Hey halo fans and welcome back to halo spartans united once again I would like to apologize on how short last chapter was and after looking the last two parts I realized they were just as straight forward as the previous one so I decided to combine the last two as a sorta of closer like I did with the first one so try to stay with it

know on to the story

The spartans drop down a grav-lift just in time to see the Phantoms containing the Brute Chieftain Tartarus and the Prophet of Truth fly away. they walk over to High Prophet of Mercy, who has yet to be killed by the Infection Form.

"your pal, where he going" chief asked him

the prophet rose to see the spartans "to earth" he told them as he continued to fight the parasite "to finish..what we started"

chief bends down and picks up the Flood form, squeezes it, it pops, killing Mercy in the process. "death is a better punishment than that"

Cortana's hologram appears on Mercy's throne " "That structure, at the center of the city... it's a Forerunner Ship! And Truth is heading straight for it! If he leads the Covenant fleet to Earth, they won't stand a chance. You have to stop him!"

"But that brute has the index" chief tells her

"And Miranda and Johnson" Rex adds

Cortana looks a the crashed IN Amber clad "if he activates the ring I'll detonate In Amber Clad's reactor just like we did the Autumn's. The blast will destroy this city and the ring. Not a very original plan, but we know it'll work."

chief then reaches for but she hold her hand out "No. I don't want to chance a remote detonation. I'll need to stay here."

a Pelican then crashes on the platform, and soon the Flood Combat Forms inside the dropship run out.

"We have company" Emile shouts reading his weapon

Six grabs chief's shoulder "Cortana can handle the Index, stopping Truth is up to us"

"Alright" he then turns and pulls out his carbine "we need to be fast" he tells them as they turn to the flood combat forms

they start to engage the flood in combat as small parasites attempt to hope ont to them and larger one attempt to kill them

"How the hell did flood get here" Kat shouted as she followed the other's

"Flood controlled dropships are touching down all over the city! That creature beneath the Library... that 'Gravemind'... used us." Sarah answered

"She' right" Cortana finished" We were just a diversion. In Amber Clad was always its intended vector. There's a conduit connecting this tower to the ship. Head back inside. I'll lead you to it."

"Here" a door then opens behind the spartans "you need to hurry truth's phantom is nearing the forerunner ship"

"you got it" chief answered

"according to my reading is there a gravity lift at the end of the halls" Sarah tells them "you should head there"

The spartans reach the grave lift and begin to start heading up the spire " "I'll disable this lift once you reach the top. That'll slow them down... I hope."

The spartans reach the top of the lift and begin to head the the hallway the come into a room where covenant are currently engaged in a firefight with several buggers and a brute

"Shall we let the Flood consume our holy city? Turn High Charity into another of their wretched hives? No enemy has ever withstood our might. The Flood too shall fail." prophet said over the loudspeaker

"oh great all we need is more talk from this son of a bitch" Rex said

"the faster we get moving the faster we kill him" chief told the young spartan "come on we don't have a lot of time

the spartan ran out into the chaos killing the buggers that started swarming them

rex pulled out the brute shot and started blowing the flood off of the railing there screeches were heard as they plummeted to their doom

"head to your left there should be a door that will take us to the forerunner ship

"I'm doing what I can to slow the launch sequence, but there's something inside the ship...a presence that's fighting back. For a Covenant construct, it's unusually formidable." Cortana came in over there comms

the spartans ran into a dark hallway which the only light was Six's glowing energy sword "stay close we don't want to get separated"

they walked through the chamber looking at all the flood mold that had gotten everywhere "looks like the flood made themselves at home real quick" Kat said under her breath

"yeah" Emile replied "I honestly thought we were done with these things"

"well they are technically zombies so that's not saying much" Rex brought up

"The parasite did not defeat the Forerunners...and it shall not defeat us." prophet sai over the loudspeaker again

"Arrogant creature! Your death will be instantaneous, while we shall suffer the progress of infinitude!" another voice called out

"I think that was are friendly creature known as the gravemind" Six pointed out "we need to be cautious from here

the exited the room and light had returned to them the area was filled with dead Elite soldiers Rex kneeled next to one of them checking their pulse

"Gone" he said in a quiet voice he didn't know why but he felt bad for the Elites there loyalty after all these years was being repaid by death at the hands of these brutes

it made him mad he couldn't understand why maybe because of how he survived operation prometheus he never told anyone the extended story and how it changed him

"Come on Rex we need to go" chief told him

Rex stood up coming out of his thoughts and turned and followed the spartans to the next part of the tower before he left he stopped "rest in peace" was all he said before running out of the room

"The security systems in this part of the tower are particularly robust." cortana told them "but I should still be able to guide you there"

"Whosoever is gripped by fear, take heed. I am the Prophet of Truth... And I am not afraid. Noble Mercy is here at my side. His wise counsel ever in my ears." truth said over the speaker

"We exist together, now... Two corpses, in one grave. gravemind replied"

"We have to hurry" Sarah said "quickly take a right here you should end up in the prophets private quarters"

the spartans did as they were told and found themselves in a room filled with archives "no time studying kat we have to move" six said

"I wasn't" Kat paused as she looked around at all of the files "okay maybe a little"

She then followed them outside of the room to where a another lift was waiting the climbed on and found themselves surrounded by combat forms and the forerunner ship on the other side

"we need to keep moving" Chief said "we have a lot of time to make up"

"This crisis will not be the end of us. It is but one last hurdle before the journey and salvation!" truth says over the intercoms

enters the Inner Sanctum amidst a fight between several Covenant defenses and Flood forces."Brute and Elite ships are engaging one another all around High Charity. I'm running out of options, Chief. I can't stall the launch sequence much longer. The next lift will take you up to the conduit. Hurry!" Cortana shouts

the spartans force their way through the large crowd of covenant and flood "if I knew I had a fan club I would have brought a pen" Rex said

"I knew the Covenant were good at re-purposing Forerunner technology, but this is amazing... They've been using the Forerunner ship's engines as an energy source for the city." Cortana said

"You think that's cool we'll look at this" Sarah added "The ship isn't so much launching as it is disengaging; uncoupling itself from High Charity's power grid

" Stopping Truth, that's all that matters!" chief cut the two A.I off

"Now is the time of our unfolding, in a moment we shall all become...as gods." truth said over the speaker

"Forget about the Flood, you've got to get aboard!" Cortana tells them chief pauses and looks at here one last time

"I know that look chief" she looked down "but i can't go with you this time" she paused "Sarah take care of them" Cortana smiled "there quite the handful"

"I know" Sarah answered "and I will"

Chief and the others got on the lift and enters the conduit on a large, green beam of light. The Forerunner dreadnought starts to launch, and he enters through a large portal, landing with scrapes flickering off his armor.

"once you guy's get to earth... goodluck" Cortana tells them

"As soon as we're done with the prophet chief starts

"Don't make a girl a promise...if you know you can't keep it."Cortana watches the ship rise, and exit through the top of High Charity, where Brute-controlled and Elite-controlled ships are continuing to destroy one another. Soon the Dreadnought enters slipspace, and vanishes.

On delta halo the thel vadeeme and his comrade rtas vadeeme continued their conversation while looking at halo control center

"What is that place" vadeeme asks

"Where the Councilors were meant to watch the consecration of the Icon. The start of the Great Journey." rtas replies "a shame that the brutes killed them all"

vadeeme looked to side the gravemind words started playing through his head "there is still time to stop the key from turning" he looked at the control center "I need to get up there"

rtas looked at him and smiled "then saddle up arbiter I know a way to break those doors" he then hopes back in his wrath and close the hatch

the wraith then powers up and starts to move vadeeme hopes in the turret and rtas drives off "how bad is it"

"we might as well be looking at a civil war the brutes were orders to slaughter our people" rtas told him

"all cause the demons killed the prophet of regret" vadeeme asked

"I believe so but we are putting up a good fight" rtas told him "and some of the covenant actually sided with us"

"really who" vadeeme asked cursorily

"well it's a bit complicate" rtas said "from what I heard the unggoy have been entirely divided when it came to what ide they chose but most of them seem to be helping us" rtas told him

"but the kig-yar are completely on the brutes side except for the t'voan have come to our aid on multiple fronts I aso hear that the Mgalekgolo have made attempts but the covenant hold on them is too strong" rtas finished

vadeeme chuckled he never expected for this to happen the covenant were about to break into a civil war and a few of the covenant actually sided with them

the two Elites arrived at a docking area where a scarab was located rtas pulled the vehicle over and came out of his hatch ""There, Arbiter. That Scarab's main gun will break the Control Room's door. At the far end of the beach there's a passage into the cliff. It'll take you up to the Scarab."

the two made there up to the docking area which was surrounded by brutes and jackie vadeeme began firing his turret knocking some of the brutes off guard they attempted to regroup but where cut off when rtas rammed his wraith into them

"The Brutes control the cruiser, Arbiter. I'll remain here, make sure no reinforcements get in behind you. Then, I'm going to take the cruiser back!"Vadeeme walks into a room with a Sangheili and two Mgalekgolo.

"The Arbiter? I thought he was dead! Hold your fire. The Hunters have come to our aid, Arbiter. They will fight/stand by our side." a elite calls out

vadeeme looks around he notices the dead brutes and smiles "good then let us hurry we have to find Tartarus and stop him"

the hunter's grunt in agreement and start to lead the way vadeeme follows them and watches as the brutes struggle to contain the ravenous creatures the elites engage the brutes and easily get past them

"I'll give the brute's this much they put up a good fight" an elite calls out

"yes if they weren't so dishonorable I'd respect them" another replies

"silence" vadeeme calls "there are more brutes ahead"

They turn a corner to see Brutes holding a position over a group of humans

"Mine will do" a voice calls out

"Tartarus" vadeeme whispers

"Yes chieftain" a brute answers he turns to his comrades " a day's ration says I can kill these lot in one cut" he says smiling

"two cuts at least" one of them replies

"done" eh pauses for a moment and looks around "wait movement in the-" before he could finish a bullet flies through his head causing his body to fly to the ground the other three Elites react and turn looking at all sides

a human the jumps from nowhere and attacks on stabbing a knife into the brute's throat the other humans then get up and attack the other two brutes one of them falls behind and disappears

the human who fired the shot appears holding a covenant needle rifle in his hand "is everyone hear okay" he asks

he turns and notifies the arbiter and points his gun "alright split lip come out"

vadeeme comes out just as the scarab powers up the gun power up"

"Listen, you don't like me and I sure as hell don't like you."Cut to Scarab's helm, Johnson at the controls."But if we don't do something, Mr. Mohawk's gonna activate this ring. And we're all gonna die."

"Tartarus has locked himself inside the Control Room." vadeeme replies

"Well, I just happen to have a key the scarab's main cannon then opens "Come on. Grab a Banshee and give me some cover. He's gonna know we're comin'."

"Sir are you sure we can trust him" one of the humans asks

"No but we don't have a choice now do we"

Two Banshees arrive and the Elite pilots jump out"Take my Banshee, Arbiter!" one of them say

vadeeme nods "stay here and begin an evacuation "I want ever covenant on our side on a ship and out of here"

the Elites nods and start to head out vadeeme then turns everything came down to this it was time he got some answers and learn the truth off the great journey he hopped in the banshee and started flying

the scarab then began walking crushing everything in it's path "yeah how do like that"

vadeeme did his best to keep air traffic off the scab and he was doing well they then reached the control room door

"Stay clear of the doors. Hey, bastards, knock knock!" the human shouts

the scarab then fires a large green plasma blast at the door and it flies open two brutes then rush outside looking for what caused the explosion

"Do not let the Arbiter into the chamber! The Chieftain must complete his holy work!" one of them shout but vadeem crashes his banshee killing one of them and he jabs his energy sword into the survivor he stands up and runs inside to confront Tartarus

Tartarus and four Jiralhanae Captains stand in front of the control panel, holding Commander Miranda Keyes and 343 Guilty Spark. "Come, human, it is easy." he attempts to make keyes insert the index"Take the Icon in your hands..."he growls as he grows impatient "And do as you are told!"He slams the Index on the console, which flashes red lights.

"Please, use caution! This Reclaimer is delicate." 343 calls out

"One more word, Oracle, and I'll rip your eye from its socket!" he then pushes keys forward slamming her back on the console he lets out a sharp growl "Which is nothing compared to what I will do to you."

"Tartarus, stop."

the brute jerks his head up in surprise "impossible" he turns to see the current arbiter thel vadeeme still alive

"Put down the Icon." vadeeme demands

Tartarus turns to face 'Vadam."Put it down? And disobey the Hierarchs?" Tartarus shouts

"There are things about Halo even the Hierarchs do not understand." vadeeme tells him attempting to talk things out hopefully there would be no violence

brutes step forward menacingly, Tartarus waves them off "Take care, Arbiter. What you say is heresy!"

"is it" he looks toward 343 and asks " Oracle, what is Halo's purpose?"

"Collectively, the seven—" he is interrupted when Tartarus grabs 343 Guilty Spark and jerks him around and growls."Not another word!"

"please" a voice calls out Johnson,Sam,and Michael step from behind vadeeme "don't shake the light bulb"

Brutes growl and start to approach them

Michael raises his rifle to Tartarus "If you wanna' keep your brain inside your head, I'd tell those boys to chill."

Tartarus barks as commanded, the Jiralhanae back off.

"Go ahead. Do your thing." Johnson tells vadeeme

vadeeme nods and turns to 343 "the sacred rings what are they"

"Weapons of last resort, built by the Forerunners to eliminate potential Flood hosts, thereby rendering the parasite harmless" 343 tells him

"And those who made the rings? What happened to the Forerunners?" vadeeme asked

"After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings. They and all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, died, as planned." 343 answered vadeeme then lowered his head "Would you... like to see the relevant data?" he asks nervously

"Tartarus. The Prophets have betrayed us." vadeeme says not looking him in the eyes

Tartarus pauses, then throws 343 Guilty Spark at Johnson's head, knocking him down. He then grabs Keyes' hand and forces the Index into the console"No, Arbiter! The Great Journey has begun. And the Brutes, not the Elites, shall be the Prophets' escort!"Tartarus grabs his hammer as his energy shield turns on. The main platform splits into three as Halo charges up

so much talking though vadeeme as he he readied himself for the fight Elites then popped in and started attacking the two brutes at Tartarus side

vadeeme then charged his foe knocking them both off forcing them to land on one of the sliding terminals his carbine falling out of his hand vadeem took out his energy sword and faced Tartarus

"You wanted vengeance well come and get it" Tartarus shouted

the two then engaged in combat vadeeme blocking blows from Tartarus hammer with his energy sword he knocks him back and he hits one of the platforms

keyes stood up and 343 came up next to her 343 "Charging sequence initiated. Primary generators coming online." he tells here

"Well, shut them down!" keyes shouts at him

"Apology. Protocol does not allow me to interfere with any aspect of this sequence." he told her

"Then how do I stop it?"

"Well, it will take some time to go over the proper procedures, I—"

"Quit stalling!" keys cut him off

"Under more controlled circumstances, I would suggest the Reclaimer simply remove the Index." 343 said nervously

"That's it? Johnson, I'm on it!" she was about to move when Johnson grabbed her

"Hang tight, ma'am! Not until that Brute is dead!" he picked up his beam rifle and aimed down at Tartarus who was distracted fighting vadeeme

"Just like the rest of your race, cowardly and weak!" Tartarus taunted "you're lucky i didn't-" he was interrupted when a bullet came in and inside of his shield

"hey how that fell" Johnson shouted

Tartarus growled and vadeeme smiled these humans were a great help he turned his attention back to Tartarus and charged him again Tartarus saw this and blocked smiling

the two would in continue their little clash for a while fighting on the small platform

Tartarus would then use his hammer and knock vadeeme into a wall vadeem struggled to get up and Tartarus moved in for the kill

vadeeme manged to jump out the way just in time vadeeme turned and seized this opportunity to and cut Tartarus hamer in two the heavy pies falling off into the core

"this changes nothing I'm still going to kill you" Tartarus attempted to pumble vadeeme with his sheer force but vadeem quickly undercut him and shoved his energy sword through his gut Tartarus attempted to grab for vadeem but he pulled his sword out and slashed it through his body

Tartarus fell to the ground his blood filling the area "I ...can't ... believe it" Tartarus attempted to stand but his body was giving in " how.."

"you should have listened Tartarus maybe then you could have lived" vadeeme told the dieing brute

Tartarus started to cough violently "this..." he let a breath of air " this changes nothing" he stops and tries to get in more air " the rest ...of my..." he coughs again "kind will hunt you and stupid race"

vadeeme growled at this he took his energy sword and aimed it at Tartarus "this is for all my brothers you slaughtered" he shouted as he cut down Tartarus his body hitting the ground dead

vadeeme then let out a short roar and fell to his knees Se'sa words caem back to him what he believed in "I'm sorry" was all vadeeme manged to say

Keyes sees her chance and jumps onto a rotating platform, ducks to avoid one of the other platforms passing right above her, reaches a main platform, and grabs the Index. The entire room shakes, making Keyes hold the Index up to her chest in fear. "that was close"

in the exterior of Control Room. All the built up energy fires into space.a large pulsing ball of energy is being formed in the center, the shot from the Control Room reaches it, the ball glows, explodes, then dissipates.

Control Room, which seems to be running on emergency power, as many of the lights are dimmed or not functioning. Keyes stands in front of a holographic depiction, Johnson,Micheal,and Sam follow 343 Guilty Spark to her.

"What's that?" keyes asks pointing at the hologram

"A beacon." 343 answers

"What's it doing?" she asked again

"Communicating. At superluminal speeds with a frequency of—"

Commander Keyes: "Communicating" keyes interrupts with what?"

"The... other installations." said a bit surprised

"Show me." keyes tells me

343 Guilty Spark interfaces with the hologram, it depicts the seven Halos, a red message points to one ring "Fail-safe protocol: In the event of unexpected shutdown, the entire system will move to standby status. All remaining platforms are now ready for remote activation."

"Remote activation? From here?" keyes asks the monitor

"Don't be ridiculous." says in a patronizing tone

"listing tinkerbell don't make me" Keyes then put a hand on Johnson shoulder telling him to stop

"Then where? Where would someone go to activate the other rings?"

343 turned to her and looked baffled"...Why, the Ark, of course."

Vadeeme comes up behind Johnson and Keyes."And where, Oracle, is that?"

the Forerunner dreadnought exits Slipspace, and heads straight to Earth. where Covenant and UNSC ships are engaging each other.

"We've got a new contact, unknown classification!" a officer calls out

inside of the forerunner ship Chief,Six,Rex,Kat,and Emile listen in to the conversation

"It isn't one of ours, take it out." lord hood orders

"this is spartan team alpha does anyone read over" Chief calls out

"isolate that signal" Lord Hood calls out "chief mind telling me what you and your team are doing on that ship"

chief looked to his spartan comrades who nodded at him he then thought of Cortana who was still on high charity "sir"

"Were finishing this fight"

And that is a wrap

know that is honestly one of the best lines in the halo saga and I hope that got you guys all geared up for halo the last stand which will be the sequal to to this fanfic I'm not sure when it will be posted so keep a look out. oh and character bios for halo will have been updated so go check that out I guess

please tell me what you thought of this story the pros the cons character development who honestly just shouldn't be here tel me all of that I want to know your opinion on how I'm going with these stories

Until next time