~Chapter 11: Assault on the Control Room Part 1~

Noble Six replaced the clip in his Assault Rilfe as the last of the Flood fell down dead. He looked over to Master Chief who was also checking his weapons to make sure they were combat ready. Guilty Spark floated down from the ceiling. He spoke looking back and forth between Master Chief and Noble Six. "Where are my Sentinels? Didn't I send some of my Sentinels to help fight back the Flood?"

Master Chief looked at Noble Six who just shook his head. Master Chief gave a deep sigh, "Well, the Sentinels you sent, they kind of were ineffective against the flood. They blew up." Master Chief placed his Assault Rifle on his back next to the Shotgun.

Noble Six walked over to the platform and jumped up on it. "Sorry for your loss, but we really need to get that Index."

Master Chief followed Noble Six onto the platform. Guilty Spark floated downwards before the lift started. Cortana's voice sounded in Master Chief's helmet, "Chief, I don't trust it."

"What don't you trust?" Maste Chief asked. "The fact that he's willingly giving us the key for a super weapon, or the fact that he doesn't seem to care for anyones life in the process of activating said weapon?"

"I think its both, you should really keep an eye on him." Cortana went quiet again when Guilty Spark appeared.

The lift stopped and the index floated in the middle of the large circular platform. Master Chief walked over to where it was floating and waited for it to unlock. Guilty Spark said, "You may now retrieve the Index."

Master Chief grabbed it and almost as soon, Guilty Spark snatched it from him. Noble Six spoke up first. "Hey! What're You Doing!" Noble Six ran over and grabbed Guilty Spark and started shaking him. "After All That Fighting We Just Got Done Doing You Take The Index!"

Guilty Spark managed to free itself from Noble Six's grasp. "Release me reclaimer! It's only protocol! Your frail forms are highly susceptible to the Flood."

Noble Six knew that Guilty Spark was right. He seen what the Flood could do to a person. "Alright, you're right. So what now?"

Guilty Spark looked back and forth between the two Spartans. "We go to the Control Room, you insert the Index and activate Installation 04, then the Flood will be defeated."

Master Chief looked at Noble Six and then back at Guilty Spark. "Yeah, but how easy is it going to be to get to the Control Room?"

"Well, I can use the grid and teleport us there." Guilty Spark stared off for a few seconds before turning back. "Oh dear! It seems the others have infilitrated the Control Room and managed to shut the grid off, you'll have to access it on foot."

Noble Six rubbed his forehead. "That means there are going to be a lot of Covenant between us and the Control Room. Can you at least transport us back to our base so we can get a small army to march through there, or at least get my armor back?"

"That I could do." Guilty Spark stared off again and then back around. "Brace yourselves."

Master Chief or Noble Six didn't have time to brace before the glowing rings appeared around them. Everything went white and when all the color and returned, they were standing in the command room. O'Reilly, Johnson, and Foehammer were all staring at them.

Johnson was the first one to speak up, "Where the hell've you two been? And what the hell is that light bulb?" Johnson was pointing at Guilty Spark.

Guilty Spark spoke up. "I am three-four-three Guilty Spark, monitor of installation 04."

"Relax, its with us," Master Chief said before Johnson loaded Guilty Spark up with bullets. "Guilty Spark is going to help us deal with the Flood, its already given us the key."

"Alright, so the light bulb is going to help us defeat the flood, you've got a key." Johnson scratched his head in confusion. "And this key goes to what again?"

Noble Six stepped forward, "It goes to the Control Room, the key is what activates the super anti-Flood weapon. Only one problem stands between us and killing off the Flood."

O'Reilly pointed at the hologram map on the table. "I'm guessing the mass amount of the Covenant here and around this structure is the one problem."

Master Chief complemented O'Reilly. "You're good, how long have you had them under surveillence?"

"Since around the time you went missing, I started to do some recon around where Noble Six's transponders went off, the last place was around here where I noticed that the Covenant were building up their defenses, I figured it was important to know where, and now we know why."

Foehammer finally put in. "They've found the trigger for the weapon, now they need the key. So we launch an all out assault on the Control Room, wipe the Covenant out in the area, then wipe the Flood out. Win win situation!"

Johnson held his hand up. "Now hold up now! You said 'only one problem satand between us and killing off the flood' and that's not a small problem."

Noble Six shrugged. "Well, I never said it was a small problem, in fact it looks like a pretty damn big problem to me." Noble Six stared at the map closely. "So are we going to moblize everyone or what?"

"We can't just take everyone from this base and perform an all out assault on the Control Room, at least not without a proper strategy."

Noble Six finally found what he was looking for. "Right here and here." Noble Six pointed to the map and created two points. "The Covenant have created two large caves to move units to and from the Control Room. We split the forces into the three sections; Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie, then Alpha here and then Bravo here and we flank them in the middle."

"Alright I've got you so far, but what about Charlie?"

Foehammer put into the strategy. "I believe that's where I'll come in. Charlie squad will be waiting on standby, once battle ensues on the canyon floor, and air raid begins land units at the back of the canyon and creating another flank."

Johnson thought on it before he threw his hands up in surrender. "Alright, you win, get yourselves ready, we attack in the morning."

Before they walked out Master Chief stopped O'Reilly. "What do you want robot?" Anger started to rise in him.

"Officer O'Reilly, I want you and your ODST in Bravo."

"Yes sir." O'Reilly pushed his hand away and was walked out the door.

"That wasn't an order." Master Chief stepped in front of O'Reilly. O'Reilly stopped in confusion. "Me and Noble Six are going to be in Alpha, we're going to start the initial assault and I want you to keep the soldiers in Bravo alive when they run into battle."

Suddenly the anger in O'Reilly subsided and a small bit of respect replaced it. "Yes sir."

Johnson moved back over to the map. "Alright then, Alpha will be Master Chief and Noble Six and the remainder will be using fast attack vehicles, Bravo will be O'Reilly and his ODST and will be using heavy vehicles, Charlie will be me and Foehammer using snipers and air assault vehicles, out strategy is actually completed and I'd say its a damn good one."

Noble Six finally noticed what was missing. "Where's Keyes?"

Johnson looked down to the floor. "When the Flood attacked, we lost him, we don't know what happened to him."

Several hours later Noble Six stood in the front passenger seat of a Warthog. He felt back at home in his combat armor. He stared over to Master Chief who was in the next Warthog over. The soldiers behind him were all wearing thick mask over their mouths, but their breathe could still be seen. They were freezing and scared about dying. Noble Six didn't blame them, he knew himself that this battle was going to be a very large one.

Johnson came over the radio. "Alright, are you in position Alpha?"

Master Chief responded. "Alpha, we are in ready position."

Johnson returned to radio. "Acknowledged, are you in position Bravo?"

O'Reilly came over the radio. "Bravo team is in position."

Johnson came over the radio again. "Acknowledged, commence attack in three . . . two . . . one . . . GO!"

Engines reved up all around Noble Six. He hopped down in his seat and the Warthog's lurched forward, eating up the distance between them and the Covenant army in the middle of the canyon. Then it came into the view. Waves of Grunts, Elites, and Hunters were all out on the ground. Banshees flew through the sky while Wraiths and ghost moved from group to group. One Elite saw them and pointed calling for his comrades to attack. And so it began.

A Note From You Author: Hello my faithful followers and new readers, I have returned with a multiple part story about the Assault on the Control Room. See, I skipped the level previously so that I can make this a massive epic battle, the next chapter make take me a little bit and it will probably be massive, so stay tuned to see how it all unfolds. If you have time, stop by and leave a review!