So, I've only seen one of these crossover of Halo and Familiar of Zero, so I thought I'd add myself into the mix. I think it'll taste like cat hair, dust, and lots of Rip It energy drinks. Excuse me, now I want to buy some cans of Rip It. Gah...screw it, I'll just put a pound of sugar in my ice tea...
Alright, so for some things, I'll need to point it out, and if anyone need something from me, don't be shy to pm me. I'll be waiting *Winks*
"Speech"
*Thought*
Important aspect or idea
"AI's Speech"
And now, I present the first chapter of this fanfiction.
I'm spinning around like a satellite, and I can see the sun and stars...
Eva suddenly jabbed up, waking from her trance in the darkness, panting and sweating as if she had a nightmare from years ago when she was younger. Never did she ever hyperventilate so fast as this, nor did it feel good. Awakened and disoriented, Eva sat upon dirt and gravel, ignoring the pain she felt in her chest. She must've gotten it when the warthog crash landed when the pelican was shot with an EMP charged plasma pistol. Darn things never was that powerful before.
She spoke into her mic in a Hungarian accent with a slight pained feeling. Moreover, she also panted. "Ch-charlie... This is Spartan E-047, our pelican of t-three was hit and I need immediate extraction for medical emergencies of the crew-" Her radio signal seemed to be experiences slight malfunctions when she hit the floor, luckily the warthog's buckle was there, or else she'd have died. Before she was able to finish her sentence, another voice broke out.
"This is Three Charlie, we cannot comply. I repeat, we cannot provide extraction. Covenant has been raining hell on Reach and over at ONI. We cannot-" The signal broke, and chatter went silent.
Eva's eyes widened at the words of "Cannot." Not only was Reach falling, she couldn't live to see it fall. It must've been better to see her home fall thandie in combat.
A fiery hell broke loose in the sky as banshees and hornets flew over. In the distance she saw a super carrier burst into flames, none other than her last hope, the city's last hope.
"No..." Her voice carried a heavy feeling of regret and anger.
Slamming her fist into the ground repeatedly, her face turned into sharp eyes. She gritted her teeth while cursing in Hungarian. "We couldn't even save Last Exial...Not even the civilians." Again, she pounded the floor with her metallic gauntlet. Ignoring the pain, her bruised fist lifted from the ground as she stood up. Looking outwards to the destroyed city of Last Exial, her eyes wandered off to the luscious hills of the southern mountains. The green, untouched sanctuary seemed as if there was a last piece of heaven waiting for her. Sliding her assault rifle behind her air assault armor's back and sheathing her magnum, Eva waited for the worst. Not even her armor, primarily white and secondary silver, could withstand the Covenant Cruiser's glassings. Sighing and closing her eyes, she waits for the inevitable.
"Kecharitomene, Reach..."
From the sky, came a blinding light. She opened her eyes, and saw that this was her glassing.
Louise, standing alone and awkwardly, wanted to prove her point of not being the "Zero" that people called her, nor did she wanted to stain her family's reputation among the students of the school. She had to much hanging to this very hour; mostly, she just wanted to be accepted by her family, especially her mother.
"Louise, it's your turn. Please proceed to the summoning ritual." Her professor, Colbert called out to her.
From this, the students watched as she walked by, her face showing the appearance of bravery, but it was what's under her face that counts.
Kirche, a rival of Louise, watched, crossing her arms under her bust and grinning.
*Louise, this little show of yours better be worth it.*
Standing still now, and from a safe distance of the other, she played a stance and chanted her spell.
"I, Louise, summon..." She went on with her spell. The other wizards looked with a nervous expression. Will she really summon something greater than Kirche's Flame, or Tabitha's dragon?
I summon you!" She finished, and came a blinding light. Everyone, even Louise, to their surprise wasn't blown to smithereens as Louise always did to them. Instead came a bright yellow light of a mixture of blue with swirls of white. To Louise' expression, this must've been something big if she was able to make the summoning possible.
Once the light expanded, then deplete, a figure of white armor knelt down, with a fist into the ground. It's body encased in a white and blue blur, the shield that surrounded it popped, blowing EMP to everyone near the vicinity. Among the thirty students there, only twelve fell, and two stepped back due to the powerful shockwave.
As Louise studied the humanoid object, the figure stood up with a jolt, and so did Louise.
*Gah!-* She cut of her train of thought, seeing that the figure looked around.
The other worldly being turned its head left and right, up and down, and anywhere else it could look without moving its feet.
The HUD on Eva's visor lit up and displayed her readings.
Health one hundred percent
Shields one hundred percent
Body condition is stable
Calculating...
Activities - Charlie Team, gone.
Alpha Team, gone.
Bravo Team, Gone.
Spartan Team HAVOC...
Gone.
Mission - Rescue citizens of Last Exial, failed.
Casualties - Unknown
Reading radio waves...
No readings available.
Warning, heart rate increasing.
Heart rate increasing.
At this, Eva's heart starts to pound at the texts that appeared before her. She lost everyone, and everything. She failed to save Last Exial, and HAVOC Team. Her only response was silent, nothing could have gotten any worse, not even the fact that she was alive, and her friends were dead. Not eve her superhuman body, nor weapons of mass destruction help her now. She was useless now, nothing but trash. A failure of the UNSC, and she knew that. As long as she was alive, that kept her from not hating herself. She wanted to die.
Looking down to the floor, she ignored her surroundings. She didn't even notice the children staring at her, nor Louise, who slowly made her way to Eva.
"H-hello...?" A nervous Louise called out.
Turning her head to Louise, Eva just stared at her, while her visor was still silver. She didn't bother to make it clear, and she didn't bother to say hi back.
"Y-you are my familiar...right?" Louise stepped forward again, this time totally scared. She moved only when she held her wand to Eva's face, ready if Eva was going to attack her.
From this, the students' jaw dropped. Not only did she manage to summon a familiar, but she summoned something that never was summoned before. An armored familiar that used a musket as a weapon. Of course, that musket was the assault rifle.
Again, her visor texts her.
Heart rate decreasing.
Normal levels.
Before Louise said anything else, Eva didn't understand a thing she was saying, and being in an unknown location just made it worse. Just where was she?
Dr. Colbert pranced to the side of his students, namely Kirche. His expression was shocking. Never has he seen something so intimidating, nor did he want to find out what this beast can do.
Adjusting translator.
Adjusted
In a French accent, the visor spoke in a boring tone.
"Hello E-047, you may now speak, Lieutenant Eva Cientre."
She was surprised. Did the female AI really just act on its own? Not that her AI can't do that, but it needed to be given permission to do so.
Again. Louise answered out. "Hello..?"
Now standing straight and clenching her fists, Eva gave out a nod to Louise. She wasn't about to speak to a civilian, much less a stranger that doesn't act accordingly to Spartans.
"Oh, so you do understand. Great." Louise, this time with some tension gone, walked over to the 6 feet behemoth infront of her.
Turning to Colbert, Louise smiled and waved. "Look! I actually summoned a familiar!" Though her words died as she remembered that her familiar was...well, something unfamiliar with anything that anyone has ever seen.
Even if it was a Jane Doe to him, he confronted Eva, all the while Eva did the same to him. Examining her, he let out a few sentences.
"Well Louise, it seems to be a female familiar, though I have no clue on what it is. It seems to understand us, and it also looks as if a different armor from the kingdom's design. I must say, this truly is remarkable!" With that, he stopped and looked over to Eva, intimidated by the silver visor.
"Well, it's my familiar, and so I have to seal the contract, right?" She asked.
"Well, yes, but sealing it to something, or someone like that may prove to be looked down upon."
She ignored that last sentence and placed a hand on Eva's chest.
"Please, kneel down."
She did what she asked and knelt down, face to visor.
With that, she gently placed her lips on the mouth piece of the helm and pushed forward.
Even if it was an inch of metal blocking that kiss, Eva could've sworn she felt them as if she was wearing nothing on her head.
*Nothing here is what it seems. Nothing here is what I really see. Everything I saw back at Last Exial, gone. I need to forget about it. I'm useless now. I want to be used. I am a Spartan.*
Okie Dokie guys, that's the end of the chapter. And to make it all better for me, why not gimme some reviews, huh? It'll sure to get me motivated to work on this more.
Till next time.
Kecharitomene, Readers.
