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Aliens Vs. The Flood

Chapter Ten – False Friends

Covenant Base

As John got up, he realized that he had to continue on with the mission. But he almost had forgotten what it was. There was a reason Spartans couldn't break code, it would hurt the mission.

'More snags.' John thought.

John thought better of it and calmed his mind to get back into the mission at hand. He moved into the lab and consoled with Dr. Halsey about how Kelly was.

"She'll be able to assist in about 2 more hours."

John nodded as he put his helmet back on and locked it in place.

"Good, we'll need her."

Dr. Halsey wondered to herself why emotion was running rampant through John. Somehow, Dr. Halsey could tell he was tenser, and that his thoughts dwelled on Kelly, he didn't need her as a distraction. Dr. Halsey thought about telling John to not worry about her, but that would only upset him. She stayed silent and nodded her head.

John walked out of the Phantom and Natus'ii approached him.

"Master Chief, none of my men can withstand another attack, there is just too few of us, we're going to get our Arbiter back, but as soon as we do, we must leave. Several Covenant ships are stranded out there in space around the ring world, probably falling to serpent attack. So we're leaving as soon as Gonama'ee comes back."

Master Chief nodded slowly and said nothing.

Queen's Hive

"Gonama'ee my young, come to me." she beckoned.

Gonama'ee came to her side and looked at her.

"There is an encampment on the other side of this ship. Go and destroy it will you, and please get the intruder to follow you, I don't want him in the ship."

She then laid a clawed hand on his head and stroked it.

"Go."

Gonama'ee leapt up from the position and headed into the ship. He soon came upon the intruder again, and spat acid at him.

Nek'ttir jumped back and started to chase him as Gonama'ee ran to the entrance.

"Gonama'ee! Come back!"

Nek'ttir noticed he ran through the entrance and into the direction of the makeshift base.

"I'll head him off."

Nek'ttir materialized right next to Master Chief and Natus'ii.

"Hunter! You're alive!" Natus'ii shouted.

Master Chief looked on.

"The Arbiter is coming this way…"

"Good, he escaped then." Natus'ii said, taking no notice to the fact that Nek'ttir was psychic except two seconds later.

"No…he's one of them."

"No! Impossible!" Natus'ii shouted.

Natus'ii ran up to a sniper position and took a sniper from the remaining Elites.

He magnified to ten times magnification and saw a black speck heading this way at tremendous speed. It came in a little clearer and Natus'ii recognized it.

"No…"

"Is there a way to reverse it?"

"It's not a disease, it's a serpent. That's just the body of Gonama'ee." Master Chief said.

Nek'ttir placed a hand on Master Chief's shoulder and Master Chief looked at him.

"No…that is him, something happened. The Queen purged his mind and transformed his body. A second mind was put in his head and it took over. He is Gonama'ee, but he's a split mind. He can't control it. If there was something we could use to control it, maybe an antidote could be found." Nek'ttir said to both of them.

"We must capture him." Master Chief said calmly.

"Agreed, we must free him from the hold this evil Queen has on him. For the men. They won't know what to do without his strong leadership."

Master Chief looked at Natus'ii.

"This may not work; you will have to lead if it does not. Don't rely on one person so much. He'll make………mistakes."

Natus'ii nodded and prepped his men for the arrival of there ex-leader.

Master Chief looked at Nek'ttir and he looked at Master Chief. They then went separate ways and prepped their weapons.

"He'll be here by nightfall, sir." one Elite said to Natus'ii.

"We'll be ready." he responded.

Field in front of Covenant Base

"Kill…gather…please the mother…" was all Gonama'ee could think about as he headed into the field of death that was in front of the base.

Running on all fours, Gonama'ee let out a screech and shriek to signal his coming. He was confident on his abilities, and wanted to toy with his enemy before striking.

He came upon the gate and made no noise crawling beside it. He jumped over the top and landed with no sound. The guards and some marines were sleeping, but they gave no notice to him. Natus'ii was spotted and Gonama'ee ran up to him and put his face in front of Natus'ii.

He sniffed him and raised a clawed hand, about to strike his kill and start the killing spree.

Crack…

Someone was moving, and Gonama'ee had already moved with lightning fast quickness into the shadows behind Natus'ii. Unfortunately, Natus'ii wasn't asleep, and he heard Gonama'ee right behind him. Natus'ii pretended to still be asleep and rolled over on his side of the rock he was laying his head on. But Gonama'ee heard Natus'ii's heavy breathing and that it quickened. Gonama'ee knew he was awake, and wasn't going to risk being caught. Gonama'ee lunged out from behind and landed in front of him. Gonama'ee lunged forward and Natus'ii opened his eyes and rolled out the way and pressed a button at that exact moment. What was a rock was now pulled away to reveal a spotlight, shining right in Gonama'ee's face. Gonama'ee shrieked and jumped back, and everyone got up.

"Now!" Natus'ii shouted.

Master Chief ran out of a Phantom with Assault Rifle in hand. He began to run at Gonama'ee. Gonama'ee screeched and ran from shock, looking back at the human trying to catch him. What Gonama'ee didn't see is what he ran in to. Gonama'ee fell on his back and jumped back, but was shocked for a few precious seconds by Nek'ttir. Those seconds were used as Nek'ttir uppercut Gonama'ee in the jaw and Gonama'ee screeched and fell back on the ground, out like a light.

They brought him and held him down with metal cuffs. The Elite doctor found a weak spot in the armor and stuck a needle in and drew some blood, but the bottle was made recently to hold the acidic blood, so it did not melt. As soon as the needle was in, Gonama'ee instantly awoke with a shriek and tried to move. But Natus'ii, Nek'ttir, and Master Chief held him there.

"Thank you…we'll need to run some tests and someone needs to keep watch on him." the doctor said.

"I'll do it." Nek'ttir said in the doc's mind.

After the slight shock of the mind purge, everyone left for sleep and Nek'ttir sat in a chair, arms crossed, and looked at Gonama'ee as the doctor left. Gonama'ee was given a huge amount of sedative, just short of killing a normal person. Gonama'ee fell asleep and seemed peaceful. Nek'ttir decided it was time to try and get him back. If he couldn't do it while he was awake, maybe he'd have a better chance while he dreamed.

Nek'ttir closed his eyes and purged into Gonama'ee's mind. If you were there, it would look as if Nek'ttir was asleep, but he was in deep trance.

Nek'ttir soon found himself in a large dark room, and it was very hot and humid in the room. He heard screeches and a very garbled tone that sounded like an Alien trying to communicate.

"You……are not welcome here. Get out!" the voice seethed.

Nek'ttir looked around and saw something moving in the darkness. It looked like a body that was hanging to the wall. Nek'ttir walked slowly to it and the voice came in again.

"Get away from that! Don't go near it!" the voice cackled.

Nek'ttir illuminated one of his hands and found the body to be that of Gonama'ee's. Nek'ttir's eyes widened to find him in perfect condition and awake.

"Nek'ttir, help me. It's taking over my mind. I can't stop it, can't control it." he asked.

Nek'ttir approached him but was tackled by an unknown force. A serpent formed over on top of Nek'ttir, and Nek'ttir shoved it into the darkness as best as he could.

"Come on! Fight!" Nek'ttir shouted as he saw it disappear into the darkness.

Nek'ttir was tackled from behind and fell to the ground. The ground was wet and sticky. Just like the floor of a Hive. He looked up and saw an even larger silhouette in the darkness.

"Leave my young alone. Leave this place. Get out!" the Queen shouted.

Nek'ttir stood up and looked back at Gonama'ee.

"Nek'ttir!" he shouted.

Gonama'ee began to change. He transformed. His hands grew claws and his head began to elongate. He was transforming into the Alien that Nek'ttir now knew him as. Gonama'ee broke from the web and charged at Nek'ttir. Gonama'ee raised his two front arms and Nek'ttir did as well, and they locked hands, glaring at each other.

"Gonama'ee, stop this! Don't listen to her!"

Gonama'ee just kept pushing, and Gonama'ee looked at Nek'ttir. He stopped.

"Gonama'ee?"

Gonama'ee pushed as hard as he could and opened his mouth and spat acid in Nek'ttir's face.

Nek'ttir cried a war cry and Gonama'ee backed off as Nek'ttir clutched his face. Gonama'ee tackled him and Nek'ttir pushed him off with a psychic attack. Nek'ttir stood now, half of his skin gone on one side, but he willed the blood to flow normally, as if skin was still there. But it was exhausting. Nek'ttir was getting angry.

"If you cannot come back, I must destroy you!" Nek'ttir shouted.

Gonama'ee charged and Nek'ttir lifted a hand and shot a psychic beam at Gonama'ee, striking his shoulder. Gonama'ee fell to Nek'ttir's feet and Nek'ttir circled around and grabbed Gonama'ee's tail. He swung him around, faster and faster, and then let go at the Queen. The Queen caught Gonama'ee and put him down.

"I will deal with him." the Queen whispered to Gonama'ee.

The Queen raised herself and released herself from the egg sac she was attached to. She charged and Nek'ttir teleported behind her, and he ran for Gonama'ee.

"Get away from him!" the Queen shouted as she grabbed him in her hand.

She raised him to her face and she opened her mouth. The second jaw struck out and Nek'ttir raised his hand and crushed the second jaw with his will. The Queen screeched and Nek'ttir dropped. Her tail struck out and he dodged it. She struck several more times and she missed every time. Nek'ttir ran right at her and willed a spear into his hand. One appeared and he struck at her exposed chest. The spear went right in and stuck. She shrieked and disappeared. Everything else disappeared, the room, the floor, all turned white as the darkness dissipated.

Nek'ttir ran toward Gonama'ee and hoisted his head to look at him.

"Nek'ttir? Thank you. I have control now. I can use this body against them without them getting inside my head to take over."

Nek'ttir nodded and soon came out of his trance and was back in the medical lab. Nek'ttir looked at Gonama'ee and freed him from the chains and handcuffs holding him to the table.

Gonama'ee looked up at Nek'ttir and stood on two legs.

"Thank you." Gonama'ee spoke in the Covenant-Alien voice.

Nek'ttir went into the other room to explain to the doc about what happened.

"Good, I want to see if this antidote will work."

"What's in it?"

As the two spoke, Gonama'ee looked at them then he felt something cold. His spine tingled, and he looked around the room. With his heightened senses, he could tell something else was in this room. Or was it? He didn't know, but he felt sure there was. Then the feeling disappeared. Gonama'ee turned back around and noticed the two coming his way.

"Alright Gonama'ee, ready to see if the others won't shoot you immediately?" the doc's dry humor was annoying Gonama'ee.

Gonama'ee stepped out into the light of day.

Gasps were heard, guns were being reloaded, energy weapons were charging, others readied their weapons. Yeah, they accepted him.

"Fellow brethren, Gonama'ee has come back. He is one of us again. It was all thanks to Nek'ttir."

They looked on with eyes filled with distrust, others were ready to attack, but that was their leader, they had to respect him.

'Well, here it goes.' Gonama'ee thought to himself.

"Fellow brethren, I have been transformed into the ugly beasts that haunt our very nightmares. But, with the help of Nek'ttir, I have come back. And I will use these abilities to our advantage. I am still Gonama'ee, but I am a monster now. I will find a cure eventually, but now at the moment, I will destroy the inhabitants that threaten this ring."

Everyone looked on for a few seconds, then they burst out with cheer and whooping and hollering and they ran up to him and accepted them as their leader once again.

Nek'ttir looked on and Master Chief did as well. Then they looked at each other. They had finally accepted one another and considered the Covenant and Predators as equals. Master Chief then heard Cortana in his head.

"Chief, getting multiple signals approaching from the south and are heading this way. It's the Flood."

"In order to stop the serpents, we'll need to take care of the Flood first."

Master Chief picked up a shotgun and an Energy Sword, and he walked to Gonama'ee.

"Arbiter, Flood are approaching, ready to get back to reality?"

"Very well, thank you Master Chief. Bring them to me!" Gonama'ee said as he walked to the gate.

"My brothers! The Flood are approaching! We must attack! Nek'ttir, Master Chief, we'll take point."

Master Chief and Nek'ttir nodded simultaneously.

Nek'ttir readied his weapons. He was getting bored. It was time for another attack of theirs.

The rest of the Spartans waited at the gate along with the remaining Elites, Grunt, and pair of Hunters.

The Spartans opened the gate and Master Chief, the Arbiter, and the Hunter stepped out into the base perimeter.

Nek'ttir shut the door with his mind. The others, unsure of what to do, just stayed at their positions. Nek'ttir gathered his armor, readied his Pulse Cannon, and readied his claws.

Gonama'ee swung his tail and opened his mouth to let the drool slide down his teeth and melt the ground.

John pulled out his Energy Sword and grabbed a grenade from his belt.

The Flood appeared over the hill. There were thousands of them. How did their get to be so many? The three seemed to almost back away slowly back into the base to provide cover.

Almost.

Nek'ttir shot an energy wave that blasted a few of the early attackers into the ground and they disintegrated. Gonama'ee spat acid at the nearest one after that and it melted the attacker away as it writhed in pain. John primed the grenade and lobbed in at one and it stuck, while he sliced a nearby one to ribbons.

Then the three heroes attacked.

One by one the Flood fell from the vicious attacks of the three. Master Chief sliced one, then another. Nek'ttir used his mind to rip them apart, and Gonama'ee skewered them with his tail and spat acid. Then a Warthog piloted by Flood came over the next hill. Master Chief jumped out of the way and heard a Fuel Rod Cannon shot being fired. No sooner had the Master Chief gotten up did he realize the Warthog was hit and it was flying right towards him. Nek'ttir tried to grab the Warthog with his psychic powers, but he could only slow it down. Gonama'ee ran to Master Chief as it was about to hit him. Master Chief held up his hands and was going to hold it back. The Warthog flew at him and Master Chief closed his eyes. The wheel was heading straight for his mask when a large beam of energy struck the vehicle and knocked it to the side. Master Chief dodged and rolled out of the way.

Nek'ttir looked on to see if Master Chief was safe. A Flood Combat form ran in the smoke and dust cloud and soon was thrown right back out by a shotgun shot. Master Chief walked out, seeming to limp as he did so, and shot two more attackers.

Gonama'ee and Nek'ttir looked on with relief and continued attacking.

They fought several more attackers, knocking them back all by themselves as they did so.

The wave of Flood was defeated, and the three were exhausted. Master Chief walked back into the lab, and Nek'ttir mentally healed his wounds while Gonama'ee created a Hive Node and healed himself on the Hive Web.

Gonama'ee looked up and heard something. It was a sound of a twig snapping, and he looked around to see Turaga'uu walk by. Gonama'ee shook his hand, (as best as he could) and talked to him for a while before Turaga'uu left to take care of some business.

Nek'ttir walked to the gate of the base and leaned against the wall, things were looking good so far.

In the Queen's Hive

The Queen was startled out of her slumber when she heard a screech of one of her children. A lone Combat form made it's way into her chamber. Several eggs opened up and attacked, but this particular Combat form swiped each and every one of them with it's arm tentacles. It looked onto the Queen and looked for something.

The Queen gave no question to what it was doing, but wanted to know what it was doing here.

"Why are you here?" she asked it telepathically.

She waited a few moments for the creature to register the fact that his mind was just probed.

"Humans…hosts…join forces. Bigger threat…………Demon." it replied.

"I get it, so we join forces and take the bigger threat out and try to coexist is that it?"

"Temporary…"

The Queen was intrigued. Although these creatures didn't seem smart, they knew about the dangers the bigger threat possessed but asked for help even if temporary. The Queen then nodded her head and the creature left.

"It may be only temporary, but we'll destroy them as soon as we get rid of the constant threat those puny humans and Covenant are putting us through."

The Queen summoned a Praetorian that had just come back from a hunt, it retrieve several Flood bodies and piled them in a corner.

"My son…lead our forces against the humans. The other host gathering species will join us."

"What of their plan for temporary peace between us?" The creature replied.

"I will deal with them personally, and I want you to find out all that you can about that species."

"Yes, my Queen."

The Praetorian left and began to follow the Combat Form silently.

"This truce won't hold for long…I'll assure them that." the Queen said as she began to rest again, making more eggs.

Later that night, at the Covenant Base

Gonama'ee was making his rounds, traversing the perimeter and watching for anything suspicious.

Since Nek'ttir didn't need to sleep, he joined him.

"What troubles you, Gonama'ee? This is the longest you've been on your watch yet." Nek'ttir said with concern.

"I feel something in the ground, call it a sixth sense. I fear something had just happened and it's not a good something for our side."

"Whatever it is, I'm sure we'll be able to handle it." Nek'ttir said, placing a hand on Gonama'ee's shoulder.

A rustling sound was heard, it came from inside one of the tents. It was John.

"What's wrong with him, Nek'ttir?"

Nek'ttir probed John's mind.

"He's having a bad dream."

"What about?"

"Flood, the Serpents, they've come together and are killing us all, one by one. It's just us three now. You, me, and Master Chief. We're fighting a losing battle. I teleported us out of the battle, but arrive right in the middle of a group ambush, and…"

"And what?"

"We're dead."

Just then John woke up and Gonama'ee found a hiding spot while Nek'ttir teleported into the shadows.

John was sweating. His dreams were never this vivid before, and he never felt such pain when actually attacked in his dreams. John laid down back in bed, and a few minutes later, he went back to sleep.

"Nek'ttir, did you say that Flood and those serpents were fighting together against us? You don't think my bad feeling was connected to that dream do you?" Gonama'ee began to get worried.

"I don't think so. Some dreams hardly mean anything. But something like that could happen. Let's just pray that day never comes to us anytime in the near future."

Gonama'ee then returned to his post and they both went through the night pondering this predicament.

Somewhere out in the desert

The Praetorian that was following this Flood creature was getting tired. This thing never stopped running through the night. The Praetorian then saw the thing stop and he found cover behind a cactus. The creature stopped in front of a cave, and then ran inside.

The Praetorian followed and hid in the shadows as the thing descended into dozens of caves filled with dozens of sleeping Flood. There must've been thousands, and the creature went deeper into the cave. It soon came upon a cliff that overlooked a huge dome room, and it was filled with several thousand Flood Carrier forms.

The Praetorian continued to follow and found it stop in another main room, this one contained what seemed to be the propagator of the species. The Combat form knelt down on one knee and faced the Flood mother. It was bulbously, and it had two large legs with big arms that held onto the ceiling. Well, what appeared to be arms were actually tentacles, and sparks and waves of energy seemed to be pulsing from the arms and the ceiling. Dozens of human and covenant hosts that tried to escape the infection littered the ground with no heads, or no arms, and even no bodies at all.

The Praetorian had seen enough but needed to here a conversation that was going on between the two.

"Is everything ready?"

"Yes, they bought the truce, and once we're rid of the humans, we'll take them over with force from the hosts that the humans make as victims."

"Good, good."

Just then the Combat form turned around and was heading for the cave entrance. The Praetorian stuck to the ceiling and waited for it to pass by. As it rounded the corner, it dropped and headed for the entrance, but an Infection form caught it's leg. It's squabbles and squeals made too much noise and the Praetorian sliced it. But then, several more appeared and began attaching themselves to the Praetorian. He began to get frantic as several more joined the new meat. He panicked and sliced them all off, but not before attracting attention to the Combat forms. Now fully, awake, they started to run out of the tunnels and attack the intruder.

The Praetorian made a mad dash for the entrance and was dodging bullets, rocket fire, and even plasma sword swipes. He was able to find a corner and a dark ceiling, which he clung to as several dozen Combat forms went by underneath him. When he saw the coast was clear, dropped and the instant he turned around to head for the entrance, his head was blasted off by a rocket at point blank range.

End Chapter Ten

A/N: This is the only one I'm giving you guys, if I don't get 10 reviews, I am not finishing the story, I know I'm sounding like an ass, but I need reviews, they give me inspiration!