User:Ebon Shadowshot/Heretic: Darkest Before Dawn

Heretic: Darkest Before Dawn is a Short/long/novel-like (I havn't decided yet) Story created by Gruntijackal. It follows the tale of the Heretics from Halo 2 on a diffrent base that the Covenant doesn't know about. The Survivors of the Gas Mine incident are not included in this story so no Canon-Abuse can be wrote on this story as it doesn't affect the Halo Timelin/Story/Passage/Game. If popular, I plan to write a new story (or a sequel) to this story called Heretic: Destined

Games/Films References
I will use other games references and ideas or other films references and ideas for this story, here is a list.


 * (2000) Film, Pitch Black


 * (2006) Game, Gears of War


 * (2004) Film, The Chronicles of Ridick

Others that I havn't got into the story yet. The Above are comfirmed to be referenced in this story.

Sang 'helli

 * Heretic Leader Sesa 'refumee


 * Refu 'kmme


 * Refu's Honour Guard Yin 'Kil


 * Arbiter Thel Vadum


 * Shipmaster Thi 'nk

Unggoy

 * Pipip


 * Reru

San 'shyumm



 * Prophet of Truth


 * Prophet of Mercy


 * Prophet of Regret


 * High Prophet of Reclimation (Before Becoming Prophet)


 * Minister of Exploration


 * Prophet of Herecy

Human

 * Commander Keith Roberts


 * Lord Terrence Hood


 * Commander Mirande Keyes


 * Seargent Avery Johnson


 * Spartan John 117- Master Chief


 * ODST Bill Remok


 * Smart AI of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn Cortana

Lekgolo

 * Juik liki Huno


 * Yutar hikie

Kig-Yar

 * Kick-Flip

Yan 'nme

 * Yu justineaci

Flood

 * Proto Gravemind


 * Gravemind


 * ODST Bill Remok

Testing
"The Covenant- an evil force lead by Zealous leaders- are a race of true evil. Their leaders, the Prophets, are deluded creatures which act very mysteriouse. One Individual- The Minister of Exploration- is quite amazing. He is half reasonable and half considerable. However, their leader, the High Prophet of Truth, is Half Deluded and Half Something else..."

- Unknown

In the dark, deep vacuum of Space, floats another Heretic-Gas Mine. Next to the Heretic gasmine lies a Ship Construction Factory of the Heretics (SCFH). The Heretic faction stands outside of Threshold just like it's sister Gas Mine on the other side of the Planet. Deep within the Mine, lies the Heretic Zealot Leader, Refu' Kamme. The Heretic Faction on this Gas Mine, however, contains Heretic Hunters as they were deemed ' Unfit ' for service in it's sister mine.

"Heretic Log, October 2552, I watch over my workers in the mine. They seem happy but deep down I know they feel fear of the Covenant we once thought as 'Salvation'."

Refu paced his way across the room, with two scribe Grunts by his side,

"And yet, the Covenant hasn't descovered our holy sanctuary. We remain Isolated from the rest of the Heretic Faction. An Oracle bestowed upon us yesterday. He taught us of the 'True' purpose of the Halo Rings. Another Oracle-343 Guilty Spark- visited the sister gas mine and taught our brothers and sister of the true power and Nature of the Halo Array."

The Scribes followed Refu as he stepped across the top of the Gas Mine, were the cables held it in place. As he gazed out into the Dark opening behind his bulletproof, glass barrier. Refu Continued to his scribes,

"I Watch every night, staring into the abyss of space. Wondering why the Halo Array annhilates every single living thing in the Galaxy. The Oracle tells me I will learn 'In due time'. But time is not my problem. The Covenant is."

Refu found his bed next to the glass and went to sleep. The Scribes bow and head towards the dark, crafted elevator. As it creeks down, the Scribes keep hold of the readings of their master. The Elevator came to a sudden halt. The Grunts -sucking on their Methane with plessure- witnessed an Elite Editor awaiting scribes for the Log of Refu 'kmme. The Elite stared at the Grunts, "Ok, give me the readings. We will see the Master's true feelings."

The Grunts handed him their notes. The Elite was satcified, "This will provide the loyal, non-stop working public to apprieciate their master with true knowledge,"

The Grunts layed out their hands as the Elite handed them their nights rations. The Grunts left the room. Blowing out the Candle, Refu's heretic Ultra bodyguards stood in darkness, always by his side in life... and death.

The Next morning, the Guards paced their way to the Elevator; they were the night honour guards. Refu awakened from his calm, motionless sleep to find the Oracle simply flying around the room- sucking information from the structure into his databank. Refu approached the Oracle, "Oracle. I grow inpantient. What is my purpose of guarding the Forerunner's relics?"

"Your job?" Sparky Cus replied. "Your job is to protect this relic of the forerunner- or my creators."

A holographic image of the entire gas mine appeared in mid-air. Sparky Cus stared at the two bottem levels of the complecated structure, "You see, ex-meddler, the two floors below your search contain the parasitic organism that thrives of the life forms of Sentinent creatures. You may call tthem the 'Parasite' or simply 'the Flood' as they Flood the host of it's life and energy and converts it into a new life form. Refu understood. Sparky Cus continued, "Your job is to protect and prevent the parasite from escaping from their Cryo-Genic freeze. I could give you the data code of my creators to enter the lab. But be warned, some of the parasite is unfrozen and is being tested by several of my creator's inventions."

Refu nodded as Sparky Cus gently floated to a diffrent location.

Meanwhile, on High Charity, two hairy, stupid brutes were holding a naked elite. The Elite was burnt with a Mark of Shame on his chest. The Elite was being brought through the prison area on High Charity. One Brute mentioned, "Why must we heft this heavy package? Any cell will do."

"Why not toss him in with this lot?" the other Brute suggested- chuckling.

In the prison cell, three jackals were jumping on the bars, scratching out to their brute prison holders. At once, a white, hariy brute spoke out,

"Quiet, you two wimper like grunts straight on the field," the three brutes walked down the prison block.

They reached a door. As it opened, the Three Brutes stepped onto a platform. Suddenly, they swept through the platform and down a purple, unused Gravity Lift overlooking the Mausoleum of the Arbiter. The Brutes dragged the Elite into the dark room. There, the two Prophets of Mercy and Truth sat next to a floating pod. The White brute approached them, "Noble Prophets of Truth and Mercy, I have brought the package."

"You may leave, Tarturus," Truth said.

"But- but I thought" Taturus stuttered.

"Go. And Take your Brutes with you," Truth regarded.

"Yes Hierarch," Taturus Sighed.

The Two brutes dropped the Elite as they silently left the room. Truth and Mercy approached him,

"The Council decided to have you hung by your entrails and your corpse paraded around the city," Truth quoted.

"I do not belong in your presence," the Elite loyaly said.

"But the Council was... overzealouse" Truth said while thinking of what to say.

"We know you are no heretic. This is the true face of Herecy," Truth mentioned as a holographic image of an Elite appeared on his Throne.

The Hologram started to talk, "The Prophets are liers. Open your eyes my brothers. Even at the feet of our lords you must realise it. The Great Journey is li-" Truth paused the recording.

"But what do you require of me?" The Elite asked.

"You are to lead our forces and kill this heretic," Truth replied.

"But how, I cannot command ships or lead troops into battle," the Elite mentioned.

"Not as you are no. But to become the Arbiter and you will be sent with our blessing," Truth quoted.

"The Taming of the Hunters, the Grunt Rebellion. Were it not for the Arbiters, this covenant would have broken long ago," Mercy interrupted.

"What do you need of me?" the Elite asked.

"We need you assassinate this heretic," Truth said.

"As the Arbiter, won't I be-" the Elite said.

"The Job and task of the Arbiter is complicated, vast, suicidle. You will die as every Arbiter before you!" Mercy shouted.

The Pod in mid air slowly opened. The Prophets watched in pride as the Elite seen the Holy Armour of the Arbiter appear before his Alien, orange eyes. The Prophets smiled. The Elite approached the Armour. Taking a deep breathe, the Elite put on his helmet and became the Arbiter.

"What is my task?" the Arbiter asked.

"You are to assassinate the Heretic leader. With our blessing, you will either succeed or die," Mercy quoted.

As the Arbiter left the room in full armour, the Minister of Exploration and the Minister of Council (The Future Prophet of Reclimation) approached the Prophets. Truth told them, "Exploration, you failed me on that planet. Cast your Arbiter asside as if he was a Jackal. For that, you must approach the Heretic Gas Mine, there, they will be no doubt that you will die,"

Exploration nodded. Ashamed, he boarded a Phantom outside the Mausoleum.

Back at the Gas Mine, Refu contacted Sesa Refumee- the leader of the heretics. The Hologram struggled to turn on, however, it eventually gave in after a couple of minutes. The Hologram appeared, "Leader, I have been given my task by the oracle. Have you?" Refu questioned.

"No. I all ready know what I must do. I can sense that the Covenant will come looking for us," Sesa replied, chuckling.

"Will you be allright? Refu asked. "Should I send loyal men and soldiers to prtect you?"

"No. I will be fine. I have a 'secret' weapon at my disposal and you do too," Sesa reminded.

433 Sparky Cus simply floated around the area, absorbing the knowledge of his since past creators. He muttered to himself, "Please hope they made it to the Ark-"

"The What?" Sesa interrupted.

Sparky Cus made a robotic sigh, "The Ark. My Creator's final construct."

A holographic image of the Ark Appeared. Sesa and Refu were astonished! Refu gasped in glory. "Please, go on," he pleaded.

"The Ark is massive, vast Forerunner construct outside this galaxy," Sparky Cus mentioned.

"Why is it outside the Galaxy?" Sesa asked as 343 Guilty Spark was in the background of the Hologram.

"The Ark has something known as a 'Citadel' in it. From their one could activate every single Halo Ring and be unharmed. The Ark is out of range from even the most close Installation," Sparky Cus continued.

"Because the Forerunner activated the Ark while over 95% of their race stayed to distract the Flood from escaping," Refu mentioned.

"Preciesly," Sparky Cus said.

A Sudden Gale of wind past the inner section of Refu's bedroom. Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared,

"And thats, all I need to know," the shadow called.

The Shadow stepped out of it's hiding place only to be descovered as the Minister of Exploration. Refu Grabbed a Plasma Rifle, "Please. You do not even though what I've killed in my life," Exploration quoted.

"Now, I've seen the true nature of the creators constructions and relics. I want to join your...- heretic faction," Exploration quoted.

"What use are you to us?" Sesa quoted.

"If you give me the Gravity Throne of the Heretic Prophet, I will be your aid and ally. I will aid young Refu here with my wisdom," Exploration explained.

Sesa was thinking for a moment and putting his hand on his head, "Ok. The Gravity Throne is behind you and you are now classed as ally."

Exploration smirked, he carefully pulled himself into the chair. As it rose, Refu slowly bowed before Exploration- his new aid. Exploration and Refu stared at 433 Sparky Cus.

433 Sparky Cus- suprised- asked them, "What do you want, meddlers?"

"We want to know, how to get into the bottom two levels without the Flood noticing," Refu replied.

"Oh, you may believe there is a way, but even if the flood is frozen, it continues to 'think'," Sparky Cus replied.

Refu and Exploration were puzzled, as Sparky Cus continued, "You see, as every other parasitic life form, the flood needs to think to survive. As they watch you and your allies wander around the rooms, they will 'think' of a stratergy which is best suited to defeat you,"

"What does that mean, holy oracle?" Refu replied.

"It means, by all means, that once you enter the room, you must be prepared for a dangerouse enemy. Even though they are frozen, the flood could still descover and escape plan just before the slightest moment when you let your guard down. The Code to the door, 678H43. Remember that, meddler," Sparky Cus Explained.

Refu and the Minister nodded. Refu lifted his head up to the Minister, "I will leave and unlock the door. Until i return, I want you to stay in this room. I do not want the parasite to descover a Holy Prophet is on this mine."

"But of course, Refu. Why would i think of going into a place of death and hatred?..." Exploration replied; he hadn't told Refu in what he had done on the Shield World," as he drifted into memory, he seen the end of the Spartans...

Memory (This isn't a chapter just a short flashback)

Taken by my other story, Halo: Shield World as a Flashback

Meanwhile, underneath the gorund, 433 Sparky Cus arrived with the Spartans climbing up into the cave. Not knowing a battle was raging on. Sesa exited the Scarab, handing the controls to an engineer as he flew in a banshee back to the minister of Exploration. A hologram of the Prophet of Mercy appeared before Exploration, "Minister, how is your operation?"

"The Gravemind is dead and so is the parasite, hiearch," Exploration replied with a grin.

"Excellent, how is the Arbiter?" Mercy asked.

"We both know he is doomed on this planet. It is only a matter of time..." Exploration replied after being interrupted.

The Arbiter-crashing a banshee right next to the Minister of Exploration. While a battle raged below, Exploration was shocked at the Arbiter's presence. The Arbiter, wielding an Elite Honour Guard's pike knelt next to the Minister.

"Hiearch, three demons approach the retrewat, I will hold them off for you and If I don't make it, long live the covenant..."

Three Hornets crashed down the hall from the Minister, the three spartans and 433 Sparky Cus exited. The spartans stared at the Minister. Sparky Cus flew next to the Minister, feeling safer out of the Spartans battle. Sesa grabbed a fuel rod gun as the Arbiter charged the Spartans. Firing the Shotgun, the bullet just bounced off the Arbiter's stomach armour. He whacked a spartan to the ground, pentrating his shield. Sesa fired his Fuel Rod Gun at Spartan O-09- who was wielding a SMG. The Honour Guards joined in the fight only to be crushed by the wreckige of several sentinels. The Minister watched the Arbiter battle with the Spartans.

Spartan O-09 dodged yet another fuel rod blast from Sesa. While the Arbiter whacked one in the foot with the pike, deactivating the shield. To his suprise, the Spartan grabbed the pike as the Arbiter attempted to bring it back. The Spartan later took the pike right out of the Arbiter's hands and tripped him up in his enraged state. Twisting the pike, the Spartan stabbed the Arbiter in the back, killing him as he looked at the Minister of Exploration. Sesa- knowing he can't take on three Spartans on his own- boarded his own Banshee and left the Minister to die. The Spartans glared at the Minister. The minister spoke, "Humanity, the very race you came from. Coming here to attempt to assassinate me along with my Arbiter and my most trusted bodyguard. I guess he isn't very... trustworthy anymore."

The Spartans lowered their weapons while the Minister slowly began to pick up the ultimate weapon against any non-shielded opponent- two needlers. The Minister continued, "It is a shame that my Arbiter could only, permantly destroy your energy shielding. Such a shame..." 343 Sparky Cus began to move away from the group; his curiosity rising by the second. "And yet, you continue to fight the Grand Covenant Army," the Minister continued. "But do not worry. You will not need to fight us much longer," the minister smirked as he said that. "Because..." the minister spoke. "You will be dead," the minister concluded. Before the Spartans could react, Exploration fired his needler, hitting one in the neck and killing him instantly. He fired again in the same second, getting the other Spartan in the head- also killing him instantly. Spartan O-09 stared at the minister as he was shot by a needler also. Spartan O-09 survived the shot and picked up the Arbiter's pike to charge at the Minister. Unbeknowst to the Spartan, the Minister had picked up an energy sword from an Elite Honour Guard's armour. The Sword sliced through the pike, chopping it in half. The Spartan attempted to punch the Minister down only to be suddenly stopped. He felt weird. He felt as if his armour wasn't on. Looking down, the Spartan realised he had been sliced along with the pike. The Spartan knelt down to cover the wound which spat blood all over the room. The Minister dropped the energy sword and picked up Spartan O-72's Magmun. 09 looked up only to be shot instantly in the head by the minister. The Spartan collapsed and died five minutes later, his final thoughts being, "Never underestimate a Prophet". 433 Sparky Cus- suprised about the battle- moved towards the Minister, "The Reclaimer, is dead."

"Yes, oracle. But as self defence, I killed them while they attempted to kill me," Exploration replied.

Exploration stared at the Arbiter's corpse, "You were not ment for your role. Striken in a moment of weakness. I am ashamed of your event."

Exploration and Sparky Cus stared at the battle below. The Hornets had began to retreat as hundreds of Vampires gave chase. The Scarabs later climbed up the mountain to the retreat. Sparky Cus then stared at the massive construct wondering...

Exploration smirked, how on earth had he'd done that?

Meanwhile, on the lift, Refu and two honour guards were travelling down into the mine. The Lift was slow like a sloth, as it went down, Refu could see Grunt peons working on the Network diagrams and the Weapons department. An Elite Supervisor was keeping the peons at work instead of slouching, "You, get back to work. You, don't encourage him!"

The Lift came to a sudden halt as Refu and his Honour Guards stepped out. The Honour Guards paced their way down the corridor. While Refu went the other way. The Honour Guards muttering, "How long have we served that man?"

"I don't know. But if we can prevent the Covenant from annhilating us, I guess that's a possitive," the other replied.

Refu paced down the corridor into a tunnel network. Refu seen tired out Grunts sleeping the day away.

"Fist of Rukt," one spoke.

Refu mentioned, "That weapon is a deadly, decieving item of the Evil Covenant. Never say that again!"

"Sorry master, just sleep-talking. We've are the new recruits that escaped bad nasty covenant," the Grunt quoted.

Refu paced his way down the hall, once again. The Grunts returned to their posts, well rested. Refu paced his way down the corridor, Heretic Elites were talking to eachover, "Have you seen the latest report of Heretic News?"

"No. Have you?" the other Elite replied.

"It says that the Covenant is planning to attack the ister gas mine," the first Elite quoted.

"Realy? I hope that the fine armies of the Heretic Faction will defeat the evil Covenant!" the other Elite said.

"I wonder whats in the Daily Sermon today?" the first Elite said.

"Well then. Let's find out," the other Elite replied.

The Two Elites left the room, down the corridor and out of sight. Refu continued to pace his way down the corridor, he seen an Elite reading the Daily Sermon.

On the front Page, an article was wrote about Sesa 'refumee.

Sesa the Great or...Sesa the Fearful

By Ku 'shemi Earlier today, on the Heretic News, it was reported

the Covenant was planning an attack on our siter  

''gas mine. The leader-Sesa 'Refumee- has became    ''

fearful about his own protection, rather than his 

own armies (who would die even for his worthiness).

Today, he was interviewed by our reporter, Ruk-   

''Rat 'yumm. ''

"Do You feel like it is your responsibilty to     

lead the Heretic faction until the moment of your 

death?"                                           

"Yes. I would never abandon my commrades when under

seige by the wicked Covenant." Sesa replied to us. 

"Do you like the idea of employing Hunters in your 

time of need?"                                    

"Believe me, we will not be in any need of the    

''Lekgolo's aid. If the Prophets want me they will  ''

will have to get me through my allready impressive 

forces." Sesa quoted.                             

"To conclude, what would you say about the Force  

about to enter your system?"                      

"I fear no man, alien or robot. If they even dare 

to touch the Forerunner Gas Mine, they will       

easily defeated by my airforce," Sesa replied.    

The rest of the article was about Sesa over his years of Service, Refu walked away. The Elite reading the news also walked away, giving back to the Unggoy who sold him it.

Refu could not understand it, his own faction disliking the person who created them. Two Elites with the Daily Sermon in their hands passed, staring at eachover, "Realy, thats a good story," one said.

"What page are you on?" the other one asked.

"Erm.. page 13 Parasite Strikes" the first one explained.

"Ok, I'll look at that," the second one quoted.

A Grunt was standing at the end of the Corridor, behind a floating Newspaper stand. It was advertising the Paper, "Why settle for less when you can get the Daily Sermon right here!".

Refu couldn't resist, "I will take one". As He pulled out his money but the Unggoy responded, "Oh no boss, you get it for free."

"Oh..well- okay," Refu said while taking the Newspaper.

The Newspaper was in colour- not like human Newspapers- Refu flicked through each page, making sure he sucked up enough information. The Room was silent all of a sudden; the arrousing sound of grunts cheering and Elites light conversation had just disappeared. Refu looked up from his paper, and everybody was still there. The Grunts were cheering, however, he could not here them. The Elites were chattering, but he could not hear them aswell. Refu slowly looked back at his newspaper, only to be able to hear again. The Unggoy left the room to return to their duties. The Elites continued to chatter. "Weird," Refu spoke to himself.

He held the newspaper in his hand and walked across the corridor, it had felt a little to weird to him. He passed a corner and he just seen all of the Hunter's disappear into the darkness. Refu began to shiver, he had not noticed that he could not hear because he was lying on a newly-created peacemaker. But now, he was just ill on the sight of the Hunter's disappearence. Boldly, Refu walked on- trying to pretend nothing happened. He acssesed an Elevator/lift. He slowly pushed itself down the collums of the Gas Mine.

The Map
The Minister lay there, all alone. No-one to talk to. No-one to be with. But he supposed that he was considered lucky to even be alive. That the Heretics he once thought were pure evil, would take him in in his time of need. He would never forgive Truth for what he done, he would never forgive the Prophet of Regret. He would never forgive any of them; or maybe he'd trust Mercy and his wise brain. Exploration lay there, motionless.

"I must do something to support them!" he whispered under his breath.

"But what?" he quoted as he sat up rather than lie down.

The Oracle silently flew past him.

"Perfect..." Exploration quoted.

"Oracle, I need you," Exploration called.

"Yes, humble meddler?" Sparky Cus mentioned.

"We both relise that the activation of this ark will be soon. What can the Heretics do to prevent this from happening?" Epxloration asked.

"There is a way to stop the meddler's. But it is a very risky option. You shouldn't even consider it," Sparky Cus mentioned.

"What?" Exploration said. "What is the Idea?"

"The Operation being, we must kill the leaders rather than defeat the bulk of Sang 'helli in the army. It is too risky,"

"How Risky?" Exploration mentioned.

"It is either you kill them which is very likely that you will die. Or a simpler way, you must corrupt their leader. I think you call him truth," Sparky Cus said.

"What about Truth?" Exploration Mentioned.

"Well, if you get Truth to dislike the Sang 'helli race- the bulk of the Covenant army- well, the Elites will not take too kindly on being disliked and replaced and exucuted,"

"I'm listening..." Exploration said.

"Well, the more the dead, the more likely the Sang 'helli will exact rebellion and the rest will do itself," Sparky Cus explained.

"So I'll go to Truth and corrupt him even further than he is now?" Exploration said.

"Precisely" Sparky Cus mentioned.

Exploration nodded, smirking as he left the room; his revenge had just begun. Sparky Cus left the room.

Meanwhile, on Earth, the Covenant was allowing full siege on it, torturing humans, blowing up buildings. Two Marines were crouched down ontop of a building, looking through binoculars. "It's a town square, pelicans clear for deployment," one of them spoke. Suddenly, a purple, particle beam went straight past the Marine looking in the binoculars' head. He turned round and seen his friend collapse to the ground beside him; eventually, he fell off the building. His friend lifeless. The Other marine took cover behind the nearest rock- hoping whatever happened wouldn't get him too. "Come in Lookout 2.3," a pelican pilot spoke.

It was too late, a huge, thick, green beam fired upon the Pelican and pummeled it to the ground, "Our birds going down! Help!".

The Marine just watched it plummet to it's doom. He felt as if it was his fault- and it was his fault. This Marine was called Bill Remok and he was a survivor.

Three other Pelicans rushed through the streets of New Mombasa. "This is Kilo-23 standing by," one said.

"Hel-72 standing by," another said.

"Jiro-47 standing by," the other one said.

Bill watched them fly into the distance, afraid of what would happen. He was still saddened about his friend's death. He knew his friend died for Earth and for humanity. He looked at the ground and seen an entire Legion of Covenant Marching down the section, killing every piece of UNSC resistence. Bill shrieked in terror as soldier by soldier just fell to the ground as if they didn't even fight. Suddenly, a huge leg just crushed a warthog moving in to stop the legion; it exploded into tiny pieces. He looked up from the leg, it was the most fearsome power in the Covenant Army, a Scarab! A Pelican came in above it only to be shot down by its immense turrets. And thousands of turrets attacked it, then Bill realised, It wasn't a Scarab, it was the legendary Super Scarabs. He could only destroy by killing the pilots. The Scarab had just began to shoot its sorrounding buildings. He witnessed several lookouts fall out of the air and plummeting to the ground. When the Scarab was to attack his building, he would make his move. Two Unngoy were onboard, laughing at the buildings desctruction or 'big boom! big boom!'. The Scarab destroyed another building, turning it into a thousand pieces. After ten minutes, Bill's was the only building left, as the beam attacked the central area of the building, hundreds of Pistol-Wielding Marines ran outside the building in fear only to be each individualy shot by the Covenant forces. The Scarab moved closer, Bill picked up the battle rifle next to him and also the Pistol. Taking a deep, once-in-a-lifetime breathe and lept into the air. The Covenant stared as the hulking pile of flesh lept straight onto the Scarab. He kicked the two Unggoy off the edge and witnessed Several Jackals exit the Interior of the Scarab, he shot in small bursts at their hand and legs (their unprotected part). He Picked up one of the shields and activated it's purple, electric energy. The Inside of the Pilot room was quiet, until two Major Domo Elites came from behind him, he quickly used the Jackal's shield as a frizbee and thrown it at the Elites, chopping their Heads off. There lifeless body fell to the ground. He Witnessed an Ultra coming at him with an energy sword! He Used the center of the Shied to counter the attacks. He then got the upper hand and grabbed an Energy Sword of his own, but with a shield. They're swords clashed once as they lept to the other side of eachover. The Ultra twisted around to attack Bill, however, Bill Pulled out the Energy Shield and Stabbed the Elite in the back with it, stunning him. He them sliced the Ultras stomach, killing him instantly. He picked up the Energy Sword- now with two. He stabbed both of the pilots in the back, killing them instantly.

He heard Banshee sounds outside, the Scarab began to shake fanatically. He stared at the Elite Pilot and thrown the Sword at him, killing him instantly. He then glared at the Banshee but looked back at the Ultra's corpse, "You Four-faced son of a bitch!". He Boarded the Banshee and flew into the air, fooling the Covenant Legion below. The Scrab shook unit it deactivated, it started to fall, and so it did. Hundreds of Covenant Troops went into retreat as the Scarab plummeted. The Scarab fell ontop of them, killing them all instantly. But that wasn't all, the scarab was set on fire when it fell, and there was three-hundred grunts underneath the flames. The Banshee turned around and looked at the scarab. Little explosions were coming out of it but then they got bigger so the Banshee turned around, escaping a humungoes explosion by mere inches.

Two Pelicans, however, were destroyed in the incident. Bill landed nearby to see the Pelican carrying Spartan 117- the Master Chief onboard plummet to the ground below. He Landed nearby them to avoid being shot down. "Chief, can you hear me?" Cortana whispered.

He witnessed the Legendery Master Chief exit the Husking Pelican. "It's an honour to meet you, sir," Bill remarked.

"And you are?" John said.

"I'm an ODST that just saved your ass," Bill said thinking Master Chief pelican escaped the explosion.

"Well then, if you did, thanks. Come with us," John said.

"Oh, oh thank you sir," Bill spluttered.

John and the other Marines weere at the door, trying to open it. John stood atleast 6 inches larger than Bill, but Bill didn't mind. The group marched through the corridor- set on fire by the Pelican. "I think we'll get through this easily," Cortana said.

Two Grunts passed the corridor, getting shot instantly by the marines. "Keep quiet, catch 'em by suprise," Cortana whispered.

A Door was blocking their way, cortana's holographic image appeared ontop of the Panel, "No Problem," she spoke.

Cortana's image disapeared into the dull, grey machinery. One Female Marine stared at Bill, "Your not from around here, are you?"

"If your talking about Sigmas Octunas IV, then yes," Bill replied.

"I like a foreign man," she exxplained.

"Well your luck ran out, I'm married," Bill quoted.

Before she could reply, the door slid open, where the unknown was imaged...

The Five Humans exited the door, two Grunts were sleeping next to the door. Silently, Bill assassinated them. The Female marine stared at the sky, and seen several Pelicans getting shot from the sky. Several Marine survivors from the crash exited one which had crashed next to them. They were twelve of them now. "Chief," Cortana whispered.

"Yes, Cortana," the Chief replied.

"Get me off this piece of shit, now" Cortana belowed.

The Chief placed his hand on the panel, she disappeared into his armour. Ten Elites stood staring at the Pelicans getting shot down, "What a gloriouse shot!" one said.

"Yes, what a fine kill," the other one said.

The Master Chief seen the leader, a Major Domo, in the center of the group. A fuel rod cannon of a dead grunt was next to him, he picked it up and fired it five times. Wiping them all out. The Elites flew through the air and landed onto the ground with a loud thud. "How do you like it?!" a marine belowed.

The Grunts sorrounding the elites realised of their death and fired upon the Humans. Needler fired upon the short passage, the Marines pulled out their weapons, mostly Assault Rifles. A Criss-cross of bullets and pink, thick, crystal needlers fired in all directions. One Marine was shot in the chest by the needle, he collapsed to the ground. "I'm Hit!" he called. Another Marine pulled him behind the Pelican to safety. "Your gonna make it, marine!" a medic explained as the wounded cried out in pain.

Several Grunts were shot down by the Master Chief with a fuel rod cannon blast. The Indicator in the weapon exclaimed that it was out of plasma battery (a Halo: Ce Fuel Rod Gun).

The remaining Grunts began to retreat, not because they were osing, but because they had seen Jackal Snipers ontop of the buildings around them. The Group took cover behind wreckage incase covenant reinforcements arrived. A marine was so proud of killing his first alien, he decided to show-off. "Hey, look at me, killing aliens from outer space, woo!" he cheered, standing up, "I would just like to say, stick with me, and you'll be ok-" he didn't finish his sentence, he was immediatly shot in the head by a Jackal Sniper hiding in the Buildings. The Marine's head came right off.

"Oh No!" the female called, "He's dead!"

The Lifeless body fell to the ground beside Bill. Bill crawled a little closer to the barricade. The Master Chief was looking for the Snipers, only to see a smoky, grey line come from one building to the other, a lifeless Jackal fell out of it. The Master Chief looked at the building closest to him, three Jackals plumeted to the ground, whacking a marine down. The Sniper bullet was a miracle, but the miracle was not to last. Five Purple, beam-like bullets shot into the building. Three Smoke lines exited the building, showing the group their saviour was dead. Suddenly, a gigantic leg stepped ontop of a building and another leg appeared.

In a couple of minutes, a whole Scarab had appeared onto the area, Bill cried out, "Shit! I just destroyed you! Why have you came back?"

The Scarab fired upon the wall infront of it, shredding it's brick and cement. The Medic was next to the wall with the wounded, the medic began to pull his patitent away from the wall, "Come on, help us!" the medic called as bricks started flying, "Aaaa!" The Medic and his patient were crushed by the flying bricks. Cortana looked at them, lifeless, "Well, that makes just nine of us left. You think we can pull it off?"

"Yes Cortana we'll make it," the chief replied.

The Group realised the Jackal Snipers were on the wall and were all dead now. They moved into the alleyway, watching out for Covenant Troops. Watching, the group seen the Scarab crush the dead bodies with it's leg and walk off. The Group continued through the alleyway, it was dark, dusty and damp. "The three D's" Cortana quoted. Several Human corpses were placed across the alleyway, the two female marines moved forward and turned around the corner, "No Wait!" Bill called. But it was too late, green beams shot across the alleyway, the womens screams were heard all the way across the district. Then, bird-like noises were heard, Covenant Creatures that chop up dead bodies had arrived, the group turned the corner, watching the corpses being ripped apart by the Covenant species. "I guess that makes 7 of us now," Bill remarked.

The Hunters which had killed them had retreated. Three Marines stepped forward, one spoke, "What are we gonna do, there is only 7 of us left an-"

"God-knows how many of them are out there!" the other iterrupted, the group continued walking while the Master Chief and his allies reapired their armour briefly.

"Oh, why are you even scared, we got the Chief, he'll protect us," the third marine quoted, as he continued to walk.

"But five of us have died, with him," the second one said, not knowing the group had crossed the corner street.

Three Jackals and Three Elites stood there, glaring, the Elites took the Jackals shields, one spoke, "I got this idea from a human..." as he chucked the shield.

The other did the same about five seconds later, the first one was heading for the third marine, "Oh, look at me, I'm a big pussy, I'm scared of the war, well your pathet-" he stopped as a Glowing, purple shield sliced through his neck and into a wall, deactivating. The Second marine quoted, "Oh my god! Run-"

A Second Shield Hit his back, pushing him forward into the wall, crushing him. The first marine began to run, but tripped over a rock, the shield missed him by mere inches. But, as he felt safe, an Elite grabbed him from behind and whacked his head against a wall, making him cry in pain. The Elite then chucked him into another wall, severly injuring him. Then, the Elite grabbed an energy sword and stabbed it through his now-paralised back. The Elite laughed in Triumph until the Master Chief and his group turned the corner. Assault Rifle bullets hailed upon the Elite, disentegrating it's shield. The Bullets quickly penetrated it's armour and killed the Elite, he dropped to the ground. The Other Elites and Jackals began to rage fire on the group. The Master Chief shot a Jackal in the head, making him collapse to the ground. An Elite with a Carbine fired and shot a marine next to Bill Remok. The Marine gasped silently, then gradually let Gravity pull him down. Bill aimed his Battle Rifle at the Elite's head and fired mercilessly, the Elite had no time to dodge the bullet, he died. Two Elite charged at the Master Chief with their Energy Swords, the Chief shot one down with his battle rifle but could not prevent the other one charging. The Elite stared into Master Chief's Helmet, the Chief grabbed the Elite's Arm and twisted it, breaking it instantly, the Elite dropped the Energy Sword in pain. The Chief then picked up the energy sword and sliced through the Elite.

The Jackals were all that remained, they picked up their Master's Carbines and hailed fire upon the group, shooting two marines in the head instantly. Now only the female who liked Bill, Bill and the Chief remained in the group. The Chief shot the Jackals down quickly. Bill moved forward up the street; he could sense a presense. He looked to his right and shot a Jackal pretending to be dead. The Group continued up the street. The Master Chief left the group to help Johnson and his group, "Good Luck to you both," he said firmly.

The Two looked at eachover, "Well, so much for the legendery Spartan Super Soldier then," the Female said.

"I saved his ass aswell," Bill remarked.

They could see one Elite in the Distance, watching over three sleeping Grunts. They approached silently, the Elite looked there way, but then looked back. Bill picked up an Elite's Energy Sword, and aimed with it. Chucking it, Bill ducked in cover, the Sword stabbed the Elite in the back, killing him. The Three Grunts were quickly assassinated. They moved up onto the bridge, three Crashing Pelicans flew past in the distance, "UNSC In Amber Clad, we are the only survivors of crash Tuki 7-12, can you read me?" Bill questioned.

"" the call replied.

"What could be blocking the signal?" Bill questioned. He could see the Master Chief in the distance, aiding Johnson and his platoon. The Female approached him,

"Listen, about trying to seduce you before, I'm sorr-" a Green Beam as thick as wood passe the Bridge.

The Scarab was firing upon the Bridge, firing at the section in which the Female Marine was on, the section of the bridge tumbled into the River below, she held on tight to the thick-roap like metal which holds bridges together. Bill ran towards the edge, he could see her struggling to get a grip on the metal, "Help!" she cried. Bill reached out his hand, she attempted to grab it, "I can't reach," she bellowed.

Bill desperatly pulled himself down as far as he could, trying to get her to safety, she engaged in a coversation with him, "Listen, you will not be able to reach me,"

"No marine is left behind!" Bill quoted.

"But it is just hopeless, move, before you fall too," she said. It was the first sensible thing she had said to him.

"I may have a family to come back to but I need every marine I can get so we can get outa here," Bill reminded.

"Excatly, you have a family. I do not," she said.

"Realy?" he said.

"Yes, they all died twenty years ago by a Grunt with a fuel Rod Gun while vacationing on Harvest," She said.

"Oh, then I don't know what to do," Bill said.

"Just leave, You can't reach me without equipment," she quoted. She gave him a urgent look as a green bolt passed Bill's head.

Bill shook his head and stood up, he did what she had told him to do, walk off. He began to run across the bridge, past shut-down cars and Warthogs, pass a Scorpion Tank, and pass a Pelican which had crashed. He looked back, he seen a little line below the metle cable, he knew she was looking at him. Then, he seen the little line fall, down into the water and he seen a tiny splash ontop of the water. "God Dammit!", he said punching a Pelican with his fist. Bill then noticed the Scarab and ran to the other end of the Bridge, leaving his commrades, his friend and his Vehicles behind. The Scarab fired again on the Bridge and it inploded and collapsed into the water.

The Minster was next to the Phantom; he was prepared to start his revenge. The Pilot had put on his old Sang 'helli-Covenant armour to disguise himself. The Elite boarded the Phantom, which had been repainted to look like a red one. The Minister glared at the monitor, "Where is Refu?"

"To my understanding, he's on the third floor of the mine; I suggest he is doing his duty," Sparky Cus Replied.

"Ok, good. When you see him, tell him I died at the bottom of a pit," the Minister explained.

"Ok, master. If you return, you will be welcomed," Sparky Cus said briefly.

The Minster steadily entered the Phantom not staring back, "Let's go," he said.

The Phantom rose into the air, the air below it blown into a Grunt, knocking him down.

Meanwhile, on the third floor, Refu stared arround the abandoned, dark rooms. No Grunts, no Elites, no Hunters. Not the slightest sound of light conversation. A Torn newspaper- the Daily Sermon- was on the floor. Sesa picked it up and thrown it at the Elevator, he was sick of the Sermon's lies. Refu continued a little further into the room, the light of the Elevator began to fade from Refu's vision. He then realised a Deactivated Sentinel was on the Floor, he also seen a covenant Screwdriver on the floor next to it. Refu knelt down and lifted it with his mighty arm. The Attached the Screwdriver to the Sentinels insides, the wires vast and complicated. He knelt there- screwdriver in the Sentinel- worried about what lay in the darkness. There was no flood on floor 3; Sparky Cus said so. He turned the Screwdriver once, the Sentinel vibrated briefly, then stopped. He turned it again, the Sentinel released a spark, which quickly disappeared into the darkness. He turned it once more, and a light beamed out of it's eye. He turned it once more, it lit more brightly, the once-faint line of light became brighter. He twisted it again, and the Sentinel rose into the air. It vibrated in the air, but it worked. The Sentinel started to move into the darkness, a small sheet was released and fell to the ground swiftly. Refu picked up the sheet,

Sentinel Protocal Type 24-Z Orders //Recording\recording event timeline//

'Containment protocal 27-7 A 2 GHI'

All Type 24-Z Sentinels must protect level 3-42 against Parasitic organism outbreak. Aiding Type 25-Z Any time of Activation event will go into protocal immediatly.

98059802975J;IOFHIhe;ifheing;ih4597892789170481086 Protocal justice.

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298745`-087635-`875-`865-`865-`865-`9865-986-0826085603984650286502560

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Activate Protocal of this code now.

//End of Transmission//

Refu placed the sheet on the floor. He stood upright and stared at the Sentinel using it's flashlight on the building; it was almost as if it was looking for something. Refu stepped into the Darkness- worried. He stepped near the Sentinel (which was as cool as a cucumber). The Sentinel started to flydeeper into the darkness, so Refu did aswell. "The Parasite, on the first and second floor but I am not sure about the third..." Refu remembered Sparky Cus had said. The Sentinel started to turn to the right, Refu put his hand infront of his four-sided face and descovered a wall was infront of him. Refu followed the Sentinel through the (what he believed) a doorway. The dim, elevator light was all but forgotten now. The Sentinel had started to stagger, but remained in function. Before Refu took another step, a huge, darker shadow passed him incredibly fast. Refu didn't even notice it. The Sentinel was now atleast ten metres away from him so he ran towards it.

"Nothing to fear," Refu quoted.

The Sentinel drifted further into the dimmly lit darkness. Refu then spotted a small pole and a dim hologram above it, he pressed it and suddenly, a light activated, only to turn off again instantly. The Sentinel left the large room and left it in full darkness, Refu followed it before the light completely disapeared. Refu carried on walking, watching the Sentinel drift from room to room. Each room larger than the last. Suddenly, he tripped over on something, the Sentinel oticed the noise and flew over to Refu- who was staggering to his feet. The Light shone onto a dead Grunt, which was rotting away. A three month old Daily Sermon was in his hand. Refu picked it up, it wasn't a Daily Sermon, it was a notebook.

Parasite Descovered

Today, the Parasitic Organism known simply as

the Flood was descovered to be in this min---

The Rest of the Notebook had been covered in Blood. The Sentinel looked away from the Grunt, as did Refu had a disgusted look on his face. The Two walked/flew away. A Quiet growl echoed across the hall behind the Two. The Sentinel (nor Refu) noticed it.

In the next room, Refu and the Sentinel had entered a large room, which had a dark object in the center of the room, and what appeared to be machinery arround it. The Sentinel flew over to the black object and inserted two of it's wings into the Machine. Amazingly, it made a loud, screeching sound before activating. Seventeen Beams of Light exited the machine in a matter of seconds. The Lines then spread, showing diagrams and small designs of spheres came out of them. Refu moved a little bit closer, the light blinding him after being in the dark for an hour. He looked closer at the diagrams, "What the---," Refu stuttered.

In the dark, mutated shadows appeared behind the light, staring at the machine. Refu was staring at it, holograms of planets, star systems and asteroids flew across the images. A Panel then lit up all of a sudden, and small lines of text appeared on the screen. Refu paced his way over to it. The Title text said, Forerunner Map of the Milky Way Galaxy. Refu's jaws dropped; the very thought of it shocking. A map of the entire Milky Way Galaxy. It was up to date aswell, it pictured images of history since 400,000 BC.


 * The Invasion of Harvest


 * The Invasion of Arcadia


 * The Battle of the Shield World


 * The Battle of Reach


 * The Battle of Installation 04


 * The Battle of New Mombasa


 * The Battle of Earth


 * The Forerunner-Flood war


 * And every other battle in History that took place in the Milky Way Galaxy

Refu stared at the map; he was amazed. The Sentinel wandered off into the darkness, a small explosion caused Refu to turn around and he seen a flood combat form destroying the Sentinel. Refu seen a destroyed Sentinel on the ground and also a Forerunner Crystal, he picked up both. The Crystal gave Refu light and charged att he flood, firing the Beam at as many as he could.

Refu rushed with the crystal in his hand across the hallways, the flood chasing after him like a cheetah hunting it's prey. Refu noticed a Shield Barrier up ahead- since his eyesight had adapted to the dark by now. He lept into the air past the empty space. He pulled the handle down with such force, the handle almost snapped off. Bright energy barriers sorrounded the Flood beings who were chasing Refu to his grave. A Flood ran up to the energy barrier while the others looked confused. The Combat forms touched the barrier and quickly walked back after being burnt. After two seconds, he started to disitergrate. In five seconds, the flood being was just a pile of ashes.

Refu ran away from the barrier; he thought it could turn off at any moment.

The Flood still attempted to run through the barrier; each of them turning into ash soon afterwards. Refu still held the Sentinel beam in his hands, the Beam had almost ran out of energy,"Stupid Sentinels. They should charge these things."

Refu through the Sentinel Beam at one of the many barriers, it disintegrated in mere seconds. Refu looked bluntly at the remains of the sentinel beam. He turned around and began to walk away from the energy barriers and began to run towards what-he-believed was an exit. Refu ran through the areas and didn't stop to look back at the Flood trying to deactivate the energy barrier; which was pretty much hopeless. The Elevator was only about fifty metres away, Refu could tell. The Elevator's loud cranking noise could be heard a mile away. Refu passed through a door, the only one in which an Energy barrier wasn't protecting. The Flood had also realised this, and they all began to charge fanatically towards the doorway, "Damn!" Refu shouted in a large bark. He began to sprint through the corridors, being followed closly by oncoming Flood forms. Passing the dead grunt's body, Refu descovered the faint light of the Elevator. He started to rush like a cheetah. Jumping in the Elevator, Refu pulled down the Handle of the old, underused elevator and hoped the Flood would not reach him. The Flood ran towards Refu, sprinting like an ostrich. One tentacle-like hand moved to touch Refu, only to be chopped off by the doors closing. Refu glared at the hand, as he was kneeling on the floor, the tentacle moved suddenly, then stopped immediatly. Refu was back at the Gas mine, on the fourth floor, a simple fear in his mind, hundreds of Covenant work on the fourth floor, and they didn't know, that the Parasite was just Ten metres below them...

Needle in a Heystack


Several Unknown space cruisers are flying in Space. Unharmed and gentle, like a Tiger before a hunt. Several Sentinels are flying in the distance. Inside the Spaceship, the mighty Forerunner stood. "If the Inferi Redivus (The ''Flood) remain this quiet in their activities, they must be up to something," a Forerunner commander spoke to Offensive Bias. "What do you suggest?" the commander mentioned. "I do not know master, my studies on these creatures are beyond my knowledge," Offensive Bias replied.

"I am not asking for exsuses. Medicant Bias has become a puppet of evils of the Inferi Redivus and we have little time before the Halo Arrays fire!" the commander spoke.

"I do not know, Medicant Bias has sent several Rampant messages to me, something very crypted and complex even for my superior mind," Offensive Bias replied.

"Listen to me, it is three weeks before the Halo Array fires and we need to stop the Inferi before they come up with something big," the commander replied.

"Perhaps they somehow know that we prepare to fire the Halo Array and try to stop us when we attempt to use it," Offensive Bias replied.

"Yes, they might, are the Homo-Sapiens safe?" the Commander asked.

"Yes, they are being protected for the next Sixty-Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Three years from the Halo Firing," Offensive Bias answered.

"Ok, then we shall prepare for our great journey into the land of the dead," the Commander replied.

The Space Fleets proceeded across their journey to Installation 04, the Installation of 343 Guilty Spark.