He'd land his x-wing beside a few commandos who were observing dead flood forms inside the voi factory.
"Good to see you, sir. We have no idea what these things are. Datalogs say nothing about them." A commando would say to luke.
"I know.. But their presence is darker than anything.. even that of the emperor.." He'd reply.
"We should keep moving,sir, I heard gunfire on the far side of the facility earlier." The commando would turn to his men.
"Yes. We should" Luke would say as he walked deeper into the facility.
"MOVE OUT!" He'd yell to his commandos as they run the direction luke was heading.
Jerome's POV.
"Chief? You done in there?" Jerome would yell through his comms as the three members of red team would observe the approaching rebel fighters.
There would be no response. Suddenly, jerome would begin floating as blue light emcompasses him. He was being lifted into a green phantom.
The other two would jump into the gravity well behind jerome, and the phantom would fly off as cruisers began approaching the site.
They'd charge their glassing beams, ready to remove the infestation.
Luke's POV.
"Sir, we ha-" "Get your men to leave. Now. I sense great danger." Luke would say.
"Sir, yes sir." He'd reply before ordering his men back to their ship.
Luke would run to his x-wing, taking off and flying a ways distance before saying another word.
He'd spin the X-wing around, landing on a small rock overlooking voi from quite some distance.
The ships would emit their red rays down onto the factory and surrounding areas.
"They didn't make it" Luke would say quietly.
Suddenly, a rebel transport ship would fly out surrounded by a squadron of A-wings and X-wings.
"Transport is away." The commando would say to luke before the ship enters hyperspace.
Lord Terrance Hood's POV.
"We've been intercepting covenant transmissions, they are planning to break the deal in an hours time. Lets strike before they can."
"Sir, yes sir!" The crew of his frigate would say.
A line of UNSC ships would approach on the horizon quietly.
MACs rounds ring out at the covenant ship, taking them by complete surprise. Many ships are destroyed.
Seraphs and space banshees would pour out towards the UNSC fleet, being swatted down by hordes of longswords.
A portion of the covenant fleet would redirect itself to join those who entered the ark portal, however it wasn't long before they were swatted down by remaining sMAC stations.
"We've got the covenant on the run.. No doubt they'll come back with a larger fleet." An officer would say.
"So it seems".
It was a long night. Hood would speak at a meeting with separatist leaders alongside master chief and red team, before disembarking.
A fleet was prepared to be sent to the ark, and departed late at night.
Jerome's POV Jerome would say his goodbyes to captain cutter, and an eager anders, who was basically hissing at the fact she was denied a trip to the ark.
He'd walk alongside alice and douglas into the same pelican as master chief as it lifted off towards the Forward Unto Dawn.
They would enter the portal, a thick darkness and silence encompassing the ship.
Then, they'd exit by the ark. It was peaceful, quiet, and most of all, a superweapon that could take out the entire human race and more.
"Brute ships, staggered line, shipmaster, they outnumber us three to one."
"Then it is a even fight," Rtas'Vadum would hit his chair with his fist "All cruisers, fire at will, burn their mongrel hides.".
Chief and Alice would be sent with Sergeant Johnson to the surface, while Douglas and Jerome would remain on the Foward Unto Dawn.
Alice and chief would step onto the pelican.
Miranda Keyes would come over the comms. "Truth's ship isn't taking part in the attack, he must've gone to ground.".
"Roger that ma'am, we're on him" Johnson would reply. "Kick the door."
The pilot would knod, disembarking the pelican from the foward unto dawn.
An ODST would look to chief and alice. "You fine? You.. dont need a seat?".
"We'll manage" Chief would say blankly.
Chief would enter the cockpit.
The pelican would lower out of the hangar bay, and began turning itself towards the ark's surface.
It'd fly downwards, the other pelican following it being damaged by covenant seraphs.
They'd dodge a maze of plasma fire and explosions while simultaniously heading towards the ark at full speed.
They'd begin entering atmosphere on the ark, away from the battle itself.
Chief would exit the cockpit.
"We good HOCUS?" Johnson would ask.
"She's a little cooked sergeant major, but she'll hold.".
Chief would grab a sniper from the weaponry rack, and alice would take two SMGs.
"Not what im used to but it'll do." She'd say.
"Alright, pop the hatch" Johnson would say.
The cargo door would open.
Chief would step towards the door, and alice would be right behind him.
"Thats something," An ODST would say.
"Enjoy it while you can marines," Johnson would say, "As soon as we land we are right back to it.".
He'd continue.
"Priority one, secure a landing zone for the commander's frigate.".
"Keep your eyes and ears open, we need all the intel we can get".
"Wherever the hell we are" He'd say, "Stand to marines".
"Urah!" The marines would yell, along with the two ODSTs.
"Go go go!"
Alice, chief and the marines would jump from the pelican as it swiftly flew off, a secondary pelican landing near them.
They'd run by the cliff towards a passage, an ODST stopping to admire the milky way.
A ODST would be waiting for chief as he leads the marines, a cautious alice covering their backs.
"Chief, eyes on" He'd whisper.
They'd crouch past cover, overlooking a new covenant outpost.
"Got a good angle" He'd whisper again.
Chief and the marines would get to their preferred spots, and chief would fire the first shot, signalling for them all to fire.
The grunts and the jackals were slaughtered, the brutes being either heavily wounded or downright destroyed.
Alice would throw a grenade at two brutes hiding behind a crate, blowing gutts everywhere.
"Good job." An ODST would say to chief.
The sound of an approaching phantom could be heard.
"We have a small window, they have reinforcements inbound, I say we run for that opening!" Alice would yell.
"Agreed" An ODST would say, the group slid down the sandy slope and ran as fast as possible to the opening.
The phantom was closing in on them.
"If we move fast they wont be able to come up behind us." She'd say.
They'd quickly run through the passage to one more opening, where the covenant was constructing an anti aircraft cannon.
"You guys provide supressive fire." She'd say.
She'd grab a covenant crate, hurling it onto the ground near the ridge.
She'd place frag in the sand under it, and she'd stand ontop of it.
It'd detonate, alice flinging in the air and landing on the gun's platform.
She'd snap a jackal's neck, and the marines and chief began firing on the force below.
She'd walk up to the edge to see the last of the covenant forces being swept away by the cover fire.
"I said supressive fire.. You left none for me." She'd say jokingly to chief.
"Dropship, Ma'am." He'd reply blankly.
She'd turn to see two hunters jumping from a phantom.
"I have the perfect plan" She'd say.
She'd observe her remaining frags, she had two in her holster. One each.
She'd slide down the leg of the gun as to not make noise, and she'd sneak up behind a hunter.
She'd quickly jump onto its back, ripping a hole in its neck and placing the grenade inside.
The hunter's neck would explode, and the body would fall to the ground.
She looks over towards the other one, only to notice its dead.
"Chief!" She'd yell.
"Ma'am, now is not the time for jokes." He'd say as he lead the marines up the slope past numerous dead grunts and brutes.
They'd jump down, entering a small forerunner facility.
They waste no time looking about in the facility, as they come to the door.
An ODST would speak up before the door is opened. "I've got a bad feeling about this.".
They'd open the door. Large amounts of brutes, grunts and jackals swarm the canyon below. Alice spots a destroyed warthog. Its turret is still intact, and can be used.
"Cover me!" She'd yell as she jumps down below.
The brutes began firing on her, depleting her shields.
The marines and the ODSTs would begin to cover her with supressive fire as she mounted the turret.
She'd rip the turret's chain before opening fire on the brutes, tearing them to shreds.
A brute would take out a spike grenade, and runs from cover.
Before he was able to throw it, chief would snipe the brute in the skull.
With the last of the brutes down, the marines and ODSTs would set up in the canyon, taking cover behind the destroyed pelican.
"Prepare an ambush" She'd say to the marines, as they'd all begin to hide.
Once everyone was out of sight, they'd wait.
A few seconds later, brute prowlers would drive in.
Chief would jump out onto a passing prowler, ripping the brute from its seat and taking control.
He would steer it towards the cliff, jumping off before it fell. It wasn't destroyed, but it'd take a while to get back up. Enough to buy time.
Alice would pick up a rocket launcher from the pelican crash site. She'd make her way to the top of the pelican, prepared.
The prowler spots her, and drives towards her, the brutes firing. She'd fire a single shot, blowing it to pieces.
"All contacts down!" An ODST would yell.
They'd begin embarking the mongooses.
Thirty Minutes earlier..
Luke skywalker's POV.
Luke would rendezvous with the surviving squadrons and the transport on the edge of what used to be voi.
"Hmm.. They went through that portal, and at this rate, we wont be able to get out of the planet without being discovered. Anyone want to volunteer to go first?" A pilot would say.
Suddenly, a transmission came over their commlinks.
"This is wedge antilles. Are there any new republic forces left?".
"Wedge, this is luke, I'm transmitting our co-ordinates now." He'd reply.
"Alright," Wedge would say.
A minute later, wedge would arrive.
"So, do you want to do the honors?" The pilot would ask.
"Of what?" Wedge would counter.
"Entering the damn portal first." He'd reply.
"Sure, why not." He says.
"On me." He'd say. The ships would begin taking off, and flying towards the portal.
"Heres goes nothing.." A pilot would say.
Suddenly, they'd arrive at a quiet place.. the tranquility was odd. Luke sensed bloodshed, but there was none in sight.
Then, they'd notice a large clump of ships in the distance, seemingly firing on eachother.
From his observations, he could see a carrier attacking another carrier.
"Interesting.. I think they are having a mutiny." He'd say.
"Whatever they are having, I dont want to go any closer. Lets head to the surface" Wedge would exclaim through the comms.
"Luke, lets split up."
"Alright, I guess." He'd say.
"Incase of emergency.. Lets uh.. Meet there." He'd activate a NAV marker at the center of the ark, where a small dwarf planet was residing.
"Alright.. Not too specific, but it'll do. May the force be with you."
Rogue squadron and the A-wings would follow wedge down to the surface, while luke was followed by a small contingency of x-wings and the transport.
Seventeen minutes later..
Alice's POV.
"Wohoo! Great job!" She'd yell as the mongooses would drive past a completely wrecked brute position on a sand dune.
"Dont get too cocky." An ODST would remark.
She'd drive her mongoose towards the LZ with the support of chief.
She arrives at the enterance to the LZ, the ODST on the back of her moongoose firing a rocket at a tower, blowing it up.
"Shade turret." She'd say to chief.
Chief, without saying anything, drives into the cave. Alice would follow instinctively.
They'd exit at the LZ, chief and alice's gunners firing rockets at the wraith in the distance.
The wraith would fire, it barely missing alice.
Alice would drive directly towards the wraith, the ODST firing a rocket at it. The moongoose would slide to a halt just infront of the explosion, saving it from immediate danger.
The wraith would be destroyed.
"Impressive shooting skills you got there." She'd say to the ODST.
The ODST, acting like a badass, would put his thumbs up in response.
A brute would throw a spike grenade at the mongoose, it getting stuck on the wheel.
Knowing the mongoose wouldn't withstand a spike grenade, the ODST would grab alice around the waist and would boost himself off the mongoose, taking alice with him.
The mongoose would blow up.
The ODST would get up, still feeling badass. He'd fire a rocket at the brute.
"SCREW YOU!" He'd scream, the last words the brute would ever hear before his body explodes.
Alice would still be getting up as he'd fire a rocket inside the small rock formation, killing two brutes and a few grunts.
He'd turn to look at alice. "How you doing?". "Im pretty surprised your not a spartan.." She'd say.
"Im just too badass." He'd say.
Alice would look over her shoulder, and would jump up in the air for seemingly no reason.
Then, a ghost would go full speed past the place she was towards the ODST.
"Ooooh crap." The ODST would say.
The ODST would jump backwards, firing a rocket at the ghost. The ghost would explode, but it'd send him flying backwards through the air into the ground.
The ODST would get up slowly, wiping the sand from his visor. "Ugh." He'd moan.
Chief would pull up beside them. "Take cover." The ODST on the back would say before chief drove off.
"You heard him." Alice would say.
Alice would run to cover, the ODST walking behind.
"Commander, bring her down" Johnson would say over the comms.
"Roger that, begining my descent." Miranda would reply. The ODST would run to cover after hearing this.
Chief's ODST would look up. "Look, up high, here she comes!".
"Is the dawn rated for atmosphere?" the ODST would ask.
"Guess we are going to find out" Chief's ODST would reply.
The dawn would enter the canyon, wind blowing everywhere.
It'd come to a sudden halt.
"Thanks chief, we wouldn't have laster much longer up there" Miranda would say."Come to the back of the frigate."
"Did the elites get a fix on the cartographer?"
An ODST was about to make a sarcastic response before johnson would reply "Yes ma'am, over that wall, surrounded by brute heavy armor."
"Dont worry, I've got a plan."She'd stop for a moment."We cant go over the wall, so we'll go through it. Chief, take a tank."
"Spark will be happy to pry open any doors."
"I will certainly try my best" 343 would respond. "Though I am unfamiliar with this facility."
"Alright then, you heard the lady." Johnson would say.
"Shall I help you choose a vehicle reclaimer?" Spark would ask.
Chief would exit his mongoose, taking a tank.
"Mount up, lets roll" Johnson would exclaim.
Alice and the ODST would take a scorpion. It'd be a brutal fight ahead of them.