Chapter 133: Stealing and Killing

As the Samurai Brute persued Pennie through the ship and the remainder of the ship was preparing for a fight, six military green space crafts the size of buses were speeding to the large craft, the lead being occupied by Adrian, Thatan and Cutter,

"So remind me again, what are we flying in?" Asked Adrian.

"They're called Pelicans," answered Cutter from the pilots seat, "but they've been modified for space travel such as what we are doing now, and here in a second they are also going to be battering rams."

"'Battering rams?'" Adrian repeated, seeing they were quickly closing in on a large purple ship.

"We'll be slamming into that Corvette any second," said Thatan, "better brace yourself." Adrian gripped the metal siding, and like Thatan had said, he braced himself. No sooner than he did the Pelican crashed into the side of the Corvette, punching a hole in the side of the hull, letting air loose into space until the sides of the Pelican began spraying a yellow white foam out the sides, hardening as it made contact with the sides of the damaged hull and keeping the air inside the large space craft while keeping the Pelican in its place. This process was repeated with the five remaining Pelicans, and before long the ships beings, mostly consisting of Brutes, were lined up to face the human intruders. Cutter pressed a button, popping the glass off the front of the Pelican, quickly ducking down to avoid enemy fire, and he tossed a grenade out into the ship, taking out several of the ships beings. Right after the grenade detonated, Thatan and Adrian bounded out of the ship, Plasma Repeater and Assault Rifle at the ready. The two charged the halls and rooms of the Corvette, not stopping and not letting up their gunfire, taking out any creature that came their way; large Brutes, smaller creatures with methane tanks on their back, human sized monstrosities with handheld energy shields, and finally the two came to a large room, filled with an assortment of Covenant aircraft.

"Not the bridge like I was hoping," said Adrian, but his dissappointment turned to joy when he saw a familiar blue skinned girl dashing across the room, "Pennie!" She stopped in her tracks, surprised to see him and Thatan,

"Adrian...?" The young Devil then dropped his Assault Rifle, and the two dashed over to each other, giving each other a brief tight hug and a light peck on the lips before Adrian checked her,

"Are you okay?"

"Yes."

"Are you hurt?"

"No." Adrian, hugged her again,

"Thank God, I thought I lost someone else I cared for for a second..." Pennies' eyes bridfly widened, then she returned the hug with a smile. "...Hold the phone!" Adrian pulled himself back, "How did you escape?"

"I threw a plasma grenade at the Brute standing in the doorway..." she said with pride, but this quickly turned to dismay, "...after Zeus got what he came here for..."

"And he still wishes to keep you close!" Both the Devil and Asari turned to where the voice originated from, seeing the Samurai Brute with his Gravity Hammer at the ready, but the Brutes attention immediately shifted to Thatan, who stepped in the way of the Brute at the two he was after. The evil Samurai Brute laughed into the air, "So the last Elite showed up after all! Tell me Thatan..." The Brute dropped its' Gravity Hammer, exchanging it for its' Energy Sword, "...are you ready to be slain like your people?!"

"Perhaps..." said Thatan, dropping his Plasma Repeater and exchanging it for his own Energy Sword, "...or maybe I'm here to avenge them..." Adrian took Pennies' hand, ready to run when Thatan gave them the signal, "...RUN ADRIAN!!"

"Promotion: Knight!" Adrian shouted. The Devil Virus then scooped Pennie up in his arms, and with the combination of his Blacklight speed and his promotion to Knight, he dashed out the door in the blink of an eye.

"Well, he certainly is fast," commented the Samurai Brute.

"Fast enough to evade you," said Thatan, "just like I told him to be."

"Perhaps...but can he be strong enough to face what is ahead?" Thatan tilted his head at the Brutes question, and it laughed maniacally into the air.

As Adrian and Pennie were speeding down the hallways, the two of them were then smashed with something metal, making them soar to the side and slam onto the floor of a large room with pipes and glowing canisters. As the two picked themselves off the floor, two large creatures filed into the room; mostly consisting of blue armor held together by a mass of orange worms, with large shields on their left arms, and large guns with glowing green sticks connected to their right.

"Pennie? What the fuck are those?" Asked Adrian, slightly intimidated.

"Hunters...!" Pennie said with anger masked fear.

Meanwhile...

Zeus, now alone on the main deck, stared out at the Halo outside the ship, popping his knuckles,

"Well, time to pull off the heist of the century!" He chuckled to himself, holding his arms out to his sides, and with a groan turning to a growl, he summoned all the magic he could, and right out by the Halo appeared the largest magic circle in history! Easily dwarfing the planet sized ring! Zeus then created a second magic circle right in front of himself, just big enough to reach his arm in, and reach in he did; upon doing so, a giant sized arm reached out of the giant magic circle outside, with Zeus growling in pain from his arm growing drastically. He then carefully hooked his index and middle finger under the ring, and carefully pulled the ring through the magic circle. As his arm was finally drawn out from the smaller magic circle, he lifted his index and middle fingers up to his face, revealing the now miniturized Halo no bigger than an armband, "Just like the real thing, but smaller," Zeus chuckled to himself.

Back to Thatan...

The Elite and Brute were swinging their Energy Swords, either colliding with each others blades or barely landing a slash on each other, but soon enough Thatan had purple blood running down his face and his side, while the Samurai Brute had red blood staining his armor,

"I will take your head as a trophy, heretic!!" Roared the brute. Thatan roared as well, and the two charged for each other, swinging their swords once more, and with a bright flash their swords passed each other, standing perfectly still, until Thatan coughed purple blood, a large gash appearing across his chest and abdomen. The Brute laughed, until red blood sprayed from his chest like a fountain, silencing him,

"I'm no heretic..." growled Thatan, hearing the Brutes body fall to the floor with a loud THUD! "...I'm the Arbiter!"

As Thatan slayed the Samurai Brute, Adrian and Pennie were holding their own against the large armor plated Hunters, with Pennie running and dodging large projectiles of green energy shooting at her from one Hunter, and Adrian using his Gear and Hammer Fists against the other at close range. The large creature threw its' shield arm down towards Adrian, who just barely caught the arm in time, while landing a Hammer Fist at the creatures head, making it stumble backwards.

"Hey Pennie! Do these things have a weakness?" Called Adrian.

"Go for the back!" Pennie called back, dodging yet another green projectile from the Hunter persuing her. Adrian, forming an idea, manuvered himself behind his Hunters back, shifting his Hammerfist into his Claws, and with one swift motion he stabbed his claws into the back of the Hunter, making it groan in pain as orange blood poured from the wounds. Adrian then brought one set of claws back out, grabbing the Hunters' gun arm, aiming it at the back of the Hunter attacking Pennie, and with the twist of his claws still embedded in the creatures back, he forced a shot from its gun, hitting a perfect shot at the creatures back and making it fall on its front, no longer moving. Adrian then brought his Claws back, exchanging them for his Blade arm, and with one hard poke he pierced the creature in the back, making it groan, and finally go limp, signifying its life ending. Adrian let the creature fall of his Blade, and turned to Pennie,

"Are you alright?" Pennie nodded, half out of breath. "Good, now you should go find Cutter," said Adrian, "He will be in charge of the Humans on this ship, and will no doubt help you out."

"Where will you be going?" Pennie asked.

"To find Zeus," said Adrian with conviction, turning and leaving a slightly concerned Pennie in the room.

After a few minutes of searching, Adrian found the main bridge, and still in the same spot as before stood Zeus, still carrying the shrunken Halo,

"ZEUS!!" The mutated Devil turned to Adrian with a smile,

"Good to see you again Adrian, I was wondering if you were going to catch up." Adrian readied his Blade and Gear,

"What do you want with the Halo...?" Adrian looked to the ring hanging from Zeus' fingers, "...Is that seriously...?" Zeus stepped to the side, revealing the Halo outside was no longer there, "But how the fuck-?!"

"A combination spells and a shit ton of magic, but I managed to steal one of the most powerful weapons in history and fit it into my pocket..."

WHAM!!

Adrian was sent skidding across the floor face first, screeching to a halt right at Zeus' feet,

"What...the hell?" Adrian spat, turning to see what was formally the Prophet of Salvation, but was now simply an enormous Monster of Damnation,

"...Now you have to kill the last Prophet in this dimension. Have fun!" Zeus vanished in a flash of red and violet, and the Prophet began to approach him menacingly...