Hard trance thumped in the large hangar of the Covenant corvette. The crew of the ship didn't care that four enemy boarders were on the ship, dancing along with them. Jeff and Gary formed up a dance circle in the middle of the hangar with intoxicated Covenant soldiers. Dancing and jumping at the same time to the beat of the music. Several Sangheili Elites crowded around the Doom Slayer who is relaxing at the bar. Celebrating everytime the Doom Slayer completed one of their drinking challenges. Not giving a care about the human super soldier who is drinking along with them. A giant beach ball was tossed into the large crowd by three Sangheili Elites.
"Everybody ready to make some noise?! Give it up for DJ Flip-Yap!" The Shipmaster celebrated.
"Are you ready to move your buns everybody!?" The Unggoy yelled, hearing the crowd's cries for celebration.
Hard bass and drums thumped outward through the dark Seraph hangar bay with pulses of plasma shooting outward. "LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!... RIGHT! RIGHT! RIGHT!" The crew chanted as they jumped in unison left to right by following DJ Flip-Yap's hard trance beat.
In the mist of the dancing, Gary felt the pressure in his bladder building from all the drinking. He turned to a random Sangheili raver to ask; "Hey! Where's the restroom?!"
"Go through the main door! Take the hall down the left, by our fire control room! You can't miss it!" The partying Sangheili yelled.
Though very high and intoxicated, Gary managed to follow the Sangheili's instructions by going through the main door out of the Covenant Rave hangar. Finding the plasma batteries after walking through the hall to his left. Accidentally tripping over the leg of a Sangheili who is passed out on the floor.
"Hey...? Could you get me a cookie?...Ugh." The Sangheili muttered before passing out.
Gary shrugged to himself wondering why would there be cookies in a restroom, he continued onward, finding the restroom. Afterward, Gary turned he head to his right to see a door nearby. Curiously finding the bridge of the corvette left unguarded and empty to his hearts desire. Gary walked around the bridge curiously twriling his fingers as he drooled over the flashy lights and buttons flashing on the consoles around him. He pushed one flashing button watching a hologram pop up showing what's left of Halo orbiting around the gas giant named Threshold. Gary continued playing with the console in front of him till he heard voices from behind one of the two doors which were located on the bridge. He grabbed for cover hiding behind a open Covenant weapon case that had two strange looking rifles with pink crystals on its side, grabbing one just in case. He aimed his newly aquired weapon toward the opening door to see Zuma and Jeff talking about the ongoing party.
"Welcome to the bridge." Zuma explained.
"Right. Let's get to work." Jeff replied.
"I hear that. Let's turn this party up!" Yelled, revealing himself to Jeff and Zuma with open arms. Completely ignoring the multiple flashes of light behind him. Starring at the silent expressions of awe from Jeff and Zuma and asked "What's wrong? Guys?".
"Gary. Turn around." Jeff said.
"Ohhhh... Shit. If we're getting the hell out of here. We need to do it now." Gary responded as he witnessed the largest Covenant fleet dropping out of Slipspace. Jeff lost concicous due to the introduction of a massive Covenant fleet jumping out of slipspace and fell back, hitting his head to which Gary heard the sound of crashing armor.
"Jeff!" Gary yelled, running over to help his brother. Pulling off Jeff's helmet, feeling the warm liquid on the back of Jeff's shaved head. He quickly applied bacta and wrapped Jeff's head with a clean bandage. Picking him up off the cold floor and moving him to the front of the bridge.
The Doom Slayer quietly sat in his seat drinking of what's left in his mug. He noticed one intoxicated Sangheili minor plopping down onto a bar stool near him. He didn't mind the Sangheili for a while until the Sangheili became angered when he was denied a drink by the Sangheili bartender. Doomguy observed the drunk a little longer. Watching him disturb other Covenant ravers who just wanted to party. In one swift move, the Doom Slayer grabbed the drunken Elite from behind and snapped it's neck. Unknowingly deflating a raver's beachball which attracted unwanted attention towards him, hearing the activation of an energy sword.
"A Demon!?...*Swish!* He deflated our beach ball! Do you know how much those cost?!" The Shipmaster growled at him, activating his energy sword.
The Doom Slayer taunted the crew with a mocking sorry expression. Hearing the Shipmaster yell, "Kill the Demon!" and watched his enemy rip apart the Unggoy and Kig-yar ravers who rushed at the Doom Slayer. Retreating back to the bar with his Elites to hold the fort.
Grunts screamed and ran around in circles while the Sangheili Elites and Kig-yar Jackals were being massacered left and right by the Doom Slayer. He sprinted around the dance hangar, blasting away retreating Kig-Yar and Unggoy with his super shotgun. Jumping ontop one Kig-yar from behind, the Doom Slayer grabbed it's shield arm and ripped it out. Using it to slice the Jackal's head clean off before flinging at another Kig-yar sniper, pinning it into the purple wall of the hangar. Moving onward to a group of screaming Unggoy, ripping their tanks out of their backs and rebreathers from their mouths. Splattering blue blood over the dance floor.
"Fire! Fire! Defend the bar from the Demon!" The Sangheili Elites yelled, firing their weapons at the Doom Slayer.
The Doom Slayer dodged the incoming fire and ducked in time as one fuel rod flew right over his head. Turned to see an radioactive scar burn on the wall behind him then perked up to see five Sangheili Elite's head flinges peeking behind the bar. He charged his plasma pistol, firing one shot at the Fuel Rod armed Elite Major, killing him instantly with a headshot, leaving four left. The Elites returned fire at the Doom Slayer's last known position till the Shipmaster ordered them to stop. Hearing the last bits of the song finish off with one last drop of electronic beats before a dead silence fell into the hangar.
"Ugh. Glad that's over..." The Sangehili Shipmaster quiped, then heard the slight tune of a Sangheili love song beginning to play through the speakers.
"Ugh...Who the hell put this on?". One asked, to which a Sangheili Major replied; "The Demon must of turned it on to demoralize us.".
"I believe it's set on random. It's playing "Please Don't Go" by the Zealots of Love." An Sangheili Ultra replied to the Major's complaint.
"Quiet! He's around here somewhere." The Shipmaster yelled to his Elites as he quietly stood up from cover to survey empty hangar. Surveying the smoking ruins and dead bodies of the fallen. Looking over to the hangar entrance to witness the familiar flowing light of slipspace travel.
He jumps back down behind the bar, pulls out his energy sword and gave his three Elites new orders to scout out ahead to find and distract him while he goes in for the kill. But unbenknownst to them, the Doom Slayer was hiding above the bar listening to their ongoing conversation. Watching them commence on their plan as he charged up his rail gun and fired. Watching the high velocity plasma round cut through all three Elites. Splattering their blood over the already drenched hangar floor. The Shipmaster heard the loud blast, turning around to see nothing but blood and severed appendages scattered around the hangar. He closed his eyes and reopened them to see one lone seven foot green armored demon armed with a strange crimson-red sword standing in front of the entrance.
"Good. The Demon shows himself once more. Are you ready to die Demon?" The Shipmaster yelled, showing the blue blade of his sword as heard and watched his enemy swing his weapon. The Shipmaster charged towards his enemy, jumping up and slicing downward to where the Doom Slayer quickly evaded to his left. Returning with an upward slice of the Shipmaster's left arm. Doomguy tilted his head and scratched it in confusion. Coming to the conclusion that most enemies he encounters die or bleed out once they suffer an injury such as this, but this enemy is different.
"I had worse. Come on you, pussy." The Shipmaster taunted, before sprinting towards the Doom Slayer in one final effort to slay his enemy. Doomguy evaded the Sangheili's charge again, evicerating the Shipmaster's other arm off. He starred at the armless Sangheili and made a slight chuckle as he put away his lightsaber then walked away.
"Ah ha! Take that worthy adversary!" The Sangheili yelled as he kicked the Doom Slayer from behind, jumping around in victory afterward. The Doom Slayer shook his head in disbelief as the armless Shipmaster jumped around him. Annoyed, he activated his lightsaber slicing the Sangheili's legs off with a quick slice across the waistline.
"Hmm...?" The Sangheili muttered as he looked toward the ground to see his severed waist laying on the floor then looked back up to the Doom Slayer. "Fine. I'll call it a draw. The ship is your's." He replied and the Doom Slayer executed the Shipmaster with one shot to it's head with both barrels of his super shotgun. Hearing a random booming voice from above "Unfrigginbelievable!" while receiving a strange medal on his HUD.
Meanwhile at fire control... the lone Elite minor woke up with a massive headache. He searched his surroundings and walked back toward the hangar to see all of the Covenant crew dead. With guts, entrails, and appendages scattered around, grunt methane tanks ripped out of their packs and a Jackal sniper impaled into the wall by a Jackal's plasma shield.
"Ugh. This is the worst hangover I've ever had... What the fuck happened here?" He asked himself, walking around and looking at the evicerated bodies of the fallen crew. Walking by the spattered remains of the Shipmaster then became increasingly spooked when heard footsteps from behind. He turned around slowly to see nothing was standing behind him.
"Calm down Kalum. You're fine. It's just the hangover." He whispered to himself, calming down while holding his throbbing head with his hand. He heard more footsteps from behind him. Spooked, he grabbed the energy sword on the ground, turned as he yelled; "You want me! Come and get it!".
"Whoa! Hey chill bro. What's goin' on? What's freaking you out?" DJ Flip-Yap asked, sucking on a bottle filled with a strange lime-green liquid inside.
"Oh? DJ Flip-Yap? My apologies. I thought you were the one who killed everyone in here. Given of your reputation of punishing bad ravers." Kalum apologised.
"Nah. These guys were fine until one of them started a bar fight, then all hell broke loose right after." DJ Flip-Yap replied.
"What is that, you're drinking?" Kalum asked.
"It's my own hangover cure mix. You look like you need some. Here take mine." Flip-Yap replied, offering Kalum his bottle.
Kalum finished the rest of what's left in the bottle, starred down back at DJ Flip-Yap. Handing him back his bottle before asking; "So? What now?"
"Why are you asking me for? This is your ship. What do you want to do?" Flip-Yap asked.
Kalum held his hand to one of his jaws while hearing the growls inside his belly grow louder inside. "Hmm...? Want to go get something eat?" He asked. To which Flip-Yap happliy replied; "Sure. Let's go."
Jeff felt the vibrations of the cold floor beneath him and heard the hum of space travel. Rolling his head, slowly opening his eyes and feeling his head was ripped in half. Noticing the warm-blue light, he carefully lifted his back to see the flow of Slipspace. Illuminating the bridge with a warm blue light. Rubbing his eyes once more to see Zuma and Gary at the front of the bridge chatting about differences between the Covenant and the Galactic Empire. And looking over to his left to see Doomguy inspecting and cleaning his arsenal of destruction. He could smell the musty sweet scent of Gary's weed being burned. He felt his mouth dry, coughing as he tried to speak
"Uggh... I feel my head was ripped in half by Doomguy..." Jeff said, feeling a bandage wrapped around his head. "What the hell happened?" Jeff asked with a dry raspy voice.
"Well, well. Look who's up. How you feelin bro?" Gary asked, after hearing the noise of stormtrooper armor scratching across the floor.
"You've took a big hit when you passed out. Gary rushed over to bandage your head to stop the bleeding while I rushed over to get us out of the system before we were pulverized." Zuma replied while Doomguy poured his hangover cure into a cup for Jeff.
"Did we make a second jump?" Jeff asked. Repeating from what he learned from his instructors at the Academy.
"We did, but once we dropped out. We witnessed a huge Covenant fleet getting wiped out by a massive explosion for a few minutes. Then jumped outta there before we're wiped out too." Gary replied, using his hands snd making shoddy noises to explain the explosions.
"Hmm, we're dropping out now... I don't where though..." Zuma replied, using the controls in front of him to safely exit out of slipspace. Looking upward to see a large ring orbiting around a large blue-green gas giant. "By the gods." He mumbled before turning around asking with a humorous tone;
"Hey...?Anybody up for round two?" As a small familiar ring grew larger behind him.