A/N:I'm sorry I couldn't get the Raptor into this chapter, but its just hard to fit it into here right now. Rest assured, it will be in the story, just not now. On another note, I started up a small forum for questions, ideas, and possible advice from other authors to help me write better plotlines and all of that great stuff. Writer's block comes out easily enough, and I have scrapped many ideas for what happens in this chapter, so I just hope you enjoy what I have for now.

Chapter 5: Represent

Fleet Master Baru 'Sotoramee had just heard the transmission from the Arbiter and told his remaining ships to follow him and converge on to the Arbiter's position near High Charity. Out of the original 150 ships plus support craft, he now had just over 60 remaining due to the suicidal tactics of the enemy, and luckily only some of the support craft were destroyed in the previous engagement with Jiralhanea controlled vessels.

In the void of black, a portal of interdimensional space opened up, and 64 ships and support craft made their way to High Charity in perfect fromation. The same was happening with two other fleets containing counselers, Mirratord, and other high ranking personnel.

While the Arbiter, numerous Sangheili, and the two Humans were anxiously waiting for something to happen, Cortana interupted their thoughts.

"Arbiter, I have three slipspace ruptures, each containing a sizable force of ships. One at 3 o'clock, another at 10 o'clock, and the last one at 7 o'clock. I can find out how many ships are in each group if you like." She finished.

"Very well construct, how many are there?"

"The first group has 64 plus numerous support craft, the second has 127 ships and small amounts of support, and the third group has 150 ships and complete support." She answered. About one minute in Human time, he could see the three fleets all in formation. "Incoming transmissions from all three Fleet Masters"

"Put them all up on each moniter, and make it so that we can all talk to each other instead of just me."

A series of moniters turned on and three Sangheili in gold armor appeared on each screen. "Arbiter, what has happened to the Sacred Ring and High Charity!" One of them demanded.

"It seems that not all is that it is, old friend. As we have found out from the monitor of this ring world, Halo is designed to kill everything except those in designated 'Sanctuaries' to stop the spread of the Parasite. And the Prophets knew about this, they had their own sanctuary located within the Forerunner ship that powered High Charity. They wanted to activate the rings and become rulers of the universe."

This outraged the three Fleet Masters. While they heavily distrusted the Prophet's judgement frequently, they were shocked to hear that the Great Journey did not exist. They demanded proof of this discovery, and the Arbiter had the two Monitors tell them anything they wanted to know. After all of this, the shock had mostly worn off, and they returned to their discussion.

The Arbiter re-entered the conversation "So now you all have the details, we have a new item of discussion. We are going to have to ally with the Humans if we are to survive this conflict. I have here by my side two of them, and please give them respect, one of them has given me aid in killing the Chieftan of the Jiralhanea, Tartarus. And I also owe my life to him while I killed Tartarus." The Arbiter pointed to male Human.

"Very well, but I would not think that the Humans would want to become allies after three cycles of destruction." Replied 'Sotoramee.

Then the female Human entered the discussion. "I believe that an alliance would help out both of our races. Ours is holding back the enemy Covenant fleet as best they can, with a defence fleet of over 250 ships, plus over 300 orbital platforms. The enemy attacked with 300 ships, so there is a good chance that we aren't losing. If what you're Arbiter says is true, than you might not have very many ships left, and we could help each other out as best we can."

"Yes, human, I can agree with you on that, but 300 ships is only a fraction of the fleet, there are many more ships that the Prophets control. This alliance must not fail if we are to survive." One of the Fleet Masters agreed.

"Arbiter, can we go to our home planet to help out now?" Miranda asked.

"Yes, if we all agree, it is time to go to the Human home world." The Arbiter waited for anyone to speak up. The he said "Tell all of you're crew and any personnel what happened here and what we talked about. We shall wait for one and one half units before leaving, so gather you're fleets into formation."

And with that, the screens turned off, and from the view ports they could see the fleets gathering. Then Cortana made an announcement.

"Arbiter, I can make the Plasma Cannons on this ship more powerful shots, not to mention more accurate, if you want me to. But be warned, you only get one shot per charge rather than 3."

"Very well, after you reconfigure the guns, send over the data you used to every ship with the message of what it does. Tell the Ship Masters what it does, and make their Engineers do what they have to to make it work."

"OK, message sent, and this ship now has upgraded cannons." Cortana appeared on the holopedestal now, " Incoming transmission, the Fleet Masters say this will take one additional unit to accomplish. We can leave for Earth in 2 units, or 20 minutes."

The Arbiter nodded, and asked how long it would be until they got there.

"It should only be 138 units, or 23 hours until we arrive." Cortana replied.

Miranda told Cortana to arrive behind the asteroid belt, otherwise they risk being shot down before they were able to establish their intentions to the fleet. Cortana complied, and gave coordinates to the three fleets. 10 minutes later, a hole opened in space, and 341 ships and support craft entered it, bound for the Sol System.

The Master Chief and three of the obviously high ranking Elites got on board the Pelican and departed for the Cairo. After they got off, the Chief saw that there were over 20 Marines gaurding the docking bay, some with the older .50 caliber turrets, other with rifles, and even a team of snipers just in case. The snipers were once again using a different rifle than the S2 AMs that are standard, the Chief was curious about it and hoped to test fire it later in the firing range.

Four Hell Jumpers, all holding shotguns, came over and talked to the Chief. "Master Chief, sir. We are here to escort you and you're... friends over to the detention center. After that, we'll have the pleasure of guard duty, when we get there, you are required to go to Hood and tell him what happened while you were having fun out there."

The Chief nodded, and beckoned the Elites to follow the escorts. While they were walking towards the brig, soldiers walking by, and others that were resting gave varying looks at the Elites. Some of which were rude, others curious, and some bewildered, but most were angry. The three Elites began talking to each other in their native language, so Chief didn't understand what they were saying. The translators that the UNSC had only worked with their main speech, which was Covenant Standard.

After the Hell Jumpers and the Elites were at the brig, Master Chief turned and went to the elevator. After he arrived at the proper level, he took the tram over to the bridge where Lord Hood was located at. He stepped inside and gave the Admiral a salute. The Admiral returned it, and began talking to Chief.

"So, Master Chief. I would like to know what has happened since you're dissapearence when the Covenant first attacked." Hood started.

"Well, after we made the jump to follow Regret's ship, we found another Halo. Then after we landed--" the Admiral interupted.

"Did you just say another Halo? I thought you destroyed it."

"Yes sir, as I found out from the second ring world, there are seven rings in total. Each with an estimated 25,000 light-year radius, and combined, can take out the entire galaxy. With one ring already destroyed, and the second probably destroyed, it should be nearing half of it's original power now."

"Wait, you said probably destroyed? Why only probably?"

"I had to leave Cortana on the Covenant city in order to destroy it and the ring incase the Flood found a way to power the city back up and make an attack anywhere they want."

"Very well, please continue on what happened during you're absence."

"Yes sir. As I was saying, after we landed we established a base after clearing out a small complex that the Covenant held. After about 3 hours, we launched an assault on another piece of real estate that we wanted, and it turned out that that is where the Prophet of Regret holed up. After I killed him, the Covenant decided they wanted to bury me alive in plasma, and bombarded the facility. I jumped off of the structure into the lake that surrounded it."

"So now we have finnally killed one of their leadership. Hmmm, continue on Chief."

Chief then told Lord Hood what happened with Gravemind, ending up in High Charity, the In Amber Clad's crash landing in the city, the Flood, what happened to the Prophet of Mercy, and leaving Cortana behind. Hood stood there, taking it all in, and told the Chief to go to the armory to get used to the new weapons.

"Oh, and Master Chief, there is a couple people you might know that are in the armory." Hood told him.

"Yes sir." Master Chief then saluted, and turned around towards the armory.

A/N: Like I said, the tank is in the next chapter, so don't worry. Things are starting to develop, and most people should be able to figure some of the things that will happen next. Visit my profile for more info.