We see the Striker travelling through split space and inside we see the blues doing nothing but wait for them to arrive. Tucker practice his skills with his engery sword, Caboose and Ashia play some board games and Jin is looking at some Covenant weapons the Striker have in stored as he checks on the fuel rod.

Jin: Yo Tucker I treat your sword with thie fuel rod cannon?

Tucker: Seriously dude. No thank you.

Jin: Seriously dude? The Covenant has a lot of cool looking weapons and yet you rather keep that sword.

Tucker: Dude what what are you going to use it for? Only I can activate it.

Jin: I know but isn't not okay to just have a look at it. Besides that sword is kinda like the other engery swords elites have throughout the war.

Tucker:......Is it?

Ashia: I mean I sort a looks the same.

Tucker: Huh I never realise it.

Caboose: The fact that we have been wearing the same armor for years?

Tucker: No the sword.

Caboose: Oh.......man what a day.

Jin: We don't even know it is day.

Caboose: What a night.

Jin: I give up.

Church then appears in the middle of the room and informs them.

Church: We're approaching the planet but we might need to silent our coms.

Caboose: Why?

Church: I'll show you.

A large hologram screen appear and they are shocked to see High Charity and a massive Covenant fleet sitting near the planet and a destruction of a halo ring.

Tucker: (shocked) Holy shit.

Caboose: Now that's a big moon.

Ashia: That's no moon. That's a space station.

Jin: More importantly the capital of the entire Covenant empire.

Soon Junior and Washington exit out of the hanger and Junior informs the group.

Junior: Right now we are on our own so here is the plan. The planet we are going is a gas station at Threshold where the transmission is coming from. The plan is we talk to him and get him and his troops off the planet.

Washington: Thanks to Church the Covenant capital hasn't detected us but that doesn't mean we are invisible. We need to be carful to not draw any attention.

Caboose: Oh so like we're playing hide and seek!

Tucker: Yeah play hide and seek with a massive Covenant fleet and a gaint capital ship ready to blow us up. Sounds like a lot of fun.

Church: Let's just get this over and done with.

Junior: Agree.

The striker make its way to Threshold and soon they are within a storm but soon it arrives at Forerunner gas station and soon makes its landing at a hanger.

Once landed they exit out and look around to seeing no one around as the hanger seem to be empty.

Tucker: Looks like nobody is home.

Washington: You sure this is the place?

Junior: No doubt about it.

Caboose: Um guys I don't want to alert anyone that is watching us but.......(whisper) I think someone is watching us.

Seconds later the doors around them open and grunts, Jackals and elites came out and draw their plasma Weapons at them.

They see they are surrounded and they were about to draw up their weapons but Junior stands them down and he begins to speak up.

Junior: My name is Junior, leader of a Resistances fighting against the Covenant. We wish to speak with your leader.

At first there was silence and they haven't drop their weapons so they figure they have to fight them when suddenly they heard.

???: Stand down.

Then a elite possibly their leader appear on the second floor above them as he look down at them as his forces stand down. The elite leader drops down and land on his feet as he approaches Junior.

???: You too fought against the Prophets?

Junior: Indeed.

The elite leader looks at the humans and to Junior as he ask.

???: And you brought "them" with you?

Tucker: Rude.

Junior: They are victims of the Prophets. We all are.

The elite leader looks at them and to Junior and then tells him.

Junior: Follow me.

They breath a sigh of relief as they follow the elite leader to somewhere to talk.

(Short while later)

We see them in a large room with forerunner written on them as the elite leader introduces himself.

Sesa: My name is Sesa 'Refunnee. The troops you encounter are my troops. We were once a recovery team sent here to retrieve any holy relics for the Covenant.

Washington: Like what?

Sesa: Anything that is important. We watched as the ring was destroyed and we await for our pick up but......they didn't come.

Junior: You were abandon.

Sesa: Indeed.

Ashia: That's horrible.

Jin: And that's when you betray the Covenant?

Sesa: No. It is when the Orcale told us the truth.

Church: The who now?

Then they hear humming and turn as the doors open and a floating ball with a singal blue eye enter the room and floats towards them.

???: Oh it seems we have some new visitors.

Caboose: Church! That's your body! Wait.......was your body not working.

Church: Caboose that's not same body I use to have a while ago.

343 Guilty Spark: It seems you must be confuse. I am 343 Guilty Spark, Monitor of Installation 04.

Tucker: Huh wasn't Watcher a monitor as well?

343 Guilty Spark: Oh.....i suppose that you met him?

Tucker: Yeah he's Y/n's AI partner.

Washington: Wait. You know Watcher?

343 Guilty Spark: Unfortunately yes. We don't talk to each other since he thinks of me to be......"annoying" even though it is my duty.

Sesa: The Orcale told us the truth about the rings and that the Prophets lied to us. This Orcale holds the secrets that will expose the Prophets lies.

Junior: Is this true?

343 Guilty Spark: I hold all the information and histories of the rings and its functions.

Junior: This is perfect! We just need you to tell the whole Covenant about this and the Prophets secrets are expose.

Washington: But how do we do that?

Church: What if we broadcast it on their capital?

Jin: You nute?! If we even take one step in there, we'll be dead!

Junior: Not exactly. I know a few allies that might help us in High Charity.

Tucker: Huh neat.

Junior: Sesa we can expose the Prophets together if you come with us. We can even stop this before humanity will be wipe out.

Sesa: I do not care about humanity. I only care getting vengeance for the Prophets lies.

Caboose:.......That's nice.

Jin: Boy I'm glad Junior and his faction are nice otherwise i might hate a whole race of elites immediately.

Then alarms starts to go off all around the base as Sesa opens up the security camera.

Washington: What's going on?!

343 Guilty Spark: It seems we have unauthorised intruders within the station.

Washington: Who?

Sesa: The Covenant.

They came over and through the security footage sees Covenant forces battling Sesa's forces. However one thing that catches Junior and Sesa eye is one elite wearing what seems like ancient elite armor.

Junior: (shocked) The Arbiter.

Tucker: What's a Arbiter?

Junior: Arbiter's are viewed as skilled and respectful warriors but now....it is viewed as shame and sent on missions that would result to theie death.

Washington: Didn't the UNSV records say that Arbiter is dead?

Sesa: This one is new.

Jin: How do you know that?

Sesa: Because I recognise him. That's Thel 'Vadam, supreme commander of the Fleet of Particular Justice. He must have been punish for failing to protect the ring.

Tucker: So what should we do?

Sesa: Follow me.

They race out of the room and race through the hallway. After a while they arrive a large bridge to another section of the station as they race across it.

When they get the middle a Covenant Phantom suddenly appear and starts shooting at them. Washington pushes both Tucker and Caboose back while the rest jump across as the bridge between them breaks apart and separated the two groups.

Soon Covenant forces appear behind Washington, Tucker and Caboose as they quickly get to cover as Covenant troops begin to fire at them which they return fire.

Junior: Father!

Ashia: Youse okay?

Washington: There is no way to get across. Keep going! We'll meet up!

They have no choice but to go without them. They continue to take down the Covenant troops when the Arbiter shows himself and activate his engery sword.

Tucker: I got this one!

Washington: Tucker no!

Tucker charges towards the Arbiter with his engery sword and the two begin to dual. The two clash their blades at each other. The Arbiter seems to be not impress of his skills and easily takes him out. Tucker was kicked across the bridge and land hard onto thr ground.

The Arbiter picked up his engery sword and tries to turns it on but it doesn't work. He tosses it next to Tucker and stomp his feet onto Tuckers chest.

Arbiter: What are demons like you doing here?

Tucker: Well sucks that your not a chick. Bow Chicka Bow Bow.

The Arbiter growls but then Washington runs up and kicks the Arbiter back and try to fire his battle rifle but Arbiter grab the barrel and moves it aside while it fires and then grabs Washington by the neck and slammed him into the wall.

Caboose: Hey!

The Arbiter turns to see Caboose as he ask his assault rifle at him.

Caboose: No one hurts my friends.

The Arbiter and Caboose stared at each other as the Arbiter waits for him to shoot and he did that but nothing came out. Caboose realised he has no ammo so he looks at the Arbiter with awkward silence and then he drop his rifle and rais his hands.

Caboose: I surrounded.

Tucker: Yep, we're dead.

(Meanwhile)

Sesa, 343 Guilty Spark, Ashia, Jin and Junior arrived at a room as Sesa gets into the controls when Spark begins to tells him.

343 Guilty Spark: I suggest you should not touch those buttons. Those controls keep the Flood contain.

Jin: The what now?

Sesa: We have no choice. If we wish for all of us to escape then we need a large destruction.

Junior: If that is the only way then do it.

343 Guilty Spark: I suggest we find another way.

Ashia: Like what?

343 Guilty Spark: Perhaps we talk to them. I pretty sure they might listen.

Sesa: It is too late. I have unleash them.

Jin: Cool so they will help us right?

Sesa:...........

Jin: They will help us.......right?

Suddenly they hear a unhuman roar echoing throughout the station as they realise the Flood is not here to help them.

Jin: Crap.

(Meanwhile)

Tucker, Caboose and Washington are seen captured by the Covenant and were taking somewhere within the station as a white elite with half of his jaw is gone as he kneel down in front of the trio and ask them.

Rtas: You humans will tell me why you are here and what is your relationship with the Heretic Leader.

Tucker: Hey dude we only met him only like 5 minutes so there is no close relationship so far.

Caboose: He's pretty mean......but he's also my best friend. You wanna be my friend?

Tucker: You wanna be friends with them?

Caboose: Yes. Why?

Washington: (sigh) I can understand your pain Church.

Church: Yep. Welcome to my world.

Rtas find this to be annoying but then he sniff the air and turn to a door as the Arbiter ask him.

Arbiter: What is it?

Rtas: That stench.....I've smelled it before.

Rtas motion his elites to take the trio with them as the make their journey deep to the station to find Sesa and those who sided with him. However little did they know there is something within the station that they do not want to imagine as we see movement within the darkness follow by what seems like a horrifying and unhuman or unalien like growl as something terrifying has been unleashed within the station.

To be continued.............................................