Chapter 5: Forerunner history/Meeting with Truth
"Oracle? Why are you chained up in this filth?" I asked, my eyes following the tiny robot.
"I was captured by the crew of the disgusting human ship Spirit of Fire." The Oracle replied, following me as I exited the human compound.
I turned to the Oracle, stared into its eye, and called for a grav lift. As I ascended the atmosphere, the Oracle floated silently behind me. I looked down to the Oracle.
"The Spirit of Fire? That human ship was destroyed just as we bombarded this planet to rubble!" I replied to the Oracle.
"You did? My sincere thanks; those cruel beings were going to adjust my processor to work for them! Filth!" The Oracle yelled into space.
"Are you assigned to a holy ring?" I asked the Oracle.
"I was, it was Installation 06. However, I had heard that The Protector had fled Installation 00 and retreated to the recesses of my Installation. If we go there, we find The Protector. We must not dawdle." The Oracle replied, as coordinates were sent to my Flagship.
Soon we arrived in the bridge, a glistening purple room full of holopad showing numerous amounts of data. I quickly manned the Shipmaster's antigravity chair, and set the coordinates for Instillation 06. Space warped on the monitors as the Glorious Onslaught ripped a hole through space-time, and accelerated into the eerie dark abyss. I turned to Quntra Lomanee', who was bustling at the controls.
"How long will we have until our destination is reached?" I asked.
Lomanee' was about to reply when the bridge entrance opened. We bowed as our Prophet of Truth made his appearance. His Antigravity Chair floated a foot off the ground, making the glory of Truth even more humbling. He quickly asked Quntra to leave, and the Sangellheli Warrior complied. After My Ensign left, Truth began to speak.
"You have done well Officer, for that, I give my sincere thanks. The Humans were an abomination to our ancients. I remember the first battle of Halo, where the humans decimated our Fleet. Your race has always been the most Elite, but your race also can be manipulated. The Arbiter; your brother, tried to destroy your strong alliance with us. I'm glad that you have seen the flaws. Now, I am here for one reason, and one reason only. Where is the Oracle?" Truth glanced around the bridge.
The Oracle floated out from a maintenance hatch, followed by two Engineers, who floated out of the bridge, aware that a conversation was under way.
"Greetings! Are you sided with this Reclaimer?" The bright green eye glowed, casting a light on me.
"I am his head commander." Truth replied, and sent his chair floating up to look the Oracle in the eye.
The Tiny robot stared back into the Prophet's eyes, then turned back around.
"Your cruiser is acceptably close to my installation, I suggest you pull out of slipspace immediately." The Oracle replied.
I walked to the Slipspace controls, and pressed a glowing symbol to cast us out of slipspace. I turned back to Truth, but he had already disappeared, which he was known to do. I turned to the Oracle, who was staring me in the eyes.
"Oh no." It gasped, and a picture appeared on the front bridge screen.