My first story, and it probably sucks.
This chapter has alternating POV's, but later I'm going to stick with the Chief.
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Chapter 1: A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The rear half of the Forward Unto Dawn entered the atmosphere, and a frozen warrior awoke within. Inside the cryo bay, Spartan-117 was thawing from his icy prison. He spoke as he pulled himself from the cryotube. "Cortana?" On a nearby pedestal, the small figure of a blue woman with code running along her body appeared. "I'm here Chief. Have a nice nap?" "How long has it been?" "Two months, a few days ago we were sucked into a decaying orbit around this planet. I suggest you hurry to the drop pod bay, there is a single HEV pod remaining."
The Chief grasped for the Assault Rifle he had secured in a nearby weapons rack, only to find the rack had come loose and crashed into an empty cryotube and soaked the MA5C in coolant. Shaking his head, he pulled Cortana from the pedestal and placed her chip into the slot in his helmet. Rushing out the door, he sprinted to the bay and strapped himself into the pod. The door closed, and the pod was ejected from the ship.
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Shy Guy hummed to himself as he walked down the path to the castle where they would announce the fourth annual Mario Party event. A flash of light appeared in the corner of his eye, and he looked up to see a shooting star. He squinted, and noticed a second star broke off from the larger one. In fact, it looked like it would land nearby...
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The pod slammed into the ground, and the door was blown off, allowing its occupant to roll out and sweep the area with his helmet macrobinoculars. All looked clear, when a white blip appeared on his motion sensor a few feet behind him. Spiinning around and dropping into a fighting stance, he found nothing but the pod he had came from. He was surprised when he heard a muffled cry for help come from under the pod.
Deciding the question of how the being survived an HEV pod containing a half-ton armored supersoldier crashing down on it could wait, the Chief shoved the pod over to reveal a short masked creature with stubby arms wearing a red hoodie, fedora, and blue shoes.
The creature looked up at him and spoke. "Um, thanks."
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Shy Guy looked up at the metal thing that had pushed the other metal thing off of him, and said the only thing he could think of.
"Um, thanks."
It tilted its head, if it was a head, and spoke in a rough voice. "Who are you?"
Shy Guy gulped. "Um, my name is Shy Guy."
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"I wonder if its a guy or a girl?" Cortana remarked sarcasticly inside the Chief's helmet.
Any reply was cut off by Shy Guy. "Um, who, or what, are you?"
"Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan-117."
Shy Guy stared blankly, and the Chief sighed.
"My name is John."
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Shy Guy suddenly remembered what he was doing in the first place.
"Um, I need to go. I'm late for a very important thing."
John nodded. "And I need to recover my shi-"
He was cut off as the ship inexplicably exploded in mid-air.
"On second thought, I'll come with you."
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Chapter one is over.
Well, was that horrible or just bad?
