Okay, round two of outtakes, only this time from Delta Halo

UNSC orbital defence platform Cairo

The tram train came to a halt next to a large square shaped platform. The doors to the tram opened and John stepped out. Eve followed him, but tripped on the gap between the tram and the platform and fell over.

"Ah!" she gasped. John turned and laughed a little as he helped her up.

"You alright?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she replied, laughing a little.

("Alright, start again,")

Council hall, High Charity

Truth, Mercy and the holographic form of Regret sat in their hover chairs at the left end of the council hall. Vadamee was standing in the middle of the hall.

"You were right to focus your attention on the Flood," Truth said. "But…" he paused. "But…" he said again, but stopped again. He sighed. "I'm sorry, I've forgotten my line,"

(Sigh "Okay, cut!")

UNSC orbital defence platform Cairo

"Sir!" one of the workers from the control panel furthest from the floor shouted. "We've got additional contact. It's boarding craft. My God, there's hundreds of 'em!"

Eve, John and Hood looked back at the hologram, but just as they did, it emitted a loud KZK and the holographic screen flickered and turned off.

"Oh no!" Hood groaned. "Not again!"

Jungle base, Guatemala

SMASH! An almighty thud literally threw a large section of the blast door across the bay. It landed with a crash on one of the warthogs. A small cloud of dust filled the room around the hole in the door. Then out of the dust cloud, which had cleared, came the worst types of Covenant. Hunters.

"Surprise!" the two Hunters shouted in unison, raising their arms in the air. Eve and the marines looked at each other and laughed, as did the Hunters.

Gas mine, Threshold

"What is it?" the Arbiter asked Vadumee.

"That stench," Vadumee replied. "I've smelled it before,"

One of the Elites in front of them looked over his shoulder at them.

"Sorry,…uh, I farted,"

The Arbiter and Vadumee grimaced.

"Nice," the Arbiter said disgustedly.

Middle island Temple, Delta Halo

Eve skidded down the side of the temple on the lightning bolt-like piece of metal like she was riding a surfboard. Ehen she was near the edge of the temple, she struck her foot into the front of the metal and flew into the air.

However, her sudden movement caused her lean forward a little.

"OH NO!" she screamed.

CRASH! Eve disappeared inside the resting area of the pelican and crashed into an ammunition box sticking out from underneath one of the seats.

"Oooooowww!" she groaned.

("Cut! Is she alright?")

Main room, middle island temple, Delta Halo

"Where are you demon!" Regret shouted, pounding the sides of his chair with his fists.

Suddenly, Eve jumped out at him towards his chair. Unfortunately, when she grabbed Regret's chair, she fell off. Regret tried to grab her but failed.

"Are you alright?" he asked her, laughing a little.

Eve laughed. "Yeah I'm fine,"

Delta Halo library platform

"So Wally," Eve said. "Why are you here?" she asked him.

"I came to warn you," Wally answered. "The Arbiter, he-"

CRASH! The wall of metallic remains next to Eve and Wally seemed to explode and pieces were thrown into the air. The Arbiter emerged from behind the wall, raised his arms and shouted: "Itsa me, Arbiter!"

Eve and Wally looked at each other and burst out laughing. Cossacks and several cameramen were laughing as well.

("Oh, Arbiter,")

Sanctum of the Hierarchs

Truth hovered down the pathway towards the sanctum of the hierarchs. He passed several honour guard Elites as he went.

"My prophet!" one honour guard Elite said, standing upright.

Truth raised his hand. "Honour guard," he said as he passed.

"My prophet," the next honour guard Elite said, also standing upright.

"Honour guard," Truth repeated, raising his hand again as he passed the Elite.

"My prophet,"

"Honour Guard,"

"My prophet,"

Truth sighed: "Honour guard," he said in a low tone.

"My prophet,"

"Honour guard!" Truth replied, his voice beginning to rise in annoyance.

"My prophet,"

By this time, Truth had had enough. "Go BLEEP yourself!" he said as he passed the Elite.

"My prophet,"

"Go BLEEP yourself!"

"My prophet,"

"Go BLEEP yourself!"

"My prophet,"

"GO BLEEP YOURSELF!"

There was one last honour guard Elite left on the way to the sanctum of the hierarchs. Truth sighed. Only one more to go, but it was starting to annoy.

He reached the Elite and prepared to shout at him. However…

"WASSSUP, MY PROPHET!" the Elite shouted at Truth, startling him. Truth carried on past the Elite, his eyes wide with surprise.

Mausoleum of the Arbiter, High Charity

The Arbiter walked up to the armour in the large object and took the head armour piece and put it on his head. He turned to face the prophets.

"What would you have your Arbiter-"

He was cut off when Truth, Mercy, Cossacks, Eve, Wally, John and several of the cameramen laughed at him.

"What?" he asked.

"L-look at-your face!" Truth choked between his laughs.

A puzzled look came upon the Arbiter's face. What was wrong with him that was making everyone laugh?

Someone threw a mirror towards the Arbiter and he caught it and looked at himself. His eyes went wide.

Someone had drawn a long thin moustache with curled ends on the side of his head piece of armour near where his mandibles ended. He growled and looked at the group off set.

"Darn you, Evelyn!" he said.

Council hall, High Charity

The gold light that appeared in the middle of the room disappeared into thin air, only Eve was standing where they had been. She looked down at the Grunt next to her.

"Boo," she said.

The Grunt yelped and threw It's weapon in the air as it spun round to flee from Eve. She held up her hand to catch it, but…

CRASH! The needler the Grunt had been holding fell into the camera and it fell sideways to the floor. A large crack appeared on the screen of the camera.

("Oh, damnit! Alright, cut!")

Near Delta Halo

"Auto, what exactly am I looking at?" Mary asked.

"That…is another Halo," Auto replied.

Suddenly, all the marines and workers in the bridge jumped up from their seats, raised their arms and shouted: "HAAAALLLLLOOOO!" before sitting back down again.

("Ooookay,")

Outside a tower, High Charity

"I will get you back," Eve said to Auto. "I will come back for you! I swear you!"

Auto was about to reply when a whooshing-like sound filled the air. The two looked towards the end of the large main platform and saw a pelican smash into it and skid across the surface. However, it moved too close to the edge of the platform and fell over the side.

Eve sighed and looked towards the camera: "That's why the Flood never get driving licences,"

("Alright, cut! Let's get another one!")

Delta Halo control centre

"No, Arbiter!" Tartarus said, pushing the Index in Mary's hand into one of the holographic slots on the control panel. It descended into it and disappeared. "The Great Journey has begun," he picked up his Fist of Rukt. "And the Brutes…"

"Chieftain!" one of the Brutes exclaimed, pointing at the control panel. Tartarus turned to look at it, as did everyone else.

A holographic figure appeared from the top of the control panel. It took the form of a man wearing a kind of suit and was holding a microphone on a stand. Suddenly, he began step pacing and singing into the microphone.

"It cannot be…!" Tartarus gasped.

"It is!" the Arbiter replied.

"Never gonna give you up! Never gonna let you down!"

"AAAHHH!" one of the brutes yelled as he and everyone else fell onto their knees and tried to block their ears from the music.

"Make it stop!" John shouted.

Tartarus, struggling to withstand the noise, stood up and brought down his Fist of Rukt onto the control panel. The form of Rick Astley flickered and disappeared.

"I hate Forerunner music," Wally said as he got up from the floor.

Council Hall, High Charity

"You are one of our most treasured instruments," Truth said to 'Vadamee. "Long have you led your fleet with honour and distinction. But your inability to safeguard Halo…"

Suddenly, all of the Elites, the San Shyuum, Tartarus, his Brutes, Mercy, Regret and Vadamee raised their arms and shouted out in a chorus: "HAAAAALLLLOOOOOOO!" before lowering their arms and/or sitting down. Truth gave them all a puzzled look.

"Please stop doing that," he said.

Delta Halo control centre

Mary looked up from the moving square shaped platform she was on and saw another moving towards her. If it struck her, she would be knocked off to her. She ducked down, narrowly missing the platform as it passed just inches from her head. She then got up and jumped from the platform to the large second circular platform hovering in the middle of the chamber.

Unfortunately, she did not jump far enough and fell down past it. Wally shot down from where he was hovering and grabbed her and hovered back with her.

"Are you alright?" he asked her.

Mary nodded slightly, obviously shocked at what just happened. "Y-yeah, I'm fine. T-thank you,"

("Okay, take a break. Mary, you go sit down and I'll be with you in a minute,")

Truth's ship, above Earth

"Is isn't one of ours, take it out," came Hood's voice. "Take it out!"

Eve was still clinging onto the side of the floor that led down to the large white ball. She heard what the two were saying through her ear radio. She placed a finger on the ear radio.

"This is Eve," she said. "Can anyone hear me, over?" she asked, hoping for a yes.

Onboard the bridge of the Cairo

Hood was standing at one of the control panels on the top platform watching the battle unfold outside. He was thinking all hope was lost for Earth now. An entire Covenant fleet of over two hundred ships had been attacking the planet non-stop. He was really starting to think about trying to keep everyone alive rather than holding out and lose hundreds of people.

Suddenly, he heard Eve's voice over the bridge's communication array. He shot round, shocked to hear the voice. At first, he was happy and felt hope rise through him. Eve was back. Now they would have a chance.

Then, his hope changed to confusion when a nearby worker told him that Eve's message was coming

from… the newly arrived Covenant ship?

"Isolate that signal," he ordered to a nearby worker.

The worker nodded and typed in a code on the control panel.

"There we go, sir," the worker said.

Hood walked over to the control panel and pressed a button next to the radio built into the control panel.

"Eve, do you mind telling me what the hell you're doing on that ship?" he asked.

Truth's ship

Eve stood up. "Sir," she said. "Causing a pointless cliff-hanger that will result in hundreds reading 'The Ark' upon It's release!"

A crash of thunder and lightning illuminated the chamber Eve was in as she began to laugh maniacally.