Forgive me on being late and any grammatical errors, but I wasn't able to write for the past week because of my vacation, sorry. Enjoy

CHAPTER SEVEN

"Mother, the humans have fallen on planet Reach. It's only a matter of time before we shall end them. I long to return to yours and Uncle's company. Perhaps when I return you would allow me to be apart of the home guard. Goodbye mother, until I return or send another message." I say into the holo-terminal sending my message to Sangheilios. It's been a week since Reach, the human colony, fell. I've been waiting for the invasion on the human home world paitiently, but now Ship Master, Thel Vadamee was ordered to follow the escaped ship, The Pillar of Autumn. As for me, I'm reassigned to another Corvette.

Earth: present day

Opening my eyes to find a human female standing in front of me. She's not aiming her weapon, an M6 SOCOM as Rookie told me his side arm was, instead she's looking to my right. Causing me to glance in the direction she's watching; I nearly jump in fear at what I'm resting my head on.

The pale human with short cut hair. Rookie put his arm around me with a sound coming from his throat that sounds like aggressive thrumming. We both must've fallen asleep after the horrible meal I tried. By the gods!

The human female began laughing as she looked to my face. Her yellow hair tucked behind her head as she kicked the human next to me. As he slowly blinked his eyes open they immediately locked with mine. His blue eyes and my armor nearly identical.

"Fuck Rookie, what are you doing with him?!" the female asked as he quickly placed his helmet on, "I want you to tell me why I found you boys cuddling."

"Ma'am, this is Rehe; she's a female." Rookie tells the female correcting her on my gender, "I actually saved her from a chieftain, she offered her servitude to me, and here we are."

"Cuddling. You two were... cuddling; in the underground of New Mombasa." The female sighs, "Any idea where your squad is?"

Rookie shakes his head as we stand to follow the female human. She began leading us deeper into the underground corridors. My head begins to ache from the punishment it withstood earlier against the Jiralhanae.

My thoughts drift away, back to the home world. The green and silken robes I've worn when mother takes me to the market. The males I've had to beat to earn my chance of the trials. My near rape by the hands of a Zealot on the carrier. Now, I'm traveling beside two humans to find their unit. Oh, how the Gods can shape glory, or humiliation.

"So, uh, Rehe?" the female asks me, "Why is it that you are with Rook?"

The male human in question shakes his head slightly at the question. I'm not sure, perhaps it was the head trauma or the sight of his skills in combat. Listen to me, babbling like a young female infatuated with the male of her dreams. If he is strong enough and fast enough to beat a Jiralhanae Chieftain in hand to hand combat, he's a challenge to a Sangheili minor like me.

"I was patrolling with my squad mates, one of which was a Jiralhanae Chieftain." I answer her truthfully, "The Jiralhanae ordered me to him, as told, I did so. No sooner had I approached, he began disarming me and strangling me. He nearly killed me, and would've if Rookie hadn't ended him with bare hands."

She silences her questions for a moment before turning to the male beside me.

"And how is it that you killed a chieftain and lived without shooting?" She asks as Rookie shrugs his shoulders, "So you expect me to believe that you can take a chieftain in hand to hand combat and you don't know how?"

Rookie looks past the female human, and without a single word, fires a busy from his SMG. The squeal of a Yanme,e dying hits my eardrums, or the sound sensors of my species.

"Shit! Drones!" I hear the female human shout when another grabs her SOCOM in an attempt to wrench it from her grip. Rookie draws his small excuse for a blade, and tosses it to the trapped female. I turn to fire my scavenged plasma rifle into a swarm.

"Die you little bitch!" Rookie taunts as he tries to reload his sidearm.

"Rookie! We need to move! Virgil is under attack!" the female human orders, tossing the bloodied blade back to Rookie.

I follow the two humans, providing covering fire until we reach our destination.

What did I just do? I'm siding myself with the humans. Those barbaric savages I swore to destroy. When did I become a traitor? How could I?

"Sangheili!" the female human calls to me, "Hurry! Virgil is being attacked by more brutes."

In my thoughts, the two small humans sprinted past me.

"Human, you never spoke of your name." I say as she couches next to Rookie.

"Dare, that's all you'll know and that's all I'll say." She silently snaps at me, "Brutes up ahead. Quiet."

Crouching beside the humans to assume our surprise attacks. The shouts and roars of the Jiralhanae sounded like they were angry at something. What could possibly cause this much anger from them?

"Private O'Neal, take your friend and flank their left; I'll move to Virgil." The female known as Dare ordered this unknown, "Ready, and… move!"

Jumping from the ledge we were standing on, my hooves bent the steel below me. Rookie was just dropping from his hanging position when the first of the spiker rounds grazed by. Letting out my battle cry, I charged forward towards the least armored Jiralhanae. Thousands of hours I've dreamt of killing one of these bastards, but since I'm female they would do things to me. By the Gods! What am I saying?

The Jiralhanae swung his enormous hand to swat my attack from him. Why aren't I using my weapon?! Realising my mistake, I draw the plasma rifle to fire. As the weapon is unclipped from my waist, the Jiralhanae falls dead with holes in his jaw.

"That's two you owe me." Rookie says reloading his SMG.

Rookie POV:

I place another clip in my SMG as Rehe bows her head to me. Strange.

"Hey lovebirds! The objective!" Dare orders through my COMM system, "Fuck! Chieftain!"

My visor flares bright as a brute throws a new type of flashbang. I duck behind a nearby container and begin blindly firing towards the brutes. Rehe is on the ground struggling to stand and clear her vision. Fuck!

I leap into Rehe's stomach, knocking her behind another crate. She is still trying to clear her vision when the chieftain destroys our cover. I raise my SMG in a pitiful attempt to kill him. He raises his gravity hammer. Closing my eyes to avoid watching my own death with my blind fire, the brute roars as the gravity hammer impacts the floor. Opening one of my eyes to see a bloodied ape in armor, a phantom's whining echoed in the room.

"Come on." I order the female elite taking her bicep.

"Leave me human, my sight is gone." she says as I pull her to where Dare went, "I will only slow you down."

I ignore her request and continue to pull her arm. She must know this blindness is temporary. Hell, maybe her eyes are more light sensitive. No matter, she's coming with me and Dare. ONI would love this. Then again, she could be a valueable asset to the UNSC and provide intelligence. She don't even trust me yet. Does she? Now really ain't the time Dalton.

Sorry about this chapters end, but I wanted to publish this before y'all get aggressive (No names) ;-). You know who you are.