MARINE LOG:

SOUTHERN POLE

"Where the hell are we!" cried one of the marines. "Hell I don't know," responded Jones (hell jumper). "But what I do know is that we better find a way out of here"

"But shouldn't we be looking for the Chief?" asked another marine.

"You could look for him if you want, but I'm looking for a way out." he replied.

Mean while the Chief and his group continue searching for both the Covenant and Sergeant Johnson.

"Chief!" Cortana's voice ringed around in the Master Chief's head. "I see it" he whispered. It seemed that there were three unknown marks on his motion sensor. He couldn't tell if they were friendly or not. One of the marks were coming up behind one of the marines.

The Chief quickly turned to the marine, "Get down!" he cried. But the marine just looked at him in confusion, "What?".

Suddenly, a black object burst out of his chest, his blood sprayed over both the Master Chief and the other marines. This also caused the marine's hands to tighten, so he was firing his rifle aimlessly as well. The poor soul, still alive, was lifted into the air and thrown across the room.

Next, the Chief heard a hissing noise coming from behind him. The Chief slowly turned to see something he probably would have never hoped to see again.

Whatever it was, it was a black-like creature, which had mandibles that resembled an elite. For 5 seconds, they just stared at each other. One hissing, and the other shifting uneasily in his MarkV armor.

Finally, the alien jumped him. Once the alien had him pinned, it began hissing again and opened its mouth. The Chief then saw to his surprise that this creature had another set of jaws.

"Chief!" shouted one of the marines. He came running up with a shotgun, and gave the alien a good blast in the head. Which caused the alien to fall back, "Good shot private," said the Chief as he started to get up. "It's no problem Chi- look out!" cried the marine. The Chief turned to see what had startled the private, but just as he did so the alien jumped on the Chief again. Except this time, it used him as a boost to get the private.

The private fired his shotgun but it was to late, for the alien had jumped him which caused the poor marine to drop the gun. "Help Chief!" he cried as it pounced him. The Master Chief ran for the shotgun and aimed, but saw at the corner of his eye another alien. However, this one was much different, it had both the eyes and snout of a jackal, and it looked a bit smaller. The Chief turned to fire the shotgun but missed as it shot the debris around it.

The Chief then remembered that he was supposed to save the private. He quickly turned to only find that the alien was gone, and that the poor private was sprawled on the floor faced down. The Chief ran to the body to check out the damage, so as he turned the body a sickening feeling came over his stomach. The private's face and skull was pierced, it must have been because of the alien's other set of jaws. The Chief closed his eyes in grief, and then heard the alien's hiss.

The Chief then opened his eyes, and with pure rage turned and grabbed the elite-like alien by its mandibles, ripped two of them off, then put it in a chokehold all in one swift motion. However, the chokehold didn't last for long, for the Chief then realized that his shields were flashing.

"Chief! you're hands have an acid-like material on them" called out Cortana. The alien's high pitched screech was mind blowing, it even had the Chief scared for a moment. He quickly pushed the alien aside to shake the material off, luckily there wasn't a lot of it. The Chief looked up from his hands then to find the alien's tail thrusting towards him.

"No you don't" said the Chief as he grabbed it. The Chief then began to spin the alien around with all his strength. And again, at the corner of his eye, the Chief saw the jackal-like alien. This time it spurted out its blood (acid obviously). So quickly the Chief had an idea, so he tossed the alien straight at the jackal-like one. The alien's blood caught onto the other alien, which had no effect, and they both collided. Next the Chief took out two frag grenades and tossed them both at the alien. The two creatures saw them coming and tried to make a run for it. But as they tried struggling over each other to try make their separate ways. It was too late, both the frags went off. The Chief walked up to the cooked carcasses. The Chief looked carefully at them, then saw that the elite-like one was still alive, barley. The Chief took up the private's shotgun and gave the alien one good blast in the gut. Keeping his distance from the splattering blood.

"Chief, weren't there three marks on the motion sensor?" asked Cortana. The Chief remembered, and checked the sensor. There was still one mark left, it was coming from the right. As the Chief headed toward that direction, he began to feel as if he was being watched. The Chief looked back at his motion sensor and saw the third mark was gone.

"Forget about, it's gone" said the Chief. "C'mon, lets find Johnson". After the Chief picked up some ammunition from his dead companions he headed for the exit. Before he was completely out of the room, he took one last look around, then left for Johnson.