And there he was in orbit over Earth intercepting dozens of communications to try and figure out what happened. He picked up some information about the Sangheili fleet being under orders form someone called R'tas. This was a name he'd never heard of and upon further investigation he found out that this Sanngheili had a whole lot more experience with the Flood. Though Archon did question it in the beginning he made up his mind towards the end. All he really knew about the Flood was that it was some sort of ancient biological weapon, rather he was made to believe that. He waited in orbit for a while pondering the possibility of joining the Sangheili fleet. In the end he made his decision and contacted them.

It took some time to explain why he wanted to join, but all of a sudden Bariss interfered. He vouched for Archon and repeated incessantly that he had already „recruited" him a while ago as a bodyguard. He would follow the Sangheili through the portal that lead to the Ark. He was quite nervous about going to action with the Sangheili. But his nerves were steeled when hr thought of the fact that he was no longer working for ONI. He would stick close to Bariss' ships.

Though they were few in number they were very experienced, well more experienced than Archon that is. When they went tthrough the portal Archon was ready to be under fire since entry into the space around the Ark. A rather pleasant surprise was in store, one in which the Brutes parked their ships a fair distance form the portal's entrance. They were outnumbered heavily but the Brutes weren't bright enough to try and coordinate properly in the ensuing fight. They were clumsy and slow to react to a few manouvers, in short Archon was much less danger than the larger Sangheili ships. Archon made rapid a rapid advance towards an unsuspecting frigate in the beginnig of the battle. He made sure to cripple its engines and make it an easy target for the rest of the Sangheili ships. He did this throughout the entire battle and even scored fair amount of kills.

There were several close moments when he was almost driven into cruiser fire by some Banshees and Phantoms. But he continued being a nuissance throughout the fight until he got hit by a copious amount of incoming plasma rounds. Needless to say he had to back off. He went to Bariss's ship where he was received for repairs.

Archon hadn't know the extent of the damage on his ship until he saw it in the hangar. The scroched hull of the ship barely withstood the hits. The space battle was at its end, well close to it. A few of the Brute ships who survived ran away through the Ark portal. The rest went to land on the ark itself.

What followed was a warm welcome from Bariss and his crew. Kaledon was surprised to see them celebrating when thereal threat was on the other side of the portal. But he then remembered the fact that a major victory was avout to take place. The last of the prophets remained on the Ark and it would be up to the Arbiter to kill him. But tonight was going to be a rather busy one for the repair crews. The Sangheili ships suffered some losses but most of their ships were simply heavily damaged.

This changed nothing since victory would be near for in the days to come the last of the prophets wpuld be slain and they would leave to a place where they would be safe from the Halo array. A truly magnificent weapon system made as last resort. Such were the houghts of Archon on the Foreruners. And in these past few days he had grown an interest in them. Well their military at least.

After the firing and subsequent signing of a peace treaty between humanity and the Sanheili Archon started doing work for Bariss back on the same colony world where he was firstly employed. It was mostly bodyguard duty for Feelia. And rather unexpectedly she had participated in the final space battle. Archon was pleasantly surprised as she found herself to be very proud of this.

She had every right to be proud, though it would be the only time she would see battle. There would be plenty of time before Raven would contact Archon as well. This was far more along the lines of being a break up. This did not phase Archon too much at first but it began to show much later. For the most part he was wondering why would Raven do this. He justified it by saying that it was impossible for her to join hi min his new life in any way. And seeing that she couldn't be with him she decided to cut him loose.

He got over with the help of Bariss who introduced him to a harem of Sangheili women. Both Archon and the women were sceptical at first but when the women realized that he was renowned warrior they were all over him. And so he spent his time between guarding Feelia and doing various missions for Bariss. It was not long before he even started to equip himself with their armor and weapons.

His ship was the firs to get a makeover. Ablative armor and shield systems more adavanced than he could dream of. Then there were the weapons the old modified spartan lasers got replaced with more powerful plasma wepons. He even had a pair of plasma torpedo launchers installed. The interior was another story alltogether. The redesign lead to better reactor and slipspace drive, hell he even had more room for himself and a few more crewmates.

This came in handy when was sent out on missions with Sangheili who were inexperienced. At this point it had been two years since the battle of the Ark. He and Feelia remember it fondly. It was Archon's first space battle and Feelia's first actual battle. And for the first time ever both of them looked into eachothers eyes with unknown passion. Their relationship of student and master was long since surpassed as well as their friendship. It's just that they realized it in that moment that there was some attraction between them. Feelia's father noticed it as well.

But it would be a bit longer until Archon and Feelia would be together. He had a mission to do with new and more advanced armor than before. He geared up before heading to the briefing room. His new armor was of a lighter alloy and far better quipped. A vast suite of sensors and better shielding, the only personal touch was the paintjob miniaturized thrusters. He liked this idea both for zero G combat and movement and boosting his own movement on other planets.

The briefing room was filled with other Sangheili more badass than he ever could be. Yet they all showed him a level of respect that no human other than Masterchief would receive. Though he was far from being an actual spartan his skils did prove to be rather impressive, for a human. The briefing started quickly. There was a hologram depicting a long lost Forerunner warship.

Archon immediately knew their mission would either be capture or destroy. Though capture is far more likely since Forerunners are viewed as gods among the Sangheili. Nevertheless he would do what was asked of him.

The plan was as follows: Archon and several scout ships would arrive first and scan the Forerunner ship. After scanning they are to board and to attempt reactivation. In the mean time a fleet of ten frigates and two cruisers will arrive to secure their target. They are not the only after such valuable prey after all there still are remnants of the Covenant.

The plan was a simple smash and grab, well without smashing but the point has already been made. But there was a posibility o fit turning into an actual smah and grab. All of the Sangheili present would begin headingto their vessels immediately. This was an immediate action since there was no telling who else might have discovered the ship.

Their slipspace jump towards that ship would reveal someone who is not a parto f the Covenant remnants.