Chapter VI: Unfortunate Delay

The Galgaroth rocked and shook, waking General Meldor from his slumber. Alarms began to go off.

Quickly dressing, he ran down the corridors that were stained with red light. Once he arrived at the bridge, he asked, "What is going on!"

An alarmed officer said, "You are not going to like this, we are under attack from the Blitzkrieg."

Placing Morry's disk into the main terminal, he called the AI which said, "Are we at the Asteroid Belt already?" The ship shook again.

"No, we are under attack by our own men." He said and continued, "I need to contact the Blitzkrieg."

But before Morry could establish communication, the view screen lit up as General Bledimir appeared.

"Bledimir, what the hell do you think you're doing!" He asked clenching his fist.

"General Meldor, some of the generals and I, along with some of the troops, disagree with your plans for Earth." Bledimir said smirking.

"For the last time Bledimir, I will not allow Operation Damnation to proceed. I will not lose Earth to a super laser." He said raising his fist to suffocate him.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Bledimir said as two of the other generals dragged Maria up to the view screen. "My generals have direct orders that if you use your powers against me, they will kill her."

"There is more than one way to kill a man." He said lowering his fist. "I will get her back."

"I look forward to your attempt, but in the end, The Renegade Knights of Hell will destroy Earth." Bledimir said as he severed communications.

The ship rocked again, "Alright, return fire, navigators, find a place that we can jump to, preferably a place where we can establish a base of operations. I am not fighting a civil war in space." Meldor said as pulled his hood over his head, he did not want his knights to see their leader as nervous as he was.

"Who is still with us?" he asked.

"Well according to our radar, the ships that are still viewable on our radar are those of the Dark Troopers, Grunts, and Elites." One officer said as the sounds of gunfire pierced his eardrums.

"So we have lost the Jackals, Hunters and Droids." He said as he drew his lightsaber.

"That looks to be the case." Morry said turning back to the view screen, but Meldor did not hear it, for he was already in the bloodstained corridor near the bridge.

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"Sir, glad you could join us." An elite said as Meldor came charging down the hall slashing through two jackals in the process.

"I couldn't stay out of the fight, but it's a shame that we have to kill our own knights." He said as he fired lightning down the corridor at a rampaging hunter, who fell forward dead.

"Hopefully, none of the other ships will suffer as much death as our own." One elite said as they began to move back to the bridge.

Once back at the bridge, Morry appeared and said, "Sir, we have found another suitable location, but the enemy is bound to follow."

"I don't care, if we can deploy troops, we can have an easier fight." He said as the ship prepared to depart.

When the slip space jump ended, the place he saw astounded him even more than he thought possible. It was another Halo.