This is Chapter 2 of my Series. I am still reading myself into more Halo lore, but I'll keep one thing sure: They will get loads of combat. -

Zul awoke during the night. He felt… much better than earlier. It seems the Biofoam works on Sangheili. Zul still was confused, he was about to die, but a human saved him. A human. He knew that there are negotiations between Sanghelios and Earth. But they were still "enemies". Zul was unsure. He felt dishonoured that the human saved him. He was about to die a quiet, though painful death. It would take long. But, he didn't ask for a Doctor. He probably got healed, but against his will. The Elite took deep breaths, the cold air filled his lungs. Zul realized that no one will ever know… He could kill the Human, Mason. But when he would do that, he would lose his personal honour. He is in life debt. On many planets, you can repay your "debt" by yourself saving your saver. But on Sanghelios, it is permanent. And if the human gets his life saved by Zul, they are forced to eternally fight together. He knows that a battle stands before him. The Human is a soldier. But Zul knew, if necessary, he would die with the human… he should simply call him by his name, Mason. He can be grateful for the decisions Mason made. Any other ODST would have most likely killed him at sight. Without hesitation. But Mason was the first friendly human he met. He remembered his old classes on Sanghelios. He learned a lot about the humans. Their basic language, their history, but never their culture. Their culture was probably described as "being Sangheili slaughtering heretics". He thought about the negotiations. And if the Universe sees an ODST and a Sangheili, standing side by side, fighting off the true enemy, Humans and Sangheili. Both factions will open their eyes, realizing. Zul knew it could happen that he has to sleep a bit more. In only a few hours, he has to go with Mason, finding his, and the comrades of Mason. He walked the up the small staircase, and got in his room. He laid down on the bed, closing his eyes, and then sleeping.

The time quickly passed, for both warriors. Mason had some MREs with him. Zul looked at him.

"Are we going somewhere?" He said, he was curious. Mason nodded.

"Affirmative. We're going to help in a stranded ODST. I got us an Uplink again." Mason throws a chip to Zul. Zul can insert it in his comms.

"Has there anything been said about any Sangheili?" Zul asked. For a Warrior, he sounded quite nervous. Mason was surprised by that.

"Yes, why?" Mason asked.

"Hm… We would have to go. Do we have weapons? I got my Plasma Sword, but in the name of Sanghelios, that may not be enough." Zul said. Mason nodded and opened one of the crates.

"Here. Catch this." He threw him a Shotgun and a SMG. "We got enough guns." Mason said, grinning. Mason took a Sniper Rifle and a SMG.

They were sure that there were a lot of hostiles. Zul had 2 Plasma Grenades, which he took with him. He got one grenade by Mason. Mason himself got 3 Grenades. "And don't forget the shield", he said before taking a Bubble Shield.

They got in one of the elevators, bringing them down. For many people, the height difference between Sangheili and Humans were quite huge. While the average human is above 180 Centimeters, the average Sangheili can be over 230 Centimeters. Zul was 232 Centimeters. Mason was 218 Centimeters, 228 with Armour. That was very tall for a human.

As they got down, the rain from the last night stopped. That may give them some problems with their cover, but they knew there was a chance rain would come again a bit later.

"Here is Doom, are you still alive Kilo?" Mason asked through comms. There was a brief silence, before a voice literally erupted.

"HERE IS KILO, WE ARE UNDER HEAVY FIRE, I AM ALRIGHT BUT THE GIRL TOTALLY ISN'T! I HAVE SEEN THIS ARMOUR SOMEWHERE, SHE MAY HAVE A HIGHER RANK, SO I NEED HELP!" Kilo screamed through the comms.

"Copy that, Kilo. We are En-Route." Mason said. Zul was running. Mason ran after him. He was sure the Sangheili would try to protect the higher ranked person.

"Mason, quicker! I have to protect one of Council, she even is the daughter of a Kaidon, a very influential one… I will explain later!" Zul yelled, quickly turning around. Mason ran quicker. From the distance they already could hear a firefight. Zul was very quick, he ran like… he was scared of someone's death. It could be because she could bring him power, but he had worry in his tone. Probably his courtship partner?

They arrived quickly. They got in a building, to attack the enemy from above. Mason was quite proud when he saw his comrade, Kilo. He fought against a ton of enemy soldiers, brutes, all kinds of other aliens. Mason set his Sniper Rifle up. Zul, with a small hesitation, laid himself on the ground, waiting for a signal. He had an Energy Sword in his hands. Kilo got shot in the arm. Mason was still waiting for a perfect shot. A Brute came to Kilo, probably wanting to kill the human. But before the brute could even pull the trigger, Mason took the shot on the brute. Zul, even if he had strong weapons, ran down with his simple Energy Swords, running towards the other brute. Mason jumped down, just after taking the Shotgun he gave to Zul. He saw a Grunt trying to man a turret, though, he took him out in a shot with his SMG which would have made a marksman proud. A Jackal sat in the roofs, acting as Sniper, Kilo took him out with his own SMG. They now all came closer together. You could now almost say, a miracle happened. Normally, Elites and Humans still distrust each other. But… Zul and Mason aligned back on back, fighting the remaining enemy forces. Something like that has never been seen. Kilo threw a Hand Grenade, killing the last of the covenant in this area. Mason sighed in relief, this was not very easy. His shields were not damaged, but this still was very difficult. He was surprised how quick they killed them, considering the two brutes.

"Kilo, my man! So you also allied up with a Sangheili?" Mason said, giving a firm handshake to his comrade.

"Pretty much, Doom, she was apparently affected by the betrayal of brutes, as the Sangheili call it. I got a message recently, there are negotiations in progress." Kilo said. He took off his helmet, showing his dark skin colour and hair. He began shaking hands with Zul.

"My name is Daniel Thomson, nice to meet you. So, you are on our side?" He asked the Elite. Zul nodded.

"It seems like it. And to get off this city and win this war, we have to ally." Zul answered. Mason nodded on that.

"Correct. It will not take long until the covenant will try to invade Sanghelios…" Mason cut his sentence, as he saw the other Elite awaking. Zul got to her, putting her hands on her shoulder, putting her down a little. The other Elite groaned, Mason realized a huge wound on her.

"She got hit pretty hard, I don't know if we can get her up again…" Daniel said, in a grim tone. Daniel was before he joined the ODSTs the son of a father, which was working in the office of communications between Sangheili and Mankind. There wasn't a lot to do, as most Sangheili did not really wish communicating, but now since the pacts that were made, Sangheili talked to Humans a lot more again. Daniel's father said "His Desk was full of work".

The two ODSTs were now helping Zul to carry the Elite. Mason manoeuvred them to his basement. They were lucky, rain soon came up and erased the blood traces. There were no snipers or something else. As they got in the elevator, Mason saw Zul quite worried. That was something he never has seen on the face of a Sangheili. As the Elevator came to a halt, they ran out, still carrying the Sangheili. Zul quickly opened the door, then they all ran in.

"Daniel, Biofoam at the Kitchen!" Mason yelled as they put the elite down on a blanket. Daniel ran to the kitchen, Zul was looking at Mason and asked him:

"Is there anything I can probably do?"

Mason looked at him. He thought for a second. Yes, there is something he could do.

"Zul, we could possibly await heavy enemy forces if they have managed to spot us just a little bit. Get a Sniper Rifle and take everything out from the covenant. Zul took the Human Sniper Rifle. He hoped he knew how to use it.

Mason knew Biofoam was probably not the best thing for her. It would not keep for very long. He knew this operation was most likely already done for, most soldiers are already dead. The Uplink was there, but the communications could be terrible.

"Daniel, try to communicate with HQ, quick! We have to evac the Sangheili and ourselves!" He told Daniel. Daniel nodded and ran to his backpack, which contains a communications device. He would try to break through the jam, somehow. Mason was applying the Biofoam. He did not know how to stitch the wound, so he had to apply the bandages very tightly, so that the Biofoam could hold for a while. Zul yelled from the window,

"I see about 10 Grunts, 2 Jiralhanae and 3 Kig-Yar!"

Mason knew, they had to get away. Ammo isn't infinite, and now they have someone who is injured in their team. Mason finished the bandages quickly, he then ran to the stairs, to block them off as good as only possible. He proceeded to destroy the elevator. As he ran back in, Zul was killing as many as possible, but he had no grenades or plasma balls left. Mason had a single grenade, which he decided to throw at his old Hornet. The Hornet exploded at instant, killing at least one brute.

"We got our communications back!" Daniel yelled. Mason ran to the small station, he had to act, now.

"HQ, do you copy? I repeat, do you copy?" He said over the comms. There was a silence for a few second, until,

"Here is HQ, we do copy. Identify yourself." The Radio spat out.

"Here is ODST Trooper 'Doom', I require evacuation, now! I found an injured Sangheili of high rank, the mission has to be aborted! Most ODSTs here are already dead or getting the hell out of here!" He continued speaking.

"Listen closely Doom. We are currently at peace with the Sangheili. If we can rescue the Sangheili, there may be further communications between us and them, probably even forming an alliance!" The voice over the radio said. "You have to go to the Hospital Landing Platform, we can pick you up from there! We are already sending in a Pelican. It would take 10 Minutes if you would go to it, but if you take a car it takes less than 2 Minutes. We detected a UNSC Warthog at a Garage, we will link it to your helmet. Good luck, Soldier. Over and out."

Mason got as much ammo as possible, so did everyone else. The injured Sangheili tried to speak, but her speaking was understandable. Zul, as he is the strongest, would carry the Sangheili. Mason and Daniel would keep them off, then Mason would drive the Warthog to the Hospital. If they would be lucky, no one of them would die. As Mason earlier blocked the stairs, they need to unblock them. It took a long while, but they managed to do it. Suddenly, a loud noise could be heared, the building began to crumble. They now ran down the stairs as fast as they could, knowing if they would only briefly stop, they would die. The ground began shaking more and more. At the first floor, the building was about to crumble, so they jumped out of the windows. The enemies began shooting at them, but the building was falling on the covenant.

"Take THAT, dirty scums!" Daniel yelled, cheering.

They had to crack open the Garage door, which took a while. But as they opened it, they could see the Warthog with a Turret. Zul turned to Mason.

"Mason, if I don't make it, don't let her die, please. But if we both make it, we will fight together against the covenant, the actual evil ones. Those who betrayed me and my people." He said, in a serious tone. Mason nodded.

"No one will die. But we got no time. Get on the Warthog. Lock and load."

Bloody hell, I loved writing this chapter for some reason. I still have to improve a lot, but eh. This is already good enough. Thanks lads for reading this one. As said, the first 3 chapters will mainly be the beginning of this story, so they will go over quickly. But I really hope you will still stay with me. If we get this story fully running, I will do some cool stuff for you guys. Anyways, see you until next time, which may be today if I have nothing to do ;)

-Toedeli