The UNSC may have been defeated by the Strogg but only one Spartan wishes to fight this battle alone and let Cortana return to earth if they can return back because the Strogg are close of their position ready to blow any transport out of the sky if they try to make an escape so Chief needs to take care of this by finding some weapons he can use against the Strogg, finding an armoury and using the weapons they have to use against them.
Two heavy tanks hovering the area moving towards the Strogg force that is marching towards them and about to raise their large cannons in the sky knowing they are using their vehicles but then Master Chief takes out his sniper rifle and uses that one clip left before getting rid of it, he fires the first shot hitting the chest of one of them then fires again hitting the head causing the Tank to fall to the ground, the other one looks over to where he was and about to fire his he fires again hitting the arm of the cannon then fires again hitting the chest but still alive and would fire his rocket towards him, it was a homing rocket so wherever he goes it will follow so he ditches his rifle and started running on this pipe line that will lead him elsewhere, he turns back taking out his magnum and started shooting at that rocket and half way when it got close it would explode as he keeps running, causing that Tank and some Strogg marines to give chase while the UNSC use the transports to get out of there, heading straight to space so they can maybe find a way to get off this planet and they know just the place to do it.
A Strogg drop ship that is probably capable of holding almost a hundred people onboard would be a perfect way to escape the Strogg fleet and fly further into space, the Strogg fighters that the marines are in would circle around that ship while the drop ships would move into the hanger doors, three of them lands safely inside while the other two goes to another, the fighters would secure the area just in case while Palmer and her team regroups and eliminate all resistance inside this place.
"Do you think the Master Chief would be alright?" Palmer said holding her DMR ready moving off the drop ship and moving to the lift that is nearby
"He better be alright, if he comes back i will kill him myself." Cortana replied
Palmer and seven marines moves in the lift while two remains in the hanger area waiting, it would be a while before they reach to the top floor where they need to be, there was no Strogg desistance but they can tell they are in there somewhere so they keep moving forward, later on they finally found them, four Gunner's walking around close to a door that was protected by a yellow force field. They haven't been spotted but they would soon go loud once they were facing the other way.
Palmer open fires hitting the back of the Gunner then they would all turn back and open fire towards them while the marines runs to the side and continues shooting towards them. Elsewhere in the other hanger six marines stands ready and was about to head to the lift but then there was a teleporter nearby and soon a Light Tank would appear before them then three guards would appear on that lift and spots the marines they would then open fire.
While they hold the hanger Palmer and the others killed the Gunners without losing anyone, there was another door in the corridor so she orders two of them to press forward while the others remain here so she can go find the other marines since they are taking too long, the moment she was about to leave them more Strogg guards comes out from another door and open fires at her, damaging her shields as she runs towards them to knock them down, snapping one of their necks and then switches to her shotgun to shoot the others.
"That was close..." she said then presses forward.
She finally makes it to the other hanger but was too late the marines were killed by that Tank who has taken too many hits, Palmer gets behind it and shoots it in the back to finish it off looking down at the dead marines "What a waste... there all dead..."
Someone would move nearby near the drop ships causing her to be on her guard, two marines would walk out of hiding holding their rifles ready noticing her they all lower their weapons then started to head to the others before more Strogg arrive.
Palmer and the two made it back to the others noticing everything is under control, after that she lets five marines standing by the force field while the rest goes down the other door to see where they can find anything that is useful for them to enter that bridge, there was a few communications area in that area they were entering, few Strogg Gunners were nearby they would charge through an open fire at them, they turn their attention and attack back but then the wall nearby would suddenly open up and a Gladiator comes out firing it's blasters towards them taking two marines out and fires a rail gun at Palmer breaking her shields causing her to take cover. While she moves back the marines cover her once they kill two Gunners, they press forward trying to find cover from that Gladiator while Palmer keeps shooting at that last Gunner finally taking him out so now it's between that Gladiator and some of her marines but a Strogg Grunt comes from another door and spots them, it charges towards Palmer while she reloads her shotgun, one of the marines fires his assault rifle at it but he got shot behind by the rail gun while she keeps reloading, she finally shoots back at the Grunt while the last marines keeps shooting that Gladiator but they failed to kill it, they get shot in the chest a couple of times before falling to the ground, Palmer finally kills that Grunt wasting three shells then throws two grenades underneath that Gladiator, blasting the legs and falls to the ground for her to shoot the top of the Gladiator two times before it dies.
She looks down seeing the dead marines in front of her while the Strogg dissolve, she would reload her shotgun and takes one of the marines assault rifle and reloads that, heading further within that area to find any more resistance.
One more corridor and notices two doors up ahead, one was nearby so she moves towards that door first, finding this area that seems to be a prison area and when she walks through she notices UNSC marines all in a single prison, only six of them were inside while four dead ones remains on the ground, once they saw the Spartan they move to the blue force fields.
"Let us out!"
"We can't stay here anymore!"
"Let us ou-"
"Be quiet i can't draw attention here." She said moving forward noticing no button or anything that they can be free. She would turn back "I am going to get you all out of here but i can't do it yet, once i clear the next room i will try to turn off the force fields, return to the marines once your free." She runs out of there to check the next door.
There was a Gladiator facing the window, it would be wise not to shoot the window or they will be blown out into space, there was no other door left so this could be a control room so she would try to move behind that Gladiator once she got close she aims her shotgun at the back and then fires point blank to the head, it did take the hit but was still alive and tries to hit her but she backs off and shoots again and again before it raises it's shields, finally taking it out and securing the area.
The yellow force field protecting the bridge turned off and the marines would quickly charge up there open firing towards the two Gunners at the door while palmer returns back noticing the prisoners making their escape, taking the weapons off the dead marines to head to the bridge to regroup.
"Looks like we got a ship..." Palmer said running back
"But we don't have John here..." Cortana replied.
"We will get him back once we escape this planet."
"I hope your right but i doubt the UNSC will want to send their fleet to fight another war."
"You may have a point there." She reloads her shotgun "Let's get to the bridge quickly."
She and the others would storm the bridge and overrun their power of strength and while they are taking control of this ship some of the Strogg cruisers would got a distress signal and would turn their attention to the ship and would prepare to fire but if they are lucky they can get out of there with this ship and escape the Strogg fleet.
They finally take control of this ship but they lost four more marines on the assault to the bridge and they have picked up a strong cruiser heading towards them ready to fire off a Strogg Dark Matter Cannon towards them so they really need to move now before it's too late, it would be a while before they figure out how to fly this thing since it's harder than it is but Cortana would try to take control of this ship since this could be different that trying to find information on a factory, Palmer and the others would quickly turn off some fire wall protections then gets Cortana inside, they are running out of time so they need to do this now or be destroyed. The Strogg ship just fired it's cannon towards them so now would be a time to escape, finally Cortana got control over the ship but it's harder than it looks as she started to move the ship to the side to avoid that shot, it zooms out into space while she started to continue going until finally she would hit the engines to go faster and goes past the Strogg fleet, heading into space while the fleet remains where they are, not even thinking about going after them because they know they will return.
Meanwhile Spartan-117 was still running from the Strogg; he manages to escape them by jumping off a cliff and landing on a gondola lift that was heading towards an underground base. Chief would jump into the gondola and take out the guards and waits for it to stop so he can get out and prepare an attack on the Strogg elsewhere hoping he can at least do damage to the Strogg so in the future the UNSC can use this as an advantage but all he hopes that they don't waste this opportunity on this fight, they need to attack early or they will lose the element of surprise.
Finally the gondola would stop as he was further underground but he doesn't know where he is so that could be a problem, right now he just walked right into a torture chamber where they captured their live UNSC marines so if there alive he can save them before they turn them into them. Chief would load his weapons but he got a new weapon to use against the Strogg, he got himself a Strogg Hyper blaster in the armour and still holding his assault rifle ready along with two Covenant plasma grenades so he will be ready to go for another round against the Strogg forces.
Elsewhere in the control room a camera would spot the Spartan walking out of the gondola heading towards the torture area, the ones who were in there are not like the Strogg and they are not human, there was a reason why the Strogg have Covenant technology, it's because long ago the Covenant found this planet and got destroyed but the Strogg manage to capture many of them, right now they will now use their new fighters to fight against a Spartan like him. It's time for Master Chief to get to work before the Strogg send their new improved Strogg-Covenant infantry units against him.
