As soon as everyone's HEV Pod hit, everyone armed theirselves. "Sir, we've gotta nuetralize those turrets!" yelled Chipps Dubbo. Instead, a single sandbag-mounted Krone HMG was placed on top of a small pathway, near a Covenant Shielded Plasma Turret. John uses his Rocket Launcher to take out the turrets, everyone moves up to a small building. Another type of Quantum Gaurd made by Krone, called a Flash Gaurd, appears. They were armed with E.M.F Cannons, and posessed time slow powers. Master Chief decided to get to the Turret on the small bridge, and use it on them, he does so and manages to take them out. The Zepplin hovers above, "Hold here until the Pelican arrives, Chief." Cortana said to Chief.
Two Pelicans arrive, one with Anvil Missle Launchers patrolling, while another with a Warthog. The one with the Hog drops it, everyone mounts up. They drive through a small path, and reach a small yard like area patrolled by Jackal Snipers. After passing that, they see a large structure, infront of a cliff. It was gaurded by Covenant Shades, and Krone mounted Machine Guns. "The Covenant and Krone have control of the bridge ahead, they're going to try to bottle us up on this side of the gorge." Cortana warned. "The controls to extend the bridge should be in this structure."
"Watch out, Chief!" Cortana warned as she spotted a Wraith on the far side of the canyon, "Wraiths on the far side!" The Zepplin opens fire on the structure, taking out the Covenant Plasma Turrets. One of the Turrets on the Zepplin was a pulse laser turret, manned by the Beta Suiter. He uses the Turret on the Shades, taking them down. At the tip of the Zepplin's wings were the same AA guns used by Krone, and the bow of the wings were the same sandbag-mounted MGs used by Krone to protect places, only differences is that it is mounted on a pedestal. The Zepplin gave cover fire from above, while Chief and the ODSTs continued in the Hog towards the structure. Outside of it, was parked Krone Quads and Covenant Ghosts.
As they cleared the inside of the structure, in one of the corridors was electricity streaming all over it. Then suddenly, the appearance of Krone's final Quantum Gaurd variant appeared: the Warp Guard. He was armed with a Surge Gun, he appeared for a second, fired a single shot from his Surge Gun then teleported to the outside of the structure, then teleporting away. As the Chief and ODSTs continue inside the structure, they see two Krone Engineers, on their shirt reads Magistrate. Meaning they are affiliated with the Krone Magistrate, the room is gaurded by a Major Elite, a few grunts, and the 2 Magistrate Engineers. They are taken out, as the crew activates it, the bridge extends.
"Good, the bridge is down. Now, about that Wraith?" asked Cortana. "Copy that," Johnson said, who found a way to take it out. "Armor's on the way!" A Pelican with a Scorpion Main Battle Tank accends, and detaches it. Everyone mounts up on the Tank, while the few remaining Marines decide to take the Hog just previously used. The team proceeds across the bridge, taking out the Wraith, the Zepplin follows still hovers above. After Crossing the bridge, they enter a small tunnel, and are attacked by Quads and Ghosts. Beta Suiter fires a Surge Gun off the Zepplin's deck at the Covenant and Krone forces, he merely damages them. They reach a courtyard, where more HEV pods are found. They go through a series of ruins, until they come up on another structure. "Careful, we're coming up on another structure." explained Cortana.
"Pelican and Dropjet inbound, lets clear a landing zone." Cortana warned. The place was heavily gaurded by Jackals with Plasma Rifles, and Heavy Krone Guards with EMF Cannons and Thunderbolt Crossbows, along with a few Storm Gaurds. A Pelican appears followed by a Dropjet, carrying the Beta Suiter and a few Occupants. The Pelican drops off weapons and Marines, while the Dropjet drops off the Beta Suiter armed with a Shattergun and three Occupants. The teamed-up allied forces move through the ruins, until they reach some kind of jungle-like area, patrolled by Jackal Snipers aswell as Light Krone Guards with Echo Rifles. They clear the Jungle, and reach a structure.
After entering, they encounter a new enemy, one that Master Chief never thought of never seeing again: Sentinels. Sentinels were seen battling a small amount of Krone troops inside the room. Master Chief looked at the Sentinels, seeing they are once again his enemies. Perhaps he thought the Monitor of this Installation has lost control of the Sentinels, he originally thought that 343 Guilty Spark would be on the ring, he thought not as if he were, then he'd not have control of the Sentinels, as this is a different Halo ring from the one he destroyed. "Sentinels!" asked Cortana.
"Who's the Monitor of this ring? It cant be the one on the other ring." Master Chief spotted new Major Sentinels come in from above a hole in the top of the structure, firing blue beams, "Chief, watch those gold Sentinels." warned Cortana, "I've read schematics on their beams, they're much stronger so be careful." The Sentinel Major had shields, stronger than Elite's shields. Beta Suiter uses a Clutch Grenade, and it sticks to one of the Sentinels. As it explodes, the Sentinel makes some kind of EMP circular explosion, lowering his shields, and stunning the other Sentinels, causing them to fall like flies. "Well...that kinda works, I guess..." moaned Cortana, he uses grenades on the remaining Sentinels, he takes cover and then they all blow. He sees a new weapon, sitting between the wreckage of the Sentinels, a Sentinel Beam. It is the weapon that Sentinels shoot from. He picks up both that and a Major Sentinel Beam, and approaches a pedestal.
A hologram of the Prophet of Regret was displayed, he was choosing to go pass but decided not to. "Wait, go back." asked Cortana, "That's what I'd thought he'd say, the Prophet of Regret is trying to Control the Sentinels and activate Halo." "Are you sure?" replied John. The Beta Suiter comes up behind him and looks, Cortana snaps here fingers as the hologram starts speaking "I shall light this ring, control it's cleansing defenses, and burn a path into the divine beyond..." Cortana snaps her finger again, and it stops speaking. "Commander," Chief started. "We've got a problem?" "So I hear?" Miranda replied, "From what I understand the Prophet will need an object: the Index, to activate the ring. I located a Library similar to the one you found on the first ring, if the rings work the same way the Index should be inside." "I'll bet Krone and the Covenant are thinking the exact same thing!" asked Johnson on a small view screen, "Then we'd better beat them to it, Sergeant. Extract your men and meet me at the Library." Miranda Keyes ordered, "Yes Ma'am." replied Johnson. "I'll secure the Index, Chief. You and the Occupants take down the Prophet, he's giving us all the intel we need."
The idea about Master Chief seeing Sentinels for the first time on Delta Halo was mine, as Master Chief never fights Sentinels in Halo 2, I chose it so that he did. Besides, the Flood are all over the ring, so what good would it be without the Sentinels?
