Halo: Mind

Hunger, Barley a thought. It needed food, demanded food, to spread. It's body was pressed up against dozens of Others, all squirming for release. It knew not what they were, only that they were like it.
All hunger, all sense food nearby, pheromones, sounds. A new sound arose, the hiss of metal, all pressed against the metal, FREEDOM! Food was everywhere as it pushed out with the Others, ignoring as some Others fell limp, more fell on the food. It found food, but it was dangerous. 
More Others vanish as they attempt to get at the food, but it fought them. It knew not why the food fought. It moved itself above the food before attacking, latching onto it. The food made noise as it attempted to remove It, a tendril cut through the flesh, making contact with bone. 
Euphoria, passed through Its body as the hunger consumed the..being? New thought. New mind. More thoughts came as It dug itself into the limp body. 
Muscle, nerves, brain, control. It extended more tendrils, hunger consuming, reshaping, warping. It felt warmth within the being, as feelers slid out of the being's chest. More thoughts now, memories. 
Thon, Sangheili, Flood, covenant patrol, more patrol outside. More beings outside. It moved the being...Host. Limbs twitch, feelers taste more hosts for more Others.
Host mind tries to fight, It ignores it. It brings the body upright, seeing the other covenant in the room. It raises the weapon, Needler, firing pink shards into an Unggoy. The small creature is thrown back as its chest is blown open, an eager Other quickly crawls in, bloating the small thing up, a new Host.
Another Sangheili roars and charges, before being burned down by multiple plasma rifles. It rises shortly after as a new Host Form. Noise is gone, all is silent. All now Hosts. All turn to entrance, more covenant outside, more Hosts, spread.
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