Chapter 8: Brutality
"Son, I'm giving you one chance to atone for your treason, kill these three."
I hesitated because I had made a promise to Kypo that I would make sure he made it out of this alive, but did that make me a traitor? His kind had killed billions of mine, but he is different, but does that matter if I'm betraying my own species?
I begin to point my Spiker at Kypo, I see fear in his eyes, betrayal even.
"I have a choice to make, I hope I made the right one."
With that I slashed my Spiker at the officer next to me, he fell and I shot him three times in the chest. I slash Kypo's cuffs and he draws his Energy Sword and slices the nearby officer. I slash Yibmal and Lasay's cuffs.
"Take this, and free the other prisoners."
"Yes sir!" They say In unison, saluting me.
They both run off freeing the captured covenant as they take up arms against their captors. It turns into a full on riot in the plaza. A Jackal takes a Shotgun from an officer and begins unloading. A few Grunts swarm another officer and beat him down. Kypo is slashing down officers left and right, I take my spike and open fire upon another. Soon only one officer remains, their leader.
"You bastard, you're a traitor to your own species!" he coughs out.
"Well, if there is one thing I've learned walking these streets, it's that you can't define a species by a few individuals. And you my friend are a perfect example."
I put a Spiker round into his face, killing him instantly.
Sector 3, New Mombasa, Kenya, October 22 2552, 1300 hours
Kypo stands atop a cop car.
"Brothers! Fieldmaster Gryza 'Tuzum is awaiting us! We shall join him! And together we shall dethrone the false prophets!"
A cheer is heard from the small crowd of Covenant.
We load back onto the Skiff, the new troops taking the weapons from cops, I take one of their transport Hogs and some more people as we take off toward Sector 1.
The streets are quiet, too quiet. Not a single Brute for miles. We are almost at the Covenant meeting point, when we are stopped.
A small army of Brutes stands in our way. Leading them is a familiar red armored goliath, a Chieftain, the same Chieftain.
"So, the heretic pests come together, falling right into our grasp." He announces, his voice just as I remember it.
"To think you would stoop so low as to ally with a human! Do you have no honor?"
"You are the one without honor!" Shouts Kypo, "you follow the false prophets blindly, your lack of foresight will be your undoing. My name is Kypo' Zadamee and I shall slay you!"
"Well then Zadamee, my name is Drersius. And this is where your heresy dies."
Both sides of covenant forces charge with a battlecry, the Brutes outnumbering us but not outgunning us, Lasay fires fuel rods from the skif, killing many of the Brutes, he then floors it as do I towards the rushing crowd. I crush a few under the Hog, but they are able to flip me over, one attempts to strike me as I crawl out but gets a facefull of spikes.
Kypo charges Drersius, cutting down any Brutes in his path. Drersius simply walks calmly towards him and ignites his own Energy Sword.