Chapter 1 – The arrival

This planet was… He didn't knew what it was, even in the advanced covenant data base this planet was not found. Zema was astonished to see the defense systems the planet inhabited by the humans had. About three hundred orbital cannon and hundreds of ships.

He drove his seraph toward the planet but the active camouflage of his fighter shut down. Two longswords fighters, who were patrolling, locked him instantly and launched a pair of Anvil-II missiles. Zema turned off the alarms was resonating in the cockpit. Retreat was impossible; missiles would not miss his little ship. He turned the cannons of his ship toward the longswords and blew the missiles with the plasma machinegun. Then he charged one plasma torpedo and launched it to one of the humans space fighters. This one tried to dodge it by doing a side barrel but the torpedo followed the movement and directly hit the longsword transforming it instantly into melted metal spheres. Zema never thought he would fight humans so closely again, maybe it was a good thing; his old pilot reflex was coming back. He smiled as he take in chase the remaining human space fighter, evaluating the capacities of it and laughed a bit when he blew one of the engines. Sending the enemy ship crash on one of the huge orbital cannon.

Zema managed to reboot the cloaking device of his ship then he slowly drove between two human carriers who send few of their fighters to support the two he just destroyed. Zema shut down his engines, he had to slow down to penetrate the atmosphere. This maneuver was risky he didn't knew if there was cannons on the planet surface. Anyway he could not turn back now. Zema drove his seraph near for a human city and landed into a deep forest.

He turned off all the seraph's systems and opened the ramp. Before getting out, he grabbed one carbine and an energy sword for weapons. As soon as he get out, he begun to run to the city seeing only few animals like squirrels and wild cats. Few minutes later Zema was at the battlements of a military base. He was surprised but he activated his active camouflage to be able of getting nearer of the battlements. Luckily for him a door was near of his position. Only one ODST was guarding the door. Zema walked silently toward the ODST, He saw the long knife the human was wearing in his back. Zema took the knife pressed it on the throat of the human, using his other hand to prevent Zema's prey to start yelling he also tore the com-link of the marine before asking to him.

-On which planet I am?

-O… On e… earth…

Zema took about one minute to evaluate his situation. He was on earth which means this was the most protected planet he could land… He looked at the marine who was shivering and thought about decapitate him with his own knife but he got an idea before doing it.

-Did you saw some Sangheilies near of here?

-Sanghe… what?

Zema pushed a sigh and replied: did you saw some elites here? And don't lie to me or I swear I will kill you without any hesitation.

-well yes there are two in the base prison

-Bring me to them, I'll be behind you so if you try to escape or something like that you won't survive for long…

Zema released the human and reactivated his active camo. He brutally pushed the marine to force him to walk. He followed the human trough the base. Marines were everywhere, they where at least a thousand. Zema suddenly thought this infiltration was not a good idea. To confirm what he thought another human stopped his guide and asked why the marine had no helmet. Zema pushed the invisible combat knife through the suit of the marine and did a small wound in his back to make him understand he had to reply something intelligent. The marine explained to his superior he loosed it as he came back from the warthog hangar, the other human looked suspicious and Zema begun to be nervous. He replied to go to the prison to see if their prisoners where still there and to get to the armory to get a new helmet. Zema sighed quietly to have survived this delicate situation. He looked at the time remaining to be invisible; he could not come back. He kept walking and almost got detected because he makes a mongoose tire fall. When he reached the jail his active camo shut down. Zema prepared himself to resist to bullets impacts but no one's came; he was alone with a single marine. He walked toward the first cell, a Sangheili in black jet armor was in. He turned to the ODST and said:

-thank you human but since you are there you risk the life of me and my new team.

Before the human could react Zema stabbed the marine in the throat many times with his own knife. A lot of blood splashed everywhere; on Zema's armor, on the ground and even on the walls. The head rolled at Zema's feet. He took the SMG on the corpse and kicked the head on the wall making more blood splashes. Zema walked to the first cell and threw the SMG into it and took his energy sword to cut the bars of the door. The jailed Sangheili came out to thanks Zema but he was already freeing the other one. When the other Sangheili came out Zema saw she was a female by her slightly thinner body. She was wearing the red armor of the rangers so Zema gave to her his carbine. He turned himself to be able to see both of them and asked.

-what are your names?

-I'm Cabe 'Uobaree said the Spec-Ops and the ranger said her name was Ruko 'Uyhutee

-Well Cabe, Ruko, I'm now your new leader if you disobey me it's death for you. Humans are more dangerous than they look. Now Follow me and hide yourselves as best you can, Zema said for welcome speech.

He walked silently to the prison exit but at this moment a single marine passed the door. Zema was about to kill him with his sword but he was already dead a radioactive shell in his head, this adding more blood to the ground. They barely looked the corpse and got outside their cloaking device making some blurry area in the air.

The new created team hided few time in buildings to permit their active camo to recharge. When they were almost out a team of about 8 marines show up with thermal vision devices and spotted them instantly and begun shooting them with automatic bursts. Zema threw a plasma grenade on a marine and stuck it on his head. Getting him crazy and exploded 3 seconds later, reducing to ashes two other enemies. While this, Ruko and Cabe begun to shoot at the marines and jumped on side when one tossed, at his turn, a fragmentation grenade. After about then seconds of carnage the last marine died under the blade of Zema. Some bodies was unrecognizable due to their plasma treatment. More marines was coming and that time it was not a little squad.

-RUN! Zema yelled as he began running hearing his new team was following him.

They stopped running at the seraph fighter Zema left in the forest. He looked at them and without a word he sat on the ramp.

-And now?