A group of Marines find John. He lies, with his armor locked. "This ain't good." asked one of them. "Damn, how far did he fall?" asked another one. "Two kilometers, easy." the said Marine replied. The Marine Sergeant turns around, revealing Sergeant Major A.J. Avery Johnson. "Stay sharp!" he ordered.

One of the Marines aims a familiar weapon around to secure the area: The new MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System Assault Rifle. Water drips from the leafs. "Corpsman?" Johnson said to the Corpsman. "His armor's locked up. Gel layer could have taken most of the impact..." asked the Corpsman. "I don't know, Sergeant Major." a Marine Corporal asked.

"Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here." Johnson ordered, as suddenly, an armored hand grabbed his arm. "Yeah." said a familiar voice. "Your not." it was the Spartan himself who finally awoke. "Crazy fool! Why do you always jump? One of these days, you're gonna land on somethin' as stubborn as you are! And I don't do bits and pieces!"

Master Chief gets annoyed, and looks at Johnson in an angry way, he backs off, letting go of his arm. "Where is she Chief, where is Cortana?" Johnson asked. He holds Cortana's chip up to his face, getting a flashback. "Don't make a girl a promise, if you know you can't keep it." she said in his vision.

"She stayed behind." John said randomly. "Corporal, make it quick." Johnson ordered the Corporal. "Sorry sir, your armor's still in partial lockdown." he said. "Look up here, sir." John looks at Cortana's chip they are using to get him back together. "Ok, now down here." He looks down aswell. "Good, everything checks out Sergeant Major." The Corporal said to Johnson.

"Kick off the training wheels, Corporal. He's good to go." said Johnson. John looks near his surroundings, a familiar sight of Covenant Active Camoflauge. A Familiar Elite deactivates. It is the Arbiter, Thel 'Vadamee, now named Thel 'Vadam. John grabs a Marine's pistol, and shoves it up his Mandibles.

"Spartan wait, the Arbiter's with us." said a familiar voice. A Blue armored hand touches his shoulder. "C'mon now, we got enough to worry about without you two trying to kill eachother." It came from the Beta Suiter. "Were it so easy." 'Vadam said as he moved away from John.

"We must move, the Brutes and Krone have our scent." said the Arbiter as he began walking. "Then they must love the smell of badass!" Johnson said as some Marines passed him an MA5C, he snatches it from Johnson, as if annoyed by 'Vadam. He tooks his chances to get re-acquainted with this old weapon.

He used the 'B version before, let's see how he uses this one. "First squad you're my scouts, move out, quiet as you can." said Johnson. They move through the forest, a Brute howls in the distance. They come across a small stream. A Phantom flies pass overhead.

"Sergeant Major, Phantom inbound." warned the Corporal. "We're gonna split up, you three, meet us at the dam." Johnson said, as he and some Marines clamb a rock. Master Chief, 'Vadam, and Beta Suiter move down the stream. On a boulder ahead of them, they see a new type of Brute, in gold power armor.

These Brutes have been changed ever since he last saw them. "Spread out, you whelps. Find them!" he said, ordering a group of Grunts. John fires the Assault Rifle at the Grunts, killing them. This new Assault Rifle was better, but had a shorter clip, John reloaded the weapon.

The Brute pulls out a new unfamiliar weapon; the Brute Spiker. It fired spikes. The Brute fires the weapon at him, missing by inches. One Spike hits him on the arm, but his shield keeps the spike from penetrating his armor. He takes the spike out of his arm, and throws it at the Brute.

The Spike destroys the Power Armor, and puncturing the Brute's arm. The Brute yelled in pain, trying to pull the spike out. He falls off and into the stream. John comes over and pulls the spike out of his arm, leaving a punctured bleeding hole in the Brute's arm.

"That's all." he said quietly. The Brute gasped. "Just kidding!" John said, as he pulled his M6G Pistol out and shot the Brute in the head, finishing him off. He also noticed the pistol is new aswell. They moved along the stream, coming to a small waterfall overlooking a cliff in the distance.

A Phantom in the distance drops off more Covenant, aswell as another one that touches down right infront of the Group. They killed the Covenant stationed here, and move through the forest. They see a Brute in blue power armor on a log bridge holding Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds hostage.

"Tell me it's location!" The Brute said. "Kiss.....my.....ass....." Reynolds said. Master Chief pulls out his M6G. The Brute was preparing to punch Reynolds in the face. John shot the weapon, destroying the Brute's Power Armor instantly and killing it in the process.

They continued through and approached the dock. They saw Occupants fighting an old enemy: Krone Gaurds. Krone was on the Covenant Loyalist side. Two Modified combat versions of Occupant Dropjets were hovering near the two Pelicans that were going to extract the group.

They were smaller and had two HMGs under the bow, the same HMGs the Krone AA-Turrets use, and two attached M74 Bloodhound Rocket Launchers under the wings. They had open doorways with gunners on the Mounted Machine Guns that are usually on the Zepplins.

"Hold on, got a contact." One of the Pelican pilots said. Destroyers started flying towards them. "Destroyers, fast and low!" she warned. "Break off, now!" a Male pilot said. The Destroyers fired never before seen missles at the Pelicans, heavily damaging them. "I'm Hit, I'm hit! Aaaah!!!!" The Female pilot announced.

"Watch yourself, break her thrusters, hang on!" The Male Pilot advised. "Get a hold of her!" Johnson, who was on one of the Pelicans, annonced. "Negative, we're going down. One of the Pelicans went over the waterfall, down into the water. Johnson's Pelican flew barely over a rock, making an explosion. It flew down.

The Destroyers fled away, as the group continued through the forest. They soon reach a dam. In the distance, a Brute Chieftan is seen beating on Johnson, and throwing him into a small shack. They fight through Covenant and Krone Defenses fighting there. They kill the Chieftan and rescue Johnson.

"Kilo Two-Three, what's your ETA?" Johnson said. "Coming in Sergeant, find some cover, gotta clear a path." The Pelican Pilot said with a Southern Accent. "Friendly Dropship, comin' in hot." Johnson said. Krone and Covenant forces dropped in. They held them off. A Pelican came in and picked them up.

As they flew through the forest, they approached an entrenched base. It goes through a hole, that closes.