Master Chief and the Arbiter battled their way through the forest.
Along the way, Johnson's pelican was shot down and he was captured by Brutes.
Now Chief and The Arbiter must rescue him.
Master Chief and The Arbiter reach a low cliff overlooking a dam.
Damn, thought Chief, thats alot of Covenant.
The Arbiter points out towards the ends of the dam
"See how they bait their trap?" The two see Johnson being beat by a Chieftain and throw into a makeshift prison.
"I will help you spring it." He finishes.
"Hey Arbiter?" Chief asks.
"Yes?" He replies.
"Dont you want to know who my daddy is? And what it is he does?"
The Arbiter ignored the Chief and began moving down the cliff.
Non of the Covenant forces see the pair as they advance.
Chief is the first to fire. Killing a Grunt with a short burst from the Assault rifle he was carrying. The Covenant forces where alerted to the pairs presence and began to fight.
A plasma grenade goes off with the sound of hot plasma and rifle rounds flying through the air. Blood spatters the floor as Grunts and Jackles fall down dead.
All the small fry are done, but where are those brutes? Chief looked around.
"Spartan!" The Arbiter yelled and Chief instinctively ducked as Spiker rounds just barely avoided his head. Brutes where coming from the bridge, led by the Chieftain.
Chief ran up the stairs to the Bridge house and got a view of what he was up against.
Thats Seven Brutes, Chief thought to himself, Three Grunts, Two Jackles, and the Chieftain. Easy enough.
The Arbiter came up behind Chief and raised his carbine. The two charged the opposition and began to fire.
Johnson was sitting behind a plasma barrier tied up.
Now this just aint right, he thought to himself.
As he began to free himself from the ropes, Master Chief walked in.
"This isn't as fun as it looks." Said Johnson, "Cut the power!"
Chief did so and the other Marines freed themselves
"Brutes were gonna gut us, sir." said a Marine as he got up.
Johnson walked over to Chief "We're even," He says "as long as we're only counting today. Kilo 023, what's your ETA?"
"Imminent, Sergeant." Replied Hocus "Find some cover. Gotta clear a path."
"Roger that Hocus," Johnson replies "friendly gunship comin in hot!" He yells as he motions the Marines to pick up Covenant weaponry.
Master Chief walks outside where the Arbiter is. He lookes out to the Dam and notices two Phantoms carrying Covenant troops.
"Oh Damn." He says "How will we possibly solve this problem? I mean there isnt a Gunship on its way or anything, so we might have to actually do something and kill a ship?"
Just as Chief finished his sarcastic comment, Kilo 023 comes in from the river bend and fires a barrage of missiles at the first Phantom.
"Oh yes," Says the Chief, "God forbid I get to actually do anything cool and just sit here while a minor character ends what should be a great fight."
"Scratch one!" Hocus says, the pelican began another barrage of missiles. "Thats two!" Hocus brings the Pelican down on the dam, Jonson and his Marines move towards it with Chief and Arbiter close behind.
Every one got on the Pelican but Chief. Johnson stared at Chief for a moment and broke the silence. "Do you or do you not want to finish the fight?"
Now, this triggered something in Chief's mind.
This is what he thought happened:
"Do you or do you not want to finish the fight?"
Master Chief's mouth opened wide, so did his eyes.
"YHEAA!" He yelled as he jumped in the air and began to fly. A rainbow being produced like a vapor trail.
While up in the air, Chief found a unicorn and began to beat it to Death. Taking its horn as a prize. Chief was shortly joined by Arbiter who was dressed like Arnold in Terminator 2.
"Your like the son I never had." Arnold the Arbiter said as both fly into space to fight Nazis.
Now this is what really happened:
"Do you or do you not want to finish the fight?"
Chief sat there.
"Chief?" Johnson said. "CHIEF!"
Master chief fell over like a statue. Arbiter looked at Johnson and He did the same. A Marine pulls out a small device and scans Chief.
"He's having a seizure."
"For the love of-" Every one got off the Pelican and tried to lift Chief onto the Pelican, with little success.
Two pelicans and seventeen Marines later, Chief was on board the Pelican and on his way to the Crows nest base.
A pair of Marine sentries spot the Pelican.
"IFF confirmed. Contact is Pelican Dropship Kilo 23. Over." on says to a Crowns nest operator.
"Roger that. What's the word, Kilo 23?" Asks the Operator.
"Sierra 117 on board. Request priority clearance. Over."
The Marines give each other 'props' via a fist pound and reply: "Deck's yours. Come on down."
Kilo 23 proceeds to land in a hole in the ground.
Chief wakes and sees the Arbiter.
"Hey Arbiter?"
"Yes?" Arbiter replies with a sigh
"Am I the best son you never had?"
Arbiter just looked at him.
Master Chief knew at that moment, Arbiter was probably going to be his best friend, and they would play video games, and kill things, and watch scary movies and-
"Were here." Johnson says and he gets out.
Following suit, so do the Arbiter and Chief. A Marine spots the Chief on the Landing pad.
"Hey, check it out. " One says.
"No way! A Spartan!" Yells another.
"For real? You better not be...." Says a third, as he is blinded.
"No man. He's here! We're gonna be alright!" Replies the first.
Commander Miranda Keyes comes out onto the Landing Pad to meet Johnson, Arbiter and the Master Chief.
"Where'd you find him?" She asked.
"Napping. Out back." Replies Johnson as they salute each other.
"Hmm, I'll bet. It's good to see you Chief." Keyes says as she raises her hand to shake the Chief's
"Uhh, yeah like wise." Says the Chief.
"Let's get you up to speed." She says as she begins to walk off into the base.
The others follow. Chief whispers to Johnson: "How old am I again?"
Johnson gives Chief a weird look but replies: "I dont know, forty two? Why?"
Chief ignored the question and continued "And Shes like almost thirty right?'
Johnson knew where this was going and just stopped the conversation.
"The Prophet of Truth's ships breached the Lunar Perimeter. Smashed what was left of the Home Fleet." Miranda began. "Terrestrial casualties from the subsequent bombardment were..." She stopped as they pass
some medics carrying a Marine on a stretcher. "...extreme. Truth could've landed anywhere, but he committed all his forces here. East Africa, The ruins of New Mombasa. Then, they started digging."
Chief remembered that The Prophet was going to activate Halo and asked "What about Halo?"
"We stopped it," She said "but only temporarily. Now, the Prophet of Truth is looking for something called 'The Ark', where he'll be able to fire all the Halo Rings. If he succeeds, Humanity, The Covenant, every sentient being in the Galaxy..."
"The Rings will own us." Said Chief. Miranda gave him a blank stare.
"Well uhh thats...." Miranda tried to come up with some reply but a Technician broke the silence
"Ma'am, I have Lord Hood." He said.
"Patch him through." She said as she looked at the screen.
"Good news, Commander Keyes?" Asked Lord Hood.
"As good as it gets, sir." Miranda said.
"So I see." Said Hood. "What's your status, son?" He said towards Chief.
"Green. Sir." Said Chief.
"Glad to hear it." Hood said. "The Commander's come up with a good plan. But without you, I wasn't sure we could pull it off."
"Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site." Miranda began "And his infantry has deployed Anti-Aircraft Batteries around the perimeter. But, if we neutralize one of the batteries, punch a hole in Truth's defenses..."
"I'll initiate a low-level strike. Hit 'em right where it hurts. I only have a handful of ships, Master Chief. It's a big risk. But I'm confident—" Hood was cut off. In fact all the power was cut off.
"Hell! Not again!" Yelled a Technician.
"Emergency generators! Now!" Commanded Miranda.
"Shielding failed. They're down and charging." Said another Tech.
"As soon as they're up, reestablish contact with Lord Hood. Let him know that-" Miranda was cut off as an image came up on all screens. It was the Covenant Prophet of Truth.
"You are, all of you, vermin." He began "Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your world will burn until its surface is but glass! Not even your Demon will live to creep...blackened...from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage; the culmination of our Journey. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I...I am their instrument!"
Chief pointed his finger at the Main screen and said: "No, YOU!"
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