I'm back with yet another chapter! Sorry for this chapter being short as well as taking forever to upload, but it is meant to be a 2 part chapter, this being part 1. Time to continue forward once again, enjoy!

POV Dimitri;

He had been out for some time. Left by the two female Sangheili to drown in his pain and misery, it was only a matter of time before they'd return to continue his torture.

Dimitri was jolted awake by the sound of the room doors opening and closing. He franticly looked around, panicked as to who or what may have entered. To his amazement he found himself lying on the cold hard floor. The restraints that had been used to keep him in place were now gone…

"This is our chance Dimitri! Quick! We need to move now! " Alexa half shouted, half whispered to him.

His eyes widened as a sudden thought crossed his mind. Had someone just try to free him? Why? And who aboard this ship would risk their lives to set him free?

He quickly mustered what little energy he had left, stumbling towards the doors. His body sore from the continuous beating he had endured the night prior. He had also lost partial vision in his upper left corner of his visor due to the heavy damage it had sustained.

Dimitri passed through the doors. He began to look around, trying to see who or what had set him free. He was only met with a long hallway with many corridors on both sides. Luckily enough there were no guards to be seen anywhere either, maybe there is atleast someone he can trust aboard this ship...

"Where could he have run off to? better yet, where's the security? Shouldn't their be guards on duty?" Alexa asked.

"I'm not complaining." He replied, turning left down the hallway. Maybe whomever had halped him escape had traveled left as well. Even if they hadn't, they were bound to meet again.

Continuing further down the hallway, he could hear distant chatter coming from a room on his right hand side. Peeking around the corner he could see two Elites standing in the corner of what is presumably a supply closet.

Dimitri tried to slip past them but with his body still sore he tripped over his own two feet. He quickly threw out an arm against the wall next to him to prevent himself from falling, causing a loud thud to echo throughout the hall.

He paused for a moment hoping no one had heard his sudden slipup. He turned around just as the two Elites rushed out into the hall to investigate the strange noise, both immediately catching sight of Dimitri.

"You know what to do…" Alexa whispered to him. "Deal with these two first…"

He wouldn't be able to out run them, or atleast efficiently, in his current state. His only other solution being to stand and fight...

Both Elites charged forward. One throwing a punch for Dimitri's head, the other going for a low blow to his abdomen.

Surprisingly enough, Dimitri reacted with a sudden burst of speed ducking below the first punch and catching the second in his hand.

Taking the initiative, he head-butted the Elite who's hand he now held, causing it to lose balance and stagger backwards. Turning his attention back the to the second, Dimitri rammed his right shoulder into the Elite's chest with agreat deal of force sending it flying into wall, knocking it unconscious.

The first Elite recovered from the head-butt, and swung yet again at Dimitri. However this time not missing, landing a quick blow into his chest.

Feeling almost no pain due to the force of the hit being absorbed by most of the armor and the heat of the moment, he retaliated. He grabbed the Elite by the head and slammed it as hard as he could into the wall next to him, knocking it out cold.

Both now lye motionless on the floor, bound to draw attention sooner or later.

"We need to hide them! And quick." Alexa stated. "Try that small room we first saw them in!"

Following her plan, Dimitri quickly carried both over to the room, shoving them inside and taking a total of two Plasma Grenades off of them, shutting the door behind him.

He froze as he caught a glimpse of multiple Elites turning a corner, headed his way. Casting a quick glance at the small room he had his the two unconscious Elites in, he bolted further down the hallway almost diving into the first room he saw.

Instead of being met with a small confined space, he was overjoyed to see a large room with what appeared to be a series of teleporters. Each one had different destinations, but only one would be needed. He could also see somewhat of a small staircase leading downwards, where it leads is unknown.

This was one of the very reasons he had taken the time to learn the Sangheili language, both spoken and written. Dimitri immediately switched his attention back to the teleporters and began scanning for one that would give him a free ticket to the ships nearest hangar.

"Found it!" He shouted.

He was just about ready to pass through when the doors behind him burst open. The room began to fill up with Elites, each taking up a defensive position, ready for a fight…

Before he could enter , each and every last one deactivated, and his only chance of escaping vanishing before his very eyes.

"Shit!" He shouted, glancing back and forth between the Elites and the now useless teleporters.

Dimitri remembered two Plasma Grenade and the staircase. Dashing forwards he tossed one of them towards the hoard of Elites, vaulting over the small staircase's railing. Landing with a thud he continued forwards, running as fast as he possibly could in his current state. He could hear an explosion a few seconds later…

It was yet another long hallway with a number of passageways connected to it. At the end of it however seemed to be a dead end with nowhere to run, nowhere to hide...

As he reached the end he could see that instead of a dead end, it was a giant blast door with a large locking mechanism in the center. Before he could attempt to do anything a loud siren sounded all throughout the ship, followed by what Dimitri could make out as a call to arms… The entire ship was going into lockdown looking for him.

The large door in front of him released a loud inaudible noise. The center lock rotated a few times before coming to an end.

"I think this is it…" Alexa stated in a somber tone. "End of the line."

"Your wrong… for once… your wrong." He replied. "Its only the beginning…"

Looking over the door, Dimitri didn't waste any time taking the last Plasma Grenade out and tossing it directly in the center of the door. With a loud explosion, the locking mechanism was almost completely destroyed, however the door still stood firm despite having taken the damage.

"Nice thinking, now you might be able to smash through the door using your weight and some speed." Alexa commented.

Dimitri backed up several feet and dropped into a stance, preparing to dash forward. With a sudden burst of energy he bolted straight at the door. Seconds before colliding with it he activated the thrusters on his back, giving him a massive speed boost.

He smashed through the door sending debris flying in all sorts of directions. Several unlucky Grunts were hit with shrapnel from the door killing them instantly.

He looked around and found himself inside of one of the ships shuttlebays. Fortunately, the only guards that were present at the time are now dead. However there were no ships docked in the bay itself.

"Dammit! Now what?..." He Asked.

"I believe those elevators can take us to the cargo hold…" Alexa answered, redirecting his attention.

"I hope you're right." He replied, running over to the lift and working the holographic controls.

The elevator jolted awake and began to descend. Just when it seemed he had possibly caught a break, another alarm sounded over a loud speaker. They now knew where he was, and began directing any and all available soldiers towards the shuttlebay Dimitri had broken into.

As they continued to descend downwards towards the cargo bay he could hear the faint sounds of footsteps and the clanking of heavy battle armor. The lift continued to descend, each passing second the sound of rushing footsteps above him growing louder and louder. As it came to a stop, he could see into the cargo area. There were crates full of Covenant weapons and ammunition, and behind one of them was a small maintenance opening, both Dimitri and Alexa taking notice of it.

"There is no telling where it leads, but it certainly allow us to slip away undetected…" Alexa commented.

"Then its time to repay them for their services…" He replied.

POV Master Chief;

"Cortana, what were those things?"

"I'm not sure. Some sort of advanced defense A.I.s" She replied. "Now come on, let's figure out where that transit system dumped us."

Chief walked forward, placing Cortana into a small console. In the distance he could see a strange planetary core with two beams of light attached to it.

"Where's Infinity?" He asked.

"This is the core alright… but Infinity is definitely not here." She answered. "That satellite in the center is amplifying the ships broadcast."

"Maybe we can use it to respond."

"Perhaps. Those beams coming off of it are creating the interference we've been experiencing, we'd have to take them out to contact Infinity." She replied.

"Can you get us there?" He asked.

"I'm opening a portal to the first beam pylon, grab me and let's go."

Chief pulled her from the console, and turned towards the gateway she had just opened up. He took one last look around before walking through it. Moments later they emerged into a strange passageway leading outside, shrouded in a light fog.

"This is the first pylon?" Chief asked.

"No, this is as close as I could get us." She replied.

He continued outside, in the distance was a tower with a beam of light reaching far into the sky. The landscape around him was rocky and barren.

"Contacts!" Cortana warned, as multiple Crawlers began to scatter.

Chief looked around while continuing on the path set by Cortana. Without warning a loud inaudible screech filled the air, the same ones immerged once more.

"They're back!" She said.

Taking action, Chief pulled out his magnum, firing a single round into each of the Crawlers heads. He looked at the sides of the rocky walls surrounding him as more began to climb down towards him. He quickly dispatched each of them with a single shot to the head, running towards the marker Cortana had set for him.

"Those weren't the same things we saw in the terminals." He commented.

"But they're connected alright." She replied.

As he proceeded forward he came across a light bridge and activated it, walking across into a small valley.

"Look out!" Cortana yelled.

Without warning, a large creature jumped down onto him. It opened up its face revealing a blue skull. He reacted quickly, throwing a punch directly into the side of its head. Chief kicked it off of him, climbing to his feet just as the creature teleported away.

"Well he's just a ray of sunshine isn't he?!" Cortana remarked.

He readied his assault rifle and ran forward. He rounded a bend just as more began to teleport away.

"More of them?" He asked.

"Similar phasing activity at the edge of our sensors, we're about to get busy." She replied.

Chief rushed forward as more of the smaller creatures climbed down off of the rocks. He switched back to his magnum and took up cover behind a small rock. He gunned down each one of them with a single shot. Chief dove out of the way as a Pulse grenade landed next to him. In front of him was another large creature, similar to the one before.

He began unloading the clip in his assault rifle, destroying its shields. Chief switched to his magnum once again and fired four rounds into its head, killing it.

"I've found out something interesting about our friends." Cortana commented. "When the big ones explode its actually a data purge."

"Can you tap into it?" Chief asked.

"So far I've found multiple accounts referring to the big ones as Promethean Knights, beyond that, no." She answered.

He continued walking forward, reaching a door that leads to a pathway. As chief neared the end, the door opened up to reveal a large amount of Crawlers and a few more Knights.

"The sooner we get there the better." Cortana stated.

"Then let's get moving." He replied, charging head on into the fight…

There is part 1! Let me know what you think. Again, sorry for the wait, its hard to find time to write while having to worry about school assignments and other things. I will begin working on part 2 as soon as possible. I hope you enjoyed, and I will see you in the next chapter!