Chapter 4- Help from an Ally

"Hello Arbiter, what are you doing here on Earth?" Lord Hood asked.

"I am here to ask for your help." The Arbiter said.

"Help, help with what?"

"Since we defeated Truth some Loyalist forces survived. We went to war against them but, we received a information that prophets have took back control. I presume that they will try to activate the rings."

"We can't let them do that. But since we lost Master Chief, I can only support you with marines."

"We need all the support we can receive."

"Well, you have our support. What is the prophet's name?"

"There are three, the prophet of Acceptance, the prophet of Loyalty, and the prophet of Desire."

"What are their targets?"

"I do not know."

Then a marine ran towards Lord Hood.

"Sir, Phantoms are coming to our location."

"Tell our troops to prepare for battle."

"We can assist you.""OK, I'll stay here and defend this area." Lord Hood said as he took out a pistol.

Thel'Vadam left with his squad to help defend the base. They encountered marines fighting Brutes. The Brutes were killing many of the marines. Thel'Vadam, the Elites, and Grunts shot at the Brutes. They reached the launching station. Loyalist Phantoms started to come but were destroyed by Pelicans. Then unexpectedly the Loyalist forces began falling back. They returned to Lord Hood. Suddenly he got a radio transmission.

"Sir….Covenant bomb….in….barracks" (Sound of Brutes yelling and marine screaming, end of transmission.)

"Arbiter, the Covenant has left a bomb in the barracks. We need you to help disable it." Lord Hood said.

Thel'Vadam contacted Rtas'Vadum.

"Rtas I need an engineer here immediately."

A Phantom came with an engineer and reinforcements to help end the battle. The Arbiter and his squad went to the Barracks. They fought their way through Brutes and found the bomb. While the Engineer went to disable the bomb, a Brute war chieftain came and tried to destroy the Engineer. The Arbiter and the others defended the Engineer. The Brute war chieftain's shields went down. The Arbiter made the final blow with his energy sword just before the Engineer disabled the bomb.

"These Brutes are no match for us!" An Elite said.

"Brutes weak and jerks!" A Grunt said.

"Yeah, Brutes stink!" Another Grunt said.

The Arbiter contacted Lord Hood.

"We've disabled the bomb. What do we do with it?"

"I don't know."

An Elite approached the Arbiter.

"Arbiter, why don't we just detonate the bomb in the sky?"

"Good idea."

A Phantom took the bomb high in the sky, activated it, and dropped it out the gravity lift. The bomb detonated in the sky as the Separatists and UNSC cheered for their victory. The Phantom came back to the UNSC base.

"Now we are going to attack them." Lord Hood said.