Chapter 1 - Lone Wolf

Silence. That was all that could be heard. No gunfire, no barking of commands, nor the cries of agony. Only the occasional groans of twisted metal from the downed Covenant craft filled the air.

The lone Spartan admiring his handiwork of the former cruiser, still seated upon the devastating armament that brought about its end. Looking on to the distant flickering blue flames of the wreckage, with a sliver of satisfaction on his mind. He shut his eyes momentarily and sighed with both relief and fatigue, he had successfully secured the Pillar of Autumn's escape and with it the last hope for humanity. The Spartan could only heave himself off of his seat with heavy heart as he was faced with the sight of his fallen comrade.

Emile lay seated against the wall. His head was slumped slightly downwards, void of all life. His hardcore demeanor still ever present with his iron grip upon his most valued weapon. Six found his mind drift to the when the fellow Spartan met his untimely end...

"Good to see you Spartan. Halsey assured me I could count on you" greeted Keyes. Six handed Cortana over to the Colonel, relieved of his burden. He had succeeded in passing on the torch for humanity's future. "Not just me, Sir" Six replied, thinking back on all who had made the ultimate sacrifice for Humanity to live on. The colonel looked up to the Spartan and assured him "they will be remembered" and then cast his gaze down onto the artefact that will change the tide of the war, cradling it with such care as if it were a newborn.

His gaze was snapped away from the object to the approaching cruiser, silently cursing himself to the new obstacle. "Adjust course to the Autumn, Noble Four I need fire on that cruiser or we're not getting out of here" commanded Keyes. "Do you Copy?" "I have your window sir" confirmed Emile as he slowly drifted the super weapon to the path of the cruiser to only be stopped by an approaching Phantom. Six flashed his attention to the roaring blasts of the Phantom, observing helplessly as the barrage collided with a Pelican.

His mind receded back into his memories of when Kat had been shot and he held her, unable to help the woman he called sister. He remembered the crimson red liquid drifting down his armoured gauntlets and how useless he felt as the ones responsible escaped with little effort. He was so engrossed in his memories that he almost forgot about the falling pelican, almost. He dove out of the way, grabbing his trusted weapon and rearing his head to the Phantom to only be met with a barrage of plasma fire. He recovered from the damage and looked on to the MAC cannon to see a zealot jump from the phantom, hoping for a quick kill on the Spartan stationed there. That was obviously mistaken as the zealot ate a mouthful of bullets from the Spartan causing it to collapse, which was then finished off by the Spartan with one last blast to the face. "Whose next?" shouted Emile in satisfaction of his kill. But it was short lived as deafening shout was heard from behind the warrior, and he was run through with an energy sword.

The Spartan howled in agony as he was hoisted into the air. Six's heart dropped as he was re-living the past, he roared "NO!" in anger and sprinted like he had never done to Noble Four's location neglecting the oncoming fire from new covenant forces. He looked up to the Spartan see the dying man thrust a blade into the elite's neck, proclaiming "I'M READY, HOW ABOUT YOU?" Six darted into the compound dispatching all forces with his DMR and ran up the stairs. He was too late.

The man was slumped against the wall heaving his breath heavily as he held on to life. Six dropped his weapon and dashed to Emile to apply pressure to the wound in a vain attempt to save the man. "It's over, I'm finished" Emile simply stated. Six ignored his comment and tried to work on his wound. "Stop" Emile said quietly which grabbed the attention of Six.

He reached out to Six and grabbed his hand with his own while maintaining his grip on his shotgun, locking his fist as he brought his battle brother's should to his own. "Don't let more die for the sake of trying to save me" Emile referenced to the approaching cruiser. "Give them hell for me" Emile whispered as his head dropped downwards and his hand fell from Six's hands. For a brief moment he felt sorrow take shelter in his heart but it was soon replaced with boiling hatred and rage as it blossomed from though of the beings that did this. Clenching his fists to the point of damaging the armor he bolted to the super weapon and readied his aim.

Six snapped out of his memory too late, he had yet again re-lived the death of his brother and now suffered from his grief and anger which induced him to clench his fists again in an attempt to maintain control. It pained him knowing he couldn't have done anything. With a few deep breaths he managed to recover from the bombardment of anger and forced himself to one of the dead elites. He knelt down and ripped the Kukri lodged in its throat, wiping away the blade on its armour to reveal the scarred blade in all its glory.

He observed the blade in silent awe. He noticed something etched into the blade that read "Mortem Tuam Humanitatem Lacedaemoniorum" which translates as "Your death, courtesy of the Spartans" Six allowed himself to smile as he recalled Emile's dark sense of humour. He looked to his fallen comrade and stumbled towards him, kicking aside the bodies in his path.

He knelt down to come face to face with the carved golden visor and carefully removed the sheathe from his shoulder. Then he began the process of attaching it to his chest, close to his heart where his fellow Spartans will forever remain. He sheathed the blade and initiated a salute to whom he called brother. After a minute of silence, he averted his eyes to the horizon, watching the orange sky painting the valley in a twisted form of beauty. Six then marched towards the horizon, making his way to whatever safe haven lied ahead. Setting out just as he had down when he first became a Spartan...alone.

First time writing any kind of fanfiction so bare with me guys.

On a side note, you guys can send me messages for ideas on your own characters to be used in the next chapter, give me the basic info on your character e.g personality, appearance etc. I shall pick two people's characters and implement them in the next chapter to the best of my ability.

Thank you for reading and ill see you..no write to you...whatever, in the next chapter.