Disclaimer: I do not own Halo. That right belongs to 343 Industries. However, originals like Oblivion are mine.
Author's Note: This is the first fanfiction I have ever posted. This was written when I was going crazy over the Halo universe. This is about a sangheili supreme commander and his fleet getting beaten by a rebel human fleet which has through the Covenant a little off kilter as the commander is an expert at ambush and vengeance. Also, I know this isn't quite poetic but it still counts as a poem. Please give me some critical advice and no flames. Now I present to you:
Oblivion
Silent stars
Glittering over the alien ships
Hanging over a flaming planet
The communications overlapping and echoing triumph
The supreme commander hisses victory
The human heretics are weeded from this system
Soon they will return to the holy city
Cheering victory all the way
Suddenly, the cheers become cries of surprise
For an explosion of blues sends forth ripples throughout the fleet
Ending the victorious cheering into surprised cries an eerie, tense silence
The supreme commander calls for footage on the main screen
Of the moments when the explosion occurred
Quickly it is revealed that a flag ship has been blown to pieces
By one unseen
Reeking havoc upon the fleet's leadership
The supreme commander utters the word,
"Oblivion!"
And on cue
A human vessel appears, painted black with the human words,
"Lady Liberty's Justice"
Sprawled gold across the side
Silently confirming his word
The Lady Liberty's Justice fires again
Another ship hit but not destroyed
Quickly sending it into distress and left weaponless against this foe
The commander growls and opens a channel to the broken ship
Calling for it to retreat to safety
Only to see another ship hit
Many following suite
"Oblivion..."
The word is a near whisper now
The Lady Liberty's Justice turning towards him and his flag ship as if responding to his whisper
Slowly advancing towards him
Other nameless human ships uncloaking behind it
Giving his wounded fleet the dread they had never known
"Oblivion!
Curses upon you and your species!
Curse you, heretic pirate!
Curse your ships and blasphemous ways!
I will hunt you down like the cowardly beast you are!"
As his words left his mouth
The commander ordered all able ships to fire
Brightening the starlight space into a blazing sun of blues and golds
The fierce battle that followed
Rained devastation upon on both human and Covenant fleets
But no matter how fierce the commander's forces fought
The humans and their ships had gained the upper hand
The commander soon sat in silence
The crew shaken by the sight of their fleet left drifting in space
"Oblivion..."
The Lady Liberty's Justice turned
"Damn you..."
The supreme commander spat out his purple blood
His crew lay dead or dying
"Oblivion..."
An open link reached his ears, calling,
"Supreme commander!
I know you live
I offer you honor
As I have dishonored you to the point of death
Meet me on Fade 14
The second world in system
And duel me to the death!"
Honor?
How does a human know of sangheili honor?
This vile creature that preyed upon Covenant ships...
He spoke
"Oblivion. This I ask you
If I die on that foreign world
Defile my corpse or whatever you please with it
But let my men live
They should not suffer for their commander's sin."
"Give me a good fight
And by all the gods and goddesses
Should you die at my hands
I will do just that!"
So down to the ocean world he went
The world called Fading 14
To where the pirate waited
A stolen energy sword hilt in hand
Waiting with a patience
That he knew only a few warriors had
Here stood Oblivion
The Pirate Queen of Humanity
As he had heard the Kig-yar call her
Reeking havoc on all whom that she could
Wearing odd black garments more thickly on her right side than on her left
An eye patch hiding her missing right eye with a scar from the crossing over the hidden emptiness
Two more scars cut across the bridge of her nose in a thinned double 'X'
Making her look most fierce
The commander lit his blade
And Oblivion hers
Circling each other until they charged each other
Slicing at each others flesh
'till finally Oblivion delivers the sanghelli commander a mortal blow
As he falls down to rest
Oblivion catches him
Laying gently him to rest on the soft green grass
Whispering sweetly,
"You have given me a good fight.
Now rest in the halls of Valhalla,
Where warriors dance and cheer in forever victory.
Rest there and wait for me
So we may duel again in endless joy.
Until then, I keep my end of the deal
And allow them to live.
Farewell, brave warrior. Farewell."
He gasped his last and closed his green-blue eyes
Fading into whatever paradise awaited him
And to wait for this honorable pirate called Oblivion
For that endless, joyful duel