Chapter 10- Its Back

"The Flood, we must hurry and contain this contamination before they take over this ring as well!" Rtas'Vadum yelled.

"I will destroy the reactors of the ship." Thel'Vadam said.

"Go in one of the orbital insertion pods, I'll send reinforcements as soon as I can."

Thel'Vadam left in an orbital insertion pod towards the surface of Installation 02. Thel'Vadam landed and exited out of the orbital insertion pods. Thel'Vadam looked around and saw that the crashed Flood ship was not that far. Thel'Vadam began running towards the direction of the ship, but suddenly Flood pure forms attacked him. Thel took cover from the Flood pure forms as they shot at him. Thel began shooting at the Flood pure forms with his Carbine.

"You will not take over this ring as well Parasite."

Thel'Vadam continued into a nearby building.

"Arbiter, I've sent an ODST squad to help protect the Library from the Flood. We have to make sure that the Flood do not take control of this ring." Lord Hood said over the COM.

"I will make sure the Flood is eradicated from this ring." Thel'Vadam said.

Thel'Vadam reached the outside of the building, then suddenly many orbital insertion pods landed along with one heavy orbital insertion pod. The Elites and a pair of Hunters assisted Thel'Vadam against the Flood. Thel'Vadam rushed towards the crashed UNSC Flood ship while killing dozens of Flood Pure Forms and Combat forms. Finally Thel'Vadam reached the ship and went inside. The ship was full of marine corpses and Flood Biomass. Thel'Vadam continued inside of the ship until he reached the reactors.

"Do you think you could stop me, but you were with HIM, even so you all will suffer defeat." A menacing voice said.

Thel'Vadam prepared to detonate the reactor.

"Did you think you won, that there would finally be peace, no, I will consume the galaxy of flesh and mind and bone! I will enjoy seeing all of you defeated while I am victorious."

Thel'Vadam set the timer. A Phantom came and picked up Thel along with the Elites and Hunters. The Phantom flew towards the Library.

"Arbiter, we must head towards the Library to pick up the ODST squad and help eliminate the rest of the Parasite there." The Elite pilot said.

The Phantom flew over the battle between the ODST squad and the Flood.

Thel'Vadam, the Elites, and the pair of Hunters assisted the ODST squad against Flood pure forms. Thel'Vadam took out his energy sword and charged at the Pure forms along with other Elites while the pair of Hunters supported the ODST squad. Then the last of the Flood pure forms were killed with ease.

"Thanks Arbiter. Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Veronica Dare, and this is my squad Edward Buck, Taylor H. Miles but we call him Dutch, Kojo Agu but we call him Romeo, Michael Crespo but we call him Mickey, and the Rookie. We'd probably be Flood if it weren't for you." Captain Veronica Dare said.

"No thanks are necessary, now we must return back to the ship." Thel'Vadam said.

Aboard the Shadow of Intent

"Arbiter, since the Loyalists have Hunters and Grunts as well many Elites have proposed to change the color of the Hunter and the Grunt armor. We have decided to change the Hunter armor to the color green, while the Grunt armor would be turned to a golden brown to symbolize their alliance with us and it will show the colors of Sanghelios." A Councilor said.

"I agree, we must be able to tell the difference during a battle." Thel'Vadam said.

"We will change the color immediately." Another Councilor said.

"Now, is the space station ready?" Thel'Vadam asked.

"Almost complete, we just need a power source." Rtas'Vadum said.

"Wait, the Forerunner Dreadnought, isn't it still intact on the Ark?" Thel'Vadam asked.

"Yes, the Ark was heavily damaged but the Forerunner Dreadnought would probably have enough energy to power the space station." Rtas'Vadum said.

"Then, all ships slipspace jump to Earth, we must activate the Artifact." Thel'Vadam said.

"I will tell the Humans." Rtas'Vadum said.