Blackness. There was only blackness. That is what it seemed like to Luka 'Alakavee anyway. The Sangheili minor was known as an un-honourable warrior. The San'Shyuum had placed 'Alakavee in Shipmaster Huskalee's squadren, most likely in hopes that he would perish. Unlike most Sangheili, Luka did not care about honour though. What drove him instead was a much deeper passion.
"Luka! Are you still with us?" A green armoured Sangheili asked him.
Luka looked up from the window to his comrade.
"Space is so empty." Luka muttered.
The green armoured warrior, Alei Komtaree, chuckled.
"Soon, we shall destroy the humans who pose a threat to our sacred ring!" Alei exclaims, getting cheers from the Unggoy.
Luka rolled his eyes. The Unggoy were a pathetic species, and everyone knew it. This pod was holding twice as many of them as there were Sangheili, making six Unggoy and three Sangheili total. There were also two Mgalekgolo, making the pod feel extremely crowded.
Aside from Luka and Alei, there was the shipmaster. Zakl Huskalee. Zakl wore Golden armour, distinguishing him from the other, lesser Sangheili. Luka found that moronic. Huskalee was a legend throughout the Covenant Empire, and Luka should be proud to serve beside him. Should be.
Suddenly, the pod hit the side of the Human ship known as the Pillar of Autumn. As the pod crashed into it, the doors opened. Alei led the Unggoy out, and was followed by the two massive Mgalekgolo. Luka gave Zakl a look of hatred before jumping out himself. Zakl wanted to make an appearance, most likely, and be the last one out, wielding his Energy Sword. Luka had his sword holstered and had his Plasma Rifle out.
As Luka jumped out, he saw that the others in his pod had already cleared the hallway. There was red blood and dead human soldiers everywhere. Luka did not care about humans one way or the other, unlike most Covenant. Luka's motivation in this fight was his shipmaster. The beast that took everything from Luka… and who would soon be dead by Luka's hand.
Luka turned the corner, seeing a split in the hall. There were two dead Unggoy from his pod, but more dead Humans. Luka went the way opposite of Alei, and started to open fire at the Human marines. Many bullets hit Luka's deflective shielding, and bounced back off, slowly lowering his shields. Luka smirked slightly as he sprayed the three Marines with plasma, and they hit the floor. They were dead.
"Shipmaster! Luka! This is Alei. We have cleared the central feeding chamber, but it looks like some troopers evaded us. They are heading toward you, shipmaster. I think they are headed for the escape pods!" Alei shouted, louder then he really should have, through his squadrons communication devices.
"Understood, I shall make sure nobody leaves this ship." Zakl stated.
Luka figured this could be his chance. He would need to head to where Zakl is, and kill him. Honourably or not, Luka did not care. His opportunity had just presented itself.
"This is for you, Sher." Luka says, holstering his Plasma Rifle and drawing his Energy Sword. He then activated his camouflage, right before a few Marines run past. Luka would let them go. They were not his priority.
Luka made his way through the ship, heading to the complete opposite side. On his way, he managed to kill seventeen humans with his sword, and three with his Plasma rifle. He also butted an Unggoys head in for getting in his way. Ohh, how Luka hated the Unggoy. He really could not think of any good reason to hate them. Not like with Zakl, who had ruined everything for him.
Luka, engulfed by rage, ran even faster down the hallways to his target. He finally arrived at the escape pods. He saw a sword had pierced one of the humans, and they fell to the ground dead. Luka waited in the shadows, waiting to strike.
After killing one of the humans, Zakl charged after the other humans heading toward the escape pod. A bad idea, as Zakl tackled one of them to the ground. The one Zakl tackled was not wearing armour, unlike the other three. It was only wearing a black suit, with leg plating that went up to its knees, and a helmet. That would make this kill all the easier for Zakl.
The Human punched Zakl in the face, and apparently hard as the shipmaster turned his head slightly in apparent pain. If he knew another had seen him react in such a manner, he would be truly shamed. In retaliation, Huskalee punched the Human in its gut, making the human grunt in pain.
And… suddenly, the battle turned unexpectedly in the Humans favour. The Human grabs Zakl's lower left Mandible, and pulls with all of its force. The mandible falls off, and blood gushes. Zakl, in return, halts in killing the human to let out a deep scream in both terror and pain.
Luka took a step forward, he was not going to let these Humans take his kill. Before Luka's cover is blown, however, Zakl gets impaled from a human who is also using active camo. Luka's eyes widen, as he is angered, and filled with rage.
"Zakl is my kill!" Luka thinks, and starts to head over to them. While he goes over, the Human who stole his prize helped the other Human up, and they got into the escape pod. It then jettisoned.
This whole battle, from the moment Luka got here, until now, only took less than thirty seconds. That was how long it took the mighty hero of the Covenant to fall.
Luka strode over to the body of his fallen commander; his enemy. However, much to Luka's amazement, and surprise, the stab wound was not fatal. Not as long as Zakl got help before to long. Luka grunted, upset. His revenge would have to wait.
Luka looks in Zakls eyes, and sees Sher. Ohh, how he misses his wife. But Zakl would pay for his crime against Luka soon enough. Luka grabbed Zakl, and flung him over his arm. He then regrouped with Alei, who had seemed to lose all of his Unggoy forces.
"The Mgalekgolo were called into help fight against the demon." Alei said, before shockingly realizing Zakl's injured body being carried by Luka.
"The demon is here?" Luka asks, worried. Luka knew that there were multiple "Spartans", as they were called by the Human faction. And Luka also knew that not many Covenant, Sangheili included, survived encounters with them.
Alei nodded as Luka shoved it off.
"We need to get the commander back to the ship and healed." Luka says.
Zakl, still apparently conscious, grunts.
"I can walk, minor. I can still fight, but require slight medical assistance first." Zakl said, getting on his feet. His long fingers covered his wounds, and he grunted in pain.
"Let's get back to the ship then." Alei says, and the three head to the hanger, where the Covenant had docked an emergency ship.
Luka helped the shipmaster there. His revenge would have to wait. He would soon, however, gut Huskalee like a dog.