It was an average day within the tower, Ikora was reviewing some reports from her Hidden, Cayde-6 was doing "Cayde things", and Commander Zavala scolding Cayde-6 on not getting his reports in on time, with Cayde-6 ignoring Zavala. The day went on as per-usual, until a ship only known as the "Broken Spire" came into the hanger by with a warlock transmating outside his ship, the warlock walked over to the shiprite, Amanda Holiday, giving her a nod, and Amanda giving a nod back to the warlock as he made his way outside the hanger and into the courtyard.

When the warlock made his way into the courtyard, many Guardians turned towards the warlock looking in awe and envy as this warlock was like no other Guardian, he was known as Ender-35, the "Guardian of Guardians'', achieving many feats of valor across the Sol system, with his most recent one being finishing off the last of Oryx, The Taken King's court. With a worn, yet pristine hand cannon on his hip, and auto rifle on his back side by side with his most notable weapon, a sword, with its name only known by him. As the warlock made his way to the Hall of Heroes where the Vanguard leaders were, Ender-35 felt more than uncomfortable with so many eyes staring at him, as he made his way to Ikora, Zavala stopped scolding Cayde-6 and gave the approaching warlock a nod, and Ender-35 gave one back in response and Zavala went back to scolding Cayde-6 while Ikora turned to face the living legend, "Well done Ender, the court of Oryx is no more and the system is safer now." Ikora noticed through the warlock's helmet, the uneasiness in the warlock's metal face, "You look troubled, what's on your mind?" Ender-35 spoke, which was very rare as he liked to stay silent, "It's all this fame that I have, I don't like it at all." Ender-35 let out a sigh, "It's because of the Vault of Glass incident, isn't it? You need to understand that the feats you have done give the city hope, I know it's not easy trying to move on from the horror and pain you felt within the Vault of Glass but, you have to deal with this "fame" you have.", "I know Ikora, I know. It's just sometimes I'm afraid that this fame of mine might attract those who do not have the city's interest in mind, and to be totally honest, I don't know how long I can keep this up, all this constant fighting with almost little to no time for peace". Ender began gripping his wrist which Ikora knew was a sign that this was getting to him, "Alright, you should get some rest anyway, your mission was quite the difficult one so you deserve a rest Ender." Ikora noticed the warlock loosening the grip on his wrist, "Thank you Ikora." Ender turned and quickly walked away from Ikora. Cayde began speaking "I can see where Ender is coming from and, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, we all know he's going to be going back out there sooner that he wants", Ikora looked to Cayde-6 who was rubbing the back of his neck, Ikora sighed, "Cayde we both know that everyone needs a rest every so often.", "I'm aware of that, I just don't think letting him back out there would be the best for his health, well mental health I mean, since he's an Exo like me." "We know he's an Exo Cayde." Zavala said with a heavy sigh, "And I have to agree with Cayde on this one Ikora, he will need to get back out in the field very soon but, I also agree with you Ikora on the fact that everyone needs sleep every once in a while.", and with that the Vanguard leaders decided that they should get some rest soon as well.

Five Years Later

Ender-35 was sitting on a crate near Lord Shaxx who was yelling at a fellow Guardian who was in a Crucible match, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T RELAX WHEN I'M YELLING, RELAX!" Ender couldn't help but chuckle a little at the fact that Shaxx almost always yells at a guardian when he needs them to relax. Ender's ghost appeared and notified him of the fact that Ikora messaged him to meet her in the Bazaar. Ender got off the crate and began walking towards the Bazaar walking by Banshee-44 who was polishing a gun and Rahool who was mumbling to himself about encoding something, as he entered the Bazaar he saw the spicy ramen shop he and Cayde used to get ramen from when they both had a break, then he remembered watching him die, unable to help him, filled with a rage he never knew he had, he remembered his anger controlling him, clouding his mind, going against the Vanguard's orders and hunting down Cayde's killers one-by-one. He walked towards Ikora who was reading a book until she noticed him walking towards her, "Ah Ender, I needed to talk to you about your travels in the Infinite Forest with-" she noticed he was gripping his wrist, an old habit he never broke, "...Osiris. What's the matter Ender?" Ikora said this with such concern in her voice it made Ender feel much worse than he already felt, he felt like there was a rain cloud above his head, "It's just, just… I don't have the words, sorry." while he was saying this he was glancing over at the ramen shop and Ikora knew what was on his mind. Ikora stepped forward and did something he never expected her to do, she hugged him, and he hugged back. The hug wasn't too long but he didn't mind, he noticed a few people were looking at him and Ikora during the hug, "I think you might need to be taking some more breaks Ender, perhaps you might have been working a little too hard." she said it with a small smile and he might have felt better if some people weren't staring at them counteracting a bit of a happiness that he gained over the few minutes that have passed, "I've been taking plenty of breaks, I feel like I don't really get enough field work these days." Ikora began chuckling after hearing that "Ender, you've been out in the field quite a lot over these few years. It feels like yesterday you were asking for more breaks." Ender also began chuckling now, "I guess you're right, I guess I might have gained more confidence to be out in the field more often now." Ender then throught if he wasn't an Exo he might have had a smile wide enough to block an army of Cabal. After talking some more with Ikora, Ender gave her a full report on his travels inside the Infinite Forest with Osiris and after that, he got a large bowl of the spiciest ramen the shop nearby sold.