The Vanguard Oath: SkyVault Heroes!

[HEADQUARTERS — MORNING LIGHT]

The once-glorious Vanguard HQ lies in ruins — vines creeping over shattered towers, shattered glass mosaics catching sunlight like broken hope. For ten long years, the world knew peace. No threats. No flames in the sky. No monsters from beyond the veil.

Birds perch on what's left of the rooftop. The city beyond has grown — taller, quieter, more human.

But today, the silence is broken.

Kael stands on the overgrown path leading up to the gates, holding a rolled blueprint in one hand. His long coat flutters in the wind, older now, sharper.

Kael (softly, to himself):

"Let's bring you back... one wall at a time."

Behind him, Yuna approaches, levitating lightly with her psychic vines supporting her steps. Her hair is longer now, loosely tied behind her back. She looks more like a scholar than a soldier.

Yuna (smiling):

"Still smells like ash and pride."

Jax, the cybernetic rogue, now with a mechanical arm upgrade, chuckles as he steps through a broken panel door carrying two cups of synthbrew.

Jax:

"And rust. Don't forget rust."

[SCENE — INTERIOR, HQ BLUEPRINT ROOM — LATER]

The trio sets up base camp in the cracked control hall. Old screens flicker, dust-covered consoles hum as they siphon power from buried reserves. Kael unrolls the new HQ blueprint. It's ambitious: towers rebuilt taller, reinforced hangars, a meditation wing, and a dedicated archive of their old missions.

Kael:

"We're not building a fortress. We're building a sanctuary. For memory. For whoever might need us again."

Yuna:

"And if no one does?"

Jax (grinning):

"Then at least we've got the dopest retirement home in the system."

They laugh, but there's weight in the silence that follows.

[SCENE — MONTAGE SEQUENCE]

Engineers and architects from all across the city arrive. Cranes rise. Walls are cleared. Old Vanguard banners are unfolded, repainted.

Holograms of old battles flicker in the archive chambers, stored as historical record.

Kael silently watches a broken sword hilt placed in a glass box labeled: Irion, Last Stand.

Yuna takes a deep breath as she plants a new Memory Tree in the garden, vines coiling around the soil like veins.

[SCENE — NIGHTFALL, ROOFTOP OF HQ]

Kael, Jax, and Yuna look out at the city from the newly rebuilt helipad.

Yuna:

"It's been a decade. Think it'll stay peaceful?"

Kael (pauses):

"...I hope not."

Jax:

"Come again?"

Kael:

"I don't want war. But peace makes us forget. Makes us soft. I want the world to remember what it took to build this calm."

He looks up. Stars blink overhead.

Kael (continued):

"If something comes again… I want us ready."

[ MYSTERY TEASE]

Deep beneath the earth, beyond the city, a faint hum pulses in the roots of the world. A shard of obsidian—marked with the symbol of Servix—begins to glow faintly.

UNKNOWN VOICE (distant, echoing):

"...Not yet. But soon."

[CUT TO BLACK]

SEASON 2 — BEGINNING

[SCENE — EXT. OLD VANGUARD HEADQUARTERS — DAY]

A once-towering base, now blanketed in vines and rust, sits beneath the twin suns. Cracks run through the stone insignia of the Vanguards. Debris litters the front plaza. Weeds sway in the warm breeze.

[INT. BASE - MAIN CHAMBER - LATE AFTERNOON]

Kael, now older, bearded, calm, walks slowly through the corridor. His hand brushes a dusty wall, memories flickering in his mind — the battles, the losses, the moments of triumph.

Kael (internal monologue):

"Ten years. And not a single threat. They say peace is a gift... but to us, it's a wound that never healed."

He stops at the heart of the HQ: the Vanguard Hall. Dust floats in golden light from the skylights. Yuna and Jax are already there. Yuna, graceful and wise, leans over blueprints. Jax, ever the brute with a softened edge, sips coffee.

Jax: "Well, boss. What now?"

Kael (smiles): "We bring life back to this grave. We find those worth it."

[SCENE — EXT. VARIOUS LOCATIONS — MONTAGE]

Posters of the Vanguard call to action are pinned around cities, villages, and off-world colonies. Words read:

"THE VANGUARDS ARE REFORMING. DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? APPLY NOW. ONLY TWO WILL BE CHOSEN."

[SCENE — EXT. SKYVAULT CITY - RECRUITMENT HALL — A WEEK LATER]

A modern amphitheater buzzes with energy. Thirty-one applicants stand in a wide arc, each with a different energy and story.

[INT. INTERVIEW ROOM — DAY]

One by one, the interviews begin. Kael, Yuna, and Jax sit behind a sleek metallic desk. Their expressions are stern but open.

#1: DEXTER "MAGBOLT" KANE

A young man in a hoodie with glowing circuit tattoos. Electricity dances on his fingers.

Dexter: "I fried a tank when I sneezed once. Now I can do it on purpose."

Jax: "Just don't sneeze on me."

#2: KIVA NYE

A pale girl in white robes. Her power causes the air around her to go still.

Kiva: "I manipulate silence. Not sound. Actual... silence."

Yuna: "That's... unnerving."

#3: RINZO "WARP" HELLAM

A hyperactive teen with goggles. Warps in and out of his seat.

Rinzo: "Speed of light travel, baby! Just... don't ask me to stop suddenly."

#4: MAEL STRYX

A cloaked wanderer with skeletal armor. His voice echoes.

Mael: "I speak with the dead. Not for fun. For truth."

Kael: "You see the battlefield in echoes. I respect that."

#5: TERRA VALERA

Tall, green-eyed, earthen tattoos pulse on her arms.

Terra: "The planet speaks to me. And when it's angry... it quakes."

Jax (nods): "I like you already."

#6: VINCE "RIFT" RAYDEN

Wears black gloves and carries a briefcase.

Vince: "My portals aren't for show. I can peel open reality for hours."

#7: LYNN "SOLSPARK" CHEN

Former opera singer turned kinetic fire wielder.

Lynn: "My flames follow rhythm. I sing, they strike."

Yuna: "You turn art into offense. That's rare."

#8: KAGI "QUANTA" MOON

Wears a lab coat, speaks fast.

Kagi: "I manipulate gravitational focus. I made a pebble weigh 40 tons yesterday."

#9: SAELEN VIRE

Blind but confident. Has psychic wings made of light.

Saelen: "I don't need sight. I fly with what I feel."

#10: DRAE "NIGHTCOIL" VEX

Ex-assassin with shadow tendrils.

Drae: "I've killed in 14 languages. But I want redemption."

Kael: "This place is built on second chances."

#11 through #31:

A boy who controls glass.

A girl who speaks to machines.

A warrior who can split into two.

A mimic with no voice but every gesture.

A beastman with lightning claws.

An architect of illusions.

An aquatic hybrid who can liquify.

And many more with unique abilities, flaws, stories.

[SCENE — HQ — NIGHT]

Kael, Yuna, and Jax sit at the table, silent.

Kael: "We need power. But more than that... we need will. Discipline. Empathy."

Yuna: "There are so many. But only two can wear the badge."

Jax: "Then let's test them. Not just their strength. But their resolve."

[TO BE CONTINUED IN EPISODE 2 — "TRIALS OF THE WORTHY"]