Disclaimer: Hello, my penname is Gta5ccjs, as some of you know. I have not written any new chapters for this story for a while. The reason is that I, to be honest, couldn't concentrate. My mind was blank and thus I did absolutely no writing whatsoever. Now that has changed. I have new insight in the world of HALO. I recently acquired the HALO books (HALO: Fall of Reach, HALO: The Flood and HALO: First Strike). Shortly thereafter, I gained new knowledge and understanding of HALO and thus I can write more chapters for HALO: Separate Events. I have recently updated this chapter. Jonathan Keyes is just a random character I have created to replace Miranda Keyes in this chapter.

I may change the chapter's title.

Narf: I know it's not as funny as the other chapters, but I want this to be a serious story.

Yomiko the hellbunny slayer: Thanks for confirming for me that MAC meant Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.

Savetheplanet: I will give the Helljumpers advanced armour and a prototype shield, but not cloaks I'm afraid. Humans haven't got Stealth technology yet.

Gtip6688: I'll be changing the style in this chapter. I hope so anyway.

NamelessHeretic: that's a bit farfetched. Still, I might consider it.

Foxystar: yeah, but I've always wanted to write a serious fic.

Third HALO: Battle above HALO

The Prophet of Truth sat in his hover chair, staring at the third HALO through the veiwscreen of the Heretic's Remorse. The Prophet thought back tohis encounter with the Master Chief, or Demon as the Prophet called him. The Demon had killed all the Jackals, Drones and Brutes aboard the Forerunner ship and escaped with the imprisoned Grunts, Elites and Hunters before the ship exploded.

The Prophet of Truth frowned. The Demon had caused him the Self-destruct the Forerunner ship. Luckily for the Prophet, he was able to escape in his private escape pod that had an advanced Slipspace engine. The Prophet of Truth and thefour Brute controlled Capital ships fled the system to the Third HALO.

HALO.

'This time' thought truth, angrily 'the Demon shall not destroy this Sacred Ring, like he did the first, nor shall he capture the Sacred Icon, like he didthe secondSacred Ring!'(Delta HALO)

A sneer played across the Prophetsmouth as a Brute approached him. This Brute, Dartaruse (cheesy, I know), had been promoted the Chieftain of the Brutes when word came back that Tartaruse was dead. This had angered Dartaruse, for Tartaruse had been his brother, and wished to avenge his death.

Dartaruse knelt in front of Truth.

"Holy Hierarch, thirty of our ships approach. Eighteen Frigates, five Destroyers, four Cruisers and three Carriers. They will be here in one Unit (1 hour)" informed Dartaruse.

"Thank you, Dartaruse" said Truth

Dartaruse bowed still further. After a few seconds, Dartaruse stood and turned. Before Dartaruse left, the Prophet of Truth spoke.

"Dartaruse, send down your best warriors to retrieve the Sacred Icon. This time, we must not fail. If we do, you shall not be allowed on the Great Journey" warned Truth

"I shall not fail, Holy Hierarch" said Dartaruse, now facing Truth. Dartaruse turned once again and left.

The mass travelled through Slipspace, making it's way to a destination it only knew. No normal space dwelling substance, being either asteroids or aliens, knew of the masses passing.

Unknown to the Prophet of Truth and his Brute allies, the mass moved towards the Third HALO, and that the mass was Steel Sword. Steel Sword consisted of 100 hundred Human ships and five Elite controlled ships. Their mission: to destroy Truths remaining fleet, capture HALO and use HALO's technology.

The mass moved steadily towards the Third HALO.

Thirty Brute Controlled ships re-entered normal space next to Truths ships. Troops began to land on HALO, ready to defend it against any assault.

"Dartaruse!" exclaimed a Brute at anearby console.

"What is it?" asked Dartaruse.

"A large mass has just exited Slipspace! Human and Heretic controlled ships! 105 ships in all!" answered the Brute.

"Alright, have all ships attack!" ordered Dartaruse.

The two Fleets converged on each other and the battle began. Plasma Torpedoes, Laser Turrets and Plasma arced towards the Human and Heretic fleet. The Human and Heretic fleet answered in kind, and MAC rounds raced towards the enemy with Archer torpedoes close behind. Several Human, Elite and Brute ships fell in the first onslaught.

Onboard the Inamberclad II , CaptainJonathan Keyes, Miranda Keyes brother,watched the battle unfold.

"Report on our fleets casualties!"

"Sir, we have lost 34 ships and 12 critically damaged ships. The Elites have one critically damage ship. The Brutes have lost 6 ships and have 2 critically damaged ships."

"Sir!" yelled the Navigation officer "the enemy are making a break for it!"

The remainder of the Brutes ships made an arrowhead formation and made for the Humans weakest point.

"Sir, we're receiving a Priority message from Admiral Stanforth" yelled the communications officer. On the nearby Holographic Pedestal, Admiral Stanforth appeared.

"Listen up everyone! Concentre fire on the lead Brute ships, try to disable them so that the other ships can't escape!" ordered Admiral Stanforth. Almost immediately, MAC rounds and Archer torpedoes raced towards the lead Brute ships. The Brutes returned fire, Plasma lanced through space towards the Human fleet several ships were hit.

"Sir!" yelled the navigation officer "we've got incoming Plasma! ETA 30 seconds!"

Plasma could be seen on a direct collision course with the Inamberclad II.

"Evasive manoeuvres!"ordered Keyes. To late. The Plasma struck the Inamberclad II. The hull melted off like it wasn't even there. Keyes was thrown from his seat.

"Damage report!" shouted Keyes

"Decks 5 to 9 have hull breaches! Sealing off those sections" yelled an ensign

"Sir! Archer Torpedo launchers F through toJ, have been destroyed!" reported the weapons control ensign.

"Find out who fired at us!" ordered Keyes.

"Sir, the destroyer, The Heretics Desecration, fired at us!" said an ensign.

"Alright, prepare a Heavy round for both of our MAC Guns and ready all remaining Archer missile launchers! And get me a firing solution so that our Archer torpedoes hits after the MAC's!" ordered Keyes. Keyes had readhis fathers battle tactics and realised that they were quite effective.

"Yes Sir!" replied the weapons ensign.

"Sir! Four of the Elite controlled ships are preparing to jump into Slipspace!" said the navigation officer. The Elites ships disappeared and reappeared behind the Brutes formation. Plasma Torpedoes and Plasma arced at the Brutes formation.

"Sir! Archer missiles are ready to fire! Both our MAC's are hot!" reported the weapons ensign.

"Fire!" ordered Keyes. The Archer missiles fired and headed towards their target. A few seconds later, the MAC's fired, twin thumps spread through the Inamberclad. The MAC's caught up with theArcher missiles, overtook them, and impacted on The Heretics Desecration, punching their way through the Destroyer. 308 of the 400 Archer missiles detonated on the Destroyers exposed hull a few seconds later, causing breaches and atmosphere decompression.

The destroyer listed to one side and collided with a second destroyer. Both ships were locked in a deadly embrace. The doomed ships tumbled back into the Brutes formation.

At last,19 of the once 35 strong Brute fleet cleared the dead hulks of their former fleetand accelerated out of the system. The Elites ships turned to give chase, but were ordered by Admiral Stanforth to return to the battle zone for repairs. Truths fleet entered Slipspace and disappeared from the system.

"Sir, I'm detecting Slipspace ruptures! Behind us!" reported an ensign.

The fleet moved towards this new threat. Then Admiral Stanforth appeared on communications throughout the fleet.

"Hold your fire!" ordered Admiral Stanforth "they're ours"

And sure enough, 20 Elite and 30 Human ships exited Slipspace. With them came 6 Elite and Human repair stations, which were like Cradle, but were able to enter Slipspace. The newcomers moved towards the fleet. The repair stations began the long process of repairing damaged ships.

A few days later, the debris from the engagement that had impeded the fleet's progress towards the third HALO had been cleared. The remaining fleet orbited around HALO. Some ships were put on guard duty and guarded the fleet from any of Truths fleet.

Landings on the Third HALO began, and dropships from 74 Human and 25 Elite ships entered HALO's atmosphere and converged at a site for the new base.

The invasion of the third HALO had begun.

Disclaimer: finally! The next chapter for HALO 3: Separate Events has been completed! I have decided to only do 1000+ words for this chapter. it was justto much writing! Next chapter will be about Keyes and Johnson at the ForrerunnersCity. But, I have already writtenthe next chapter for thrid HALO Assualt, and it is called Third HALO: Ground Offensive. Hope you tune in for that! Bye! And don't forget to review, dammit!