Master Chief was running the usual diagnostics on the fighter when a ship dropped out of light speed right in front of them. He quickly ran to the pilots seat and took control of the weapons. The Convenent ship just stood there and waited. "Maybe they didn't see us," said Cortana. "Well it better stay that way." The Chief slowly maneuvered the fighter behind the Convenent cruiser. "From my scans their reactor is on its way to critical," said Cortana. "Impossible, why would they let their own reactor get that hot?" said the Master Chief. "I don't know," said Cortana. The Master Chief thank. "Cortana, scan for various life forms on that cruiser," said Master Chief. "Right away." "I picked up 5,265 flood and 10 Convent," said Cortana. "So my guess is that they're self-destructing the ship to prevent the ship getting into the hands of the flood," explained Master Chief. Than he thought, "Is their Convenent ships on the way?" asked Master Chief. "I detect 10 ships on the way to our position," said Cortana. "So what should we do, since if we move from behind the cruiser they'll spot us and open fire, but if we stay the other ships will detect us and open fire on us from there," explained Master Chief. "Hmm, I don't know the logical course of action, its up to you," said Cortana. I wonder…