The Tale of Ruka Ortumee

by Darsha2

The tale of a boy raised by the Covenant and trained for combat. ITS DONE! READ AND ENJOY,MY FANS!Look for me under games and Pokemon!

2. Chapter 2

HALO 2: RUKA MEETS SOME NEW FRIENDS

Chapter 2

(I hereby swear that I do not own Halo, Bungie, or Microsoft)

The more Ruka thought about his mission, the more excited he got. The flight to Halo was a long one, and sometimes, he got really impatient. The minute the Covenant cruiser landed, he was already waiting at the gravity lift. The grav lift activated, and Ruka went down, all the while cackling to himself. This was the first time he had gone anywhere other than High Charity. The environment was not old and rusty like he expected it to be. In fact, what he saw was magnificent! Trees everywhere he looked. The Prophet of Regret, who had accompanied Ruka on his kidnapping mission, said proudly, "Behold the Forerunners' master craftsmanship!" Ruka could only gape in awe at the beauty of the ring's environment and say, "It's so beautiful!" All of a sudden, a voice cried out in pain. Ruka and Regret spun around and saw an Elite drop to the ground, dead. Ruka looked at the body for a second, and said as calmly as he could, "Snipers."

The Elites hid Regret, then dropped down. Ruka then withdrew a beam rifle and looked around. He then spotted a human, and shot its leg. The human fell and held the wound tightly. "Hold here Elites, I'm going to capture the human and bring it here." Mergo, the commanding Elite replied "Yes sir!" Ruka then activated his special suit's active camouflage, and went after the human. As he approached the human, he wondered, "Is this a female, or male human?" He then finally reached the wounded human, and deactivated his camo. The human looked at him for a minute. "What the hell? It's a human dressed like a Covie huh?" Ruka barked, "Remove your helmet, or I'll blast your head clean off!" It removed its helmet, showing a smooth, longhaired face. "Are you male or female?" Ruka asked. "What the hell is this, Trivial Pursuit? I'm female, okay, jeez ya didn't have to blast a hole in my damn leg!" Ruka argued, "Yes I did, you shot my Elite's face off, you ass! As far as I'm concerned, you should die right now!" "Well I would have if you had considered aiming higher, idiot!" the woman said. Ruka then knocked her out and dragged her to the ship. Regret said as Ruka approached the ship, "Well done Ruka, mission accomplished." Ruka replied in a very serious tone, "The mission goes on lord Regret, lord Truth said we were to stay on this ring until further notice." "Then on this sacred ring we shall stay!" replied Regret to the squad of Elites.

Cheers erupted from the Elites and they started chatting to their friends, having drinks, and choosing the night watch. Ruka whispered to Regret, "I am going to scout out the area to see if there are more humans out there." Regret replied, "Yes, a wise decision. But take Garlo, this Red Elite here. The Elite looked up and immediately made a salute to lord Regret. "Strike leader Garlo, reporting for duty my lord!" Regret laughed and said, "There is no need for that. Ruka here needs an escort in a scout run, and seeing as though you've been here before, you are the perfect choice." Garlo said thankfully, "Thank you lord Regret!" Then Ruka and Garlo headed into the forest. As they crept through the trees, they began to hear firing. They hurried to where the noise was coming from. Garlo shouted, "Look sir, a clearing!" Ruka then replied sarcastically "Oh, thank you Garlo, it's a great pleasure to find out that you don't need glasses!" Garlo just rolled his eyes and muttered, "Of course."

When Ruka and Garlo made it to the clearing, they were greeted by the sounds of combat. All of a sudden, several fuel rod shots erupted through the air. Ruka looked around to find the Elite who might have fired. Every one of those shots had such precision and accuracy. When he found the shooter, he could not believe his eyes. There, instead of an Elite, stood a Grunt. "Die evil humans die!" cried the Grunt. Ruka and Garlo began to run towards the Grunt, all the while dodging human fire. Ruka looked around and spotted a human holding a rocket launcher. Ruka yelled as he pulled a plasma rifle from his right holster, "Garlo, get down!" Garlo then immediately dropped, and Ruka blasted the human's head clean off with three plasma bolts. One of the humans cried out, "George, noooooo!" than charged at Ruka with a metallic blade. Ruka spun to the left while activating his energy sword, got behind the human, and held the glowing blade to his throat. Ruka then whispered into the human's ear, "Mine is bigger then yours." "Go ahead and kill me you traitor bastard!" the human said loathingly. "Oh, I don't plan on killing you instantly. Besides," Ruka softly cackled and then continued "I have, plans for you human. And seeing as though you might die here, I think I'll tell you what they are. They are, you will either join me, or die by my hand. And quite frankly, I don't think that George over there would want you to die." The human growled but slumped over and said, "You win. I'll join you." Ruka said approvingly, "Good decision. Now, what is your name?" The human said, still shaken from his predicament, "Michael Leonard." Ruka then looked at Garlo and said, "Garlo, watch Michael here and make sure he doesn't try anything." Garlo activated his energy sword and said, "Yes sir!" Ruka turned and ran towards the Grunt and talked to him. "Hello Grunt."

The Grunt jumped and saluted and said, "Hello commander Ruka, we have been expecting you for some time now. Where were ya?" Ruka replied, "Oh, just taking care of something important." The Grunt simply shrugged and said, "Those humans are holed up in the ravine nearby. We have them right where we want 'em sir." Ruka nodded approvingly then said, "I've noticed you carry around that fuel rod cannon. That was some very impressive shooting. I have never seen a Grunt shoot like that." The Grunt looked at the cannon on his back and thought for a moment. Then he said, "I have no idea where or when I got this. All I know is that I was meant to have it." Meanwhile, in Regret's Covenant cruiser, a prison break was going on. The female human ran through the halls holding two plasma rifles, and three plasma grenades. She reached Regret's quarters and entered. Regret spun around and tried to say "guards!" but the female human already had neutralized the two Honor Guards. Regret lifted his arms in surrender and said "Okay human, you've got me." The woman just snorted and said, "Your damn right I do, and I have a name you know." "May I please ask what it is?" "Sure." The woman said. "It's Susan Maelstrom."