Log No #1

Cortana had lived along time for an A.I. While the average age of a smart A.I was 7 years most were lucky to survive that long. 'Some luck' she thought as her blue avatar flickered to life. She surveyed the area to find yet again nothing. She had been stranded along with the chief in the dawn for quite some time now. She spent most of her days analysing the data she had required. She had cross checked and logged everything. She stood up as she opened the file Origins II. She smiled and paused at a specific point of data. She read the words Master Chief. It slid of her tongue easily. Sometimes she wondered if he was the reason she lived so long. John 117 the last Spartan in the known universe her last hope. She decrypted the files decoding every last word. While she did that her long blue holographic legs stepped along her Holo-Pad before stopping at the edge.

She slowly lifted up her hand reaching out beyond the confines of the Pad. But it was too good to be true as her arm disintegrated. She smiled softly. There was one thing that intrigued her more than anything else. "Humanity" she whispered as her body was surrounded with pictures and files. She stared at the various images of human interaction. It was then she felt something she thought she never could, a single tear emitting from her eye. She wiped it off flicking the access holographic fluid off of the pedestal erasing it. She slowly hunched down in deep thought. "Chief I need you, don't worry there is no imposing threat of some kind but if you are hearing this I…I just want to say…thanks for everything" she smiled going into hibernation mode resting out the rest of the day before "WAKE UP CHIEF THEY FOUND US WE ARE GOING HOME"

"This is recovery One reporting we have located the targets I repeat personal bar code number 117 and his construct Cortana have been found we are coming home. I repeat we are coming home"

Two Months Later

It had been a few weeks since Cortana last saw the Chief. He had been ordered to step down and take a chance at being a civilian and so was sent to a reintegration camp of sorts called city 10. Cortana on the hand had been stationed at a research outpost. She had not been able to focus straight lately but she could not tell why. She had also been feeling empty inside which was weird considering the amount of data she collected. She could not tell what was happening. She had felt the same way for weeks, in fact since john left. What was it was she missing him. She had missed him before but this was different. She felt almost like something was missing from herself. I must analyze this data thought Cortana.

Meanwhile in city 10

A tall man wearing a green shirt, grey trousers and a small car on the top of his left wrist walked down the streets of city 10. He was listening to his IPod singing under his breath "The spot gets smaller and I get bigger" sang John before sitting down on a park bench. "This will take some getting used to" said John laying his head on his arms. The he heard a loud screaming. He jumped to his knees and reached for his back "Oh" thought John realizing he had no gun. He scouted the area for the location of the scream to find a little girl crying over a lollypop she dropped. "Come on honey let's get a new one" said the girls mom walking off. A lot of getting used to thought John

Back at Research outpost 9

'This is impossible A.I's can't fall in love it defeats there basic programming. But then Halsey was never a stickler for the rules and Cortana was no exception'. After hours of research she had confirmed she was in love with John. She had always been told love was a happy feeling but she felt mad. Mad that she could never be with him as long as she was in that stupid A.I construct, Cortana sighed in defeat. She then realized something, this was a research base. But no ordinary research base they where experts at genetics. She smiled as she opened up a folder. "John please tell me I am not wasting my time" she said as her body flickered a red crimson.

If she was ever to express her feelings with John she would have to do it now before she hit rampancy.