The Chief takes the blaster and belts the crap Arcade gave him. He may be forced to find a use for that eventually. What Wash handed him isn't exactly a Covenant weapon, but the principle's the same and the shooting end is obvious.

The thing that's got him is that sound.

He knows that sound. The Chief has a good memory for noises that mean terrible things. Apparently, this even applies to terrible things that are supposed to be fictional.

"Arcade just shouldn't watch movies."

The blip stays in the center of this room, but the tracker doesn't indicate whether it's descending or ascending and the Chief steps the fuck back from the pit. Shit.