The brutes aimed at the captain. "Drop your weapons" said the Cheiftan. Her brutes didn't at first, but realized that since they couldn't save there old Cheiftan... they weren't about to lose the new one. The fighting stopped. Everyone stared in suspense. "How many soldiers are alive Ning"? the captain asked. All of the warriors stood in lines of 12 including Miranda. The wounded lay to the side. 2 minutes later Ning had finished counting. "69 elites, 40 of them wounded, 30 hunters, 12 are wounded, 118 grunts, 98 are wounded, 2 humans, 1 is wounded. So a total of 226 warriors." "I see" said the captain "all brutes are to stand against the wall, Jackals on the wall to my left. Drop your weapon's!" The Brutes looked at there weapons and dropped them. The Jackals dropped there weapons as well. Grunts in good health will salvage any weapons they can find starting with the brute's". The grunts walked around gathering the weapons. Some of the brutes snarled at them. One grunt smacked a Brute in the face. That shut him up.
"Are all weapons aboard the Phantoms"? asked the captain
"Yes sir" Orte said. "Have any of you seen the Arbiter around?" the captain asked. "His body was not found and he's not aboard a Phantom." said Ning. Just then marching could be heard from inside the mountain entrance. The Arbiter came out and behind him were 57 elites, 96 grunts and 2 hunters all really skinny and shivering. "There are humans inside, they refuse to come with us." "I see, send in one of the humans." the Captain said still mounted on the brute Cheiftan's head. "some one restrain the Chieftan with the plasma cuffs" 3 elites went behind the Chieftan and cuffed her. " I hope you don't have ticks now captain" said Johnson with a smile, as he walked out of the medical Phantom. The Cheiftan smiled an evil smile and looked toward her brutes. She was pushed to a space between 2 spec ops elites, with carbines pointed at her head. "Johnson, Miranda explain to the humans what's going on" ordered the Captain. "Yes sir" said Johnson and Miranda at the same time. All of the warriors marched into the natural stronghold. The weak and hungry went back to the Phantom for food, they hadn't eaten any thing, that wasn't raw or had bugs crawling on it in about a week. Squads 5-7 and 2 hunters were outside. There job was to watch the brutes and their Cheiftan, and make sure there was nothing suspicious going on.
"Where are the humans?" asked Miranda. "Down the hall on the final right." said the Arbiter. As they were walking grunts picked up any weapons they could find and went back and forth out of the stronghold to the Phantom's armory. "Salvage any food you can find, and bring it back to the Medical Phantom squad 3." ordered the Captain. Squad 3 split up into the 8 rooms that held food fit for hundreds of brutes for at least 6 months, which ment the members of the rebelion wouldn't be hungry for 16 months. The warriors made it to the brink and saw the humans, some were asleep others were dead. "Miran...da" a soldier said. She turned and saw the soldier sweating up against the bars. "Is it true Miranda?" asked the soldier. "did we side with the enemy?". The captain turned away. "We are at peace" Miranda said "It's nothing to be ashamed of, but that doesn't mean the war's over. The Prophets still must be stopped, and the brutes too." The marines looked at each other. "I don't trust them" one said. One of the elites glared at him. "We're at peace". The other soldier said. "Don't screw it u-" "don't talk back to me son I might have to beat some sense into you." The other soldier enterupted. "Both of you shut up, or I'll beat both of you." Said Johnson "Damn Smith, you ungrateful basterd, they offered us peace and you are going to pass it up. I understand if your mad at the fact that you've been in the cell for god knows how long, but they trust us, they protected us, I wouldn't lie to you. Are you done, are you going to cooperate?" Smith looked at the other soldiers and then the aliens and sighed. "... I guess." said Smith. "Anymore ungrateful basterd?" asked Johnson. He shot the ceiling twice. "Anyone,... okay."
Johnson walked over to the switch and pulled it. The bars fell foward. "Primitive beasts." said the captain. 8 grunts walked over to the humans and escorted them back to a Phantom.
"Humans are weak they'll slow you down." the Cheiftan said. She was then smacked by the two elites holding the carbines. "You want some of this" asked a marine. The Cheiftan growled. "Settle down Cheiftan." said one of the elites. "The name is Nemesis" barked the Cheiftan. She tried to break free. "wort wort woort, nobody can break out of those" the elite stated. Just then the cuffs broke and dissapeared. "Run" one of the humans said. The humans ran into a Phantom and they shut the door. Outside the humans heard elites screaming, and plasmafire. All 52 humans were in the Phantom crowded. "We're all going to die one said and crouched into the corner.The fighting sounded like it stopped, they didn't hear any thing and opened the door.
Outside they saw some elite and brute corpses. 1 hunter corpse was by the entrance to the strong hold. The humans looked scared. "The brutes ran into there stronghold." an elite with one arm said. "We must hurry or they'll catch up with the Captain, report to the armory at the third Phantom" The humans did as they were told. "Did every one die?" one of the humans asked "no some elites went in after the brutes along with a very pissed off hunter." said the elite. Everyone grabbed a weapon and marched into the stronghold.
The Rebelion was at the top of the strong hold. Bird like creatures flew away. As the Rebelion walked outside. They saw 4 Phantoms, 2 wraiths, 4 ghosts, and a crudly presented pile of weapons. "Everyone stop, and listen." the Captain said. Stomping could be heard up the path to the top. The captain told everyone to hide in or behind a Phantom. They hid waiting for what ever was approaching. They heard Plasma fire coming from down the path. The Captain looked behind him at the bottom of the cliff. He saw his warrior's corpses. He knew the brutes were enraged and that they would stop at nothing to kill them. The Captain sat there thinking. An idea came into his head. He ran into a Phantom and tried to contact the elites coming up the path. "everyone go back to the Phantoms below, try to round up the brutes, our snipe team will cover you."
"Everyone turn back know" the one armed elite said. The warriors did as they were told. "I Iygg will attract the brutes down to our Phantoms and Seraphs." aid the one armed elite. He threw a rock at the back of a brute's head and another at a Jackal's head. The brutes split up. One platone would take Iygg's team, the other will continue up the strong hold to the top of the cliff.
Elites and humans ran outside of the stronghold to there Phantom. "Good." said the Captain watching as the brutes poured out as well. "snipe team cover the warriors below." All the elites with snipers took position and one by on the brutes fell. "Hello Captain" said Nemesis. She and her brutes walked up the path and were know outside on the cliff. "Nemesis I wish to fight you alone" said the Captain. "But of course" said Nemesis with a smile The Rebelion stood by the cliff edge, the snipers still sniping, and the brutes stood against the mountain side. Nemesis pulled out an axe resembling Tartarus's Hammer. The Captain pulled out his sword.