Chapter 3

I was laying on the ground, my spirit had just been crashed into the side of a cliff. All I noticed was that I was apparently in the right place because a green ooze was spread over many of my soldiers bodies and the bodies of all my elites were gone. I walked through the swamp until I came to a building, five human soldiers were walking inside it. I pulled out my plasma rifle and walked down the slope that led to the doors. I didn't think the humans knew about the dangers inside the building they were going so I knew only a few, if any, soldiers would walk out of their alive. I sat down beside the door and waited for what seemed like hours.

I heard the door start to slide open and one soldier walked out. His skin was a deep brown and his arm was cut with a deep gash. The human leaned up against the wall on the opposite side of the door and turned away from me. I took this moment to slide away from him and hide behind a tree. I watched him bandage his arm and he started walking through the swamp.

I took my chance, while his back was turned I grabbed his healthy arm and slammed him against the tree. The shock knocked his hat off him and revealed a shaved head. He looked at me with complete hatred and reached for his gun.

"I don't want to kill you," I said as I slapped the gun away from his hand. He swore under his breath and looked back into my eyes.

"Then what do you want with me split-lip," He spat into my face with the last words. I growled at him and he smiled, I loosened my grip and he grabbed a cigar.

"I want to know what your men found," it was less of a question and more of a demand and I was pretty sure he caught onto that. He blew a smoke ring and shook his head.

"I don't know but whatever the hell it was it took out an entire platoon of the best men I had and we couldn't get a single shot on any of them,' he said as he stomped on a spider walking through the sludge. I squeezed my fist and twisted around to look him in the eyes.

"That is the very abomination I've worked very hard to wipe out and you released it," I screamed as I shook my fists with anger. He just shook off the idle threat and walked right up to me, I couldn't help but feel some respect for the brave human.

"I didn't release it, your dumb-ass friends were the ones who opened the doors before we did," I shook this off, the covenant never messed with sealed forerunner doors.

"They thought there were weapons hidden in there," the human said at my obvious denial. I hung my head, the covenant would, however, slice into forerunner doors for hidden weapons

"Okay, I'll believe you. Head to your transport while I clean up the mess," I said as I waved the human away.

"Oh no, I'm not gonna pass up this chance for an interrogation," the human said with a slight laugh. I wanted to turn around and face him but before I got the chance the human had jumped on me. I flung him into the water and stared at him. He laughed and grabbed his pistol, I charged at him and a sudden shot rang out. The bullet slammed into my shoulder. I put my hand to it and fell to my knees. The human took the chance and ran up to me. For his small height he was able to kick me in the head and I fell to my back. He jumped on my chest and hit me between the eyes with the butt of his pistol. Everything slowly went black.

For the second time in one day I woke up with a throbbing pain in my head but this time I had a bleeding wound to go with it. I looked at my shoulder and I could see where the human medics had crudely cut the bullet out. I looked around and I was in a dark room and I was tied to a chair. The door opened and the light momentarily blinded me.

The soldier that attacked me came in the room and sat down across from me. He was eying me with that same feeling of hatred. I smiled at him and he laughed.

"What were those things?" He said a little quietly but it was powerful nonetheless. I looked right into his eyes and his green eyes returned the stare, a penetrating and strange stare that gave you the feeling he was penetrating right through you.

"Those were a species of creature that survives by devouring and destroying everything. They spread like wildfire until an entire planet is consumed, they then mass an army capable of destroying planets with excruciating ease. They have only been defeated on a full scale by one thing," I said as the human stared at me some more. He looked a little worried but his voice was what gave it away. Everything else about him seemed calm and powerful.

"Were your kind the only thing to destroy?" he asked calmly. I smiled and he looked confused.

"No, our gods conquered them. Obliterated them with the rings your trying to destroy. That's why they must be activated, it will kill the abomination and send my kind to a blessed place where we will be gods," I said proudly but frowned at his expression. He was shaking and soon burst into deep laughter.

"Your gods defeated them with those rings, how?" he said after he stopped laughing. Unfortunately I had no idea how to answer this question. He frowned and shook his head.

"If they wiped hem out how is it that they're back?" He said as he stood up, but he still kept those penetrating eyes on me.

"They kept some of the abomination for research purposes, they weren't expecting you to come around and release them," I said with a little sarcasm in my voice. The human turned to me and confidently strode towards me. As soon as he got close to me he flung his fist back and then brought it back against my face. I spit out blood and turned back to him.

"You released those damn beasts you slime!" He screamed at me as he punched me again. I started to laugh and looked back at him.

"Our planet is safe from the abomination, they've locked onto your scent," I said as my laughs got stronger and stronger. The human started to look really worried but his anger quickly took over. He punched me again, this time some teeth shattered and stuck into his hand. I was still laughing.

"There is nothing you can do, they'll find earth very soon. Your entire species will disappear and we'll be able to activate the rings and continue down the blessed path," I continued to laugh as he hit me again. His hand was incredibly mangled from its abuse and blood was pouring out of it as well.

"There is nothing you can do, the prophets are behind it not me. I'm just an object in their great plan. Go ahead and kill me and you'll be no closer to the truth than you are now," I said through more laughs. The human started to wipe off his hand and when it was mostly clean he lit a cigar and started smoking it.

"There will be plenty of time for your death alien," he said as he blew smoke in my face the pungent smell almost made me sick as I tried to blink away the tears that the smoke forced into my eyes. I growled and he laughed, he walked through the door and left me in the complete darkness again.