Broken pieces of Installation 04 are still burning. Groups of Covenant Ket-pattern battlecruisers prowl amongst them.
A CAS-class assult carrier flies towards High Charity.
Covenant Holy City, High Charity
Ninth Age of Reclamation
Hundreds of Covenant ships swarm around High Charity.
Inside the Council Chamber. Rows of Sangheili Honor Guardsmen stand at attention. A single Sangheili Zealot stands at the end, facing two High Prophets.
"There was only one ship." Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee informs.
"one?" Prophet of Truth asks. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. They called it the Pillar of Autumn."
The gallery seats are filled with Sangheili and San'Shyuum Councilors, who are muttering amongst themselves. An Elite Field Marshal with dark purple armor and pink lights, leans against a wall in some shadows.
"Why was it not destroyed, with the rest of their fleet?!" The Prophet of Mercy asks in anger.
Flash back to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn escaping Reach as Covenant ships glass the planet.
"But I followed with all the ships in my command." Thel says.
We see a Covenant Cruiser approach Installation 04, several dozen smaller ships are already in orbit above it.
"When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?" Prophet of Regret asks through a holographic image of himself next to Prophet of Mercy.
"Blinded?" Thel asks.
"Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?"
"No."
Prophet of Regret grows angry. "Yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!"
Thel tries to explain. "Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked-"
The Council members mutter angrily. Thel looks around at them. Mercy bangs his fist down on his chair.
"There will be order in this Council!" Prophet of Mercy yells.
The Prophet of Truth comes forward between Regret and Mercy, and raises his hand. The room falls into complete silence.
"You were right to focus your attention on the Flood." Prophet of Truth says. "But this Demon, this 'Master Chief' And the Reaper, 'Noble Six.' ...."
"By the time I learned of the Demon's and Reaper's intent, there was nothing I could do." Thel states.
The San'Shyuum Councilors stand up and yell angrily. "He's a traitor!" one yells.
The mysterious Field Marshel looks around, and huffs.
The Sangheili Councilors mutter to each other. Tartarus, standing nearby, chuckles to himself.
Prophet of Regret whispers to Truth. "Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it."
Truth holds up his hand, silencing Regret. Then he speaks to Thel. "You are one of our most treasured instruments. Long have you led your fleet with honor and distinction. But your inability to safeguard Halo... was a colossal failure."
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Unsung Hero
FanfictionFollow Spartan S-142 or Ash, an Experimental Spartan II, as his story starts on Reach. Being transferred to a new squad as Noble Six. (I only own Ash, and a few other Ocs that could pop up.) (I also suck a descriptions.) (And Ash is from my RVB seri...
