MUWAHAHAHA! ok heres Ch.2, its kinda short but hopefully its quality material!

Halo: Ark of the Covenant

Section 1: Only the Truth Remains

Chapter 2

1937 hours, April 23, 2553 (Military Calendar)
Control Room, Delta Halo

Commander Miranda Keyes, Sergeant Avery Johnson, the Arbiter and several elites gathered around 343 Guilty Spark in the Delta Halo control room just seconds after the abortion of the activation sequence. There was a loud boom heard inside the control room, and then their attention was drawn to a holographic control panel positioned in front of the large holographic projection of the halo structure, it began to flashed between a light blue-green and red.

Sergeant Johnson turned to 343 Guilty Spark as he hovered happily humming his usual upbeat ditty, "And just what the hell was that Tinker bell?" "Well I would be more than delighted to answer your query…." 343 was suddenly cut off by an angry outburst from Sergeant Johnson, "What the hell did you just call me?" "Sergeant…", Commander Keyes, whispered, her pale face was red with amusement and she squenched her lips together trying to hold back an outburst of laughter. "But Commander, did you hear what…" The Arbiter had heard more than enough of the ramblings of these imbeciles, the galaxy could very well be destroyed any second and they're giggling over the stupidity of a misunderstood statement, it infuriated him to no end. "Oracle, what has just happened?" 343 turned away from the Arbiter and addressed the humans again, this made him unbelievably angry. The Arbiter had noticed that everything that they encountered which the Forerunners had left behind was more favorable to the humans, even the Flood seemed to favor the humans over any other creature, but he remained quiet to hear the response. "The event you just witnessed was Installation 05 communicating at super luminous speeds with the remaining installations, a failsafe protocol in the event of an unexpected shut down, the installations will move to standby status. All installations are now eligible for remote activation. "Remote activation, from where?" inquired Keyes. "Why from the Ark of course, and after activation all sentient life within 3 galactic radii of each installation will be destroyed", 343 replied in his usual matter-of-factly tone. "And where exactly would this Ark be located?" the Sergeant spoke for the first time since his embarrassing incident.

343 hovered around for a bit looking at each individual within the control room a short while later after looking everyone over, he proclaimed, "No, no, no, there are no suitable Reclaimers here". Guilty Spark hovered in one spot for quietly for a few seconds before bouncing back into character, "Perhaps the reclaimer from Installation 04 could be of assistance, hopefully he will be more compliant with the activation process this time", and with that 343 Guilty Spark rose slowly to the top of the of the control room and exited through one of the many service tunnels found within the facility.

"Was he talkin' about mean green?" Johnson asked Comm. Keyes. "I suppose so, by the way when was the last time we had radio contact with 117?

"Well last time I remember hearing anything from him was at about 1400 hours, but you know how he like to keep to himself, hell I would too if I had a hottie whispering in my ear all the time too!"

Keyes stood there silently trying to think of what should come next, "Johnson, try to contact Spartan 117 now, one we're on the surface I want you to find radio equipment and contact him, I want him briefed before the end of the hour. Do you understand me soldier?" Johnson replied with a stiff "Aye sir!"

Keyes walked over to the Arbiter, "Are you ready to go back to the surface?" The Arbiter didn't particularly like them, but they seemed competent enough to be of some use. "Fine, I'll ready my troops….but before we leave the complex we should find weapons and ammunition, the parasites will be hungry by now." The Arbiter turned to his troops standing to their left. "Brothers, ready yourselves we are headed too the surface." After the Elites acknowledged his order the Arbiter nodded to her slightly and Miranda gently nodded her head in return and walked off. "Johnson gather all you essentials, leave anything that you do not need, understood?" Sergeant Johnson nodded and went through all of his personal items, and then continued on to search the bodies in the surrounding area for ammunition and rations, he then made his way to the control room entrance and called out "Aren't you numbskulls ready yet?" After an exchange of peculiar looks between several Elites, they all made the way to the entrance to the control room. The thick gray doors slid apart and Johnson exclaimed, "Hold on to your asses boys and girls, It's gonna be one hell of a ride!"

Ch.2 End

Yeah a lot of talking let me know if I'm doing a good job with Johnson's personality so I can fix for next Ch., if need be, damn it 12:30pm so don't call me out on ever detail ; good night folks!