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Inside The Belly Of The Beast
(The marines are staring at a floating sword inside the Truth and Reconciliation)
Master Chief pushed a nearby marine out of the way and open fired on the invisible assailant. Bullets hit the elite revealing its true armor; black, shiny, mirror like armor came into view. It charged with a blood curling scream and hit a marine with its free arm, poised to stab the helpless marine, Link threw his body against the elite knocking the beast off balance and the beam sword from its hands. Before the elite could regain balance a volley of bullets smashed its shields and brought it down to its knees leaving it vulnerable. Master Chief walked over to the elite only to here a loud deep yell, "demon slayer!"
Master Chief spun around like lightening and saw another elite charging at him needler in hand. Link ran toward the oncoming opponent and saw grunts trailing in behind the elite. The marines took immediate action and opened up on the grunts plasma and bullets shot by inches from Link. Link ran toward the elite as pink foot long needles poured out the small weapon. Link kept running, and dodging when he could, as the elite drew nearer he jumped up and brought his left foot up as a decoy and shoot out his right foot hitting the elite square in the chest. The elite hit the ground and rolled throwing himself up. The sound of metal doors closing behind Link made him worry, but a small pain that steadily grew worst pushed its way into links mind, Link looked down and found a long pink needle wedged in the back of his leg. He looked up and saw an eerie smile came for three elites.
(Rizzel is in the covenant drop ship as it lands at the base of the Truth and Reconciliation)
Pain and hate shot through her veins, it felt as if acid was poured into her blood stream. Before her eyes lay to good friends San (female, pronounced like sun but with a long a sound) and Berlioz (male, the back kitten from Aristocats) lay dead before her eyes. They were like brother and sisters. As hate welled up inside her she saw movement up ahead, a marine crawling for a plasma pistol, Rizzel ran over and kicked the gun from reach. The marine lay there motionless paralyzed in fear. The jackal looked over him, one of his legs had been shattered and was unable to go far. A disgusted look came across Rizzel's face, as more hatred blew through her like a powerful wind, she gently walked over and stepped on the injury a scream of pain shot from the human it was overwhelmingly clear she had planned on torturing him to brink of death and leaving him, but something she learned from Berlioz came to her. Remembering that war is war and casualties are common on both sides but the best way to die is honorably in battle, one must never forget honor. As tears swelled up in her eyes she stepped up and with that the marine lay his face in the dirt panting at an irregular rate, she stepped over him and shot him clean through the head killing him instantly. The platoon avoided her glare as she stepped forth and let her head down in a bowing motion to pay her respects to the two hunters. She bent down and grabbed herself another plasma pistol and walked to the gravity lift. As she stepped in her last thoughts were of her friends Fiffer and Octaviouis, and hope of their safety.
(Further in the Truth and Reconciliation Master Chief and the remaining marines searched for their missing comrades)
"Alright marines lets rest here," ordered Cortana.
"Are you sure we'll be ok here this is a covenant hold bay?" asked a nearby marine. Master Chief looked around he saw dead humans and covenant in small cells with a pink force field. Master Chief looked around some more until he was satisfied, and sat down on some steps leading to a control console.
"Yeah we'll be fine here for a little bit, this is not an active holding cell," said Master Chief.
"What do you mean?" question Cortana.
"Well for one thing every captive here is already dead, no use checking up on the dead right?" Master Chief had concern in his voice but he masked it well, only Cortana could really tell.
"I wonder where Link went," blurted out a marine. Master Chief new something was up, but he also knew that Link could handle himself.
"I'm sure he's fine, remember he's a skilled fighter," said Cortana. Silence fell on the small group, it seemed like hours before the Cortana came on the radio, "motion sensor picked something up, looks like six enemies, everyone next to the door they most be patrolling the area for us."
Master Chief peeked out the door at first he saw nothing but then a floating sword went by then three more. Two visible elites were right in the middle carrying something down the long corridor.
One of the invisible elites powered down his camouflage and sleek white armor came into view. There, put that thing with the rest of them, he barked. And you two reinforcements are on their way. Let nothing in or out, do you understand? The two elites bowed their head and watch as the white elite vanished once more and the plasma swords floated away.