The terrain shook, a deafening roar moved across the land. "What is that thing up there?!" Kurumu asked "Oh shit…" Robert said "That's a covenant battleship. Why the hell are they here?" The huge ship settled down in the bay off the cliff of Yokai, Moka looked up in horror. "That…that thing… it's one of the ships I can see in those visions." Moka turned to Robert with a worried look on her face. "Are those aliens going to do the same thing here as they did where you come from? Are they going to kill us all?" The whole group turned and looked at Robert, with fear in their eyes. "There is no telling what they will do…" Robert said "The covenant was defeated just a few months ago, but there are a few resistance cells still out there. They probably just got sucked through the slipspace rupture with me. But if they are here for a fight we will need to go salvage the wreckage of my ship."
The group all exchanged confused looks. "Wait, isn't this your ship?" Yukari asked. "No" Robert replied "That is a pelican drop ship; my ship is a UNSC Paris class frigate. I saw the wreckage of it hit the water off the cliff, we need to go down there and get any remaining supplies to take on the covenant." "Ok." Mizore said "But how do we get down there and get all that gear back up?" Robert began to pace back and forth, thinking of a way to do this. "Well if I'm correct, the hangar bay of the ship should not have sunk yet, that is where all of the vehicles are, and the primary armory is near the hangar, that's where most of the weapons and ammo are stored, so if we act quickly we can get all the gear out safely." "But wait…" Yukari said "At the speed at which this ship hit a ship only four times this big would have most of it destroyed, even in water. What do you think could have survived that crash?" "Well kid…" Robert replied "The ships built in my time period are much more durable than any ship built today. I am expecting a few more pelicans and warthog jeeps to be around and maybe even a few scorpion tanks. Plus UNSC weapons are nearly indestructible, the only way to break one is to cut it or bend it, which I can't even do, so I think we are in good shape."
Robert began to march around the group, looking around at the surrounding area. "Before we go on a raid mission we should probably set up a base camp, so we will at least have a place to store the stuff we acquire. Who volunteers to go and look for a place to set up a base? By that I mean who are the worst swimmers here?" The whole group turned and looked at Moka. "Well… I can't even really touch water, so that would be me." Moka said "Ok that's alright…" Robert said "Kid you and the vampire scan the area; we will go and get supplies from the ship. Move now, and here take this magnum. If you get into any trouble that should help you. Tsukune and Moka both gave Robert a salute and ran off into the woods. Robert, Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore all began to head to the cliff, when they arrived Robert kicked a stone down into the water, six seconds passed before the stone hit the lake below. "Damn" Robert said "Long ass way down. Anyone have a suggestion of how to get down there?" Kurumu stepped forward "I can fly us down!" Robert looked at her in shock "Lady, unless you can lift a suit of armor that weighs about quintuple what you do, plus those two, we aren't going anywhere."
The group began to ponder around, looking for a way to get down. "Here tell you what…" Robert said "You fly those two down; I can scale the rocks and meet you inside the frigate. Get in through the hangar in the back." Kurumu picked the other two up and disappeared under the cliff. One hour passed before Robert and the others regrouped. "Ok" he said "Who here is the best pilot out of you three?" The girls began to look in confusion at each other. "I played a flight simulator once." Yukari said "Good enough." Robert replied "Get in that pelican and hold it steady so we can load gear." Yukari ran into the cockpit of the docked pelican, and then Roberts' voice came out of nowhere. "Start the ship!" Robert said. "Where are you?" Yukari asked "Built in radio, now start the thing so I can disengage the locks." Yukari sat in what she thought looked like the pilots seat, she then pushed the blue button on the console. The pelicans thrusters began to fire up, then the pelican suddenly dropped from the ceiling, Yukari screamed at the top of her lungs, the large drop-ship then began to float in the air.
Robert then came over the radio again "Pull the lever all the way down, that changes your altitude." The pelican began to drop to the hangar bay floor. "Ok…" Robert said "Start loading stuff into the back. Kurumu began to haul crates into the troop bay of the ship. Then, Robert and Kurumu heard what sounded like an engine start up. They both turned around to see Mizore standing on top of a scorpion tank. "It still works." She said "Good find, kid!" Robert said. The three latched the tank onto the pelican. Mizore then turned to see a little brown bug-like creature crawl out from under one of the parked warthogs. "What is that thing?" she asked. Robert turned and saw the creature "Everyone into the pelican!" he shouted. Robert then climbed into the cockpit of the pelican and took over as pilot. Robert took the ship around side of the frigate. "Kid, pull all the triggers down there. Aim at the frigate." Yukari began to randomly hit buttons on the console. A barrage of missiles and machine gun fire erupted from the pelican and began to strike the side of the frigate. A massive explosion erupted from the frigate, one of the missiles hit the remaining ammo in the frigate and blew the ship to dust. "When we land everyone stay away from the crates…" Robert commanded "I have to search them." "What was that thing in the hangar?" Kurumu asked. "Something horrible, a real monster, that thing could put anything else to shame. Good thing Flood can't swim." Robert said with relief "Now, we just need to find those other two."