Rellik knew he was in for a bumpy ride. He couldn't believe the Brutes chased him this far! He would stop at no costs to destroy them.
"Rellik! We're holding them off for as long as we can, but we can't hold them off forever. Hurry!"
Rellik ran towards the docking bay to see a squad of Brutes. They all fired on him, but he dodged and turned on his active camoflauge. He snuck behind the leader just as the camo wore off.
"Make any move and your leader is dead!"
The Brutes began to chatter nervously. Rellik had a sign of relief inside his head. "Phew," he said, "These are quite the loyal bunch."
He began to shoot the Brutes, picking them off one by one, until they were all dead. Rellik then killed the leader and continued on.
"Rellik! Terrible news! The Flood have somehow infiltrated this facility and are headed your way."
"Great...How could this get any worse?"
Rellik ran towards the next docking bay only to be greeted by Flood. He stuck a Combat Form in the middle of the pack, killing all the Combat Forms. The Infection Forms, though, entered most of the dead bodies, revitalizing them.
"Damn...I'll never get past them all!"
The Flood Combat Forms charged at him. He evaded them, killing them while making his way towards the third docking bay.
"Rellik! We're at the next docking bay, ready to pick you up. But the Brutes and the Flood are hot on our tails! Please make great haste, Rellik!"
Rellik ran into the third docking bay and entered the Phantom waiting there. They took off just before the Flood caught up with him.
"So, Rellik, are we going to go through with our plan?"
"Yes, Arbiter...I will meet you on the ring once I have explained our plan to the Demon."
The two Phantoms veered off on distant courses once they reached Delta Halo. The Arbiter and his crew landed on the ring; Rellik and his crew landed on a nearby planet.
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"So, why are we doing this again?"
"The Brutes have a weapon. We need to know what."
"So, Cortana...What's our destination look like?"
"It's got a Forerunner facility on the surface. That's probably where Rellik wants him to meet us."
"But what if it's a trap?"
"Well, they had quite a small force...I doubt they'd be the ones pulling the suprise on us."
The Pelican landed on the entrance to the Forerunner facility. He was greeted by a pair of Hunters. They shot their cannons in his direction. They missed by quite a far margain, but, to the Master Chief's suprise, he saw a Phantom filled with Brutes behind him. The impact destroyed the Phantoms.
"Thanks."
The Hunters turned around and headed in another direction, signaling for the Master Chief to follow. He followed them, keeping his rifle in his hands.
(thinking) "I wonder if I should shoot them or not...I'll return fire if they decide to shoot me."
The Hunters shot all the Sentinels there. Some Grunts and Elites came as they ascended to the roof of the facility.
"Greetings, Demon. It is satisfying fighting by your side."
"Sure. And I think that it's great you're on my side too..."
The Master Chief, accompanied by a squad of Covenant decimated all opposition until they reached the roof of the facility. The door opened to reveal a gigantic squad of Hunters, Grunts, and a lone golden Elite.
"I thought you'd come. Greetings, demon. I need to talk to you. Listen, I assure you that me and my humble squad of warriors will stand beside you against the Brutes. Like I said, the Brutes have a weapon. This weapon can cause mass destruction, almost as much destruction as the Rings themselves."
"Well...What is it?"
"It's a cannon. It's on one of the rings. It can cause explosions in the cores of all planets, destroying them."
"So...They can wipe out Earth?"
"Yes...They can wipe out the entire galaxy with this weapon. We must put a stop to the Prophet of Truth at all costs. The weapon must not be activated."
"So how do we stop it?"
"Well, the weapons mechanisms are directly linked to Truth's neural interface."
"So Truth can activate it by merely thinking?"
"Yes...So, we must kill Truth."
"Yes, we must...How did you find out all of this?"
"One of the members of the High Council is a loyal ally of ours...The Prophet Of Liberty."
"So he gave the intel on the Brute's weapon to you?"
"Yes...Now, we must meet the Arbiter. He is on the Sacred Ring, and his survival is essential to our plan. Now, to make sure you believe us, I've brought a friend of yours with us..."
Seargeant Johnson appeared out of thin air in front of Rellik.
"Teleportation devices...Quite the useful machine, ain't they, Chief?"
"Hey...So this whole thing isn't a lie?"
"Nope. They're telling the truth."
"Please don't say truth."
"? Oh, right...OK."
"All right, let's get out of here. Warriors, return to the Phantoms. We are leaving for the Sacred Ring to retrieve the Arbiter!"
The COvenant force moved toward the secondary door, which led to a lone Phantom. The Covenant, the Master Chief, and Johnson all boarded the Phantom and took off, heading towards the second Halo.
TBC...