It had been weeks since the Tenno split up from the Vanguard and their allies and for them, their lives have been rather relaxing. A massive rift opened close to them but they saw it as an opportunity to have fun with the couple ships that pass through it. For them, this is all a vacation and some don't even want to head back, they just want to stay here and relax and enjoy what is in front of them. However, whilst the Tenno have had a good time, the Guardians not so much. They have been struggling with all of their new enemies, on top of their old. Some foolish ones have ventured into the corrupted Pyramid ship but never came out, probably mauled by a creation of the Void. The whole system is in a uproar which is a good and a bad thing for the Vanguard. The good thing is that everyone is at war, the bad thing is that everyone is at a war and they are constantly in relentless battles, loosing a lot of precious Guardians. Thanks to this, the disdain for the Tenno grew even more, despite that being their fault to begin with. Many blame the Tenno for leaving despite asking and wanting them to leave. A couple Guardians had come across some Tenno but they paid no attention to them. The Tenno simply existed, living relaxed and exploring what they wanted. 

At the massive Dojo, housing at least a couple hundred Tenno Lua sat in a bar that they built, drinking down drink after drink. She was pissed of, infuriated and Ceres and Vombask looked as their leader drowned herself in alcohol. Many did, but none of them wanted to say anything, alcohol can't kill her. 

Vombask: Sup Lua. 

Lua: Hello Vombask, what do you want?

Vombask: Drinking? Again. 

Lua: Yea, is there a problem with it?

Ceres: Listen Lua, first you should stop that and secondly, what the hell is bothering you so much?

Lua: What do you care? I can drink whenever I want and as much as I want. 

Vombask: Cause we don't like seeing you so damn down. C'mon, tell us what is wrong, we are good friends. We won't share.

Lua swirls the alcohol in her glass as she looks at it and doesn't say anything. Vombask and Ceres look at each other and nod, they sit down at each side of Lua. They expect a long story or a short, you never know with Lua. 

Lua: We have spies in the Last City and they just talk how much they hate us. Blaming us for leaving them, after they fucking wanted us to leave. Like what the fuck do they even want?!

She gulped down the whole glass and ordered another glass. 

Ceres: Wait, so they didn't like us when we were allies with them and now they hate us when we left them?

Lua: Precisely that. Can they fucking make up their mind?

Vombask: And why are you so pressed about that? Like, many didn't want us and you never acted like that. 

Lua: Because.... Because I fucking thought maybe, just maybe we found friends, they were so friendly and all at the start but it seems that we,... I was wrong. 

Ceres: You can't please everyone Lua.

Lua: I know! But all we did, all we fucking did was for them. It wasn't for us, it was for them, but they were so ungrateful, I could see the spite in their eyes as they looked at us. I could see the anger, even hear whispers and complaints on how they didn't like us because we made everything look child splay.

Ceres: They were just jealous of our strength.

Vombask: Yeah, I mean, they suffered a lot and then we rolled up and turn their struggles into playtimes for us. I understand where they were coming from. 

Lua: But, could they not be fucking grateful for it. We relieved some of their burden, and if things would have gone further, probably most of it. But no, their stupid, damn pride took a hit. 

Ceres: We have dealt with that many times Lua. I, you and everyone here knows that isn't the only reason you are like this. Hell, even the Grineer know that it isn't just about that.

Vombask: It is also about your love? Isn't it.

Lua: Love? That wasn't love. That was my own stupidity and I jumped to damn conclusions. You would think that after all these years I would be smarter, but no, I just think that I have only grown stupider. 

Ceres: Lua, our dear Lua. It isn't like that. Emotions got the better of you and they can make us act, not that smartly. I remember many times when I was like that, until I found my lovely Kahlron. 

Vombask: That is what emotions are Lua. They make us do things that we normally didn't want to. Sometimes it is for good and sometimes not.

Lua downed another glass, rather quickly. Calling in for yet another, and Ceres and Vombask don't want to stop her as that would probably set her off in a frenzy. 

Vombask: You miss her, don't you?

She stays silent and many say, silence can speak of a thousand words. They could see, everyone could see it, the conflict that brewed inside her. There were feelings at play, strong feelings. 

Vombask: I know it is painful and she probably misses you. We could have seen the spark that was between you, the smiles you both had when you were together. It was refreshing. 

Lua: She probably now hates me, like they all do.

Ceres: Why would she?

Lua: Because of the way we said goodbyes. I was a piece of shit, harsh towards her for no reason. She did nothing wrong and yet I acted like she did. 

Ceres: I knew her a little, we talked sometimes and I know her. She won't hate you for that, trust me. She could have probably seen the pain you were in, she could have seen that what was talking wasn't the real you.

Lua: BUT IT WAS! That was the real me. I a...

Vombask: Girl, that wasn't you. You are caring, smart and yes, you do sometimes have a short fuse but everyone here does. It isn't just you, that is probably the same with them. 

Lua: But I hurt her, why would she forgive and care for me?

Ceres: Do you know how much me and Kahlon fight and curse each other? Quite a lot, but we love each other despite all of that. We let emotions get the better of us and once we realize how stupid it was we laugh it off and you know. The arguments do spice up things.

Vombask: Ewww, Ceres, we didn't need that bit of info.

Ceres: Yea, I probably overdid it. What I am trying to say, She isn't the type of person to hate you for just that small thing. You would need to murder all of her friends to make her hate you. Now, why don't you lay that glass down and let us carry you to your bed. 

Vombask: Yeah, you need some rest. That alcohol and stress aren't making you think clearly. Oi, barman, put it on my tab. 

The barman nods and Ceres and Vombask pick up the drunkard. Carrying her through the halls and eventually they reach her room. But by this time she was already in deep sleep so they gently lay her down on the bed and back off. They notice a photo of Lorelei on the table and Ceres picks it up. Shoddily fixed up glass cover, there was an attempt to fix it but it wasn't done well. 

Vombask: She still cares about her quite a lot I see. 

Ceres: Yea. I saddens me to see her like that, I hope that they get back together, for the sake of all of us. 

Vombask: All we can do is hope.

Ceres nods and gently places the picture frame down onto the table and together they leave the room, but not before turning off the light. From then, couple more weeks pass and the situation for the Vanguard had only gotten worse. They are on the retreat, getting pushed back by the pure amount of the enemy forces. There is simply too much for them to deal with. Lua and the others sat down in the garden, looking at the pretty wildlife that they had picked up from the other planets. Michaele comes up to them.

Michaele: Ello there lovelies. 

Vombask: Hello there Michaele. What do you want? 

Michaele: Well, I wanted to look at there pretty dames here. 

Ceres: I swear to the Void that I will kick you so hard in the nuts that they will come out of your mouth. 

Lua: Come on, I can see that that isn't the reason you came here.

Michaele: Quite observant, nothing less to expect from our dear sober Lua. Well, I just wanted to come and inform you that the Last City is under attack. It seems that the Cabal, Grineer, Corpus and Fallen teamed up. 

Vombask: Well shit, that is not good. I didn't expect them to team up. 

Micahele: They have a single common enemy. I doubt their alliance will last, probably until they kill of the Guardians. Well, just wanted to come here and tell you that. I gotta go.

Michaele leaves, leaving the other to ponder on this new revelation. 

Vombask: Shit, I didn't expect that to happen. 

Castinius: That is surprising. Of Corpus I expected, but the Grineer, that was surprising. 

Ceres: What are we to do Lua?

Lua looked at the pond in front of her, pondering, thinking. 

Vombask: Listen, I know you probably won't like what I am about to say and you might disapprove of it but I think we should go and help them. If anything, pull out the people from there. 

Castinius: What? Are you stupid? They hate us, why are we to save them if they didn't want out help. This is all of their doing, we offered, they declined. 

Ceres: There are innocents there too. Civilians who didn't want to be part of this and there were Guardians who were glad that we were there. 

Castinius: They hate us, can't you see it? Are you so damn blind. Ceres, you are too soft for your own good. We shouldn't meddle in with their mistakes. If they didn't want to die out, they wouldn't have wanted us gone. 

Vombask: Dude, not everyone thinks like you do. Not everyone is as heartless like you. Nobody likes you, I haven't met a single person who would hang out with you. Many would rather hang out with Rex. He might be creepy and all, but those who spent time with him, including me, can vouch that he is a sweetheart. He wouldn't hurt an innocent fly and definitely isn't going to sit idle. 

Lua finally snaped out of her thoughts and spoke up.

Lua: Ceres.

Ceres: Yes Lua, what can I do for you?

Lua: How many people can our dojo hold? 

Castinius: Oh for the love of Void. I can't belive that you are even considering helping them. 

Ceres: Well, we have a couple free living quarters. But we do have a lot of free empty spaces, large storage rooms, hallways, hangar and such. If we consider that, maybe a couple tens of thousands maybe, plus we can take some into the Railjacks and Orbiters to maximize capacity. 

Castinius: Are you even listening to yourselves? How stupid are you? How are you our leaders? I can..

Lua: Shut up! Castinius, if I hear a single word form you, I will kill you hundred times over, understand. 

Castinius went silent, he knows when Lua isn't joking. That was a genuine threat aimed at him and he and many more know how strong she is.

Lua: Ceres, Vombask, tell everyone and I mean everyone to get ready. We are going in for a rescue mission and if they don't want, then tell them that there will be a lot of murdering required. 

Vombask: Right oh, a good killing is always welcome. Oh this will be fun. 

Lua gets up and watches as they leave, giving a cold stare aimed at Castinius before passing by him. Once they are able to bring back as many people as they can they will cross over. That massive rift will stay there for quite long and they will have to push the dojo inside and cross back into their own world. Every single Tenno gets ready, Railjacks and their crews arming to the teeth, Orbiters turning on their engines, dumping all the things that are not necessary for this mission. And those that are staying at the Dojo are to prepare it for their new arrivals, setting up bedrolls and such. This will be their most ambitious mission ever, but it will be done, failure is not an option.