Alpha Down Chapter 4

Please note, this is a Halo CE fanfiction work based on the map RPG Forest, and has almost nothing to do with the events of the other chapters. This is the last chapter that doesn't have anything to do with the previous.

Also, none of the characters in this chapter, or any of my chapters, have anything to do with the characters of the Halo series, Red versus Blue, This Spartan Life, The Spartan Effect, or any other story that has been made with this universe.

Except for the obvious, of course. (Pvt. Jenkins, Master Chief, etc.)

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An Elite walked through a corridor to a human soldier he had bound to energy restraints. He barked a command in his own tongue to a nearby Elite, and he promptly closed the door to the corridor.

The soldier looked up at the large alien with hate and bitterness. He looked at his uniform, which he had tried to keep in good shape, for it was cold in this part of the Elite's facility.

The Elite spoke in clear English, "Tell me, human. Where is your home world? The planet you call 'Earth'?"

"You aren't getting me to say anything you big, nasty, son-of-a-" the soldier was cut off when his left arm was scorched by a plasma bolt that came from the Elite's weapon, causing him to scream in pain.

"This isn't working.." The Elite muttered to him self, in his own tongue, and then turned to his assistant, who guarded the door, and said, "Release him. We shall talk on a more... civilized level."

His assistant pressed a few buttons on a panel and the human soldier was released from his bindings.

The Elite turned to the human again, "Now, why don't we talk this out in a civilized way? All we want is some information. Why don't we have an exchange? I'll give you some information, and you give me some in return. After that, I'll release you."

"Yeah?" The human said, "What if I say no?"

"Well, we could keep you here and employ more... violent methods of getting information."

The human sighed and agreed.

"Good. Now, come with me."

The Elite dismissed his assistant and he led the human to an interrogation chamber. As they walked through the corridors, the Elite thought about the human, his olive uniform that served little purpose, and his motivations. He thought about his own, as well, why the Sangheli still resisted the humans, even after the Covenant had fallen. Large groups of Covenant forces still loyal to their dead Prophet still fought, but more and more were leaving the Covenant every day. The group of Elites he served for had disbanded from the Covenant, after the initial group did, but still had a rough relationship with the humans. He wondered why the Humans never told his branch of Elites the location of their homeworld.

The Elite motioned for the human to sit at a chair, and he sat in one across from him.

"Let me begin," the Elite said, "I am Raal' Tha'lmee, one of the security guards of the prisoners we hold here. My current status is Ultra, and my goals are to become an Honor Guard."

"I though your Prophets were dead, what do you need to guard?" the human asked him.

"It is in our culture, not the Shan 'Shyuum's, that the Honor Guard hailed. We still use them to guard our high ranking officials and important bodies in our government and religion. We come from the planet of Sanghelios, and have colonized many planets. The Kegolo, or the Hunters, as you would say, still communicate with us, even after the Covenant falls, as with the Unggoy"

"You mean those little guys?"

"Yes, Grunts, you call them, they need another species to look after them, because they are so dependent on us for protection."

"Makes sense."

Raal' paused for a moment, and gestured to the human, "Now it's your turn to share information."

The human grunted, and then sighed, "Very well," he said, "I'm Private Wallace Jenkins, and I come from the planet Eriden. I know what you're looking for, and I'm sorry, I don't know where Earth is. I've never been there. I've always wanted to, but I never could. I joined the UNSC in hopes of maybe being able to be stationed there, but I was only put on Reach, where I was captured by the Covenant on the Halo ring, and then I never was released after the Covenant was scattered. The last thing I fought some sort of... monster..."

"Monster? What do you mean?" Raal' was actually interested in this human.

"I was this little thing... it jumped on to your body and turned you into this... thing. This thing that goes crazy and kills everything else around it. Once you were touched by it, or one of the little things jumped on you, you turned into one of them... It ate my entire squad, I think I was the only one who made it."

"No, you weren't the only one who made it. Your demon, the one you call the Master Chief, he made it, didn't he?"

"Oh, yeah, I remember seeing him there... Do you know where he is now?"

Raal' shook his head, "He went missing after he killed Truth, our last remaining Prophet.. We believe he is dead, but recent scouts have reported multiple signals that may have came from his AI partner. Also, your military has started up the program that trains the class of warrior you call a 'Spartan'."

"Oh, I guess that's good."

There was a silence, and Raal' realized he couldn't get any information out of this soldier because he had been a prisoner for some time.

"How long have you been a prisoner for?"

"I can't say. Maybe 4 years?"

"Well, I will keep up my end of our deal, you are free to leave. I enjoyed our talk, and got some information out of it. If you'd like, I can take you to the nearest UNSC fortification, which isn't to far from here."

Jenkins stood up, "I'd appreciate that, and I apologize for our rough start. It's interesting, getting to know someone who isn't the same species as you."

Raal' nodded, and led Jenkins out of the base and to a Phantom dropship. Jenkins climbed in the back with Raal' and a few Elite guards as the ship took off.

"Where to?" The pilot of the ship said, in his native language.

"Bring us to the nearest human military fortification, and make sure all our weapons are powered off," Raal' replied.

The ship flew off, and the passengers traveled in silence.

About an hour into their flight, something large was picked up on the radar, and it was moving fast. Raal' gave the clear to engage, but the ship couldn't get it's weapons on in time. The object collided with the Phantom, and damaged it's engines, causing it to crash. Raal' opened the dropship doors manually, and escaped the wreck. Jenkins and another Elite had made it out as well.

"That wasn't a human missile that hit the ship..." Raal' said, "Nor was it plasma based..."

"What is it?" The other Elite asked.

"Monsters.." Jenkins whispered.