Disclaimer: I don't own Halo 3 etc etc. I just wrote this after completeing the game on legendary again, this is Spartan 117 and what gets him through a fight. :)! Reviews would be appreciated but if you don't ahve the time or don't like it I don't mind :D!

King of the Hill

There is no sound. The sun is too bright

As we lay here, fighting the 'good fight'.

Was it last night that hope seemed so clear?

Now, we can feel nothing beyond this fear

The din returns with a clatter-spatter of fire.

The man next to me turns, lifts himself higher

To see over the ridge to were they wait.

A plum spike to the face seals his fate.

I closed my eyes and remembered my dreams,

smiles and laughter amidst the death-screams,

and I smiled, secured my visor.

Tightened the grip on my rifle, none the wiser

that you stood there, there in the alien flesh

Growling and scowling and ready with fresh

desire to rip me asunder, bathe in my blood

then leave me choking, guttering, drying in the mud.

I stand. Time slows and sound stops

Another next to me, filled with bullets, drops.

You are no Spartan, you are no god.

So here you will fall, lifeless, death-shod.

We are no better than reckless children in the end.

Protectors with nothing left to defend -

but come, the time of our child-game draws nigh

Let's play 'King of the Hill', you and I.