Disclaimer: Well, If I owned Halo, I'd be so freaking awesome. I don't own anything of Aliens. If I did, I'd sooooo be making this into a movie. Well. Bye. Otherwise, it's Bungie's. See ya.
Aliens Vs. The Flood
Chapter Two - Alien Meets Flood
"What is that?" Master Chief looked on to the battle that was ensuing.
"It seems the Covenant sent recon ships to check out the ship like we did." Cortana replied.
"And they got more than they bargained for." Master Chief said.
They battled for a long time. The Master Chief noticed that a new Elite jumped into the battle later. Master Chief recognized the armor immediately.
"Another Arbiter?" Master Chief asked himself.
He noticed that the new Arbiter had come from inside the ship and he looked spooked. Master Chief knew what it found. He silently chuckled to himself and turned to the Marines.
"Pulse Generator 2 is there." Cortana told him.
A NAV point appeared onto his HUD. It was located at the end of the chasm. He needed to cross the chasm. He noticed a ledge and started to make his way to it.
On the Truth Beckoned
"A new species?" Wisdom asked.
"Yes."
"What do you know about them?" Truth asked.
"Well, they are no a human asset. Several human bodies were found. They need hosts for breeding. They act like the Flood. But they did something to my two men who are probably still down there. Alive. I want them back." he said quickly.
"Arbiter, there is nothing you can do. They were taken. They need not be your concern."
"You know not the consequences this can have on the Covenant!" Gonama'ee shouted.
"Arbiter, go rest yourself. And forget about this." Justice said.
"Fine. But this will not go unchecked." he finished.
After he left, the Prophets began to talk.
"Do you think he knows? Or is he unfit to be an Arbiter?" Wisdom asked Truth.
"I do not know. The same thing happened on the 2nd Halo. The Arbiter then was a minor heretic. But he blew that off. He was killed by a fierce battle with the Demon."
"What a shame." Truth said.
"What about this one?" Wisdom asked Justice.
"We shall wait."
In another part of the ship
Pokun'aa and Natus'ii ran to Gonama'ee. They had an urgent alert for him.
"Gonama'ee! You should come hear this." Natus'ii said.
They ran to the bay that harbored their ship. Turaga'uu was sitting in a chair with a pair of headphones over his ears. He turned and noticed Gonama'ee. He got up and took the headphones off his ears.
"Arbiter. Listen to this." Turaga'uu told him.
Gonama'ee took it and sat in the chair. A faint voice appeared out of nowhere. It was soft. As if the energy was taken from the speaker. It sounded almost dead.
"Can anyone hear me? This is Elite 248. Repeat, Elite 248. Can anyone hear me?"
"This is the Arbiter. Go ahead 248."
"Sir...they took me and 865 inside this egg room. They attached something to our faces and we blacked out. We both awoke and noticed the things lay dead beside us. We are strapped to the walls in a sticky goo. There are also others." he said.
"Who?" the Arbiter asked quickly.
"The missing team of Covenant Elites. But they are dead. They have huge holes in their chests. They seem to have the same creatures lying at their feet. I'm afraid we're in for the same fate." he finished.
"Hang in there."
He hung up the COM.
"Natus'ii? Pokun'aa? Ready a dropship."
"Yes. Arbiter." they replied.
Gonama'ee was going to get those two back before they were killed. Even though he wasn't a gold-armored general anymore, he still cared about his men. He would do anything to get his men back. Alive.
Snow covered valley
"Chief. Last Pulse Generator destroyed. Let's get out of here." Cortana said.
"Agreed. Anything on the motion tracker?" he asked.
"Again, nothing." she replied.
This wasn't getting good. Master Chief definitely knew there was something now. He then exited and ran to retrieve the Index.
On the other side of Halo
A small thin creature ran through the darkness of the Sentinel Headquarters. It was light and fast. It sniffed for something in the air. Then it ran off into the darkness. It ran into a vent and went along the corridor. It popped out of the air duct and landed to where it wanted to go. Right in the center of the base of the other host gathering species. It spied one of the carriers for the small forms of the species. It spit at the creature with it's acidic spit. The other creature dropped dead and exploded. The small forms ran to the potential host. But the thin creature sliced them up with it's claws. Two combat forms standing near a door spotted it. They ran to kill it and the little creature out maneuvered the two Combat forms. It sliced them both to pieces in a matter of seconds. The Runner ran to the top of a hill and gave a mighty roar. Then, as if on cue, more Aliens arose from various corridors. They stormed in through the door that was now gone of it's sentries.
A lone Combat form stood at the end of a door. This particular had lived through many battles and killed many. It was given an energy sword. One of the deadliest weapons of the hosts. It sliced many. It was one of the escapees since the 2nd Halo ring was destroyed. It saw the Runner Alien coming it's way. It leapt at the Combat form. The Combat form ducked and put the energy sword straight into the air. It sliced the smaller creature in half. Then the Combat form heard hissing noises. It then turned around towards the corridor from where the smaller one came from. A large creature with two large clawed hands came up to the Combat form and sliced it. The Combat form fell to it's knees and the top half fell backwards as the lower half fell forwards.
The Aliens continued on through the corridors and killed the many Flood that traversed the halls. The Aliens met a large metal door and began spitting on it. The door did not melt. Then, two Ravagers started to slice at it. Slowly, the door began to give way. Unbeknownst to the Aliens, a large room filled with Flood was about to be opened by them. When the door was cut down, the Flood opened up with their stolen weapons. Blood and guts spilled everywhere, Flood and Aliens alike. Then both of the species went at it. The Flood with energy swords attacked viciously. There was a main Flood creature at the back. It looked like the Queen's egg sack which was a bulgy, almost giant, and slimy. They were fighting. Neither side giving way.
Foreign ship crash site
The dropship landed and Gonama'ee was dropped down.
"We'll keep the COM channels open so you can speak with us." Pokun'aa said.
He ran inside.
"I need a NAV point on the room where the two are held captive." he asked Pokun'aa.
"I'm on it."
A NAV point appeared on his HUD and he started descending to it. The ship was deserted for some reason. But Gonama'ee didn't care. He then started to hold on to the railings of the stairs. He suddenly felt a strange sense of vertigo. He blew it off and continued downward.
"Your almost there." Natus'ii came in on the COM.
Gonama'ee then opened a large door and ran inside. The door shut and roots grew over the door. He looked back and noticed dozens of eggs. Hundreds more than in the previous room where they were first attacked. Several of the small spider-like creatures lay around the place.
"What the?" he asked.
"Arbiter! Look in front of you." Turaga'uu said.
He turned around and noticed a glowing light in the darkness. Then the roof gave way. Or rather, scooted out of the way. Gonama'ee stood there staring at the largest of the serpents he'd seen yet. It was at least ten times bigger than he. It had a large gooey sack attached to it and he noticed his friends on the sides of the room.
"Arbiter!" they shouted.
"So...you are the Arbiter..." it spoke.
"You have no business to tred on my Hive web."
"What are you?"
"I am the Queen of this Hive. You are trespassing. Get out." it told him.
"Not without my friends."
"They are needed. You are needed. My young, attack!"
Then, the walls began to move. Dozens of the serpents attacked. Gonama'ee attacked each of them with his dual plasma rifles. They fell quickly. More came. He continued to fight. Then, after that wave was defeated. A Ravager came out of a door. This was as big as the Queen. It was slow though. So Gonama'ee ran to it while drawing his energy sword. He sliced it's legs so it fell on one knee. He ran on it's back and the creature got back up. He started to hit it's armored head with his energy sword. He broke through and stuck a blow to the creature and decapitated it. It fell to the ground and Gonama'ee stared at the Queen.
"I see...you are very powerful. Take them we have more than enough." it finished.
He then saw something move in the darkness. It was a long serpent's tail. It was much larger. It belonged to the Queen, and it was much sharper. It then moved with a lot of speed and cut his shoulder.
"Let the cold consume you."
He gasped at the slight pain. He had no idea what she was talking about, but he forgot about it and he turned to his teammates. He sliced them off the wall and he gave them some stimulation packs that recovered their strength. They ran out and Gonama'ee looked back on the Queen.
"I'll be back." he told her.
He left. They got back to the ship in one piece and they left the surface for the Covenant Holy City Truth Beckoned.
On the other side of Halo
Inside the remains of the Flood headquarters, the Aliens were collecting the hosts for the arrival of a new species of Alien. The Flood Aliens. The dual wrist bladed Aliens, or Ravagers, as they were called, sliced the remains of the dead Aliens. They did this so they couldn't be used for anything. A group of other Aliens, a mixture of hard, pale chitinous shell and pure muscle, called PredAliens, ran ahead into the other side of the complex to check for other Flood.
In the hospital wing of the Truth Beckoned
"This procedure won't take long. It's just a scan for any abnormalities. Who knows what those serpents could have done to you." a Black Elite doctor said to both the Elites.
Outside of the room, a worried Gonama'ee stared into the room as Pokun'aa and Natus'ii went to his side.
"How are they faring?" Pokun'aa asked Gonama'ee.
"Nothing yet." he replied.
"We lost contact down there with you. What happened? Apparently you completed the mission. But did anything happen?" Natus'ii asked.
"In the room that the NAV point took me to, there was a large dome room. It was filled with eggs as you know. But I met the thing that laid those eggs. I met the things that breeded those serpents. It uses us and humans as hosts and kills us for their species to breed. I was able to bargain with them by defeating one of her big creatures. I got them and we exchanged a few words. But something about the Queen filled me with a coldness. I don't know." he told them.
"Wow." Natus'ii asked.
Gonama'ee stared harder into the room. He wondered if they really survived down there. He felt a strange disturbance in the air around him. He felt cold. He hadn't until he came face to face with the Queen.
"Hey, Gonama'ee, you OK?" Pokun'aa said as he placed a hand on Gonama'ee's shoulder.
Gonama'ee felt a cold presence grasp at his mind. A sudden burst of thought went back to when the Queen cut his arm with her tail.
"Let the cold consume you."
He felt a cold touch on his shoulder. He quickly retaliated with the grasping of the arm.
Pokun'aa gasped at Gonama'ee's suddenness and disturbance. Gonama'ee snapped back into the real world and got hold of himself.
"Sorry." he quickly let go.
"All done. You may go. We'll contact you when the results are in." the Elite said.
As they left, Gonama'ee stepped inside.
"How are they doctor?" he asked.
"I need to check their results."
He turned to the photos and noticed nothing.
"Odd." he said.
"What?" Gonama'ee asked.
"It seems there is nothing wrong with them. I thought handling a new species would be a problem. That's why I asked the Prophets to get me a sample. I wanted to study them." he said.
"I see." Gonama'ee said.
He left and met with Pokun'aa and Natus'ii. They walked down the corridors and met with Turaga'uu. They talked for a while and went to check on the two Blue Elites themselves. They met them in their quarters.
"How are you two feeling?" Gonama'ee asked.
"We don't feel any different." 248 responded.
"All right. We'll see you two later." Gonama'ee said.
Right as they left, 248 and 865 got a call to come back to the lab.
In another part of the ship
"So gentlemen, what shall we do today?" Pokun'aa asked.
"I don't know." Gonama'ee replied.
"Let's do something fun. Want to go spar?" Pokun'aa asked the group.
"Fine. But I'm not going up against Gonama'ee! He'll kill us." Natus'ii laughed at himself.
"Then let's go."
They headed off to a big room. It was a holographic projection room that simulated an arena where two or more Elites could train. It was Pokun'aa who suggested that they should all go at the same time to see who would win. Secretly though, Pokun'aa, Natus'ii, and Turaga'uu all planned on ganging up on Gonama'ee. To see if he could really beat them all together. He did.
That night, Gonama'ee was haunted by nightmares of the Queen and the new species on this ring. His arm started to ache, it pulsed, and he heard her voice in her head.
"Let the cold consume you."
He ran. That's all he could do. He was out of breath, but he needed to get away. Behind him, were several of the serpents, slowly gaining on him. He saw in front of him the Truth Beckoned, burning. He also saw the Demon, killing more of his men. He then felt a bony hand grab his leg, it dragged him as he fell to the ground. He turned and noticed several jump on him and begin ripping his flesh away. He closed his eyes and noticed he was in the egg chamber. He was attached to the wall, with a lot of that sticky goo keeping him to the wall. One of those spider-like creatures was at his dangling feet. His chest began to hurt, and it formed a lump, his insides felt like they were being eaten away, and then the lump extended outward. It continued to grow, then it broke through and Gonama'ee looked down and saw a little wormlike creature jump out and blood pouring from the wound. Then Gonama'ee started to black out.
End Chapter Two