Chapter 9- Destroy the Tower
Thel'Vadam, Rtas'Vadum, Lord Hood, and several Elite Councilors began discussing the arrival of the new Brute Chieftain, Jarburus on the Shadow of Intent.
"It seems that the Loyalists are rapidly increasing their forces." Rtas'Vadum said.
"Do not worry, remember they still have a limited amount of infantry. Now that the Flood has been quarantined we could focus on the Loyalists." One Councilor said.
"We could probably find out more data if we infiltrate one of the Loyalist's bases." Another Councilor said.
"But where?" Thel'Vadam asked.
"They might be hiding on Installation 02, our forces only glassed a small section, so its possible." Lord Hood said.
"The Jackals we captured a while ago were not useful. We killed them, so I shall travel to the surface of the ring to eliminate any Loyalist forces." Thel'Vadam said.
"I will send a squad of Spec Ops Elites, Grunts, and a Phantom to accompany you Thel'Vadam." Rtas'Vadum said.
"Let us depart immediately." Thel'Vadam said.
Thel'Vadam, two Spec Ops Elites, two Spec Ops Grunts, and one Ultra Grunt, left towards the surface of Installation 02.
The Phantom dropped them off.
"Go Arbiter, I will return to evacuate you off the ring, good luck." The Elite pilot said.
"Good luck to you as well brother." Thel'Vadam said.
Thel'Vadam looked around the area. It was snowing.
"Arbiter, let us go and find any Loyalist forces." One of the Spec Ops Elites said.
"Me want to kill Jackals." One of the Spec Ops Grunts said.
"Me too." The other Spec Ops Grunt said.
"We kill them all together." The Ultra Grunt said.
Thel'Vadam received a transmission from Lord Hood.
"Arbiter, I sent you some marines for assistance." Lord Hood said.
A Pelican arrived and dropped off five marines.
"Glad to be with you Arbiter." One marine said.
"I'm ready to kill some ugly ass Brutes." Another marine said.
"I'll fly ahead and scout the area for any sign of Loyalists." The Pelican pilot said before she flew the Pelican over the nearby cliffs.
"This area seems clear, wait…I think I see a base…..yeah it's a Loyalists base…oh no….anti-air wraiths!, I need help!" The Pilot said before her transmission ended.
"Hurry and escape!" Thel'Vadam yelled.
"I can't….they….I'm hit…going down!" The pilot yelled before the transmission ended. Thel'Vadam and his squad saw the Pelican crash against the cliff and fall down near the mountains.
"Arbiter…..my bird's down…..I need help…I have survivors…hurry….Loyalists approaching." The pilot said before the transmission ended.
"We must go to the mountains before the Loyalists get to the crash site." Thel'Vadam said.
"But what about the forces over the cliffs?" Another Spec Ops Elite asked.
"We can split up our squad, the marines shall go to the crash site, while the Spec Ops squad and I destroy the Loyalist forces over the cliffs." Thel'Vadam suggested.
"Fine with us, lets move it marines!" One of the marines said.
"Hoorah!" All the marines yelled before they left towards the crash site.
"Now, engage Active Camouflage, reveal yourselves only after the Arbiter has engaged the enemy in battle." One of the Spec Ops Elites said.
"Who wants to play hide and seek?" One of the Spec Ops Grunts said.
"But we both hiding." The other Spec Ops Grunt said.
"Concentrate on mission." The Ultra Grunt said.
"Lets go and defeat these mindless puppets of the Prophets." Thel'Vadam said before the entire team went to the path that lead to the mountains while in Active Camouflage.
Suddenly they saw the exit of the cave that led to the mountains. They continued until they saw a Brute accompanied by three Jackals. Thel'Vadam assassinated the Brute with a shot from his Carbine.
"Me kill stupid Jackals." One Spec Ops Grunt said before he shot the Jackals with his needler.
"Lets see who kill most." The other Spec Ops Grunt said before he shot at the Jackals also with his needler.
After Thel'Vadam and his squad killed them they continued further into the cave. They left through the exit.
"Wait, Arbiter look." One Spec Ops Elite said before he pointed at figures in the distance.
The figures were a pair of Hunters, three Grunts, and one Brute.
"Spread out you welts, find them!, Hunters go and guard the entrance to the Communication tower!" The Brute yelled.
The Grunts scattered searching for Thel's squad while the Hunters left.
"But, I thought the Grunts and Hunters were all killed on the Ark." Thel'Vadam said.
"They must have only a small amount left." One Spec Ops Elite said.
"We should kill them and get to that communication tower." The other Spec Ops Elite said.
"Lets kill all of these traitors." The Ultra Grunt said.
"Wait on my command, ready…go!" Thel'Vadam yelled.
They all charged towards the Loyalists Grunts.
"Heretics!" One Loyalist Grunt yelled.
"Arbiter!, me run!" Another Loyalist Grunt yelled before he ran.
"Fight you cowards or I shall feast on your bones!" The Brute yelled angrily.
Thel'Vadam and his squad killed the Brute along with the Loyalists Grunts. But then a Grunt Deacon(a sort of preacher to other Grunts) walked towards them as if they were not a threat.
"You Heretics will not deny us our spots on the Great Journey. When we transcend to godhood you Heretics will see that we were meant to be victorious, we will become gods!" The Grunt Deacon yelled.
"Foolish Grunt, all of you are to blind to see the truth, the Prophets are using you just as they used me, you should reject their lies, rebel, or all of your hides shall perish." Thel'Vadam said.
"I will never succumb to your heresy." The Grunt Deacon said.
"Then you shall die like all the rest." Thel'Vadam said before he shot the Grunt Deacon, killing him.
"That's what you get for not seeing the truth." The Ultra Grunt said.
"Let us continue towards the communication tower." Thel'Vadam said.
But suddenly Thel'Vadam received a radio transmission.
"Arbiter, we're at the crash site. We've recovered the marines who survived, where should we go now?" The marine asked.
"Stay at your location, as soon as we destroy the Loyalists communication tower, we shall come and pick you up."
"Yes sir."
Thel'Vadam and his squad left to find the communication tower. Then they found the entrance of the communication tower. They killed the Hunters who were guarding the communication tower. They went up the elevator. At the top floor there were three Jackals, two Brute captains, and a Brute chieftain. The Grunts killed the Jackals with their needlers, the Spec Ops Elites killed the Brute captains, and that left Thel'Vadam to kill the Brute chieftain.
"Well if it isn't the Arbiter, hope you enjoy this battle, because it will be your last!" The Brute chieftain yelled before he charged at Thel'Vadam. Thel'Vadam evaded the attack and shot at the Brute with his Carbine.
"Is that all you got?, not surprising, I mean you are an Elite." The Brute chieftain said, mocking Thel'Vadam.
The Brute chieftain swung his hammer at Thel'Vadam, but Thel'Vadam dodged it and killed the Brute chieftain with his energy sword.
Suddenly the Arbiter received a transmission from Rtas'Vadum.
"Arbiter, I've sent you a Phantom to recover you and your troops." Rtas'Vadum said.
"But first, I must destroy this communication tower." Thel'Vadam said before he pressed the self destruct button.
Thel'Vadam and his squad left aboard the Phantom. The communication tower blew up. After Thel'Vadam evacuated the marines, they all went back to the Shadow of Intent.
Aboard the Shadow of Intent
Thel'Vadam approached Rtas'Vadum.
"We were successful on our mission." Thel'Vadam said.
"Good, now we…" Rtas'Vadum was interrupted by an Elite navigator.
"Shipmaster, incoming slipspace rupture." The Elite navigator said.
Thel'Vadam and Rtas'Vadum looked through the glass. A UNSC ship flew and crashed on Installation 02, the ship was covered by a yellow mist.
"What is it, Loyalists?" Rtas'Vadum asked.
"Worse, the Flood." Thel'Vadam said.