Title: New Blood of a Lost Age
A Halo/HTTYD Crossover
Hey all. Chapter 11 speaking here, what a lovely shining day on the island of Berk. So how is everyone? Good? Great! Thanks for all the support over the past couple months, it's been amazing how many people actually like something I did. It's great to see so many of my readers actually continue from chapter one to read the whole thing.
Thanks go to Extended Experience for explaining to me what flames are. You're right, that guest user was quite rude weren't they?
Also to Rinter215 for a day lifting comment. Rest assured that they will be key moments in the plot.
And now we return to New Blood of a Lost Age. Some users may have to retune their equipment to receive the signals halfway through the episode. If this is the case, please press alt shift f4 delete enter hashtag semicolon dot five five six and you'll be fine...
Time setting: March 18/2560
5 days after Black Saturn failure
Run/UNSC INFINITY/File Scan/Code id 745520856129/005
~Access UNSC Document~
~ULTRA TOP SECRET~
Access Code: ************
~Code Invalid~
~SECURITY BREACH~
~Override A/Del Rio/64573647?
~Activating Document:
All UNSC/ONI ranking members be aware there have been no sightings or signs of communication from Indigo Terra. Experimental engine manufacture has ceased and the original designers have been terminated for safety reasons. A secret infiltration of the remaining Covenant BattleNet suggests similar experiments have also proved catastrophic with one destroyer and full crew lost. Peace talks with the Arbiter have been hostile and he has been removed until rebellions have died down. Station Deep Space 9 has been re-commissioned as it is in neutral space. Sweden has declared martial law until an agreement can be reached and most countries are expected to follow. EXTREME CAUTION is mandatory around all Sangheili, we believe there may have been sabotage and a large has also assembled around south west border designation aqua and north east border designation magnum. A pincer movement may be their plan if tey are indeed to attack. Any slight signals that the Indigo Terra has not been lost are to be reported immediately however Geneva has ordered search parties to stand down. Once again our utmost condolences to all those who knew the members of the Indigo Terra.
~Document Ends
~Definitive Code id/09816
~Source id etch 7084453
Command/STOP
Commander Del Rio got up from his desk and closed the file he was reading as a knock came on the door of his quarters. He closed the lid of his computer, dusted off his uniform so he looked presentable and walked over to the portal and opened it. Two young marines saluted before speaking.
"Sir we are here to escort you." one said.
"Oh? Escort me where?" Del Rio asked.
"Sir your presence has been requested by Admiralty sir" the other answered for the first.
Del Rio nodded, locked his quarters and proceeded to follow the marines to the meeting rooms. The Deep Space 9 station really was something to behold considering when it was made. It had just about everything required to outlive Earth and enough defences to even deter Covenant Super Carriers, but that never stopped them trying. The station hadn't seen much battle, partly because it was in a patrolled neutral zone but also because it couldn't go anywhere. It was built in the UNSC Leviathan dockyard which took 4 years to get to the neutral zone where the station would spend all of its time floating and hosting meetings for the most important and powerful people th universe had ever seen. Del Rio was led into a waiting room where the marines left him to look out the viewing window at all the stars.
Very soon, Admiral Lord Davey Stoker opened the door and invited him in. He gestured to a comfy leather chair on one side of a glass table for the commander to sit while the Admiral took the identical chair opposite.
The Admiral smiled before collecting a file marked URGENT from a draw under the desk. He put it on the table and slid the file over to the commander.
"This just came through. Sangheili government has agreed to a peace talk with the Arbiter here in thirteen hours. Personally I can't stand his condescending attitude but for the sake of diplomacy I must bear it. You are in charge of security here. The Arbiter will arrive in an armoured phantom but the Sangheili forces will create a three click radius around the station. Absolutely no one may enter that radius, friend or foe. Understand me?"
Del Rio nodded. "Yes sir"
"Dismissed commander". The admiral smiled.
The scouting party had no trouble trouble finding where the things that attacked them were because every two to three minutes one of their flying machines would go over the trees carrying something. They followed the trail through the trees for a long time. Their party consisted of Stoick, Gobber the remaining teenagers and some villagers. Their dragons weren't too far behind them but were keeping a distance because they could be seen easily.
They followed the trail until they found a clearing. They hid behind some rocks and peeped their heads out to get a view of the sight in front of them. There in the clearing stood a large grey building with squared walls. Every time those green flying machines came they were carrying another section that would seem to be bolted onto the last. Sometimes they carried vehicles with wheels, small and large and a couple carried things bigger. These were all promptly pushed inside a big room by people. That was the other thing. There were loads of people walking around the perimeter of the place. Some were taller than others but they all carried what looked like weapons. They were also dressed in a green colour, supposedly so they would blend in with their surroundings.
"What are they?" Gobber wondered out loud.
Stoick grunted. "There's only one way to find out" He looked to both sides. The villagers looked at him with a 'ready' expression on their faces.
"Oh no" Fishlegs' complaint could only just be heard as Stoick yelled the attack command. The villagers sprung over the rocks with their crossbows and other weapons primed. The people outside the building spun round and raised their weapons as a gathering of Vikings ran towards them. They immediately opened fire with their assault rifles which surprised the Vikings who split up so their shots would be less accurate. Gobber managed to land a perfect shot on one of them, who was promptly knocked over backwards with an arrow sticking out of its shoulder. The Vikings found some other rocks to hide behind. Just as one of the villagers looked out from behind the rock a loud crack was heard and her head exploded in a violent splash of red, sending blood over the others near her as she went tumbling backwards, Astrid screamed as she too was drenched.
An explosion caused by an arrow in a gas tank sent one of the things flying towards the Vikings crouching behind the rocks. Stoick ordered for them to fall back and the remaining villagers and the teenagers followed suit, Astrid however looked over to the body of one of the things, the one that was launched by the explosion. She looked closer at its face and pulled the mask off from over its eyes. She was surprised to find t looked like them! In fact, it looked exactly like them with pale skin and a sad expression on its face.
"Astrid!" Gobber called. She got up quickly and ran into the cover of the trees wondering about what she saw. So these people were just like them? That would explain why they looked so similar to the Vikings except for their smaller frames. But that didn't explain the weapons they carried. She would need to call the village together for a meeting to discuss what she had seen and how they were going to get Hiccup and Toothless back. Maybe if they were like the Vikings they would respond to reasoning?
I'll bet you never thought it was coming did you? Well you were wrong, sorry about the gory bit if you are of a nervous disposition, you should've looked away.
Until the Next Time...