Halo Falls
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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Dr. Hasley smiled as she uploaded the finishing touches to Cortana. She'd received word that the Spartans were all waiting on the Pillar of Autumn; and they were just waiting for Cortana.
It had been many long years...But finally they could put an end to the Covenant war...if only that was the only problem they faced.
She couldn't help but look over to her assistant/personal Spartan...The man who was both her greatest triumph...and her greatest mistake...
Dipper-001, was a unique individual...using a strange book(that he'd held onto with a death grip when taken) he could do...magic.
Their was simply no other explanation for what he was able to do. The book was gibberish to anyone else who tried to read it. Combined with his intellect, combat skills, and magic; he'd wracked up as many victories as the Master Chief!
Sadly...this skill came at a cost. On the backwater planet he was taken from...it was mostly uninhabited save for one outpost...Gravity Falls.
Hasley wasn't ashamed to admit that even thinking that name chilled her to the bone...as it did to anyone loyal to the UNSC nowadays.
She didn't know how...but somehow his family knew. Within a day of Dippers abduction; their network was hacked and everything was leaked to the public! Within a month half of the UNSC had seceded!
The insurrectionists were up in arms! And it didn't take long for them to learn who was responsible for the whole thing. It amazed her how quickly the Pines family(and various associates) rose to the top of the insurrectionist leadership.
The three most infamous: Commander Stanford, Bloody Mabel, And Dead-eye Wendy.
Their had been numerous attempts to invade their HQ in Gravity Falls...all of which ended in spectacular failure.
They even tried a planet-busting bomb! Only for it to be teleported over earth at the last second!...
As if to provide further proof to show that fate hated her; the day after Earth was destroyed...the Covenant began their war.
Despite the nightmare this new threat represented...there had been the hope that this threat was what humanity needed to heal the rift that had separated them...
Hasley sighed. That hope had been quickly squashed. Not only had they refused to join forces to fight the covenant. They made a deal with them! In exchange for saving the insurrectionist faction for last; they gave the Covenant all the Nav data on all UNSC worlds!
Hasley sighed. Thankfully, Reach was such a closely guarded secret...otherwise there'd be none left.
Reach was the last unconquered UNSC world, all else had fallen. Their plan here was their last chance to turn the tide...of course even if they got the Covenant off their backs. They still had the insurrectionists-
Hasley shakes her head. One problem at a time. Right now, they had to focus on the Covenant, they'd-
BOOM!
The compound shook and the lights went out. Hasley panicked. "What's going-
BANG!
Dipper looked down at the corpse of Hasley. It had taken 15 long years of playing 'good boy' to get to this position...but he'd single-handed avenged himself and every other 12 year old who's life she wrecked.
He'd personally rigged every com station, barrack, space-port, armory, defense system, power plant, and administration building on the planet to blow sky-high.
With no infrastructure, their forces disarmed and thrown into disarray, the bulk of their leadership dead...they were sitting ducks for when the Covenant got there...which thanks to the signal he'd rigged up would be soon...
He disposes the corpse and finishes Cortana's upgrade, just as Nobel Team comes to the 'rescue'.
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Jacob Keyes reads the 'emergency orders' Dipper had just given him. Dipper was fairly confident that he'd stolen the right security codes. If all went according to plan; Keyes would believe it and Dipper and his oblivious Spartan comrades would immediately leave on the Pillar of Autumn to safety.
While Keyes looked through it; Dipper was left with his thoughts. He'd wanted to kill Keyes(he had assisted Hasley with scouting him); but doing so would have jeopardized his fellow Spartans chances of getting off this Hole! So he resolved to just work out what to do with him later.
He was also surprised of the existence of 'Spartan III's!' His curiosity was so great, he decided it was worth the risk to make a last minute change to the 'order' to make sure they got off planet on the Pillar as well.
Which only left one question: What do I do about my family? He'd put off making any contact with them or the insurrectionists for the last 15 years. He'd rationalized it away as not wanting to blow his plan...but really...he honestly didn't know what he'd say to them...what could he say to them?
He put that thought aside as Keyes decided everything was in order. And they got on the Pillar and unknowingly(except Dipper of course) left the last scrap of UNSC to it's fate.
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Huh, well that's new. Thought Dipper as he looked in wonder at the giant ring floating in space...
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TO BE CONTINUED?
AN: I know it says "in-progress" but really I just don't like boxing myself into a corner. For now this is more of a one-shot that I might continue one day...but probably won't.
But, hey. Feel free to use whatever elements you want from this, if you want! Or maybe give me ideas?
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