This is the other half of chapter 9. I just got done playing Halo 4 forge. Made a nice map on Erosion. Anyway, Chapter 10(or Chapter 9 part two)!

CHAPTER TEN : DEMONS - Part Two

"Way to go, Six," said Emile. He poked out from behind the support column that he was using for cover, took two plasma bolts, and went back. A particle beam from a Beam Rifle went through the air that his head had been occupying two seconds ago.

"Well, at least I killed the thing," said Six, hoping for at least some pride from the kill.

"Yeah, and four more took its place," Chief snapped back. "Give me your sword."

"Why?"

"Just do it."

"Fine." Six took the Energy Sword off of his hip and tossed it to the Chief. Chief caught one handed, put his assault rifle on his back, and took out his sword. He activated both weapons, and jumped down into the hell of Covenant. He landed with Six's sword through a Grunt's head. He pulled it out and swung his sword, slicing a Jackal in half. Its top half flew away from his lower half. Ouch. Six and Emile stood on the walkway, gazing down at Chief.

"Damn," was Emile's comment.

"That takes some guts," was Six's.

Chief stabbed both swords into an oncoming Elite. He left one sword in the Sangheili's chest, and used that hand to grab his Assault Rifle. Chief unloaded a full clip into the Unggoy squads that were "advancing" on his position. They were running around with their long arms flailing. Behind him, an Elite Ultra was flanking him.

Emile saw the Elite. "Six, get him in your sights." Six obeyed, steadying his Magnum. Emile backed up, and took a running leap toward the Ultra. Chief now knew that it was there, and turned around to face it.

"Hey, split-chin," he said, as he squeezed the trigger on the AR. Bullets flew out of the barrel, impacting on the Elite and bringing most of its shields out. Emile landed next to the Sangheili, with his knife in hand. Chief was taking plasma shots from behind. He turned back to the Grunts. Die you methane suckers, he thought as he released another burst from the AR. Emile kicked the Ultra in the knee, or at least the joint that connected the thigh to the lower leg. The Elite fell to the ground, and it grabbed its Plasma Rifle as it went down. Emile was on it like, uh... a Spartan on a down Elite. He cut the alien's brown skinned throat with his knife.

Six was still standing on the walkway, using his magnum to pick off fleeing Unggoy. He set one in his scope and fired. Perfect head shot, he thought. He fired two shots at a Grunt Major, missing the head, but hitting the methane tank, rupturing it. The poor Unggoy took off like a rocket. It flew around the room, and most Grunts attention. This was their leader, flying around in the air. The Major hit a wall, leaving a small patch of blood where it had hit. The remaining Unggoy went hysterical. They ran off in all different directions, trying not to get a jet pack ride.

Six's magnum ran empty, and he put it on his hip. He stood watching as Emile jumped on a surprised Jackal's neck. It went down screaming in pain as its neck snapped. Emile picked up the Beam Rifle it was holding, and aimed it at the last standing Elite. It was a Minor that had taken cover shortly after it's squad mate went up in a Plasma explosion. Emile fired two shots in rapid succession, the first hit the Elite in the torso, the second missed his head by an inch. The Beam rifle overheated, venting out the plasma. It burnt Emile's hand.

"Damn!" He swore, shaking his hand to cool it off.

"Look who's hurt this time," said Six as he pulled his knife out of his belt sheath and dove for the Elite. He landed on the Sangheili's back and stabbed it in the head. He stabbed it in both hearts to make sure it was dead.

"Looks like we have to scavenge for weapons again," Chief said as he walked over to them.

Six took a look around the room, looking for any weapons. There were several corpses on the floor, blood running out of them.

"Too bad we can't take the Wraith," said Emile, putting the Beam Rifle on his back.

"Or can we...?"

"No we can't! It won't get through the doors. Six, think, would you?" Emile exclaimed.

The Spartans were toting new guns. Emile had a Needler and his Beam Rifle. Six had a Plasma Rifle, his empty Magnum, and his Energy Sword, which he had to pull out of a dead Elite. Chief had his Assault Rifle that had thirty-two shots out of sixty, and a Plasma Rifle.

"They blocked all info about this ship from anyone that doesn't have a passcode. They knew I was in the system," Cortana said, apologetically.

"So where does that leave us?" Chief asked his AI.

"I wasn't quite able to find the brig before I was locked out of the system. I could hack back into it, but that could take hours. The most I could find out was that there was a prison break from one of the prisons. The Marines fought their way to the room directly in front of you." Cortana said as the trio came across a door. It opened when they got close enough, thanks to moition sensing technology.

"That is one big-ass room," Emile commented, as they took in the sight.

The room was three stories high, with walkways that covered three out of four walls of the room, one for each floor. The fourth wall had two hangar doors that were separated in the middle. There was a walkway that ran in between the two hargar doors. That was presumably where the controls were.

"Oh yippee. Another hanger," complained Six.

Elite Major Getu was standing on the bridge of the Truth and Reconciliation. "Ship Master, I have no doubt that they are after their leader," he said, trying not to make eye contact with Ship Master Taal. Taal was about five inches taller than any of his Sangheili brothers on the ship. He had a higher kill count, too. He was ruthless, once he had killed a Unggoy Minor just for eating human food during their invasion of a planet that humans called 'Reach.'

"If what you say is true, then I shall be the one to slay them!" Taal exclaimed, which brought cheers from the other Sangheili. "Go, Getu. Gather your team and meet me in the cells." The Ship Master activated his Energy Sword's blade, raised it into the air, and left with the parting words, "Today, we will see vengance for our fallen brothers!"

Getu left the bridge to find his team. Oh, yeah. I abandoned them and they got slaughtered by the demons. I'll ask Loke if he can help. After he had gathered his friend's assistance, they went to meet Taal in the prison room. When they entered, Taal greeted Getu personally.

"You have brought Major Loke and his team. Where is yours?" The Shipmaster said in a slightly angered tone.

Getu told Taal the same lie that he told Loke. "They were in the Gravity Lift room when the Demons came. They had no chance."

Taal lightened up a bit, for the first time."Then I will let you have your revenge. You can take on one Demon when they arrive."

Uh oh... That was not what Getu wanted at all. He wanted to live and forget about these Demons. They could blow up a hundred ships if they wanted to and he wouldn't care. Unless he was on one of them.

"Glorious Shipmaster, you can engage all of them. I do not wish to take away some of the renown you will get for slaying these Demons."

"Nonsense! You will have you revenge!" Taal roared, anger slightly returing to him.

Great, Getu thought as he peered into a cell with two humans in it. One of them gave Getu a hand guesture that involved making a fist but leaving the second finger to the left, thumb excluded, extended. The other soon did the same, but with both hands.

Human hands are strange, he thought, and then realized what the mind could think when stressed.

My hands hurt from typing. Anyway, that thing about me needing a cover for the story, I'm working on one. Another thing, if you're going to point out a mistake, kindly point out that mistake so I don't have to search for it. I'm lazy, I admit it. Well, R&R! Thanks!