Cortana: He's jammed our comms!
Ranger24: Hogia's screwed then.
Cortana: This is the last chapter we must stop him!
Ranger24: Let's do it.
Chapter 31: I think we're just getting started.
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Cloud drove forward the bikes engines roaring. He rapidly passed 100 miles an hour all around him were jelly fish and nobodies. All of them lept out of the way as he drove on Those unfortunate enough to not move in time were run down.
Cloud: WOOHAA!!! ROAD RAGE!
Areith: More like mutalated top of a ship rage but I see your point.
Cloud: Good.
He moves through very annoyingly simmalir areas of the ship.
Cloud: Why does everything always look the same?
After two minutes have passed areith opens the comm channel.
Areith: Hogia we are nearing a good extraction point.
Hogia: Got it I'm in bound.
They stop on an open platform.
Areith: Look!
Cloud looks to his left to see Echo 002 being followed by two banshee's and a spirt dropship.
Cloud: Wait the banshees are right but the dropship isn't suposed to be there!
Areith: Hogia you have two banshees and a dropship locked on your tail! Evade! Evade!
One of the banshees nails Hogia in the Engins pod.
Hogia: I'm hit! Repeat I'm hit! Everyone bail out!
Out of the back come Zuko, Neji, and Meg (I know this realy didn't happen but work with me!)
Areith: Hogia!
Hogia: I CAN'T HOLD HER!!! I CAN'T HOLD HER!!!
The dropship go's right past them flying into the chasm beneath the platform. Then there came a colum of smoke rose out of the pit.
Areith: ECHO 002!!
No answer came the banshee's pulled of but the dropship hung there for a moment.
Areith: He's gone along with Quagmire.
Zuko: How do we get out of here now?
Areith: Theres one last longsword interceptor in hanger a-21! Let's go!
Everyone climbed on board. Suddenly plasma fire impacted all around them.
Cloud: Aw Christ!
The dropship closes in cannons blazing.
Neji: Drive now!!
Cloud gunned the engine and they tore off but the dropship was in hot pursut.
Cloud: We need to lose some weight if we're going to out run them this bike can only hold three!
They all look at Meg who's on back.
Meg: Oh no! Your not pushing me off!
Zuko, Neji, and Cloud: Yes we are.
They push her off. She lands in a crumpled heap. Then she strugles to her feet in a terrible rage.
Meg: I HATE YOU ALL! AHHAAHHAH!!!! NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jelly fish burry her alive. She then wailed and was assimalted. The dropship still closed in on them.
Zuko: It's to fast!
Neji: Now what?
Cloud: I don't know!
Suddenly Cloud hears a disembodied voice. The voice of Captain Montgomery Uno.
Uno: Use the force Cloud. Let go of your emotions. We're all with you.
Behind him he thinks he can see the ghosts of all of the slain crew men and those who fell at reach and all of the other colonines and battles the toons had ever fought. All standing beside him all nodding and smiling at him. Cloud focuses and slowly begins to dodge each indivdual plasma blot.
Flame Rising: The force is strong with this one.
The tail of the bike where Meg once sat is struck by plasma fire but no one is hurt.
Areith: Any closer and we're through! Oh and theres a big jump ahead. If we make itt we can get to the hanger faster. But if we jump it we could be hit with plasma fire.
Cloud: We're going to jump it.
Areith: What!
He goes off the edge and the bike is airborne. Zuko and Neji start screaming as the dropship closes in on him.
Flame rising: I have you now!
Suddenly fifty claiber incindery rounds cut through the feulsalage of the dropship.
Flame Rising: WHAT THE F!
Ranger24: HEY FLAME FING RISEING! SUCK LEAD!!!
The emerald pheonnix screams over head as the dropship catches fire.
Flame Rising: Abandon ship!
The dropship crashes onto the platform on the other side of the jump that Cloud just made it.
Ranger24: Your all clear Cloud now get to that longsword and end this story!
The green pheonix jumps out of the story.
Cloud: Thanks.
Areith: Hurry!
Back at the wrecked dropship Flame Rising struggles out of the wreckage. Looking at the dropship he knows it's not going to fly but then he notices a single banshee that had been attached to the inside of the dropship.
Flame Rising: This isn't over!
Meanwhile with Cloud.
Areith: Only 250 meters to go and one minute fifty on the clock!
Cloud: We're in the clear!
They come to a stop out side the hanger as the metal box things won't let the bike through.
Cloud: There it is!
Suddenly there comes a wail. They turn around to see a jelly fish infected Meg holding a rocket launcher.
Cloud: Oh snap.
Then behind them comes the wail of a banshee. Flame rising has caught up!
Cloud: Not good.
Neji: Now what?
Cloud: Hang on.
He tackles Meg firing the rocket sending it flying into flame riseings banshee.
Flame Rising: Aw shit.
He explodes. Cloud and the others run full sprint for the longsword as the ship shakes and shudders. They climb aboard as a mob of jelly fish close in on them. The longsword shudders as the ship rumbles with another explosion.
Areith: We're cutting it close!!
Cloud climbs into the piolt seat while Zuko and Neji strap themselves in.
Areith: Seatbelts to maximum buckling!
Ten extra straps snap shut around Neji and Zuko.
Cloud: Here we go.
The ship lifts into the air then turns around slowly. Finnaly it rockets out of the hanger quickly breaking the sound barrier. Below the jelly fish converge in mobs on the old cruiser. They rocket into space just as the toon Releases it's pent up energy. It exploded. As they pulled away from the ring the engine status light blared as the engine tempatures reach critcal.
Areith: Shut them down we may need them later.
He did so and the two passangers unbuckled themselves.
Areith: Care to have a look?
They all made their way to a veiw port. From there they could see the explosion blow a sizeable chunk out of the ring. It hurtled through space and crashed into the rest of the ring. The massive ring slowly began to destroy itself. Everyone was silent. Then Cloud voiced everyone's concern.
Cloud: Did anyone else make it?
Areith: Scanning.
The pause left a feeling of forboding in the air. Then finnaly she spoke quietly.
Areith: Just dust and echo's. We're all thats left.
Cloud hung his head. Neji stiffened. Zuko was dead queit lost in thought. CLoud slowly mmade his way over to the piolt seat.
Areith: We did what we had to do. For earth. I mean an entire organization armada anhoiltated and the jelly fish... We had no choice.
Cloud sat down while Areith pluged into the ships computer and appeared on a small holo tank.
Areith: Halo... It's finished.
Cloud shook his head takeing off his helmet releaseing his spikey blonde hair from it's confined space.
Cloud: No. I think we're just getting started.
He sat back as the stars wheeled by the ship in the distance he could see the milky way.
Meanwhile near the wreckage of the ring.
Dojo flited about in space looking at the ruin of halo he floated off heading for the near by planet.
THE END FOR NOW.
Ranger24: There it's done.
Cortana: Ranger I'm sorry we couldn't save Hogia.
Ranger24: Don't fret Cortana thats just the way the story goes.
Cortana: Right. Sorry it's just I don't know. Hard knowing I had a chance to change something and I failed.
Ranger24: It's okay.
He turns to face the audaince.
Ranger24: I guess this is how all authors fell when they have just completed their first story. It's like finishing a marathon. Now I know how Frodo felt when he destroyed the ring. But now I must prepare for my next story Halo 2: a cartoon parody! But folks don't think it's over there is still the casualtie plak and the interview with the cast. By the way I need voulenteers for elite spec ops warriors! Fight alongside the Arbiter! Kill Urk hia, jelly fish, and hertics! Just sign up! Until next time! Peace out and may your swords stay sharp. Farewell.