And then the firefight had ensued, which Annabelle had to admit was clever. Captain Forge had certainly covered her bases and created an inventive escape plan. Getting shot clean through by a needler hadn’t been in the cards, but Apollo’s team leader had acted quickly. Unfortunately, they hadn’t been able to apprehend the salvagers as planned.
	Then the mysterious gray blur streaked into view.
	Annabelle rewound the feed and watched again.
	Chills covered her arms. She slowed the feed.
	It couldn’t be. Goose bumps spread like wildfire over her skin as she watched the footage again, this time slowing the speed even more. There. She paused on the moment the blur grabbed Rion Forge out of the air.
	And she knew exactly what she was looking at.
	The fact that a Forerunner armiger had suddenly appeared like the cavalry was an intense shock. The last time she’d seen one had been in video footage during her time on the Ark. She’d been fortunate enough to be safe inside the Mayhem at the time, but even on screen, the armigers on the Ark’s surface had been sentient, deadly, and menacing in appearance, with their floating parts and glowing eyes....

Halo: Renegades Ch 44