Halo Forerunner (standard:Fan Fiction, 8064 words)
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Events that follow Halo 3.

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minute.” Yelled the chief engineer.  Hazzie took the moment to check 
his equipment.  His MC7K assault rifle had a full clip of high velocity 
rounds, though not any good for this mission, he still like to be sure. 
 He popped the clip back in his rifle just as the engineers finished 
cutting.  He was the first to leave the boarding craft and he gave the 
all clear sign for the rest of his team to move in.  The engineers 
moved up to the next door cut through it while the soldiers looked for 
anything to take back with them.  The engineers cut though the door and 
the soldiers moved through and cleared the room.  The door in this room 
was partly open and the engineers pried it open the rest of the way.  
The next room was clear but the contact appeared to be on the other 
side of the wall.  Hazzie ordered his soldiers to shoulder their rifles 
but not to fire.  Then he ordered the engineers up to the door to start 
the cut.  Hazzie couldn't stand having to risk his life and the lives 
of his men by not being able to return fire.  He had never been this 
scarred in his life.  The engineers had just finished the cut when the 
two meter tall metallic green figure raced up and grabbed one of the 
engineers.  The figure looked more machine then like a living creature. 
 True to his orders Hazzie ordered his men to drop their weapons and 
bow to the alien in hopes it would release the engineer and follow them 
back to “the Haleakala”.  Just as he hoped the strange green alien 
released the engineer and looked at Hazzie and his men waiting to see 
what they would do next.  Hazzie ordered his men to stand and he 
motioned for the alien to follow them.  Seeing that the he understood 
their motion they started back for the boarding craft when the alien 
motioned them to stop and wait.  The alien disappeared then returned a 
short time later.  Hazzie had no idea what the alien went back to get 
because to him he didn't see anything different.  Wasting no more time 
they headed back toward the boarding craft where the alien froze then 
boarded the craft. 

Chapter Three May 3, 2553; 0900hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system Aboard an
AB7F8 boarding craft Moving toward alien Cruiser “Haleakala” 

Master Chief was completely surprised that the aliens had signs in
English and Cortana didn't know what to do either.  The aliens took a 
seat in the chairs and the ones he assigned the tag of engineer 
disconnected the boarding craft from “Forward Unto Dawn”.  It took a 
full 5 minutes for them to undo the lock.  When the craft was free the 
“pilot” turned it around and headed back toward to the alien cruiser.  
Chief looked around and designated the alien in the seat directly 
across from him as the leader of this group of aliens.  “Something 
strange is going on here” Cortana said into the chief helmet's 
speakers.  “How do aliens that we know nothing about speak English?”  
“Maybe we should ask them when we get to their ship.”  Replied the 
Chief.  Looking around the craft looked like it could be refitted to 
carry an array of equipment from thirty Orbit Drop Shock Troopers to 
one scorpion main battle tank.  All 20 of the armored aliens sat 
staring at him in shock and awe.  “Apparently they haven't seen 
anything like you before” Remarked Cortana.  “but most of our own 
marines haven't even seen a Spartan before either.”   “Cortana, how 
large is the alien ship we're approaching?”  the Chief asked.  “It is 
about 1782 meters long, roughly the size of a covenant battle cruiser” 
She replied.  “and from what I can get out of their battle network we 
are heading toward a cruiser called “Haleakala” but the rest of the 
network is scrambled with chatter about what to do with “Forward Unto 
Dawn”.  “Weapons?”  Asked chief.  “They've got eight 50mm. chain guns, 
four on each side, and 4 large Plasma Cannon like weapons at the stern 
of the ship.” Replied Cortana. 

“One minute till dock” called the pilot over the team COM channel. 
Hazzie were all still to awe struck and terrified at the same time to 
notice though.  They had never seen anything like the alien before.  
Its green armor shined bright in the light of the boarding craft.  It 
had a slight shimmer of what Hazzie thought to be some sort of 
shielding.  The strange alien looked around as if he had never seen 
anything like the ship before.  “Ten seconds.”  Hazzie called over the 
COM channel and signaled to the alien.  Then the airlocks engaged with 
a hiss and the signal light came on indicating that they could safety 
come aboard. 

The alien that that John designated as the leader of the group was
apparently signaling him trying indicating that there were ten seconds 
before they docked.  He heard a hiss and a signal light came on 
apparently signaling for the aliens and him to exit the craft and board 
the cruiser.  When the aliens got onboard the cruiser they were 
surrounded by teams of robots who took off there armor.  To the chiefs 
surprise they strange aliens looked almost human. 

Chief immediately started feeling wobbly and started to run into things
when six of the human like aliens ran up to him and helped him sit 
down.  The aliens then started to take his MJOLNIR armor off when they 
quickly jumped back like they had been hurt.  “What happened?”  Chief 
asked Cortana.  “I thought they were trying to hurt you so I shocked 
them.”  She replied.  “It probably would be a lot easier to get in 
touch with them if you don't do that.”  Chief replied back.  He then 
motioned for the aliens to start taking off his armor again then just 
as they had done the first time they ran up to him and started taking 
off his armor.  They required very little help in taking off the armor 
but still required some help moving them around.  After the aliens got 
his armor off and got a look at him they had surprised looks race 
across their faces.  Master Chief then decided to try to communicate.  
“I mean no harm.” He said.  Then the alien faces went from partly 
surprised to scared. 

Hazzie signaled the alien, then his own men to leave the craft and board
the Haleakala”.  They all stood up and exited.   When they got off 
several two foot tall robots swarmed around them and started taking off 
there armor.  After they all had their armor off they looked at the 
alien and he seemed to be very confused because he was wobbling around 
and running into things.  Immediately Hazzie ordered his men to help 
the alien sit down and start taking off its armor.  Five of his men ran 
up to the alien and sat it down in a steel chair.  When his team 
started to take off the armor a sudden shock jolted them.  The alien 
acted surprised that they moved away and then after a few minutes 
signaled for them to come and take off its armor again.  The same six 
men ran up to the alien and started taking off the armor.  The alien 
helped them take off the armor and move it around.  When they got off 
all the armor they looked at him and couldn't believe what they saw.  
This alien looked almost just like them.  The only difference was his 
size.  This alien was huge.   Hazzie was the first to get past this, 
but nothing could have prepared him for what happened next.  Out of no 
where the alien spoke in English, “I mean no harm.” 

Chapter Four May 3, 2553; 1000hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system Aboard
Aerobe Cruiser “Haleakala” In orbit around Persephone 

Master Chief and General Hazzie were walking toward the bridge of the
“Haleakala” when the ship violently shook.    “Pressure Hull breached 
on deck 1-5” boomed a voice over the ships intercom.  “Get a 
containment crew down there now!”  Hazzie started running and yelled to 
the chief “come on, we need to get to the bridge ASAP.”  Master Chief 
started into a run following General Hazzie.  They ran though thirty 
large rooms and up six flights of stairs before reaching a door marked 
control.  Hazzie entered a seven digit security code before the door 
opened.   Inside the walls were covered with monitors showing views 
from security cameras inside the ship and navigation cameras on the 
outside.  Straight ahead in the center of the room was the largest of 
the monitors that showed a planet twice the size of Earth.  “Where are 
we?”  Chief asked Hazzie.  “No time for that now.” Called the captain 
Yaw.  “What hit us, who did it?”  Demanded Hazzie.  “Unknown, we've 
never seen anyone like them.”  “Come and take a look at this.” Hazzie 
told the chief.  “Do you know who this is?”  “COVENANT” Chief replied. 
“It's a Covenant Capital ship.  They must have followed me.”  “Followed 
you from where?”  Yelled Hazzie.  “The Ark” Replied Chief.   “I'll 
explain later.”  “Fire half your weapons at the ship to knock out their 
shields,” Recommended Master Chief.  “Then you can hurt them.”  
Immediately following these recommendation two dull thuds echoed though 
the ship.  “ETA on impact with enemy ship.....ten seconds.”  “Red glow 
generating around enemy ship” yelled out Yaw.   “What do you recommend 
we do?”  Hazzie asked Chief.  “Take evasive action on my mark. 3, 2, 
1.....mark.”  The Haleakala rolled to the right just as the covenant 
ship fired its plasma weapons.  The weapons streaked past, missing the 
“Haleakala” by half a km.  “They won't make the same mistake twice” 
yelled John. “Fire remaining weapons.”  “Firing” yelled the weapons 
officer.  “First salvo impact.....now.” Hazzie said over the intercom.  
The front view screen had changed from the planet to the enemy ship.  
The shields on the ships flickered and went out.  Five seconds later 
the second salvo impacted the ship ripping though its midsection, but 
not before another plasma shot was fired.  The captain of the 
“Haleakala” rolled the ship again but the plasma followed and impacted 
the ship on the mid decks.  “Desks 6-10.......GONE!” cried the captain. 
“What was that?” Hazzie asked.  “A plasma shell” Replied chief. “One 
hit can burn though a ship.”  “Weapons ready to fire” said the weapons 
officer.  “FIRE” yelled Master Chief. 

The ship shook again as all weapons fired at the Covenant ship.  Seconds
later the Capitol ship ceased to exist.  “All desks damage report.”  
Captain Yaw yelled.  “Decks 1-5:  Hull breach contained.  Decks 6-10: 
Gone.  Decks 11-20 report minimal damage.”  A voice called over the 
intercom.  “Boarding Craft inbound, ETA five minutes.  “Permission to 
leave the bridge and get back to my armor?” asked chief.  “Permission 
Granted.”  Replied Captain Yaw.  The Chief left the bridge and ran back 
down the flights of stairs until he was back at the room where he first 
entered the ship.  The small robot immediately surrounded him and 
started installing his armor.  They had just completed installing the 
armor when Captain Yaw's voice boomed on the intercom, “Prepare for 
boarders.”  The ship shook as the first craft made contact with the bay 
the chief was in.  Master Chief shouldered his weapon and waited for 
the aliens to come out.  First out were a group of Grunts that didn't 
see him.  Next out were two Brutes and a Jackal.  John opened fire on 
the first of the Brutes and took him out before it had a chance to 
fire.  The Grunts started running and shooting at anything they saw 
which happened to be each other.  Master Chief then aimed for the 
second Brute just as it started to charge but without pulling the 
trigger on his rifle the Brute and the Jackal fell along with the only 
remaining Grunt.  Chief looked around and was rewarded with seeing 
twenty UPDN troopers.  “Thanks” said Master Chief.  The troopers all 
nodded in acknowledgement.  Master Chief and his new squad fought 
though the next six compartments killing another Brute, twelve Grunts, 
and six Jackals.  In the seventh compartment though were two Hunters.  
The group of twenty-one men started walking into the seventh 
compartment not knowing what was in there.  The first five men had 
entered before the first Hunter fired its fuel rod gun and 
disintegrated the men.  Chief and the remaining fifteen men fell back 
into the sixth compartment.  “Fire low, and in small burst.”  Yelled 
Master Chief.  The UPDN troops each though grenades into the next room. 
 The grenades detonated in succession.  As Master Chief looked into the 
room he saw one of the Hunters fall to its knees and die.  The 
remaining Hunter screamed at the loss of his brother and charged at the 
group.  All sixteen of the soldiers opened fire on the Hunter.  Five 
meters from them the Hunter fell to its knees and died.    After an 
hour of intense fighting Master Chief's group made it to the bridge but 
at a high cost, thirteen of the twenty-one that started had been 
killed.  The Chief and his group held off the boarders from the bridge 
while the battle below raged on for three more hours then all the 
firing stopped until one last Brute raced up the stairs.  The alien 
took hundreds of hits all over its body but kept running.  It overran 
the troops at the door and ran for the Master Chief.  It sailed through 
the air and tackled him but as the alien hit him Chief drew his pistol 
and fired one shot.  This shot went right into the Brute's spine, 
paralyzing it.  Master Chief stood up and aimed for the Brute's head 
and fired.  It was the last thing the Brute ever saw.  “All boarders 
neutralized.”  A voice stated over the intercom.  “Status?” Asked Yaw.  
“Two hundred dead one hundred fifty wounded.”  The voice said.  Enemy 
casualties estimated at one thousand. 

Kerokee Zerrabee, a Covenant Brute, braced as his craft connected with
the enemy ship.  His boarding craft was the eighth craft to make 
contact with the ship.  The Grunts were the first to exit to clear the 
room for him.  His mission was to kill the green demon that had 
destroyed two of the halo rings and killed the prophets.  This demon 
was responsible for more then three thousand deaths of his kind.    
After the Grunts cleared the room he exited the craft and began his 
search.  He left the room and met up with a small resistance group.  He 
neutralized three of the six enemies before the others ran fell back.  
He and his group of four Grunts, six Jackals, and one other Brute 
fought though the enemy ship for over an hour.  They had just 
neutralized a group of two enemies when one of the other boarding 
groups mentioned that the “Demon” was in what the humans and new found 
aliens referred to as the “Bridge”.  His group was within two 
compartments of the demon and he couldn't wait to kill him.  Hastily he 
made the decision to charge the “Bridge”.  He sent the Grunts up ahead 
into the next compartment and watched as they were obliterated by enemy 
fire.  He then saw how many of his brothers had been killed here.  
Enraged that the demon had killed over fifty of his brothers, he 
charged ahead running up the stairs taking hits and still charging.  He 
made it up through the stair well and was tackling the demon when he 
got shot and felt his legs go numb.  The Demon had shot him in the 
chest with a high powered pistol.  The demon rolled out from under 
Zerrabee then stood up and aimed the pistol in his face and fired.  
Zerrabee prepared for the impact of the projectile.  The last thing he 
ever saw was the barrel of the demon weapon in his face. 

Chapter Five May 3, 2553; 1500hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system Aboard
Aerobe Cruiser “Haleakala” Landing at UPDN naval base 

”Cortana?  You haven't said anything for a while.  Is something wrong?” 
Chief said.  “No, I'm.......I'm fine.....I just can't believe that 
we've found another alien race or that a Covenant Capitol ship escaped 
from Installation 00.  I thought all Covenant were wiped out along with 
the flood.  If that ship escaped who knows if any others escaped.  What 
if the some of the Flood escaped to?” Cortana stated.   “If anyone else 
escaped they probably followed us to, but we'll deal with that problem 
later.”  Replied Master Chief.  “For now we just need to find out where 
we are.”  A short time later Hazzie walked up to Chief and asked “What 
do you need to know?”  The chief replied sternly asking “Where are we?” 
  “We're at the middle of the Alpha Phoenix star system and that planet 
you saw earlier was Persephone or home world”  “It is one of one 
thousand planets under our control” Hazzie replied.  “Your control?”  
Asked chief.  “United Planetary Defense Network or UPDN for short.” 
Hazzie snapped back.  “We control space out to two thousand light years 
out.”  “Now it's my turn.” Said Hazzie.  “Who are you?”  Master Chief 
thought about if he should answer truthfully then decided it would be 
best to tell the truth.  “I'm Master Chief, Spartan 117 John.  I work 
for the United Nations Space Command, UNSC.  I'm from planet Earth.” 
“Earth?  Where's Earth?”  Replied Hazzie.  “Earth is my home world.  
It's near the Sol star system.  You ever heard of it?”  Said Master 
Chief.  Hazzie replied:  “No, never, but how do you know about the 
legendary Ark and Halo Rings?”  “Legendary Rings?”  Yelled Master 
Chief. “How do you know about the rings?”  he continued.  “Stories of 
the rings have been told for thousands of year, but no one really 
thought they actually existed.”   Replied Hazzie calmly. “Your a 
Forerunner!”  Yelled Master Chief running up to Hazzie shoving his 
pistol in his face. “If you a Forerunner then why are you still alive” 
Chief replied as he put away his pistol.  Thankful that Master Chief 
put away the gun Hazzie replied:  “The stories say that about 100,000 
years ago armies were sent out far away from here to build the rings to 
contain the flood.  Before the rings were fired some of us managed to 
enter shield installations.  We built the rings to contain the flood 
and if need be destroy all sentient life.  Centuries ago we abandoned 
that region on space to avoid the flood but a small team was sent in to 
fire the rings and try to rid us of the parasite but they failed to 
fire the rings.  We abandoned the region and hoped for the best.  So 
why were you fighting the Covenant?” asked Hazzie.  “For the same 
reason that you fired on them, only worse.  The glassed several of 
Earth's colonies killing millions of my people.  For years after that 
we fought them off.” Just as Hazzie finished his sentence the Aerobe 
Cruiser touched down on the landing pad.  Hazzie walked Master Chief to 
the exit of the ship.  Along the way they passed piles of Covenant 
Bodies. Outside on the surface of Persephone looked exactly like Earth. 
 “Atmosphere is equal to that of Earth.”  Said Cortana. Seconds later 
six Covenant Cruisers appeared out of pinpoint slip space jumps.  And 
almost immediately began firing on the surrounding forerunner ships.   
“We need to get up there and board one of those ships.  They may be 
able to help us get you home.”  Yelled Hazzie as he ran toward the 
Haleakala with Chief right on his heels. 

Chapter Six May 3, 2553; 2100hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system Forerunner
Controlled Space Space around Persephone 

From the Bridge of the Haleakala Master Chief could see two destroyed
Covenant ships and eight destroyed Forerunner ships.  The Covenant were 
largely outnumbered at least ten to one, but were still racking up 
immense casualties.  “Five minutes before intercept.”  Called out the 
forerunner AI.  Hazzie and Master Chief along with one hundred other 
soldiers were going to board the largest other the Covenant ships and 
attempt to take control of it.  They hoped to either find the 
coordinates for Earth or the Coordinates for the Covenant home world.  
In the two days since he had arrived and the Forerunners had declared 
war on the Covenant vowing to avenge their fallen comrades.  “Two 
minutes,” called the AI “You need to get to boarding craft twelve.”  
Boarding craft twelve was the first of two boarding craft each with 
fifty soldiers preparing to leave the ship.  Master Chief and Hazzie 
then run the rest of the four hundred meters to their boarding craft 
were fifty of their team members were already waiting.  They each had a 
MC7K along with a high caliber M12 Pistol.  Master Chief pick up his 
new rifle and pistol along with three spike grenades, and two frag 
grenades.  “Prepare to leave.”  Hazzie called out.  Master Chief sat 
down right as the craft disengaged from the Haleakala.  Plasma 
torpedoes raced paced the two crafts as they raced toward the Covenant 
Cruiser that the Haleakala onboard AI had designated as the 
“Hassayampa”.  This ship had appeared to be in control of the remaining 
four Covenant Cruisers and was the only one with its shield knocked out 
permanently. “Boarding Craft inbound.”  The Hassayampa's AI announced.  
“Impact in twenty seconds.  They are to close to fire on without 
endangering the ship.”  “Send Hunt and Kill teams down to the lower 
decks to intercept the infidels,” Ordered Captain Aadila, the Brute 
leader of the remaining Covenant forces.  “but bring the demon to me.”  
Aadila vowed to avenge all of his fallen brothers that the demon had 
killed. 

“Impact in five, four, three, two, one......NOW!”  Called out Hazzie. 
The boarding craft had just attached itself to the Covenant ship when 
the six engineers ran up to the door opened it and started cutting 
their way into the ship.  Sixty seconds past before the engineers were 
able to cut though the ship's hull.  As the 8 foot diameter section of 
alien alloy fell into the Hassayampa enemy fire started raining into 
the craft.  Immediately ten of the soldiers were impaled by pink shards 
from an enemy needler which exploded after impact sending each of the 
soldiers into untold pain before finally killing them.  Master Chief 
stepped into the line of fire letting his shields hits while the 
forerunners got out into the Cruiser to cover.  A warning siren blared 
in his suits helmet as he step out into cover.  He behind a wall for 
his shields to recharge before he stepped out and took aim at the three 
closest Jackals but before he could fire he was blown on his back by a 
plasma grenade.  He hit the wall behind him with enough force to dent 
the two meter thick metal alloy.  Three forerunner soldiers fought 
their way over to him.  “Chief.........you alright?”  Asked Lieutenant 
Brozich.  “That blast would have killed anyone else but he can take 
it.”  Yelled the second soldier before the Chief could answer.  Master 
Chief painstakingly stood up and began fighting again.  He crouched and 
looked over a crate, took aim at a cluster of Grunts and fired two 
short bursts.    The rounds impacted six of the Grunts bursting their 
methane tanks causing them to suffocate.  Chief then turned to face his 
team as the ship shook.  The second boarding craft had arrived.  “Sixty 
seconds till they can get though,” yelled Hazzie.  “Cover them.”  The 
group moved over around where the other craft was attached, careful not 
to get in the way of the falling section of metal.  As the eight foot 
section of metal fell away Master Chief looked over his cover.  There 
were eight Brutes, twelve Jackals, and five remaining Grunts.  The 
Jackals had their personal shields overlapping each other and were 
followed by the Brutes and Grunts.  “Throw grenades over their 
shields.”  Yelled Chief.  He and six of the Forerunner soldiers each 
lobbed grenades.  They sailed though the air but were intercepted by 
half of the Jackals raising their shields up.  This action left spaces 
in between the shields which Hazzie immediately took advantage of by 
ordering his men to fire in the gaps.  Ten seconds of solid automatic 
fire followed the order along with three Brutes, two Jackals, and all 
five Grunts falling down dead.  The remaining Jackals shields failed 
and the Jackals scattered behind cover leaving the Brutes out in the 
open.  Master Chief and the Forerunners opened fire on the Brutes 
instantly killing three more.  The last three Brutes became enraged and 
charged the team.  Hazzie aimed at the closest alien's head with his 
pistol and fired one shot killing it.  As the massive alien died it 
fell forward pinning Hazzie down under it.  The other two aliens had 
made it to the group and were taking large amount of fire.  They had 
already crushed three unlucky soldiers under their massive weight 
before one of them fell and died.  The second one ran up and picked up 
the closest two soldiers pinning them up against the wall.  The 
soldiers legs flailed for a moment then ceased as they realized that it 
wasn't doing any good.  Both soldiers simultaneously pulled out their 
pistols and fired one blind shot each into their attacker.  The alien 
dropped both soldiers and fell down backwards dead.  Master Chief 
through a grenade toward the cluster of Jackals hiding behind a crate.  
The Jackals scattered but the frag grenade overtook them.  Now only two 
Jackals were left.  Both had fixed their energy shields but were no 
match for the group of eighty-seven Forerunners and Master Chief. 
Chapter Seven May 3, 2553; 2300hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system 
Forerunner Controlled Space. Aboard Covenant Cruiser Hassayampa 

“Regroup!”  Yelled Hazzie.  All the soldiers ran to Hazzie's position. 
During the battle thirteen soldiers had been killed.  Ten when they 
first landed and three during the firefight leaving them with 
eighty-seven soldiers. Compared to thirty one Covenant deaths.  “We 
need to find an access port so I can take control of this ship.  You'll 
still need to get to the bridge to give me navigation controls but I 
can take stop the ship from firing from any access.”  Said Cortana.  
“We'll find one.”  Replied Chief.  Hazzie divided the group into three 
groups. One group lead by Hazzie, one headed by Master Chief, and one 
lead by Lieutenant Brozich.  Brozich lead his team of up the middle 
corridor, Hazzie down the left maintenance tunnel, and Mast Chief down 
the right corridor.  “To your right Chief.  An access port.  Place me 
in and I can direct you to the bridge.”  Said Cortana.  Master Chief 
looked to the right, found the access port and pulled Cortana. 

“To your right Chief.  An access port.  Place me in and I can direct you
to the bridge.”  Seconds later Chief pulled her and placed her into the 
access port.  Information streamed through her.  She immediately 
silenced all communications in and out of the ship.  Although all the 
other ships were bound to already know about their presence.  She 
placed her own encryption codes into the system to keep a Covenant 
presence in the system held back.  She wasn't about to let a Covenant 
AI attack her again as she had on the Ascendant Justice.  “Go down 
forward through five compartments and down five decks.”  She said into 
the Chief's Helmet speakers.  As she watched Chief as his group ran 
through the hallway she detected enemy movement in Hazzie's hallway.  
Immediately she sent a warning message through a private COM link.  
“Enemy presence in upcoming passage.”  She said but feared she was too 
late because she heard automatic fire and screams as plasma shots hit 
soldiers.  “We're under heavy fire Cortana.  Is there anyway around 
this Corridor?”  Asked Hazzie.  “Negative,” replied Cortana. 
“Lieutenant Brozich can be there to help in three minutes though.”  
“Roger.”  Yelled Hazzie.  Cortana switched her attention over to the 
middle corridor cameras and opened a COM channel with Brozich.  
“General Hazzie requires assistance,” said Cortana.  “proceed back down 
your corridor and enter the maintenance tunnel and down two hundred 
meters.”  “On the way.”  Replied Brozich.  She then turned her 
attention to the Chief and his team again.  They had engaged in several 
small fire fights since she left them minutes ago.  “Turn left in one 
hundred meters and go down two more decks and you should be at the 
doors to the bridge.  Only there is very minimal resistance, like 
there's nothing down here to protect.  Just a small bridge crew of two 
Brutes and three Jackals.  No other Contacts.”  She said. “This ship 
isn't any better crewed then the Ascendant Justice back at the first 
Halo Ring.  In fact its crew is smaller.  There are twenty Brutes, six 
Jackals, and fifty Grunts left.  That's barely enough crew to operate a 
small ship let alone a vessel of this size.  There are also twelve 
engineers and no escape pods left.  Apparently the majority of the crew 
either died and were ejected from the ship or abandoned ship.” 

“We're there,” said Master Chief.  “Open the doors Cortana.  “Over ride
initiated.”  Cortana replied.  The doors slid open and the whole team 
opened fire on the bridge crew.  Master Chief and the others opened 
fire on the small crew taking out one of the brutes and all three 
Jackals before they could activate their shields.  The other Brute 
lobbed two plasma grenades which fell short of their target and landed 
in between Master Chief and the Brute.  Most of the Forerunners had 
scattered in the halls when the grenades were thrown, leaving John and 
six marines to fight the Brute.  The Brute went berserk and charged the 
team who opened fire knocking the Brute to its knees where it died. 

Aadila and his small bridge crew of one other Brute and three Jackals
went around the control room to the various monitors trying to locate 
the intruders which the first hunt and kill teams failed to take out 
and defend the ship from the surrounding enemy craft.  Most of his 
ships crew abandoned the ship when they learned that the prophets had 
been killed, which lead them to the death because they had nowhere to 
run but also left the Hassayampa short handed.  He was only able to 
send out six different kill teams, three of which had already been 
decimated by the infidels, the rest had just been ordered to return to 
the bridge to help defend it in the event that the aliens were able to 
locate it but shortly after the order was sent out they lost contact 
with one more team.  He wasn't sure if the team was going to radio 
silence or if they to had been destroyed.  “Contact.”  Screeched one of 
the Jackals just as the door to the Control room opened and a hail of 
bullets rained into the room.  The trio of Jackals and his fellow brute 
went down in an instant.  Immediately he knew he had lost but he 
through two plasma grenades halfheartedly toward the enemy.  The 
grenades hit the floor half way to their targets and exploded.  He then 
swallowed his pride and charged the enemy.  He made only about twenty 
feet before he was gunned down.  Aadila fell to his knees right where 
he stood and died. 

Chapter Eight May 4, 2553; 0100hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system Forerunner
Controlled Space Aboard Covenant Cruiser Hassayampa's Bridge. 

Master Chief and his team were busy securing the bridge as Hazzie and
Lieutenant Brozich searched the ship for any remaining Covenant forces. 
 “Cortana, status of the fleet.”  Chief asked.  “All Covenant ships 
neutralized, but at a high cost to the Forerunners.  They lost 
approximately twenty-five ships during the battle.”  Cortana replied.  
“Hazzie's and Brozich's teams have cleared ninety percent of the ship 
and have neutralized all but three Brutes, and ten Grunts.”  “Any 
information on Earth or the location of the Covenant home world?”  
Asked Chief.  “Yes and No.  There aren't any coordinates for Earth but 
I do have so coordinates for a section of Covenant controlled space.  I 
don't know what the coordinates are for but it might be worth 
investigating.  With the Covenant slip space generators it should take 
about five days to get there.”  Cortana replied.  “We'll talk with the 
Forerunners later about that possibility, but for now we need to get 
back down to the surface and get some explanations.” Said Master Chief. 
 Minutes later Cortana notified him that Lieutenant Brozich and General 
Hazzie had clear the ship of all known Covenant forces and were in 
route to the bridge.  They had suffered twenty casualties in the fight, 
thirty-three since they boarded.  “Hazzie, status update.”  Asked 
Chief.  “Remaining enemy forces pinned in bunk room.  Attempting to 
open the doors now.”  He replied.    “All Engineers are rounded up on 
C-deck,” said Cortana.  “Hazzie and Brozich report all threats 
neutralized and are returning here to receive further orders “Have 
Hazzie to post half of his team in the engine room and bring the others 
here.”  Replied chief.  “On it.” Cortana said. 

Hazzie and Brozich had just met up with each other after clearing the
engine room by chased the Covenant forces into a small bunk room just 
off the armory.  It was imperative that the enemy forces not make it to 
the armory or it would be nearly impossible to win this battle.  The 
engineers from the boarding craft had hauled one of the plasma cutters 
down and were in process of cutting through the meter thick door when 
instead of falling out the locks released and ten grunts ran out of the 
bunk room.  All of these Grunts were immediately gunned down.  Five 
seconds later three high velocity grenades impacted the nearby wall 
just outside of the door followed by three Brutes who took aim and 
fired on the Forerunner Forces.  Their high velocity grenades missing 
the group by a matter of feet.  Hazzie and Brozich's groups fired on 
the Brutes.  Each Brute had taken approximately over one hundred rounds 
each but seemed to not have noticed the wounds.  All three Brutes 
became enraged and charged on the team.  Out of nowhere three rounds 
impacted the Brutes in their heads, killing them.  “Cortana, All 
threats neutralized.  Returning to the bridge to regroup.”  Brozich 
said over the COM.  The team started to head back toward the control 
room when Hazzie started to wonder why none of the soldiers claimed 
responsibility. “All Stop.  Who was that?”  Asked Hazzie but no one 
answered.  “NOW! Whoever shot those Brutes report!”  He yelled in 
annoyance.  “None of us shot.” Replied private first class Char Tom.  
“Then who did?”  Hazzie replied mockingly.  “Him.”  Was the only reply. 
 As Hazzie turned and started to ask who “him” was he saw a figure 
standing almost a meter taller then Master Chief.  A single Elite, 
stripped of his armor wielding a Covenant Carbine. 

Hazzie and Brozich sat trying to decide what to do with this new contact
while the team sat and watched in awe.  “Should we warn the Chief and 
escort this creature there or should we just lock it up?”  Brozich 
asked Hazzie.  “Personally I don't like this thing but it seems 
friendly”  Hazzie hailed the bridge over the COM to see what he was sup 
post to do with the creature. “We've found a........well.........I 
don't exactly know what he is but it's not like the rest of the aliens. 
 He actually helped us and now it wants to see you.  What do you want 
to do?” “Bring him up, but keep an eye on him.” 

Chapter Nine May 4, 2553; 0830hrs. Alpha Phoenix star system Forerunner 
Controlled Space Aboard Covenant Cruiser Hassayampa's Bridge. 

The doors of the Bridge parted and standing their was an Elite and
Hazzie and Brozich's Team.  “Are you the leader of these forces?”  
Asked Quen' Phitemee.  “Yes, I'm Spartan 117, John of the United 
Nations Space Command.  Who are you?” “I'm Quen' Phitemee, former 
Imperial Guard of the Covenant.  I only wish to aid you.” 

“We will rebuild, we will survive, but we will not rest until we know
the truth about the chief and our lost comrades.” The crowd rose up in 
approval and support for Lord Hood's war speech and his plan to rescue 
and return any and all UNSC forces to their homes no matter the costs 
with Earth being the base of command again.  The first step to this 
plan was to locate and return John to Earth. “We have all our 
remaining, nonessential ships dedicated to this task.  The first battle 
group leaves in twenty-four hours.” Was the last thing Hood said before 
exiting the room. 

Two days later a dozen ships, under command of Captain Darren Jacobs
aboard the groups command ship prowler Point of No Return, were well on 
their way toward the outer reaches of the remaining human controlled 
space.    They had exited slip space any hour earlier to check for new 
orders and were re-entering when a large unusual void opened in front 
of the group engulfing them.  The ships were stuck in the void. 

Chapter 10 May 4, 2553; 1200hrs. Lost Human World Onyx Inside Dyson
Sphere 

Kelly, Linda, and Fred had been searching for weapons and new technology
for two days when they came across what they had all been hoping for 
since they first got trapped.  Blue team sprinted as fast as they could 
back to base camp to inform Dr. Halsey and Chief Mendez about their 
discovery.  They came into base camp and were on their way past the 
eight cryo pods that housed gamma team and the three other unknown 
soldiers.  As blue team was passing the pods they started to open. 
Slowly one by one each pod began releasing its passengers.  Kelly was 
the first to realize the magnitude of the situation and quickly ran to 
find Dr. Halsey.  After sprinting through the massive Forerunner 
complex she found the Dr. in the medical bay with Chief Mendez and the 
Spartan III's Tom and Lucy.  Dr. Halsey was experimenting with new 
medicines she had created from new plants they had discovered in the 
sphere. Dr. Halsey was facing the door as Kelly came in.  She had heard 
her in her half ton MJOLNIR armor running down the adjacent corridor 
and had already started putting together a medical kit to aid any 
Spartans that might have been injured. Kelly quickly explained their 
situation but before she had completed Halsey and Lucy had already 
started sprinting down the hall soon followed by Mendez, Kelly, and 
Tom.  Kelly quickly made up the distance that she had lost when the 
others had taken off.  They made the distance to the cryo bay in less 
then half the usual time.  When they got there Fred and Linda were 
helping the first of the Spartans out of the tubes while the others 
finished opening.  The first Spartan III out was Spartan G129 Sarah.  
As soon as she was out of the tube she collapsed into Fred's arms.  
Gently he set her down and Dr. Halsey checked her vitals which seemed 
fine.  The other four Spartans were Spartan G135 Zac, Spartan G127 
Karry, Spartan G132 Max, and Spartan G141 Becky.  After the three 
Unknown Soldier's tubes opened all of the soldiers were taken quickly 
to the medical bay for evaluation where Halsey discovered that the 
three soldiers were new drill instructors bound for the Spartan 
training program but had been shot down.   For secrecy reasons no one 
had been informed on their arrival or about them being taken out.  None 
of the three men could remember anything about what had happened after 
they were hit or what had hit them, they only assumed it was covenant. 
Shortly after arriving at the medical bay Kelly explain to Chief Mendez 
about the rift they had found that could lead out of the sphere.  “Ash, 
Mark, Olivia!” yelled Mendez.  “You and the rest of Blue team go check 
out the rift.  Take two of the radios with you.  Dr. Halsey and I will 
stay here with the others.  And Kelly, report back if you discover 
anything.”  “Mendez! Get over here!”  Screamed Halsey.   “Sarah wants 
to talk to you.  She says it's about John, something she saw while 
inside the tube.  He's alive and needs help!  I think we can get to him 
from here.  Get Blue team back here now.  We need to gather our 
supplies.  I think that rift will take us there.”    Immediately after 
the conversation Mendez got on the radio to call in Blue team. 

Blue team had only gotten to the outer ring of the complex when they
received a transmission over the radio from Mendez telling them to meet 
them at the center of the complex for briefing on a new mission after 
they stopped off at the armory.  Since being trapped they had 
discovered a couple new energy weapons along with plenty of ammo and 
along with their own that they had brought with them they had a fairly 
sufficient armory.  All seven of the Spartans loaded up all the ammo 
they could carry, loading extras into gunny sacks before sprinting off 
to meet Halsey and Mendez. 

Mendez quickly explained the situation to everyone and outlined their
plan.  They were going to go through the rift, hopefully finding Master 
Chief on the other side along with a way home.  Quickly they loaded up 
all of there equipment into the Raptor.  They had discovered three of 
the sex meter long machines with two medium sized plasma cannons 
affixed to the beds of each one.  Although two Raptors would be 
sufficient enough to carry the whole team they decided to take all 
three with them for the extra firepower.  Speeding off at over 80 
kilometer per hour they hovered half a meter off the ground covering 
the distance quickly.  When they arrived at the slip space rift the 
stopped briefly to lock and load.  They entered the ever growing rift 
and where inside of slip space for only a matter of seconds before 
exiting into a large room filled with creatures aiming weapons at them 
but the creatures weren't so different from themselves.  As the team 
prepared to fire a wave of shock past over them as they saw a two meter 
tall, green armored soldier walk into the room and all the aliens 
lowered their weapons. 

Chapter 11 May 4, 2553; 1200hrs. Aboard Cruiser Hassayampa Forerunner
Docking Station 

Hazzie slowly piloted the ship into the newly refitted docking station. 
They were forced to dock after suffering a malfunction on one of the 
cruiser's engines.  Docking went smoothly without a hitch before a 
Brute capital ship materialize on the ship's screens.  The docking 
station immediately fired on the ship disabling it, just not before the 
ship had gotten off a dozen escape pods targeted at the station.  
Without any way to knock out the pods Hazzie ordered all of the men off 
of the ship and into the station to defend her.  “If the station falls, 
we fall.”  Yelled Hazzie, hoping to encourage the team.  As Master 
Chief ran into the station with Hazzie he froze in astonishment when he 
saw Blue team along with some smaller Spartans sitting in strange 
vehicles getting ready to fire on the forerunners.  In an effort to 
save his friends he quickly screamed “Everyone to hold their fire, 
their friendlies.” 

TO BE CONTINUED.


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