Chapter 7: The Other Side of the Coin

What the fuck happened?

Kallen's head was throbbing. It hurt like hell. The last thing she remembered was that the group had stepped through the portal. She looked around her surroundings curiously. The small room she was in didn't look man-made. The silvery metal that lined the walls looked like it had molded with care and precision to look more or less like stretching lines. The

She looked down at where she was and noticed that her ankles were linked together by some sort of cuffs. They were the same silver as the structure forming the room, but a light-blue light connected the two cuffs to bases at the ground. She tried to pull her feet away, but the blue-light chain wouldn't budge. She glanced up, spying another light-blue light, reflecting off the walls and brightening the room.

Then it hit her. She remembered what happened. They arrived in a Canyon-like place. Everyone had survived, but she saw something. What was it? She tried to remember, but it just made her head hurt more. Looking once more to survey her surroundings, she saw near the back of the strange room, a blue wall sat. It looked as if it might have been made of some type of glass, but it glowed as if it was some sort of shield covering the doorway.

That's when the thing walked in. The blue light disappeared from the door as it walked in. It was tall, nearly eight feet entirely, and had leathery-brown skin. She froze as it entered the room, staring at the creature. Its yellowish eyes turned to look at her and glare as its four mandibles breathed out a heavy breath of air. It was armored with a strange type of smooth metal that was placed on strategic points of its body. The thing glared deeply at her before it began to approach her.

Afraid for her life, she backed up, not getting very far, because her ankles stayed in place. The thing trampled the ground until it was merely an inch from her anchored position, looking directly at her panicked face. "What…" she began to stutter. "What the hell!?"

"Gusar'go makal estra. Ilko Nomalgama?"

The strange language that came from the thing's jaw made Kallen blink in confusion. "What, I… I don't under-"

"Nomalgama!" said the thing, slamming its fist into the wall angrily, looking directly at her with vicious eyes. Kallen didn't know what, but she could sense something familiar in those eyes. They were the Eyes of a Soldier; eyes that had seen anger, rage, war, bloodshed. Those yellow orbs weren't playing around, but she didn't understand. It sounded as if he wanted something from her, but she couldn't tell what.

"I don't understand what you're talking about! Where am I?" she said, her tone getting angry as she looked at him. "What have you done to my friends!"

The thing snarled at her, reaching by its thigh and removing a strange rod. It was grooved to fit in the things hand, where it could hold it properly, and seemed to be some kind of reverse Brass Knuckle, without the rings. That's when the two beams of bright blue light beamed out of the sides forming some kind of glowing, double-bladed sword. The creature stuck the thing directly beside her neck. "Nomalgama! Nomalgama!" It said repeatedly, wanting her to say something.

Kallen froze as the thing prepared to kill her. She could feel heat emanating from the sword as it was close to her neck and ready to decapitate her. She paused as she thought of what to do, began running each thought in her head on how to get out of this before looking at him and keeping her face straight. "No."

The monster's eyes widened as it pulled the sword back and was about to swing, preparing to deliver the fatal blow. Kallen closed her eyes as she raised her arms, hoping for a vain


"What do you think you were doing, Las?"

The Elite General angrily grasped the Infantry's arm, causing the sword to retract and fall out of his hand. Turning back in surprise, the elite noticed the yellow armor of the Elite's higher rank and froze. "Commander Gow! I… was merely interrog-"

"You were trying to execute the prisoner yourself?" spoke the Elite as he glanced at the cowering, red-haired female sitting against the wall. She had yet to remove her arms, and hadn't noticed what had happened. "Or were you merely showing your sword as a friendly gesture?"

"I don't see why we have to keep them alive!" He said angrily, looking at the official. "They're filth! We need to cleanse all of them that we can!"

"That is exactly why you are placed on the Battlefield, Las!" he said angrily, grabbing the thing's chest-piece and throwing him against the wall. Slightly surprised, the Elite Infantry didn't stand a chance as the General started to talk to him quietly.

"Now listen. I hate the humans as much as you do. I'd have killed them without a second thought, had they landed in my care. But, seeing as they appeared through an unregistered Slipspace jump, having absolutely no shielding, well, we need to know just what the humans have discovered. If they can use unregistered Slipspace jumps without us knowing, then those on the front line will be those who are killed by surprise attacks from the humans. You don't want that, now do you?"

Las paused as he thought of what would happen if he were to be killed from a surprise attack by one measly human. The thought upset him and brought his mouth to emit a growl. "No, sir."

"Then I suggest you get back to Patrol… And don't you worry about interrogating them. Leave it to the Higher-ups… That's an order."

As the yellow-armored elite let the infantry go, he glared at him warily. Walking slowly to the human, who had lowered her arms and backed up against the wall, he grabbed his Energy Sword and holstered it before walking outside, the shield remaining down as the Yellow-armored Elite took one last glance at the female before leaving himself, the light reappearing.

Breathing in and out, the Red-haired human pulled her knees into her chest and sat there, worriedly trying to think of exactly what the hell was going on.


"I say we kill them and get them off our hands!"

Gek sat in the deep hall of the Forerunner structure on the ledge, looking down at the Elite who spoke. He'd called this meeting of the higher Elites and Knights. Each one had their own opinion with what to do on the Humans. "No, Sugeth." He said. "If we do kill them, we might lose the only source of information we can get on the Humans' plan."

"What about torture? It's a means of information retrieval they'd understand!" spoke an Elite raising a fist that lacked a finger, having a stub where it would be. The Knight to the same Elite's left let out a buzzing cry as it raised its lance with a nod of approval.

"Torture would suffice, but you shan't be the one to do it!" spoke Gek. He groaned as he placed his palm on his face. "If we are to have someone torture the human, they must not be one who has a personal vendetta against them."

"We all have a personal vendetta!" cried one of the Elite Zealots with a raising of his fist. "Let us send them on their journey and be done with it all!"

Gek groaned once more as he slammed his fist on the rail of where he stood, overviewing the group. "No, that's… That's not what I meant." These Covenant were too devoted to their religion to see the problems presented to them. The Humans had managed to appear before the Covenant base using an unregistered Slipspace signature. He wouldn't have believed it, had the patrol that hadn't brought them in seen it with his own eyes. Now that the humans had managed to venture through Slipspace without it registering on radars, they could get inside their own bases without them even knowing. This meant trouble. They had to learn just how they'd arrived here, and fast, before another of these squads appeared.

"Perhaps I could offer an opinion."

Gek offered the equivalent of a groan as he heard the voice. N'alko spoke up from the side of the crowd, causing a few Elites to turn at him and laugh. "N'alko, leave us." Spoke the Elite with a bothered tone. "If you are needed we shall call you, but do not disrupt our meeting!"

"I'll interrogate them." Responded the interrupter. "I know their language, and I can translate it and tell you what they speak of. I have no vendetta against the humans. I'll speak to them and get the information we need!"

The group of consultants in the room paused as they glanced between each other. "N'alko," spoke Gek warily. "Your desire to study the humans has brought you to ask this of me? If you are doing this for your own sacrilegious r-"

"Do not talk to me about the Great Journey!" Yelled the Translator back to the group. N'alko's face seethed with rage at hearing the comments about his beliefs. Usually, he was calm and relaxed, but if someone was to accuse him of heresy, then they would cross the line. He paused as he got control of his inner instinct and walked to the ledge where Gek stood, beginning to whisper quietly to him.

"Listen… I do wish to learn about them. It is part of my research. You need someone to speak clearly to them and have them understand. I am possibly the only one at this base that understands the Human Language after our separation from the others. You know my will to follow the Sacred Journey. You know my own desire to exterminate them. You know I can control my desire. I'm. Your. Best. Chance."

Gek frowned as he stared at the elite before him and paused in thought. His inner mind warred with the decision on what to do before disapprovingly, he glared directly at him.

"… You have ten minutes. Get what you can… if anything at all."


Kallen breathed in and out as she thought of what to do. The strange room she'd been stuck in was cold, but her suit protected her from any changes in temperature, regulating itself to keep her body its normal core temperature. She looked down at her cuffs, and once again, reached down to try and pry them off, trying to figure out just what they restrained her with. Whatever it was, the cuffs wouldn't budge.

She'd continue breathing heavily as she failed again, curling her legs to her chest as she thought to herself on what just happened to her. The sight of the two things fighting shocked her. She'd never seen anything like that before. Out of all the things, she didn't expect to be captured by Aliens. Now that she was captured though, she treated it as when she was captured by the Britannians. She ran through the plan again in her head. Escape, Find the others, get transport, get to somewhere safe. If only she could figure out how to escape.

The sound of the shield deactivating awoke her from her thoughts. She looked up at the sight of another of those creatures, this one wearing the same armor as the infantry, and having the same eyes, but having a lighter skin-color. It paused as it looked at her, eyeing her up and down as it walked to her. Fearing her life, she backed up again, prepared to do what she could to save herself, but the creature paused as it walked a little slower before kneeling down until it was closer to the ground like her. It looked into her eyes with its own as she noticed something. This one wasn't like the others.

"Hello." It said slowly, but clearly, in a deep rumbling voice.

Kallen's eyes widened as she relaxed a tiny bit. "You… you can understand me?" she asked the thing as it continued to look at her before it nodded.

"Yes." It said slowly again. "I'm a translator. I was sent to talk to you."

Kallen paused as she frowned, finally able to express her anger at something that could understand her. "Well, what if I don't want to talk?" She said as she glared at him.

The thing that looked at her only blinked in confusion as it looked at her. "I would advise against it." He said as he sat back and looked at her, raising an eyebrow at her. "What is your name?" he said calmly as he looked at her.

She huffed as she crossed her arms, not saying a word.

"How about" spoke the thing as it thought to itself. "I tell you about myself, and you tell me about who you are? An exchange of information?"

Kallen looked at the alien as he spoke and frowned, bothered by his tone. He was treating this as an interrogation; an interrogation as to which she didn't wish to be a part of. Anything having to do with these creatures had dangerous consequences, having experienced her close encounter from earlier. Although, learning about them might benefit her in the long run. She might be able to get something out of this in return. "…Fine."

The Elite gave a curt nod as it looked at her, scanning her over. "What's your name?"

"Kallen Kozuki." She said blatantly as she looked at him. "My turn: Who are you?"

The alien's eyes widened a bit as she asked that as if she said something strange, but he spoke anyway. "I'm N'alko. I'm the Human Translator for the Covenant." He said as he looked at her. "Where are you from?"

"Japan. Earth." She said coldly as she looked at his reaction. He nodded as she'd ask her next question. "Where am I?"

N'alko blinked as his head moved back a little, awfully surprised at the question she asked him. "You mean you don't know where you are?"

"No, I don't. That just earned me another question." She said with a slight smirk as she looked at him. "You still haven't answered where I am though."

The Alien paused as it studied her, eyes glaring, seeming to think the girl to be strange. "You're on Requiem, a Forerunner Planet."

"What are your weaknesses?"

The Alien echoed a laugh as it looked at her. "Weaknesses? I don't think I'm allowed to tell you that information. Do you take me for a fool?"

"I don't know, and that makes one more question for me." She said with a smirk, leaning forward a bit. "Choose what you say carefully."

The Alien paused once more as it looked at her darkly. Kallen smiled as she looked at him, having twisted his own words around at him. The Alien sighed as it crossed its arms and looked at her. "Fine. Go ahead and ask me."

"What are you?"

The alien paused as the female asked this question and thought it odd she didn't know what he was, but decided it'd be best to not ask any more questions. "I am one of the Sangheilios, the Elites; a member of the Covenant."

Kallen paused as she looked at him curiously. "The Covenant? What, as in Religion?"

"The Covenant are a group of aliens such as me that believe in the truth of The Great Journey, and with that, your questions have caught up with mine." He said leaning forward as he used the last question she asked against her.

Kallen paused as she looked at the Alien, frowning. The alien was clever; A Dangerous quality to have in a foe. "Alright, your turn."

"How did you get here?"

Kallen paused as she smiled and chuckled. "I don't think I'm allowed to tell you that information." She said to him.

The Alien sighed as he looked at her some more. He seemed a bit depressed from this answer then he had from the others. Eight minutes had passed since he'd arrived, and it was almost time for him to leave. "I have to leave soon. Ask me one more question, and I'll ask you one."

Kallen paused as she looked at the Elite and thought to herself carefully before deciding just what to ask of him. She looked at him solemnly and spoke. "Will you kill us?"

The Alien's eyes froze as she looked directly into them. She could tell he thought about his answer carefully. "It will… depend on our needs." He said directly to her as he thought of his final question. "Are you and your friends associated with the UNSC?"

Kallen blinked as she heard the name. Her face showed pure confusion at his question. "I haven't heard of them. Who are they?"

N'alko's eyes widened as he looked at the girl. He slowly stood up and turned away from her. "I'm… I'm sorry but time's run out." He said as he walked outside, the shield-door closing behind him.

Kallen looked after him, frozen as she pulled her knees inwards, once again reaching down to try the ankle-cuffs that held her in place.


Gek frowned as he waited outside the prison chamber for N'alko. The Ten minutes had just ended when he walked out of the cell, his face in a seriously determined demeanor as he started walking away. "Well?"

He was quiet as he continued walking down through the hall, returning towards the main hall. Gek followed behind, his two golden orbs glaring at him angrily. "I asked you a question, N'alko! I best get a response!"

"They're not with the Military."

Gek paused for a minute as his own eyes widened at what the interrogator said. As N'alko continued walking away, Gek trotted to catch up behind him. "If they're not with the Military, then who are they with?"

"That's what I couldn't find out." N'alko turned to Gek with slight worry in his eyes. "These humans, whoever they are, are not working with the Military. This shouldn't bother me, and yet it does. Do you want to know why?" he asked his commander. "It bothers me because they managed to activate an unregistered Slipspace jump without any help from them whatsoever. These people, whoever they are, have achieved a scientific point that not even the Covenant have reached. Whoever, or whatever they are, they have the knowledge of Forerunners."

Gek glared angrily as he placed his grip tightly around his Collar-bone. "Do. NOT. Speak. Blasphemy!" he spoke with emphasis on each word. "They are not Forerunners. They are Filthy Humans! If you think the Forerunners have placed their knowledge in them instead of us, I'd like you to inform me just what runs through that thick skull of yours!"

N'alko grasped the commander's hand in defense as it tried to pull it off lightly. As he listened to his commanders fury, he paused at the end to let him finish before he nodded. "Yes sir. Forgive me, I was out of place." He spoke with that old intonation he'd used as a soldier. A sigh came out of his throat as the field commander released his grip on the lower officer.

"Seeing as you are the only one to communicate with the humans," spoke Gek with a serious tone as he strode past the translator. "You are to interrogate them tomorrow morning, after the Central light's Night cycle. I expect you to get out of them just who they are and what they're doing here, and if you don't, well…" He said with a slight chuckle. "Your heretic manners shall come to an end."

N'alko watched his field officer walk away, a trail of daggers following after him as each of his own optics forged them. As he watched his officer walk away, he turned behind him to glance once more at the blue shield-door of the cell. The Prisoner, Kallen Kozuki, would be in for a treat soon.


"This is Fireteam Vulture, we're in position."

The Pelican had dropped the Fireteam off at a reasonable distance from the Covenant base. After Hiking nearly half-a-click from the drop point, climbing over Rock after Rock, Path after Path (and Complaint after Complaint), The group had managed to reach a well-hidden spot that overviewed the base. Marc stood away from the edge, and out of view of the Covenant enemies, while Kale, Z, and Sam both stood, checking their guns and Armor Abilities to make sure they were prepared. Lucas sat on the edge, scoping in with his DMR, using his Promethean Vision every few minutes to scan behind a rocks and count how many people were actually down there.

"UNSC: Infinity, do you copy? I repeat, this is Fireteam Vulture, we're in position.

"Fireteam Vulture, this is General Lamperouge."

"General, what a surprise," spoke Marc, the three's attention for a second as they continued to check their stats. "What brings you to this corner of the communication channels?"

"I'm going to be advising your team on this mission today. I plan to show Commander Palmer how to properly run a Strike. This is going to be a regular Strike-sweep mission. We don't have any idea as to who the people are that they captured. All that we know is that they're humans. Nothing more. Find them, and we'll give you information on what to do next.

"With all due respect sir, Commander Palmer has been doing a bang-up job in leading us on our missions." Spoke Marc on the channel, drawing everyone's attention as they listened in.

"I'd expect less backtalk from a true Spartan!" shouted the general on their headsets. "Perhaps it would be easier to send you back to being Marines then?"

"Sir, No Sir!" spoke Marc hurriedly through the headset as he turned to the group. "We're ready to go when you give us the order."

"I'm giving you the order now. Make a Move-on and find those prisoners!"

Marc sighed as he removed his hand from his speaker-button. Turning to the rest of the team, which each nodded in return, he glanced towards Lucas and began to speak to him. "Lucas, what do you see?"

"Well, I have a good guess as to where those five are." He said, smiling as he counted them. "Inside the building. They're each spaced apart, which leaves me to think that they're either in different cells, or they're chained against walls. Either way, restrained. The base has got plenty of guards. We just have to take each of them out one section at a time. I count plenty of ghosts, at least six, and maybe two wraiths." He said, turning to Marc with a smile. "Biggest Jackpot yet."

Marc breathed in and out as he looked around at the team, their confidence returning as they each stood up with guns in hand. "Alright then team, let's roll.

(A.N: Heya everyone! This chapter I'd been slightly anxious to write and show the interrogation between the Elites and the other members from Geass world. Surprisingly, it was really hard to write. I wish I could have posted it sooner, but I had different ideas on how this would go down, exactly. I finally got it to a time that I think it would work. I'm planning to stop the Geass-Halo chapter switch now that both worlds have reached the collision point. Anyways, now that my opinion on the chapter is out of the way, time for "Author's Answers!"

Saddas74: Actually, you're right. All of Humanity is united, but not all species in the Galaxy. Humans are still being killed and attacked by the remaining pieces of Covenant that are banding together. Lelouch merely recognizes the Covenant as a group that is slowing down the coming of peace in this universe. That's what he means by a new era.

Edboy4926: I don't think Knightmare Frames are necessary in this world, as they have Mantis' which serve as a rather well substitution for them.

That's all the questions that were asked in the Reviews. If there were other questions that were asked, I'm sorry to say, but they'll be revealed later in the story. I thank you guys for commenting. It's that extra boost that helps me keep on writing, so see you guys with my next chapter!)