A/N: Hey guys sorry about this chapter being shorter than usual. I haven't had much free time as of late so I apologize in advance for this chapter being rushed and unfinished. School will be starting soon and I will have even less time to work on this story. So this will be the last chapter of this current story since looking back at the story as well as the comments I feel like I have lost a lot of potential readers due to the grammar issues and overall way the story was written so I will be posting a revised version of this story with grammar corrections as well as a bit more development of the arcs in the story. The new version should have the first chapter up before the end of September. The new version of the story should be titled Halo: The Clone Wars Crisis V2/rewrite. And to the readers who have stuck with the story thank you for staying with this story.
The pod's thrusters rumbled loudly as they suddenly slowed the pod so that it would hit the ship at a relatively safe speed. There was a sudden impact that slowed the pod the rest of the way as it hit the ship pulling at everyone's harnesses. Kyle hit the button that would activate a pair of wielders mounted on a rail in the inside of the front armor. They would spin around on the track and cut a hole in the enemy ship. After a number of seconds a red light lit up on the front wall of the pod. Kyle pulled the cord connecting his helmet to the pod out and unclipped his harness.
He walked forwards to the red button and pushed it causing a panel to slide away revealing two switches and a button. Kyle pressed a button and there was a muffled thump outside the pod as the small amount of explosives laced through the middle of the armor detonated. Flicking one of the switches caused the now two separate pieces of armor to pull apart and retract to the sides revealing an airlock. A red light lit up and Kyle waited as the airlock equalized pressure between the pod and the ship. Once the light turned green Kyle flipped the other switch causing the airlock to open.
Kyle stepped out battle rifle up and scanning for targets looking both ways down the hallway seeing it was clear he motioned the others to follow and soon everyone was outside of the pod. They were about to move out when they heard footsteps behind them wheeling around they saw the Spartans armed to the teeth. Kyle looked to his sides to make sure his weapons were still there on his right thigh he had a M6S "AutoMag" Sidearm and on his left thigh he had an energy sword with an emblem that Cortana commented on the com frequency the UNSC crew was using was using.
"Kyle, where did you get that Energy Sword from according to my records from the Sangheili Separatist's Battle Net that is the Crest that was on the Arbiter's sword?" Kyle had a feeling that she wasn't going to drop the matter until she got an answer.
"Well after the Battle at the Ark the war was over and the war was over Thel got a message from their home world and they were preparing to set off to answer the call after they had dropped off the surviving humans that had fought on the Ark, but Lord Hood had decided that it would help ease tensions among their two races to have a joint operation and as an act of good faith had asked for volunteers to help the Sangheili as they had helped us and most ODSTs onboard the ship had volunteered. A good number of Marines and Navy personnel mostly pilots also volunteered so those who didn't volunteer or were injured were dropped at Cairo station and the Shadow of Intent had headed off to answer the call for help.
We got their and found small amount of Brute Loyalist ships. They had boarded a civilian space station and were threatening to kill the civilians that were on the station if their ships were fired upon or if any attempt was made to retake the station. Even with Sangheili defense fleet and the strength of the Shadow of Intent. They couldn't approach without the Brutes killing all 100 hostages. The Brute fleet didn't notice or care about the arrival of the new ship since they were waiting for their own reinforcements so that they could reduce the planet below them to nothing but glass. One more ship made no difference to them.
The Arbiter had a plan to get in and recapture the station. During the long slipspace travel me and a few of the more technologically inclined UNSC personnel with permission from the Arbiter we were able to use some active camouflage modules and attach them to a phantom and after some tinkering they were able to cloak the entire ship. By combining the modules and altering their fields they were able to make it so the shimmering effect that was associated with Sangheili camouflage was lessened.
The Arbiter had asked for volunteers to help him retake the station using the cloaked phantom. Four ODSTs and I all volunteered to join in the mission as soon as they heard about it. Ten Marines had volunteered along with one Navy pilot who had previous experience with Phantoms. The rest of the crew was The Arbiter and 10 Spec Op Elites. They all rushed to grab weapons The ODSTs and the Marines all took MA2B Assault Rifles that were brought onboard for the ODSTs. The MA2B was an older version of the rifle currently in use by the UNSC.
The MA2B was able to have a suppresser and is durable. They also took M6S pistols or Silenced M7 Caseless Submachine Guns. The Navy Pilot took an M7S. The Elites all had energy swords and Carbines or Plasma Rifles.
We all moved towards the Phantom I boarded the ship right before the Arbiter once everyone was aboard and we made sure the cloak was working. The plan was to have the Marines stay in the ship and guard it from the Brutes. The ODSTs and Elites would then go in and free the hostages from the nearly 300 strong Brute forces." Kyle stopped talking as they prepared to enter a door into another section of Kang's ship since they continued on while Kyle informed Cortana of the story behind the energy sword. They had yet to meet any signs of resistance on their way to the reactor and time travel control center. The Spartans had pried the door open and they continued on.
"We were able to get to the station without a hitch and once we touched down the Elites went out of the ship with their active camouflage activated and secured the area around the ship and once it was secure our squad moved out into the shadows. During the flight we had formed our current squad Eagle squad: I was the squad leader as well as the technology expert; a young ODST I had known since basic training named Curtis Dodds was our sharpshooter; Sam who I also have known since we were kids was our medic; a ODST by the name of Brandon Coulter was our explosives expert; and the last member was an ODST by the name of Zack Robinson and he was our heavy weapons expert.
Once we were in the hanger we moved into the passageways built into most covenant installations that allowed engineers to move around the ship unseen. The passageway was too large for the Arbiter and the other Elites to travel through so they used their active camouflage and moved on to meet them at room near were the prisoners were being held. I took point as they walked through the small cramped passage. We walked for around four minutes before we had to descend to a lower floor through a vertical shaft that was about 5 feet in diameter. I went in first, Curtis second, Sam third, Brandon fourth, and Noah brought up the rear.
The pipe was smooth and he had to hold onto wires that ran the length of the shaft. Curtis was holding onto a wire that turned off into another tube that was too wide for them to climb down. As he was reaching for a thicker wire the one he was holding onto pulled loose from the intersecting pipe and Curtis lost his grip letting out a cry of surprise as he fell downwards. I heard Curtis cry out and looked up to see him falling towards me. As he passed me I reached out and grabbed his leg as he fell past me on his back.
I was holding onto a large cable and it was able to support both of us but when I caught Curtis he was upside down and his combat knife fell out of the holster on his chest. The knife fell all the way down the shaft until it hit a grate in the distance but with a far off metallic ping. I was able to swing Curtis over to the wall where he was able to get a grip on some wires and then we continued onwards into a side passage. We crawled along until we reached the hall were the room was at that we would meet up with the Sangheili. I was still on point and hit one of the two buttons on the wall next to the door causing the doors motors to release the door and allowing me to lift the door enough to snake a fiber optic probe through the small opening in the bottom of the door. I hooked the probes receiver into my helmet. Once we made sure the hallway was clear we moved out and into the room that we were meeting the Sangheili. We entered the room and they decloaked after we closed the door.
"Humans he have scouted the area where they are holding the hostages the brute force is 300 strong but they are disorganized and only using verbal communications due to a COM jammer that was set up by a group Sangheili crew members before they were all rounded up. There is a group of Brutes that make up their leadership three chieftains that are stationed on the bridge to keep an eye on the ships orbiting the station. They have a relatively small group of brutes guarding them if we were to kill them then we would take out their leadership causing them to abandon any tactics they are using. We will move towards the bridge and take out any brutes we can along the way."
Once we had a plan we headed out and on our way to the bridge we only lost two Sangheili. When we opened the blast door to the bridge we found six brute captains as well as the three chieftains. As soon as the door opened we all opened fire. Four of the captains fell in the first barrage but as soon as we began to shoot the chieftains powered up their over shields and lunged at our group. Our concentrated firepower was able to kill one of them but by that time we all had to roll forwards or backwards to get out of the way of the crushing force of the hammer.
The Arbiter and I rolled forwards since we were taking point and everyone else rolled backwards. One of the brutes went after me but missed and hit the door controls shutting the Arbiter and me inside trapped with one of the brutes and the other two were with the others.
I looked around for my rifle that I had lost when we dived through the door. I grabbed the M6S pistol on my thigh as the Arbiter grabbed his Energy sword. The brute charged Thel and he raised his sword in a defensive position and was able to cause the hammer to ricochet off and impact into the floor making the ground reverberate. I emptied the magazine into the back of the brute but his shields merely blocked the bullets. The brute wheeled around and swung the blade on the hammer at me I tried to get out of the way but it hit me across the left side of my chest cutting through the armor and leaving a gash on my side along with a few broken ribs. The force of the blow sent me across the room into a wall. As I sat up I took a ragged breath I found that one of the ribs had punctured one of my lungs. I gave a hacking cough and blood spattered the inside of my visor obscuring my vision. I pulled my helmet off and was able to see the brute.
It was raining hit after hit on Thel who was able to deflect all of them but each time the brute swung he got closer to landing a blow with his hammer. My vision was blurry and I saw Thel get launched through the air when the hammer hit at his feet after the brute swung at him in a random pattern of swings. The brute let out a laugh as he prepared to kill Thel. Raising the hammer above his head he barred his teeth as he prepared to kill the one who almost singlehandedly caused the collapse of the Covenant. I took my M6S and slid a new magazine into the gun before I took a deep breath that caused my broken ribs to shift causing me pain. I tried to block out as much of the pain as I could and jumped onto the brutes back. Putting the M6 to the side of his helmeted head I only got off two shots before it roared in rage before grabbing me and slammed me onto the ground. I landed on my side and my vision began to fade as I started to black out from the pain. I saw the brute raise his hammer high into the air. Time seemed to slow and unlike most though my life didn't flash before my eyes instead I felt a calm settled over me since I had done my best and that was all I could do. Before he could bring down the hammer Thel's sword pierced his chest from behind. The brute opened its mouth to cry out but no sound came out as Thel's sword had pierced his lungs.
The brute fell to the ground on top of me before Thel moved the brute off of me. I heard an explosion from my left and turned my head to the side to see the others enter the room. Sam ran over too me and pulled a can of Biofoam out of his pack injecting it into the wound I had the feeling of fire ants biting into every inch of the wound but it only lasted for a second as the biofoam only hurt upon initial application. I tried to sit up but my ribs shifted sending a wave of pain through me. I stayed on the ground until the biofoam had fully hardened. Sam pulled out a needle of morphine and injected it into my arm to numb the pain. Once we had control over the bridge Sam helped me into one of the stations on the bridge. I was able to hack into the computer and then we accessed the life support systems.
Sealing off the areas around the hanger I set the life support to suck air out of the hanger rather than feed air into it. After the air reached a certain point many of the brutes and elites slumped to the floor and after a few minutes I turned the air back to filling the room with oxygen so that they wouldn't die from lack of air. The rest of the battle was rather quick since they were all knocked out we dragged the brutes to the nearest airlock and sent them all hurdling into the cold vacuum of space while the fleet made short work of the brute loyalist fleet. Two ships were able to make their way out of the system but not before the Shadow of Intent and three other ships were able to triangulate the enemy ships' trajectory. We quickly got back to the hanger I had to be supported by Curtis and Sam. Once we reached the Shadow of Intent it jumped to Slipspace giving chase of the Brute ship.
Once Sam and Curtis carried me to the room the UNSC crew members had converted into a makeshift medical bay I received medical help and I was back up and about after a day with orders to take it easy for a week or so from the residential medical technician. I was on my way to the armory to pick up my armor which had been repaired by an Engineer. While repairing my armor it also upgraded my armor's audio sensors so I could hear clearer and upgrading my translation systems as well. My radio was also improved to produce a more secure COM channel as well as having increased sensor range. Once I began to assemble my armor I was approached by an Elite in red armor who told me that the Arbiter wished to speak to me. Quickly assembling my armor I put my helmet under my arm and followed the Elite through the maze like corridors of the vast carrier until we entered the upper decks and he stopped by a door. Stepping to the side he motioned me inside as the doors parted. Once I stepped through the door it closed behind me. I was in an empty room that I recognized as a Sangheili meditation room used by many Elites to calm their minds and bodies before battle. Sitting cross-legged on the floor was Thel who motioned for me to sit opposite him on the ground. Sitting down cross-legged on the floor I set my helmet next to me.
"What is your name" Thel asked in his deep voice speaking in almost flawless English.
"Kyle Gordon, what was the reason you wished to meet with me Arbiter?" I replied curiously as I still had no clue why I had been summoned.
"You fought valiantly and with honor when we fought that brute on the station, you risked your life to save me even when you were severely wounded. Many of your species wound not have risked their own lives to save one of my kind. I asked you here to hear why you choose to save me."
"I do share some resentment at what your species has done to mine but I also know we would have been hard pressed to win this war without your race's help. Your race along with the other races that made up the Covenant before its collapse was manipulated by the Prophets and their lies. I am glad that you were able to realize the truth and break the Prophets hold on your race before it was too late. As for why I tried to save you I saw you as an ally and I reacted the way any soldier reacts when an ally is threatened."
"I see the reason for your choice and in that choice I see honor and valor worthy of a member of my race. That is something that I have seen in many of your race. When we fought with you under the lies of the prophets I saw your race give their lies willingly so that the rest of your race could live on. I would like to bestow upon you the honor of being an honorary member of the 'Vadam clan. In rare cases members of my species will meet the requirements to become an honorary member of a clan without having a blood connection. You are the first of your species that has earned this honor."
"Thank you for this great honor, what are the privileges of becoming a member of the 'Vadam clan?"
"You will be welcome in the 'Vadam keep and you will be given a room in the keep that you can use anytime you are on Sanghelios. You will also have the right to wear the 'Vadam family's crest and I will teach you how to use an energy sword, if you would wish to learn how to wield the weapon."
"I would be honored to learn to use the energy sword."
Thel stood up and motioned for me to follow him. We walked out of the meditation room and turned left before walking down a hallway towards a lift at the end of the hall. Stepping into the lift we ascended up a number of floors before the doors opened into a hallway. Entering a door on the left side of the hallway we walked into a large room that was used for dueling. The arbiter took an energy sword off of his thigh and threw it to me. He produced his own blade and we began dueling. We dueled for two weeks during the journey after the brute extremists. I was able to learn a basic style and adapt it to more suit my way of fighting.
After two weeks in Slipspace an announcement came over the speakers first in the elites native language and then in English, "Attention all UNSC personnel, we will be exiting Slipspace in three minutes, everyone to their battle stations." I was walking with Sam and Curtis when we heard the announcement we quickly ran to the Armory and grabbed silenced M7 sub machineguns before going to the hanger were there was a large number of troops loading into drop ships, ranging from sprits to pelicans. We stopped to let a group of pilots run past us to their Longswords. We quickly moved into our predetermined pelican just as a vibration passed through the entire ship signaling their transition back into real space.
The ship vibrated as it fired its plasma cannons but the sounds of battle suddenly ceased with a massive explosion. The Brute ship had been disable but rather than be boarded they self-destructed reducing their ship to a cloud of debris that pinged off of the carriers shields.
We combed through the wreckage but unable to find anything useful we headed back to Sanghelios to help repair the damage that was caused by the attack. The Arbiter also gave a speech thanking the members of the UNSC that had come to aid them. Before we headed back to Earth the Arbiter contacted the Council of elders that was currently the governing body that was created until the race recovered from the war. Thel proposed that when he returned the UNSC crew to Earth he might propose a more permanent alliance with the UNSC rather than the mutual agreement to fight together that had untied them after the Great Schism. The council came to a vote that was in favor of the idea giving Thel permission to negotiate an alliance with the UNSC.
Once that discussion was over we set heading for Earth and quickly entered Slipspace. During the flight I continued to spare with the Arbiter. Once we returned to Earth the Arbiter met with Lord Hood, I was also there for the meeting as in addition to the Alliance the Arbiter also told Hood of my new honorary title. Hood seemed happy to form an official alliance with the Sangheili and as for my new title he didn't seem to react. But that was the last time I saw the Arbiter because we were shipped out the next week to fight covenant loyalists and insurrectionists. Then I ended up in a few battles join the Sword Project and now here we are."
Cortana seemed satisfied with his answer and they were almost to the reactor on Kang's ship since they had continued to walk during the story, interestingly enough they hadn't found any locked doors or any form of resistance. This gave all of them the feeling of walking into an ambush. The group formed up around the door as the Hulk roared and kicked the door hard causing it to fly inwards and clatter to a stop on wall in the far side of the massive room. The only light in the room came from a massive coil that had a blue pulsing energy inside of it. There was a console near the other end of the room that was attached to the coil. As soon as the stepped into the room large doors slammed shut behind them and lights came on illuminating the entire room. Kang was floating a few feet off the ground with sneer on his face.
"Avengers it seems that you have gained some new allies but no matter there is nothing you can do to stop me from taking over the Earth to restore the timeline." With that Kang reached into two green portals that appeared on either side of him. He pulled out two rifles before firing on Captain America who quickly rolled out of the way as the rest of the group quickly jumped into action. Hulk roared and leapt at Kang who shifted his aim to shoot Hulk in the head making him fly backwards, his face smoking slightly. Iron Man and Thor flew into the air and started to attack Kang but he was able to dodge Iron mans attacks and Thor as well.
Kang shot at Iron Man landing a number of strikes on his palms effectively disabling his repulsers. Before he stopped time and moved Iron man in front of Thor's hammer. He then resumed the flow of time causing Thor to hit Iron man in the back launching him forwards and stunning him. Kang then turned to Thor firing an energy bolt that bound Thor's hands and feet together, he fall to the ground temporarily out of the fight. Hawkeye fired arrows at Kang who merely sent them flying back at Hawkeye who was able to dodge all but one. The arrow landed next to him exploding and sending him flying into the wall sending him into the embrace of unconsciousness. Captain America leapt to the side as Kang fired on him but he then turned his attention the UNSC crew who had all fired on him at once. The rounds bounced off his shields but dropped them to 43%. He quickly fired at all of them making them scatter. Kyle, Sam, and Curtis all reloaded their battle rifles and continued to fire on Kang once they recovered from him shooting at them. The Spartans continued to fire their assault rifles their shields flickering as they moved out of the way of Kang's shots. Captain America leapt towards Kang punching him hard while his attention was focused on the UNSC crew. Kang fell back to the ground not expecting to be hit from the side.
Kang quickly shot at Captain America who was able to get his shield up in time but he was launched backwards losing his shield in the process. Kang stood up firing on the defenseless Avenger. But before his shots hit Kyle had leapt in front of the Captain activating his arm mounted energy shield which glowed a blood red as it struggled to block the powerful lasers. Kyle quickly brought up his M6S pistol as he had lost his rifle when he dived to block the shots. Rapidly pulling the trigger Kyle sent six 12.7x40mm Armor-Piercing rounds at. The rounds merely bounced off of Kang's shields but they made him back up for long enough that Captain America could retrieve his shield.
"Enough!" Kang exclaimed pressing a button on his wrist causing a green pulse to envelope Captain America, Kyle, and himself. Immediately Kyle noticed that everyone had suddenly frozen except for Captain America and him. He quickly adjusted his aim to Kang and tired to fire again but was rewarded with a metallic click. Glancing to the top of his heads up display the ammo counter read zero. Pulling the slide back he saw the bullets in the magazine were indeed gone. Looking in his spare magazines he saw the bullets were gone from them as well. Returning the pistol to his thigh Kyle saw that his energy sword was still on his other thigh.
Kyle grabbed the hilt of the energy sword from his hip and hit the activation switch. Hissing like cobras as the twin prongs of plasma erupted from the blade. Swinging the blade at Kang it impacted his shield causing it to glow green as it repelled the massive heat generated by the twin blades of superheated plasma. Quickly bringing his shield up Kyle blocked a number of bolts Kang fired at him. Striking again the shield turned a brighter green. Kang fired a sonic blast from his palm launching Kyle back and causing him to drop his energy sword.
Captain America threw his shield at Kang distracting him from finishing off Kyle. The shield bounced off Kang's shield and back into his hand just in time for him to get it in front of him and block Kang's return fire.
Kyle rolled over onto his hands and knees and stood up quickly retrieving his energy sword and looking over to Kang to see his shield still a bright green. Raising his right arm and pressing a button on the side of the gauntlet. The shield coming out of his arm condensed into a football shaped ball of energy that flew at Kang. The ball of energy impacted his shields causing them to glow so brightly that Kyle's visor polarized slightly to keep the light from hurting his eyes before the shields flashed out of existence. This was a modification Kyle made to the energy shield gauntlet that allowed it to launch all the plasma used in the shield at an opponent similar in strength to an overcharged plasma pistol at the cost of a very long time for the shield to recharge.
Seeing that the battle was now a close quarter fight Kang made to time portals appears and placed his rifle inside while pulling out two swords. He then leapt forward swinging both swords in a crossing slash trying to take off Captain America's head. His strike was blocked by the Captain's shield.
Captain America quickly charged forward pushing Kang back and setting him off balance. Kyle slashed diagonally aiming for Kang's neck. He saw the strike coming and raised his own swords to block the strike but was only partially successful as his swords were able to stand up to the energy swords they merely deflected the blow causing it to put a small cut on his arm. The cut was barely half an inch deep a meager wound compared to what the energy sword could do but it did serve to anger Kang.
Kang swung one sword at Kyle's head and one at his feet causing him to jump back before trying to retaliate with an upwards slash that Kang blocked with one of his swords stabbing at Kyle's chest but bouncing off the shields and only dropping them 18%. Kang pushed hard with his sword trying to force Kyle back but was blindsided by Captain America who hit Kang hard in the side with an uppercut. Kang jumped back holding his side and could tell that he most likely had bruised ribs from the augmented punch from Captain America.
Kyle and Captain America both attacked at the same time causing Kang to raise a sword to block each of their strikes. But he didn't expect Kyle to do a sweeping kick that took out his legs and caused him to fall onto his back. Kyle quickly slashed at Kang's arm. Kang was able to move his arm to the side but the blade melted through the control panel for his suit that was on his gauntlet. The green energy field that was surrounding the three of them flashed twice and then disappeared.
As for the UNSC crew and the Avengers they were suddenly aware that Kang as well as Kyle and Captain America had moved away from them. Jumping into action they all attacked Kang as one. The Avengers hit first, Hulk jumping forwards hitting Kang hard sending him flying back into a wall where Iron Man, Hawk Eye, Captain America, and Thor all attacked him. The combination of Iron Man's repulsers, Captain America's shield, Hawkeyes arrows, and Thor's hammer all hit Kang tearing his armor in multiple places. The UNSC crew hit Kang with a combination of punches, kicks, and other CQC combat moves. Kang fell to the ground knocked out from the massive amount of pain that was imparted on his body.