The banished one

Chapter 12 a hero falls and darkness comes forth

Authors notes I don't own halo bungie studios owns halo

This is set after halo 2 and the plot of halo 3 is thrown out the window in this fanfic and also a warning this is an Arbiter/Miranda fanfic if you don't like that pairing then stop reading this fanfic right now.

There will be some violence and swearing in this chapter

I would like to thank my betas l33t elite and Lordrevangrandmasterofthejedi for helping me with this chapter

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Reviewer replies

Deadshadow94: I am glad you like it so far.

Paintedbluerose: you find out what happened to the Master Chief in this chapter

Reviewer: yes I know the Sangheili were the main military force of the covenant but they lost a lot of their warriors on high charity and delta halo. So I think their military force would be weaker then the brutes as a result of that besides in fan fiction you can change anything you don't have to keep it completely canon.

Defender: I deleted your review because it was the rudest review I have ever gotten and it had no place on this website and also I am not the only Arbiter/Miranda shipper on this website there are others. And I am not going to stop writing fan fiction not now not ever.

Annoyed: I deleted your review as well because you agreed with defenders 'comments'.

Well that's enough of an authors notes here is chapter 12 of the banished one

The Ark surface

The Master Chief opened his eyes and after a few moments of seeing blurs, the image of the Prophet of Truth, sitting on his chair in front of him, came into view. A Brute then hit the Chief in the back with his mauler forcing John into a kneeling position before Truth.

Truth looked down on John, smirking, 'So demon, you can kneel. Your home world is nothing but dust, your armies decimated, and yet I spared you. Do you want to know why, demon?'

John didn't reply so Truth continued. 'I spared you because I don't want you to die, at least not yet demon. I want you to activate the Ark, and start the Great Journey.'

John finally replied, 'Activating the Halo rings doesn't begin some Great Journey. Those rings are weapons. They will kill every last person in the galaxy. Truth, you will be sacrificing yourself and your men for nothing.'

Truth finally lost his composure. 'Your lying demon. The Forerunners activated the sacred rings before and they became gods. And I shall follow in their footsteps, and you're going to help me.'

The Chief then looked at Truth straight in the eye and said 'Never'. The next thing John knew he was on the ground being punched and kicked by Truth's Honor guards.

Truth then raised his hand, 'Stop men, he wants you to kill him. Do not give him the pleasure of death, not yet anyway. Now let us get to the Ark control room and begin the Great Journey'.

The transport then rose from the surface of the Ark and headed for the Ark's control room.

Meanwhile, from the pile of dead bodies near the pelican which had delivered John to the planet, a man rose to his feet and said 'Don't worry Chief, I'll get you out, but I'm gonna need some help.'

The Ark 70km from the control room

Miranda and Rtas ducked from the sniper fire of the jackals on a nearby over hang. Cursing, Miranda turned to a Sangheili 'Warrior, take those snipers out.'

The warrior then took out his beam rifle waited for a clear shot. After a minute, he fired and the jackal snipers fell to the ground, dead.

As their bodies hit the ground, Koren ran up to them. 'Good work, now lets move on.'

As the Sangheili army moved on to the Ark control room to stop Truth little did they know that they were being followed. A familiar voice then said 'We will devour these fools, and then the entire universe will fall.'

The Ark control room

The Prophet of Truth entered the Ark control room and said 'This is it, the control room of the Ark.'

Brute honor guards then came in, dragging the Master Chief into the room by his arms.

Truth then said 'We are finally here. Now demon, you're going to activate the Ark and start the Great Journey, or your friend is going to die.'

A Brute then came in holding Johnson by the neck with one hand and holding a mauler to Johnson's face with other hand. The Brute came to a stop a few feet away, and looked at Truth, waiting for the word to end Johnson's life.

Truth then asked 'So, are you going to help us, or not demon?'

The Ark

The Sangheili army heard a rumbling sound as they approached closer and closer to the control room. The noise got louder and louder, until one of the Sangheili pointed up ahead and yelled 'Scarab, dead ahead!!'

As the Scarab approached the army they prepared for battle but then several missiles from a missile pod hit the Scarab and exploded. The shocked Sangheili army then saw a human emerge from the wreckage of the scarab.

Koren then growled at the human. 'I know who you are, you're that human from the trial, what are you doing here?'

Daniel then replied 'I need you help, the Master Chief has been captured by Truth's forces. We should work together, to stop Truth from activating the Ark.'

At a nod from Koren, Rtas said 'Alright, but after we stop Truth you'd better get out of our sight'

Daniel nodded, 'Okay, well let's get going'. The Sangheili army then resumed its march, and soon the control room was their sights.

The Ark's control room

The Brute honor guards shoved the Chief near the console and Truth said 'Now demon, activate the Ark and I won't kill your friend.'

The Chief didn't utter a single sound. Then Johnson spoke up, 'What's the matter, big shot, you can't start your own little party?'

Truth turned to face him 'I admit, I need your help, but that secret dies with all the rest -'

But before Truth could finish what he was going to say gunfire was heard from a nearby room along with screams. Several Brutes went into the room to find out what happened but they never returned.

Galko withdrew his gravity hammer and said to his men 'Prepare to defend Truth. We must give him time to start the Great Journey.'

The door then opened and several Sangheili stepped into the room firing at Truth's guards. Along with the Sangheili were two human soldiers.

A Brute yelled, 'The traitors have formed an alliance with the vile humans!! Does their treachery know no bounds?'

While everyone else was distracted, Truth forced his hand on John's, pressing the panel that activated the rings.

Truth then exclaimed, 'The holy rings have been lit! Soon the Great Journey will begin and those deemed unworthy will be left behind!!'

After a few minutes, nothing happened. The Sangheili breathed a sigh of relief, while the Brutes looked around. Suddenly Guilty Spark entered the room and said to Truth 'I cut off all power to this room a short while ago, no one will be able to activate the Ark now without my approval.'

Using his entrence, the Sangheili killed the remaining Brutes except for Galko.Galko jumped back, narrowly avoiding an energy sword. He then ducked behind a pillar and called out to Guilty Spark 'Oracle, do the Halo rings start the Great Journey?'

Guilty Spark replied in an infuriated tone of voice 'Of course not, the Halo rings are for the containment of the Flood, not some great journey.'

Galko then said 'What do you mean by, containment of the Flood?'

Spark replied 'Simple, by causing the death of every single life form within the rings range of fire. The Forerunners didn't go on some great journey, they all died as planned.'

Galko then stepped out of his hiding place and turned to Truth. 'You knew, didn't you bastard! So why would you want to activate the rings if you knew it would lead only to mass suicide?'

Before Truth could lie, Spark spoke 'Simple, his people are originally from a Forerunner colony. So when the rings are activated, his species will be the only ones left alive in the whole universe.'

Truth then looked at the door and saw the Arbiter enter the room who then said 'What's wrong Truth, you look like you've seen a ghost?'

Galko then said to Koren 'I know the truth about Halo. You can kill him for all I care. Now I have to tell my men to stop the fighting. Good luck Arbiter.'

After Galko left the room Koren then turned to Truth and held an energy sword close to his neck. But no one noticed the brute soldier that was still alive take aim with his mauler at Koren's back except Miranda.

When the brute opened fire at Koren Miranda dived in the way of the shot and she screamed in pain as the shot penetrated her armour and went deep into her flesh.

After that Rtas killed the brute soldier and Koren then said to Truth 'You're going to pay for what you have done Truth, right now'. Koren then swung his sword through Truths neck and saw the light leave the prophet's eyes forever.

Rtas then opened up communications and said 'I need a phantom dropship at the Ark control room now!'

Koren then asked Rtas 'Is she going to be okay?' He then saw the amount of blood on the floor.

Rtas replied 'I don't know, we will just have to hope for the best'. Koren nodded, and looked around the room and noticed that the demon and the other two humans were gone. Where they went he didn't care.

The Sangheili then left the Ark control room, carrying Miranda as they left. As they went outside, a phantom dropship appeared and Koren, Rtas, Spark and Miranda got on broad and headed back to the fleet in orbit of the Ark.

Koren then thought to himself "please let her live please".

Meanwhile a familiar voice yelled out 'Did you think I was defeated! I am merely waiting for the right moment! Then I will strike and everyone will die!'

Authors notes well that's chapter 12 of the banished one completed tell me what you think of it read and review no flames or rude comments.