The Master Chief, Beta Suiter, and the rest of the Marines of the Crash wakeup and climb out of the Pelican. "Well, that was quite a crash!" said the Beta Suiter who finally begun to start talking. "You talk?" asked John, "Yeah, of course. You talk, I talk!" replied the Beta Suiter. The crew begin exiting the gym as they see a lone Grunt, John nailed him quickly with his Battle Rifle without even alerting the rest. They reach a courtyard, seeing a Phantom leaving, where they seek refuge in a building and take defense against the Covenant until reinforcements arrived. The Master Chief uses a mounted Machine Gun on the balcony of the building, he mops up most of the Covenant.
The Beta Suiter also shows off some of his time powers. "If they didn't know we're here before, they do now." Johnson started. An Elite appeared on the roofs. "Yup, here they come, up high!" Johnson alerted. Beta Suiter took care of the Elite. "More on the street, left side!" A group of Covenant emerged from the alleyway, who are quickly neutralized by John. A swarm of Drones flew over the gates. "Buggers, comin' over the rooftops." John directed the turret towards them, easily mowing them down. Just then, the Phantom that previously flew off returns. "Eyes up! Phantoms back." Johnson alerted. It fired it's plasma cannons, but John aimed at them, shooting them off one by one.
After a few minutes, the battling stops. A Pelican hovers above the Courtyard, "My girl's a little big for that courtyard, Sergeant?" asked the pilot. "I see a good LZ on the other side of these buildings. Meet you there, over?" the pilot said. "Copy that, someone get a satchel on the gate!" replied Sergeant Johnson. Before someone could get one on the gate, it suddenly gets hit by something behind it, it gets hit three times, and falls down, revealing Hunters. "Stand back Marines, let the Chief and the Suit guy show you how it's done!" The Chief fires the Machine Gun on the Hunters, combined with the Beta Suiter firing two SMGs at them, they are wiped out in under seconds. "Second squad, this is Cortana. What's your status, over?" asked Cortana over the COM. "We're operational ma'am...barely. Our pilots didn't make it." replied Pete Stacker over the COM. "Find a hole, stay put. We'll come to you." Cortana replied finally.
The crew heads through the gate, they reach a destroyed highway. "Sergeant, I need you on that bird?" replied Commander Miranda Keyes over the COM. "Ma'am?" asked Johnson. "My Pelicans are going to start airlifting armor and reinforcements into the city, they'll need an escort that isn't afraid of a little hostile ground fire." replied Keyes once more. "Understood. I'll keep an eye on 'em. Chief, Suit guy...good luck. Johnson steps on the Pelican and heads out over the highway, as soon as it disappears, a very fast jet-like ship appears.
Everyone looks at it as it lands on the right side of the destroyed part of the highway; out came five Occupants, three armed with KM2103 Karbines, one armed with a Thunderbolt Crossbow, and another armed with a Shatter Gun. "So you all are the UNSC heh, we've come to assist you, we believe Krone has arrived in this timespace?" asked the Occupant in the middle with the Thunderbolt. "We've come to believe you all, that storm that appeared somewhat traveresed you all here to the 26th century." asked a Marine. A large contingent of Zeppelin's fly over them. "This is Echo Battallion, I repeat!" said a Occupant over the COM. "This is Echo Battallion of the Occupant Uprising, we will be providing reinforcements to the city. We'll do our best against the Covenant. We're dropping supplies, troops, and ammo all around the place, Delta Battallion out!"
"Suit guy, Cooke needs you." the Thunderbolt wielder said. The Beta Suiter gasps. "Okay. You guys, good luck." asked the Beta Suiter as he stepped on the Drop Jet, it flies away to the city center. The UNSC and Occupant forces continue through a small alley way, it is occupied by Jackal Snipers. The teamed-up forces take them out, as they continue through alleyways, they reach Hotel Zanzibar where Second Squad has taken refuge. "Chief, glad you could make it. Crash site's on the other side of this Hotel, Chief. The Covenant are crawling all over it, and they're making some sort of staging area. Follow me." Replied Stacker, as they all continued through a darkened hallway. They arrive on the other side of the Hotel, where a Covenant Phantom drops off troops, they take them out. A few Warthogs pull up, the Occupants decide to stay on foot, everyone else get's on. They drive down the beach, but stop when they get to a wall, the Occupants caught up. Everyone exits the Hogs, they peek around the corner, the Occupants recognize old enemies.
"No way?" asked the Occupant with the ThunderBolt, "What is it?" asked Stacker. Doctor Aiden Krone, the fugitive scientist, speaks with an Elite. "It's Krone, and he's joining forces with the Covenant?"
"But why?" asked another Marine. "If they're Humans, then we're Humans aswell. Why would they take them as allies?" then he was interrupted "Shhh, wait, their's Krone now!" asked an Occupant. Krone walks into a Dropship, it flies away. The Warthogs move up, they open fire on Krone's forces and the Covenant. "The Occupant's have vehicles?" asked a Krone Gaurd. "No, those are not Occupants. Who are these guys?" asked another. The UNSC took all of them out so they can make the way clear for the Occupants. "I cant believe it, they followed us through the Time Storm." asked one of the Occupants.
The Occupants spot Krone Transport Trucks, they get in them so they have something they can use to drive. The convoy continues through the buildings, they reach the other side of the beach. Then the far side where they see a tunnel hole, after clearing out Covenant and Krone forces, another Drop Jet appears and lands. "We've gotta retreat to Delta Battallion, incase of emergency." asked an Occupant. The Occupants step on as the Drop Jet flies to the Occupant Fleet, the UNSC continue their push on the Covenant and Krone. They encounter heavy resistance in the tunnel. Both Krone and Covenant positions fired at them. The group targetted and took out whatever they could, and drove along.
After fighting through, a Warthog jumps through the hole in the tunnel, being destroyed quickly by a massive green energy beam. It was revealed to be the Scarab. The Warthogs continued along through, firing at and destroying more Shadows, eventually coming to the end of the tunnel.
