It was my first day joining the UNSC. I couldn't believe my eyes when we were carried throughout an entire battlefield in a Pelican Drop ship, with ten of us in it. I was nervous, but the Sgt. Told me "Man up, this is what you signed up for Private". I just looked at him blank less. The ship was landing into a forest right under the covenants noses. We were looking for something, something big. I can tell it was important because it even had the Sargent talking about it. He said we were finding something that could save humanity. A squad was sent in about twenty-seven hours ago to look for it, but they went MIA. So after the Chief went MIA, I don't exactly know what else could have a chance at saving our race. Maybe what we were looking for was a weapon, or a way into the covenants main ship, or even another Spartan, you know like Master Chief. I don't know anymore I was way more focused on my duty and staying focused on the fight. We went to cross the river to the old construction factory, which in my case was abandon was for ages, so what exactly that we need to save our race could be in some busted up, ghost town like this? We move up into the old construction factory and we see three jackals, four grunts, two brutes, and a commanding officer Brute, the type that carries a gravity hammers, I hate those bastards. We see something else out in the distance, it was a squad of eight people. This might have been the squad that went in earlier, because for sure these guys were UNSC soldiers I can clearly see their uniforms. We got a better look at them, and sadly I wished we didn't. Four were KIA, and one of those four, one was headless, and looking at that gravity hammer that the Commanding Brute was carrying I can say that bastard had a main part in this. The other four were captured and placed in a holding cell, well a room with a opening to enter it and a generated field blocking the prisoners from escaping. They look badly beat up, our main priority was to continue on looking for whatever we were looking for in the first place, but our job now is to rescue this squad. We move in through the bushes and trees, we set up a sniper back up on that hill ready to provide covering fire and two guards in case someone tries to take him by surprise. Three more head to the left only to take out those sleeping grunts, and Sargent Johnson, me, and two others are moving in through the right to flank the brutes and free the prisoners. We attack the grunts first, revenge is already smelling good, then we take out the jackals, and obviously at that point we've been spotted, but who cares what's the worst that could happen right? We then put a heavy load of bullets into these bustards, and they go down finally, and that means one bastard left. We are in combat with him for a a good eight minutes, but he won't go down. We had two men attack him from behind, but died trying. I don't know where the Sargent is, but we need him right now and something's lurking from the shadows and just comes running out and jumps onto the back of the beast with a couple of stabs to the neck, and one final capsule to the dome and he's out. We free the captured UNSC soldiers and Sargent Rick Thomas was in there. He says that they were flanked, and they tried to hold off the covenant in this area, but lost a couple honorable souls trying. He says the covenant seem to have been looking for something too, maybe it was what we were looking for, because the captured troops were questioned a lot asking where it was? And how do we find it? We hand the lads their weapons and are about to leave, but then I stop. I close the eyes of the fallen comrades and take their dog tags, and guess who's right beside me as I'm doing so, Sargent Johnson. We head deeper into the woods where we are suppose to go we see smoke, but as we are headed to our area we hear something in the bushes and get it gets closer, and we see a blur in the trees, then we hold and wait for the call to fire at will. The hostile was in camouflage and I can't believe it myself I have heard rumors about this guy... it's... it's... The Arbiter. The Sargent tells us to hold. He asks the Arbiter what he is doing here and he replies back "The same reason you are here". He talks about how The elites believe that the brutes cause is disgraceful and he and his people no longer have an alliance with the brutes, and they fight for the better cause which is to stop the brutes from taking over the Galaxy. I always knew he was a good good guy. We continue to move towards the smoke, and the Arbiter with us. We get closer and closer to some kind of capsule. The Sargent tells us to hold, and for me to move up to open the capsule. He asks me "You ever seen a spartan before." I reply back "No, Sir." he responds "Well, Today's your lucky day, private, cause what your about to see is more than you'll believe.". I open the capsule as it slowly opens my heart racing out of my chest, it opens, I can't believe my eyes it's him.....It's really really him..... The Master Chief. He's Back. And that's how Halo 3 started -S0UTH CURVE