I want to point out that I am including more or less all the weapons from the Halo games. You had Spartan Lasers on Reach, Why not the Pillar of Autumn?

As for Ordain's gear such as his riot armor. Like with the Halo games I am having a large number of weapons, armor, etc from Fallout 3 & new vegas. Such as the anti material rifle, various rounds.

The reason why this story is so damn slow is because I am playing Halo through the levels as I write. And I am actually trying to avoid making this story as if it is simply a retelling of Halo on the Co-op missions and play through. Please remember that I had writing chapter 1 many years ago, and after re reading it, I realized I had made the Lone Wanderer much more powerful than chief. So I had to go back and rewrite like 90% of the chapter 1.

Fallout of Halo Installation 04

Chapter 2

The Silent Cartographer Pt 1

by R. Reichelderfer

Dashing out onto the beach under the cover fire of the the other marines and the Pelicans. Ordain lifted his Laser Rifle up, and began to open fire. The Red bolts of energy leaped from the barrel of the rifle as he activated his VATS System. Instantly he saw a Line go from his weapon's barrel in a straight line as well as various figures in the area. Green highlights surrounded the UNSC Marines, and Red for covenant red bolts fired in groups of four, as he took aim at the Elites. The first two shots took out the Elite's shields, and the the next two took out the Elite it's self. punching through his armor and cutting deep inside the alien's body as he screamed out as gouges of it's blue blood sprayed out and fell to the ground. His HUD which allowed him to see his own health, as well as his ammo count allowed a considerable advantage over most marines.

As he raced along the sandy beach he could see the Grunt, the three foot high creatures that served as cannon fodder for the Covenant. as the plasma shots rached from their weapons he continued firing having trust in the Chief that he would watch his back. He continued to fire off Shots at the Elites, turning his weapon on them as he watched them come up out of cover to attack. The sight of shields moving alerted him to the Jackals.

The Marines beside him yelling orders as Ordain watched Grunts falling to automatic fire. The Chief came up on his Right as he unleashed a volley energy bursts at the Elites. Thanks to the information given to him by Cortana, Ordain took mostly head shots. Able to unleash four rapid fire shots. The bodies were too well protected to mainly target as he fired off advancing towards the rocks for cover fire. At first the Covenant forces had been surprised at the laser weapon and then when they realized what it could do, cut through the shields of the Elites with two shots and then kill the Elites with a head shot or two.

Ordain suddenly found himself and the Chief the center of attention. Ordain dashed behind some rocks and lifted his pipboy up and with a few button pushes activated his active camouflage system. This allowed him to move out from behind the Rocks and lunge to the rock wall off the edge of the beach. Unlike the Elite's cloaking system. Ordain's system was more advanced, actually shielding him not just from visual imaging, but also thermal imaging and ultra violent. And unlike the Elites shields that could be shorted out with Talc powder. Those were not the issue with His cloak. The major draw backs was if it got wet enough, or covered in a metallic particles then it would show up. It would also reveal under an Electomagnetic scan. A scan designed to detect electromagnetic fields in an area.

The two cloaking systems the same effect with different weaknesses. So it left the Covenant open to a surprise as he reached the rock face and began to open fire from the side.

The Chief and Cortana were both impressed by the stopping power of the LBR. But also the tactics of Ordain. He wasn't Military or SPARTAN and it showed. He moved rapidly rushing into danger, taking advantage of his element of surprise. When he was focused on he ducked behind the rocks activated his cloaking system and dashed out from cover as rapidly as he could avoiding a plasma grenade. The shimmer of the cloaking field allowed them to Track Ordain as he reached the cliff face and dashed along side it before opening fire on the Covenant. Not expecting the Humans to have any cloaking tech they were caught blind sided as Ordain unleashed a volley of red energy bolts into the defending Covenant forces.

To their surprise they watched a few elites who were gunned down by the weapon and the grunts wail out screaming as their bodies glowed a bright neon blue and then turned into a pile of dust disintegrating them. The reaction of watching some of the Elites be turned into a pile of ashes made the Grunts freak and break ranks. Screams of Invisible demon came. Chief and Cortana moved up the front keeping track of Ordain's shimmering cloaking field. Thanks to Cortana she had been able to adjust the Chief's motion tracker to read and locate Ordain so that when when he moved, holding fire as he relocated. The pair also came close to the wall keeping Markus' in line of sight at all times as well as his targets. Granted when they saw the Grunts break rank due to their commanding Elites being disintegrated. he opened fire with his assault rifle. For the SPARTAN the Grunts were almost no threat, save for their numbers.

It was the Elites who were worthy challenges. Each one was almost as strong and as fast as a SPARTAN. Their energy shields were stronger that his own, as they allowed their automatic fire to rip through the retreating Jackets and Grunts as the marines secured the beach. Looking around as he surveyed the battle and realized that not one Marine had been lost. For once the Chief was stunned, One weapon, one man had made all the difference. The Chief had expected at least a 40% casualty count as the Marines Shouted out out whooping and hollering, cheering. Morale was high. If the entire troop had been armed with those weapons...

"Echo 419 to Cortanna, did someone here order a Warthog?" With a chuckle Cortanna replied,

"Thanks for the delivery Forhammer."

"You know our Motto - We Deliver." she replied as they watched the Pelican come in and drop the Warthog allowing it to bounce in the sand. As the Chief came up he watched as two Marines got on board one in the passenger seat and the other on the gunner as the Chief said, "Sorry only one of you, Ordain's with us." The Guy in the passenger seat began to get out as they watched Ordain come up to the back. "Sorry Chief, I wouldn't be much good fighting from Shotgun, I can fire on the ground and foot but not from passenger. I Drive, or handle the gun." And Ordain watched the Marine give him some sort of sneer as Ordain got into the back of the Warthog as Chief moved to the driver's seat.

The Chief and Markus, along with one other soldier took off from the beach as the warthog started up and then slamming it into high gear the Chief turned it around, as the trip took off around the beach to head onto side of the beach near the water. The ride was not as rough as one though as the Chief and Cortanna heard Markus ask, "So Cortana, did this Covenant build Halo?"

"Not as near as I can tell, like us, we found it. It apparently has some sort of religious significance to the Covenant."

"Well I have the feeling that it's more important to find out why Halo has been built."

"Why do you think it was built?" Chief asked.

"I don't know, but it wasn't build for habitation."

"What makes you say that?" Cortanna asked.

"All the scans you took, and data retrieved from the Covenant database indicates no large animals. Nothing on this Ring is half as large as, the average house cat. Then again you already knew that, so the question is, what are you and Captain Keyes, Not telling me?" As Markus pointed that out she said,

"I have to admit, you have a point. Heads up Covenant forces!" Chief could see on his radar HUD the red blips of Covenant energy signatures as over head the gun from the Warthog swing over head and as they rounded the corner the gun spun up and on the hill they could see Covenant forces as the weapon unleashed rapid fire ammunition. Catching the Covenant forces by surprise the ammo tore into a number of Grunts and Jackals. Dropping them like files. As he gunned the Warthog Ordain wasn't firing randomly or without abandoned. He was choosing his shots and openings well. The Master Chief drove around the wreckage of a warthog and some dead marines. As well as some rocks and trees on the beach. Allowing them to keep moving and gain some measure of Cover as the Covenant recovered and began advancing down the hill.

"Looks like there is a path to the interior of the island." As the Covenant forces were thinned out the Warthog came to a skidding stop with the rear of the weapon to the path as Ordain fire the weapon in constant streams as he nailed down a number of Jackals and Grunts. he also caught sight of the Elites and turned the weapon on them, once they dropped as expected the Grunts and Jackals broke ranks and allowed Markus to gun them down before they were able to regroup.

Once the Chief had checked the two soldiers were dead, The Chief covered Ordain As he got off the back of the gun. Drawing his rifle the Chief took off his shotgun as Ordain drew his battle rifle. Talking tot he Marine Ordain said, "Chief help me flip this Warthog. Marine get in the warthog and get it back to the other marines then bring a couple to get this one. It's in operational condition." Ordain watched as the Chief flipped the warthog himself with one hand. Ordain looked at the Chief and said, "Show off" As the Marine looked to the Chief and nodded. "Do as he says the firepower will help the marines." And the Marine got into the driver's seat to take off. At that point hanging back from Ordain, The Chief watched him start to hoof it up into the forest path between the mountains. as the pair began to move up the path. Ordain did not have a Radar HUD alerting him to the area or general location of possible enemy targets but he wasn't unaware either. As the pair of them moved up the path, the Chef and Cortana noticed him instantly react assuming an on guard. Moments later The red dots of the covenant forces had appeared.

"He knew. Somehow he knew they were coming." Cortana said in amazement.

"He's a survivor. He's survived a post apocalyptic wasteland for ten years. He doesn't need a tactical system to let him know when danger is around him." Chief said with respect. As they moved to the path they could see trees on either side with a Large rock over onto the left side of the path. Ordain moved against the rock and pulled out a couple grenades given to him by the Marines supply as they watched and listened. Ordain could hear and sense the approach of the Covenant troops as without warning he pulled out from behind the Rock rushed into the Path a head, and threw one at the feet of the approaching grunts. And as the Grunt yelled out

"Grenade!"

He had thrown the Second grenade over in an arc before he pulled back behind the rock for cover. Moments later came an explosion, followed by a second one, and the sound of Plasma grenades being set off as well. The red dots vanished as Cortana said. "Nice touch." The pair moved up the hill as The Chief watched Ordain move, he was moving beside the rocks almost with some ease before he looked around and began to move up with some better speed. As the Chief followed him he suddenly lifted his hand in a fist alerting the Chief to hold his position. The Chief froze for a moment, as Ordain lifted his fingers to signal him to approach slowly. Ordain slide his rifle onto his back and pulled off his anti material rifle. The black rifle was loaded with 12 explosive rounds.

As the chief joined him and saw through the foliage two Hunters patrolling the area as Ordain moved to the side and knelt down. As he pointed his rifle through the brush, through the comm channel Cortana said, "Target the exposed areas of the body. Those plates will stop your projectile fire."

Chief and Cortana knew it was a bolt action firing weapon. But he refused to be parted with Legion, and then the rifle's barrel slipped over a rock as he took aim. Ordain could see the two hunters moving around patrolling the area, they were on guard as Ordain could see the massive behemoths with their Shields lifted. Ready, And at that point he took aim at their bodies and Fired. The Explosive round left the barrel at over nine hundred meters per second and impacted the Hunter's chest plate. Exploding with the power of a pound of dynamite, it staggered the hunter as the blast wave knocked the shield out of the way and with a practiced hand he reloaded around as the hunter staggered and fired a second round. This time targeting the worm like mass of the exposed belly.

When the shell impacted it split the hunter in half dropping it as it's companion recoiled, roaring out Ordain targeted the second one in the exposed belly and it was also bisected with a single shot. Dropping to the ground as Ordain and The Chief got out from under cover. Allowing Chief to take point while he switched weapons back as he rushed forward allowing Ordain to draw his Laser rifle. the pair of them moved down the hill. He wasn't as fast as the SPARTAN but he was effective, as the pair moved down to where the Hunters had been. the Pair moving leapfrog style. The Chief would move to one tree take a defensive position as Ordain moved up past him ready to dash behind some crates left by the Covenant. Coming up to make sure the hunters were dead, he noticed some crystal clear cubes with glowing balls in the as the Chief went up to smash one. And Ordain watched as the energy shields around his body flashed blue then green before vanishing.

"Over Shields." he said, "Don't bother, they won't work unless you have shields to start with." The pair moved around the structure heading to a path they saw. Ordain Saw movement and lifted his rifle taking aim through the Sight and instantly opened fire. Ordain had caught movement through the Foliage at waist height. Knowing that no marine was that short he had nailed a Grunt as Ordain moved forward firing as the light from Jackal shields could be seen. Ordain provided cover fire as the Chief moved up through the narrow passage allowing the chief to use his shotguns to blast the arm shields of the Jackals.

Moving up through the pass the pair of them began to move around reaching the area where they could enter the structure. After dispatching a few more Grunts, the pair began to move in and down the area. Carefully Ordain scanned the area with his thermal vision and began to move up closer and the pair reached the archway and inside there was several large containers some standing up, others laying down. The Covenant weapon containers were scattered all over the place. At the far end of the room two entry ways. Ordain looked to the chief as he pointed to Ordain and then to the one on the right. And then to himself to the one on the Left as the pair began to move into the room through the area onto opposite sides. Ordain paused halfway through, his instincts told him what he voices. "AMBUSH!"

Two hunters suddenly came crashing down from a platform above them, one right in front of Ordain as the Chief reacted faster than Ordain had been. Knocked Back the Hunter slammed Ordain with it's shield knocking him through the air and impacting the wall with a massive Clang as metal hit metal. Ordain felt as if he had just been knocked to the side by a Behemoth's club. Having been hit hard, hard enough to stun him, Ordain recovered in just enough time to see the arm cannon power up as he scrambled away and the hunter followed. Ordain was fast, and a spartan may have been able to completely dodge the blast, but it sent Ordain flying through the air as it impacted the wall behind him. making him land hard on the other side of the room.

The Chief had to duck and Dodge the swing of the hunter, as he moved and rolled behind it as a grenade was pulled from his belt, Pulling the pin and latch he thrust it into the Hunter's middle into the mass of worms as he jumped, Foot landing on the Fuel Rod cannon and then jumping off, just in time to watch the other Hunter Blast Ordain sending him flying through the air. The Chief Tried to grab Ordain as he missed by mere inches, as Ordain landed on his back and just laid there, as the Chief turned all his aggression to the Hunter. No anger, rage, or desire for revenge. SPARTANS emotions were trained and conditioned to keep them under very tight control. Right now his only goal was to neutralize the enemy. As he hit the ground the Hunter exploded bisecting the creature in the waist as he ducked and rolled drawing his shotgun he began to fire at the hunter's neck. Running he planted his left foot on a crate as he leaped into the air as he lunged at the hunter who brought his shield up to deflect the Chief. Chief's right foot impact the shield as he brought his left foot down as hard as he could which staggered the Hunter allowing the Chief to land on the ground.

As the Hunter recovered Chief pulled another grenade from his belt and grabbed hold of the shield pulling it away as he plunged the grenade into the hunter's belly worms. At this point the Chief kicked the hunter as he moved back behind one of the crates as the creature a few moments later exploded at the waist. Just as Cortana began to express her concern for Ordain, Master Chief was moving towards his location. "ORDAIN!" she Cried out. Her programing made her concerned for just about everyone, Most so being paired with the Chief. As they looked Ordain was nowhere to be seek, as Cortana registered on the Chief's sensors, that ORdain was Cloaked as the shimmer of him moving leaned against a wall could be seen. tossing away one of his Stimpacks.

"OH FUCK THAT HURT!" He said leaning against the Wall. Moments latter Ordain dropped his cloak as the Chief came over. Now Cortana could scan him.

"Nothing broken, internal bruises and bleeding." Cortana said as she watched him inject another Stimpack. Chief held his shoulder as he had wounded, and for a moment he was confused as to what to do.

With pained breath Ordain said, "Chief, Find the Cartographer, I need a few moments for the Stimpacks to kick in and heal me." Injecting some Poly-pseudo-morphine provided by the Pillar of Autumn's doctors. Ordain groaned out. He Almost never used painkillers because of the chance of addiction. Med-X he normally carried was for those few times he couldn't endure. These were an improved version of what he carried, no euphoric rush, and no chance of addiction. Grabbing the Chief by his shoulder Ordain said, "GO, I'll follow up when I can." and hitting the cloaking shield turning him invisible as long as he stood still. The Chief went on as Ordain collected himself. He altered his vision mode to make sure that makeshift rifle was alright. He checked over the damage as he watched chief move down the hall. He could see an overlay of himself with various organs starting to heal up as his blood stream swam with a number of chemicals that helped promoted healing. Rapid healing. He would have to be a lot more careful about the Hunters.

As he moved around he could see most all his injuries had been healed as he heard the place humming and throbbing as he changed his vision tech when he heard someone enter the room. Knowing Elite Cloaks could be seen through thermal imaging he changed as he instantly saw the heat signatures of the Elites. Drawing his Desert Dragon he took aim, as they were unaware of his presence. And then he fired. Four shots. Two apiece. Head shots. The first shot dropped their shields, and the second shot took their heads off. Moments later Ordain hear running footsteps back from the area that the chief had come from as the he surveyed the two dead elites. With his Injuries Healed Ordain Dropped the cloak as he heard over the Radio, "This is Fireteam Charlie where are coming down we are under Covenant atta..." then it was cut off with static.

"Those Stimpacks of yours are potent." The Chief Said.

"Just one more reason to finish up with Halo, and get back to Earth, Chief. Fireteam Charile was carrier heavier weapons since we were dealing with hunters. I thought we could use the added firepower." Cortana said as the pair of them headed outside as they reached the top, Ordain said, "Chief catch!" He tossed the Laser Battle Rifle to the chief as he got into the open and then fired off a number of shots when he saw the Covenant. Three shots as he allowed Ordain to move out under the Cover firing the weapon. The Chief had to admit, Ordain did good work. Single shots were killing the Grunts and Jackals with little trouble, Head shots were devastating. As the sight of the crashed Pelican made Ordain wonder if there were Hunters in the area he moves over to the Warthog as he grabbed hold of it and then needing both hands as he struggled to lift and flip it over from it's side. At this point they began to get some supplies they needed including a Rocket Launcher that Chief loaded up and put his assault rifle down.

"So Find the control center Cortana?" Ordain asked. Checking the Pilots, shaking his head once he was sure they were dead.

"No what we found was a security center, and we deactivated the Island's security. And Might have found out where it is." She said as Ordain climbed onto the back of the Warthog clearing the gun turret as he allowed Chief to do the Driving.

"Alright then, Let's kick some ass!" Ordain said as the Chief tore off through the sand.