HALO: CROSSROADS

Kaidon's Work

After what happened last night, Nuray still felt somewhat ashamed but she had to do her duty, Thel Vadam's orders were clear, so there she was, she waited right at the entrance to the Tower.

She heard multiple footsteps but to her surprise, there wasn't trace neither of Rtas or of the Arbiter, although if the sangheilis that had just arrived were equally intimidating and from the expression on their faces Nuray deduced that none of them knew about her stay on the planet.

-A human! But how? What are you doing here?-, The tone of one of the sangheilis was clearly of annoyance and indignation.

-Hey relax, now we are all friends, remember?-, accustomed to her relationship with the elites within the Shadow of Intent, she thought could easily deal with that sangheili, but how wrong she was.

-No human is worthy, how dare you set foot in our world?!-

-It's a shame that don't please you...-, Nuray approached the elite and looked at him with a challenging look, -...because I'm not going to leave here-.

Immediately the sangheili was enraged and the was take her arm with force,
-Insolent! When I'm done with you ...-

-Let me go!- She struggled to free herself, -I could end your life in seconds if I wanted to-.

-Stupid human, who do you think you are? You're just an insignificant beast-

-Xeem ‘Thasan!-, The voice of Half Jaw made everything stop, -She's allowed to be here-

-And lowered the orders of who, yours?-

-In fact were my orders-, The Arbiter appeared just behind ‘Thasan, he walked calmly but firmly.
-She will stay in Sanghelios for a while, you better get used to it-

Xeem ‘Thasan had no choice but to duck his head at the Arbiter's orders, he wasn't happy at all, in fact he felt that his body was burning due to the fury he felt but he couldn't do anything else.

-Now ahead, there are some issues that we should discuss- Thel invited all the sangheilis present to enter the Tower.

-What weren't going to do a “super special” training?-, Nuray seemed irritated, she hated to waste her time and it was just what she felt at that moment.

-When the meeting ends the Arbiter will reach us-, as always 'Vadum seemed so calm, Nuray secretly admired him ability to remain serene in situations that made her crazy, of course she attributed that quality to the diplomatic and warlike experience that Rtas had won all his life.

-Meeting of what?-

-With the Kaidons of other States, he try to establish relationships that are beneficial to carry out the unification of Sanghelios-

-Politics, it has never been my strongest point ...Well let's go then-

For Vadam's misfortune and Nuray's luck the meeting had taken much longer than expected, the Arbiter needed to wait a little longer to test Nuray's ability in battle.

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As anything Rtas used to order him to do was exhausting, the simulation had been extremely heavy, now he understood why the sangheilis had been so difficult to defeat during the human war against the Covenant.

She was dead, she lay on her stomach on her bed, she was so tired that she didn't even think about eating, her muscles ached just by remembering every aisle she had to walk to the dining room, she would have resigned if someone hadn't knocked on her door.

-Arbiter? What are you doing here? I'm getting used to your night visits-, she slapped herself mentally when she realized what she had said.

-Can I pass?-

Nuray stepped aside, -Go ahead, you're in your house, literally-

-I apologize for today, there were some conflicts that required my attention, Rtas ‘Vadum has informed me of your good performance in the simulation-

-It's good to know that you think that after how he treat me today... I apologize for my daring but ... I doubt you came here just to tell me that-

-Perspicacious, I don't usually fail to comply with my word and how today I failed with our commitment and in compensation for your time, I've decided that your training will be suspended tomorrow, instead you will be able to get to know Vadam-

-Do you speak seriously?-, She seemed quite incredulous about the Arbiter's offer, -Won't there be blows, no kicks, no cries without mercy from Rtas?-

Thel shot her a hard-to-interpret look, -I'll take that answer as positive, we'll see each other in the morning-.