A/N Sorry about not updating in a while, been busy with school work.

The Chief made his way up several flights of stairs. When he reached the landing at the top, he saw the "thing" making its way toward the bridge where a group of marines had gathered. He swapped his SMG for a sniper and ran down the walkway. He joined the marines and sniped the guards that were on the deck.

"That's it, now its trapped. Ok Chief, board that Scarab," said Cortana.

" Yeah whatever," he replied. He jumped on to the Scarab and took out the replacement Covenant forces that had come up from the lower level. The Chief took them out with his trusted Battle Rifle. His motion tracker picked up movement on the lower level so he made for the ramp. He tip-toed around the corner and quickly pulled the pin on a frag grenade and threw it into the center of the room. He silently counted to three and heard and felt it go off.

An angry Elite charged around the corner. Master Chief backed out of the way and put several rounds into the Ultra Elite's back. Chief saw his shield flicker and used this to his advantage. He put several more rounds into its back and watched as the Elite fell to the ground.

Master Chief jumped out of the Scarab seconds before it crumbled into the river. He jogged back to the bridge where a Pelican is waiting. Master Chief jumps onto it as it started to lift off. Miranda Keyes came on the intercom.

"Oh my God, so this is what my father saw. Boys we got ourselves another ring."

"You heard the lady, we're going in," said Sergeant Johnson. Master Chief, Johnson, and a team of ODSTs were hurled from the ship and plummeted toward the second ring. They landed and they all jumped out and fired at what little Covenant troops were there. Master Chief used his rocket launcher to take out several stationary plasma turrets. The ODSTs moved in and took down the Elites. The Chief saw an old ruin and decided to check it out. His marines waited outside. On the way up, the Chief took out three grunts and two jackals. He didn't even fire a single shot.

He got to the top and saw a Covenant dropship, called a Phantom, dropping its troops and firing at the marines. He took out the major threats in the Covenant force with a beam rifle that he confiscated from a jackal. The marines fired on the ship's turrets and took several of them out. The Chief jumped from the ruin and joined his marines. Cortana told him to get to the next objective to follow the trail that led somewhere off to their right.