Aboard Inconceivable: Von
Von coughed as smoke filled the bridge. He looked to his left and saw that his weapons expert Opam 'Clertee was dead, a piece of his console sticking out of his chest.
"Report!" he coughed. "Where are the Pudii?"
A voice in the room replied, "Your Excellency, they are in the engine room, but are being held back by two teams of Sangheili. I fear they may not last long, our men our outnumbered three-to-one. I'm sending another two teams there, and redirecting three more to the bridge.
"Thank you Ryna. If we make it out of this, I will recommend you for promotion."
They heard boots clanking on the floor outside, heavy boots. The door opened and a pair of Lekgolo entered the bridge. Von smirked, even when the ship was going down his bodyguards came to his aid.
"One escape pod is still active," one of the bond brothers reported. "If you wish, Your Excellency, we can escape with five more survivors."
"No thank you. I shall stay aboard to try and give the Bloodied Spirit time to arrive, and try and hurt these Pudii as much as possible before they do."
"As you wish. We shall post up by the door."
Von nodded, even though nobody could see him. He tapped a button on his chair, a ship-wide COM.
"Brothers, I regret to inform you we will not make it through the battle. If you are still alive, make your way to the aft side to the last escape pod. Or head to the bridge or engine room and make your last stand," Von spoke. "May the Gods be with us all."
He turned as something heavyhit the door. Ryna stood up and pulled his weapon out. The door suddenly exploded inward and hit the nearest Lekgolo in the shoulder. He didn't move.
Three Pudii moved onto the bridge and aimed their weapons.
"Take three of them for your own life," Von shouted. "On my signal!"
The smoke began to clear, allowing them all to see enough to fight.
Von whipped his gun up and fired a volley at the nearest enemy. The Lekgolo raised their shields and charged their weapons, protecting Von. One Pudii clicked his tongue and the other two fired while the first went into the hall. He returned with a new weapon, the disintegrator weapon. He fired, the cloud ripping through the bridge towards Ryna. The Sangheili shouted and tossed two grenades before rolling backward.
He came up was hit by the black mass, his features distorting in agony. He dropped his weapon to the floor and shouted out, before he was gone, only two wisps of black smoke were all that remained, before they too were gone.
Von cried out and threw a plasma grenade at the leader. The red scaled Pudii raised his hand, growling and clicking his tongue when the blue explosive stuck to his palm. He ran forward, screaming something in his own tongue.
Both of the Lekgolo knew what was coming and stepped protectively in front of Von, shields side-by-side. The grenade went off just as the Pudii reached the trio.
Aboard human Destroyer: Sop
Sop jerked his weapon from the stomach of a Pudii and ducked under another's swing. He retaliated with a quick jab to the stomach, doubling the alien over. Quickly, he spun away towards the next opponent.
The alien thrust forward, causing Sop to back step. He took a step forward just as the thing's chest exploded inward. Green blood spattered over Sop. He wiped the liquid from his eyes and spotted three blurry figures in front of him, one quickly striding towards him.
It raised a weapon and fired over his shoulder, taking the head from the last Pudii in the room. Quickly, the Sangheili wiped the rest of the blood away and looked at his companions.
"Where did you go?" Sop demanded.
"They ran for the Armory, to get weapons. I followed, to make sure they didn't abandon us," the Minor replied, bowing his head slightly. "I know that it almost got you killed, I'm sorry."
Sop let an angry growl escape him before clipping his Energy Sword to his hip and walking past them into the hall.
"Where do we go now?" the girl asked, hefting a machine gun.
"The Hangar Bay, that's where yall's ship is, right?" Charlie asked, shotgun gripped tightly in his hands, a bandolier of grenades strapped across his chest.
Sop nodded, but thought to himself, I'm afraid that the ship isn't there anymore.
They walked down to the bay without any more incidents, but found Sop's Kig-Yar dead on the ground. Their skulls were pulverized and two metal rods lay around them. Sop growled in anger and relieved the aliens of their weapons. Each human got a plasma pistol while Sop distributed the grenades between himself and his Minor. The left over pistol went to his belt.
"Spread out. Two in a team," Sop whispered. "Charlie, you come with me."
The team spread out and cleared the bay before meeting at the doors, where Sop's phantom should have been. Instead, they found empty space. The human that Sop didn't know cried out. Sop just shook his head, he knew full well they wouldn't have found a full ship if they found one at all.
"Is there any working vehicles that we can take?" the Minor asked.
Charlie wiped a hand across his sweat and blood streaked face and said, "Yes but neither me nor Sharon know how to fly." He turned to face the aliens. "But we could try. It would be better than staying and dieing on this ship."
"Then let's head there. You lead," Sop commanded.
And once again the team set out to find a ship. And find one they did; a Pelican in fact. The humans climbed inside and started the vehicle up. They smiled as the engines showed full.
"Let's go. I need to find out if my brother and ship are alright," Sop insisted.
Charlie nodded and pulled the throttle back, pulling the ship into the air. They headed out and saw a grim sight before them. The Inconceivable was on fire and had little ships flying around it in combat with the ships own defenses. It was Sop's turn to cry out at the sight.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Sop cried.
The Pelican weaved through the battle and pulled into the Covenant ship. Charlie turned off the engines. Sop was the first one out. He ran to the bridge and saw Sangheili and Kig-Yar dead along the way, filling the corridors. He ran onto the bridge; the door was completely gone.
Inside lay a horrific sight. His brother was pinned against the wall with one of the Pudii rods sticking out of him. Three of the aliens lay dead near the door, two more closer to his brother. The large Lekgolo lay sprawled out, one missing an arm, the other merely goo splattered on the floor.
Sop ran to his brother and pulled the rod from his chest, catching Von as he fell.