The Chief was nearly blinded by the sheer intensity of the glow. His helmet automatically dimmed to keep his eyes safe. As it dimmed he watched as a glowing yellow beam approached from the starboard side of the ship. "BRACE FOR IMPACT!!" yelled the Captain. The beam collided with the covenant ships. Their shields flared for the slightest second before they were enveloped in a brilliant explosion. The shockwave sent the ship reeling backwards. Everyone who was not strapped down was thrown against the wall, including the Chief. The moment he hit the wall he was unconscious.
He was raised from darkness by the sound of his Captain yelling "CORTANA REVERCE THRUSTERS." He felt the ship slowly righting itself. As the ship slowly settled John asked "What was that!?!" "A blast of pure light energy traveling at nearly the speed of light." Cortana answered. "Ok then, where the hell did it come from." "Judging by the trajectory I would assume these coordinates." Cortana replied. "It seems we have had a change of plans, Cortana set the thrusters to aim this ship towards the origin of the energy." Captain Gibson ordered. "Sir, that will drain all the power towards the reactors, and seeing how our slipspace generator is out of commission the journey may take a large amount of time." "How long would that be." Asked the Captain. "Around eight year's time" Cortana answered. The Captain sighed, "Everyone to the cryo bay. We are taking a nap. Cortana, go into standby mode to conserve your power. I will set the computer to awake us in the designated time." So the crew, including the Chief traveled to the cryo bay and slept.
Eight years passed, many events go by. Cell, Majin Buu, and Hirudegarn are all defeated, and the world has been safe for nearly a year. The cities of earth have been rebuilt and destroyed numerous times, however all is at peace.
At the Capsule Corporation.
"What is that?" Dr. Briefs was sitting in his lab looking in the night sky. He was using a high powered telescope. Vegeta happened to be training in space, and Dr. Briefs was monitoring his condition. However, something had distracted him from his observations. He spotted a shining object. He at first thought it was a star; however the shine was traveling across the sky. He made a note to check on it later.
Captain Gibson awoke to the sound of an alarm blaring in his ear. "Cortana reactivate!" Cortana appeared on the nearest holographic pedestal. "What is the meaning of this alarm?" "We have entered a planetary body's gravitational pull. We're falling in." stated Cortana. "Awaken the crew, sound for an evacuation, we're ditching ship." "Affirmative sir… Sir something is strange about this planet." "What is it Cortana?" asked the Captain. "For starters, it appears inhabited; secondly it is nearly identical to the Earth in atmospheric composition, and geometric structure." "Strange, it looks like we couldn't have found a better planet to crash land on" stated Captain Gibson. "Make sure everyone gets off this ship Cortana, you will be traveling with the Chief." "Aye Sir" stated Cortana
The Chief once again arouse from his slumber. "No time to explain Chief" stated his Engineer "You've been order to the bridge, hurry" The Chief, still somewhat dazed from his abrupt awakening made his way to the bridge. The Captain stood there waiting. "I'll give you the short version of the story" he said, "the ship is going down, you need to take Cortana planet side and scout it out, it's inhabited so keep your guard up. Good luck" "What about you sir?" asked the Chief. "I will be leaving momentarily; I just need to finish a few things up"
The Chief picked up Cortana's chip, and placed it into his neural data slot. He was flooded by a cold feeling in his skull, and heard Cortana in his speakers saying "It's nice to be back." He however had no time for small talk and made a run for the life boats. Once aboard he ordered the pilot to punch the throttle and make the decent. They slowly made their way down to the planet's surface.
Dr. Briefs decided to check on the strange shine he had seen a few hours earlier on his telescope. What he saw shocked him. A large fireball was descending upon the planet. Even more shocking, it was coming right for the Capsule Corporation! He sounded an alarm. "All workers evacuate immediately, this is not a drill evacuate now!" he shouted into the speakers. If he was correct there wasn't a moment to loose.