Disclaimer: I do not own Halo. Not surprising.
A/N: In this, Six is completely default. Dark gray/Black Mark V [B] armour, AKA the armour used in most of the trailers/ads.
Six and Emile
August 30, 2552
Pillar of Autumn, Reach
"Six, time for you to leave. Get the Package to the pad and get your ass off this planet. I've got your back." Emile's voice sounded over the commlink.
Six nodded hid head in his direction in thanks. He put his DMR on his back and walked up to the pad just as Keyes' Pelican was landing. The back hatch opened and several marines came out to keep the area clear. Keyes came out only moments after. Six took the Package out from behind his back and presented it to Keyes who took it graciously.
"Good to see you Spartan." he said. "Catherine assured me I could count on you."
Six remembered the rest of Noble, specifically Carter, and how they helped him get the Package to this point.
"Not just me sir." he said somberly.
"They'll be remembered." Keyes said, reaching out to touch Six's arm briefly to comfort him. He looked at the Package in his hands briefly, before turning and noticing a Covenant cruiser approaching them. Six turned and saw it as well.
"Cruiser! Adjusting heading for the Autumn!" Keyes announced over the comm, touching his ear. "Noble Four, I need fire on that cruiser or we're not getting out of here! Do you copy?"
"You'll have your window, sir." Emile said back, turning the cannon.
The marines got aboard the Pelican followed by Keyes. "Rich,(A/N: I have no idea)we have the Package. Returning to the Autumn." Keyes said to some unknown person.
"Copy that."
Six was ready to board the Pelican as well, but he heard a Phantom approaching and took his DMR out to battle any Covenant forces that were to be deployed. The other Pelican tried to fly towards the Autumn but was shot down by the Phantom. Keyes' Pelican dodged the falling vehicle and made sure not to get hit by the Phantom which started to fly towards the MAC cannon. The Pelican fell towards the platform Six was on and he dived out of the way as it fell down the cliff.
Six grabbed his DMR and aimed towards the Phantom which had made it's way over to the MAC cannon and Emile. The side turret fired at him and prevented him from firing to help Emile. An Elite dropped down on the canopy of the cannon, sword at the ready. Emile let out a yell and shot the Elite through the glass, making it's shields flare and knocking it down.
Emile stood up and shoved his shotgun into the Elite's face and blasted it to hell.
"Who's next?" he asked. An Elite answered the question by lunging a sword through his backside and lifting him into the air.
"Argh!" Emile screamed. The sword came out of him and he pulled his kukri out. "I'm ready! How 'bout you?" He stabbed the knife into the alien's throat and the two fell down out of sight.
Six quickly checked Emile's vital signs, and found they were faint, but there. He'd need immediate medical attention if he were to survive. Keyes' Pelican was nearing the pad again.
"Lieutenant!" one of the marines called, reaching out a hand as Six turned around. "We gotta get the hell outta here!"
Six pondered the idea for a moment. If he left, he'd survive. Live to fight another day and help possibly win the war. But he'd be leaving Emile behind, and leaving the Autumn exposed to that cruiser. The decision was easy.
"Negative. I have the gun." he said calmly. "Good luck sir." Six turned away from the Pelican.
"Good luck to you Spartan..." Keyes said sadly. The Pelican pulled away and towards the Autumn once again.
Six started running over to the stairs where and few Grunts and a Zealot had just come out at the top.
"Noble Six get on that mass driver and clear me a path!" Keyes ordered over the comm.
"Got it sir." Six replied, killing the Grunts with 3 single headshots before tossing a frag at the Zealot's feet, destroying it's shields but doing little damage to it's flesh. It let out a angry roar, and Six charged towards it with his knife out, knocking it down and stabbing it in the neck. He stood up again and sheathed the knife and walked inside, making a quick left into a small, slightly enclosed area.
He counted two Elites on ground level and one on the upper level, as well as several Grunts and an Engineer. He went to the left doorway where he could see the Engineer. A well placed plasma grenade would take it out.
He held a plasma grenade in his hand, counted to three and primed it before sticking the floating alien. It blew up and left the remaining enemies without overshields. Six peeked around the corner and shot a pair of Grunts, leaving them dead. One of the Elites saw him and the two of them charged to the doorway.
"Shit..." Six muttered. The first one got around the corner and Six punched it hard in the face and it stumbled sideways as the second came in and knocked him to the ground. It took it's energy dagger out and attempted to stab him but Six kicked it back and shot it's shields out. He tried to shoot one last time but found he was out of ammo.
"Dammit!" Six shouted, rolling sideways as the shieldless Elite attempted another stab. Six took his pistol out and put a bullet in it's head, killing it. The other Elite had recovered now and rushed him, but Six took his knife out and shoved it in the Elite's gut and threw it to the ground as it died. He put a few bullets in it's head to kill it for sure before leaving the small room and shooting the last pair of Grunts who had merely cowered as they waited for their leaders to return.
The final Elite, a Zealot, had a fuel rod and let off a few shots in his direction. One hit him directly and his shields died. Luckily the Zealot was a bad shot as the other two green bursts hit off to his left. Six quickly ran up the small set of stairs and rolled to dodge another shot, before firing back with his pistol. Clearly the Elite wasn't happy with the gun, as he tossed it away and took an energy sword and ran towards him. These Elites were really charge crazy.
Six waited for the few moments it took for the Elite to reach him and quickly sidestepped and punched it in the jaw, which stunned it long enough for him to wrench the sword out of it's hand and stab it into it's chest and locking it to the ground. It gurgled a bit and Six curb-stomped it's face in.
"Take that you bastards." Six said, breathing heavily. He made his way up the final set of stairs and found Emile leaning against the side railing.
The Spartan weakly turned his head towards Six. "Six. Nice of you to join me." he said, letting out an injured cough.
"I'm getting you outta here." Six said, taking some biofoam out and inserting it into the sword wounds. The foam filled the holes up and Emile was feeling slightly better. The wounds were already mostly cauterized from the plasma, but he was bound to have internal/organ damage.
"Thanks Six...but get your ass on the cannon. The Autumn needs you. I've got your back." Emile said, crawling over to a pair of Spartan Lasers and grabbing one. "I'll make sure no Banshees get ya while you're occupied."
Six nodded in thanks before hopping in the cannon and firing at a nearby Phantom. This thing was overkill for them, but he couldn't fire at the cruiser until it got closer. A Phantom flew right overhead, but Six took care of it before it could launch any troops onto the platform. Another one approached from far away, it was merely cannon fodder from this distance. Hell, all of the Phantoms that approached them were cannon fodder. This was just a waiting game for that cruiser.
Shooting a few more Phantoms, Six noticed the laser was charging on the cruiser.
"C'mon Six..." Emile said, shooting a Banshee out of the sky.
"Not close enough." Six said back, shooting another Phantom.
A couple more minutes passed, with several Phantoms and many Banshees shot out of the sky, and the cruiser was almost ready to fire it's laser.
"Six!" Emile shouted.
"Fire now Lieutenant! Hit her in the gut!" Keyes said over the comm.
Six aimed and a pair of shots flew straight and true into the cruiser's belly, crippling it and sending it to the planet's surface.
"Good gun Spartan. All stations brace for castoff." Keyes said.
Keyes' Pelican neared the Autumn and finally landed safely in the landing bay. Six stepped down from the cannon, and watched the Autumn be lift off the construction pad. Emile had gotten to his feet and braced himself against the railing, and watched with Six. It was a beautiful thing. Humanity's last hope sat on that ship and would hopefully win the war for them.
Then the help-engines dropped down, and the Autumn boosted off, headed towards space.
"This is the Pillar of Autumn, we are away. The Package is with us." Keyes announced over the comms.
"...And now we're done our part. It's all up to them now." Emile said.
"Yeah..." Six said. Noble had the easy part. The Autumn was now their last hope at conquering the Covenant and ending the war. Permanently.
Rain began to pour down heavily on the two Spartans and Six turned to Emile.
"Let's find some shelter. And you, some real medical care. Sleep wouldn't be too bad either." Six said, offering an arm.
"Yeah." Emile said. Grabbing the arm for support. "If we're lucky we'll be glassed in our sleep...let's go."
A/N: Not too bad for a first chapter. Though it's mostly already established material. Not exactly sure where I'm going with this, besides them living. But I'll probably get a plan in the works soon-ish.