Halo: Time Warp
Chapter 1: Intro
Date: September 12, 2552 / 1307 Hours Location: Halo Debris Field
The Master Chief sat in the flight seat of his pelican that he had used to escape the ring world known as Halo. His thoughts were that of the past, what he had endured, and where he was to go from here. He had survived the Covenant onslaught against him. He had destroyed The Flood, a viral disease that spread to another by the slightest physical contact and turned all the infected into hideous incarnations of green blood, skin, and muscle. "Kind of lacking in the brains, though." though Master Chief, still reflecting on his adventure into hell. He had also shown his superior intellect as he had outwitted an ancient alien artificial intelligence construct attempting to destroy all life in the universe. He had done it all with the help of Cortana.
Cortana was the UNSC's most advanced AI, specializing in software intrusion and decryption. She was known as a "Smart AI" among civilians because she was able to carry on an advanced conversation with emotion as a human would. If it weren't for Cortana, the Master Chief would never have survived. How had he survived? Was it the element of surprise, the genetic mutations that ran through his veins and bones, or just plain dumb luck, which the Master Chief seemed to have an unlimited supply of? Was it his MJOLNIR armor, which consisted and improved upon the shields the Jackels of the Covenant used for protection? The armor also accelerated things such as speed and reaction times, enhanced the vision and provided him with a HUD showing shield strength, NAV points, and bio-monitors for allies, decreased the production of glucose from muscles allowing him to be more active for a much longer time, and permitted him to breathe outside a pressurized environment provided he required to. He contemplated these thoughts as Cortana swept through the debris of Halo again and again.
An eerie silence followed, broken by Cortana. "Scan of the debris field for human survivors still negative, Chief. Would you like me to." "Scan it again." Master Chief growled instinctively. He had had time to rest from his ordeals. Time to think, time to heal. Three days wasted to him. He felt so useless just sitting around unable to complete his mission: to save earth. He had started searching the moment the Covenant had made their slipstream jumps out of the system, but that was still a day and a half. The fact that nothing remained of anything or anyone he had started out with was just unacceptable. He would not fail again. "Chief, I think I found something." "What is it Cortana?" the Master Chief asked. "Undetermined, however I am picking electric carrier waves similar to that of a Covenant Banshee. Would you like me to investigate?" she finished. "How soon till we arrive?" "ETA approximately three minutes." The time elapsed as slow as an early model space shuttle.
"We have arrived. Analyzing. Curious. Very Curious." Cortana stated. The Master Chief glanced out of the front view screen. A brilliant bright light no larger than that of a grenade glowed white among the debris. "What the hell is that?" "It appears to be an energy source similar to that of a Covenant plasma weapon. Unable to determine origin." The pelican eased forward toward the light. Suddenly the ship seemed to be attracted toward the light. "Cortana, you shouldn't get too close to that thing." "I'm not doing it. I have lost control of the ship's navigational systems. There is nothing I can do to stop it." She said, a quiver of fear in her voice. "Estimated contact in 5 seconds" she said. Master Chief grabbed the support rail alongside the edge of the pilots chamber bracing and readying himself for the worst. "Three seconds." She said. Sparks started coming from all of the monitors. The screen showing the bright light, went black. "One second." The Master Chief saw a figure similar to an angel appear before him briefly, as his vision blurred, and went black.
Chapter 1: Intro
Date: September 12, 2552 / 1307 Hours Location: Halo Debris Field
The Master Chief sat in the flight seat of his pelican that he had used to escape the ring world known as Halo. His thoughts were that of the past, what he had endured, and where he was to go from here. He had survived the Covenant onslaught against him. He had destroyed The Flood, a viral disease that spread to another by the slightest physical contact and turned all the infected into hideous incarnations of green blood, skin, and muscle. "Kind of lacking in the brains, though." though Master Chief, still reflecting on his adventure into hell. He had also shown his superior intellect as he had outwitted an ancient alien artificial intelligence construct attempting to destroy all life in the universe. He had done it all with the help of Cortana.
Cortana was the UNSC's most advanced AI, specializing in software intrusion and decryption. She was known as a "Smart AI" among civilians because she was able to carry on an advanced conversation with emotion as a human would. If it weren't for Cortana, the Master Chief would never have survived. How had he survived? Was it the element of surprise, the genetic mutations that ran through his veins and bones, or just plain dumb luck, which the Master Chief seemed to have an unlimited supply of? Was it his MJOLNIR armor, which consisted and improved upon the shields the Jackels of the Covenant used for protection? The armor also accelerated things such as speed and reaction times, enhanced the vision and provided him with a HUD showing shield strength, NAV points, and bio-monitors for allies, decreased the production of glucose from muscles allowing him to be more active for a much longer time, and permitted him to breathe outside a pressurized environment provided he required to. He contemplated these thoughts as Cortana swept through the debris of Halo again and again.
An eerie silence followed, broken by Cortana. "Scan of the debris field for human survivors still negative, Chief. Would you like me to." "Scan it again." Master Chief growled instinctively. He had had time to rest from his ordeals. Time to think, time to heal. Three days wasted to him. He felt so useless just sitting around unable to complete his mission: to save earth. He had started searching the moment the Covenant had made their slipstream jumps out of the system, but that was still a day and a half. The fact that nothing remained of anything or anyone he had started out with was just unacceptable. He would not fail again. "Chief, I think I found something." "What is it Cortana?" the Master Chief asked. "Undetermined, however I am picking electric carrier waves similar to that of a Covenant Banshee. Would you like me to investigate?" she finished. "How soon till we arrive?" "ETA approximately three minutes." The time elapsed as slow as an early model space shuttle.
"We have arrived. Analyzing. Curious. Very Curious." Cortana stated. The Master Chief glanced out of the front view screen. A brilliant bright light no larger than that of a grenade glowed white among the debris. "What the hell is that?" "It appears to be an energy source similar to that of a Covenant plasma weapon. Unable to determine origin." The pelican eased forward toward the light. Suddenly the ship seemed to be attracted toward the light. "Cortana, you shouldn't get too close to that thing." "I'm not doing it. I have lost control of the ship's navigational systems. There is nothing I can do to stop it." She said, a quiver of fear in her voice. "Estimated contact in 5 seconds" she said. Master Chief grabbed the support rail alongside the edge of the pilots chamber bracing and readying himself for the worst. "Three seconds." She said. Sparks started coming from all of the monitors. The screen showing the bright light, went black. "One second." The Master Chief saw a figure similar to an angel appear before him briefly, as his vision blurred, and went black.