The chief had awoken from the cyro-tube 2 minutes ago, and Cortana had done her checks.

"No sign of freezer burn, and the armour is still running perfectly. I've run my checks, and the Frigate that contacted us, the spirit of fire, seems to have gone missing in 2531 or so. We should go meet them, their sending a group to meet us. "

"Good to know Cortana." replied the chief.

After another 5 minutes, Cutter, Anders and the 3 Spartans arrived in the docking shuttle

"Hello" greeted Douglas.

What's happened since 2552 worth knowing, Master Chief?" Inquired Cutter

"The covenants leaders, the prophets, are dead; the Elites have defected and joined humanity; they were replaced by brutes; the covenant found earth, but were driven off; a parasite called the flood attacked us, but were eliminated by the destruction of a Forerunner artefact and the military casualties have skyrocketed. Have you found out anything interesting?"

"No, as you already know about the flood and the forerunner."

"Captain," called Serina "I've detected another ship inbound. It's a few days away, and our radio is broken. We will have to fix it before we can contact them, so I suggest we have a look at the new technologies they have. I wonder if they finished the Bombardier yet."

Author notes: The bombardier. I'm planning big things for that idea. Its basically a scarab with a M.A.C Cannon and several long-distance flame throwers and two flame grenade launchers

I accept that I made a mistake and Alice is a Spartan ll. On an entirely unrelated note, sadistic writer 2010 has no life.

The chapters get bigger later, and this is my first fanfic, so don't complain

I apologise for releasing it late, I had a busy week