NO SURVIVORS

NOTE: SORRY THIS ONE TOOK SO LONG.

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Sintha guided the plasma through space straight toward the lone Jiralhanae scout. The scout accelerated faster to avoid the superheated plasma racing for it. He used the two thumbs to control the plasma speed and the two Index fingers to direct it up, down, left, and right. The scout used thrusters and avoided the plasma at the last second. Sintha noted this and sped the plasma up to top speed. The scout was about to use thrusters when Sintha suddenly slowed it down. The Scout used its thrusters on the bottom shooting it up. Sintha used his right index finger and pushed the appropriate slider forward.

The Plasma arced up to meet the Jiralhanae ship. Since their ships had no shields the plasma easily burned through the ships belly. From what Sahkari saw Sintha had somehow pushed more plasma into the beam widening it until you could see it pouring out of holes or burning their own out of the ship. Also he had curved it so that it ran the entire length of the ship. It exploded in a fiery blast that was immediately doused by the lack of oxygen.

Kanto started to bark orders, "I want every trace of that ship eliminated. Get us through that Slipspace field. Put Fleet Master Toridsta on main screen. Get Scion on the AI port NOW!!!"

All the Sangheili rushed to fulfill their orders. Sahkari slinked into the shadows in the corner of the room. Not that there were any. Wherever he went he strangely disappeared against a wall as if he were in the shadows.

"Sir?" It was Scion on the AI port to his right.

"Scion, I want you to calculate the distance to Sanghelios from the Slipspace rip. Toridsta will be on the Main Screen momentarily. I want you to deal with him." Kanto looked at Scion's slender body. She had the shape of a nude Human female. Her skin would change color depending on her mood. Currently she was a deep, royal blue. And with that he left the bridge.

Sahkari stalked down the hall following Kanto. The meeting with the fleet master was brief. He ordered 'absolutely no survivors!!', and Sintha immediately started using concentrated lasers to melt the floating pieces of the ship. He did not however destroy the empty carcass of the ship. Also Scion calculated the distance to Sanghelios in about 0.0002 seconds. Not much to see there. And this brought him down following Kanto through the twisting corridors of a brand new Sangheili battleship.

Kanto stopped and turned around. Sahkari ducked behind the wall of an adjoining wall. Kanto shrugged it off. A habit he got from parents long, long ago. They said their ancestors were with humans when they picked it up. They carried it down the line. Kanto continued to walk down the passage-way to his quarters. Sahkari slid out of hiding and once again started to follow Kanto to his room.

Inside the bridge the navigation officer noticed a bleep on the radar.

"I think we've got something. Inbound on the Port side."

Scion accessed the radar. It was too small to be a Jiralhanae ship. "Put up port camera on main screen." The screen went blank and then it showed empty space. "Zoom in, 500." The camera started focusing on a specific spot.

There was nothing at first but then… There was a lone banshee tumbling through space. It wasn't on fire but if there was oxygen it sure would be. It was a superheated white. It flashed blue but quickly intensified back to white.

"What the Hell." Scion stared at it for a nanosecond and ordered "Send out two Phantoms, retrieve that banshee. Take it to Terminal Deck 9. Evacuate the terminal. We are going to take all the air out." And following Kanto's example she turned took a few steps towards the door and disappeared.

Savga' Vasga was a Sangheili Pilot for 35 years. He had successfully taken his Shadow into battle and came out without a scratch. Now he had a different mission. He and another pilot were going to be sent out into the vacuum to pick up a superheated banshee. Easy. He met up with the other pilot in the corridor to Terminal 9.

The other pilot led the way to the Shadows. An engineer Sangheili ran up to them. "You will need to wear these masks to your Shadows; the entire terminal has no oxygen whatsoever. Also, you will drop off the load at terminal 11. Any questions?"

Savga' Vasga stepped forward and said, "Which one of us will pick it up?"

"What are you talking about?" The tech said, "There are two objects for pickup. A banshee and an exploded ghost."

"Two!" Exploded the other pilot, "We were only informed about the banshee."

The tech took a step back. "I'm terribly sorry. The Bridge crew detected a second object 50 meters behind it. You'll each need to get one each. Then get them both to terminal 11." He glared at the other pilot.

The pilot grabbed one of the masks from the tech and stormed off. Savga' Vasga held out his hand and said to the tech, "I am sorry for my fellow pilot's behavior. Not all of us are like that."

The tech put the remaining mask into Savga' Vasga's hand. "Thank you." Savga' Vasga turned and followed the other pilot.

Kanto entered his quarters and was immediately confronted by Scion.

"What the Hell are you doing here!?" He shouted.

"We have detected two inbound objects. Both are of covenant origin." She replied calmly.