Chapter 6
Location: High Charity, Delta Halo.
The Arbiter landed next to SGT Johnson. Fifteen Elites had set up a perimeter.
"Everybody, listen. I want five Elites to stay here and guard the GravLift, the rest of you will come with me to free the Covenant that are stranded in this building. If they are Drones, Jackals or Brutes. Slaughter them. They will pay for spilling out brothers' blood." Arbiter growled to everyone. The Arbiter ran for the stars that led into the building and everyone else followed. Inside it was misty, the air was stale and it smelt of decay and rotting flesh. The Arbiter levelled his Plasma Rifles because he detected movement around the next corner. He glanced around and found a group of Grunts hiding there. One of them looked up and saw The Arbiter,
"Look, The Arbiter has come to save us. Grunts, get up." He squealed and the others got up and towards them, "Arbiter, Flood in building. They kill many Grunts and Elites. But we then kill them. We has Hunters in there. We needs your help. Follow us. We show you." He yapped and then ran away. The Arbiter followed him and he came to a stop n front of a door.
"It me, Pinmo, me have Arbiter and friends. We need to get in." he barked through the door. After a moment the door opened and a black Elite stood there in front of two Hunters with their weapons raised.
"Arbiter." He shouted in surprise. "Come in." and he stepped aside to let them in.
Inside there was a pile of dead Flood being burnt by Grunts with masks on. There were many wounded and some dead. By the window there were five plasma turret emplacements. The Hunters were discharging plasma bolts that illuminated the room.
"We need to get out of here. I have a cruiser overhead that will take us out of this parasite-ridden place. We must hurry." The Arbiter told him.
"Okay, let's go." He replied, "Everybody listen. We need to evacuate this building immediately before it becomes overrun with parasite. Get your gear and follow The Arbiter. He will lead the way out for us." Everyone then followed The Arbiter out of the room. The two Hunters shifted as they were shot by plasma. They retreated and followed everyone out of the room.
The Arbiter rounded a corner and moved on when two Carrier Forms dropped from up above followed by five Combat Forms.
"Open fire!" Arbiter yelled and he saw the bur marks appear on the nearest Carrier Form before it exploded. Infection Forms crawled all around. Arbiter stepped on three of them and all of them popped simultaneously. He shot one of the Combat Forms and its arms fell off and it fell. It crushed two Infection Forms. Plasma bolts sizzled past his head. The last Combat Form exploded as it was filled with crystalline needles. After he made sure it was clear, The Arbiter walked forward towards the top. SGT Johnson, however, had stopped and was looking at a bright purple light in the distance down a corridor. He ran down towards it and found a familiar figure.
"Hello SGT. How are you?" Cortanas smooth voice asked him,
"Ma'am. I'm just fine. I'll get you outta there." He told her. He pushed a few buttons on the projector unit and he put the data crystal in his pocket. He then returned to the group.
When The Arbiter had reached the roof of the building he stepped into the GravLift. He was followed by the Grunts, then the Elites, Johnson, Keyes and finally the Hunters.
"What now Arbiter?" Johnson asked him,
"Now, we go to Earth." He replied.
