Chapter 3
Shadows and Hell
(Story Two)
The Arbiter or Zuka 'Zamamee, walked across the deck of the Covenant vessel Redemption. He was walking to his room to get briefing on his mission when a voice called out at him.
"Arbiter, nice to see you again."
"Likewise." The Arbiter replied turning around to face the Dark Being.
"Everything is going as planned?" The Being asked him,
"Yes, we're heading to the other Halo, I was about to receive briefing."
"Good, now I have to tell you something. The Prophet of Regret does not know anything of what you are going, nor do your fellow rebellious comrades. So you will have to exterminate any in your way."
The Arbiter paused a moment and replied, "Understood."
"And do not worry," The Dark Being added, "Yayap will be travel with me, and I assure you he will not be harmed."
The Arbiter nodded, "How will I be able to contact you when I need assistance?"
"You won't" The Dark Being replied, "Where there is light, there is shadow, wherever you are, I am there. Just call for me."
"What would I address you by dark one?"
"You may address me as Otaka."
"Otaka? Is that your name?"
"So many questions you ask me Arbiter, you should try to ask more questions to yourself." Otaka faded away into shadow and was gone.
The Arbiter stood a moment longer and began to walk away and as he walked he heard a small whisper saying, "Don't die just yet Arbiter."
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The Master Chief rode in a Warthog with two other marines. There were two Pelicans, three other Warthogs, and a Scorpion tank following him.
"Chief, have you reached the portal yet?" A voice called over the Chief's com.
"Not yet Captain Keyes" The Chief called back (Captain Keyes as in the daughter)
"You'd better hurry, we need some support from the Federation, let's just hope they'll help."
The com was cut and the Chief sighed. The Master Chief was sent with a group to find the portal between worlds and ask the Federation for assistance. The Covenant had been pressing their attacks harder everyday and the marines were losing it, both mentally and physically. There were several reports of 'friendly' fire and many were injured.
"Chief," a marine called to him, "we're approaching the vortex in five."
"Understood marine." The Chief took out his SMG, ready to take out any Covenant that just happened to stumble across the vortex and were guarding it. The Chief looked at one of the Pelicans and turned on his com, "Sergeant Johnson, dispatch your troops at the first sign of trouble."
"Understood Chief. How's the area down there?" A voice called back.
The Chief grabbed a pair of binoculars and zoomed into the vortex and its surroundings. Nothing.
"All clear down here. How bout you?"
"No Covenant in sight."
"Roger." The Chief replied and the com was cut. The Warthogs stopped near the vortex with the Scorpion tank close behind. The Pelicans hovered a few feet from the vortex.
"Captain Keyes, we've approached the vortex and are going to go through, over."
Nothing but static answered the Chiefs' call.
"It seems we lost contact Chief."
The Chief looked up at the Pelican as Johnson called to him and then looked back at the vortex. What could be causing the disconnection?
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At that very moment…..
On the other side of the vortex stood a group of three Dark Beings (Note: Like Hunters travel in pairs, Dark Beings mostly travel in threes). They looked down at the seven Federation troops that they had slaughtered and then looked at the vortex.
"Otaka thinks he can play us for fools. But we shall show him." One Being said,
"Otaka's plans cannot continue if one of his two pawns is dead." The second one added,
"Otaka always did underestimate out abilities, now it's time to show him what we are capable of." The third said. The three Dark Beings moved their hands in a circular motion above their heads and a large dark light began to grow. When it was as big as about a small dog, the Beings let the ball of darkness and shadow be sucked into the vortex. They waited a minute or two and they walked in the vortex themselves.
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A large dark purple beam spilled from the vortex and headed for the sky. The marines raised their guns, alarmed, but didn't shoot. The large beam went straight through the clouds and headed for the sun. In mere seconds the sun was covered by the dark substance, but the heat of the sun was strong so the sky turned from sky blue into a volcanic red. Then, something happened that was only thought to happen in movies or books. The sky rained fire. The sky kept pouring and pouring red balls of flames that collided with the Earth. A large ball of fire came from the sky and impacted with the Scorpion tank. The tank instantly exploded and the marine inside burned to ashes. The ball of fire was at least six or seven feet high, but then the rock began to fall apart and revealed something inside. The rock seemed like a pod of some sort.
The monster broke from its shell and spread its wings. It was huge. Its blackish red figure, tall, or taller then rock, it was muscular and had large horns that went behind its head and back around under its chin. It had large pointy ears and large teeth that were always stuck out. The beast had feel like a goat and its heels never touched the ground. Its hand was huge with only three fingers but with sharp, long nails.
"Holy shit!" One of the Pelican pilots cried and opened fire. The Pelican's gun could have ripped an Elite to shreds, even with shields, but the bullets ricocheted off the monsters back and it turned around, annoyed. It gave a war cry, revealing its long tongue, and jumped onto the Pelican. The ship wobbled as the great beast landed onto the ship. The monster grabbed the sides of the cockpit and black electricity flowed through the Pelican and exploded. The other Pelican, with Sergeant Johnson, began to fly away as the monster landed to the ground after the Pelican exploded. The monster spit a black ball from its mouth and it hit the wing of the fleeing ship.
"We're going down!" Johnson called over the com to the Chief. The Pelican kept flying until it was out of sight, but its smoke from the wing could still be seen.
"Open fire!" The Chief yelled to the marines. Three marines jumped onto the LAGG guns on the Warthogs and began to fire. The two rocket specialist opened fire, shooting two rockets as fast as possible and reloading. The rest of the marines fired their guns. The monster turned around and faced the attacking marines. The marines were hitting the monster with all they had, but it didn't seem to be working. Finally the monsters' chest exploded after at least a dozen rockets and at least fifteen frag grenades and thousands of bullets from both SMGs and the LAGG guns. The monster cried in annoyance and, when he was close enough, grabbed the nearest Warthog and slammed it on two marines, killing them and the gunner.
The Chief, knowing killing the monster was out of the question, he yelled, "Get in the Warthogs! Get out of here!" The Chief threw one more grenade and it exploded on the ground throwing gravel into the air. The monsters' eyes were covered in dust but it didn't seem to be irritated by it. Just as the two remaining Warthogs began to leave, the three Dark Beings emerged from the portal and began firing at the fleeing vehicles. One of the Dark Beings was able to shoot a tire of the Warthog, apparently, the Chief wasn't in and going at about seventy or eighty miles and hour wasn't so easy to stop. The Warthog flipped and spun several times before stopping and then exploding. The Chief looked back at the burning Warthog and shook his head.
"Captain Keyes, come in!" The Chief yelled over his com.
Still only static.
"Dammit!" The Chief yelled and slammed the Warthog. He looked at the marines. They were shaking, sacred. And why shouldn't they be scared. They just faced a monster that was nearly indestructible. It looked a lot like the Demons or Devils that he was once shown in Greek myths. Though this wasn't a myth, this was Hell on Earth.
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I seemed to have gotten a little carried away with this new "Dark Being" soldier. They're kinda like Dark Being Hunters. And Dark Beings are like Elites, if you haven't figured it out. Yeah, this kinda sounds more like some kinda weird Lord of The Rings Balrog type thing. LOL! Anyway though, I hope you readers liked it. If you didn't you should tell me and I'll take them out. I'm taking votes as reviews so review and tell me if you like this new thing or not.