Halo: K-2L
Prologue
"You can revise the facts as much as you want doctor, but your account is not the truth of what happened."
The figurehead of defiance and arrogance fell quiet once again, just as she thought she had the final word, the winning quotation of her own lecture did the interrogator foil it with his own, his voice was calm, and had as much self-conviction as her own. At some point a drip of information was revealed, but nothing she hadn't already said to those that questioned her. She just knew how to reword them, the interrogator knew and countered with questions that narrowed her stream of ready answers, the flow of choice in her response was drying up over time here...wherever this was. Dim neon light, a table of basic design and walls of metal with no time. In here was an eternity, wherever here was. Catherine did not play to the tune of rising anger, there was no sigh just a moment's stare in the other direction and looked back at him, despite her age the eyes were not tired, the strain of stress was visible but her character did not falter to this "game"
"This did happen; I was supported, and funded, by the UNSC, to do what was right. I, a government employee followed orders. If a solider does not shoot when told, is that solider then a hero, or a traitor? My work came by orders; I was doing what the law told me to do"
"Your reason ignores the circumstance"
"Does it? This government gambled unity with accepted calls for referendums long before, and they lost. They thought they win the vote and system after system that had the chance to say no, took it. Do you honestly think the UNSC could endure a second breakaway as demands for it grew? You think we could have coped with a "second federation?" How had we have fared if that was the result and the Covenant came? In the face of us falling apart, what choice was there? No. There could be no more votes, no appeasement, just unity, and as was instructed I gave UNSC just that."
"Then it is fortunate for you that the Covenant did arrive, justifying the creation of your own shock troops militia, history would look at you as a tyrant if it were any different.
"They are not thugs. They are Spartans, they are..."
The man leaned forward resting his chin on the back pal of his arched arms; she had just about walked into it.
"You were going to say it weren't you?"
"No"
"My children, yes?"
"..."
"Every reveal exposes you as a profession of a cult then of science"
"I will not take that kind of slander to my face!"
"For example" Her anger was tempered by what she saw, it quelled her to a state of shock, what was before her a memory, that in the form of a charred play log, long destroyed, its contents impossible to reveal, yet...if so then why was it brought to her?
The investigator knew of course, he was a man of reasoning, not of mind but every word was with intent to the chain the next, and his action was to chain the bigger reveal.
"This, was found, among the burn and discarded. This was more than a secret; it's an act of shame, isn't it?"
Catherine's hardened look also deserted her, swept more so by the softening regret, it was a content that hurt more than any augmentation could.
"There are times, when injustice must be seen so something can be done. I had to break the core to bring out the best"
"And by best you mean the master chief, yes?" The Investigator pressed on. "Glimpses were revealed in the footage Catherine you obtained"
Was that a lie? how much was left, could they had salvaged everything or was this a test at her mentality to see her crack, even if this was a loss of face, she will still have the last say in this, but found herself repeating a similar line from before.
"The UNSC gave me..."
"You mislead the UNSC; you got hold of content that was classified." Shooting down the defense immediately, he wasn't giving a chance for her to skirt round the issue.
Catherine looked away, silent in protest, giving herself a moment to think what to say next. Rarely there was a tap of impatience with the investigator asserting his demand once again.
"Doctor, what did you show?
She turned to the man, pause, eyes shown weariness of age but engaged long enough to let out a single word.
"Truth"
AN: I have seen a friend halo, and rest I had to do research on, it is quite a complex series to look at, while I'm staying more faithful to halo's timeline (as much as I can) I will be graphing Metroid onto halo, I'm approaching it as if this was a DLC mission pack. Remember to keep alerts on if your following, I can't promise frequent updates.
