AN: Hey. I want to see if this'll work well. Please do tell me if it's a good or bad crossover. Leave a review and tell me. If it's overall not doing well, I'll probably cancel it where it is at the time. Enjoy!
Tavu 'Nacam was out flying over the surface of Earth. It had been some time since the end of the Human-Covenant war and by now, things were peaceful. His Spartan friend came to Sanghelios to visit him and his mate. She stayed there for now to get to know his species more while he hopped in the Banshee he stole from the Covenant to head to Earth. He knew his way to and from both planets quite easily, having done it a few times now. For the most part, he had befriended humanity. But something wasn't right this trip. He soon found out that when his Banshee's engine gave no warning that something was wrong with it. It just went out. Tavu had charged it before he left home, and the Banshee didn't have much energy usage. Despite having no explanation of the cause, the effect was obvious: he was going down. The vehicle shook his body around violently, slamming against the ground before screeching to a stop. The Sangheili flung open the hatch and got out, diving away as his ride exploded behind him. In the process of getting away, he smacked his head hard on the ground, which in combination with all the other hits to the face he took knocked him out.
When he did come too, Tavu groaned as he propped himself up on his knees and one hand while holding the other to his head. It took a moment for his vision to clear before he could do much. A voice came over his helmet comm. ''Tavu? Where are you? I thought you would make your visit quick.'' his Spartan friend and ally asked him.
He took a moment to stagger to his feet before replying. ''I have no idea where I am. But I'm not coming home by myself unless there's a vehicle for space out here. Unexpected crash destroyed my Banshee. No clue what caused it.'' he replied. He did say he would be as fast as he could to get back. He looked around a bit, noticing it was dark and there was a building ahead of him. He stared at something in a window. The thing was an odd shape, not really distinguishable from his perpsective. Whatever it was looked almost creepy. And it was staring back. Tavu blinked and it was gone. He took a quick scan of the area around him, grabbing his Battle Rifle of the ground. Nothing was near. He picked up his Needler and Energy Sword hilt and put them back where they belonged. He hadn't gotten a response from his friend. ''Shade? Can you hear me?'' he asked. Nothing came in return. Maybe the signal was off. ''I'm not alone here. Whatever that thing in the window was... I'm not liking this.'' he growled to himself, moving toward the building carefully.
Finally, Shade replied to him. ''You crashed? Are you alright?'' she asked.
''You didn't reply for a while.'' Tavu addressed. ''What happened?''
Shade sighed a bit. ''Nothing. Your mate was talking to me. Asking me what you said. I had to say.''
Now it was Tavu's turn to fall silent as he neared the doors. This was probably a bad idea... ''There's a building here. Something was in the window, staring at me. I need to investigate.'' he informed her.
''Alright, well... Stay safe. You know what happens when you die.'' Shade replied. Comm fell silent. Obviously the Spartan had just stopped talking and turned off her comms. Tavu did the same, before slowly pushing open one of the double doors. He started moving forward, taking a few sweeping glances around. Noticing a stage with two odd-looking statue-like things on it, he approached. They looked like animals that Shade knew and had told Tavu about. One was a brown bear looking creature, still as a statue, with a small black top hat, matching bow-tie and a microphone. At closer inspection, it looked like it had hand prints on it's face. The other looked like a chicken, wearing some kind of bib, reading ''LET'S EAT!'' and tufts of hair that looked like feathers on top. They definitely didn't look like they would come alive.
Somewhere behind him, a distant but still loud clanging noise made the Sangheili jump. He whipped around, aiming his Battle Rifle and looking for hostiles. He saw nothing and the noise stopped. He breathed heavily; he really wasn't expecting any company here. He turned back to the two animal 'statues' and took a step back in surprise at what he saw. Last time he checked, both were looking straight ahead, normally, but now they were suddenly staring directly at him. He cautiously waved a hand in front of the chicken's eyes. No response. He turned around and started to move away, staying alert. He never noticed that the chicken quietly started to follow him.
He moved quickly through some kind of dining area, looking around, hoping to find what made the clang earlier. The chicken kept following him for some time until he came across a hallway. It stopped and walked away, heading back to the stage. He kept moving down the hall, unaware of the camera watching him. At the end of the hallway was a metal door, closed. Perhaps that what made the clang. That meant someone was here. Tavu gently knocked on it. No response. He banged on the door. Nothing. He put a hand on his hip before turning around and starting to head back. I really need to find another entrance to this room. Maybe there's another hallway... he reasoned to himself. He just barely turned the corner when something came rushing right at him. He was only able to catch a glimpse of it before it tackled him to the floor with a screech. It looked like a crimson fox, and for some reason, had a hook in place of it's right hand. It looked really badly worn down, but it wasn't its looks that surprised Tavu. It was the fact it moved, quickly at that. He didn't have much time to take in the details as once again, his head slammed against the ground and he fell unconscious. The animal-like thing picked him up and slung him over its metal shoulder before walking away.
AN: So there you have it, the start of this crossover story. Please tell me what you think and be honest about it. Thanks for reading!
