Section 1:Spartans Never Die
1007 HOURS,November 09, 2552(MILITARY CALENDER)\
Wreckage of Forward Unto Dawn,(Occupants/JOHN-117,UNSC AI CORTANA[CTN0452-9])
Orbiting Unknown Planet, Unknown System
Alarms flared in Cortana's mind. Calculations, exit vectors, algorithms. Cortana for the past few months has been putting herself constantly in a trance like state in order to slow down her rampancy. She feels confused about her own being. The constant thoughts of the Graveminds torture is making her feel helpless. She remembers. Among the suffering and pain, after six months of the flood she almost gave up hope. Until a tall figure wearing armor that resembled the ancient Greek gods came to her. Disbelief, Happiness. He made a girl a promise, and he kept it. She was remembering in detail everything that has happened to them, Cortana and John-117. Remembering back to there game of ring the bell, to the Battle of Reach, Halo, and The Ark.
"Wake me when you need me". That's what he said before she froze him in cryo... Months ago. "Chief, i need you now. I'm alone. Sitting here knowing iam dying. I want to say goodbye before its too late. But it is my mission, to protect you no matter what the cost. But this time. If i die, you do too.
Cortana prepared the awakening procedures for the Cryopod. She had no choice, a micro meteor shower destroyed the remaining solar panels on the hull. John would lose life support and die if she left him in there. The Cryopods auxilary power pack has been used up.
Fog rolled out from the chamber, John stepped out and planted his feet on the deck with a metallic 'cling'. He asked Cortana " Did you miss me?" Cortana replyed " More then you will ever know Chief." He walked over to the edge of the deck and looked down to the planet below. He estimated they were orbiting at several hundred miles per hour. He walked over to the weapons locker, grabbed his Assault rifle and put it on his back, with a metallic click it stuck. "Cortana what is our full inventory?" Cortana said " I'm unsure, nothing is logged and the CCTV cams are out. We do have 4 Maneuvering thrusters we could use to slow down our entry. Giving you time to jump before the ship impacts." " That sounds too easy, Cortana how much time until we jump?". She replied "30 minutes."
"Yank me Chief" Cortana said. " I programmed the computer to fire the thrusters at a certain time. Don't jump until the second thruster is fired. We cant come in too hot, its just you and me this time." John replied "Roger." John inserted Cortanas chip into his helmet. A feeling of warm mercury filled his head. He was worried, and he knew she wasn't telling him something.
5...4...3...2... A sonic boom assended through the stressed hull as the first set fired. "Ok chief, get ready..." Second set fired.
Master Chief ran and jumped out the craft without even blinking. He was moving around like a gyroscope, he had to straighten his trajectory. Forty-Five seconds until impact. He flattened his body and gained control. "Chief I'm pressurizing hydrostatic-jell to max, shield strength running at 120%, Activating Armor lock up 1.29 seconds before impact. Good luck Spartan."
John was seeing the world go by in slow motion, wondering if he would survive the impact, what would happen to Cortana if he died.
He pushed those thoughts aside and came back to reality, he was falling, he had to find something to slow him down.
He slightly moved his torso right, he was aiming for a small forest. Twenty-Eight seconds.
His body went through the tall branches with energy shields flaring. He saw they were quickly draining.
Five seconds. He became light headed as the jell over pressured, and he felt his armor joints lock into place overcharging his shields.
"Chief, Chief can you hear me?" Cortana yelled through his helmet speakers. His vitals were fine and he had no internal bleeding. He just passed out because of the overpressure in his suit. Cortana thought to let him rest for an hour or so. he needed it for what will be on the road ahead.
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