Chapter 14- Spartan Reunion
On Onyx
The Covenant Separatists and UNSC forces were gathered there for the retrieval of John 117 a.k.a. Master Chief. After his retrieval Thel'Vadam began to explain to him what happened after his disappearance as his squad watched as the Engineers examined a forerunner artifact.
After Thel'Vadam was telling Master Chief what happened since he disappeared Thel'Vadam received a transmission from Veer.
"Arbiter, have you found the Spartan?" Veer asked.
"Yes I have, but I have found a forerunner artifact, we are trying to identify it as we speak." Thel'Vadam said.
"A forerunner artifact, I shall contact Rtas'Vadum and alert him that the mission has been compromised." Veer said.
Master Chief looked around. He saw the five Grunts asleep as the Minor Elites watched the Engineers inspect the artifact, while the Major Elite was at the entrance of the forerunner artifact.
"As you wish." Thel'Vadam said as he ended his conversation with Veer.
Suddenly a forerunner symbol that the Engineers were inspecting began to glow. The Grunts awoke and aimed their plasma pistols at the symbol. Thel'Vadam, the Elites, and Master Chief did the same with their weapons. The Engineers backed away frightened, but at the same time curious.
"Prepare yourselves." Thel'Vadam said.
The symbol began to glow and then a tiny blue sphere was made, it began to grow until it was the size of an Elite. It was large and wide.
"What is that?" Cortana asked.
Suddenly many figures came out of the portal.
"Hold your fire!" One of the figures yelled.
"Is that John?" Another one of the figures asked.
"That voice….." Master Chief said curiously.
The figures became clear, most of them were Spartans. But these weren't just any Spartans, they were the survivors of Blue Team and Team Saber along with Dr. Halsey.
"Fred, Kelly, Linda, Ash, Olivia, Mark, Tom, Lucy, Franklin Mendez, Halsey, your all alive?" Master Chief asked surprised.
"Yes, but tell me how did you get captured by the Covenant?" Fred asked as he ordered his team to aim their guns at the Covenant Separatists.
"No I'm not captured, the UNSC has allied with the Covenant Separatists, a breakaway faction from the Covenant that consist of Elites, Grunts, Hunters, and Engineers. The rest of the Covenant who still want to follow the Great Journey consists of Brutes, Jackals, some Hunters, Drones and Skirmishers." Master Chief said.
"Wait did you just say Skirmishers, didn't they become extinct after Reach?" Fred asked.
"Well, now their back, I can't really explain that." Master Chief said.
Master Chief turned his attention to Dr. Halsey.
"Its nice to see you again John, I see you've taken care of yourself very nicely and hello Cortana." Dr. Halsey said.
"Hello mother." Cortana said.
"Dr. Halsey, you never aged a bit since I last saw you." Master Chief said.
"You can thank the cryo chambers in the micro dyson sphere."
The Spartans looked towards their former enemies.
"Even more reclaimers to aid our victory against the Brutes." One Elite minor said.
"The more the merrier, accept when enemies." One Grunt said.
"Prophets and followers will go bye-bye." Another Grunt said.
Suddenly Thel'Vadam received another transmission from Veer.
"Arbiter, a Loyalist Supercarrier along with three Assault Carriers have come. My fleet is has engaged it, but is has sent forces to the planet's surface, destroy them while my fleet destroys those ships." Veer said.
"Yes." Thel'Vadam said.
"Looks like we have some trouble." Cortana said.
"We have got to get Halsey and Mendez out of here." Lind said.
"I can handle myself Linda, but your right, we need to get Halsey out of here." Mendez said.
"She may leave in one of our Phantoms." Thel'Vadam said.
"Fine, but after this battle I'll inspect this artifact, it may help us gain some more information that could help us in this war." Halsey said.
"Take Dr. Halsey and the Engineers to the Supercarrier, make sure they are protected until we return." Thel'Vadam ordered his squad.
"Yes Arbiter." The Major Elite said.
The squad left along with Halsey and the Engineers in a Phantom to the Separatist Supercarrier.
"Just like old times, eh John." Fred said.
"Yeah, just like old times." John said.
They exited the Forerunner structure. The four Phantoms that stayed were firing at nearby Heavy Orbital Insertion Pods. The Pods dropped and Brutes supported by Skirmishers and Jackals exited them and began attacking the group.
"More Demons!" One Brute Minor yelled shocked to see more Spartans.
"Kill them all, just like Reach!" Another Brute Minor yelled.
The group had fought through waves of enemies. They continued fighting a group of Brutes and Skirmishers until they saw one Assault Carrier get hit by a plasma torpedo in the mid section, the Assault Carrier began to crash onto the surface of Onyx. Another Assault Carrier followed quickly followed.
"Kill these weaklings!" A Brute Captain yelled as he shot his spiker at Master Chief. Chief dodged the spikes and threw a grenade towards the Brute Captain.
"Damn you demon!" The Brute Captain yelled before his body flew up into the air and landed onto the ground.
"That's how we do it on Earth, you big ape." Kelly said.
The Loyalists forces seemed to be retreating, but not from them.
"They're retreating, looks like we beat those fucking apes." Mendez said.
"Wait, what is that?" Thel'Vadam pointed towards a flying sphere with a golden "eye".
Suddenly more of them began flying towards them.
"Oh no, Onyx Sentinels!" Ash yelled.
"We could take them." Master Chief said.
"No, they are far stronger than a normal sentinel, even in groups they could take out fleets of ships, we have to retreat now." Tom said.
"Evacuate all forces, we require a Phantom immediately." Thel'Vadam said.
The four Phantoms came, picked them up, initiated their camouflage, and left to the Supercarrier.
"Veer, we need the fleet to initiate a slipspace jump back to the Vessel of Retribution, hurry!" Thel'Vadam alerted Veer.
The Separatist Fleet initiated a slipspace jump to the Vessel of Retribution.
But the Onyx Sentinels quickly destroyed the Loyalist Fleet at Onyx with ease. Their ships fell to the forerunner creations.
Hope You Enjoyed This Chapter
End of the Chapter Questions
1. Will UNSC and Covenant Separatists forces be able to return to Onyx?
2. Will the information on Onyx aid them in the war?
3. Will the Flood make another appearance?
4. Do you think the Covenant Separatists are awesome?
5. Why am I asking you all these questions?
Find out some answers on the next chapter of The Covenant Separatists.