Hey guys! Here's another chapter of Remnant Dawn. I don't exactly have much time on my hand to write this, sorry. I have big things in my life sucking out my times like; Halo, anime, and more video games. Haha, well enjoy my possible badly written fan fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own Halo or RWBY, they belong to their respective and awesome owners.

Chapter 2: Death From Above


The Dawn…

"How long do we have until we crash onto the planet?" asked John.

Cortana paused for a moment, as she used her algorithms to calculate the Dawn's impending crash.

"About 30 minutes, atmospheric entry in 10." replied Cortana.

"Daniel, run preflight checks on the pelican and make sure everything is screwed down tight. And Arbiter, take an inventory on all our weapons.

"Roger!" said the two in unison.

John sat down next to the holotank that Cortana was projecting herself off of. As a Spartan, he knew how to stay calm in situations like these. He assessed the situation and thought of a plan. He knew that there were inhabitants on this planet, but not if they were hostile or not. The trio of heroes need to stay find out as much as the planet as possible if they were to survive.

His thoughts were interrupted as soon as his companions said, "Hey Chief, we're done."

The Arbiter went first as he read down the list he made of the items they gathered.

"Here's what we have, 1 warthog with a machine gun turret, 6 MA5C assault rifles with about 60 clips, a Spartan laser, 2 shotguns with about 100 shells, 4 battle rifles with 30 clips in total, 1 rocket launcher with 10 rockets, 1 sniper rifle with 10 clips, and 3 magnums with about 100 mags."

"How the hell did we fit that into the pelican!?"

The Arbiter only shrugged at Daniel's question, also wondering the same thing.

"So how's the pelican Daniel? Anything to report?"

"Not at all, just some scratches on the paint, that's pretty much it."

"Chief?" piped in Cortana, "30 seconds until reentry…"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Daniel wanted to contribute to the conversation by saying,"Awww shit!"

'What an intelligent contribution,' thought Cortana.

Daniel, the Arbiter, and the chief quickly got into the pelican. Daniel went into the cockpit and took control of the pelican while the Master Chief and the Arbiter strapped themselves into the seats.

"Hold on to your helmets boys! This is going to be rough ride!"

The pelican's engines roared to life as it started to ascend from the ground. And at the same time, the Forward Unto Dawn just so happens to have entered Remnant's atmosphere. This caused Daniel to lose control of the pelican and hit the side wall of the hangar.

"Damn it!"

"Um, Daniel? Do you need any help? I can easily take control of it for you," asked the concerned AI.

"Hell no! I got this!" in which Daniel immediately puts on some aviators over his helmet.

Luckily, the pelican didn't suffer any internal damage as he expertly maneuvers the Pelican outside of the hangar and into the wall of fire forming around the Dawn.

The pelican shot out of the Dawn's hangar, leaving it behind as it burned from reentry.

"Were it so easy," piped up the Arbiter.

"Well, that wasn't scary at all," said Cortana with a smirk on her hologram.

Daniel put the pelican into a hover and took a look at the Dawn. The Chief unstrapped himself from his seat and entered the cockpit.

"Cortana, calculate the location of the Dawn's crash site."

"Done, I also took the liberty of sending it Daniel."

As soon as he got the coordinates, Daniel immediately set course for the Dawn's crash site.

Beacon…

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! A shooting star!"

"How could you think that's a shooting star Ruby? Are you stupid or something?"

"Ugh, Weiss, stop being so mean to me!"

"Whatever Ruby. Professor Ozpin, why have you called us here, and in our combat gear too?"

Ozpin calmly put down his 'I Love Beacon' mug and said, "That shooting star is not what it seems. From what I can feel from it, it seems to be a ship of sorts."

"A ship?" Asked Blake

"I don't know anything else, besides knowing that it's a ship."

"So what do you require of us, professor?" Yang asked.

Ozpin answered, "And that's where you guys come in. I need you to investigate that object. We need to make sure it isn't a threat to Beacon. You up to it, team RWBY?"

"Yes sir!" Ruby said with a smile on her face.

"Well then, I expect all of you to come back alive. I expect a report after you finish this mission. And also, consider this as a graded test. You wouldn't want to fail right? Good luck Team RWBY."

The whole of Team RWBY all said in unison, "Yes, professor!"

In the cockpit of a certain pelican…

Meanwhile, our heroes were slowly descending towards the Dawn's crash site. Little do they know about the dangers that lay ahead.

And as the pelican finally touches down, our 3 friends took stock of their surroundings. And before the pelican's hatch opened, John, The Arbiter, and Daniel armed themselves. The Master Chief grabs an assault rifle and 2 magnums. The Arbiter chose a battle rifle and a shotgun. And for some odd reason, Daniel grabs a rocket launcher and a sniper rifle.

A whoosh could be heard as the pelican's hatch slowly opened up.

"Alright guys! Your exit is to the back and thank you for flying Daniel Air!"

The Chief and Arbiter could only look at Daniel in disbelief. How could this person possibly be a Spartan? Well we'll never know. They had to focus on the problem at hand.

Daniel had landed them in a large flat grass plain surround by tall trees. He knew that they were exposed, but so far Cortana didn't detect anything, so he believes they should be in the clear, literally.

'Something feels odd' thought Cortana, although she can't actually feel.

"Scanning the area, I'm not detecting any life forms. So it should be saf…"

Cortana was cut off as the sound of trees falling slowly became louder. They could feel the ground shake as the large trees fell onto the ground with a loud crash. The Chief held his rifle tighter as the sound of trees falling grew closer. Daniel exited the cockpit out of curiosity. They all instinctively checked their weapons in preparation of the imminent threat. Rifles prepped, they stepped out of the pelican and into the open field.

When the last of the trees in front of their attackers finally came down with a thud, they were ready for battle.

"Chief, I count 2 of those giant scorpions, and 30 of those bipedal werewolves," assessed Cortana. "We're gonna need more firepower than this." As her hologram glanced at their weapons.

"Roger Cortana, Daniel, go check the ruins of the Dawn for any vehicles that had survived."

Daniel replied with a slight tone of concern as he asked, "Are you sure you guys will be alright?"

The Arbiter stepped in and said, "Don't worry Daniel, we should be able to handle a group of mammals and a pair of insects."

Daniel nodded in acknowledgement as he started his sprint towards the Dawn's crash site.

Master Chief and the Arbiter readied their weapons as this unknown force closed in on them.

Over a hill near the clearing…

Team RWBY was on a hill that overlooked the Emerald Forests' tall trees. They watched in awe as the strange ship crashed into the trees of the Emerald Forest. And as the ship crashed, a shock wave as strong as the impact of Nora's 'Magnhild' could be felt. Team RWBY stayed composed as they waited for any further developments.

"There seems to be something hovering in the sky." Blake pointed out.

Team RWBY did notice that something came out of the ship as soon as it started to burn up. Ruby pulled out her Crescent Rose to get a better look and zoomed in onto the flying machine. Blake, being a Faunus, used her heightened senses to see the small ship. Yang and Weiss could only cross their arms as they went 'hmph'. They wanted to know what Ruby and Blake were seeing.

"I see a small green ship, and it seems to be touching down in the middle of that field." Ruby said as she focused more into the scope of her rifle.

She was baffled about how the little ship was able to fly without any visible engines and/or wings. But she brushed the thought aside to be analyzed later.

Weiss was slightly trembling as she hoped that nobody would notice, but Yang did.

"Hey Weiss, afraid of aliens huh?" Yang blurted out as she nudged the slightly scared Weiss.

Weiss, with a slight reddening of her cheeks, pouted and said,"Of course not! I'm the heir of the Schnee Dust Company! I don't get scared! In fact, I'll go check on them myself!"

"Hold up Weiss! For all we know these aliens could be incredibly hostile!" warned Yang. "Let's see what these aliens are up to…"

The girls watched in anticipation as the green ship slowly touched down. The rear slowly opened up, revealing 2 green armored figures and 1 strangely hunched yet menacing looking fellow. They looked like soldiers, judging by the way they moved. The 3 took a cautious look around the flat plain they just landed in before taking a few steps outside. Yang and Weiss crowded around Ruby's rifle as they tried to get a better look. But before they could gather anything else about the 3 peculiar figures, they felt the thud of trees slamming into the ground. They looked around the top of the trees and noticed a wide line of trees being knocked down as it approached the field that these 'aliens' were in. Large amounts of dirt were being thrown into the air from the wake of whatever was knocking down the trees. The rumbling of the ground grew stronger as it got closer to the field.

Team RWBY knew that they were safe, but what of the 3 soldiers in the field? Did they know about the imminent danger that was closing in upon them?

But wait, they could see one of the green soldiers sprint opposite of their enemy and towards their crashed ship. 'What was it doing?' they thought.

A few seconds passed as the unknown enemy knocked down the last of the trees that were in their way. The 4 girls all opened their mouths in awe as they saw the group of Grimm that emerged from the woods. And from what Blake could count, were 2 oddly large death stalkers and 30 beowolves. Team RWBY looked at each other as they remembered the rumor of the pair of death stalkers who were oldest of their kind. Alive ever since the start of humanity's struggle against the Grimm, they possessed armor even thicker than the one they had encountered in their initiation.

Ruby looked up from Crescent Rose's scope and started to tug at Yang's shirt and said "Sis… We need to help them! They don't know what they're about to face!" cried Ruby, "Come on! They're going to get slaughtered!" Tears started to form around Ruby's eyes.

Yang tried to calm her sister down as she said, "Calm down Ruby! If we get involved, we might get hurt."

Blake tried to help out by saying, "I'm sorry Ruby. But we can't do anything to help them."

Ruby, with tears streaming down her eyes, went back to looking at the 2 remaining soldiers from her scope. She saw that the menacing group of Grimm is now charging across the plain and towards the soldier in green and the other in gray armor. The latter also charging at the enemy.

'Please stay alive' was the only thing going through Ruby's mind.


Will Master Chief and the Arbiter prevail? What will Daniel bring from the Dawn? Will I ever get better at writing? Well we'll find out, on the next chapter of Remnant Dawn! *Cue explosions*