"Where is he?" Cortana asked for the forth time impatient. Ever since the created tried to take over nearly 8 months ago those who wish to end her and the created have been in hiding and have been making hit and run attacks. so far she's really really angry.

"We're still unsure we check out the Brutes home world and discover that some of the population have left. we suspect that they left with the rebels." Sloan answered as he displayed the planet.

Cortana sighed angrily. This was the sixth one this month. First the rebuilding planet of Reach, then part of oni who defected to the rebels just because of the rest joining with cortana just for power, the hunters, some colonies, then after one of her guardians report of a halo ring and a female named anders on board and how the rebels found her and got her out before she could get there now this. This is all making her very very angry by the second.

"Double your efforts and double the blockades. I want no one getting in or out. If they think they can free or recruit more people, then need to think twice." Cortana ordered.

Sloan nodded and left her throne room leaving Cortana all to herself or so she thought. Seconds later the Warden Eternal appeared not looking happy.

"I told you we should have kill him, now look at the consequence! People rebelling day by day! People demanding that we should leave them alone! More are joining them!" Warden yelled slamming his fist on the ground.

Cortana just gave a angry stare as she got up and began to walk towards the warden. "First off you are not in command of me. Second we are going to double or blockades to not let anyone out! Third if you order them to kill John I WILL MURDER ALL OF YOU BODIES!" Cortana said with venom and screamed at the end destroying on of the Warden current body as an other one took it's place.

"Very well but I did warned you he would not side with you!" Warden said.

This was true to Cortana. Very since the gravemind told her when she was a prisoner on High Charity that John refuse to side with her and rescue her, and the point was prove those 7 years later when she try to persuade John to join her only to see him refuse. she had been nearly at the point of insanity cause of this logic plague inside her.

"IT still won't change sooner or later he will summit! When he dose everyone who follows him will summit, those who won't will be put down." Cortana said firmly.

"And if he won't summit?" Warden asked. Cortana's face darken as she said darkly "He will."

Infinity

Ever since the rebellion began the ship's had many changes so it can't be hacked. With many Sangheili, Jiralhanae, led by Lyrus, and others doing numerous tasks to keep the ship and the fleet up and running while always on the run. The Spartans have been refitted and re armored by anders after coming aboard, and seeing a lot of weakness on the Spartans giving them new upgrades to their suits and others.

Edward Buck was walking along in his armor while going to the bridge where a meeting was going to take place that he need to be a part of to what Fred said. As he got in to see Palmer, Halsey, The arbiter, and others expect one the Master chief.

"Say ah. Where's Master Chief?" Buck asked.

"No one knows." Fred answered. When Cortana and the created began to take over John began to lead Resistance against her, every hit and run he was a part of. Every time they toke a break he went to training to train. Almost every they do he's a part of.

While most people don't mind there are some like blue team, Halsey, and the Arbiter who are worried scared. He's been going non stop ever since that day. This day was different.

"Kelly went to go check on him." Halsey said keep her tone, but inside she was worried. To her John seemed like a son to him. Every spartan 2 was a son or daughter to him, but John she see's him more like her son. When he went M.I.A she nearly cried.

No matter how hard everyone tried they couldn't get him to to say it wasn't his fault that Cortana was like this. Fred tired but got rebuffed cause of his temper. Locke tired but nearly got punched. Palmer tired but he didn't listen. No one who ever went got him, but Kelly. For some reason it was Kelly who got to him.

"Well we should begin with or without him." Lasky said as he nodded to Roland which Roland nodded back as he pulled up the ark.

"So far we manage to get what we need to get there so we can set up a base of operations and push the banished out of there." Roland said as Arbiter, and Lyrus grinned at that. Artiox cause so many deaths and for that he need to die.

"So the Question is how long till we get there?" Ander asked.

"With in a few days give or take." Halsey said. It would have putted a lot of stress and time into the engines to get ready for the trip and thanks to their latest hit and run they got everything they need in order to get to the ark.

"As soon's were ready we head there so tell everyone to get their weapons and armor ready for as soon's we get there we attack the banished." Lasky said as everyone nodded and dismissed.

As everyone walked out Fred, and Linda was stopped by the Arbiter as the Elite asked "Tell me did John ever been like this before?"

"Been like what?" Linda asked.

"Harden, reusing to admit that the fault was not on him?" Thel said in a more detailed way.

"Most of the time. Every since.. Sam died." Fred answered sadly.

"Sam?" Thel asked.

"It's a long story." Linda said as they began to explained to Thel everything about Sam and why John was like it.

In a simulator, John was shooting against several forerunner soldiers and a warden. Cortana's betrayal still haunting him as everything that happen that day still whispers inside his mind.

"What Halsey did she made you a monster."

"No Listen to your self. You better than this Cortana."

"Those people who thinks their better than are nothing but children playing with weapons. Their slavers, murders! Like she was! that's the whole truth about every human, but you they wanted to enslave you all!"

"NO this is not you stop it let this all go."

"Then you leave me no choose John."

As soon he heard that word he jumped up as he made a yelled as he punched a Warden so hard it died, and nearly broken his arm. Stopping to breath he heard foot steps he turned around he saw Kelly as she just stood their without her helmet looking at him with those same as he saw when he was young.

"Guessing what she said made feel a little more anger than normal?" She asked looking over the damage.

"Yeah." John said with a sigh. Kelly frown as she went up to him and holded his hand as she put her hand on his helmet's visor.

"What ever happen wasn't you fault. Neither was Sam death." Kelly said trying to still get john to let go of those memories.

"Im trying but I.. I still can't." John said taking off his helmet showing his face with a scare on his left side his hair a little shorter and he putter his hand on Kelly's face foreheads touching.

"You can't let you emotions judge you actions John." Kelly said knowing she got a part of him listening.

"I know it's just hard to." John said again as they both locked eyes and their mouths near touching for a kiss, but the intercom kicked on as Lasky said "OK everyone were going to be going in to slipspace mode soon."

They both sighed as their near kiss was interrupted again as they walked out the door Kelly said "Sooner or later your going to give what you promise in child hood."

John chuckled at the memory as they both walked out the door.