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Chapter 1: an ancient enemy

Covenant 9th age of reclamation

Location: unknown planet on outer edge of Milky Way

Tarinus and his party had been searching through the frozen remains of this ice world for the better part of two weeks looking for a clue to the mysterious enemy of the forerunners. Tarinus and his fleet were searching for almost a year after he assumed control of the covenant from the traitor retribution, they needed some kind of edge against the humans and the heretics and so Tarinus set out across the galaxy looking for any sign of the ancient enemy of the forerunners and his quest had led him here to this world on the very fringes of the galaxy

"Tarinus" said his second in command heltneck we have searched this ice block for days and there is no sign of what you seek

"Would you rather we left and accepted defeat at the hands of the heretics" he replied

"Of course not but we may have to accept the possibility that what you seek is no longer here or it has been destroyed by the ice"

"We shall continue searching until I find proof of either theory"

"As you wish chieftain"

Tarinus knew support was waning, he had led the majority of his fleet on his quest and had pulled out of all fronts against the humans and the heretics and surprisingly neither foe had challenged them since the withdrawal. They were probably rebuilding their fleets and worlds biding their time until they were ready to strike, Tarinus was going to be the one to strike first and hopefully with the a force the galaxy has not seen in several millennia

"Chieftain, quickly chieftain" cried another brute who came running up to them 'the kig-yar have found something"

"Then let us depart" he turned to heltneck "summon my personal phantom and signal the ship have them send down the pods"

"Yes chieftain" he replied

They boarded the phantom when it arrived and set off across the dead landscape, the planet reminded him of the southern landmass of earth where he led a strike force to recover some forerunner relics but the demons had used their weapons against the dig site and destroyed it all

"Chieftain we have arrived" said the pilot

"Very good prepare the teams and get the drones down here now I don't care if the cold is fatal to them"

"Yes sir" replied the pilot

Tarinus grabbed his hammer and stepped out onto the snow he looked around and in the blinding light he could see the laser drill a few feet away. He walked over and found several kig-yar wearing environment suits

"Chieftain" the lead one started "we detected a metal signature with our sensors and we sent for the drill and bore a hole down to it and this is what we found" he pointed down the hole in the ice and at the bottom was some kind if door of forerunner design "our scan revealed much more under the ice there is undoubtedly a large complex buried beneath"

Tarinus let off a small growl which summoned two other brutes

"Now we will enter and scout out this complex you will stay here and await the other teams and the pods" he said to the kig-yar

"Yes Excellency" he replied

Tarinus and the other two brutes slid down the hole to the hatchway and landed with a thud against the door then a second later the hatch opened and the three brutes went inside. They found themselves in a great hall with holographic controls on both walls and the lights activated on their own

"Impressive" said Tarinus as the proceeded down into the complex, they came across a lift and got in. after they activated the controls the lift began to descend deeper into the base until they arrived a circular shaped hall and at the other end was an alcove of some sort. The three walked over and inside was a human, he had no hair but a black beard and he was wearing black robes but he appeared to be incased in ice. Tarinus reached out and touched the ice but when he did that the chamber began to glow and the ice suddenly disappeared. Tarinus stepped back and then the human opened his eyes and looked straight at him. It began to speak to him in a language he wasn't familiar with

"What are you saying human" he roared at him

He stopped speaking and then made a few hand gestures

"Human you will explain your actions now"

"Ah is this better" he said

"w-what how did you" said a bewildered Tarinus

"My apologies the translation software needed to analyze your language so it could come up with a proper translation matrix"

"Very well, now human you will explain your presence here"

"Human, never herd of them now how long was I in stasis"

"Enough, I have had it with your trickery human"

"Very well then I'll just have to get my answers another way"

"What do you mean…" Tarinus was cut off as he felt a presence push his mind away to a deep corner and scoop away what was left. The other too brutes brought up their spikers and leveled them at the stranger but he raised a hand to stop them

"I assure you I am not harming him I just nee some… oh now this is interesting"

Tarinus felt the presence leave his mind and he was himself again "y-you're not human he said"

"That's correct Tarinus I believe you would call me a forerunner"

Tarinus and the other two brutes dropped to their knees

"Now you don't have to do that" he said "consider it a condition if we want to be allies"

"Y-yes forerunner" Tarinus said as he and the other brutes got up

"And don't call me a forerunner we may be the same species but my group differs from our brothers in so many ways. Ways that they thought were offensive and they tried to destroy us because of it but apparently our fail-safe plan worked and they are no more but from what I learned from you mind their descendents are still around these humans."

"What do you ask of us" said Tarinus

"Well it's like you said an alliance because it's very possible that I am the last of my kind if what I also learned from your mind is true"

"We have a grand fleet at your disposal"

"Primitive by our standards I'm afraid, but everything we need is right here on this world"

"What is your name Excellency?"

"You may call me an'lok"

"Tarinus" said a voice from behind the group, it was heltneck and he was accompanied by two security teams and the slipspace field pods

"Heltneck bring them here" he commanded "I give you this offering of the demons"

"Ah yes these solders you encountered" he approached one of the pods and removed a device from his pocket. He slid it onto his hand and waved it over the pod and its lid opened. Tarinus ordered two brutes to remove the demon from its pod, the grabbed him and threw him to the floor in front of an'lok

"w-what's going on" said the Spartan, immediately he realized who was surrounding him so he stood up and brought up his fists ready for a hand-to-hand fight

"Oh most excellent he posses the gene" said an'lok

"I don't know what the hell you covie bastards are up to but I…" he stopped short then his hands dropped and he stood at attention

"Unfortunately this one is not as evolved enough for my purposes but he and the others will make excellent mind slaves now down to more pressing matters" he tapped a button and he and Tarinus disappeared in bright golden rings that surrounded them. They reappeared on a platform overlooking a very large room

"Behold" said an'lok

Tarinus looked down at the wonders he saw, there were 20 forerunner dreadnoughts and various other ships scattered around the bay

"This is the last of our fleet but with your help the order shall rise again and this time no one will be able to stop us"