 |
About This Site
Daily Musings
News
News Archive
Site Resources
Concept Art
Halo Bulletins
Interviews
Movies
Music
Miscellaneous
Mailbag
HBO PAL
Game Fun
The Halo Story
Tips and Tricks
Fan Creations
Wallpaper
Misc. Art
Fan Fiction
Comics
Logos
Banners
Press Coverage
Halo Reviews
Halo 2 Previews
Press Scans
Community
HBO Forum
Clan HBO Forum
ARG Forum
Links
Admin
Submissions
Uploads
Contact
|
|
|
Halo Clone Wars: Chapter 5
Posted By: Enthrone Darkness Triumphant<admiralprestoncole@yahoo.com>
Date: 29 May 2009, 3:14 am
Read/Post Comments
|
Back when I first wrote this story I was pestered into writing a prelude by people from another website. The first part was chapter 4 and this is the second and last part. As you probably know, the two chapters being stand alone made it easier for me to continue onto chapter 6 without doing this chapter because I didn't feel like it. Anyone who wishes read chapter 4 for flow, here is the link: http://halosn.bungie.org/fanfic/?story=Enthrone_Dar0226091651281.html
Enjoy the chapter
------------------------------------------------------------
The hull of the shuttle started to glow red hot as it grazed the Earth's atmosphere, jolting the passengers inside.
"Pilot, orbit the planet for an hour or so, we are in no rush," Zhukov spoke as he took off his overcoat.
Ahsoka noticed that the Marshall was massive even with his greatcoat taken off but not beast-like with it on. He brought over a tray of steaming cups whose contents gave off a flowery aroma into the cabin.
"Earl Grey Tea!" the Marshall anounced as he passed cups along to all the passengers. "Made of the finest black teas from Assam. Now, my good friends, tell me what happened when you arrived here."
"Well," Mace Windu started as he reached for the piping hot cup, "we had just exited the anomaly when….."
--
Jedi Star Dreadnought Illustrious
Solar System
September 30, 2552
"Captain, report!" Anakin exclaimed as the massive dreadnought exited the anomaly.
"General, we seem to have created a gravitational anomaly from our 'grav well generators,' and it seems the fleet's hyperdrive activation distorted the black hole to create a temporary wormhole of some sort." The clone captain reported as he tried to make sense of the sensor readout regarding the wormhole.
"Well, that is most interesting," Kenobi smirked as he stared out of the viewport. "We are alive because of an anomaly based upon a harmony of mathematical precision and pure luck. Besides, would anyone care to tell me what planet I am staring at?" The Jedi master stroked his greying beard. "The absence of the giant orbital ring tells me we are not at Kuat."
"We will find out soon enough sir: it appears the inhabitants are sending a welcome party," the captain pointed to the tagged contacts on the viewport.
"What can you make of them Captain?" Kenobi continued to stare at the lush blue and green planet.
"Well from what I have gathered so far, the average ships in their fleet have numerous pods lining their hulls and they number from tens and hundreds to a couple ships having over a thousand. From what I can make out, it appears that they may house missiles or torpedoes, and all of the ships have at least one mass driver." The specs reflected off of the captain's eyes. "Our scanners also show that the ships are constructed of simple alloys, and they range in thickness from ship to ship."
"So, they pose no serious threat to us," Kenobi enquired.
"Put it this way, Master: a squadron of interceptors could easily take on those ships with nothing more than their lasers." Anakin smirked as he gazed at the incoming readouts.
"Well, there is no need to start another war or make new enemies for that matter. Let us try to make contact and see if they can help us in this predicament of ours," the master suggested as he motioned the deck officers to make ready for first contact.
--
The dropships entered the massive dorsal landing strip, slowly coming to a halt in their respective hangers. The engines calmly whined down as the rear doors hissed open and a ramp lowered onto the deck with a thud.
The envoy of humans stepped out as Kenobi walked to meet them. In front of him stood a greying and weather beaten man in a crisp white uniform with gold leafs embedded on his shoulders and cuffs.
"Admiral Hood," Kenobi greeted with a smile and a firm handshake. "I am General Kenobi and I welcome you to the Illustrious. Please follow me to the briefing room, I have refreshments awaiting us."
"Many thanks for your hospitality, General," the admiral responded as he started towards the corridor Kenobi motioned to.
The Jedi Master watched as the envoy started to follow his clones. While he took notice of the three massive soldiers in some green power exoskeleton, he couldn't sense anything within the suits while he could recognize the admiral through the Force and their visors kept them completely faceless.
"This is most interesting," Kenobi muttered to himself as he rushed to catch up with the party.
--
She gazed into the meeting room, watching the foreign humans take their seats after greeting some of the flag officers of the Republic. She noticed the alien soldiers in the exoskeletons, observing the rare chance humanity received of a peaceful welcome from an alien race.
She clung to the shadows of the intersection of beams as a party of clones marched past, completely unaware of her presence. Lightly grazing the deck, she zigzagged silently across the corridor until her body pressed against blast doors to briefing hall.
Punching the button, the doors to the briefing hall hissed open and she rolled the thermal detonator into the room. Pausing for a couple of seconds, the fireball exploded outward, while she simultaneously bolted in and grabbed the human admiral, holding him at gun point.
"Ventress, don't!" Kenobi got up coughing as smoke cleared the room while Human and Republic officers alike lay on the floor unconscious and bleeding. "Why are you doing this?"
"Don't take another step, Obi Wan," Ventress hissed as she pulled out a cylindrical tube with her free hand while the same forearm choked the Human admiral. "I have more thermal detonators in the engine room and with the matter – antimatter stores, all ready to blow."
"Why are you doing this?" Obi Wan questioned again. "I thought we were at peace."
"Vengeance," Ventress whispered as she back stepped to the door, still holding the Human hostage. She spotted the soldiers in the green exoskeletons slowly move towards her. "Not another step! Or I will blow us all up!"
Suddenly she felt a searing pain rip through her abdomen as the detonator was ripped out of her hand while the gun was simultaneously pried out.
The human ran towards the Jedi Master as Assaj Ventress turned around to see her adversary. There it stood, easily over two meters tall in an olive green power armour with its gold visor staring down upon her. Moving fluidly, she reached for her lightsaber as the machine moved with lightning reflexes and knocked it out of her hands and smacked her across the face, causing her to fly into the bulkhead.
Dazed and confused, Ventress tried to pick herself up as the faceless soldier came up and grabbed her head and swung her into the air. The gauntlet started to squeeze into her temples and skull as the massive force caused a searing migraine to ripple through her brain.
Ventress let out of fiery scream as the entire room heard her skull start to crack and splinter, causing even the Jedi's stomach to regurgitate at the sight.
"No, don't!" Kenobi yelled as the Spartan slammed the Sith queen into the deck floor head first and a split second later his armoured foot crashed down onto her skull, completely pulverizing it into soup of blood, brains and bone fragments.
--
The gunships rumbled through the turbulent atmosphere as they headed towards the derelict shipyards on the planets surface. Thunder and lightning blew through the skies and shook the air convoy with undue malice as the beats of heavy guitars and bass rumbled through their cabins, progressively getting faster and harder.
Passing underneath the planets newly formed stratosphere, the skies started to settle down as the surface came into view. Molten metals flowed freely down the volcanoes that were easily a few miles high and into the gorges that vanished deep into planet's red crust.
The double kicks of the bass drums started to rip through the air inside the ships as a nearby volcano erupted into a hell storm of molten rock deep into the upper atmosphere.
"Tonight we ride the clouds of fire;
We sit with gods of our death's desire;
We fear no mortals in these worlds;"
"Molten Titanium," one of the human soldiers piped over the blaring lyrics; "One good thing that came from terra-forming the damn planet," the grin on his face grew as the small craft shook from the emanating shockwave. "Oh and here we are finally."
Out into the distance, cranes and lifts started to appear but they were easily dwarfed by the empty hulks that lay in between them.
The envoy of Republic and Humans alike got off the docking Pelicans and proceeded to inspect the derelict hulks in the ghost yard, their existence forgotten for decades.
"These were to be our finest ships," the UNSC admiral spoke as the slapped the metal hull. "The goddamn bureaucrats thought it would be better if we had smaller ships in greater numbers, but those melted faster than an ice cube near a blowtorch." The wrinkles on his face started to become more pronounced with the hate that built within him; "they wanted 'em scrapped, but nobody was willing to take on the task so they forgot them here with the entire yard. This is purest form of titanium and its alloys you can find," He forked into a new topic. "They come straight from that volcano which ejects 'em from this planets mantle. Goddamn, Mars has changed since we first colonized her."
"My men can start fitting your…..'Ships' right away," Kenobi offered as stared into the empty interior. "Looks like they only need weapons, wiring, engines,…"
"Everything except the hulls," Hood finished Kenobi off. "How long do you think it will take to get them up and running?"
"My most conservative guess would be about a month or so," the Jedi Master replied. "You will defiantly have enough time to come up with nice names for them."
"I already have one for this," Hood remarked as he smacked the nearest hulk of metal.
"Oh," Kenobi looked puzzled and surprised; "and what would that be?"
"The Enthrone Darkness Triumphant," Hood spoke with pride, "Cause darkness is exactly what the Covenant will receive while we are Triumphant.
|
