Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Commander and the Zealot. Enjoy the 500-word chapter. I don't own Halo, Microsoft and 343 do.

A type 44 Phantom flew over the jungle as it landed near a small water fall and dropped off a group of storm elites and Storm grunts. The elites held Type 33 Needlers, or type 51 carbines. The zealot in command of the group got on his radio as his 15 grunts and 4 elites spread out.

"Commander Zesh, Zealot Nessa has found the Spartan, we have located brute forces in the area, I need orders." Zesh paced the deck of the CAS class assault carrier as he spoke over the communicator.

"Cover her, I will dispatch a dropship to retrieve them at the waterfall. Clear out the remaining covenant forces." With that said 4 type 26 Banshees flew out of the carrier's hanger bay as 2 more Type 44 phantoms joined it, each carrying 20 Storm grunts, 2 Storm elites and 8 Storm elites jackals the dropships set their troops down near another water fall as their troops dropped into the jungle.

Nessa slashed a brute Major as her 5 zealots shot their carbines and needlers into 5 more brute minors wielding spikers, a storm elite ran up, kneeled then spoke.

"Shipmistress, Commander Zesh has landed more lances at the water fall, we also saw that the Spartan is almost at the review where our and the human's forces can retrieve him." Nessa nodded then contacted her love as she waved her Zealots forward.

"Zesh, me and my zealots at nearly at the river, I haven't heard from the Sword yet, I feel the covenant fleet may have attacked it." Zesh spoke up a minute later as the female Zealot climbed further into the jungle.

"Ness, your cruiser is fine, I am watching the progress of our fleet from the Vengeance as we speak, some of my elites have informed me the Covenant forces are massing at the river, we can't let them block off our retreat." Nessa nodded as she activated her camo and vanished into the jungle to stop her forces, her mate had a point, the covenant could not be allowed to cut them off at the river.

Zesh turned to his course men, Jodo Froyo. Then turned his weapons controller, Groh Hosho. The supreme commander spoke up.

"Take us over the river, Jodo, Groh, I need the pulse lasers warmed up to support our phantoms. And get our Banshees that are deployed to the river, we are ending this raid." Zesh sat down in his gravity chair as the carrier moved to the sky over the river.

"Commander, I see human dropships at the river, I also see our banshees arriving at the river as well along with…. Brute Banshees!" Zesh growled as he slammed his fist into the chair's armrest.

"Fire the pulse lasers!" The laser weapons on the carrier fired as the Banshees at the dropships. The pelicans were hit.

"Cursed brutes, Nessa! The brutes have cut off the humans, I am sending in some reinforcements."

Author notes

Phew, last chapter done despite my headache, I may or may not post more chapters this week, I will work on this story more when I can, Until then. lighting wolf out!