Reunion Tour
Chapter 1
"Sir…finishing this fight."
The wispy words stayed in the Master Chiefs head. The Chief had his doubts as to those words, but he could not fail. He knew that failure ultimately meant the extinction of the human race and quite possibly all sentient life in the universe. The Chief was without a plan, without any weaponry, and without Cortana. He was in reach of Truth, but at the same time so far away.
The hull of the Forerunner ship began to rattle immensely. The Chief began to pick up signals from the remaining UNSC orbital defense stations. The rattling continued, growing more powerful with every passing second. The Chief knew he was in Earth's atmosphere; it was just a matter of time.
The rattling came to a halt. Sounds of decompressing air and machinery filled the ship. The Chief waited for it to be quiet again before he would make his move. After a minute or so, the noise ceased.
"I wonder where Truth decided to land. Could there already be a Covenant rally point? Are we in a city or open area? What should I expect when I exit this ship?"
These questions flew through the Chiefs head quickly. He prepared for an angry greeting by the Covenant. The door opened and sunlight flooded the room. The Chief waited a moment for his eyes to adjust to the sun and for his suit and body to adjust to Earth's gravity and environment. Once he got a feel of Earth again, the Chief slowly stepped outside.
Looking around, the Chief instantly realized that he was back in New Mombasa, but it no longer looked 'new'. Few buildings stood while the rest was just a pile of debris. The bridge was only partially standing and the debris of UNSC and Covenant vehicles littered the ruins of New Mombasa. Various squads of Banshee aircraft patrolled the city.
He stepped further outside of the ship and found a working television in the broken window of an electronic shop. A news station was showing images of Brutes stomping down the streets, battles between Earth's UNSC forces and the Covenant, the destruction of the White House and various other political houses on Earth and the first landings of the invasion. It was clear that the Covenant now controlled Earth. The Chief had to do something, if he was to save Earth and humanity.
The Chief could not find Truth or any trace of Covenant around the Forerunner ship so he felt safe enough. He moved further from the ship, searching for any weapons or anything that could be of use to him. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted something glowing blue. He walked over to it and found a dead Elite with a Plasma Rifle on the body. He picked up the weapon carefully. From the looks of the body, the Elite had been dead for a while, probably KIA when the Chief fought off a small Covenant force a month back.
His next move came almost instantly to him.
"I remember seeing a downed Pelican somewhere along the coastline. If I can get to it and get it working, I might be able to really see where the Covenant are and why they are here." the Chief thought. The Chief also knew he would also need some weapons and gear modifications before he would take on the entire Covenant alone.
Another idea popped into the Chief's head. He quickly ran off to the coastline to find the downed Pelican.