I just wanted to say thanks to all you reviewers who revied me so far. You've made me continue my work and get me this far in about three days I think it is. I've been working on this so fast, that I meant get to the ending too soon. And I don't think that'd be fun. You know cliff hanging and stuff is always exciting. Anyway I want to think 'halo marine 1' for reviewing my other story as well. I am talented thank you . And also if anyone else reviews me vote to see which warrior you want to die, Samus or Master Chief so I can plan the ending . Thanks!

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Chapter 6

Space Pirates

The last thing the Master Chief thought of was fighting the 'Galactic Federation' as they tied him to the wall with the blue substance. He knew he might survive if he did, but the marines would be the penalty and that was something he didn't want to happen.

There was a strange sound a moment later, something that sounded slimy. The Master Chief had felt like he had heard it somewhere before, but couldn't place it.

"Blue six and blue seven, go check it out and report back here." One of the soldiers said,

"Yes sir!" one of the 'blues' said and they walked out, cautiously. A moment later, gun fire, then screams.

"Blue six, report!" the leader of the group of soldiers yelled into his com.

Over the com, that was played aloud, everyone heard, "It's nothing like we've ever seen sir! They ambushed us!" Static began to build up.

"Blue six? Blue six come in!"

"Can't-h-- old—out.—to—o- man—y!" The com went dead.

"Blue six!" the leader yelled, "No response. Blue four get the hell over there and find out what's going on!"

"Yes sir!" the Federation soldier said and approached the door, when he was sent back flying by an explosion. Blue four fell to the ground, breaking his neck. Everyone looked at the door and as the smoke cleared figures stepped into view.

"Space Pirates!" a soldier yelled, "Fire!" the monsters were shot at but moved away quickly and a long red blade extracted from there right arm. With quick abilities, that the Master Chief hadn't seen since he'd met Linda a lone time ago, and two of the soldiers were quickly cut to shreds.

"Cortana." Master Chief whispered to the A.I. still inside his head,

"Yeah? This better be good, I was just taking a break." Cortana answered,

"Can you control the Scorpion from this range?"

"Of course I can, would you like fries with that?"

"Just do it." Cortana linked in with the tanks' controls and began firing armor-piercing bullets into the aliens. The 'Space Pirates' as the Federation soldiers called them, were caught by surprise. Three went down, the others escaped.

With only three of the Federation soldiers left, they had no choice but to get help from the strangers.

"First things first," the Master Chief said, "what are you doing here."

"We," the leader replied, "were looking for a bounty hunter named Samus Aran. She was last seen headed for this place."

"What do you want with her?"

"She is one of the warriors in the prophecy that will bring the world on the other side of the vortex to peace."

"Prophecy?" The Master Chief asked,

"On the tablet over there." The soldier pointed to the tablet on the pillar in the center of the room. "It is said that aliens' from the other side called 'the Forerunners' and the Chozo from Tallon IV had foresaw the destruction of our galaxy as well as the other side."

"Four races from both sides will join forces," another soldier said, "two for evil and two for good. The Evil side will end in betrayal and awaken an unknown force that is said to be the death of all, when two warriors from the side of good will defeat them all, but at the price of the death of one warrior."

"So that about sums it up huh?" the Chief said, "So this Samus is one of the warriors to, so call, 'save this world and the "other side" from destruction'."

"That is correct."

"And who is the second warrior?"

"We are not certain." The Federation soldier replied, "But we know that he is called 'The Reclaimer' while Samus is called 'The Bounty Hunter'."

"The Reclaimer?" The Master Chief said,

(Flashback)

A small monitor with a bright blue light in the middle was floating above the Master Chief as he finished the rest of the Floods.

"The Flood is spreading! We must hurry Reclaimer!"

(End flashback)

"I was called that once, by a small A.I. monitor named 343 Guilty Spark." The Master Chief told the others.

"343 Guilty Spark?" the leader said, "Oh he tells everyone that they're the Reclaimer."

"Oh."

"But there is a chance you could be. We'll put you through a test and should you pass you would be the Reclaimer. But should you fail, your life will pay the price."

Another Federation soldier walked towards him, "It is said that only two people in the entire universe are able to kill what we call, the 'Dark Beings'. Those two people are 'The Bounty Hunter' and 'the Reclaimer'."

"And you want me to fight one of these, 'Dark Beings'?"

"You got that right."

The Master Chief walked down the long and winding stairs. He was only allowed to be equipped with an assault rifle, a few grenades and some extra ammo.

"This is insane." Cortana said to him, "Why do you have to prove yourself to those assholes?"

"Because if I do, one they'll keep us alive, and two I get to save the 'two worlds' from destruction."

"I'm sure they'll give you a Purple Heart Award." Cortana said sarcastically,

"Maybe." Master Chief said with a smile. He walked a bit farther and reached a large storage room, filled with metal boxes rimmed with silver bars. The room was dark, but with the Master Chiefs' light on his helmet provided enough light to see.

"I'm detecting movement in this room Chief, be careful." Cortana warned him,

The Master Chief raised his weapon and walked crouched low. "All dark no light Reclaimer." He heard a deep and raspy voice say, "Some advice for you: Stay in the light."

"Al the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the single light of a candle." The Master Chief said, "An old proverb resembling faith."

"The only problem with that saying is you're not a candle." The voice replied with a sinister laugh.

The Chief felt plasma fire his him between the shoulder blades and rolled forward on impact. He turned and raised his gun, but saw nothing. No use in wasting ammo on shooting at nothing. The one plasma shot had did as much damage as getting hit by an Elite's plasma rifle.

"The prophecy is true. You do have stronger defenses then 'The Bounty Hunter'. But too bad you're not as powerful as him."

"Well I don't see how hiding in the shadows is very powerful myself." The Chief said,

"You know nothing of the battle ways of the 'Dark Beings'. It is an honor to die by a surprise attack." The voice said,

"Well to me, that's called being cheap and it shows your have no skill. Also it shows that you can only rely on the darkness for when you attack. Which is a big mistake." The Chief said and then whispered to Cortana saying, "Cortana, can you get the lights on? Or help me detect this bastard?"

"Wait a moment." The A.I. replied,

Plasma fire came from all directions, but thanks to the boxes none touched him. "Your moment is up!" The Chief insisted,

"Ok, ok! There should a light switch somewhere in the northeast side of this room. Follow the nav point.

An orange triangle came to view on his HUD screen and sprinted to it. More plasma fire was shot at him and a few got him. When he reached the switched his shields were almost gone. He flipped the switch and the roof of the room opened, except it was dark outside, so no light came in.

"Ok, do you have a plan B?" Cortana asked, but then lights from the cargo room lighted up and there was a large screech. The monster was reveled. The Master Chief saw him only a few meters away, his hands on his eyes. He sprinted to get into range of his machine gun and emptied a clip into the beast. It roared, annoyed, no blood came out as the bullets hit it. No signs of injury either. The monster charged towards the Chief, as the Chief threw a frag grenade. The monsters' left arm exploded out revealing a dark, thick sticky blood that was pure black. The monster didn't flinched and kept coming. The Master Chief emptied another clip into the monster and it stopped. It gave a large yell and fell to the ground. Dead.

"Damn bastard." Master Chief said as he kicked it. The Federation soldiers wanted some proof of the creatures' death, so the Master Chief ripped its' head off and headed for the door. He heard large screeches and looked up at the hole at the top of the room. There were five, maybe six more of the monsters.

"They're gonna kill us! Hurry!" Cortana yelled,

"I am hurrying!" The Master Chief said, running for the door. Plasma fire seemed to rain down at his position, his shields died, but he got to the door and closed it shut. He waited for his shields to charge and he ran back to the dome room. He only had three more clips left and was hoping nothing else would try to kill him.

The Master Chief ran back to the hallway that led to the dome shaped room when he saw aliens, which the Federation called Space Pirates, shooting into the room. Bullets and blue plasma fire was coming from the room inside, from the Marines and Federation troops. The Chief threw a grenade and watched two of the six beats fly through the air and fall dead. Two of the Space Pirates turned their attention to the Master Chief who was returning fire but the rest continued their assault on the dome-shaped room. The Master Chief fired his rifle and one more went down.

"He's the Reclaimer!" the other Space Pirate attacking the Chief yelled and fled. The others did as well as the Chief advanced forward.

Later, the Chief showed the head of the 'Dark Being' to the Federation troops and they were certain that he was the Reclaimer. "You must return to your world and find the 'Bounty Hunter'." A troop said, "We found that someone had entered this vortex before you came through it."

"How do we get back?" The Chief asked,

"Easy." The soldier snapped his fingers and the vortex came to life.

"How did you do that?" a marine asked,

"Easy." The soldier repeated, "We created this thing and installed a chip to recognize the snapping of a finger."

"Seems a little low for high tech people such as yourselves."

"We try to live in the past."

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Trying to add some comedy doesn't seem to be working, or at least I don't think so. R&R and remember to tell me who you want to be killed, Samus or Master Chief, review or E-mail me to tell me!

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