This is a new fanfiction I'm writing. This was actually not the first fiction I wanted in the competition. The fic battled against a star wars fiction (completed the first chapter but it's really just a little back scenes version of the decide your destiny: the lost legion book but I decided that a halo is better (I wasn't hardcore until I played it for the first time a few weeks ago and yes I didn't play it yet because I didn't have a 360) This is set around the time voi was conquered (although I don't know if there is a book on how the covenant conquered it but I'm putting this in.) and will continue through to the end of halo 3 as an alternate storyline up to master chiefs (john-117) activation of the halo array. Ok I have been spending too much time on this and it's time to start this story. (oh and also I will be breaking some canon for the sake of shortening the time to make the fiction)

Spartan-227 (otherwise known as James): I was running and panting as I shot 2 more grunts with my weapon. "Cover me I am moving in" I heard someone yell and I moved in to cover him so he could reach one of the many landed phantoms deploying the "aliens" onto the battlefield. There were way too many jackals covering the phantom but I saw a pelican fly overhead deploying more marines. A Spartan like me wouldn't have trouble as I am one of the many Spartan III's that were made to cheaply combat the covenant. Alas I was waiting too long for them to strike Voi and the covenant ended up doing a sneak attack the moment we let our guard down. I was now fighting the jackals as my marine friend got the bomb on the phantom but got shot and killed when he jumped off the phantoms front. "NO JOHNNY" (that was not his name but it's my most common quote) then I heard the scream. A soldier was screaming INSIDE the base which was important since the battle was outside. I rushed in and saw the floods invading. There were about five but even I knew that floods have brought down entire countries. I decided it would be easier to simply trap and then kill them since I won't have stragglers and the soldier might not be infected with the flood.

I proceeded to do that trapping them in a room but the soldier that was screaming did in fact get infected and I followed a procedure since there was no cure. It was bloody but I gave him a headshot and put the marine to rest. I did notice some falcons picking up marines in an apparent retreat and I saw several marines move to a falcon while I got orders to retreat and get into a falcon. From there I was driven to a nearby base to participate in an open skirmish with the plasma shields and everything with pelicans and phantoms blasting everything. I thought I saw 3 scarabs but instead it was 2 scarabs and a crashed pelican (I feel the vision correcting thing on my visor doesn't work sometimes) but when we landed it was on the flank of their wraiths obliterating the pelicans.

My objective was simple; eliminate the wraiths so we can give them an airstrike or instead eliminate the scarabs to allow for a larger but less likely to work ground attack. The wraith elimination was chosen and I get to the first wraith and "boarded" it. I planted a grenade and jumped back before it exploded while the other 4 units (the pilot waited in the falcon for orders) planted the grenades on the other 4 wraiths and ran. The boom was large as I reported the elimination of the wraiths and VTOL's and our exoatmospheric insertion ships stormed and purged earths land. Marines and Grunts alike were killed by the land purge since the mass amount of exoatmospheric insertions caused the land to rupture into tectonic plate like areas with a scary magma core waiting at the fall if you decide you want to get off the plate.

Marine-2541 (alongside James): "James what the hell just happened?" I asked James one of the Spartan 3 units that were sent in to help at Voi. "That is the same thing I am wondering right now…" James responded having a posture that seemed to say we were in grave danger. We were behind an ODST pod and 20 units were converging on our position while anything that could carry more than just the pilot were being flown to pick up all units since the covenant were going to glass Voi and the nearby debris was sure to obliterate anyone on these plates. The ODST member inside had gotten out and helped us 2 soldiers in the covenant battle. There were falcons and pelicans coming to pick up as many soldiers as possible but there were not enough carriers to get all the solider and james was beginning to be worn down as he requested the nearest falcon for pickup. The ODST had been firing and ran out of ammo and gave me his gun to hold as he brought out a sniper. Eventually as the battle wore on we got picked up for our next battle location.

James (the Spartan): The falcon got to our position just in time as an explosion hit our location. The Marine was dropped off at a nearby base in another location while I was dropped off at a base several hundred miles away. "James we would like to congratulate you for battling at Voi while the battle raged and everyone in Spear Team but you were lost." A Spartan commander said to me and then I was told to choose between 3 teams one including a leader position. Of course the one that needed a leader was chosen. "You will be sent on a mission to a secret rebel base soon but first meet up with the team." I was ordered and went to the team's hangar (The team had its own hangar while it waited for a new leader) and the first thing I learned was its name. I am a professional solider and leader so I began by learning the team's name. I walked in and they just told me when they saw me "Welcome to Executor Team" "Can I just call this team E.T.?" I asked "Sure but first my name is Simon-452 I am the engineer" "Oh and I am Bailey-172" "I'm Balin-281" "Finally I'm Holland-178" "Hey you forgot me I am Winter-357 and also your pilot" and their genders are in the same order as their names: Simon Male, Bailey Female, Balin Male, Holland Male, Winter Female. Simon was wearing orange on his Armor Bailey on the other hand was wearing Sky Blue, Balin was wearing Forest Green, Holland was wearing normal grey, Winter was wearing white. (James is Black and Marine Blue) We were in the falcon and off to the mission just after the introductions.

Sorry for breaking canon (if I did) and also since it has been so long to make these things between my "special schedule" that I have to work around I decided to not release the Artemis fowl Fan-fiction until later. I am sorry for not updating anything in a long time~theepicME1211