Artiox was not pleased, in fact he was very very angry. One of his warlords, the arrogant Vordius disobey an direct order, and most of his troops killed to those infectious flood. Which made him abandon many positions to combat the flood, when some of them went back they reported the humans taking over those areas.
"Your arrogance cost us Vordius! I gave you and Pavium a simple task. Too scout the shell and salvage the ships, but you wanted to prove yourself. Do you know how many were infected to the flood?!" Artoix asked angrily.
Both Vordius and Pavium were inside scared. The only time Artoix ever did this was that one time when that careless Brute tried to prove himself by destroying a human base only to get himself defeated. The Punishment was not good.
Pavium began to think of of the humans instead of this. Why would they go there? What was their goal? If he survive this he needed find out.
Vordius though was otherwise, he want to give an excuses to try to save his skin. Then he thought of the sentinels as he said "we gained access to the Forerunner controls here we could use them on the humans."
"Use? Use?! I want you to make yourselves useful by going somewhere else and obey your orders! your punishment will be not seeing any action!" Artoix yelled as he got his mace, grab Vordius neck as he put the mace near his chest as Pavium could just watch not wanting to fight Artoix as the mighty brute said "You try to disobey me one more time and I will put this mace and crush you with it! Under Stood?!"
Vordius nodded a yes as Artoix put him down as he walked back to the table and said "Now leave!"
The brothers nodded as they both turned away but Pavium turned around and asked "Why were there human there?"
This caught Artoix attention as Vordius stop surprise and turned around to face his brother as Artoix turned around and asked "Human at the high charity? Explain."
"When we're clearing a route before the infection we spotted a small human base and scout group nothing serious. When we toke them out there was a report from a human saying about no life no nothing." Pavium explained this made Artoix troubled.
Putting his hand to his chin he began to think of a reason. There was no way the human could not have know of the flood there unless that AI that Isabel could have know of the threat there otherwise the human's would not have been there.
"Find a human outpost have them called Captain cutter. I wish to have a talk with him and warn about that place." Artoix ordered as Pavium nodded as he turned to left before he left Artoix said "You are very good at this."
Pavium didn't know what he meant but left anyway. He then began to think about this Captain Cutter and how well he treated his men along with any commander on the UNSC Spirt of Fire. He Respects him cause of how he was willing to fight the Banished. He also thought of the men and how they were not willing to left any of their men behind if they retreat.
He began to question of why the Banished didn't fight them instead of the scientist that was on the Ark? What was the whole point of them being on the Ark? Was artoix beginning to act like the Prophets? He was filled with many questions he didn't notice Vordius calling him.
"Pavium! Are you coming?!" Voridus asked as Pavium shook the thoughts out as he nodded and got on. Little did Vordius realize that his brother is question the Banished and their true goals day by day.
Spirt of Fire
Cutter looked over the report. So far so good Ever since Isabel detected the majority of the Banished moving to where ever the heck they went to, but still the recon group they sent went dark a few days after they made a small base there. Isabel made herself to blame for those men to disappear or worst dead, but Jerome assure her that what ever happen wasn't here fault.
Cutter notice the last few weeks Jerome and Isabel seem to be growing a connection while a few men whisper that their in love, Douglas would tease them sometimes, while Alice just roll her eyes.
He was cut out of his thoughts when the alarm went off as he asked "Isabel what we got?"
"Multi able ships coming out of warp sign unknown if it was friend or foe." Isabel said a little worried, Cutter curse under his breath if it was banished then they would really be out match.
"Alert all personal to battle stations, get ready to evac troops, call Jerome and have him be ready to set up a base if we lose." Cutter ordered as everyone went to battle stations.
"Aye sir." Isabel ordered as she did what Cutter said, then she paused for a moment as she looked at the scanners when a joy smile appear as she turned and said. "Captain your not going to believe this."
Cutter was confused of what Isabel meant as the Infinity, and several other ships appeared as the crew watch too surprised by this sudden appearance.
A call came threw as a young man in his thritys appear as he said "Spirt of fire this is Captain Lasky of Infinity. Need a hand?"
Cutter couldn't help but smile as he said "Infinity thanks for the rescue."
Ladies and gentleman who are reading this i thank you for your comments but i have one thing to say for the two people who ask in the review. No cortana brainwashing john but i'll save that for when something happens.