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Chapter VI – Escape

Chakuth felt the eyes of his team penetrate him, on one side it felt good to have a team that trusted and depended on you, on the other it felt very frightening to have them along.

"I believe there's a reason that Truth has sent us here, I mean, why would he sent our landing point in a Human base… Isn't that defined as Suicide for Covenant Soldiers? Other then that, He sent the other Unggoy High commanders to their deaths, by lying to them…"

Kahlanx felt his brother's obvious message, "Seems he found it out too…", he turned his head towards Chakuth and stepped forward.

"Listen to me, Unggoy… I heard the Prophets talking, they said that..", he was interrupted, his brother pulled him back.
"They don't understand a thing you're saying…", he said calmly and crossed his arms.

Xehn sighed and stared at Duthaz, who seemed to ignore the Unggoy's revolting speech, "Seems our ex-commander high and mighty 'Kinomanee doesn't really care about what's happening…", he said silently then turned his head back to Chakuth. The young Unggoy Commander stared at the two Lekgolo brothers, "I really wish I could understand what you two said to me, I think you two know more about it as well. I heard your kind hears a lot better then most of the races in our Covenant do…", he said as he stared at Kahlanx, who nodded slightly.

Miph sighed and frowned, "Well in any way, we're stuck here, as prisoners of a human research laboratory. If we try to escape they will turn us into Jackal feed, and that's not really something I plan to become…", he said as he too crossed his arms.

Vemeth stared at the turrets in the watch towers, "Well… I think I can operate one of the human turrets as well, they don't seem very different from our Shades or Plasma Turrets…", he said as he shielded his eyes from the sunlight.

Chakuth closed his eyes and groaned, pressing his hand against his forehead, "That's just our luck isn't it… stuck in a Human base…", he said in thought, "Let me see what we've got here… 5 skilled Unggoy… 2 Behemoth Class Lekgolo, and one ex-Commander Sangheili… In other words, what would we do in a normal war?".

Duthaz rolled his eyes and walked forward, "Kill humans, it's what we're all trained for right? Well, All except for the rookie of course… We have one adult Lekgolo, and one Adolescent Lekgolo, I'd say when we're inside, cause some sort of chaos, slaughter some humans and get the hell out of the complex by piloting one of their crafts… one that can fly in space of course…", he said dryly.

Chakuth stared at Duthaz calmly, "And how do you oppose to do that… huh? The Lekgolo have no weapons, no shields and well, I'm not armed either…".
The Sangheili growled in frustration, "Have you no imagination? I can't believe you're a high Commander! It's easy, pretend!", he said.
Chakuth grinned underneath his mask, "Well I knew you were a bit more creative!".

The door of the complex opened, and the soldier that accompanied them before stood waiting for them, "Well, your time's up…", he said with a grim face.
"Okay, ready guys…", Chakuth whispered and walked in first, with the rest of the Unggoy and Duthaz following.

Xehn was next, and like the team had thought it up, he collapsed and let out a growl. Kahlanx acted out panic and roared. The soldier obviously didn't know what to do and seemed to panic as well, Chakuth smiled faintly and tugged the human's trousers, "Hey! Do something, what if he dies?! It'd be a waste of specimen right?! The lab people will be angry!", he hoped the human was really as gullible as he looked.

The human bit his lip, "I don't know what to do!", he said as he kneeled down next to the fallen Lekgolo.

Duthaz stepped forward and coldly hit the human in the back of his neck with his strong arms, "There, easy as that, let's find the hangar…", he said as he grabbed the firearms of the human and walked away. Kahlanx couldn't help but chuckle and helped his brother up, "This was almost too easy don't you agree?", he said and followed the Unggoy and Duthaz down the hall.

Xehn knew instinctively this wasn't supposed to be so easy, "…Yes, very easy…", he muttered and followed his brother. He felt his heart pick up pace as he heard voices down the hall, 'This wasn't a good idea at all, it's never gonna work. There's no way the humans are this stupid…', he thought as he stared ahead.

Miph felt a hint of victory as he saw signs on the floor named Hangar, "Hey you guys, left here, it can't be far, there are signs on the floor! Hah, stupid humans!", he said. Duthaz grinned, as the left turn lead them to their destination. His smile was immediately wiped off his face as he saw the hangar was filled with human soldiers, armed human soldiers…

Xehn shook his head, "That's my cue!", he shouted and pushed Duthaz out of the way, grabbing the nearest piece of scrap metal he could find.

"Xehn, No!!", Kahlanx shouted at his brother as he watched the older Lekgolo charge into battle.

The massive Behemoth Class warrior smashed at the first human he could find, he had his head into his armour as far as he could still see and his spines stood straight up in anger and excitement. He couldn't help but smile as a big group of screaming humans running to get their weapons in panic.

"Kahlanx!! The Longsword fighters, They are space-bound crafts, takethe teaminto one and get the hell out of here!".

The younger Lekgolo felt his world fall apart as he could see a cluster of humans run at his back with guns. "No Xehn, Damn it, I'm not leaving you here! We're staying together, for us remember no-one gets left behind!!", he screamed.
In the confusion Kahlanx charged into the armed group of humans without a weapon or shield. Xehn turned his head after his front was cleared, his temper flared and he growled, "Damn you Kahlanx…", he muttered as he kicked some human weapons to the unarmed hiding Unggoy.

Chakuth grabbed the first weapon he could find, it was a human shotgun, he never handled one of the big guns before but knew that there was no weapon harder to handle for his kind then a Fuel Rod Gun. He ran towards another group of humans and learned the gun he handled was best at close ranges.

Vemeth already found his place at the end of the hangar, there were stationary turrets, his kind of weapon. He had a perfect aim with guns that were bigger then he was. He narrowed his eyes and studied the weapon he had in his hands, placed his hands over the triggers and aimed, "This can't be harder then a Plasma Turret…", he spoke to himself and aimed at a few humans, then fired.

Miph had already found himself a pair of human hand guns, if there was anyone really deadly with the weakest looking guns it was Miph. He had the habit to sneak in really close and shoot his enemies in the back, Chakuth never really approved with his style of fighting, but he had to give, It was fast and very effective with charged plasma guns.

Calith was a more honourable fighter, like Chakuth he preferred head on with deadly ballistic weapons, his only misfortune was his rank, a major Unggoy, meaning he had no access to weapons of higher power then the carbines. Still he was deadly with the Carbines, he had a thing for headshots and he was good at it.

Denakh still found it a good idea to remain hiding, he had little experience on the battle field, he trembled and held his hands over his ears to block out the gunshots and screaming humans.

"Oh I curse the day that you kicked me into the army father…", he muttered as he closed his eyes.

Xehn roared loudly as he smashed a human away from his brother's back, "Enough Kahlanx!", he shouted as the hangar seemed to be deprived of humans for the time being. His younger brother stared at him directly, he could feel a certain pain come from the younger Lekgolo. He knew damn well that a separation of bond-brothers was a taboo if none of them died, but he had to make sure the ship with his brother in it could fly out of the hangar safe.

"You must go now Kahlanx… please…", Xehn said quietly, knowing his brother could hear him perfectly. Kahlanx felt the awful feeling again, then grabbed Denakh from behind a crate andpushed him towards the ship.

Xehn roared and signalled for Duthaz to warn the other Unggoy to get into the ship as well, it was now or never. The Sangheili stared at the Lekgolo and nodded, "Unggoy, into the ship, NOW!", he shouted as he ran towards the human Longsword fighter.

Chakuth stared at Xehn before he ran up the slope into the ship, 'Please, live for me Xehn, live for Kahlanx too…', he thought as he pulled Miph, Vemeth and Calith inside. Xehn stared at the wave of humans running into the hangar as the ship just flew off and made it's way into the atmosphere. Among the humans was the demon, he stared at the oddly coloured armour that supposedly made the human so fearsome.

The Lekgolo felt nothing, just a strange misplaced pain in his mind.

"Well, seems they left something behind ey?", a humanmarine bloated as he aimed for Xehn's head. The demon lowered the soldier's gun and stepped forward calmly, even though the heavy piece of iron the Lekgolo carried could easily crush him.

"I knew this would happen, yet I didn't stop you from thinking up this plan…", the human said as he stopped only a few metres from Xehn.

"Your team is a tough nut to crack, hard but not impossible…", he continued as he walked around Xehn, staring at the ground.

"What do you want from me human…?", Xehn said, his heavy voice losing all signs of excitement it had in the battle.

The demon stopped and stared at the Lekgolo, "So your race does talk, not like the Elites, or Grunts, but your own sophisticated language… I'm not surprised…", his voice sounded calm and almost a bit gentle, no matterhow heavy his voice was.

Xehn felt a strange chill run down his spine, knowing they couldn't understand him he couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to kill me or what…?", he asked.

The human shook his head, silently.

The Lekgolo tilted his head and followed every movement the human made As he started to walk around him again.
"Did you know we have the same enemies, Hunter?", the humans started suddenly and stopped in front of Xehn. "The flood and the rest of the Covenant, Truth's Brutes, Jackals and Drones… I've seen how you, the Grunts and Elites battled them, there's a big uprising within the Covenant, and I think… that we'd be better off fighting with each other then in an all out free for all battle that will ultimately, destroy us all…".

Xehn didn't move, he felt the human stare at him through the orange reflective visor. He felt weird enough, and now the human wanted to make a bond between his kind and the humans… He remained quiet however, he felt a deep hatred for the Jiralhanae that took over the city he grew up in, the beautiful High Charity never was the same after the changing of the guards and after the Sangheili had failed to protect The prophet of Regret, they were slaughtered for no reason at all.

For a moment he felt alone, there were a few memories of strange things happening, but most of the memories were good ones, ones that didn't involve him blowing up things, or running around battlefields killing humans.

The bulkhead opened, and the female laboratory worker walked out, "I think I have a solution to the problem of not understanding them Chief. ", she said and walked towards Xehn.

"It's a simple translator, it got sent here a while ago, from the times of the first Halo, when the Elites hadn't learned our language yet.", she spoke and held up the odd device.

Xehn knew the little things, they formed a magnetic ring around the necks of the Sangheili, he had seen how a few choked on them in battle back when they were still testing them. In his place he had little choice but to let them put the device on his neck, he actually felt it might be the start of something interesting.

"We simply hold it in front of it's neck and the device should tune in to whatever language it speaks, crafty bastards, aren't they?", she said as she walked closer to the massive alien and stared up his imposing 3,7 meters. She bit her lip gently, "I don't think I can reach that far…", she said as she stared at the demon.

Xehn grunted softly and bent his head towards her making it possible for her to put it on. "Thank you…", she said and placed the translator against Xehn's orange leathery skin. Against her expectations of what it would feel like, it was actually quite warm and soft. The ring sealed itself around his neck and activated with a series of coded beeps when the red symbol on it turned green.

"Well that should do it…", she said and stepped back to stand next to the demon.

Xehn felt all eyes on him it made him nervous, "Well… What are you staring at…?", he said. The female human smiled, "Another great piece of work made by the Covenant, successfully stolen by humans.

"Good…", the demon spoke suddenly, "Do you think your team will make it to the Forerunner ship?".

Xehn let out a minor laugh, "I see you have forgotten how a single Unggoy took you on last time we met, his reckless bravery brought me here with you people, I don't think we have to really worry about them, but it's never a bad idea to reinforce a good idea.".

The demon nodded slightly, "Don't worry, we'll cover that part. You should try to make contact with your race within the Forerunner ship.", he said, then walked away.
The Lekgolo stared at him, 'Obnoxious but still an amazing human, I hope this sudden bond will make an end to this pointless war…', he thought.

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"How long until we get to the Forerunner ship, 'Kinomanee?", Chakuth asked the Sangheili piloting the human craft.

"I have no idea, this stupid ship doesn't have very advanced navigating… it's fast but no match for our Seraphs…", he said as he peered down onthe radar.

Denakh sat against a wall, his head hung down, 'I can't believe I was to scared to do anything back there… I'm so worthless…', he sighed as he felt a tear roll down from his cheek.
Kahlanx stood next to him, endlessly staring out of the small window to earth, hoping to see just one sign from his brother

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Eeehhh!! Xehn!! nuuu cries hahah :P he's so heroic, crazy Lekgolo. Well, hope you likey :D on to chappeh 7! Keep R&R-ing