Halo ME: Fate is never set
This is for 'Remember Reach', please don't kill me.
Sorry to all my readers but I've been playing Halo: Reach for the last few days when it came out, damn I can't earn CR because I do not have Gold on Xbox and I keep getting tempted to play on PS3, this is really killing me here.
Dear, whoever created games better start telling me where to go, because man am I lost.
Now I'm back and better than ever.
Btw the last few stories weren't as good so this one should be better, hope to the (Forerunners) that this is better and please walk the path of true peace or not. (Should you decide I'm horrible?)
This is where fate never decides except for you guys, please email me to give me pointers on what is going to happen because I'm only going to write part of this while the rest of you guys tell me where to push the story to.
And also I will also put options at the end of the stories to focus on what comes next so just email me on where I should go with this.
Noble 6, what was to happen if he had lived?
And the last of the Spartan III with Halsey, what happens to them?
And where are the Chief and Cortana?
Whatever happened to the spirit of fire?
Where did Admiral Cole end up?
And what happened to Jorge? Should I have him return in this story?
Let's see what happens… when all collide in Mass Effect
Chapter 1
Lone Wolf
The haze of war, it had forged him into what he was, a Spartan, it made him a legend amongst humanity and a demon to be feared by his enemies.
'Spartans never die.'
Or so many had believed, but did he?
The world hit him hard, he gasped for air. His face was in the open heat, the sun on his skin, and the zealot class elite in his face holding an energy dagger ready for the kill.
'Guess even legends die, but not yet… not yet…'
The energy dagger never came down, Six's fist was now jammed against the elites neck with a knife sticking through the other side, tossing the zealot off his chest he confronted the last elites, one charged him head on.
He side stepped barely missing his torso, and grabbed the elite from behind, and in one quick and weary move, he then grabbed the head and twisted around with his body mass. A satisfying snap followed as the two dropped on the ground.
But there was no time to rest; the final zealot came at him with energy sword drawn to level of Six's chest, he didn't have time or space to dodge. As the blade came closer, all he did was drop down, the elite's blade passed over his hair, and the heat form the blade could be felt.
The elite, surprised, he had charged and missed at the sudden unpredictability of his opponent, but his surprise didn't last long, the elite stumbled as Six tackled its feet, knocking over both of them.
And from behind, he tackled the elite into the small bombed out building by the side of the dirt road. The zealot was stronger, he was the first to get back on his feet, and slammed Six into the room they had fallen into.
The hard concrete wall was the first thing he came into contact with, it almost broke from the force that he was thrown at, but still Six was determined to fight.
He punched with his right fist while his left held the elite from sticking him in the face, knocking the elite back tackled once more, this time landing by a corpse of a fellow soldier.
The elite quickly turned the table around Six as he now found himself lifted in to the wall of the rooms. Again he landed face forward next to the corpse of the soldier; he saw something on the person that he saw of use.
The elite suddenly grabbed his back and spoke something in its language as it did so; it lifted him to his face, into its gold coloured eyes.
And that was all the space and time Six had needed to stick the razor blade into the elites face, the knife had stuck itself into the back of the throat.
The elite stumbled back, and then gurgled quietly to death, Six now found himself on the ground, tired bleeding and exhausted.
He simply lay on the ground where he fell, lying against the hard floor, he looked up into the sky between the burnt roofs, and he watched the night come taking the blood reddish sky away along with the hazy dusty sky.
'Huh, too late to die, I already passed the torch, my body lies with Reach broken and beaten, but not gone, at least not yet.'
Picking himself up, he stumbled about from his wounds, he searched the room and found himself looking for a medical pack, and took a few hours to clear up the bloody pain, and removing his armour and skin suit he found his body with plasma burns scarring most of his open torso.
Peeling back some layers he cut the burnt bits and pieces, making sure he cleaned the wounds, his arms were surely hairline fractured in places but shrugged off the pain he'll survive.
The next few hours were just simply sitting and waiting for someone or something to happen.
His prayers were answered, sometime during the night, he heard a faint voice.
"Hello, Noble Six please respond. Are you there Noble Six?"
He stood up, he couldn't see, he lost his helmet and the night visibility was covered by the ash clouds in the sky, he searched about looking for the origins of the noise.
He stumbled into the next room, and finally found the source, it was an armoury, and on the ground a UNSC standard portable PC with life glowing from its view screen.
He moved over and cleared the dust, the voice of whomever it was sounded familiar.
"Auntie Dot?'
"Yes, it is good to hear you respond Noble Six."
"How are you still active?"
She explained. "My critical functions at the mainframe were compromised and I deleted all relevant data, I have transferred myself to an orbiting satellite in order to escape destruction, right now I have been looking for you."
"Why?"
"Because I am here to provide assistance, are you wounded?"
He lied. "Not as bad as you could think."
"That is not what I can see from the computers camera."
He noticed the small glowing light.
"Well I can't do anymore, it wouldn't matter Reach has fallen."
"But you have not."
He was curious.
"I know, but there isn't much need for me now is there?"
"No maybe not but you could still help others."
"How am I supposed to help?"
"There are other survivors at a North Western area near CASTLE but I cannot gain connection, all electronic communication cannot cut through the Covenant glassing of the surrounding area, high radiation spikes in the local environment have made this nearly impossible."
"But I did have some orbital cameras that have picked up on some interesting targets, ones specifically that will attain the Covenants attention, we sadly cannot help those at CASTLE directly, but we may distract or hamper the Covenant forces stationed on the planet."
He was all ears.
"What do you suggest?"
"You may be able to cause some interest in the Covenant forces over a technological find they have dug near CASTLE, if there was to be a large enough explosion it might draw their attention."
Another suicide mission, he walked over to the armoury inventory to search for the necessary gear.
"So what would we need to get the Covenant's attention?"
"Supposedly a small FENRIS tactical nuclear device would get their attention, why?"
He looked to Dot and asked.
"Where do we get a tactical nuclear device specifically?"
"Simple solution, you would need to get to the Office of Naval Intelligence non-disclosed weapons development and storage facility near CASTLE."
"And let me guess, is it on the way to the Covenant dig site you mentioned?"
"Affirmative, though you would need me to be present for the activation of the FENRIS warhead."
"And that means you're transferring yourself into the laptop?"
"Yes, my non-essential programs and various functions are being removed and I am transferring to the PC, though the condition of the computer is not in the best of standards, could you please clean and check functions of the computer?"
He was sure Dot would be smiling at this point in time.
"Fine but there has to be a better form of transportation, because it's a two week walk."
August 31st 05:00
Six hadn't slept all that well, he had gotten up early to check for inventory before he moved out, he retrieved his assault rifle and pistol, along with a shotgun and rocket launcher, though there was a few rockets.
He had stocked on hydrogen fuel drums and a few spare batteries, his MKV[B] was in pieces and it needed some extensive repairs, he had replaced his helmet with a marines combat head gear, and was no setting off after the Covenant dig site in the remaining area.
"So, Dot why hasn't the Covenant completely glassed Reach?"
"Unsure as to why the Covenant has not orbitally bombarded Reach, though I have intercepted to some transmission between the Covenant forces of some significant religious artefact that they have been searching for, it may be at CASTLE but I cannot confirm."
He knew that if the Covenant was after whatever it was he needed to stop them.
"So what we need to do is stop them getting their hands on it."
"Affirmative, though there will be many obstacles."
Six didn't mind the odds, he was used to slim chances and bad odds, and this was no different.
The drive to the ONI base was straight forwards across the barren deserts that now represented the desolation caused by the Covenant; it took him three days to get across the desert until he reached a patch of forest that remained within the area surrounding CASTLE. Six did notice the lack of patrols and sufficient search teams, but from what Dot said, there was only a heavy concentration at CASTLE.
Six stopped the car a few clicks off from the bases location as directed by Dot.
He was now scouring the grounds for where Dot had told him to search, he prodded quietly for a hidden entrance, and it wasn't up until he saw a small metal lever in the ground, pulling it up he found a console and lit up.
"Dot what's the password?"
"Unsure, ONI has kept this off the mainframe, and I was unable to access any heavily classified ONI data, but thankfully I have traced the codes from Colonel Ackerson private browsing and access history, uploading to you now."
His visor activated with a set of codes and quickly typed them in, the sudden hissing of the ground opened up to a concealed driveway.
Driving the warthog down, the door closed behind him, the facility was definitely off-site, running on its own power, he reached the end of the driveway and found himself at an access hatch, simply walking through, and it registered his transponder and let him pass.
He found the base was on minimal lighting and energy settings, he looked for a directory on the base only finding that was only three levels and each room was a regular lab size.
He entered the first level in search of the weapons testing equipment and such, he found one still active terminal abandoned during the evacuation.
"Dot can you access the base mainframe from here?"
"Yes but most of ONI removed all vital data on the experiments and such, it will be easy to reboot but reconstruction will take time."
"All I need is control and navigations around this place, nothing else."
Plugging the computer to the terminal Dot took control.
"Uploading to mainframe now, reboot in progress."
The base lighting came on at full and the computer terminals over the base.
Six looked about, and asked. "Dot, where do I need to go for replacement parts of my suit?"
"Down the hallway marked development, it will have parts for a newer model armour and can be added to your own, though data on this part of the suit was removed it is not to dissimilar from your own."
He went down until he reached the development lab inside he found what Dot had said to look for, there stood 3 black red and white variants of the MKV MJOLNIR, and spare equipment, looking about he found that each one was more advanced than his own.
"Dot, are these ones complete?"
"Yes, and no, the suits are the MKV for the Spartan II and most data on their functions were removed though I can use baseline data from your own and construct the programming for each one."
"Do it, by the way I also need a weapon."
"The armoury and weapons storage is on the third level please exercise caution."
Time flew for Six, he was now searching through racks of rifles, MA5C and a BR55 battle rifles were on a trolley he found in the storage room, he also located the FENRIS nuclear devices and a new jetpack as well as prototype gear for the MKV.
He shifted the whole trolley back into the lift, and back to where Dot was reconstructing the functions of the suit, though he had his concerns, the base was empty and there was usually a person left behind to ensure the destruction of data and such sensitive material, or an AI.
"Noble Six, the suit is now complete, and now readily available for use, but there is need for you to check your wounds please report to level two, so that I may be able to help with surgery."
"I thought, that you were only meant for data collection and retrieval, and tactical data?"
"Yes but your injuries require attention before we can proceed with integration with the MKV."
He headed down to level 2, once there found the medical bay, he saw clear tables and Dot in control of one set preparing the table for use.
"Please remove external suit and place surgery gown and then lie on the surgery table so the procedure may proceed."
"Dot, why do I need surgery?"
"It is necessary for removal of wounds and plasma scarring and grafting of new skin, and a specific neural implant is necessary for the use of the MKV."
Six had no reason to distrust and stripped down to his skin, and placed on a medical gown on.
For some reason he felt like Dot was studying him and this was only emphasized when she started the regular tests, and the constantly moving camera over each area oh his body seemed awkward, but none the less the procedure went ahead.
The next few hours were just a blur of actions made by Dot; she had injected him with some anaesthetics to reduce the uncomfortable procedure.
He felt the cool medical table and smell of antiseptic in the air, the procedure went as planned.
Getting up he asked. "Dot was the procedure complete?"
"Affirmative, Noble Six all necessary requirements were met."
He looked about, the clean grafting of his removed skin lying in a biological waste disposal bin and the remains of fresh bandages and Bio foam holding in place over small incisions, he had gone through completely fine.
He did notice that his facial scars in places had been tended to, specifically one on his chin and forehead, his dark short chestnut coloured hair and white blue eyes stood out on the mirror, Six's face looked as it had when the ONI took him, he had never looked at himself in a mirror in a long time after since.
"Noble Six, your new home awaits you."
"Is that humour I hear in your voice Dot?"
"My programming has undergone certain changes, and I am completely functional, you may proceed to level one for MKV access."
Steeping off the surgery table he headed out of med bay to the lift, a short walk into the development room and he found that Dot had used the workshop arms to move it place for him.
The large gold visor and the steel black with the UNSC symbol on the left hand chest plate, this was his new home for what remainder he was going to be on Reach and after.
Stepping onto the measuring pad, the robotic arms began to assemble the necessary parts over the length of his body, and the procedure lasted for fifteen minutes until all he needed was the helmet.
He felt the new sensation of the MKV, he was faster on reflex and strength, he couldn't believe how effective it was, and he did notice that the neural implants were operational and visual enhancements, his vision increased dramatically.
"Please proceed to all necessary tests and shield generator."
After the tests and the shield charger, he had armed himself with his necessary gear, and the FENRIS warhead which was now loaded into the garage for him to pick up, he took some time to prepare by weapons testing and checking his reactions.
And now all he had to do was get to the mission and see how well he'd last.
"Dot, what is the plan of attack here?"
"A Covenant fleet is right now over the CASTLE facility we cannot assist directly, but there is an alternative, I have searched through the Covenant battle net about the location of the artefact. Right now they are studying in the facility, should we destroy that facility we should slow the Covenant progress in the war and provide a distraction."
"So, this means a one way trip?"
"Yes, and maybe no, there is a means of escaping?"
"How, it's not like we can ask the next friendly alien to give us a lift." He responded humourlessly.
"Maybe a friendly ancient species that had left us something to follow by might have."
He was confused. "What are you saying?"
"The object from what the Covenant describes, it is a means of travelling space at expediential speeds, and if we set the FENRIS to detonate after we leave it will not only slow their progress in the war."
"But it might also save our lives."
"Yes, though jumping at random is a risk, we have no idea where we'd end up but from the looks of it the Covenant also doesn't have a clue." He said.
"That is why you have me."
Dot suddenly appeared, this time from her old avatar of lines she appeared in solid state on a holo-tank as a short haired woman with wings and dress, on her body the symbol of a heart appeared.
But something seemed more different from the usual Dot and that was without her sudden change of look, it was attitude and her colour, it was silvery.
"Dot, you sure you're okay?"
"Better than okay, but I thought the change of looks was for the best, besides I never liked talking lines."
"Okay now something is definitely wrong."
"What is it?"
"Your actions are becoming more erratic and I'm sure you can't possibly change from a dumb AI to suddenly smart this doesn't make sense, so that leaves either you're not Dot but another AI, and that means you're the base AI who has gone rampant and removed Dot or simply trying to get my attention."
The avatar smiled, and suddenly changed colour to cool blue.
"Well, you are correct, Dot is no longer here, don't worry she is being kept in a secure area , but yes I am the base Smart AI V-10N474 Vinaya, at your service lieutenant."
"So, may I ask why you are trying to push me into going head first against the Covenant controlled facility?" he asked curiously.
"Because we fight for the same reason, I know who you are, Six or should I call you by your first… Daniel."
It caught him by surprise; no one had ever called him since…
'Daniel, well I guess no one did really know.'
"So if you know who I am then why do you need a hyper lethal killer?"
Vinaya looked at him smiling, something that seemed odd about a Smart AI like herself.
"We are looking for a means of both slowing the Covenant from reaching Earth."
This got his attention and also raised more questions.
"What do you mean, the Covenant don't know where Earth is yet."
"That was not entirely true, the Covenant is getting close and the relay will help them gather the necessary technological leap they need to reach Earth."
"And then checkmate."
This will continue.
1st option: continue to following the plot build up?
2nd option: skip build and forwards into the operation?