Dancer: I don't own Halo and never will

Maye: hope you enjoy this one-shot

Cortana's thoughts

John's thoughts

She was thrilled to be saved; he had come for her, despite her warnings. Now they're on their way back to the base. She smiles slightly when she hears Johnson's voice over the intercom, not noticing that the man next to her had tensed slightly. She didn't miss however his reluctance to hand her over to Johnson. When he did she instantly regretted it. She couldn't see anything, she didn't have access to any information, and she was just a computer card, alone with her thoughts.

Then she felt the impact as Johnson was hit, as his hand tightened around her, not letting her slip out of his hands. She heard the sound of Sparky whirling around up there and she felt the usual stirring of panic as she heard the muffled noise of a person hitting into the wall.

Please, pretty please don't let that be John

She wanted to be able to plug her ears like a human, to be able to drown out the god awful repeative noise of a person, possibly her John getting thrown back against the wall. She instead settled from thinking of the hundreds of ways she would get back at Sparky, yes he would regret messing with her man. Her touch sensitive systems alerted her to Johnson's weak arm pushing her towards someone and then the comforting sounds of John's computer systems and that now she was able to see though his helmet.

She saw Johnson lying there on the floor and the Arbiter standing not far off, arms crossed slightly, giving The Chief a moment. His entire body was tense and she couldn't help but wonder what his last thought was but she had a feeling it had to do with her.

John was a human. His suit however was programmed to store every thought he had, every bit of information that he collected. She couldn't help herself as she told the systems to tell her his last thought before plugging her in.

I wonder if she wishes that was me

She closed her holographic eyes before reaching out and touching the chief's head softly, knowing he wouldn't feel her.

"I would never, ever wish you were on the floor dead" She whispered, feeling her systems go overboard as her human like emotions flooded to the surface

However she forgot another important thing, he could hear her thoughts as well.

Dancer: I have another Halo bug biting; I think I start that story later

Maye: read and review!