The forerunner ship sped toward the last safe place for humanity, Earth. It carried five passengers, four that were accounted for and one unaccounted for. The Prophet of Truth and three brutes sat in the control room planning the elimination of humankind, but they didn't expect me to stop the party.
I crawled onto my hands and knees. I caught my breath and advanced to my feet. I wiped the purple alien blood off my MJLNOR battle suit. I spoke into my COM, which helped me speak to my AI, Cortana. "Cortana, Cortana, do you copy?"
No response, then it came back to me. Cortana stayed behind on the Covenant holy planet, High Charity. I wondered about that for a few seconds, and surveyed my surrounding. A few seconds later, I saw a door at the end of the cargo bay where I was situated. I crept forwards with my battle rifle in firing position. As I crept up I saw weird covenant graffiti on the door. I was about to look at the weird language, then I heard voices,
"Now humanity is near their end!" rang one voice,
" Yes brother, and soon our journey to the Great Divine will uninterrupted," laughed a deeper voice,
I walked away from the door and waited a few seconds to a grip on what was happening in there. Then a single phrase went over my COM, "Identify your self!"
"This is Spartan 117," I responded
" Isolate that signal," came the voice " What are you doing up there?"
"Ending this war!"