"Dispose of me, will you?!" Six yelled. He pulled his DMR from his back and began firing upon the robots. John did as well, gunning down two of them. There were at least seven more left, but they thankfully weren't all that bright. Not only that, but they were slow, and moved around at walking speed. One of the orange beams hit Six's shoulder, burning him again.
"Don't let the beams touch you!" Six yelled to John.
They fired on the robots for about thirty more seconds before the last one fell to the ground. Six walked up to a nearby bot and stomped on it. The beam detatched from the robot and shot a short burst of the laser at Six's foot. He raised it just in time, but this gave him an idea.
As Six rummaged through the bot's shell, Cortana was thinking about what their next move would be.
"We have to destroy the installation." John said. "Or at the very least, disable it."
"The Chief is right. If this ring were to be activated..."
No one needed to continue. It was out in the open.
"According to my analysis of the available data, I believe the best course of action is somewhat... risky." Cortana said.
"Risky is better than no plan. Let's hear it." Six said.
"An explosion of sufficient size will help destabilize the ring, and will cut through a number of primary systems. We need to trigger a detonation on a large scale. A star ship's fusion reactors going critical would do the job." She said. "I'm going to search what's left of the Covenant battlenet and see if I can locate the Pillar of Autumn's crash site. If the ship's fusion reactors are still relatively intact, we can use them to destroy Halo."
"Hey, if it stops that pint-sized terror ball from destroying all sentient life, then you can count me in." Six said.
"Me too." John replied.
After a short period of silence, there was the sound of another beam shot. John whipped towards Six.
"Aha!" Six said. "I did it!"
"You did what, exactly?" John asked.
Six turned and raised one of the robot's beams. "I found out how to shoot it manually. You just have to pull back this thingy. See?" He said, firing it into the wall. "I think this is going to get interesting. Cortana, how goes the search?"
"I haven't located the crash site yet but we need to buy some time, in case the Monitor or his Sentinels find a way to activate Halo's final weapon without the Index." Cortana said. "The machinery in these canyons are Halo's primary firing mechanisms. They consist of three phase pulse generators that amplify Halo's signal, and allow it to fire deep into space. The power levels are enormous. So, if we damage or destroy these generators, the Monitor will need to repair them before Halo can be used. That should buy us some time. We need to move in and neutralize the device."
"Sounds simple enough. Where to, Cortana?" Six asked.
"Right... here." She said, marking a spot on their maps. "I just hope that we can get to all of them before..."
"We will. That's a promise." John said.
The two Spartans were getting closer to their target, as they had found a pair of Banshees outside of the control center. Any second, and they would be right on top of it.
Six found the piloting of Covenant vehicles to be more difficult than UNSC vehicles, as the strange layouts and oddly shaped controls confused him. A Banshee wasn't dissimilar from a UNSC class Hornet, however, and Six got a grip on the controls quickly.
"You should be arriving at the structure which contains the pulse core now." Cortana said. The two Spartans touched down and got out of the Banshees. Six walked up to the structure with John close behind. When they got inside, they were greeted by a large, four pronged generator with crackling electricity bouncing in between the four pieces.
"How are we going to overload this thing, exactly? I don't see a terminal anywhere." Six said.
"Simple. While you were flying here, I tinkered with John's shields so that they'll deliver an EMP burst to disrupt the generator. You will need to walk into the beam to trigger it." Cortana replied.
"Alright." John said. He walked forwards into the middle, and electricity crackled around him. His shields disabled as the core powered down, sending an electric pulse around the room.
"Holy cow, it worked." Six said.
"I'm not too surprised." John said.
"The generator's central core is offline. Well done." Cortana said. As they ran back outside to the Banshees, Six felt a little bit different. He wasn't sure why at first, but then it hit him.
"Uh, Cortana?" He asked.
"Yes, Six?" She replied.
"I can't move my arm." He said.
"Oh, of course! The EMP must have affected your prosthetic." Cortana said. "I should have seen that coming. Here, let me reboot it."
A few seconds later, his arm whirred. He tried to move it, and it worked.
"Alright! I got a little worried for a minute." Six said. "Let's go shut the rest of those things down."
"The next one is about a click that way." Cortana said, putting another marker on the Spartans' HUDs.
The two Spartans got into their Banshees and flew off towards the next destination. If the rest of these generators were just as easy to take down as the first...
Well, Guilty Spark didn't have a chance.
Sorry for the immensely short chapter. It was also pretty boring, but there's almost no way that I can make that part interesting.
Regardless, I'm going to a Birthday party tomorrow, and I am not going to update unless I can get a hold of my friend's tablet. I'm sleeping there, too, so I might not update until even Sunday afternoon. Bah, I've gone for 10+ days without updating before, I'm sure you'll all live.
Have a good day/night, Wolfgang!
~Husky