When I had rounded the corner with my mini-gun revving up to fire I had turned to see an Elite Zealot trying to fight of two brutes with an energy sword and an injured arm that looked like it had been burned in several places and one looked like it was very painful. I did what I did last time and shouted to the remaining brutes, "Hey uglies. Over here."
At my shout the two brutes looked at me with hate in their eyes for being called uglies. They both let out a howl of rage and charged towards me completely ignoring the Elite they were attacking. Once they were far enough away from the Elite I opened fire and it didn't take long for the minor and major to fall dead halfway between me and the Elite. When the Elite saw that I had dispatched the two apes with ease and my weapon was still whirring the Elite crouched down and brought up it's sword in hopes of using the sword as a shield. When I stopped my mini-gun the Elite peeked over it's sword with a questioning look. It was then that Rechèl caught up with me looking like she was ready to shoot any enemy that dare stand in her way but when she saw that all of the enemies were dead she got a dejected look on her face.
"you didn't leave any of those traitors for me to kill."
"there were only two when I got here."
"you could have at least left one of them."
As we were arguing the Elite Zealot just stared at us with confusion on its face. When we were turning towards the Elite Zealot the major brute that I had previously shot down started to stir since his shield was able to take the brunt of the attack and he stood up and stared at us with even more hatred when he saw that we weren't fighting each other.
"I knew you Sangheili couldn't be trusted. You are all heretics and."
The brute was interrupted by the resounding crack of Rechèl's sniper rifle firing a round into his exposed head causing it to explode.
"You were the traitor ape."
As soon as the now headless body fell back I smirked under my helmet and said, "see I saved you one."
"yes you may have saved me one to kill but that doesn't make us equal human."
"Whatever you say. So who's your friend?"
As soon as I motioned towards the Zealot it stiffened and brought it's sword up preparing to attack. It was then that the sword decided to run out of power. As the sword flickered and went back into it's hilt the Zealot said some words in the sangheili language and threw the hilt down in frustration. When the Elite had spoken I was surprised to find that it was a female as well. The female Zealot kept muttering in her native tongue before looking at us. She narrowed her eyes at me and I prepared for her to attack me but what she spoke next took me and Rechèl by surprise.
"I guess the prophets lied when they said you humans weren't merciful and for saving me from those apes I would like to side with you and help push them out of your city and your planet."
Rechèl and I just stood there, me with my mouth open in surprise while Rechèl had her mandibles open in shock and disbelief. Before I could respond Rechèl beat me to speaking with the Zealot.
"Sister, Not my actual sister mind you human, I was sure you would have been more unwilling to side with the humans but today is full of surprises."
"I will side with the humans but I will fight at his side no one else's."
"alright you can join us but may I ask your name?"
"my name is Jaynè Vaedam. What is yours human?"
"my name is Delac or as my teammates like to call me Devi."
"well Devi I hope we can work to rid this world of those apes."
"Agreed."
As soon as I said that the comms beacon on my HUD lit up and a faint message came through.
"This is Captain Jim of the 107th ODST drop team. If any of my teammates survive please respond."
"Casey checking in. I'm with Sarah in the Grand Bazar Hotel near our drop points. Marking our position on the HUD now."
As she finished two blue dots appeared on the mini-map not too far away."
"This is Devi. I'm heading towards your position Doc and Deadshot."
It wasn't long before Casey got back on the comms and retorted, "don't call me that Devi!"
"hey you guys call me Devi so I call you Doc."
Before Casey could retort back Jim got back on the comms, "can it you two. Casey I'll be there in a few minutes with a civilian in tow."
"Roger, we will be waiting."
"Hey Casey I'll be there in a few minutes. I'm only about two blocks away."
"Roger we'll be waiting."
"just a heads up I have two friendlies coming in with me."
"who are they?"
"you will see when we get there just don't shoot them."
"what do you mean don't."
I turned off my comms before she could ask then I turned to the two elites who were waiting patiently for me to finish.
"let's move before a patrol spots us."
"Fine Human."
"I'm right behind you Devi."
I turned and started to lead the way in silence but in my mind there was a war going on.
'This is going to be hard to convince my team to accept them in. It feels like I'm going to be walking into hell.'