Until we meet again in the Light, old friend." With all his remaining strength, the Titan lobbed his Ghost through the Warp Gate. It surged and the portal's power started to wane. He turned to the Vex and stared them down as they continued to march forward at him.

"Okay, you ugly bastards! Come on!" He roared forward as he drew his auto rifle and shotgun once more. He shot down the advancing Vex. The cyborgs chose not to fire their weapons any longer, as they knew they were victorious. He shot down the first few Vex, until his clip emptied. He pumped his shotgun one handed and shot down each approaching Goblin one by one as they tried to grab hold of him. He fired his shells until he had no more to let loose. The next Goblin back handed the Titan to the ground and stomped on him with its clamp like feet. The Vex leaned down, its cyclops-like lenses illuminated the Titan's visor as it ripped his helmet from his head. The chrome domed grey Exo with red glowing eyes stared the Vex down with an equally intimidating stare.
"You like what you see, huh? Fine..." The Exo reached down to his belt and grabbed hold of the circular object. He activated his Magnetic Grenade and shoved it into the Goblin's eye. "...get a closer look." The last thing the other Vex saw was a flash of void energy from the grenade as it exploded once. Then it's second detonation damaged the frame of the Warp Gate, rendering it useless. The Goblins walked over to investigate and found nothing but the shattered remains of it's brethren and a caved in helmet of the Sentinel Titan.

It was a cool autumn day on the island of Patch. The leaves had just started their change from green to the beautiful shades that the fall season had to offer. Normally a beautiful sight, except when you are the one who gets stuck raking the falling leaves into piles for cleanup. And when I comes to living in a small cabin located in a small clearing in the forest. Unfortunately for a young blonde man, he was the one stuck with the task all by his lonesome. He murmured slightly under his breathe as he got to work. Hours went by, and he finally managed to clean up half his property.

"This is hopeless." He sounded defeated as he felt he made little progress. He turned around and looked at the grand pile he made. "Not bad though." He thought to himself as he examined his work. He walked around the side when he noticed that a portion of the pile seemed disturbed with leaves suddenly trailing from it. Without a thought, he raked the strays back into place.

"Ouch!" The pile seemingly squeaked as he turned to walk away.

"Is it me or did that pile just say "ouch"?" He smirked as he placed his rake down and slowly circled the squeaking pile. "Seems to me like I raked something up that doesn't belong. Wonder what it could be." The sounds of giggling from the pile confirmed his suspicions. The pile suddenly erupted upwards with a small figure at its center.

"Boo! Hehehe. Got you, Daddy!" A small red haired girl was the one hiding in the leaves you looked up to her father with youthful excitement in her big silver eyes.

"You sure did, Honey. But now look who got you!" He lunged forward and snatched her up from the pile. She kicked and squirmed as she laughed hysterically. He spun his daughter around as calmed somewhat and looked at him mischievously. "What are you smiling about? I won."

"You won the battle, Dad, but you didn't win..."

"THE WAR!" The pile erupted again as a second figure, slightly larger then her associate, leapt from the pile and unto the father's back. This girl had longer blonde hair, tied into pig tails, and violet eyes as she fought to pull their dad down to the ground. The two were successful as they toppled the man and made him a part of their pile. The three laughed out as the pile and its contents were spread out all along the ground again.

"Okay, girls, okay. Now I'm gonna be out here even longer." He said as they both climbed on top of him and looked down upon him. "But I guess it was worth it to see your girls' smiles."

"You want us to help you, Dad." The taller, blonde sister said as they climbed out of the pile.

"No, it's okay. You girls go have fun."

"Okay! Tag, Ruby! Your it!" The older of the two ran of and behind the house.

Ruby, the small red head, tried to run off after her, but something caught her shoulder. She turned to she that it was her dad again. He crouched down next to her and looked her in the eyes compassionately.

"You know the rules Ruby, stay in sight of the house, stay safe, and what ever you do don't grab Yang's hair when you go to tag her."

"Okay, Daddy." She said anxious to run off after her sister.

"Okay, go have fun, Sweety." He said rubbing her head, messing up her hair. She giggled as she darted off after her older sister.

Ruby ran around the corner of the house and scanned around, looking for a sign of her sister. When she could not, she then assumed that she was hiding out in the tree line. Ruby was afraid of that. She looked out in the darkness of the woods and had fear overcome her senses. However, she shook her head and ran off with a fresh rush of bravery. As she ran of into the tree line, she checked around every tree she passed. Nothing. Her sister was nowhere to be found. She whimpered slightly as she had her fear return to her. It felt to her as though the trees surrounding her were monsters and they were coming to get her.

"Yang!" She looked around desperately for a sign of her sister's golden locks. She heard a strange sound emit from behind her. The young Ruby spun around and caught a glimpse of a glimmering flash of white light that came from behind the trunk of a distant tree. Thinking it was her sister, she ran forward at the tree where the light emitted from. What she found was not her sister, but rather found a strange geometric object. To her young 5 year old mind, she thought that it was toy. The toy was a small ball that was somehow attached to a cubicle outer shell that had triangular angles instead of a box like shape. It had what looked like a camera lense in the center sphere, but it had black smudges covering it. Normally, the young girl would have thrown something like this aside, but she felt highly intrigued by the strange little toy. So enthralled by it, she didn't even realize that something was coming up from behind her. She turned surprised but was quickly relieved by a familiar white cloak.

"What are you doing out here by yourself, Petal?" The white cloaked woman asked and a sweet and tender voice.

"Mommy, look what I found!" She said holding the strange object up to her mother. She seemed surprised at first by the object, but gave her child a reassuring smile. She held her hands out and her daughter gave her the new toy. She took a moment and examined it as she looked back up to Ruby, who seemed so happy with her discovery.

"Tell you what. How bout we go inside, I just baked some fresh chocolate chip and I'll clean up this new toy of yours, how does that sound?"

"Okay!" The young Ruby ran past her mother and darted towards the house. Her mom stood back up and looked down at the strange device she had in her hand. "Come on, mommy!" Ruby ran back over and eagerly grasped her hand, dragging her along with her as her mouth watered and her excitement peaked with anticipation for the chance to play with her strange new toy.

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