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Aliens Vs. The Flood
Chapter Four – It Gets Worse
"Demon!"
"Run! Get everyone out of here!" Master Chief told his team.
"Yes sir!" they said.
They departed and Master Chief grabbed a nearby energy sword to hold off the incoming attack. Gonama'ee had jumped off the nearby cliff side in a valley and drew his sword in an attempt to skewer Master Chief. He was met with another energy sword.
"No!" Gonama'ee exclaimed.
He backed away and the two warriors stared at each other waiting for their opponent to make the first move. Gonama'ee drew a plasma grenade, activated it and threw it. It landed right where the Master Chief used to be, but he jumped high into the air and was heading right toward him.
"I will end your destructive chaos against the Covenant, Demon!" Gonama'ee shouted.
He tossed a plasma grenade at the Master Chief but he swatted it away with the sword. Right before the grenade had a chance to stick. Master Chief got up close to Gonama'ee and was locking swords again.
'The Demon is very powerful. Even more than the stories.' Gonama'ee thought to himself.
"We don't have to do this. The prophets lied. You will die when they activate this ring." the Master Chief explained.
"What? You lie!" Gonama'ee shot back. "I will kill you and avenge of all the Covenant lives you've slaughtered!"
Gonama'ee couldn't believe it. The Prophets lied? He just couldn't. Gonama'ee broke away and stared angrily at Master Chief.
"You wish to fight? Then I will appease your hunger." the Master Chief said.
It was the Master Chief's turn to move. He put up his sword and got out an SMG and starting shooting at Gonama'ee. It struck and Gonama'ee needed to find shelter. He dove behind a rock and as soon as he did he heard no more shooting. He decided to look around the corner of the rock when he heard his shields go back online. As soon as he let his head leave the safety of the rock, he was shot at and he quickly ducked back behind.
'I've got a better idea.' he thought to himself.
He quickly turned on his camouflage and ran out into the clearing. He looked around quickly, noting that his camouflage only lasted a few more seconds. He noticed a tiny glint and shot at it as soon as his camouflage dropped.
But it was the moon's gleam bouncing off the metal on the building nearby.
"It seems you've evaded me for now, Demon. But I will find you." Gonama'ee heard a battle going on and silently cursed to himself. He soon left the vicinity to help the Covenant. But as he turned to go, a large sword impaled him down the middle.
Gonama'ee woke up to the sound of Pokun'aa's voice.
"Arbiter? What happened? You blacked out and we couldn't wake you up! You alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." he replied.
Then he made his way to the entrance.
Swampy part of Halo
Master Chief crawled out from under the debris that he was buried under that was attacked by Flood.
"Cortana? Where's my team? And get me some data from the Covenant files about this Arbiter." Master Chief asked.
"I'm on it." she replied in her serious tone she often took.
She suddenly gasped.
"Cortana?" Master Chief asked.
"The team was slaughtered. Apparently, the serpents alerted each other to our arrival and sent traps. Our team was ambushed." she told him.
Other side of Halo
At another entrance to the ship, Flood began to infiltrate the ship that held the other host's queen. A combat form carrying a battle rifle ran up to the cave mouth and felt a large object impale it. It was a bulbous and pinkish tan tail. An Alien head with a tannish color emerged. It's tentacled hands poised to skewer the unsuspecting victim. Other Flood stood with their weapons at the ready. Then several Flood Aliens emerged.
Swampy part of Halo
"Cortana? What are those?" Master Chief asked her as he looked at some Flood Aliens patrol by.
"Those are a new species of the serpents." Cortana replied.
"We must hurry. And grab the Index from inside the Library. One question, if 343 Guilty Spark took care of the first Halo, and all those others like 2401 Penitent Tangent, took care off the other rings, then who takes care of this ring?" Master Chief asked.
"There is a file, the name is 748 Alpha Omega. But that's all." Cortana said.
"Then let's get to the Library." Master Chief said.
Onboard the Aericeth
"What do we do? This entire ring must be infested with both Flood and those serpents, not to mention the Demon." Truth said to Justice.
"It is alright, as long as we have the Sacred Icon, the Demon cannot destroy Halo." Justice said to Truth.
"Almighty Prophets!" an Elite voice came up on the view screen of the Covenant cruiser.
"What is it?" Truth asked.
"The serpents have infiltrated Truth Beckoned. We need-"
The screen fizzed out.
"Now, even our station has been taken over by those things." Justice said.
"They seem to be in great danger, our Elites. But we must get to the Control Room, and activate Halo, if we wish to continue our path to the Divine Beyond." Wisdom said to the two other Prophets.
Other side of Halo
The Flood Aliens ordered some Warrior Aliens to gather the host bodies. Some PredAliens came in to spit acid and break apart the Flood Aliens bodies that were mutilated beyond regenisis. The others were taken inside where the PredAliens put them in a room full of Hive Web. As soon as it was complete, six Flood Aliens emerged full healed. But at that moment, Flood emerged from the hill from the entrance that was under siege. The Flood were determined to get inside. No matter what.
Outside the crash site of the foreign ship
"Go ahead, Arbiter. We'll wait for your signal to let the Commando Elites head inside." Natus'ii told Gonama'ee.
"Alright, you heard him! Let's go Elites!" Gonama'ee shouted.
"Yes sir!" they shouted.
Onboard the Truth Beckoned
Two lone Warriors were patrolling the Covenant Holy City Truth Beckoned. They had cleared the entire station of enemies and gathered the hosts in a huge pile in the middle of the station. They didn't know that they would have company. One Warrior was shot with a net and it slowly bled to death, but it broke free, and as soon as it did, it was impaled with a large spear. The other Warrior ran for a vent or shaft that it could hide in. But a shot from a plasma cannon stopped it in it's tracks. The shot had fried it's legs. It dragged itself towards some nearby Hive Web. Three heat lasers fired on the Hive Web, burning it up. Then a large Predator uncloaked itself and jumped down in front of the Warrior. It grabbed a disc from it's side and unsheathed the deadly knifes from it and spun it around it's head. It then brought it down in a clean sweep, then put it back on it's hip. The Alien's front part of it's skull fell off the bottom. Five other Predators came and uncloaked. They gathered the two skulls and ran through a corridor in search of more prey.
In the Library
"We're here." Cortana said as she finished teleporting Master Chief.
"Good, now to retrieve the Index." Master Chief said.
He had found a shotgun and replaced his Battle Rifle with it. It only had 24 shots in it though.
'No matter.' the Chief thought to himself.
He ran through the first corridor and fought some Flood that lingered in the halls. He mashed a Flood Combat form's head against the wall, and shot it. He got onto the big platform that slowly rode to the second platform. But, a new species of Flood met him at the entrance. It tried to skewer him with it's tail. He had to back up onto the platform and the thing followed. It was a Flood with Alien enhancements. It stood on it's hind legs and had an elongated head. It was bony, but with dark spots on it's tan body. This Flood used it's hind legs to jump high in the air. More than what Flood could normally reach in height. It jumped from the entrance to where the Master Chief stood. It lifted an arm and swatted the chief and he went flying and skidded on the ground for 10 feet. His shields hit rock bottom. He soon got up and realized that this thing could move, it was about it bite him as it ran into him. His suit started to take damage. He pulled out the shotgun and blew a whole in it's stomach. He fired another shot into it's head. It fell backwards. Master Chief reloaded his shotgun the three used slots. Three shots down.
'21 shots left.' Master Chief thought to himself.
He ran to the end of a corridor and ran to the left. But he quickly ducked back into the other corridor. He spotted several of the serpents slowly gaining on his position. He tossed a frag grenade and blew a few of the leaders of the group. They started to run at him. He then jumped at them and put away his shotgun and pulled out his two SMG's. He fired those two bullet hoses and quickly emptied them into the creatures. He backed up and reloaded the two guns. When they were about to attack him again, he heard the creatures screeching. Seven Sentinels came in and started to attack the serpents. The creatures spat their acid. And some went down. What Master Chief realized was that the heat beams did well against the hard shells of the creatures. He needed those beams. The Sentinels defeated the creatures and Master Chief came out of hiding. He shot the remaining Sentinels and claimed a Sentinel Beam.
Inside the ship
"Anything on your motion trackers, men?" Gonama'ee asked.
"Nothing yet, sir." one replied.
They marked their way and came up to the same donut-shaped corridor that Gonama'ee recognized from the first time he was here. He remembered exactly where they were.
"This way." Gonama'ee said to them.
They traveled down farther and found that the old entrance into the Queen's chamber was blocked by a cave in from the top of the ceiling.
"Elites, place several plasma grenades there. But don't activate them." Gonama'ee told them.
They did and he told them to get back into the donut shaped corridor. He fired a shot from his plasma rifle and the grenades exploded. The debris was cleared away and they all stepped inside. The Acid Elites stared in awe at the huge dome room.
"So...you have returned." the Queen said as she heard the blast.
"Hey, Queen. I don't know about you. But those eggs seem to be blocking your view of us. How about we help you with that. Now, men!" Gonama'ee shouted.
They took out several plasma grenades and threw them all over the place.
"No! My children! Get them, my young!" she shrieked.
Several Warriors came out of hiding and began to attack the group. Then Gonama'ee sent the signal.
Back on the ship
"Sir, receiving a signal from the Arbiter." Turaga'uu said to Natus'ii.
"Good. Pokun'aa? Deploy the Commando Elites." he told him.
Outside the entrance
"You heard him! Go forth! And fear not pain or death!" Pokun'aa told the Commando Elites.
They donned their cloaking devices and went inside. They traveled throughout several corridors. Placing bombs as they went. They slowly made their way to Gonama'ee and the others.
Inside the ship
"Time to show them the power of the Covenant! Attack men!" Gonama'ee shouted.
They drew their plasma swords and began to slice the attacking serpents. Acid spilled everywhere. But when it hit them, it slid down the armor. Gonama'ee did not have the protection, though, so he had to rely on agility and his advanced shielding. They had killed all of them and not one of his team had been killed yet. The Queen sent a wave of PredAliens after the group. They didn't like to spit acid. Instead, they used their brute force to pulverize enemies. They engaged in deadly combat.
On the ringworld in the Library
The six Predators made their way through the corridors of a long hallway. They found several Aliens and killed each one. They found a new species to hunt as well. Some humans were in combat with them. They killed all the humans. Then, they attacked the Predators. They proved to be worthy adversaries, but weren't as good of trophies as the Aliens. They moved on. They were attacked by large flying robots that shot heat beams like their group's Blazer Predator. The group's Hydra Predator shot several kinetic energy missiles and it destroyed them all with one volley. They quickly cloaked themselves as they heard footsteps down the proceeding corridor, and hid.
In the Library
"How much farther, Cortana?"
"Not much, just one more level to go." she replied.
He continued on and fried some of the serpents with the Sentinel Beam. He came across some Flood and used four shots to kill four adversaries.
'17 shots left.' he thought to himself.
He stopped when he heard a low clicking sound. He pulled out his Sentinel Beam and stood completely still. Then he heard five other clicking noises. Each had their own tone and pitch. He shot at a corner, and a large humanoid dropped from the ceiling and landed on it's feet. Master Chief couldn't believe the size of the thing. It stood over a head taller than Master Chief, and it wore a large, metal mask that covered it's head. It's dreadlocks shining in the dimly lit corridors of the Library. It wore armor, and mesh netting underneath. On the front of each of the creature's mask, was an engraved T shape.
"Well, this isn't good. Cortana, what are these things?" Master Chief asked.
"There is no data on them. Sorry." Cortana replied.
"We're dead, then."
The lead Predator saw the weapons, but unlike any species that carried them, this one did not fire. Instead, it threw it down on the ground. No point in killing something defenseless. They were about to leave when some Aliens attacked. The Predators each split up and attacked separately, the Blazer Predator shot it's heat beam at a Warrior Alien, and it soon melted. The Hydra grappled with a PredAlien, it shoved it to the ground and impaled it with it's spear. It stayed there, trying to escape. The Hydra took some steps back and aimed all it's current missiles at the thing, and fired. It shocked it to the point of explosion. One Predator, held a scythe-like object and sliced a Runner Alien in half. As the acid was about to touch the Predator's skin, the "backpack" on it's back began to glow, it shot out blue beams of light and disintegrated the acid in thin air! Another Predator grappled with a Warrior Alien and continually sliced it with it's twin wristblades on both hands. But as soon as it cut through the Alien's skin, the blades began to melt. As soon as the Alien died from loss of head, the Predator grabbed the two melted blades while pressing down a button on the gauntlet and the blades were removed. Then it opened a satchel on it's belt and pulled out two new blades and inserted them into the slots. Then it released the button and the blades shinked back into the gauntlet. They then grabbed small hunting knifes from their boots and began collecting skulls.
"That was amazing." Master Chief said to himself. They turned their attention back towards him. But he stood there, waiting for the doom to come to him. He noticed, though, that a tail was about to skewer one of the Predators. Master Chief grabbed his Sentinel Beam and fired a shot behind one of the Predators. Shocked by this, they all set their sights on Master Chief. Six beam sights appeared on Master Chief's body. They heard a noise behind them and turned to see a scorched hide of an Alien. They turned to Master Chief and lowered their weapons.
"Leave this one. His skull shall be collected another time." the lead Predator said to his clan.
This lead Predator was special, of the many battles it survived, it earned the right to challenge the old leader to the prize of Alien acid proof armor. He beat and killed the leader, and was leader ever since. He was very well respected and known throughout Predators everywhere. It was shining black armor. That reflected under the light of the corridor.
They turned on their cloaking devices and turned into the darkness.
"Wait!" Master Chief shouted.
Too late. He gathered himself and ran to the end of the corridor. There, at the end of the tunnel, was the platform that would take him to the Index. He got on the platform. When he got up to the top. He realized the worst thing to realize at a time like this. The Index was gone.
Onboard the Aericeth
"How much farther, Honor Guard?" Truth asked the Elite driving the cruiser.
"Not very much. About 4.5 Kilometers."
They looked down on the battlefield. Several Flood and the serpents were fighting in melee combat. The Prophets realized that the Hive Web covered 75 of the ring.
"This is truly the apocalypse." Wisdom said to Justice.
"That is why we must hurry to the Control Room." Justice said.
Just then, a hissing sound was heard. And a scream shot out.
Inside the crashed ship
A lone Warrior dropped from the ceiling vent in the Queen's chamber, and ran to her side.
"My Queen, intruders have been located in the upper parts of the ship." the Warrior said.
"These are truly clever creatures. I will deal with these intruders. You kill the ones in the other parts of the ship." she told it.
"Yes, my Queen." it replied.
She gave a loud roar and all the Aliens currently in her chamber stopped and ran into several vents. They scattered and left the room.
"I'll deal with you, myself. My young will also take care of your friends." she told them.
'She knows?' he thought.
She began to struggle and slowly stretched the egg sack that held her in place. She broke free and pus spilled from the sack. She got up and stretched her limbs. She was as big as the room. She started to run for them. She grabbed one of the Elites and brought her up to her mouth. She opened up her mouth and her secondset of jaws bit down on the unsuspecting Elite. She tossed him aside and ran for the others
"Get out of here! I'll slow her down!" Gonama'ee told his team.
They ran to the entrance and got out. He turned to the Queen and pulled out his energy sword. She thrust her tail at Gonama'ee and he dodged. He brought the sword down on her tail, but it only cut into it. Not all the way off. He jumped back and was hit in the back with one of her hands. He flew across the room and hit a column. He broke through and hit the wall behind it. The Queen let out a shriek and started for him again. She grabbed him and tossed him again. He skidded across the ground and came to a halt In front of another column. He got up and she attempted to grab him again. He jumped up and onto her arm. He ran up and struck her headpiece. It cut a small amount off but she shook her head and he fell to the ground.
In a phantom
"Commandoes, report!" Natus'ii said over the COM channel.
"The charges are set, ready to deploy on your command!" one replied.
A cry shot out in the dark and a Commando Elite was skewered with a creature's tail. The others called in for help. But they soon were attacked by hundreds of the creatures. They quickly were killed.
In the Library
Master Chief turned to leave. He came across a gurgling sound. He was struck in the back by a large tentacled hand. He turned to shoot it and he was face to face with an unknown attacker. It looked like Flood, but this one was bigger and was blackened. It had a large, elongated head. And it had a secondary mouth that shot out at the Master Chief. He moved his head and got the Sentinel Beam out and shot it into the ground. It got back up and Master Chief tossed a frag grenade at it. He blew it to pieces and examined it.
"Cortana? Work with me here. What is this?"
"This Chief." she paused. "is another new lifeform."
Back in the crashed ship
"It is hopeless. You will never win." she told Gonama'ee.
"I don't plan on winning. I am keeping you from killing them."
He got an idea. When he landed into the column and broke through, he felt the room shake.
'Probably a support column. If I can take out the other two, I can bury the Queen, and go help my team.' he thought to himself.
"Gonama'ee! You need to get out of there so we can set the charges! You need to get out now." Pokun'aa called out on the COM.
"What about my team?" he replied.
"Gone." Pokun'aa told him.
'No.' he thought to himself.
"Very well, I'll get out. On my way." he replied.
He turned it off and stared back at the Queen. He activated two plasma grenades and threw them both onto the support columns. He ran out of the room and fell forward as the force of the blast shoved him. The Queen let out a shriek as the ceiling came crashing down on her.
Gonama'ee smirked as he ran to the exit.
"Activate it, now!" he told Natus'ii.
Onboard a Phantom
"Activate the timer!" he told Turaga'uu.
"Yes, sir."
Gonama'ee heard a beeping noise in his COM.
"Alright, Gonama'ee. You've got fifteen minutes to get out. Move it!"
"Gotcha." he said as he ran.
He ran smack dab into several Aliens, and backpedaled into a room. He then shut himself off by shooting debris in front of it.
"Natus'ii! Pokun'aa! Need assistance!"
Outside the ship
"That's our cue! Go men!" Pokun'aa told everyone.
All the Elites and Grunts headed into the ship. The Elites got either their energy swords out or dual plasma rifles. The Grunts pulled out Needlers and plasma pistols, or Fuel Rod guns. The Hunters made their way in first. When they reached the entrance, several hundred Aliens, Flood and Warriors and PredAliens, emerged. They started to fight for their way in.
In the Library
"Cortana, get us out of here!" he told her.
She complied and they teleported to the top of the Sentinel Headquarters.
"Chief, look up! In the sky!"
He looked up and saw a Covenant cruiser in flames, slowly about to hit ground.
"Chief, listen to this! I intercepted it from the ship!" Cortana said.
"How much farther, Honor Guard?"
"Not very much. About 4.5 Kilometers."
"This is truly the apocalypse."
"That is why we must hurry to the Control Room."
HIIISSSSSSSSSSS
"That sounded like the Prophets." he said.
"It's sounds like they have the Index." Cortana concluded.
"And some trouble. We better go and get it."
Just then, a hissing sound came from behind him. His Sentinel Beam was dry. He pulled out his shotgun and fired a round. He missed. The creature toppled on top of him and he shot it's head. He pushed it off and another came behind him. He shot it's arm off, then it's chest. As the remains rolled down the roof, it was replaced with two more. He reloaded the shotgun. He fired shots and soon was almost overrun. He held them off though. But when he was done, he reached into the spare ammo pocket and found none. He didn't have any more shotgun shells. He didn't have a shotgun anymore.
He then heard more hissing and he turned and saw several dozen serpents climbing the walls.
"This is it, Cortana." he told her.
He closed his eyes. But he heard sniper fire from up above. The serpents were gone. They fell down the side of the wall. One came from behind but was shot in the head.
Master Chief was amazed at this and looked up. He saw a Pelican overhead and in it, were Marines. But something else was there. Five of them did not look like normal Marines. They wore MJOLNIR armor. The five jumped down and landed on their feet. One came up to Master Chief and brought his index and middle fingers together and made a U shape on his helmet. It was a sign of a smile.
"Spartan 1-1-7? Of the Spartan II program?" he asked.
"Yes."
"I'm Spartan 3-0-4. I'm the leader in the Spartan III program. Dr. Halsey sends her regards."
End Chapter Four