isclaimer: Well, if I owned Halo, I'd be so freaking awesome. I don't own anything of Aliens or Predator. If I did, I'd sooooo be making this into a movie. Well. Bye. I do, however own some of the Spartan's numbers unless they actually show up in later games. Otherwise, it's Bungie's. See ya.
Aliens Vs. The Flood
Chapter Seven – Confrontation
In the bunker
"Jackson? Jackson do you hear me?" Dr. Halsey said over the COM.
"Anyone, call in, check in." she asked.
"B. Hert, reporting in."
"K. Uziel, reporting."
"J. Garen, reporting for duty."
"G. Briggs, reporting."
"Anyone else?" she asked.
No one.
'We are missing some Marines.' she thought to herself.
"Everyone, come to the Mission Briefing Room."
"Alright, you heard her Marines! Move out!" Garen told them.
Slowly, each one of them came in and waited for the others until they were all in.
"All right, we are missing some Marines; there are at least five Marines out there that haven't reported in. I want you all to go and check on the front gate." She told them all.
"Yes ma'am," they replied.
When they left, she slowly turned to a drawer and opened it. She pulled out a pistol and loaded it.
At the Predator ship
The Predator had learned a lot from the Index, it put it back in it's pouch and leaned it's head back in it's chair. Exhausted from everything that had been happening so far.
Suddenly, an alarm went off and the leader burst through the door.
"Brother! Company!" he shouted.
The Predator who was working on the Index put it away as the leader left and gathered it's armor and weapons.
The remaining Predators gathered at the door to the outside and they waited for the briefing from their leader.
"Scans have picked up some kainde amehda movement. PredGuns have already been set up prior to this, seven in fact. Stalker, we'll need you to stay on the ship and guard it."
The Stalker nodded and sat at the computer that monitored the perimeter of the ship.
"Two of the PredGuns have been destroyed. The others aren't doing so well. Large group, we're going to attack as soon as the last PredGun falls."
They other Predators waited with anticipation.
"How are we doing Stalker?" the leader asked.
"Number 3 and 4 were destroyed. Now 5."
"Get ready." He said to them.
"Number 6 is gone."
"Number 7! Go!" he said.
"Go!" the leader shouted.
They ran out with their cloaking devices on as the ramp and door opened. They ran out, but found no Aliens. They looked around still cloaked.
"Something is not right." The leader spoke.
They uncloaked and looked around the perimeter. Not moving. Suddenly, they heard a noise, then several Aliens came from all directions. They were trapped!
The Blazer lit up the front lines as the Hydra attacked the back. The leader speared about two or three at the same time, and extended it's wrist blades. It also pressed a few buttons when the wave had died and they had a few moments of quiet. A new slot opened up and he put two needles in the two open slots. An Alien ran up to him and the leader shot the two barbs and they shot through the Alien like butter. It quickly died. Three Ravagers came up onto the hill, and the Predators aimed everything they had. The heat beams melted the armor a little, and the kinetic energy missiles shocked them, but did not stop them.
A Ravager fell from a spear attack from the Predator who had the Index. Then it was hit in the chest by a Ravager's blade, but it cut horizontally, and it was father away, so it only cut the armor off and a few layers of skin. Luckily. The Leader pulled out it's disc and threw it at the Ravager's head and it hit the top, breaking away the armor of it's head. The leader threw it's spear and it impaled the second Ravager's face. One left. The last one attempted to decapitate the Hydra Predator but it rolled out of the way of the thing's blades. But, as it did this, it was jumped by two Warriors who came from the top of the hill. Five PredAliens soon joined the fight. The Warriors damaged the Hydra's missile launcher and the Hydra unsheathed it's wrist blades, determined not to die here. The Blazer ignited the PredAliens on fire, but they kept on coming. They tackled the Blazer and the Leader grabbed it's spear from the fallen Ravager and twirled it around and knocked off the PredAliens. The Predator who carried the Index, the Plasma Scythe carrier, or Vanguard, attacked the Ravager and sliced it's front armor open. Blood sprayed on the Vanguard, and it quickly removed it's armor. It ran up to the Ravager and jumped into the air and decapitated the last Ravager. Several Runner Aliens emerged and began to attack the Vanguard. The defensive shielding was destroyed by the Ravager's acid, and the Runners were slowly gnawing away at the Vanguard. The Blazer drew it's wrist blades and attacked the Runners and killed most of them. The Vanguard attacked and killed the rest. The leader attacked each of the PredAliens and felt a PredAlien claw dent the front of the leader's armor.
He attacked them and the Hydra and Blazer attacked each of the Warriors. The leader killed them all and they had a few moments of silence.
"How are we doing?" the leader asked, tired.
"Both of our weapons systems are down, we need about two hours to repair them." the Hydra said, pointing to himself and the Blazer.
"Me as well." the Vanguard said.
"Let's head back inside." the leader said.
"Hold it." A voice came from behind the leader said.
It turned to see Master Chief and the rest of his Spartans. The leader turned to the others.
"Head inside." he said to them.
They stared at the humans and turned to go inside.
The leader turned back and faced the humans.
"You have something of ours." Master Chief said.
"We want it back." Harry called out.
Harry was the Spartan that ran head first into battle and almost lost his life. He raised his assault rifle, and immediately the Predator leader growled. Master Chief immediately set a hand on it and slowly put it down to Harry's side.
"Don't you dare." Master Chief said coldly.
Harry stayed in place after that. Just then, the Predator with the Index came out of the ship.
"I told you to stay back…" the leader said to him.
"Hold on." he replied.
The Predator stepped forward and slowly reached into it's pouch. It took out the Index.
'So they did have it.' Master Chief thought.
The Predator stepped back and stepped to it's leader's side.
"What the hell were you thinking, taking a relic of theirs! I told you to leave it!"
The Predator said nothing. Master Chief looked to the ground. He slowly walked to it and picked it up. He walked to Brian.
"Keep this in your possession." Master Chief said.
Above the Predator ship, on a cliff
"So, the hunters had it all along." Gonama'ee said.
"What will we do? How will we get it away from the Demon and his friends?" Pokun'aa asked.
"Elite?" Gonama'ee asked a red Elite.
"Yes, Arbiter?"
"I want you to go down there, cloaked and take this Covenant Sniper rifle, place it against one of the Demon's friend's head in the back and hold it there. We'll give you some time and draw their attention away from you."
"Yes sir." he replied.
"Pokun'aa? We'll need to provide cover."
"All right."
In the bunker
Dr. Halsey looked at the screens of the Marines. She then heard the COM chatter.
"I don't like this." Uziel said.
"Where are they?" Briggs asked.
"Wherever they are, I hope those serpents didn't get them, if they did, we're in deep shit." Garen said.
They all got to the gate and saw the Marines, each of them were dead, and they had holes in their chests.
"Dammit!" he said immediately.
"We've got to get back to the Briefing Room!" Garen shouted.
They began running back and came face to face with some Drone Aliens and a Runner.
"Shit! Fire, Fire!" Garen shouted.
They started to fire, and took down two almost immediately. The others escaped and ran around the group and encircled the Marines. One jumped on Uziel and bit into her arm. Garen shot it off.
"You all right?" he asked.
"No, my arm is in bad shape." she said while clutching her arm.
He opened the COM channel.
"Dr. Halsey, we need medical assistance, we're heading your way."
They shot the others and killed all but one. It was the Runner and it jumped to the ceiling and escaped into the air vents.
"I'm tracking it's movements. It's headed my way as well." Dr. Halsey said over the intercom.
They ran to the Briefing Room. They locked the door as soon as they got inside. Dr. Halsey sprayed some biofoam on Uziel's arm. It slowed the acid. They placed a bandage and a sling on it.
"Garen, take a look at this." Dr. Halsey said to him.
He removed his helmet to get a better view of the screen. Several Aliens were pounding on the door they were just at.
"That gate is made of steel, it won't take long for them to break through, any ideas?" he asked her.
"There is a back door, do we have anything explosive?" she asked.
"Only one remote detonation HAVOK bomb, that wouldn't be enough though."
She thought as she watched the screen. Then she got an idea.
"Get all the grenades you can find. Briggs, you're the fastest so we'll trust you to lug the grenades and the bomb to the front gate. Activate the bomb, and place the grenades around it. It'll slow them down long enough to make it to a Pelican in the back underground hangar."
"All right." he said.
"Let's hope this works…" he said as he made his way to the door.
Predator ship entrance
Master Chief stared at the Predator leader, then he stepped back and prepared to leave. Then a shot was fired from the cliff.
"Demon!" Gonama'ee shouted.
They all aimed their guns as Gonama'ee jumped down from the cliff and the rest followed.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." the Elite commando said as he had Kelly aimed at point blank range with his Sniper.
"Put your weapons on the ground!" Gonama'ee shouted.
They all gasped and the Predator leader stepped back, not wanting to get involved. But Pokun'aa shot at it's feet.
"I wouldn't move either, hunter." he said to him.
Master Chief put his shotgun on the ground and told them to do the same. He didn't want to risk Kelly being killed, he had to think of something.
"Give us the Sacred Icon." Gonama'ee said to Master Chief.
"Do as he says Brian." Master Chief said to Brian.
"But-"
"Just do it!"
Brian looked at the Index in his hands and walked in front of Gonama'ee. He placed it in front of him.
"What now?" Brain asked Master Chief.
On the other side of Halo
The small group seemed fine, they gathered more captured Aliens along the way. They even found a Ravager. They headed into a corridor and heard something like Flood attacking Flood. It turns out, that Flood Aliens had survived as well. They aided in the fight and gathered their army. Right as they found a large door, it opened to reveal several Flood attacking. The Flood were numerous, and whittled the small army down, then the Flood pulled out three Elite Flood forms with Rocket Launchers. The Aliens were pushed back.
Suddenly, the Alien's headpiece began to glow phosphoric-green. It grew brighter and brighter, until they heard a familiar roar.
The roar of….the Queen!
In the bunker
Briggs approached the gate and placed the grenades at the door, Aliens pounding harder and harder on the door, making several dents. As he looked up, one Alien head broke through and spat at him, he saw it and fell backwards as the spit flew inches above his head. He shot the Alien with a shotgun he was given and he placed the bomb in the middle of the grouping.
"How's it coming?" Garen asked over the COM.
"Almost there." he replied.
He got up and prepped himself as he entered the code for raising the gate. He looked back at the pile of grenades.
"Only twelve grenades, hope that's enough." he asked himself.
He typed in the combination and the latch unlocked, and he flipped open the latch and stared at the button. He drew in a few long breaths, and looked back at the battered gate. He looked back at the corridor and pressed the button.
He didn't have time to see if they got through, he ran with all his might down the corridor.
"Door is open! Do it!" he shouted.
Garen pressed the activation button.
Briggs heard the explosion from behind him and the screams and shrieks of the Aliens that were getting engulfed in the blast. He could already feel the heat of the blast coming up behind him as he made his way through the corridor to the safe point. He ran as hard as he could, already slowly running out of breath.
Then he spotted the escaped Runner Alien from before jump down from the ventilation shaft in his path. All he could do was pray that his next move would let him live. He extended his arms out and pressed against the Alien's skull, the force from his running propelled him enough to make him vault over the Alien. He felt weightless for a brief second as he flew in the air. He quickly came back to reality as he hit the ground. The Alien, slightly surprised by this, turned to face Briggs and soon didn't realize the blaze that scorched it's body as it came up on the Alien. Briggs ran with all his might and got the door. He pressed the button to shut the door, and hit it. He backed away from the door and jumped to the side as he saw the door glow bright red and burst from the pressure. A column of fire burst from the door, and Briggs looked in awe and amazement as to how he escaped the blast. He collapsed on the floor, heavily breathing from the run.
"Briggs? Briggs? You still alive, soldier?" Garen said over the COM.
"Roger that." he responded.
"We're on our way to get you." Garen said.
"Take your time." Briggs said as he chuckled to himself.
Predator ship
Master Chief wondered to himself in his head, silently talking to Cortana.
'So, any ideas?' he thought.
'No matter what type of armor, a headshot from point blank range would kill her.' Cortana responded.
Master Chief looked at Kelly, she looked back. Master Chief raised his Index and Middle Finger to his wrist, and did a sweeping motion. He then pointed behind him in a hitchhiker's stance.
Kelly nodded. With lightning fast speed, she whipped around and grabbed the sniper and pointed it away as he fired a shot.
Master Chief tackled Gonama'ee and hit the plasma rifles out of his hands, and they punched at each other.
The other Spartans went for the others. The Spartans killed an Elite but another shot at Kelly, she dodged and knocked him into a cliffside. The other Spartans engaged and killed the others and knocked out Pokun'aa. They watched as Master Chief struggle with Gonama'ee, both fighting as Master Chief spoke to Gonama'ee.
"You don't have to do this, your Prophets are wrong; they will only kill you if you activate this ring!"
Gonama'ee paused.
'They lied?' he thought to himself.
'Impossible.' he thought.
One of the Flood Headquarters
The Queen burst through the side of the wall and attacked the rocket wielding Flood; she immediately killed the three with her claws. She had evolved into a War Empress Queen and could send her young into a merciless frenzy.
The Alien's lips began to quiver viciously, they roared with anger and they went berserk. They attacked the remaining Flood. Then the Flood came out with several new Flood. The Alien Flood. They attacked the Aliens and killed a few. The Queen attacked with them and the Alien's power grew.
The Flood were pushed into an open area and the Aliens burst through a gate and came face to face with several Warthog, a Scorpion, and two Wraiths. The Flood attacked and the Aliens began to die and get damaged severely. The Queen rushed in and destroyed one of the Warthogs and the Scorpion and Wraiths fired on the Queen and she roared in pain and her young attacked the others, swarming them. The Flood killed several, but were dwindling in numbers severely. The Flood summoned all that they had, and killed all but a few Aliens.
The Aliens killed several of the Flood too. They attacked and killed until each side had only about two or three left. There was only an Alien Flood and two Combat Forms with an energy sword and an SMG. There was the Queen and two Praetorians. They attacked each other and the Flood fell and only the Queen and a Praetorian was left. The Queen fell to the ground and struggled to get up. She was in pain, and the Praetorian spat at her wounds, it stung, but her skin mixed with the spit and formed a new shell. She brought herself up slowly, and began to make an egg sack.
"Bring me some hosts…" she commanded.
"Yes, my Queen." the Praetorian said.
At the Predator ship
Gonama'ee pushed Master Chief back and punched Master Chief. Master Chief took his fist and hit Gonama'ee right in the face. Gonama'ee was flung back and found his two plasma rifles.
"No fair!" Harry shouted.
"Here!" Kelly said to Master Chief as she threw an assault rifle at Master Chief.
He grabbed it and pointed it at Gonama'ee, and Gonama'ee pointed his plasma rifles at Master Chief. Right as they were about to fire, the ground started to shake.
"What the!" Gonama'ee said.
A Runner Alien jumped up from a hill top as Gonama'ee turned without realizing the Alien was there. He didn't have time to fire, but right as it was inches away, a large spear impaled the creature and it flew right into the cliffside. Gonama'ee looked and saw the remaining Predators standing with their leader, and the leader was still in spear throw stance. It ran to the Alien and grabbed it's spear. A Warrior emerged and caught the leader off guard, right as the Alien was about to bite down, a frag grenade hit the ground. The Predator leader jumped out of the way as the Alien was blown to bits. The leader noticed that Master Chief had thrown the grenade. Several dozen Aliens emerged and attacked the whole group. The small army of Predator, Covenant, and Spartans were getting pushed back.
"Into the ship!" the Predator leader shouted.
The other Predators broke off the attack and motioned to Master Chief and Gonama'ee into the ship. All the Spartans ran inside and so did Gonama'ee.
"Demon! What are you doing!" he said as he ran up the ramp.
"I'm getting your friend!" he shouted back.
Master Chief pulled out his shotgun and started running through the gauntlet of Aliens as he made his way to Pokun'aa. He shot a Drone as it spat at him. He dodged a set of jaws and blew them out of it's mouth. He got to Pokun'aa's body and hoisted it up. Suddenly, he got swarmed.
"No!" Gonama'ee shouted. He got his rifles and began shooting and running to Master Chief's side.
"Go! I'll cover!" Gonama'ee shouted over the roar of the approaching Aliens.
Master Chief hesitated a little.
'Is he actually protecting me?' he thought.
But he soon gave no thought to it. He ran with Pokun'aa and shot at approaching Aliens. Some were getting blasted from the new PredGuns that were set up. Master Chief threw Pokun'aa into the ship as the ramp slowly was going up. He jumped up and in and motioned for Gonama'ee to do the same. Gonama'ee ran and jumped in right before the thing closed shut.
The Predator leader pressed a few buttons on his communicator.
"We…"
"Safe…"
"For…"
"Now…"
Gonama'ee ran to Pokun'aa and asked for some water. Jack brought some over and Gonama'ee splashed it on Pokun'aa's face. He instantly woke up, gasping.
"How are you feeling?" Gonama'ee asked with genuine concern.
"Fine. How-Holy crap! The Hunters!" Pokun'aa shouted. But Gonama'ee quieted him down.
"Hold on, they're our friends now."
Then he was shocked again as he saw Master Chief.
"And the Demon?"
"Yes, even the Demon. He saved you."
"Well, Demon, I'm eternally grateful." Pokun'aa said to him.
"I have a name. It's Master Chief." he responded.
"Master….Chief." he said slowly.
"Master Chief, for now, the Covenant will side with the UNSC. We must destroy the growing infestation." Gonama'ee said.
"Yes, I agree. But we will need to destroy this entire ring to make sure we kill them all. They could be like the Flood, they may be able to fly ships and get off the ring world, then what?" he replied.
"Destroy the ring! We can't do that!" Pokun'aa intercepted.
"We have to! It's the only way!"
"Why do you wish to destroy this holy ring? You've destroyed the others, why?" Pokun'aa asked.
"Did you not notice that every one of those 'holy rings' as you call it, were infested with Flood?"
"Maybe it was a test…to see if we were worthy to get into the Divine Beyond. But you angered the gods and destroyed the holy rings!" Pokun'aa said.
"Don't you get it? The Brutes long ago? The Arbiter then had figured out that the Prophets were false…the Brutes even tried to take over because the Prophets told them to."
"No…" Pokun'aa said, finally realizing that Master Chief was right.
"The Prophets were wrong, Pokun'aa….we have to accept it." Gonama'ee told him.
"Then all we had worked for….was for nothing?"
"I'm afraid that's true, Pokun'aa." Master Chief said.
Pokun'aa stood up and walked over to the Master Chief.
"So….how do we destroy this ring?" he asked.
Queen's new Hive
The Queen had already made several Flood Aliens. She had found a few Covenant hosts. There was now plenty of Aliens to destroy the other host species.
"The tide of this war is turning in our favor. We will destroy them and claim this world as ours." she spoke to herself.
A Praetorian walked up to the Queen.
"My Queen, we were just told of the death of several of your children by the hands of some humans in a now destroyed facility."
"What happened?" she said with concern.
"An explosive."
"Damn those humans and their technology. This will not go unnoticed. Send several of my young and take care of the humans."
"Yes, my Queen. It'll be easy to find them. A Runner was in the group that died, but the spores it left behind stuck to the humans. Do you sense them?" he asked the Queen.
Since she was a War Empress Queen, she could sense every Alien on the ring world, and every spore that was spread. She silenced and looked up into the sky. She saw several of her young had escaped the destroyed ship. She had seen several condensed in a spot and were killed, and she saw the humans covered in tiny spores. This made them seeable even from hundreds of miles away.
"I see them."
She told the Praetorian where they were and she saw the Praetorian leave with several young.
"We will win this war."
Then she went back to laying eggs.
Inside the Predator ship
A large explosion was heard.
"What was that?" Master Chief said as he looked out a window.
"It's coming from the bunker…" Brain said calmly.
"We need to go. Our men are in that bunker over in the direction of the smoke. Since we are working together on this, we'll need all three of you to come with us." Master Chief said to Gonama'ee, Pokun'aa, and the Predator leader.
"Agreed." Gonama'ee and Pokun'aa said.
"Yes…"
"Alright, let's get moving."
The Predator leader turned to the remaining group of Predators.
"Stay here and guard the shrine and ship."
They nodded. Then the Predator leader opened the door and noticed several Aliens just waiting to pounce on them. They immediately began to attack and fire. The Spartans held off the attack and they soon got to the smoking bunker. Master Chief and the Spartans went inside while the Predator leader, Gonama'ee, and Pokun'aa waited outside.
"Natus'ii?" Gonama'ee asked in his COM.
"Yes, Arbiter?"
"We are fine and everything and I realized something. I met the Demon and-"
"You met the Demon!" he interrupted.
"Yes. I'll explain. I met the Demon and we fought. He mentioned to me that the Prophets were false and that we should destroy the ring. It was all a lie, Natus'ii. The Prophets wanted us dead ever since the Brutes had shown up. The Prophets sent the Brutes to kill us. We were betrayed. The Prophets no longer care for the Great Journey. I'm not even sure that exists anymore."
There was a long pause. Then he came back on.
"And what about Pokun'aa? Is he convinced as well?"
"Yes. The Demon had saved him."
"If this is true, then I'm in as well. I'll help too."
"Good. I need you to scan the ring world for a large concentration of Marines, wildlife, or something that stands out on the ring world. Since the Flood and the serpents both gather hosts, they probably are working together and want to get off the planet."
"Yes, Arbiter. I'll get right on it."
"Thank you."
Gonama'ee turned to the Predator leader, then to Pokun'aa. He sat down and watched the fire and smoke burn. It reminded him of his childhood.
Flashback…
"But father!"
"No son, stay here. War is not for children. You would die if you came with me. I'm going to find your mother, if I don't come back…well……I'll come back."
He gave his son a hug as he ran and pulled out an energy sword.
But you never did come back…and you never found mother…
Smoke began to build up as he sat there. Gonama'ee ran out of the fire and saw his father run up to a human and slice him. He pointed his sword at some other humans and he, with others, attacked. He then disappeared behind a building and Gonama'ee couldn't see him. Smoke began to build up around Gonama'ee and choke him; he soon fell to the ground, unconscious.
End Flashback…
Gonama'ee looked back at the flames as he remembered that event. He couldn't stand it. He hated it…
"Father."
Suddenly, his vision began to become clouded, and he fell on his back. Pokun'aa ran to his side.
"Gonama'ee? Wake up! Wake up!" Pokun'aa shouted.
The Predator leader looked over his shoulder and noticed this. He walked over and examined him.
Gonama'ee awoke to the sound of a Phantom. He looked up and noticed he was with his friends. He wore his gold armor. He got up and looked at the men.
"Sir! Are you ok? You seemed to black out for a few seconds. What should we do?" one blue Elite asked.
"Brief me." he asked.
"Sir. We are on our way to the ring world to destroy the humans and activate the ring. We are traveling through the atmosphere now. We want to know where to land."
"In that forest." he said.
When they got off, he felt a presence behind him. He turned to find nothing but his shadow. He then felt dizzy and a flash of light blinded him. The next thing he knew, he was in a burning forest and his men were fighting the serpents.
"What is happening?" he asked himself.
He fought off a few and realized his men were dead. The other serpents backed off and ran into the forest. They were now circling him and readying for an attack.
Let the cold consume you……
Suddenly, he was jumped by one and he held it by his right arm extended and holding it's neck. It tried to bite him, but he moved out of the way. It struggled in his grasp. He slowly brought the energy sword up and lifted it above his head. Another Alien bit down on his left arm.
He instantly awoke to find him choking Pokun'aa and the Predator leader had skewered Gonama'ee's left arm with it's wrist blades.
Gonama'ee let go and Pokun'aa gasped for air.
'This must be the Queen's doing.' Gonama'ee thought to himself.
At the Queen's new Hive
The Queen awoke from her slumber.
"He he. I can sense that he suffers. This will drive him mad and want to come and kill me. His father was a good memory to kick start the process…"
"Soon, my young will feast on his flesh. And then-"
A large explosion rocked the place. Her young fell through a large door in front of her.
The Queen only watched as several dozen Flood emerged and face her. She roared and several Carrier Aliens emerged from the caverns.
The Carrier Alien carried several Facehuggers on spikes on their back. The facehuggers would launch themselves onto victims nearby. And they found plenty. Every single facehugger jumped onto the potential victims. Soon, Flood Aliens emerged to attack the invading species.
"This war will soon be ours. My young will find their nest and kill them all."
End Chapter Seven
Author's Note: Ya'll, I'm going to need reviews in order to keep going. I can't write and not get anything. I'll take anything. Except flames unless they are helping me. Otherwise, I'm not continuing this story. Thx.