A darkness weighed over the spirit of fire, imposed by years of inactivity. Suddenly, Captain James Cutter was woken from his sleep by the sound of a familiar voice..
"Captain!".
James Cutter held his head for a moment.
"Wha.." he said, still heavily groggy.
"Captain, wake up;something has happened" she'd say.. Cutter found this disturbing, with the darkness and silence that emcompassed the area, what possibly could have happened?.
"I'd like that to be true." She replies "Its 2552, its been a long time, captain, but something bad is going on..".
"Serina? How are you still online?" He'd say.
"I deactivated all of my systems except some of my sensors, it extends my lifetime heavily.. But I wont last long now that im online" She replies.
"Alright then.. I'll wake the crew.." He'd get up from his seat, and walked towards a control panel. He'd press a few buttons, entering a password it seemed. Then, all the cryo pods opened. Even forge's, which was still sadly empty..
Anders would walk into the bridge.
"Whats wrong?" She'd inquire.
"Serina reckons something happened. Something urgent." He replies "I'll run a scan" She'd say, walking over to a panel. She activates the ship's sensor array.
She'd turn to cutter.
"Umm.. Captain, come look.".
Cutter would walk over.
"That shape of ship is.. unidentified." She'd say.
"Its been a long time, anders, the UNSC could have new ships." He replies.
"Its a possibility.. I'll let the crew know.." She'd say lowly as she walked over to the intercom.
A crackling could be heard over the intercom.
Jerome would look up towards an intercom "Whats going on?" He'd inquire.
His colleagues gathered around.
Anders voice would come through the intercom "We have found an unidentified ship nearby.. By its current course, it will be near us within a few seconds.".
There'd be a small burst of silence.
"The captain wants all crew to be ready for anything." .
The intercom would turn off.
Jerome would look at douglas.
"I have a bad feeling about this..".
The ship would shake, and then, go dark.. Silence emcompassed the ship..
Then, the alarms rang out all over the ship, the red glare caused by them being the only light apart from the torches of the marines.
Alice ran over to douglas and jerome .
"What is going on?!" She'd yell, barely being heard over the alarms.
"I dont know, lets go take a look, shall we?" douglas would reply, almost at the top of his lungs.
The three spartans ran down the hallway towards the hangar bay.
Meanwhile..
Anders would disembark the elevator, walking out into the hangar.
A red bolt would fly past her head, alarmed, she ran for cover as red bolts would trace her.
She'd trip, land on the ground.
A group of white armored men would surround her.
Suddenly, the sound of two SMGs broke the silence.
Alice would run over to anders, the white men dropping around her.
"Are you okay?!" She'd yell, still a ways off from anders.
"Yes.. I should be! Go back to the others and tell them to section off the hangar bay!" She'd reply.
"Alright!" She'd yell back, running back towards the hangar door.
Suddenly, anders would be grabbed around the waist, a hand covering her mouth. She'd be lightly hit in the temple, knocking her out.
Alice would return with douglas and jerome, only to see anders disapear into a sentinel class dropship.
"The professor is on that ship!" Jerome would yell, charging at the ship.
He'd throw a small tracking device onto it as it took off.
Jerome would watch as the sentinel got farther and farther away from the spirit of fire before it disapeared into the blackness of space..
There was a silence, broken by the sound of a MAC round.
A large stream of energy flung through space, to jerome and the others, seemingly at nothing, then it appeared.
It took the shape of a triangle, with a clearly visible bridge with two large generators.
The MAC round would easily break the ship's shields, having being designed to destroy covenant ships, which possessed stronger shielding.
The energy beam, still strong, would cross the bridge, slicing it in two vertically.
TIEs and shuttles would pour from the ship as it began to lose control, the TIEs flying towards the spirit of fire, as the shuttles seemingly dissapeared.
The TIEs would engage a group of longswords as the sentinel shuttle approached the dogfight.
Anders would wake up, very groggy from her abrupt unconsciousness.
"Where am I?" she'd mumble groggily.
Her arm would be grabbed by a man in black armor, with blue stripes on his helmet.
"Your not permitted to ask questions, lady." He'd reply, sounding almost curious.
"How do you.. What?.. Who?.." She'd mumble to herself, extremely confused at how they knew their language upon seemingly first contact.
"Listen up, lady, you better start listening or I'll-" He'd be cutt off by the ship's abrupt jump to light speed, and a sudden rumble.
"What happened?" The man would ask, running to the cockpit.
"It seems we hit a TIE fighter jumping into hyperspace.. when we come out, we better be ready for a rough landing." The pilot would reply.
"Alright then.." He'd return to anders, keeping tabs on her.
An hour would pass before the ship would be pulled from lightspeed.
It'd quickly slam into the ground, the ramp of the ship being smashed, and the man flying out into a sea of sand.
The pilot's head would slam against the controls, knocking him out instantaniously.
Anders would jump from the ship as it kept sliding along the sand.
"Ugh.." She'd groan, getting up off the ground. She watches the shuttle's engines explode from a distance.
"Hey, you!" The man had survived being sucked out, and was running towards her.
Suddenly, a canyon krayt dragon would emerge from behind a dune and would snatch the man in its jaws.
Anders would begin running, looking at the ground and not paying attention to her direction.
Suddenly, she'd be grabbed, and yanked back onto the chest of an armored person.
"Are you okay professor?" A voice would ask.
She'd breathe in relief, she was being rescued she thought.
She'd turn, but then, she'd be shocked.. She was seeing John Forge.