This is a side universe in which the arbiter is like the master chief, the humans are the ones invading the covenant and the great journey does exist, takes place in Halo 1.
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HALO: THE SACRED MARCH
The covenant cruiser , ''Truth and Reconciliation'' slowly exited slip space and entered an uncharted system ,forced to withdraw from the battle at Erebus ,covenant training ground and shipyard, they randomly jumped into hyperspace to continue with their original mission, find the human home world and sent their vanguard to capture their leader and force the humans to sign a truce ,they had already prepared the ship but the humans suddenly appeared in Erebus and invaded the planet. The covenant Higher Arcs ordered the ship to escape and continue their mission which mean one thing, they had lost the planet.
''Cortana , what is our status''-an old Prophet said as he floated in his grav chair.
''Holy One Plasma leak is sector 23 has been fixed ,plasma turret 1 to 5 are operational again but we lost number 6, 7 and 8, as well as section 34 to 38 of the ship due to that nuclear bomb the humans launched at us at the end ''-Cortana said to the High Prophet of Peace. He was one of the higher arcs to send in such dangerous mission but being the prophet of Peace would help to negotiate with the humans.
The Transmitter opened and from it an Elite voice was heard- ''Holy one in the planets gravitational force we have found a round object, you should see it ''
The Prophet headed to the main view screen of the bridge and what he saw was glorious-'' Cortana confirm me what I'm seeing''-The Prophet said almost not believing what he saw.
''A forerunner sacred ring, 10 000km in longitude, vast mountains, oceans, deserts, forest, swamps, The sacred Ring world, Halo''-she finished.
The Prophet was more than pleased, they had finally found one of the sacred rings from legend, with it their path to the divine was guaranteed, then he was brought to reality as the alarms of the ship turned on.
''Slip space ruptures, UNSC vessels appearing in point 7.5 ,detecting MAC weapon activation ,looks like they finally cached up with us''-Cortana finished.
The covenant ship were far more advanced than the human ships, but the humans outnumber them in each battle- ''Cortana , how many are there''
''Detecting 4 ship groups , make it 3 capital ship per group, and in about 90 seconds they'll be all over us Holy one''
The Prophet was furious but remain calm for the battle was about to begin, they had finally found a sacred ring but these humans interrupted them – ''Cortana order all personnel to take defensive positions in the ship, I want every warrior ready''
''Everyone Holy one''-Cortana asked almost happy.
''Everyone''-The Prophet said. ''And Cortana ''
''Huh''-a female human hologram appeared in the console, she was the only covenant construct that seemed human.
''Destroy these Heretics''
''Already began''
The hundreds of grunts, jackals , and hunters marched towards their positions in the ship ,reports indicate that humans have boarded the ship, a small white armor grunt hold two beam rods signaling an elite to disengage his phantom.
Elites operated Wraiths and secured them in the phantoms for takeoff, two jackals rided in the passenger seat of a specter piloted by an elite. 10 elites in blue armor as well as grunts red and yellow all formed up as an elite commander appeared in front of them. The elite had white armor and was missing part of his chin.
''When we joined the covenant we took an oath''-The commander spoke.
''Glory to our station, all without exception'',-all the elites spoke in unison
´´ On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons, we swore to uphold the covenant´´
'' Even to our dying breath ´´
''The heretic humans have boarded our ship ,but we will not fall so easily my brothers now that we have found the sacred ring , we shall smite all human that crosses our path and continue our march to glorious salvation''-All the elites let out a roar of war and headed to battle.
The engineers quickly took the armor and put it at the elite that stood there , he then activated the armor system and the shields were up instantly, the engineers took a step back an looked at the elite, the one they called The Arbiter.
''Arbiter come to the bridge immediately''-A voice was heard on his head gear, The Prophet of Peace.
He quickly left the mausoleum with the engineers but as they reached the door it blasted , the Arbiter survived but the engineers fall dead. The Arbiter seeing the exit blocked headed towards the engineer tunnels, he crawled to the other side in which he saw two grunts barely holding two human ''marines'', a marine toss a frag grenade and killed a grunt ,the arbiter thought of helping them but he was disarmed and the prophet had summon him, he headed towards the bridge crossing over bodies of grunts and jackals alike until he arrived at the bridge, the engineers didn't noticed him as they tapped commands in the panels , the Prophet sat in his chair looking at Halo.
''Noble Prophet of Peace, what will you have your arbiter do''
The prophet turned to him and began to speak. – ''Arbiter ,for so long you have served bravely for the covenant as the ones before you had done, but this time it seems the heretic humans have the upper hand ,look ''-He motioned to Halo- ''Halo ,magnificent isn't it, we finally found it but in such thriving time I'm afraid, our ship although it bears technology of the forerunners in it ,still is outnumbered by the human vessels''.
''A dozen UNSC ship against a single covenant cruiser, with those odds I'm contend with 5 ,no make it 6 kills, miss me''-Cortana looked at the arbiter.
''Barely heretic woman''-The Arbiter said joking with Cortana.
''So you did miss me''-Cortana said smiling, she was already accustom to the arbiter words, and the arbiter was already accustom to her sparkling personality.
The ship took a hit and almost knocked the arbiter to the ground.
''Report''
''It must have been one of their boarding parties, I guess a C-10 charge''
''Higher arc, our weapon system is down, we have sent engineers to fix it but the humans have the area secured''-An elite said.
''Then we must retreat, order all personnel to evac to the sacred ring''
''But Holy one ,what about you''-Cortana said.
''Do not worry ,I will leave with my honor guards as well ,but first I must lead this ship to the holy ring , Cortana prepare a landing procedure and prepare for extraction''-The prophet said.
''Yes Holy one''.-Cortana said as she disappeared.
''Arbiter here is your mission, you must take Cortana with you ,do not let any heretic lay his hand on her ,If they find about the great journey ,all will be lost''
''I understand Holy one''-The arbiter said .
''Alright ,I'm ready yank me''-Cortana said.
The prophet gather her crystal from the pedestal and handed it to the arbiter, he then put the data crystal in his head as the cold sensation filled him.
''Religion ,Holy one, Honor ,still the same stuff here I guess''-Cortana said to the arbiter ,he only nodded.
''Now leave ,and crush any heretic that stands in your way Arbiter''-The prophet said giving the arbiter a plasma sword as he bid farewell, an honor guard at the door handed him his plasma rifle.
The arbiter walked silently as he heard marines joking around two dead grunts, he engaged active camo, stood at the back of the marine and broke his spine with a hit ,the other marine yelled in fear as he began firing his primitive weapon ,but the arbiter quickly dispose of him with a few shots of his rifle. He hesitated in taking such primitive weapons but instead took their grenades, they didn't stuck but were useful anyway.
He entered the hall and found two grunts hiding in fear as 3 marines fire at their position, from behind the marines came 3 elites in purple armor and quickly dispose of the humans .
''Look the Arbiter''-An elite said in admiration. The front doors busted open and from it came 5 marines and one called ''sarge''. The arbiter had learned that this human called ''sarge '' was a human leader so he decided to take him out first . He engaged active camo and headed towards the sarge.
The human weak but intelligent noticed him and began shooting.-'' What the fuck is that, shoot it''-The black color human motioned his marines to shoot at the arbiter and disable his camo in the process, but that action gave the elites the opportunity and with swift moves they take out the marines. The human sarge decided to continue fighting anyway but the arbiter grabbed him from his neck and twisted it ,leaving the corpse to rot in there.
''One human sarge to my list''-the arbiter said. Then he motioned his elites and grunts to secure the area, being the closest to the higher arc ,the elites nodded and remained there.
The arbiter continued trough the hallway and found a black armor human they called ''ODST'' ,holding at bay a couple of jackals , the elite hit him in the neck hearing the familiar snap that he was out, normally these armored humans were a great force but only when they worked in teams.
The jackals spoke in their native language, some mix of squeaks and sounds ,but the arbiter understood them ,thanks to Cortana. When suddenly the ship trembled again, the jackals followed the arbiter to the escape pods where 2 grunts stood at the escape bay, (the little things must be trying to escape) the arbiter thought, when an explosion threw the grunts in the air and from the pod came various marines holding ''assault rifles''. The arbiter began shooting as the jackals positioned behind him with shields raised. The arbiter took 2 humans easily as the other 4 ran for cover deep in the corridors. The arbiter tried to engage active camo but didn't work.
''Looks like your active camo is damaged, I'll try to find a way to fix it''- Cortana said in his head.
The arbiter motioned the jackals to advance while he assisted the damages, he saw the human drop ship docked in one of the escape pods. ''they're using our life pod airlocks to attach their boarding parties ,we come out and they come in, clever heretics''-Cortana said.
The arbiter heard screams and headed onward , the jackals were losing to the humans ,their shields could not withstand the human frag grenades, so he decided to try their trick and threw a frag he had picked earlier, the humans screamed in fear as they ran but the frag blew them to piece, the jackals praised the arbiter as he moved onward.
''Looks like your popular around the birds''-Cortana said to the arbiter.
They entered an area and found 3 grunts running for their lives as 4 marines followed them, the arbiter could hear one human say –''here piggy ,piggy ,piggy''
''I fixed your cloaking system, but it only lasts about 15 seconds, sorry''-the arbiter thanked Cortana ,having it 15 sec. to nothing was good. He ran to the group of humans as he activated active camo, the marines had killed already a grunt and were making dance the other 2 grunts with gunshots, this made the arbiter mad, long have the humans humiliated the grunts, now they will pay.
The arbiter drew his plasma sword and slashed the human in half and decapitated another, he then shielded the grunts with his body and drew dual plasma rifles and fried the remaining humans.
''The arbiter ,were saved''- a small grunt said , the arbiter motioned them go to an escape pod. He continued to find his brothers.
The arbiter arrived and saw the human ODST's above as his brothers took defensive position behind the staircase,-''Arbiter praise the Prophets , you have come to aid us''-the elites said.
''My brothers give me cover ,I shall escalate above and deal with these humans''-the arbiter said as the elites opened fire upon the humans, the arbiter in 2 jumps reached the upper floor ,the arbiter killed an ODST and used him as shield for the bullets, he then used the human rifle and his own and finished the remaining marines.
The elites quickly reached the top and continue to search for the enemy, then they heard the prophet of peace by the comm..
''Creatures of the covenant, abandon this ship and head for the sacred ring, good luck my children''-the elites roared furious, being defeated by the humans was a great dishonor, but nothing could they do in the ship, they all headed and continue to the escape pods, the arbiter leading the way, as he turned the corner , dozens of marines opened fire draining the arbiter shields dangerously.
''Careful, there are two of us inside now remember''-Cortana yelled at the arbiter.
The arbiter waited until his shields were full again and grabbed a plasma grenade from an allied elite, he look around the corner and threw the grenade successfully hitting a marine-''get it of me''-that was the last the human yelled as he exploded bringing nearby humans to their deaths, he then deployed his plasma sword as well as the other elites and ravaged the last humans.
''Weaklings''-an elite said.
As they headed towards the escape pod, a grunt fell to his feet and panicked.
''Were all gonna die''-he yelled as the arbiter lifted him and entered the escape pod.
''Now would be a very good time to leave''-Cortana said to the arbiter.
''Punch it ''-the arbiter said to the pilot.
''yes mighty arbiter''-the pilot roared and headed out of the ''Truth and Reconciliation''
''Look ,ship is damaged''-a grunt yelled
''Look''-Cortana motioned the arbiter to see the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' receive archer missile hit to his unshielded armor. ''I knew it the Truth and Reconciliation is speeding towards the sacred ring, the holy one must be manually controlling it''.
''Hold on my brothers, the ship is entering the rings atmosphere in 5''-the pilot yelled.
''Sure you wouldn't rather take a seat''-Cortana asked the arbiter.
''Well be fine''-the arbiter answered
''If I still have fingers I would be praying''-Cortana said as the ship headed towards the ring…
Well I decided to check this fic for any spelling errors, so here it is, if you see any error I missed, review it. Well see ya.