It has been 4 months since the awakening of the guardians and the betrayal of the cortana And the ai's that were once there allies and creations those that chose to resist Are the remnants of the arbiters covenant and the unsc as well as some Small groups they have been on the run savaging and perform hit and runs on the Promethean's When and where they could though this did little to stall the guardians and cortana they continue their efforts but for some hope seemed lost little did they know they were about to make some interesting new allies the likes of which they have never seen
Ch 1 broken hope
Master chief was sitting down on a bench in the locker room looking at his reflection in the cracked visor of his old helmet in silence. He held it tightly feeling both anger and sorrow about what has passed Though his silence was interrupted when a marine enters " master chief they need you up on the command deck " master chief remains silent but turns his helmet around before putting it on and heading towards the command deck where he sees arbiter and Palmer discussing what he could only guess to be there next mission assignment as he approached
" perfect timing chief we are about to start the mission briefing " Palmer said as she brought up a map on the deck" we've managed to Find a shield world that may hold weapons we can use to fight the guardians " she pulled up a hologram of the shield world
" if this is the case we will be able to put a end to the hit and run tactics and we can start truly fighting " arbiter says chief knew how much the arbiter hated running from a battle but he could agree if there's a chance that this world could supply them with a means of fighting back they most look into it
" that's why will be sending blue team and osiris to the shield world to find the weapon if we find it we can even the odds for once " Palmer says ending the briefing but as chief is about to go prepare for the mission the ships alert starts to go off before they know it a guardian appears In Front of them and behind them " what how did they find us " as they prepare to try and make a move another guardian spears to the right side of the ship they were trying to cut them off " all hands on deck I want us ready to slip space fast" before she could finish the ship shakes fiercely " what just happened" Roland appears on the deck
" it seems our guardian friends want us to stick around for a bit to play but don't worry I've sent a distress signal hopefully someone heard it but we've got bigger issues" he opens Up a screen showing Promethean's warping into the ship attacking the people aboard " we need to hold them off or fight them off the ship other wise were done for" with that arbiter draws his energy sword he and his elites leave to go assist the marines chief follows shortly after grabbing a dmr
" just like old times old friend " arbiter says as they race down the corridor chief nods it did feel good to be fighting along side a old friend which is why he also needs to make it to his team . They were soon slowed in there race to help the others when a squad of Promethean are warped in the squad opens fire at the chief and arbiter as they charge chief opens fire at the soldiers disabling ones shield and arbiter stabbing one in the chest and ramming him into another stabbing him into both of them as chief slams a soldier into the ground and blasts another in the head And Both of the blast and slash down the final one they continue to make there way towards those in distress the ship shakes again Roland speaks on the intercom
" hey guys you might wanna find a way to get us free of these things and quick the readings show the guardians preparing to blast us and if it's OK with you I don't wanna be blown up if you don't mind " arbiter and chief pick up the pace mean while buck, vale and Kelly have held up in the mess hale with some odsts fighting off the Promethean
" man is it just me or do these things seem meaner than they normally do" he fires at a crawler blowing its head off followed by vale firing at Promethean with a sticky bomb before setting it off
" maybe so but if what Roland says is true we need to get free quick so let's get to work before they finish theirs " Kelly says jumping over the table and firing of her shotgun at the Promethean soldiers and running past him as he disappears followed by buck and Vale mean while in the command deck Palmer the shipmaster and some honor guard are held up fighting them off but as the battle continues Roland gets a reply
" Palmer someone responded to the distress call we've got back up " he says smiling though the smile slowly disappeared as he saw the light of the guardian preparing to fire" though too late for us" as he prepared for the worst he felt the ship shake but not from being fired upon but of something being destroyed when he opened his eyes he saw the guardian that was gonna fire is blasted in half a massive hole threw the center" whoa that's some back up " when Palmer turns to see what he means her eye widen in the background of the shatters guardian was a fleet the likes of which they had never seen before there intercom light up and a voice spook
"This is Matt Horner Of the new age expedition We have come to help any way we can"
End of ch 1