The Parasite

The sound of armor clicking into place was all that could be heard as Star finished with her own armor and turned around, watching Shasic as he placed his helmet on before asking, "...Did that hurt Shasic?"

"What?" He asked turning to look at her before she pointed at the ugly tear of pale skin on his shoulder and he looked at it a moment before answering, "Yes...But It was worth it."

"Wha-?"

But Shasic was saved the trouble of answering when Yappity skidded down the hall and ran into Megan, cutting her off midsentance.

"Hurryhurryhurrywe'regonnabelatetotheshipsifyoudon'thurry!" He yelled and Megan rolled her eyes, "We still have quite awhile Yappity."

(Translation:Hurry hurry hurry we're gonna be late to the ships if you don't hurry!)

"ButitsasacredringIwannaseethesacredring!"

(Translation: But its a sacred ring I wanna see the sacred ring!)

"Yeah." So do I..lets go look!" Star said and smiled as Yappity toook off down the hall and Shasic followed, right beside star as they went to go get Karo and Koro.

Soon they all were standing on the observation deck, watching huge ring turn and Star was the first to speak, "It's beautiful..."

"It looks sort of like your eyes." Yappity pointed out and Sghasic nodded, "Yes, your gray eyes do look alot like sacred rings."

Star smiled quietly to herself, metally saying thank you before Acaadna apeared behind them and said making Star jump.

"I've been looking for you little one."

"Why?" Star asked after she regained her dignity and Acaadna frowned at her, "Your suposed to be at the ships in five seconds-"

"Done!" She yelled and garbbed yappiny, picking him up and running down the hall with shasic behinfd her and Karo and Koro behind.

After they had gotten into they're ship, they took they're places in teh lines acording to race and rank.

A golden armored Elite stepped out of the hull in the Phantoms front and looked over his proud group of warriors, Strong Elites, Grunts, Powerful hunters...

And a human standing alone in the back of the ship.

"We must gain knowledge from everything we do, As we have since our first years of our lives." Jeerimas began, that gold armor gleaming superiorly as he looked over the troops, "When we were born-"

"We learned to Breath." One voice siad strongly and the Elite paused.

"Who was that?"

"Me." The human girl said stepping out of the shadows, the teal ring around her eyes glowing in the dimlight with a glow of determination.

"When we first walk-" He continued, but yet again another voice answered.

"We learn to run." Megan said again and Jeerimas motiooned her forward,

"When we first fall-"

"We learn to get back up." She spoke as she walked forward.

"When we first are told no-"

"We learn to argue."

Shasic answered along with Megan thsi time, and slowly, in a chorus they began to answer in unison to they're commander.

"When we first hurt-"

"We learn to heal!"

"When we first got hit-"

"We learned to fight!"

"When we were first tested our our faith-"

"We learned to be strong!"

"When we learned the imposssible-"

"We learned to try!"

"So I say we will not be destroyed, no matter how large our loss. We will be taught."

Star nodded aswell before they felt the ship land and she backed away to let the large Elites walking out into the light, they're armor glistening as if to speak of they're pride as they walked out.

"Little one, do you recognize me?"

Star was suprised when the comander spoke and it took her a moment before her eyes gleamed with realization, "You are Comander Jeerimass...You spared me."

"Yes..how are your scars?" He asked and she brushed her hair to one side, "The same."

"Where are your wrist guards?"

"...I left them on the human ship.."

"Very well, You and your friends are to be in my squad."

It had been a few days of snooping around the Halo when they entered what apeared to be a labratory...

"What was that?" Yappity asked as the sound of scuttling reached they're ears and Jeerimass froze.

"I've heard that before..."

And that moment Star turned and lashed out with her sword, slicing through a disguusting creature and she was thrown backwards as it exploded, spraying small green forms that scuttled everywhere attacking the covenant army.

She slammed into the wall with a thud and a sickening crack that hit the air like a bullet shot before she slid down it and blinked rapidly, trying to make of the distorted fuzzy shapes as they attacked each other...

The last thing she remembered seeing was her companions fleeing as orange light flashed out in beams and destroyred the remaining forms...

Then her world faded into black fog, a whispered name said under her last conceouse breath.

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