Disclaimer: I do not own Halo or Battlefront for the idea of this fic. Any other character I portrait in here are from their original game or tv program.
M for mature (for some swearing and cursing.)
'' '': Dialogue of characters.
Italics: Character's thoughts
The Gathering
1640 Hours/ Ruins of Voi
The brute chieftain shouldered his plasma turret and approached a marine's body, the marine alongside his entire squad died when their pelican was shot down after trying to reach the tunnel connection the highway with the town of Voi. The brute put his feet on top of his skull to squish it as it not been for 4 sniper rounds connecting with his head; the first 3 took out his exaggerated helmet while the last one revealed his brain for his pack to see.
''Snipers!!! Take cover!!!''
The pack of brutes hid amongst the barriers and down pelican but the sniper was a crack shot , the captain found out when 4 more brutes fell. The Captain slowly crept to see what was attacking them and for a moment he felt fear at the sight of his enemy.
''Demons!''- that was his last word as a bullet found home on the soft interior of his head. The Spartan reloaded as the other arrived just in time to see the remaining brutes cowering inside an abandon building
'' Fred, Will cover the left flank. Linda take sniper position on higher ground. Kelly ,Arbiter you're with me ''- The Master chief ordered as he still found it …strange to have the elite's help on their battle against the rest of the prophet's forces, he admitted that the first days were very hard, he had to control himself to not kill those who he had fought for more than two decades. However during that small time he had began to respect the Arbiter as a teammate after countless battles they waged together, the elite felt the same way but there was still a long path for peace between their races.
'' Demon were in position, I'll order the hunters to advance first, we'll follow shortly''
'' And that 'demon' thing is still around ''- The Master chief whispered to himself as the hunters rammed the gates followed by brute shots from the brutes crammed inside. He took cover and aimed his BR55 battle rifle to take out the apes from their misery, Kelly and the Arbiter did the same as Will ,Fred and Linda covered their backs. The remaining brutes went berserk and rammed anything moving in the area, even the hunters were having trouble.
'' Chief look out ''- The chief recognized Kelly's voice as he was thrown away as a brute began his salvage attack, but it stopped shortly as the arbiter drew his sword from the ape's back.
'' No need to thank me, demon ''
'' I wasn't planning to ''- The chief said as the arbiter merely nodded and Kelly helped him to his feet. If he had Cortana still with him, she would have told him of the incoming brute. He only hope that she was still alive ,well alive as any AI cold be so he could one day save her from the flood.
After the battle was over a lone pelican came with a platoon of ODST's.
''Looks like I missed a party, Chief, Kelly, squid lips ''- The sarge addressed the small group as he and the other 3 Spartans joined them.
'' It's arbiter , human , If I bother to remember your name why didn't you ''
'' Because I didn't want to bother myself ,that's why'' – The sarge replied as he put his trademark Cuban cigar on his mouth. Their conversation was cut short as the com of the UNSC frigate Equinox ,(Miranda Keyes new ship given to her after her promotion to captain) called up to all of them.
'' Chief report your situation''
'' Captain ,we secured the last sector occupied by the covenant on the city, we'll now head towards the Covenant air defense. ''
'' That's good to hear, but our battle hasn't ended yet, with the help of the elites we managed to track Truth's fleet….., zzzzzz, ….Chief there's…….zzzzzzz, …static….zzzzzzz'' – The com went dead as the ground team was wondering what was going on, the chief tried to open a channel once again but a very intense light surrounded him, he tried to turn around but he was blinded and felt a revolting experience as if his body was thorn apart and sent far away…
The chief opened his eyes as he looked around the place in which he was , the light emanating wasn't as bright as the one before but, his visor quickly compensated the new environment. Some sort of white room, no something larger, since he could not see the distinctive patterns of a normal building he couldn't pinpoint just what was this place. He soon forgot about the idea as he realized he wasn't alone.
There were 9 other persons or creatures ,if you could call them that, with him on this place, the only ones he could recognize was the Arbiter ,who looked as surprised as him, (but due to the helmet the chief wore no one could tell ), however he was practically trained for situations like these, Cpo. Mendez taught him that in any situation getting worried only made him waste time and effort, finding a solution was the best course of action. However the other figure made his worries vanish and made his anger replace them, The prophet of Truth.
'' Demon , Traitor, what is the meaning of this, what is this unholy place you have brought me''
'' The only place I'm going to bring you is to hell for your betrayal and lies''- The arbiter now standing tried to grab his plasma sword only to find that it wasn't on his usual spot on his armor, little could it do as he soon figured out that he couldn't move from his position. The chief tried to move as well but he too felt an invisible force holding him to his spot.
'' Exosqueleton Cyborg unit unknown designation, 2 armor clad soldiers most probably Species 5618 armor primitive, 2 unknown armor clad alien species, xenomorphic creature unknown designation, unknown biomechanical creature arm grappled weapon, 2 unknown species one appears to be of royalty'' –The Borg queen quickly stored the information as she inspected each of the inhabitants with her on this place. When the collective assimilated the entire universe, no species remain unknown to her, not even species 8472, however these creatures were interesting, a good addition for the collective.
Delta 38 (better known as Boss) kept his eyes on one being only, Grievous, he didn't care about the other ones , what he really wanted to know is how was he here in the first place, without his DC-17 he felt weak, ready for an easy defeat, but if he was to be attacked he would give the damn thing hell for it.
As the Chief and the arbiter focused their attention to Truth, so was Delta 38 with grievous, but their attention shifted as the Cyberdemon and the Alien queen began growling and trying to kill every member on the room, The predator took a battle pose ready to jump on his prey for the kill, but due to the invisible force none could do the first strike.
Finally the dark coated Wraith kept his arms crossed amused of his new companions, the chief could guess that this creature already knew what was going on. Soon his answers would be revealed.
'' I see everyone has meet already ''-A white clothed woman with long black hair appeared in the center of the group, she turned to the Cyberdemon and the Alien queen -'' Now behave while I explain everything ''
'' What is the meaning of this ,is this an useless plan of the Jedi or the worthless republic ''-Grievous spoke as he turned to 38.
'' If the republic had planned this ,then you would be scrap already''- 38 replied to Grievous.
'' You're a forerunner, but you're human, this must be your doing demon''- Truth said as the woman turned to Truth.
'' I could be called forerunner, for that is what you know me to be, for other I might be just a female human, and for other I must be just a trophy or a reproducing chamber ''- The woman said referring to the predator and the alien queen. The chief could hear that she spoke plain English but the others seemed to understand her, or was she only talking to him in English?.
'' Not to disrespect you goddess ,but what exactly are we here for ''- The arbiter spoke to the woman as she turned and smiled to him.
'' Please don't call me goddess for I am not ,but you can call me Sahian, and yes I'll shall explain everything ''- The Chief and everyone turned their attention as she spoke.
'' You have been summoned here because we have been watching every aspect of your life, most of you are in war as other fight for supremacy, what we have planned is for a 'small' contest involving each of your races so that only one shall rise victorious''
'' Excuse If I interrupt but for what reason exactly are you planning this''- Sahian turned to the chief as she answered.
'' To end the unnecessary bloodshed your races are doing on this battles, the winner of the competition shall return to his own world and every life taken in this war as well as those taken in your past battles shall return with you ''
'' And the loosing sides ''- 38 asked Sahian.
''They shall not return ''-Sahian answered coldly.
'' But this contest, wont it cause more bloodshed ''- Now was the turn of the arbiter to speak.
'' Yes but as I said before those that will undoubtedly fall shall return to their original home world, except those that lose nonetheless''- Sahian giggled as the Arbiter ponder those words.
'' And the other motive of these contests''- Grievous rudely asked as Sahian answered.
'' That's …another topic, but the good news is that the winner shall receive a wish granted, for you might not have noticed it but you have been chosen as the leaders of these secret wars, you might be on the frontline receiving orders or in your throne rooms giving them, but at the end each of you shall be the ones left with the final decision.''
Each member ponder the idea of that wish, anything granted no matter what it was, however the chief already knew what he wanted.
'' Now your armies shall be recovered from the void of emptiness and set for your needs, the secret wars shall take place outside of normal time and space, you shall be send there as soon as this meeting is finished ''
For the first time since the beginning of this meeting the Wraith spoke to Sahian as he unfolded his arms- '' We defeated you long ago, we shall do it again ''- The wraith smirked at his comment as Sahian felt a bit of fear due to those words. Not soon enough every member was surrounded with light and sent to their respectful places.
The chief's head was killing him, he regained composure and wondered if all that was real or just an illusion, he found out soon as he realized just in which bridge he was, the bridge of the Fallen Pillar of autumn.
'' Chief what exactly happen to us ?''- The chief turned to the source of the voice he thought he would never hear again, just in front of him Captain Keyes stood surprised to be well, alive, not just him but every crewmen in the bridge was both surprised and happy to be alive and out of the nightmare known as the flood.
The chief quickly saluted before trying to explain him every detail of their miraculous return ,but as he was beginning it suddenly hit him.
'' Sir I'll explain soon ,but first permission to leave the bridge ''
'' Don't worry , I can wait, but for what purpose ''
'' To see my family ''- The chief said as Keyes understood, as the chief made his way out a crewmen called out the Captain as countless UNSC ships close to the autumn began hailing each other in hopes of answers.
'' Now how to explain this ''- Keyes thought as he lighted his grandfather's pipe, what the heck UNSC regulations, something told him this was a special occasion.
The chief made his way trough countless marines which faces he remembered from halo, each one was happy to be alive again and cheered the chief as he was their savior, he barely nodded and passed by them, he made it to the barracks made for the Spartans in the last mission , last time he saw it ,it was completely melted down by the covenant attacks, now only a door was between him and his fellow Spartans, he slowly pushed the button open.
As he entered he was surprised to see not just the remaining 30 Spartans but those that were killed in the augmentation process, in total 75 Spartans, each one turned to him and made a perfect salute.
''At ease ''- The chief said as he looked at all of his brothers and sisters, soon Kelly's voice was recognized as she motioned him to come, the chief already knew who it was. The chief walked up to her as he turned to an armored Spartan that was easily recognizable due to his taller form.
'' Spartan 034 Sam reporting for duty, and to kick covenant ass, sir ''- Sam said to the chief.
'' At ease soldier, besides you're missing your helmet ''
'' Better get rid of the whole armor to try on the new one ''- Sam said as he look at the new mark VI the chief had.
'' Good to have you back in the team ''-The chief said as he and Sam shacked hands.
'' The 3 of us like the old times right ''- Kelly said as the trio held out their hands together.
'' Not just the 3 of us, everyone is back ''- The chief turned to Linda then to James, and so on, -'' But first there's a lot to discuss, I think I need to brief everyone on our current situation on…''- The chief was cut short as Keyes voice filled the com.
'' Chief come to the bridge immediately we have some guests ''
And so the chief , Kelly and Sam made it to the bridge, every Spartan wanted to come but 75 of them in there would be a tight spot. The chief already knew who it was –'' Maybe it's the arbiter ,Keyes and the others still don't know of our truce ''- He said to himself as he entered the bridge recognizing sergeant Johnson with Keyes looking at the screen. The chief looked at the 3 new ships in view, but didn't recognized any of them.
'' Sir they're charging weapons ''
'' Begin evasive maneuvers ,open all channels and hail them , meanwhile prepare archer pods 1 to 3 ready ''- Keyes ordered still remembering every detail of his ship.
The ships were very different of those that the chief had seen before, they were smaller that the regular UNSC ships and they looked less powerful than the covenant, however the chief couldn't pinpoint just which species was the one in charge of them.
'' They're not responding to our hails, shall we attack ''
''Yes ,they might be more advance than our ships but the 3 of them are no match for our numbers ,fire at will ''- Keyes order as more than 10 UNSC ships from the huge fleet fired archer missiles and MAC shots to the small vessels, the ships were instantly destroyed.
'' Well that was easy ''- The sarge said as he lighted yet another cigar -'' but who were they ''
'' Sir ,the Kansas is reporting intruders in their ship, they are requesting assistance ''- a crewmen said to Keyes. The Kansas was one of the smaller ships in the UNSC fleet and one of the closest to the 3 unknown ships , it was just a diversion.- The Chief thought.
'' Sir permission to board the Kansas and assist them ''
Keyes turned to the Chief along with Sam and Kelly, he was expecting it.
'' Granted, take your team and eliminate any hostiles , but when you get back , I expect a full briefing ''- Keyes said as the 3 Spartans saluted and headed out.
''Damn it chief you always take the fun for you ''- a Spartan said as the chief selected 20 Spartans in which were Sam ,Kelly, Linda, James, Fred and Will for their mission, leaving the other 50 waiting.
'' Don't worry ,this is just the beginning soon we'll all have our fair share of the action ''- The chief said to his fellow Spartan as the group headed out to the dock bay.
'' Ready to get a hold on the fun you've missed for the last years ''- Kelly asked Sam as he was still inspecting his new battle rifle.
'' Ready but this thing is not close to my old MA5B rifle,how am I supposed to kill anything with 3 bullets at a time''
The chief took the rifle of his hands and gave him his assault rifle instead.-'' I told you to choose your weapons wisely ''
'' I change my mind often ''- Sam joked as they boarded the armored pelican in route for the Kansas. Whatever enemy awaited them was bound to be different of what the chief had fought before, but with his squad back together he felt secure they would emerge victorious…
Author's Note:
The idea came to me as I remembered the secret wars from the marvel universe (don't worry this fic wont contain any of the characters from the comic) so I decided to create a battle front war similar to the star wars game but including countless forces , mainly Halo.
I don't know if the idea has been done before but, if it has what the heck ,another one wont hurt anyone.
Well that's chapter one, as for the armies portrait in this fic
The clone army from the Star wars republic commando and battlefront games lead by Delta 38.
The CIS ,or droid army from the same games lead by General Grievous.
The Borg from the star trek series, lead by the Borg queen.
The remaining covenant formed by brutes, jackals and drones lead by The prophet's.
The predators lead by an elder of their race.
The Aliens led by their Queen.
The demons of Doom 3 lead by the Cyberdemon.
The Wraith from Stargate Atlantis Lead by their king (or whoever is their leader)
The elites, grunts and Hunters lead by the Arbiter.
And obviously The UNSC fleet lead by the Chief (well sort of)
And don't worry I haven't forgotten about Cortana and The flood they'll appear soon, and If you have another faction for this war feel free to tell me, If I like it I might include them into this fic, well see ya.Try to guess who the first rival is.