Chapter 6- Star Trek: Delta Halo Library
As the Chief walked out of the temple he saw a Covenant ship above him. The ship started to emit a purple beam of light, he knew what it was. An energy projector with enough power to vaporize him in an instant. He ran away as fast as he could; jumped over a wall and started to run. The beam expanded and seemed to be coming after him. He reached the end of the walkway and fell into the lake. As he started to sink and before the pressure rendered him unconsous, he heard a low raspy voice. "This is not your grave. But you are welcome, in it." That was all he heard before darkness took him.
Meanwhile in the library the marines and the Hazard team had made it to the library. Johnson left two marines at the exit along with Chang and Chell from the Hazard team. Miranda Keyes used something that looked like a tentacle and reached out to the Index. "Got it" she said after grabbing hold of it. The tentacle started to slip, but luckily Johnson grabbed it. Keyes began to pull herself back up as he said.
"You know, your father never asked me for help either."
"The Index is secure."
"Mackenzie, Perez how's our exit?"
No response. Munro tried his team. "Munro to Chang. Munro to Chell. Come in!!"
Still no response.
"We got trouble." Said the Sergeant.
At the exit the two marines and the members of the Hazard team were fighting off the flood. The team members had personal force fields and were protected against infection forms. A burst of static came over the COMM but they could not hear who was talking. They tried to respond but still could not hear them. They soon had to concentrate on the enemy. During one fight an infection form got past Chang and latched onto Mackenzie. Perez turned and put a burst of bullets from his battle rifle into it. Mackenzie remained unconscious. "Martok to Chang come in."
"Chang here, I read you General."
"What's your status? Over"
"Pinned down by flood requesting emergency beamout for me, Chell and two other humans. One of which is injured."
"Acknowledged. Standby."
The Klingon transporter beam took the entire group as infection and combat forms leaped forward. Only three materialized on the transporter pad. The other marine had been transported directly to the medical bay. Chang went to discuss the situation with General Martok.