Inconceivable: Von
The golden armored Sangheili known as Von 'Vamdee walked swiftly to the bridge of his ship, the Inconceivable.
"What is the reason for my disturbance?" he growled as he reached the bridge.
"Your Excellency, we have found a Human ship, a Destroyer if our databanks are correct," Von's navigation officer, a Sangheili named Ryna 'Bntalee replied.
"Is it taking defensive or offensive measures?"
"None, Your Excellency. I believe it is just sitting there."
Von sighed. "Did you scan the ship? It may be a dead vessel."
"Yes Your Excellency. But the ship was rebounding our signals," Opam 'Clertee, the weapons expert said.
"What? What do you mean the ship is rebounding signals?"
The bridge was quiet. No one spoke or moved, except for Opam, who simply shrugged and shook his head.
"Alright, assemble a team and send them aboard the ship to investigate. Oh, and have my brother lead them."
Inconceivable's armory: Sop
The Sangheili Major Sop 'Vamdee walked in front of his troops. His squad consisted of three Kig-Yar, eight Unngoy, two Sangheili Minors, and another Sangheili Major. They were his hand-picked squad. He trusted them all with his life, even down to the last Unngoy. They had been through many battles together; even at the planet the humans called Harvest, save one of the Minors.
"The mission is simple," Sop said, drawing their attention away from cleaning their weapons and their gear. "We board, find out what is going on, check their navigation databanks and get out. Understood?"
"Yes sir!" his squad replied in unison.
"Good, now get on the Phantom."
The team bustled onto the ship. They looked at their leader expectantly. He nodded to them and climbed in, patting the pilot on the shoulder. The Phantom shot out of the hangar, hurrying to the lone vessel not far from the starboard side of Inconceivable.
It arrived at the human ship moments later, the hangar doors opened by a Covenant hacker on-board the Inconceivable. The gravity beam turned on and the team jumped out of their transport.
They landed with a dull THUNK in the hangar. Sop immediately had them spread out, searching the hanger for any signs of humans. He glanced wearily at the few boxes stacked close to the wall and the few human aircraft that were sitting in the hanger. His team reported back with nothing. The Sangheili Major nodded to them and led them to the only doorway.
Sop and the other Major stepped off to the side.
"Why are no Humans attacking?" the Major asked, looking around nervously.
"I don't know. It's our job to find out. Let's get to the bridge and find out what's going on, then get out. Take four Unngoy and one Minor with you, take to the starboard side and check the Armory and Mess. I'll take the Infirmary and Barracks. Meet at the bridge doors," Sop replied, looking at a map on the inside of his forearm's armor.
Nodding, the Major turned and picked out the Minor with a Carbine, ordering half the Unngoy to follow him. He took off down the hallway and to the right. Sop turned to the Kig-Yar.
"Guard the hangar," Sop ordered.
The three nodded and walked off, checking the hangar for enemies, just in case. Sop didn't spare them another glance; he was busy putting his team in formation to head deeper into the human Destroyer.
They traversed down a brightly lit corridor with but a few stains of blood, at least a day old. Sop didn't have a good feeling about this. Why were there no Humans? If another Covenant ship had come aboard this vessel and raided it, then it would be in the databanks. But, if the ship wasn't attacked by the Covenant, then where were the Humans at? He had a bad feeling, and knew that something was wrong.
Pushing the thoughts aside, the Sangheili watched the Unngoy round a corner, until one of them squealed and backed up. The other shoved him out of the way and came running back, nearly knocking Sop and the Minor down from their charge. They stopped when they realized their mistake.
"What is going on?" Sop nearly shouted.
"W-well, we went around corner, and then uh, he gone!"
Sop looked at them incredulously. "Gone? Who?"
"Tektek! He was dragged down hall! Into shadow!"
"How is that possible?" The Sangheili Minor growled, raising his twin Plasma Rifles.
"We not know, Your Excellency. Maybe Demon is about!"
Both Sangheili looked at each other. This was not good. If the Demon was onboard, then it was going to be a race to the bridge, to the navigational data.