FLASHBACK
He was young. 10 to be exact. He was playing on earth, the homeplanet for the humans. They were in a war against Covenant. Master Chief had lead the marines into victory, and we were successful at holding the Covenant at their homeplanet, for Master Chief had made a treaty with the Elites, Hunters, and Grunts, and through this treaty, came peace and tranquility. The other Covenant were anguished and were forced to stay at their home planet due to the numerous elites that controlled the planets in their solar system. The qwar had been over, but a greater one had been created. Master Chief was coming home with the Arbiter who had survived his confront with Tartarus, though Tarturus wasn't dead for sure, he was either dead or hiding. They were at the gates, and were docking, when suddenly a frigate full of Brutes came out of no where, except the Brutes were of different species. Each with their unique ability. Since they lived very far wzy, their travel was slow, and had made their apearence late. Earth's defense had'nt destoyed the ship, and the ship docked and made a suicide attack. The Master Chief and the Arbiter along with a few of their best Marines rushed the landing, but by the time they got there, 5 major cities had already been anhilated. They followed the tracks and finally found them. Then the battle began, and lasted 10 days, even though the Brutes were few and there was only 50. The unique Brutes had different powers, and took them a long time to figure out how to beat them. Finally, when only 5 were left, they surrounded them, but something terrible happened. One Brute took out new weapons. They looked like Brute plasma rifles, but they were bigger and longer. Then from the backs, an energy sword appeared. The Brutes shot the Marines and grenades came that had trails of plasma, and when the grenade touched something, it exploded and destroyed a length of meters on all sides, like a point erupting in the middle of the circle and hitting everything in the area. Any Marines that got close enough to engage in melee were destroyed instantly by the energy sowrds. the armor didnt help either. No sniper, no matter the distance, could get a clean shot. They waited to strike, and kept defending as many cities as possible, but after at least 5 hours of nonstop burning, the Brutes ran out of ammo, and the Marines led a charge, only to be met by another suprise. Their guns changed and plasma came out. A never ending supply. As long as the Brutes were alive, the plasma rifles would work because the plasma rifle was connected to the Brute's circualatory system and relied on the heart power of the Brute and would take blood slowly. It was an impossible feat for the marines, and then on the final hour, the two heroes showed up. Master Chief and The Arbiter came in a warthog that jumped over the hill and stopped the Brutes movement on the capitol of the country.
"Who...What the hell are you?!" asked Master Chief.
"We are your messengers of death. You are facing the Gods of the Covenant world." said a Brute.
"But...you're Brutes, like Tartarus. He was king, though you look stronger then him..." said the Arbiter.
"Hmph. Tartarus ignored some of the specoes. He only accpeted normal bred Brutes to be at his command...not us strong freaks." said another Brute. "Now get out of our way, or you will be seeing plasma blasts in your face..." said the same Brute.
"Bring it on." said Master Chief, and then the two charged at the Brutes. The Brutes reacted the same. The Brutes reacted first though, and they shot 10 rounds of plasma blasts, which shook the ground for 5 minutes. Dirt was in the air. When it dissapeared, they saw nothing but as huge hole...the size of a lake.
"Ignorant fools." said what seemed like the commanding Brute. They walked through the vast desert, when a voice rang out.
"Hey! Fuckers!" said Master Chief from a hill not 10 meters away.
"What?! You're alive??!!!" said the Brute in disbelif. Thats when the Master Cheif pulle dout two rocket launchers, and fou rockets came launched at them. "Are you a fool?! Our armor can take it." smirked the commander. The Brutes stood there, and at the exact second after the rocket launcher stuck them, the arbiter came out of no where and acivated an energy sword and sliced the arms where they were infused with the guns.
"Arrrrrrrrrgh." said the Brutes, as they ran with bloody stumps at their right arms. They ran to the nearest city and were chased by the Master Chief and the Arbiter.
"Nice shot!" said the Arbiter.
"Nice sword moves!" said the Master Chief back. The two chased ythe Brutes into the city, but by the time that they got there, the Brutes had surrounded a small boy with a ball in his hands. There was a number stitched on the boy's neck. 117 was the nu,mber, and a roman numeral 3 appeare after. Master Chief looked with shock. "Cortana....is that boy going to go through augmentation...Spartan series 3?" asked Master Chief.
"Yes." replie Cortana grimly. "We should save him. He is the future." said Cortana again. "With all the threats, i dontsee any way of survival, and oh mi gosh. They're preparing to shoot him now!" said Cortana in alert.
"Damn. The only way..." thouoght Master Chief, and then he said to Cortana "Forgive me for this Cortana." and he took out the chip pfrom his hands and threw it to the Arbiter. "Give that to Fred." was the last words of the Spartan to the Arbiter. He took out a old knife. One that had kept since the beginning when he first escaped from Reach. He threw it at a Brute with amazing ferocity, speed, and strength, and it struck one dead. The Arbiter, realizing what ws happening tried to run to keep up, but it was pointless. The plasma pistol in the Brutes' left hand was glowing, and then the trigger was let go. Master Chief reached just in time, and was able to shoot two Brutes while taking the hits. He looked at the world before his eyes. He thought of his fights and his life. Then he thought of his family...the remaining Spartans. He saw the energy shield on his HUD fade slowly and then dissapeared, and then two charged shopts shot him, and he felt it burn through his armor, and then his flesh, and saw a hole ion his stomach. He fell, and he looked at the kid, and said "Good luck on Augmentation day...", and he was shot again.
"Noooooooooooo." cried a voice. It was Fred's voice. He had just arrived. He ran and drop kicked the commanding Brute, and pushed the Brute into the energy sword of the Arbiter's. There was one Brute left, and Fred viciously rammed into it and shot 10 clips of shotgun and then threw 5 frag grenades at it. The Brute wa unconciuos, and when he opened his eyes, he blew up. It was a terrible day. The great warrior had fallen.
FLASHBACK ENDED
Derek awoke from his thoughts on that day again, still trying to remeber, and then he remebered. He was stuck in a forest after seeing his whole crew become anhilated by 2 Brutes. 1 Brute hd allen, but the other was still looking for him. He was hiding in his secret hole. He knew the Brute wouldn't find him. Somehow he knew, and then a pain caught him off guard. He couldn't breathe without hurting his chest. It was a fatal woun dfrom the inside, and he knew if it wasn't treated soon, he woukld die, but he couldn't contct a Pelican without getting caught.He had to wait it out, so he lept, and thought of the day he had failed.
FLASHBACK AGAIN!!!
"Number 117."
"Yes Chief?" said Derek.
"You know you can call me Fred. I don't like being called that...after the incident...but im not here to alk about that. We have to lay you off the Spartan program. Studies have shown that you too vulnerable to death, because you started late." said Fred.
"But...that can't be true. I worked hard, and i'm as good as the rest of the Spartans!!!" protestes Derek.
"I'm sorry Derek. But we need every soldier, and since our technology has advanced, we can study whether someone is capable for augmentation. We don't want to risk good soldiers for dead soldiers. Understand that this war was worst then the one i fought in. The same advantages and stakes are in this war. I'm sorry. In the old days we had o time and had to sacrifice, but we have time...at least a little."
"I...understand Fred."
"I'm sorry Derek...but i also have an announcement. You will now lead ground ops for the arines, and occasionally will still be the Spartan leader you have grown to become."
"Thanks Chief. I'll leave now." muttered Derek.
"I'll see you along side me noe day. I promise. We will meet again, i mean, they can't hold me here forever can they???He he he he." chuckled Fred.
FLASHBACK ENDED
"BOOOOOM". The sound woke up Derek and came from the top. "Oh sh;t they've found me said Derek, as he quickl activated his e,mergency plan, with extra bombs that would detonate when someone came in. He put nukes along the walls of his hole, and crept to the end. He waited, and then a shadow came in and an explosion was heard. "Arrrrrgh." was the sound.
"Good. One down. Now for the jackals." said Derek. He knew the familiar sounds of a angered or dead Brute. He was right about the jackals too. They came and he acitvete the nukes which exploded them. He waiteed for another 20 minute, nd when he heard nothing, contacted the perican an came out and policed the Brute's weapons. He had come here for this. Now they would have technology like the Covenant, and now the war was fair. He got on the pelican and a crew inside treated his injuries and congratulated him, though he was still thinking about the words said to him form the Arbiter. "You will lead us to victory and ensure peace just like Master XCheif had done. You will need nothing but your heart and your ,mind to win. You won't need anything...not even armor. Dont let anything set you back. You will win this war...and i will help in the end, and so will the other Spartans. I know so, from the Prophet's prophecy on a legendary human figure that would wipe out the race. It could not be teh Master Chief becuse he has died without making this prophecy true. You will be the one. Trust me. Just remeber these words i have said to you. Nothing can stop you...."