I've been watching a lot of Red vs. Blue, and playing a lot of Halo: Reach recently, and eventually came up with this story idea. Thought it would be fun to try to put into writing so here it is. Both 6 and 7 are on my deviatArt page under the name AssassinAltair93. I'll try to get a second pic of 7 for later in the story soon.

Chapter 1: The Loss of Someone Close

As the rain fell hard from the dark clouds in the sky, they easily betrayed the sadness of one man as he stood outside of a hole in the ground as a casket was lowered. This man, was Colonel Ryan Rosado, also known in his former squad as Noble 7, and the body in the casket was his longtime girlfriend, Rachel, known as Noble 6. He had handled the loss of his squad with a bit more ease, but the death of 6 hit him the hardest.

-One month earlier, on Reach-

6 and 7 looked out at the barren wasteland that was once a small base on Reach. The Covenant had completely destroyed it and left it until they had conquered the planet and were ready to glass it over. "What do we do now?" 6 asked, looking at 7 as they just stood there.

"I don't know. I can't get much of a signal on long range. Hopefully Captain Keyes sends a Pelican to pick us up." Ryan said flatly.

"What's bothering you?" Rachel asked, placing a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder.

"Was this all really worth it? The Covenant have completely overrun Reach. Even with everything we've done, they just keep sending more troops down here." He answered.

"We did what we had to."

"Yeah, and the others dying along the way."

"None of their deaths could've been prevented." Rachel said.

"Carter's could've. Emile's could've. Jorge's could've. But no, Jorge sacrificed himself to destroy a cruiser. Carter took out a Scarab so we could get the AI to Captain Keyes. If one of us had gone and defended Emile while he was on the MAC gun, he would still be alive." 7 said in a bitter tone. "And so many innocents could've been saved."

"Ryan…" 6 started to say before they both heard a Phantom flying toward them. "We need to find cover!" She said as they started running toward one of the ruined buildings.

"Stay low. If they can't see us, they can't kill us." Ryan said.

"But we're screwed if they do. We're completely outnumbered."

"I know, but we only need to fight until a Pelican gets here." Ryan said as he loaded a full mag into his DMR while 6 loaded a new cartridge into her Needler Rifle. "I still don't understand why you carry that around."

"Because there's always been plenty of ammo laying around for it." 6 said in defense.

"Okay, okay. Looks like… 3 Elite Ultras, a small squad of Spec Ops Grunts with a couple of Heavy's, and a couple of Murmillo Skirmishers. Wait… oh no. Elite Officers." 7 detailed.

"That's not good." Rachel commented, swallowing hard.

"Just stay close to me. We won't stand a chance if we get separated." 7 said, trying to reassure his girlfriend.

"Okay. If we're gonna do this, let's go." 6 said.

"Ready?"

"Ready."

The two Spartans charged out of hiding to confront the Covenant scouting party, managing to take out the Grunts with ease along with the Skirmishers. But with the Elites being such high ranks, they were a lot tougher to bring down. As Ryan had said, they stuck together as close as possible. 6 and 7 had been close since before basic. They grew up together as children, eventually hooking up when they reached the age of 18. Now they were just hoping that they could get off of Reach and hopefully get a little down time.

"They just keep coming! What're we gonna do?" Rachel asked as she reloaded another cartridge into her rifle.

"Keep shooting! We need to last as long as we can!" Ryan said before he heard a distinct hissing. "Grenade! Rachel, move!"

Unfortunately the Plasma Grenade went off just as the two Spartans jumped away from it, separating the two. The blast drained both Spartans shields, and shattered 6's visor, making it impossible to see, causing her to take her helmet off and toss it to the side as she continued to fire at the Elites that started to charge at her.

Once Ryan was up and looked to see Rachel fending for herself, he quickly grabbed his DMR, but by the time he got his sights on one of the Elite Officers, it had already stabbed 6 with one of it's wrist Energy Swords. "6, NO!"

He quickly ran to her, taking the Plasma Repeater from the back of his waist and firing at the Elites in an attempt to get them away from her. But by the time he reached her, she had already lost a lot of blood. 'Oh no.' Ryan thought as he quickly through down a Bubble Shield while he went into his Trauma Kit to find something to help 6 for the time being. "C'mon Rach, stay with me." He said as he placed a few thick layers of cloth over the wound. "Put pressure on this." He ordered, taking her hand and placing it on the cloth.

"This is Four Seven Niner. Is anyone alive down there?"

"Come in Four Seven Niner, this is Spartan 396, Colonel Rosado. We need an evac right now! I have wounded, I repeat, I have wounded."

"Copy that Colonel. The LZ looks hot. Do you think you can make it to the cliff?"

Ryan looked to see where the Pelican was intending to go and said, "I'll see what I can do Four Seven. I'm gonna need some cover fire though."

"On it."

"C'mon Rach, we're gettin' outta here." Ryan said as he picked up Rachel's helmet and started dragging her toward the Pelican, which was now laying down heavy fire in an attempt to push back the Covenant, if only to give the two Spartans enough time to reach the cliff.

It took about five minutes, but he managed to get Rachel and himself onto the Pelican safely, even with the gunner constantly telling him to leave Rachel to die, but Ryan wouldn't listen, saying that he knows that he can save her.

Once they had taken off, Ryan pulled off his helmet and Rachel's as he applied more pressure to her wound. "C'mon Rachel, stay with me."

"Ryan…" Rachel tried to say, but her voice was hoarse and dry

"I'm here Rach. You're gonna be okay." He said, trying to reassure her, but more to reassure himself.

Rachel's breathing however was starting to slow down, and she was slowly fading away from him. "Rachel. Rachel c'mon, don't close your eyes. Please just stay awake."

"Ryan… I… love... you…" was all Rachel could say before she stopped breathing.

"Rachel? Rachel no. No don't… no."

She died in his arms that day, causing him to break down into tears as he held her body close to him, heartbroken at the loss of not only his teammate, but the love of his life.

-Present day-

Ryan just stood and watched in emotional pain as they began to bury the casket that held Rachel's body. She's was the one person in his life that loved him for who he was. What he wanted for their future was taken away from him the day that she died.

But he would always remember her. No matter what happened, no matter where he was, he would always hold onto the last thing that she ever gave him.

-2 Years Ago-

Rachel had worked on her present for Ryan's birthday for weeks. And now that it was finished, she couldn't wait to give it to him. When he returned from sniper practice, she immediately rushed up behind him and hopped onto his back, surprising him, but making him laugh before she gave him her gift; a single dog tag with their names and soon to be Spartan call signs engraved into it. "Promise you'll always wear it?" She asked.

"Are you kidding? I'm never letting go of it." Ryan answered before turning his head to kiss her.

-Present day-

The very tag that he wore, no matter what, now hung from his hand, held tightly by its chain as Ryan let the tears flow from his eyes, knowing that he will never be able to hold his true love in his arms ever again.

I know, very emotional start. But I felt it necessary in order for later details to make sense. And for all you fans of Red vs. Blue out there, did you catch the little hint I threw in there? ;)

Well, that's it for this chapter. I will update this, but not too soon. I just wanted to get this posted so I could finally get the idea out of my head and not forget about it later.

I'm My Own OC

9/27/12