The Parthenon A Halo Fanfiction By: Delta T members Dryice and Drought

Chapter 2

"15 minutes until we reach the entrance, sir." The marine said. He seemed to have overcome his "sickness" but he was still a little pale.

"Thanks marine," Chief said turning to Johnson "How do we know where this thing is sir, I don't see any kind of fortress anywhere?"

"It's a very small entrance, Chief," Johnson replied "That way those Covenant bastards can't find us."

The Chief nodded. It was a good plan, considering what the Parthenon held. It could quite possibly be Earth's last hope. The blue ocean flew by as The Clam sped onwards, further east. Then Chief saw it, the tiniest speck in the distance. 10 minutes later The Clam had stopped completely and her crew of 5 was hoping off into a small dock and a large, clear elevator. Once all necessary supplies and crew were in the elevator the doors closed air tight.

They began the slow decent down. Water surrounded the elevator as they began to speed up. Chief was stunned. It was a massive city with the strong plastic-like substance covering everything. There were submarines zipping around everywhere. They elevator came to a stop with a hissing sound. When the doors opened Admiral James Silverstein was waiting for them.

"Welcome to Atlantis, boys," Admiral said, "Follow me to the briefing room, we'll tell you what your mission is."

Sgt. Johnson, Chief, and the Admiral all walked to a large room with a projector. Chief and Johnson took their seats along with some other military personnel, including Miranda Keyes.

"Good to see you guys again." she said.

"Same here." Johnson said.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I could have your attention please." The Admiral said.

The men and women in the room fell silent and listened to what could be the last mission the humans fought against the Covenant. That is if it was as big a deal as they had heard.

"You are here in Atlantis for one reason; get the Ark off of Earth."

The room achieved the impossible by somehow getting more quiet when everyone held their breath.

"After we realized that the Covenant attacked Earth because they found The Ark here we knew it was something important. When we found out what it could do, we knew it was our number 1 priority."

"We searched the world and we came here, The Marianas Trench, and we found what the Covenant were looking for. The Ark is the name of The Forerunner's largest ship. Somehow, the Forerunners put the ship on Earth. This could mean that we are the descendants of the Forerunners, or we were banished Forerunners. The later would explain why the Covenant would want to destroy us so bad. Since they almost worshipped the Forerunners, or existence could be blasphemy to them."

"The Covenant know where it is and what it is by intercepting one of our transmissions. The Ark is not safe on Earth. Another ship other than the Pillar of Autumn escaped Reach; its name is the Watcher in the Water. In order to escape being destroyed it took a blind jump into Slipspace and just recently reported back to Earth. It was not finished being constructed and it now is."

"The Watcher and its sister ship will accompany The Ark to an unknown, safe planet. The other ship's name is the Demon of the Deep. It was built here and will leave from here. Chief, you know the nickname the Covenant have given you?

"Yes," the Chief said with a feral grin "the Demon"

"We named our ship the Demon of the Deep for a reason; you will be commanding this ship. And its main crew? 25 of the new SPARTAN III soldiers. Along with multiple marines. Johnson, you'll have the Watcher, also with 25 Spartans."

"Yes, Sir" Johnson said with a large smile on his face.

"Chief here is a 'brief' rundown of the Demon's features" said the Admiral, handing chief a folder thicker than Chief's MJOLNIR armor.

"Meeting adjourned." The Admiral said.

The Master Chief was looking forward to commanding the ship, because he had just read about the 12 different sized MAC guns.

A/N, More serious. But still quite short, although we will fix that is if people actually read the story.