~Chapter 10: The Flood~

"We have to get out of here and retrieve the index now!" Guilty Spark sounded urgent floated in the air before Noble Six.

"I'm not going anywhere, not until this mission is complete!" Noble Six grabbed Guilty Spark and held it tightly.

"It seems you have little choice in the matter." Suddenly Noble Six was engulfed in a bright light and disapeared from the swamp.

-~Master Chief's POV~

Master Chief continued to walk throug the empty swamp towards his destination. He passed a crashed pelican but looked on board and found nobody, living or dead. Now he happened to come across a doorway that lead down into the ground. His destination was located in there somewhere. He entered with his gun at the ready. Once he saw that the room he wsa in was safe, he lowered his weapon. There was an elevator in front of him that, by the looks of things, went down.

Cortanna's voice broke the silence. "Chief, we need to head down that elevator to reach Johnson and Keyes."

"Alright, so down I go." John pressed a button of the panel next to the elevator and started to descend. It was a long way down but a short trip still. Once reaching the bottom, he heard the sound of Jackels and Grunts. "Couldn't make it easy for me."

Master Chief brought up his Assault Rifle and got ready to fire on anything that came around the corner. Two Jackels and three Grunts. He made light work of them and moved on. The next room seemed empty as well. Two Grunts stood looking at a closed door and Master Chief picked them off from afar. He continued through this building, each room not having many guards in them. Finally he came across a marine.

"Stay Away From Me!" The marine had a handgun pointed Master Chief. "I Don't Want To Become One Of You!"

He was delusional. He didn't know what was what. Instead of bothering with the marine, Master Chief just went around him, once he was done here, he'd send a medical team to retrieve the man. He was in shock and need help fast.

Master Chief entered anther room that had two ramps leading down. The both lead to the same place, so Master Chief just picked one. At the bottom of the ramps was the room he was looking for. On the door was a device used by the UNSC to open any doors. Master Chief pushed a button and a dead marine fell on him. He carried the marine in the room and laid him on the floor gently. He walked over to the helmet the lay on the ground nearby. Master Chief glanced around the room and noticed the blood and bullets holes, but no bodies. He removed the video chip from the helmet and placed it in his. He fast-forwarded until he got to the events of this room.

Master Chief saw Sargeant Johnson, Captain Keyes and other marines. On the ground was an Elite that seemed to be cut open, all through the eyes of Private Jenkins.

Keyes walked over to the Elite. "Friend of yours?"

The marine responded, "Nah, we just met."

Keyes gave a small laugh then asked, "Friendly fire?"

Johnson stepped forward to answer. "It's possible, but there's no plasma scoring."

Then the radio came on with a distresed marine. "Contact! Lots Of Contact! They Came Out Of Nowhere, Like A Flood!" Then the radio went silent.

A loud banging could be heard. Johnson yelled, "Get ready marines."

Suddenly small alien forms came into the room. Johnson, Keyes, and the other marines were firing their weapons, except Mendoza.

Johnson noticed Mendoza. "Fire your weapon soldier."

"But there's too many of them!" Mendoza exclaimed.

"Don't you start Marine!"

Then the video went fuzzy and the status read KIA. Master Chief pulled the chip out and looked at the helmet. What happened to Captain Keyes? Then he heard a banging noise like from the video. He readied his Assault Riffle as the first alien came through the doors. Master Chief open fired as more came through the door. It seemed never ending, but they stopped coming. It was like a flood, just as the video said. Master Chief made his way back to the elevator and took it up. Marines were waiting for him up at the top.

"Sir, we lost contact with our transport inside here and the only way to get a signal is to go to that tower." The marine pointed out the building they were in at the large tower.

Cortana's voice went off in Master Chief's head. "He's right, maybe we'll find Noble Six there still. If he hasn't died."

"He's a spartan. He can handle himself easy."

-~Noble Six's POV~

Noble Six opened his eyes in a blur. What time was it, or better yet, where was he? His head was spinning until his eyes hit somethign familiar. "Chief?"

Master Chief turned his head to Noble Six. "Did Guilty Spark bring you here too?"

It was Master Chief. "Yeah, did I pass out?"

"Yes, you passed out. The jump's energy was taken out my sheilds, but since you didn't have your armor on, I guess it took your energy."

Guilty Spark floated down from the ceiling. "Oh good, you're awake. Now we can go and retrieve the index."

"The index?" Noble Six was highly confused. What was he doing here? What's this index he was talking about?

A Note From Your Author: Hello to you who are reading this story. I'd like to thank you for your support. Recently I discovered that I completely skipped the level Assault on the Control Room, so I had total writers block trying to figure out a way to put it in here still without completely redoing the story, and I figured it out. Sorry for the short chapter, but it's so I can start the next part leading up to the Assault on the Control room. Yeah it'll be out of place, but it'll be awesome. Please review and again, thanks for reading and supporting.