RP:Well Enough Alone

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Some things were meant to be lost....forever........

Notices

 * This story starts on May 17th, 2556
 * The planet they are on is called Ceres
 * You may add a Force but they must be UNSC, Covenant Separatists, Covenant Loyalists, Covenant Rebels, Bujkowe, Forerunner, Flood, or Hydra.
 * You may not kill any Main Characters of other people in the fanon.
 * All Bujkowe and Hydra forces fall under the control and jurisdiction of Lordofmonsterisland. Anyone wishing to use one of them must ask him for permission.
 * All Covenant Rebel forces fall under the control and jurisdiction of the Evil O'Malley. Anyone wishing to use one of them must ask him for permission.
 * Repairs on a ship must take several hours not several minutes. 1 hour for light damages, 3 hours for medium damages and 7 for heavy damages.
 * You must spell words correctly in order to make it easier for everyone else to read your posts. Feel free to edit other posts if you see mistakes.
 * All posts must be at least 1 paragraph long.
 * Always sign after posting
 * Do not act out other people's characters unless there is expressed permission from the owner.
 * If you are posting and you have a post immediately above it simply add on to the existing post.
 * Call elites be their last name example: 'Vadumee pulled out his Carbine.
 * No cussing. It may be Halo, but I don't like it so it won't be allowed.

The fanon has begun

They that fight the Unseen Foes

 * 1) Lordofmonsterisland  "Roar to me"
 * 2) SPARTAN-G023 Comm Channel Mission History[[Image:Spartan III.png|30px]]Gh ost le ad
 * 3) The Evil O&#39;malley (I feel so outofdate with this dinky little sig, gotta come up with something clever soon)
 * 4) CAF Corporal Spartan 501
 * 5) [[image:Photoshop_attack.png|35px]] Spartan-064 ,De ma kh is http://www.wikia.com/skins/common/progress-wheel.gif Reporting [[Image:Private first class.jpg|25px]] •  Contributions
 * 6) Dubtiger
 * 7) ChurchReborn
 * 8) Stryker
 * 9) MIL AI 2430
 * 10) Chief Frank 001

UNSC
Primary Commanders: Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson, Fleet Admiral Steven Chow

UNSC First Response Fleet

 * UNSC Annihilator - Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson - Amy B.
 * 1000 Longsword Fighters
 * 1000 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * Dragon Squadron
 * 6000 Marines
 * 75 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M381 Transport and M914 RV classes
 * 30 Scorpions
 * 15 Turtles
 * 10 AT Eels
 * 40 Pelicans
 * 30 Albatrosses
 * UNSC Thermopylae
 * Team Alpha, New Team
 * James D.
 * Katelynn W.
 * Nicholas S.
 * Clayton P.
 * Devyn S.
 * Jake D.
 * Samuel T.
 * 100 marines
 * 20 M914 RV Warthogs
 * 5 AT Eels
 * 2 Carriers
 * 750 Longsword Fighters each
 * 750 SC Shortsword Bombers each
 * 5000 marines each
 * 75 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M381 Transport and M914 RV classes each
 * 50 Scorpions
 * 25 Turtles
 * 15 AT Eels
 * 40 Pelicans
 * 35 Albatrosses
 * 10 Marathon-class Cruisers
 * 500 Longsword Fighters
 * 500 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * 2000 marines each
 * 50 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M831 Transport, and M914 RV classes each
 * 20 Turtles each
 * 10 AT Eels each
 * 25 Pelicans each
 * 30 Albatrosses each
 * 10 Destroyers
 * 500 Longsword Fighters
 * 500 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * 1500 Marines each
 * 25 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M831 Transport, and M914 RV classes each
 * 10 Turtles each
 * 5 AT Eels each
 * 15 Pelicans each
 * 25 Albatrosses each
 * 15 Frigates
 * 500 Longsword Fighters
 * 500 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * 1500 Marines each
 * 25 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M831 Transport, and M914 RV classes each
 * 10 Turtles each
 * 5 AT Eels each
 * 15 Pelicans each
 * 25 Albatrosses each

UNSC Second Assault Fleet Flotilla 3

 * 1 Super Carrier
 * UNSC Spitfire - Fleet Admiral Stephen Chow
 * Team Murmillo
 * SPARTAN-G023
 * SPARTAN-G059
 * SPARTAN-G202
 * SPARTAN-G331
 * Lambda Squad
 * SPARTAN-127
 * SPARTAN-132
 * SPARTAN-089
 * SPARTAN-046
 * Iota Thirteen
 * 1 Corvette
 * UNSC Cypher
 * 2 Destroyers
 * UNSC Apache
 * Captain Mavow
 * Omega Stealth Squad
 * Sergeant Frost
 * UNSC Blackhawk

UNSC Yamato

 * UNSC Carrier- Admiral Robert Valentino
 * 23rd Naval Squadron "Hellcats"- Lieutenant AJ Lewis
 * 8th ODST Regiment- Major Greg Woods
 * 17th Marine Division- Colonel Anthony Carr

Remains of Terran Taskforce

 * 3 Marathon Class Cruiesers
 * Metal Sovereign
 * 3 Modified Halcyon Class Cruisers
 * 1 Crew Ship
 * Iota Nineteen
 * 112th Naval Squadron-Note, they are not part of the fleet.

Battlegroup Canada

 * 25 Ships of various class

Covenant Loyalists

 * Primary Commander(s): Racktaroo
 * Hundereds of Brutes
 * Tens of Hunters
 * Thousands of Grunts
 * hundreds of drones
 * hundreds of jackles

Covenant Rebels

 * Primary Commander(s): Rekua 'Arkanee
 * Hundreds of Traitor Elites
 * Hundreds of traitor Grunts
 * tens of hunters
 * an Unknown ally

Bujkowe
'''Primary Commander: Chieftain Tekciw


 * Several thousands warriors
 * Hundreds of Carav Lizards (transportation for the Bujkowe)

Forerunner Machines
Primary Commander: 51293 Archaic Chivalry


 * Tactical Containment Monitor 601 Contempt Force


 * Nearly limitless supplies of various Sentinel varieties
 * Sentinel Minors
 * Sentinel Majors
 * Sentinel Enforcers
 * Anti-Hydra Sentinels
 * Shield Sentinels
 * Constructors
 * Sentinel Generals
 * Onyx Sentinels

Flood
Primary Commanders: Doommind, Darkmind

Ceres forces

 * Unlimited supply of Infection forms
 * Combat Forms
 * Carrier Forms
 * Aerial Forms
 * Brain Forms
 * Juggernaut Forms
 * Ceres Wildlife Forms
 * Rocnar Forms

Utter Darkness Forces

 * Nearly limitless Dark forms
 * Contagion Form
 * Combat Form
 * Soldier Form
 * Dark Carrier Forms
 * Dark Watcher Form
 * Juggernaut Form
 * Dark Abyss Form (Very Rare)

Hydra
Primary Commander: Blackheart

Unknown Squadron
Commander: Unknown

Lordofmonsterisland

 * Role:Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Onboard the UNSC Annihilator
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:At the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Amy B.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:At the Battle of the Satellite, then training the new Team Alpha


 * Role:James D.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:Keeps the team's personal AI, Nichole, with him at all times
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Katelynn W.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Nicholas S.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Clayton P.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Devyn P.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Jake D.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Samuel T.
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Dragon Leader
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Broadsword Fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-01
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-02
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-03
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-04
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-05
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-06
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Chieftain Tekciw
 * Side:Bujkowe
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Aprih Tree-top Village
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:Doommind
 * Side:Flood
 * Status:Active
 * Location:At the bottom of the Forest Containment Pit
 * Other:Flood Command Form
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:Blackheart
 * Side:Hydra
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the coldest Canyon Containment Chamber
 * Other:Commander Hydra
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:51293 Archaic Chivalry
 * Side:Forerunner Machines
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Inside the Ceres Installation
 * Other:Monitor of the Ceres Installation
 * Previously:Unknown

Spartan G-23

 * Role: Stephen Chow
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Spitfire
 * Other: N/A


 * Role: Team Murmillo
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: varies
 * Other: Spartan-III Team

Spartan 501

 * Role:Admiral George A. Walter
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Metal Sovereign
 * Other: N/A


 * Role:Iota Nineteen
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:UNSC Metal Sovereign
 * Other:N/A


 * Role:Major Jace Williams
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Soon Active
 * Location:Currently in slipspace, soon varied.
 * Other:112th Naval Squadron


 * Role:Flight Officer Third Class Lisa Mill
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Soon Active
 * Location:Currently in slipspace, soon varied.
 * Other:N/A

The evil O'Malley

 * Role:William Regan
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active barely
 * Location: UNSC Blackout
 * Other: Commander of UNSC Blackout
 * Previosly: Found by UNSC Trebuchet.


 * Role:SPARTAN-G025
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:UNSC Blackout
 * Other: Epsilon Squad
 * Previosly: Fighting for Europe.


 * Role: Racktaroo
 * Side: Covenant Loyalists
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Deliverer of Salvation
 * Other: Brute Chieftan
 * Previosly: Retreating from the ruins of Alpha Halo.


 * Role: Rekua 'Arkanee
 * Side: Covenant Rebels
 * Status: Preparing for Revenge
 * Location: Welcome Redemption
 * Other: Commander of the Rebels
 * Previosly: Boarding sepratist ships, requesting thier alliegence.

Demakhis

 * Role: Sergeant Frost
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Apache
 * Other: Commander of 573th Heavy Weapon Marine Company
 * Previosly: Going through Slipspace


 * Role: Captain Mavow
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Apache
 * Other: Commander of the 359th Marine Battalion
 * Previosly: Going through Slipspace


 * Role: Omega Stealth Squad
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Apache
 * Other: Assassian squad
 * Previosly: Going through Slipspace


 * Role: Darkmind
 * Side:Flood
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Containment Chamber
 * Other: Leader of the Utter Darkness
 * Previosly: Drifting in space

Stryker

 * Role: Lieutenant Stryker
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Anaconda
 * Other: Leader Spartan III Team Wolverine
 * Previously: Protecting Earth


 * Role: Yazameee KaMacka
 * Side:Covenant
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Covenant Homeworld
 * Other: Elite Company leader
 * Previously: Talking to Prohpet


 * Role: Petty Officer Brett Paisley
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Anaconda
 * Other: Spartan III Team Wolverine
 * Previously: Protecting Earth

Sgt. Johnson

 * Role: AJ Lewis
 * Side: UNSC Navy
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Yamato
 * Other: Leader of the 23rd Starfighter Squadron
 * Previously Protecting Earth


 * Role: Admiral Robert Valentino
 * Side: UNSC Navy
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Yamato
 * Other: Commander of the UNSC Yamato


 * Role: Major Gregg Woods
 * Side: UNSC Marine Corps/ ODST
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Yamato


 * Role: Colonel Anthony Carr
 * Side: UNSC Marine Corps
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Yamato
 * Other: Former ODST/ Spartan I


 * Role: Unknown Squadron Commander
 * Side: Unknown
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Ceres
 * Other: Maybe the "lost" 225th Naval Squadron

MIL AI 2430

 * Role:MIL AI 2430
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Onboard the UNSC Annihilator
 * Other: Tactical Advisor

Dubtiger

 * Role: Lambda Squad
 * Faction: UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Onboard the UNSC Spitfire
 * Other: None
 * Role: Erebus
 * Faction: UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Onboard the UNSC Spitfire
 * Other: Personal AI of Lambda Squad

Introduction
''Oh yes, I remember Ceres. It was a very fertile planet, filled with giant trees and large canyons spanned by awe-inspiring bridges. It seemed peaceful enough, save the fighting between us boys, the Covenant and the natives. But the real problems lay below, down on the planet's surface. There, it was always nighttime and the creatures that lurked in those depths sought to feast on the flesh of whatever wandered close enough. And it was there of course that we had to fight most of the battles...''

Far from the regular lines of battle lay a planet, forgotten by time. Filled with rampant growth of the flora, vast canyons and large expanses of nothing. Nowhere is safe on this planet, and its' situation will not improve. There is little sentient life, save a few Human and Covenant outposts and the tree-top towns of the native creatures. Soon this will change though. Creatures will arise from the depths. Some of which have never been seen before....

''The Last Battle of Ceres? Oh I don't even like to think about that. It was one of the worst battles I ever went through. No one knew what happened until it hit us. We thought nothing could stop them....''

The planet's relative peace will turn to chaos. A Forerunner installation guards two secrets never meant to be found. The giant flora and huge mountains was meant to cover up these secrets. But soon, they will be unleashed. And unless the installation is allowed to do its' duty, nothing will stop them....

Background Information
Shortly after the Battle of the Satellite, the UNSC Endeavor was sent to the coordinates of signal that was sent from the station. They came out of slipspace in orbit of the extraordinarily fertile planet of Ceres. They set up base and planned to claim the planet for the UNSC. Covenant soon arrived though and tried to claim it for themselves, and the native species, the Bujkowe, fought both forces with extreme ferocity. Nearly a year after the fighting had begun though, something happened. All that the humans managed to get out was an extremely garbled message. It was as follows:

''Mayday, Mayday. This is Ceres base. We need immediate assistance from any UNSC or allied Covenant forces. I repeat we need immediate assistance fromany UNSC or allied Covenant forces. The base is under attack by these strange...things! They are not Covenant, Bujkowe or wildlife, they're like nothing I've ever seen. We will attempt to hold off the creatures as long as we can. Hurry before... aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!''

1
"That", said Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson, "was the last transmission sent from the Ceres Outpost. It's been two weeks with no other transmissions. Our job is to figure out what happened"

"Admiral, what do you think could have happened?" It was Amy, now the mentor of the new Team Alpha. All of the original Team Alpha except for her died in the Battle of the Satellite. She was given an honorable discharge and never wanted to see any sort of combat again. Unfortunately, she was a soldier in her blood, and she joined the second wave of the Team Alpha project, if only to keep her former teammates children safe. Though she was only their mentor and didn't go into combat, she took pride in her job.

"Not sure actually. He stated clearly that it wasn't the Bujkowe or Covenant and while he said it wasn't the wildlife that planet has so much it could've been one they didn't know about. At least that's what I hope..." He didn't want to say what he was thinking around normal officers and the new recruits. The normal officers and soldiers couldn't hear it because it was "top-secret" (not exactly the right term do to all the mishaps that happened around it) and he didn't want to frighten the new recruits. The new Team Alpha had just come out of training; this was their first mission. He prayed it wouldn't be a disaster like other missions he had been on.

"What is it Admiral?", asked James. James had assumed the leadership and assault role for the new Team Alpha. Amy looked upon him with pride; he reminded her of himself from earlier years, back when she didn't have a care in the world and would take down anyone that said one wrong word about her.

"N-Nothing son, nothing. You and your team should get some rest before we get there. It may be a tough mission, what with all those trees and mountains and all" In his heart he knew that wasn't what would make it difficult. He had a feeling there was something more; much more....

Many of the marines studied the new Team Alpha as they walked down the hall to their quarters. All 8 of them were decked out in MK VII MJOLNIR armor, helmets off so that they could hear each other's voices, each one standing at about 6 feet tall. They were a motley crew consisting of radically different people. James, the leader, wasn't much for talking, preferring to think things out. Katelynn, the stealth expert and second-in-command, was all about action and loved to tease Nicholas. Nicholas was the sniper/recon/decoy man, but he had an unbelievably large amount of good luck. Clayton and Devyn were brothers, though they didn't seem like it. Clayton was all about the vehicles, especially the big ones, and he loved to modify them. Devyn on the other hand, was a heavy weapons specialist and could always be found with something explosive. Jake and Samuel were cousins, but they had to be the closest relatives in the entire UNSC. The two of them were never found apart. Jake would handle the weapons, while Samuel would drive a small, quick vehicle of some sort that Jake could ride shotgun. Amy was now a mentor for Team Alpha; she no longer took place in any battles. She had vowed to never fight in a battle again and she intended to keep that vow. But she had taken a special liking to these kids, even if it was only because they were the children of her fallen comrades, especially James and Katelynn. One of the sad truths of these kids was that they didn't know the truth about their parents. They knew that if they knew the truth about their parents then they would become targets of the enemy. So it was kept from them and from the public. They were told the semi-truth that their parents had died in battle when they were very young, though this was not true since they were all about 17 and the parents had only died two years before.

"James", said Amy, stopping the boy in his tracks. She was the one person he respected on his own free will. "Come here, I want to show you something". She led him into her quarters onboard the Thermopylae, which was now her ship, and went over to grab a small chest. "I've been working on this for the past two years", she said, opening the chest. Katelynn, nosy as ever, silently walked into the room. "You could have knocked", said Amy. "How did you know I was here?", asked Katelynn. "I was trained with your and his parents around me. I would know if a pen dropped in the vacuum of space!" They snickered at this. She always exaggerated everything, but they didn't care. "You can come and see as well. After all, in a way, this is related to you". From the chest, she pulled a small chip and inserted it into the nearby holo-pad. Out of it popped a young lady's figure. Her appearance was that of a 17 year old girl. She was red and black, with hair going to her shoulders only. "I guess, Katelynn, she's almost like your sister", Amy said, "I made her from the remains of Clyde's programming after he was destroyed in the Battle of the Satellite. She was programmed after your mother, Katelynn." Nichole opened her eyes. "Hello. I'm Nichole. What am I supposed to do? And who are you three?" "Don't worry, I'll answer all your questions. These two are James and Katelynn, they'll be your squadmates." She turned to James and Katelynn. "Run along, you two" They left, but as they went they heard Nichole start barraging Amy with questions. "I think Amy might have bit off more than she could chew", said James. "I think so", answered Katelynn.

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"

2
"Spartan Team Epsilon, we need you to give the planet some backup, and just like old times, SPARTAN-069 will go too." Captain Regan said, he was presumed dead at the incident on Jimiro. Discovered to escape the boarded ship, now captain of the UNSC Blackout.

The Spartans stayed put, knowing that they were facing the unknown. SPARTAN-069 also known as Edward-069, stays with the squad at all times, ever since his team got devoured by the flood, so far he has survived the war, but he had a gut feeling that something was going to happen.

"Get in that Albatross! Those things need a face fulla lead!!" SPARTAN-G025 ordered to his team. The Spartan team obeyed and entered the Albatross.

"Hmmm,"

"You ok Ed?"

"I just got a gut feeling that this is my last mission."

--The Evil O&#39;malley 22:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

3
The Battlegroup Canada arrive in slipspace, composed of 25 ship it is part of the 14th nomad fleet.

"Dispatch the 34th Aibone division to the surface and the 3 armored regiment."

The Battlegroup Canada have now make contact with other unit of the UNSC. "We have response of the seconde assault fleet."

about 200 longswords and 100 of shortswords are dispatch in the uncomming battle. User:Chief frank 001

4
The 70 year old admiral, decorated from years of battles, looked out on upon the planet. He called Lieutenant AJ Lewis to the bridge.

"Sir, you needed me?" asked the young lieutenant, vetran of many battles. He came from a military background and his CSV was impressive. "Lieutenant, you and your hellcats take off and prepare engage enemy forces" said Admiral Valentino. The lieutenant did as he was ordered.

In docking bay 32, AJ looked out at his squadron taking off into the deep, dark vaccumm of space. "It's going to be a long battle" said the Lieutenant, talking to his co-pilot. He prayed and stepped aboard Hellcat 23, his trusty longsword. The Yamato was going into battle again.

In the crew quarters room, Major Gregg Woods got him and his ODSTs ready to hard-drop to the surface. The suited up in their newly supplied SPI-II armour and they climbed into thier Orbital Insertion Pods. Usually with these things, a lot of ODST's would die. Not this time. The maintenance department on the Yamato fixed some of the problems with the pods and had extra heat and drop protection on them.

Inside of his pod, the major screamed: "FEET FIRST INTO HELL MEN!" and with that, the Yamato deployed an entire regiment of ODST's onto the planet's surface.

Colonel Anthony Carr, a former Spartan-I, looked out into docking bay 86. Almost his entire divison, including him self, would be sent to the surface following the ODST's. The Marine Division was eqquipped with its own Pelicans, Sparrow Hawks, and Hornets. They were to be deployed to the surface and set up a base of operations. He looked out at thier young faces. He remembered his first day in the UNSC Marine Corps. Now, it was thier chance to shine. Many were veterans of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Earth. Now, they, millions of light years away from Earth, were going to be deployed onto the surface on an unknown planet. He climbed into the Pelican and began his speech: "Today, you all are part of one of the largest Marine Insertions in history..." His speech faded off into space. It inspired the young marines to do the best they can. They left the Yamato as the watchful eyes of Admrial Valentino watched over them. AJ

5
As the ODST's hit the surface, the ground was scorched by the intense heat. They had landed in a clearing somewhere on the planet. The clearing was very large, large enough to support a Field Headquarters. Major Woods ordered his ODST's to spread out and secure a perimiter. In the back, some of the ODST's brought out Flamethrowers. They were to clear out the flora and fauna to create a LZ for the Marines. They got to work immediately bringing out mobile radios, some Warthogs, and about 30 Mongooses. The Flamethrower ODST's began to burn out the surrounding forest as they saw the first pelicans and albatrossses coming from the atmosphere.

In the space around the planet, Lieutenant AJ Lewis checked his star map. The planet was some sort of "forerunner" planet and they were to not engage until further orders. The Hellcat squadron circled around the Yamato and waited for more marines to hit the surface. AJ

6
The UNSC First Response Fleet exited slipspace right in the planet's orbit. Surprisingly, they noticed a ship already orbiting the planet.

"Identify that ship", ordered Fleet Admiral Wilson. "I want info about it, A.S.A.P."

The officers on the bridge quickly came up with the ship's I.D. and everything else about it.

"It's name is the UNSC Yamato, sir", said one of the officers, "It has fought in dozens of battles. Currently lead by Admiral Robert Valentino."

"Valentino, eh? Very well, open a channel." The COM officer opened a channel for Wilson to speak with Valentino. "Admiral Valentino, this is Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson. I was ordered to command an expedition to investigate the happenings of Ceres. What of you? What is your status?"

"We were also answering the distress signal. We are setting up a command station on the planet. Happy to join you, Wilson."

"Glad to have you Valentino. It's been a long time"

"Yes it has. Valentino, out."

Wilson turned to one of the young officers. "Any other ships in orbit?", he asked.

"Yes, sir. Scanners detect a UNSC Battlegroup a quarter around the planet. 25 ships detected." He paused for a moment, bringing up information. "It's Battlegroup Canada, sir. Should I contact"

"Should I make contact? Is that a question? Of course, make contact!" So he waited for contact with Battlegroup Canada.

"All marines and ODST's, prepare to make an insertion. You will go down in HEV's, Pelican's and Albatrosses and group up with the forces of the UNSC Yamato. Now move!"

Team Alpha began to move before he had even finished. After going through Amy's training, they had figured out how to know what someone was going to say before they said all of it. As James and Katelynn walked by Amy's quarters they noticed she was just finishing up with Nichole. She pulled her out of the ship's mainframe.

"Happy now?", she asked.

"Oh yes, now everything makes sense. So much knowledge." She had a look of glee in her eyes.

"Remember now, some of that info is top-secret. If you start giving stuff like that away I might have to delete all your information and start over. You'd hate that wouldn't you?"

"Don't worry, I won't.", she said.

"Somehow I doubt it. If you'll remember, I knew Clyde and most of his programming was used to build you. I know most of the tricks you could try."

"Fine", she sighed. "Oh, hello James. Hello Katelynn."

"She's a lot like you two." said Amy, "And I mean a lot like you two."

"Hey now", said Katelynn, "What do you expect? She's supposed like a sister for me. You said so yourself."

James just stood there snickering to himself. Then he said, "As interesting as this conversation is, and really I'd let it go on for hours, we need to go. Come on Katelynn".

"Wait, James." said Amy, "You need to take Nichole"

"What?", said James. You could hear the confusion and agony in his voice. Why me, he thought.

"You didn't think just made her as a science project, did you? She's going to be the new Team Alpha's personal AI. Now take her"

He didn't argue, he just grabbed her chip and inserted it into his armor.

"Hmm, nice and cozy", she said, "almost like the Thermopylae"

"Don't get any funny idea's", said James.

And with that James and Katelynn joined up with the rest of Team Alpha and headed for the cockpit of the Thermopylae. Marines and vehicles filled the designated areas and Amy returned to the Annihilator. She would advise them in battle from there.

The HEV's started to rain down on the planet. The Pelicans and Albatrosses were following suit, carrying vehicles and marines down to the planet with them.

"This is the UNSC Thermopylae", said Nicholas. Surprisingly, he was the best pilot, one of the few things he was good at. "preparing to detach."

With that, the Thermopylae detached and decended to the planet below

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"

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Lieutenant AJ Lewis made a pass at the Thermopylae. He remembered from his history lessons that Thermopylae was where 300 spartans and thespians made thier last stand against 12000 Persian Immorttals. They were double crossed and they died becasue of it. "What a bad name for a ship" he told his Co-pilot. They circled around the main flagship of the fleet before returning to the UNSC Yamato. He wondered why they were here and what was down there. The planet looked hospitable and there was plenty of water regions on the planet. He looked up and dissmissed the thoughts of flood. He heard from a Sergeant Johnson that they were horror-show freaks. He continued his patrol pattern and ordered his Co-pilot to arm the missiles. He opened a comm link betweent the Dragon Squadron and his. New orders came in on his screen: YOU ARE TO DEFEND DRAGON SQUADRON AT ALL COSTS. He read the orders and sent them to all of the starfighters under his command. He chuckled. 5 Longswords. It was the smallest Squadron in the entire Navy. But these pilots were different. They all had the toughest training they could ever imagine. They had to send their Fighters onto random slipspace vectors, and at a random time, they were to use Starmaps to find thier position and find thier way back to Mars. Along with other tests, it was hard, but all of them passed. He radioed Admrial Valentino of his current position and force composition.

On the surface, the first wave of Marines landed and started to unload thier cargo. They looked around. The air was indeed oxygen and it looked much like what was on earth. But with one difference. It looked more... alien. They started to make a perimeter of Scorpions. Colonel Carr had a talk with Major Woods. They talked about thier lives and the lives of thier troops. Carr had actually taught Woods when Woods was a Private. Woods went to OCS when he was a sergeant and became an officer. Carr had seen war at its ugliness: The rebels and the covenant. He hoped that this planet didn't have any hostiles on it. He wanted to win this war. Badly. AJ

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Rekua 'Arkanee, the one who assisted in saving Toronto, captured by Tarmfurm and tortured, and boarded the Wings of Rukt. Now he has betrayed them, and formed an Alliance of Rebels fighting for thier leadership.

"The residents may be of use, if we convince them to join or Redemption, we will have a chance against those Brutes, and the traitors,"

"Ship Master 'Arkanee, our spies have found something,"

"Show me,"

''Mayday, Mayday. This is Ceres base. We need immediate assistance from any UNSC or allied Covenant forces. I repeat we need immediate assistance fromany UNSC or allied Covenant forces. The base is under attack by these strange...things! They are not Covenant, Bujkowe or wildlife, they're like nothing I've ever seen. We will attempt to hold off the creatures as long as we can. Hurry before... aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!''

"These unknown enemy may be of use, in our hands, send our well trained warriors there, and send in my finest,"

The Albatross landed among the surface, with Epsilon Squad emerging out.

"Looks like a rotten piece of bread in a microscope," G023 commented.

"Wataminute! See that!" Edward-069 said,

"What? What do you see!?"

--The Evil O&#39;malley 02:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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The Orbital Stealth Pods impacted the surface and Team Murmillo came out. They scanned for hostile readings. None. They were sent in to provide support to the allied UNSC and covenant separatist soldiers. In fact they were not even supposed to be in that battle at all. They were to be sent in, do whatever needed to be done, and secretly punch a hole through hostile forces to allow allied forces through. Their first target was the Bujkowe village nearby. It had done some small damage to UNSC forces in the area prior to the attack on Ceres Base. The team reached the villages outskirts. They began to snipe the guards patrolling on the town outskirts. After that they moved to the centre of the town and planted a C-12 charge. They exited the village and detonated it. The villagers came screaming in firight and Team Murmillo took them down using their suppressed MA5Ks. "Fleet Admiral Chow, we have neutralized the target." Said James-G023 over the cross-comm. "Good. There should be another objective appearing on your HUD. Go to it now." Replied the Admiral.

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An ODST patrol fromt the UNSC Yamato was out and looking for native inhabitants on Ceres. They kept on marching until they came to a spot where there was a clearing. Then, Private Chin said: "Guys! I hear something!" Sergeant Jacobs told Chin to shut up. Then the Patrol looked up. A glowing hot blob of plasma was heading straight for them. They had no time to dodge it.

Back in Space, Lieutenant Lewis reviewed Ceres' profile. There was a UNSC base here, until it got run over by hostile forces. He was creeped out. Unidentified? dang. He closed the file and slept in his bunk on the UNSC Yamato. The next day was going to be very long. He turned over and started dreaming of his days at OCS. AJ

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Finnaly i have escaped that tube, that was meant to restrain me from escaping and taking what is rightfully mine thought the Darkmind as it climbed out of the pod with maybe 100 other contagine forms. The Contagine forms jjumped out and speard out trying to find anything that they could latch on to. They found creatures and 50 Dark Carrier Forms and 50 Combat Forms stood infront of their leader.

"Go and find me a host," said the Darkmind to his new soldiers. The Darkmind had a strange taste, he would not embed himself in the brain of a animal only in something that could stand on it's two feet and talk. Soon a Combat Form came back with a human wrapped in it's tenticles. She was a small girl maybe 14 or 17 years of age, she had blond hair and several scars across her face.

"Do not worry, you have been chosen as my host for the time being, this is a great honour," said the Darkmind in his deep masculine voice as he jumped towards the girl. The girl tried to scream but the combat form had a tenticle across her mouth. The Darkmind hit her exposed arm and melted into it. The only way you could tell that it was there before was a slightly darker spot of skin on her arm. She then went limp and her legs started jerking, then her arms then her head snapped up and she spoke in a deep voice " Now I have a body we will free any like me and then continue the infection of the universe,"

-- Spartan-064 ,<font color="#D3D3D3">De <font color="#A9A9A9">ma <font color="#808080">kh <font color="#000000">is http://www.wikia.com/skins/common/progress-wheel.gif <font color="#A9A9A9">Reporting  •  <font color="#A9A9A9">Contributions   03:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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The next day, Lieutenant Lewis got up, got into his naval uniform, and went to go eat breakfast. Breakfast on the ships was better than breakfast in the field he knew, from his days being rescued by the 420th. Breakfast today was steak and eggs. He knew from even more history lessons that the naval crews always had this before a landing. This was also the same as it was...yestertday? He had no idea what was goin on. The entire Marine Force on the ship had gone down the day before. But why today? He wondered. He got his answer soon enough. The Second Marine landing force was going down. The day before, only the first few units could get down due to mechanical faliure on the docking bay doors. He got is squadron together and told them to get ready to go down to the atmosphere. That day, their mission was to take reconnasiance photographs of the Covenant Bases on the planet. Thier longswords were geared up with neumorous cameras and topographic surviellance equipment. He stepped onto the ramp that led to his longsword and took off.

On Ceres, the Marine/ODST base was growing. Exponentailly. They already had a working mess hall, some barracks, a headquarters building, and a field hospital. Major Woods was looking at his force composition. 7 of his men just, dissapeared the day before. They were Chin, Jacobs, Kim, Edwards, Lopez, Worthington, and Vasquez. He had sent them out on patrol the day before... but they never came back. He checked the ever watching STARS drone for any information. It relayed a clip of thier patrol, and subsequent death. But Kims headcam was linked to the STARS drone also. The drone relayed that clip with sound to Woods. It showed something in the forest and Chin seeing it, Jacobs dismissing it. Then the cam veered skyward and a plasma blob was hurtling straight for them. Then the video cut out. He called a memorial service for them and started writing letters to thier families. AJ 12:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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"Have you located any other flood on this planet," the Darkmind asked one of it's combat forms as it returned from one of it's recon runs. They had found a crate of weaponary and they had taken from it. Now they were ready to free any other Flood that were on this Planet, and then capture it. The Combat form noded one of it's three heads and picked up the Darkmind and put him on his shoulder. The Combat Form then ran at full speed going faster then any normal creature could. As they raced on the Darkmind thought he saw a village or a base, he decided to take care of that later and to focus on the mission ahead. The Combat Form suddenly jumped and the fell down a hole similar to a well. The Darkmind a his minion fell maybe 1000 feet into the earth before the combat form grabed a ledge and then slowly rappeled down the rest of the way. As they reached the bottom they saw something, something blobly and a greenish colour. The Darkmind jumped off the Combat form and went over to touch the Form. As he touched it, It wriggled and began to speak "You are folish human child to come to such a place." As he said that a infection form swarm jumped at the Darkmind. The Darkmind simplely hit away the infection forms and ones that lacthed onto him did nothing and he hit them down and crushed them with his foot.

"You look good Doomind, how long have you been here for?" asked the Darkmind in his deep voice.

"Long enough you have proved that you are a Flood now get me out of this chamber," the Doomind requested harshly.

"Fine be quick to it," said the Darkmind as he called for the rest of his Combat Form. As they came they began digging out of the chamber and soon there was a hole to the surface.

"Now let's infect this planet,"

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As the Hellcats blazed the ground beneath them, Lieutenant Lewis checked the map of this planet. There was supposed to be a Covie Base in this sector. There was nothing. But there was something. The evidence of a battle. Plasma Burns, Explosions, and pieces of armor just lying around. But no bodies. That was wierd. They took pictures and set a vector to thier next target. AJ

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The soldier ran through the swamps. Dispicable place, the bottom of the forest. The trees of Ceres stretch up for miles on end, and as such, little light reached the bottom. And down there, in those murky swamps, lurked predators that none were supposed to know about.

But this soldier didn't have time to worry about those things. He was the last survivor of the Ceres Outpost. He had run in the middle of the battle, hoping to get out of the forest and await rescue. He went the wrong way. And then he saw a small structure. It was strange looking, with glyphs and such on it, and its' wall were 5 foot thick concrete. He thought he would be safe inside....

He wasn't.

He had run from creatures one of the marines had called "the Flood". They were nasty, horrific creatures that could take over any living being. But what he found inside was something else. Something worse. He never made it out to tell about it. And whatever it was, it escaped into the swamps.

"James, this is Amy, over." Amy was once again checking in on the Team's status. She did it alot. "This is James. Everything's OK over here.", he said, "How 'bout you guys", he asked the others. "I'm good", said Katelynn "We're good two", said Jake and Samuel simultaneously. They liked to do that, though they only got the timing right every once in a while. "Me three", said Nicholas. You could hear a noise immediately following that was him falling down. "Don't worry, still alive" "That's a relief", said Amy. That boy's gonna get himself killed, I just know it. "How's the general situation done there?" "Well, we lost a couple men in the woods, but other than that we're doing fine." "OK, keep it up. Amy, over and out." The day before the Thermopylae had landed and unloaded its' marines, Jungle Hogs and AT Eels, giving the troops some extra vehicular muscle. Pelicans and Albatrosses soon followed and dropped off more marines and vehicles, including more Jungle Hogs, more AT Eels, Transport Hogs, Chaingun Hogs, Scorpions and Turtles. The troops had quickly set up the command post and were now sweeping the area, trying to find any evidence as to what had happened to the outpost. If nothing turned up, they would claim the planet for the UNSC. Of course, most of the troops doubted that it would turn out alright, judging by pretty much all previous UNSC situations like this one. It always turned sour, sooner or later. Hopefully later, though James. "You and me both", said Nichole. "oh yeah, I forgot you were up there.", said James, "What's the Battle COM got to say?" "Nothing much. A couple more troopers are missing though.", she paused and James could see that she was analyzing the radar. "What are you doing?", he asked her. "I thought I picked something up on the radar. Just for a moment". You could tell she was disturbed by it. James didn't think it was real until Katelynn came up. "I just got this blip on the radar for just a moment. It was in that direction", she pointed in the exact same direction as Nichole had seen on the radar. In a minute, all of the patrolling members of Team Alpha reported it. "Let's move in that direction team", James said. He switched the com to the base's signal. "This is Master Chief Petty Officer James D., requesting some reinforcements. My whole team had an unindentified radar blip in the same direction. We're moving to investigate." "Roger that, sir, we'll send in a couple of Jungle Hogs. Over and out."

With that, the team moved off to check out this mysterious blip.

"This is Dragon Leader, we are scanning sector 43 of the planet, over." "Roger that, Dragon Leader, we see you. Keep up the good work. Over and out." "Dragon Squadron had been sent out to check the planet for any sort of signs of what could have happened. While they weren't the only ones, they had the hardest area to check. The mountains. Now Ceres was mostly one giant forest, with gigantic trees that were miles high. It had some watery spots here and there, and a couple blank patch in between the forest and the mountains. But the mountains were huge, taller than any on Earth or any that Dragon Squadron had ever seen, and they had seen some big ones. And then in between the mountains, there were the canyons. The dove straight down, twice as deep as the tallest mountains, no light reaching the bottom. But what made the mountains difficult to navigate through, even for Dragon Squadron, was the way the mountains stood. They were jagged edge and came up at odd angles. How in the world did they form like this, wondered Dragon-04. oh well, guess it doesn't matter, he thought. "Dragon Leader, this is Dragon-06. You might want to take a look at this." Dragon Squadron zoomed to Dragon-06's position. And there they saw it. An entire section of the forest in a 10-mile radius, completely obliterated. "What could have done this?", asked Dragon-02 "I don't know", said Dragon Leader, "but I don't like it. Come on, let's keep searching, I'll radio this in to base"

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"

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The Hellcats soon arrived over thier last target. Nothing. But the same thing everywhere. Plasma burns... but no bodies. They turned upwards and set thier engines to escape velocity. This was going to be one long report. Looking back, this this incident sounded just like the stories of flood Lewis had heard. Large battles, but no bodies. He set the thoughts into the back of his mind. He landed his longsword in docking bay 32 and saw the tech guys taking the cameras off the longswords. He reported to the briefing room and gave a full report. Sgt. Johnson

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Deep, deep between Ceres' surface there was a facility. Filled to the brim with rooms and robots. And in one room, a signal managed to penetrate the security protocols and awaken one of them. 51293 Archaic Chivalry reawakened. His light came on and he began to warm his circuitry. He had been in standby mode for a long time. "What has happened in my slumber?", he asked on the Sentinel Commanders. "We received a signal that the Satellite's Hydra broke free.", it said. "Status on the situation?" "Reclaimers destroyed the station. The threat was nutralized." "What of the planet. Anything here?" "Only recent event of any notice was a landing of was the landing of Reclaimers and other lifeforms. They fought each other and the native wildlife. They were nutralized by unknown means. New Reclaimers have arrived. A small pod crash landed on the planet. It is of our master's creation. No Sentinels were sent out as it was deemed unimportant." "Well send some out to investigate", Archaic Chivalry ordered, "that's all for now" He floated along checking the installation and began thinking of his last inspection. How it had all been clean and perfectly working, and how the Flood and Hydra were kept in place, longing to break free. Then he realized, What had happened to the Flood and Hydra? He quickly spun around and sped back to the Sentinel Commander.

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"

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After being released from their "sleep," Lambda Squad prepared themselves for the upcoming fight, while their AI, Erebus, performs his duties for the battlegroup. They are onboard the UNSC Spitfire yet again, preparing for another long day. Again.

"This war seems to have no end," muttered the leader.

"I hate to admit, but I agree to that note," said another.

The three other Spartans looked at their fourth member, surprised.

Spartan-132 has been the most bloodthirsty of the team for years, and now, it seems that fighting under Lambda Leader calmed him down some.

"They die the same way all the time," explained Spartan-132 (who's referred to as Dave), "it's so boring."

The third Spartan gives a sigh. "You never stop thinking about slaughter, do you?"

"Doesn't matter," said Dave, "it's my job."

It is all four of the Spartans' jobs to slaughter the Covenant. That's basically all they have been bred for. Killing alien species. --Dubtiger 16:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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"What do you mean no bodies?!" Asked Admiral Valentino. "There are no bodies in the pictures sir" said the ONI Officer "There are ALWAYS bodies after a battle, always." said Valentino "But sir, there were none. Just armor and plasma burns sir" "Wait, those scars look like the same craters formed by LOTUS Anti Tank mines" "Yes sir but," "How would these creatures get thier hands on weaponry like that?" "I have no idea sir" And that ended the conversation. Lotus Anti-tank mines? thought Valentino. The entire base on this planet was wiped out. Maybe some one survived? No thought Valentino. That was impossible. He left the ONI guys to let them do thier work

"Ok boys" said now Lieutenant Commander Lewis. "Demon Squadron is in this system. This time, the rivalry is going to be set aside. I know that you guys were looking forward to beating them again, but we have an even bigger threat: Flood." Sgt.johnson

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"With all due respect,sir. I was expecting to be brought online pre-Shaw-Fujikawa transition. Not 3 hours after." As Will as his dark robed avatar appeared on Holotank 2. "Also I was expecting an immediate military threat to this Fleet"

"Then I guess you should be happy to be disappointed" Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson grimly responded

"I suppose,sir. But..."

"Planetary Analsys," Admiral Wilson Ordered.

"Specroscopic analsys proves inconclusive. Infared is useless. UV too. We're pretty much blind here,sir. requesting permission to bring the ship into a higher orbit?" The A.I asked the Admiral, who in turn, replied with a subtle nod. "Sir, getting something. Alert! Losing power across the board! Orbit is begining to degrade,sir!,"

"Report!"

"I, I, I dont know,sir. Wait, getting something. Admiral, some creature has attacted itself to the main drive and power conduits. Its draining power. Profile matches..." Will as silenced, his holo dissolved. and the bridge lights dimmed.

Fleet Admiral Wilson stared at the image of this monstrousity attached to his ship..."What Is IT?" MIL AI 2430

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Fleet Admiral Wilson stared at the image. It was a large, bluish semi-blob with large wing like structure. It appeared to be made of a gel like substance. It had managed to attach to the ship's main drive and caused the ship to fall out of orbit down to the planet below. "Emergency", Wilson said on the Fleet COM. He had to alert all forces of their situation immediately. "The Annihilator is losing orbit. We are under attack from a... creature, unknown classification. It is draining power from the ship. We will be crash-landing, 200 miles south-southeast of the base camp. Send reinforcements."

The ship was soon on the planet's surface, and the marines and ODST's swarmed out, moving towards the entity. They found it, partially squished under the Annihilator, and opened fire. It managed to slip out and began attacking the marines. Most of them had the question of What is this thing? in their heads right about then.

Team Alpha moved in closer to their destination. They kept getting that same radar anomaly, getting closer all the time. "Beta Boys, this is James. You got anything?" "Nada", said Beta 1, Jake. "Nuttin'", said Beta 2, Samuel. "Keep searching", replied James. "Anybody else?" "I'm closing in", said Clayton. He had managed to catch up with them after they requested assistance. "Moving in" "Be careful", said Katelynn. "Don't kill yourself" "I never do" Then he moved in closer. It was dark all around him. He couldn't see very far, even with his night-vision. Then he instinctively ducked to the right, and as he turned around, a spear flew by his head. When he looked, he saw what appeared to be a Bujkowe soldier, more spears in hand, but something wasn't right. It was looked like it was covered lightly in a bluish slime and its' head was pushed over to the side slightly, with a large red glow coming from it. A small pulge was on the side that the head was not pushed over, with slime and something that looked like small jellyfish-like tentacles coming out. It also had some of these small tentacles on each wrist. Clayton viewed all of this in a few seconds and then opened fire. The other's heard the gunfire and rushed in to assist. Clayton had his hands full as this strange Bujkowe was extraordinarily fast, strong and resilient to gunfire. As Katelynn and James moved in to engage at close-range, but had to dodge as the tentacles rapidly enlarged to 15 feet, trying to attack them, before reverting to their several inch long state. Jake, Devyn, Samuel and Nicholas attacked with their various weapons as the beast easily dodged. It then went up to Nicholas, who had taunted it, and grabbed him, preparing to strangle him. As it held him down to the ground though, Clayton came up from behind, got the creatures attention, and blasted its' head clean through with a shotgun, narrowly missing Nick's head. "What was that?!", Nicholas asked. He wasn't good with near-death experiences yet. "I'm not sure. Let's take the body back to the base and have them examine it.", suggested Katelynn. As they prepared to return to base, they heard a distress signal over the COM. "Emergency. The Annihilator is losing orbit. We are under attack from a... creature, unknown classification. It is draining power from the ship. We will be crash-landing, 200 miles south-southeast of the base camp. Send reinforcements." "We have to go help them!", said Katelynn. "But we could never get there fast enough", said Nicholas. Then, almost as if it was to reprimand Nicholas, the Jungle Warthogs they had requested arrived. The Team jumped into the various open seats. "To the Annihilator's crash sight", ordered James. "Set on it"

Fleet Admiral Wilson awoke in the crash and pulled himself together. What happened? he wondered. Then it all came back. They'd crashed because of that... thing. He prepared to leave, grabbing his M90, but before he did, he grabbed Will's chip and plugged it into his neural port. "Still alive?", he asked Will. "Of course, sir. It takes more than that to take me offline." "Good. I'm going to need you to do some analyzing." The Fleet Admiral rushed to the nearest exit, a gaping hole in the ship's outer hull caused by the crash, and there he saw the beast. The beast had changed some of its' shape during the battle. The wing-like appendages were gone and many leg-like stubs now protruded from the bottom. More than a dozen tentacles had also sprouted from its' sides and it used them to swing at the marines, effectively killing them. "Will, analyze it.", said the Fleet Admiral as he engaged the beast, "See if there's a weak point." After thinking for what was an eternity in the middle of a battle, Will answered the Fleet Admiral. "The large, red dot. That's its' central nucleus. Its' like a brain. Take it out to kill it." "All forces, fire on the red dot.", ordered the Fleet Admiral. The forces began to fire on it, but the bullets didn't penetrate very far. Just then, an entourage of Jungle Hogs drove up, with Team Alpha stepping out of almost every one. "We heard you could use some help." said James. "It be helpful.", said Amy as she emerged from the ship. "Didn't I teach you to come faster than that?", she jokingly asked. Then she got serious. "Change your Alternator Rifles to Rocket Modes and fire on the red dot. Now take it down." The team immediately obeyed and all forces fired on the beast and, with all the coordinated fire from Team Alpha, the marines and ODST's and the Jungle Hog's Gauss Cannons, it went down fast, just without the central nucleus.

After the battle, repairs began on the Annihilator and a second command was set up at its' crash site. As a team of scientists studied the body of the beast, they noted that it was unlike anything they had heard of before, and they knew about top-secret things. But upon examining the DNA, they managed to figure out what it was. All the important figures of the UNSC forces gathered together in a command tent. The lead scientist got up to speak, "Ladies and gentlemen", he said, "We have managed to determine what this creature is. After searching the UNSC's top-secret database, we discovered a DNA match between this and a group of lifeforms found almost two years ago on the Forerunner installation called the Satellite. These creations were accidentally unleashed by a UNSC ship when they docked to investigate the station. UNSC and allied Covenant forces moved in to assist. The Covenant called these creatures "the Hydra". The station was destroyed in the subsequent battle. Those on the station were thought to be the only specimens of the species. But during the battle, a signal was emitted from the station. The UNSC North Star was sent to check out the signal. They landed on this planet and set up camp. The base that was attacked was made up of the crew of that ship, only all of the afformentioned things about the Satellite and such was made classified information. But it turns out that the creature that attacked the Annihilator was a Hydra. A more startling discovery though is that the odd Bujkowe that attacked Team Alpha was a Hydra-infected Bujkowe." "Then we're going to need reinforcements", said Amy. "I was at the Battle of the Satellite. I saw what kind of destruction and chaos the Hydra are capable of. They were worse than the Flood were, and I've fought many, many battles in which I had to deal with the Flood. But the Hydra were different. They always have a purpose, unlike the Flood that need a leader. The Hydra prefer a leader, but they are much more intelligent. Of course, the Hydra can't infect everyone and everything like the Flood can. There's some sort of specifications. I forget, I heard it in the ramblings of a Monitor that had been taken over by the Hydra. He served as their leader on the Satellite. But another thing is that if there are Hydra, then there are going to be Sentinels. Just like the Flood needed guardians, so did the Hydra. We need to find the center of the Hydra infestation and stop it, now. But call for reinforcements first." "That would explain some things then", said Fleet Admiral Wilson, "I've seen the Hydra before, but never pre-infection. Only as zombies. How big of an infestation do you think we have, doctor?" "We don't know yet", said the scientist, "But probably very large" "Will", said Wilson. The AI popped up immediately. "Get to work on probing the planet. We need to find the center of this Hydra hive. Fast. Now get to work."

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Lieutenant Commander Lewis was knocked out of his sleep by the sound of a klaxon. He rushed to the crew ready room in his flight suit. Admiral Valentino ordered his squadron to rush to the surface in thier longswords and provide cover for the UNSC Annihilator. He ran to docking bay 32 and ran into his longsword. Him and his co-pilot was the first starfighter in space. They set thier engines to maximum velocity and headed for the surface.

At base camp, Colonel Carr ordered the 1st Battalion of Marines to head to where the Annihilator crashed. They needed support. Badly. They got into thier warthogs and brought 4 scorpion tanks with them. After they were to secure the crash site, they were to call in pelicans to pick up the survivors. There was only one problem. An army of Bujkowe stood in between them and the crash site. AJ 21:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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"Vultures, get into attack formation. Stay close and follow my lead" Ordered the Vulture Commander. His name was unknown, his age, his entire identity. He remembered when he was in the UNSC. Doing this stuff legally. As they exited slipspace, they assumed attack formation. They headed toward the UNSC Yamato. They had to take a look. He knew his "brother" was on this ship. His active camouflage was on and as he flew past the Yamato, a Longsword passed over him. He saw the ship and him and his squadron flew back to Asteroid KB-27, otherwise known as "Vulture Base"

Back at Vulture Base, the former Captain Frank Holstrom got a cup of coffe. He remembered OCS, when he first met Lewis. They became best friends. Until the UNSC double crossed him and his squadron. He hated that. They were double crossed by an Admiral in the 22nd Fleet. Supposedly the 112th Fighter Squadron payed him and HIGHCOM to start shooting at them so that they could get the glory in a battle. Him and his squadron never regretted leaving the UNSC ever since. They had helped the UNSC in neumorous battles, but they also shot down many UNSC fighters. He inspected the Nuclear Warheads. Still in working condition he thought. He met with Vulture 2, formerly known as Commander Grace Walker. They inspected thier Katana Class Starfighters and went and watched thier "viewing screen" AJ

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Omega Stealth Squad had heared the crash, responed to the crash, helped fight off the Hydra and then met the delightful members of Team Alpha. Then after the landing zone had been clear they were sent on recon, We always have to leave base, i guess that just a condition if your a Stealth expert Thought Taiyo as the continued to carefully walk along the campony of the forest.

"This is a nice place, minus the things trying to kill us," Joey said as they continued walking. The squad didn't reply because everyone knew the answer, no.

"Hold it Taiyo, 4 o'clock 50 feet below, looks like a carrier form but it's black in colour, wait this is bad, Marine squad on your nine walking straight towards it, hurry" said Kayne throught the comm, he was watching them with his sniper. The rest of Omega S Squad then tried to get down but the branchs but they were to thick and they got caught in the tangling vines and could only watch helplessly as the marine squad walked straight into the dark carrier form. They shot it and it exploded shooting out 30 black infection forms which then jumped on the 7 marines and they transformed them into black combat forms. As the new combat forms ran form the site of the small fightone paused long enough for Kayne to take the shot and blew right through the Black Combat forms bodykilling the Infection form inside. Omega S Squad then untangled themselves which took around 20 minutes and jumped down to the floor of the forest.

"Better take that back to the camp to get it studied never seen flood like that," said Kayne through the comm. As Taiyo reached to pick it up it started to squirm, then it completely melted into the shadows. Not the ground but the shadows.

"That was strange," said Taiyo as he turned and to go back to base to report. Of course i've seen weirder thought Taiyo as the ran back to base.

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The first battalion moved swiftly through the jungle. Then they hit a snag. An army of Bujkowe attacked and ambushed them. The Marines didn't know how to react. It was either shoot back or laugh. Many did both. The Marines annihilated the Bujkowe with 50 losses. They continued on to the crash site. Then, one of them saw something in the jungle. They stood back and readied thier Battle Rifles. Then, the being decloaked. It was a member of the Omega Stealth Squad. AJ 00:23, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

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Honorary Major Jace Williams sat in the cockpit of his Broadsword, assesing the damage that had been done to it. The shields were damaged, but those were an easy repair. The engines were fine, but the stabilizers that allowed for it to manuver were slightly damaged, so his manuverability would be limited. Slipspace drive was running, and were damaged quite alot. He doubted that the rest of the squad and him would be able to escape. He was at half ammunition in his 180mm rotary cannons, but it wasn't worrying him. he still had millions of rounds. He had three ASGM-11 Missiles left, which was something he wished he had more of. He had Scorpion Anti-Tank missiles as well as a backup, and had thirty of those.

"Jace, my status is yellow. What's yours?" came the voice of his second in command, Lisa Mill.

"Same, half at the 80s, three levins, thirty scorps." Jace said back, and looked at his slipspace readout, which stuck out like a sore thumb in the Broadsword.

//Entry Vector Confirmed// ''//Time Table Confirmed// //Time of Arrival Confirmed// //Time of Arrival: May 17th, 2526, 1800 Hours// //Time of Arrival: Three minutes from current time// //System: Unconfirmed//''

Looking up from it in shock, Jace keyed his comm to the rest of the squadron.

"Alright people, we're emerging in three minutes to an unknown and possibly hostile system, get the rotarys into place and arm the 'levins, get your shields up to as high as you can, and get you sensors ready for an immeidate scan of the place once we emerge!"

Jace did as he himself instructed, and watched the timer count down.

''//Time of Arrival: Ten Seconds// //Time of Arrival: Five Seconds// //Time of Arrival: 1 Second//''

Jace was thrown backwards into his seat as the explosive force of the slipspace exit hit the tiny little craft. Jace rocked around, and when he opened his eyes he saw stars....and something that he hadn't seen for four years. UNSC Capital Ships.

"This is Ex-Major Jace Williams of the former 112th Naval Squadron, hailing the flagship of this fleet; please instruct me on what the heck is happening."

On the bridge of the UNSC Metal Sovereign, Admiral George Walter paced around the room. They had taken a mostly blind jump in the direction of civilized space, and now he was getting worried. Eight months in slipspace could do that to a man. After all, ever since they had nearly been wiped out in 2552, they had been jumping around the galaxy for who knows how long, going everywhere, but neverfinding a hint of UNSC and covenant forces, unless you count the remains of a planet that had been glassed.

"Engineering, how are the engines doing?" asked Walter as he passed the engineering console.

"Running hot sir, core meltdown in eight weeks." the man manning the console replied, and Walter steered away.

"Navigation whats our course?" he asked as he passed.

"Sir, unknown vector, but we'll be emerging--"

He didn't get to finish his sentence. The world suddenly changed, and the Sovereign was rattled. Walter fell to the floor, and when he looked up, something astound greeted him. Ships upon ships of UNSC ships.

"Get me a channel with them five minutes ago!" he bellowed, and the whole bridge exploded into movement.

CAF Corporal Spartan 501

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Upon the deck of UNSC Spitfire, three Spartans stood to the side on the bridge, watching as crew members jog around the bridge, giving reports, updates, and whatnot as the battle rages on. The squad has been waiting for the last 20 minutes for a potential weakness in the UNSC's battle plan for them to put a cork in. The fourth stood alongside Fleet Admiral Chow as he gives orders to his fleet.

--Dubtiger

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Flashback: February 22nd, 2554, Battle of Theda IV, Theda Lambada System, UNSC Controlled Space

"Good work everybody, especially the 112th" said Vulture Leader "Thank you Captain" said Demon Leader "OH CRAP! I JUST FIRED A MISSLE! DEMON 4, DUCK!" said Vulture 8 "Fire on the Traitors! Don't let them escape!" said Fleet Admiral Carl Harper "Vulture Squadron, follow me! The UNSC has double crossed us! Follow Me!" said Vulture Leader

Captain Frank Holstrom awoke from his dream. It was a nightmare. He always wondered: why would the UNSC double cross them? The question always bothered him. It was an electrical short circuit on the longsword Vulture 8 piloted. Didn't they know that? He wondered. He went and got some sleeping pills and went back to sleep. AJ

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Deep within a pit in the bowels of the planet, considered safe by the Forerunners, lay a great beast. The room was once kept at absolute zero temperature, so as to keep the creature in a stasis, safe for study. But now, he had reawakened and was free. but he stayed in the pit, controlling his forces from there. And in that pit, as seemed to befit insane leaders, he quote an ancient poem he had constructed over his millenia old lifespan.

"Long did I wait....And long did I plan....To rule this planet....Of tree and mountain....The end has come....My time begun....I will rule all....Everything, everyone"

On and on the poem dragged, as the great Hydra commander Blackheart sent his spawn to take over all of the planet.

"Darkmind, how have your forces done in their work?", questioned Doommind. While Doommind had at one time been a great commander with an army of Flood forms at his command, he now settled to command through Darkmind, as his own form was still less than awe-inspiring. "We have many of the native Bujkowe infected.", replied Darkmind, "Some of the humans are now ours as well" "Good, soon the planet will be ours, and then, the universe!" Evil laughter soon filled the pit that they were in. The future brood ill for the planet....

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"