Spartan Log: Planet Earth
Southern Pole, UNKNOWN REGION UNDERGROUND
1309 HOURS
The Chief continued walking down the dark hallway, cautiously making every step as soundless as the last. Then, Cortana muttered something, "10 min,".
The area they were in began to shake, and soon enough, the place began to shift. The door in front of them then turned to a wall, and the wall to their left turned to a door, but the wall to their right turned into another wall but with writing.
"What was that?" asked the Chief to Cortana. Cortana responded, "I just figured it out!"
"Figured what out?"
"The pyramid shifts every 10 minutes. So we better get a move on,"
The Chief shrugged and began continue but Cortana shouted, "Hold it Chief!". John checked his motion tracker and saw no enemies. "What's the problem?" he asked.
"Look to your right," ordered Cortana. John turned and saw the hieroglyphics. Thinking nothing of it, he was about to continue on when Cortana stopped him again. "Let me get a closer look," she said. John walked up to the hieroglyphics,
"And we're looking at these scribbles why?"
"Stop complaining," said Cortana.
After 30 seconds of waiting Cortana then gasped, "Chief, do you know what this is?"
"Amuse me,"
"These hieroglyphics show how this place got started," there was silence for a brief moment. Then Cortana continued, "Near the beginning, the people, met superior beings. There were several pyramids, each contains the 'hunting grounds'. These grounds were used for when humans were offered as sacrifices to breed the prey."
"Prey?" asked the Chief.
"Look at these drawings Chief, look familiar?"
The Chief leaned and saw the images. It showed the Predator wrestling with an alien. "I see… So these Predators, fight the creatures. And the humans as sacrifices explains the holes in their stomachs, interesting.
Cortana continued reading in silence, while the Chief waited patiently for the translation.
"Oh, my…,"
"Problem?" John asked.
Cortana read the following, "When the predators lost, they made sure nothing survived. So in this case we made a new pyramid. This pyramid, was supervised by new gods. Look at the drawing Chief!"
The drawing was much darker than the others, so he increased the power on his head light to see the surprising artifact. It was a drawing of several elites standing by men building the pyramid. It also showed the Prophets watching over them.
The Master Chief slammed his hand on the wall. "This can't be possible!"
Cortana continued reading, "Every 100 years, the arbiter was made as a sacrifice to start the hunt. And the Predators would be captured and used as food to the creatures."
"So when the Covenant built the pyramids, they jumbled the rules to their own sick ways. Those bastards!"
"This means that they were here with the humans along time ago. If this is true, why didn't they stay and take over us then?" Cortana thought.
The Chief stood back, "Lets leave, I'm not getting any good feeling from reading this."
"I agree, ok, lets move on". said Cortana
The Chief began walking toward the new hall, before he continued he turned his head and took one last look at the hieroglyphics. Then shook his head and continued forward.