Reach. Glassed over by covenant forces in the war between the humans and the covenant. Before the Flood. Everything and anything on the planet when it was glassed over was lost. No one and nothing survived. But the UNSC receive a signal from the lost planet. And the only one deemed fit to go planet side is SPARTAN-117.

It was always painful to be revived form Cryo. Blisters would form if you went in wearing anything at all. That's why everyone went in naked. But not him. Not Master Chief. He always went in with his suit on. And every time he was revived his skin would itch and burn. Now was no exception. The cover slid away and eased himself out of the chamber and onto his feet. One soldier was standing in front of him while another watched the door to the cryo room.

"Sir!" The soldier saluted. "Captain Cole would like to see you on the bridge sir!"

The Spartan nodded and headed for the bridge. He passed the window he had stood at after losing Cortana. A look outside would normally show stars and rocks. Nothing more. But today it showed a molten rock in the shape of what would seem to have been a planet. But staying any longer to look out the window would deem him late to the bridge. And going against orders wasn't something he did.

The bridge was mostly empty except for those that piloted the ship and the Captain.

Master Chief stood to attention, saluting the Captain.

"At ease Spartan." The Chief lowered his arm to his side, but stood as straight as he had. The image of the molten planet outside the bridge shown on one of the screens sparked recognition, but only just. "I have a mission for you." The Captain said as he turned and viewed the planet on the screen. "This is Reach. Or what used to be." The Captain turned to face the Spartan. "You are to be going planet side at 0600."

Master Chief nodded and wondered as to why he would be re-entering a planet that no longer existed in a matter of speaking. And, as though he could read his mind, the Captain replied.

"We received a signal from the planet at 0400. A human signal. You're the only one deemed fit to go planet side. Go suit up Spartan. You're going planet side soon."

And just like that he was dismissed. Master Chief hadn't even thought of Reach until now. Not since then. And now he was going planet side? F Because a human signal was received? Who or what could have survived that? Or who would go planet side in its condition? Well, he was. So no use wasting time.

. . .

I watched as it entered the atmosphere and he stepped off. I was able to immediately identify him as SPARTAN-117. I smiled. He has finally arrived! He has come for me! I bounce in glee and depixelize from the small pedestal.

Everything had been destroyed when Reach had fallen. But not me. I had somehow survived. And I had rebuilt some things for my use. Such as pedestals, cameras and some other things I deemed fit for use. And one of my cameras had just spotted my ride off this planet. The Spartan.

I got ready to send one of my probes to collect my prize. I wasn't going to let him slip through my grasp this time. Hopefully he wouldn't shoot it down. And as the probe went out, I watched through it's small camera.

. . .

A small orb approached Master Chief as the pelican took off. "Good luck!" One of the leathernecks had called to him before the pelican left. He immediately rose a gun to shoot the orb from the sky when a voice erupted from it.

"No! I do no harm! My only weapon is sight. And that doesn't do me much. I can only see and hear you. No harm."

The Spartan studied the orb a moment before lowering his weapon. "Who are you?"

"I am Orb 265! I am also called Sparklez!" The orb chimed.

"How did you get here?"

"I was made!" The orb floated in a fast, swooping circle before settling to bob in from of the Master Chief.

"By who?"

"By my Master! Would you like to see?"

The Chief nodded and the orb set off, giving the Spartan no other choice but to follow in pursuit of this orbs so called Master.

. . .

I couldn't help but jump up and down with happiness. He was finally here! And Sparklez my orb was bringing him to me! I had created Sparklez not long ago. The newest edition to my collection of orbs. I had based Sparklez design off of the orb from the Halo ring the Flood had first been discovered by the humans on. Sparky something. Hence the name for this newest orb. Sparklez. And I was ever so happy to see him bring the Spartan home. As long as the Spartan didn't shoot at me first. I hated being shot at. Made me glitch. I need to fix that too. The glitch. I guess now is as good a time as any. It would take a little while before they would get here. Though the Spartan was fast, he wouldn't get here in five seconds.

I set to work on fixing my glitch. Thankful for the multiple orbs floating around and gathering what they could from the molten slag outside. So it was high past noon when Sparklez and the Spartan arrived at the front door. And I was ever so joyful to open it up at the first ring.

. . .

The Orb flew inside the makeshift building of metal and such other things. Who created this? And where did they get the metal? Surely not on the planet?

The door opened up into a series of underground tunnels. VERY far underground. Enough that they had been barely damaged by the covenant. Or, it seemed that way. Who's to say that whoever built the orb didn't build this? As he made progress through the dark corridors, other orbs of different shapes and sizes zoomed past carrying objects of different degrees. Some were even carrying buckets of the molten things outside to some unknown area hidden inside the complex.

The farther he progressed, the more orbs he saw. Some were broken and being repaired by other orbs. Others were new and sporting serial numbers and marine tags of those lost on Reach. Where had they gotten those?His question was soon answered by a large red and blue map that seemed to deteriorate the farther to the edge you got. It portrayed a map of the planet and the glowing red dots marked the map. Perhaps that's where the orbs were getting all the supplies? But who was this Master? And why did the Sparklez orb remind him of Guilty Spark from the Halo the Flood were discovered on?

. . .

I heard Sparklez little click behind me and turned to see he was without the Spartan. "Where is my prize?" I asked the orb.

"He is here. In the halls. I come first to see if I did good job!" The orb chirped.

I smiled and nodded. "Bring me my prize Sparklez. Or you'll be used as scrap."

The orb seemed to shudder then flew off down the hall, presumably to the Spartan. I, as I had been, continued to work on my glitch. Cortana would scowl if she could see me now. Scrounging from the dirt. She'd be disappointed. I had to get off this planet. And the Spartan was my only way. I heard a ping come from somewhere in the network and began to investigate. There were only pings when someone was sending a signal from the planet. Or to the planet. This one came from the planet. But it wasn't from me. So who was it from?

. . .

Sparklez the orb bounced up to Master Chief and circled around him then weaved its way through the mass of other orbs. "Master says to bring you! Master is this way!" The orb bobbed off down the hall and into a distant room.

Master Chief followed the orb down the twisting halls and into a large room. What he saw was a small blue figure on a small pedestal in the very center of the room. As he approached, he could make out its details. It had long hair to just about its waist and resembled Cortana in most ways except the hair and eyes. But something besides those two things differentiated this form from Cortana in a much bigger way. The figure stood up and turned to face the Spartan.

"My prize has arrived. Welcome Spartan-117. I'm glad to have finally met you in person." The form said. It was a female AI. Was this what had sent the signal?

A force shook the ground and the AI ducked, covered her head and yelled something that Master Chief couldn't hear over the sound. A whole load of orbs swam in and shielded the AI from harm as rocks tumbled down around them. The Chief had to dodge and was lucky to not get hit by any large rocks. When the shaking stopped, the orbs dispersed and the AI resumed a regular stance.

"Why do you hide from the rocks?" The Chief asked.

She was an AI so she couldn't be hurt by the rocks. Yet she hid under a layer of metal from the falling rocks.

"That's the fifth one today. The whole complex will cave in soon if we don't leave." The AI said, codes flashing across her body. "Is there any way off this planet?" She asked, looking at the Chief.

He nodded, getting a smile from the AI.

"Will you take me with you?" She asked hopefully. Another tremor erupted but the orbs were too slow before rocks fell and blocked the doorway. The AI seemed to fall back on the pedestal and cover her head as rocks fell down around them. When everything settled she stayed in the position.

"They can't be here. They shouldn't be here. It's not possible. But the data proves they're here." Her head shot up. "Oh no."

Just as the Chief was about to ask hat was wrong, something seemed to hit the blocked door. The AI stood suddenly.

"They're come for me." She whispered.

Rocks began to tumble down from the door. What ever was trying to get through was going to soon. And it seemed that the AI knew the complex in and out. So she was the only way out of here alive.

"Is there any way out of this room other than that door?" He asked her.

She nodded. "Yes. I'll open it for you. I can keep them from you until they yank me." She said as a panel in the wall in the back of the room slid open to reveal a hidden passageway. "Good luck Spartan." She said before turning back around to face the oncoming enemy.

The Master Chief yanked a chip from one of the machines and inserted it into his helmet. A cool feeling erupted in his head and he ran through the door just as a horde of monsters broke through the layer of rocks covering the door. The panel slid shut behind the Chief and he took out his gun.

"Take this right. It should lead to lift." The AI instructed.

The Chief had yanked her from the port and taken her with him. She had survived on this planet somehow. And he was determined to find out. She shouldn't have lived this long. She should have already deteriorated. Or reduced to Molten slag when the covenant glassed the planet. But she hadn't. And that obviously made a difference.

. . .

I placed a marker in the Chiefs HUD so he'd be able to locate the lift easier. I hadn't exactly expected him to yank me. But now that I was here... I could still feel Cortana when he put me in. I tried to cling to her feeling, but she slipped away. Just like her coding when she died.

When the Chief stepped onto the lift I sent it up and onto the surface. I hadn't been here for a very long time. So seeing the way the planet looked in person, I was taken by surprise. I heard a chirp and knew Sparklez was behind us. He was like a puppy. Never going anywhere unless he knew where his master was. I heard the chief speak, so I focused on what was ahead.

"Thanks for that back there Chief." I said.

"Your welcome." He simple replied back, scanning the horizon with his gun in hand.

"My name is Rai133n by the way." My name was pronounced Ray-lean. But the 133 in my name was my numbering code. It was how I was identified. But it also meant something else. I had yet to find that out myself.

"I'm SPARTAN-117."

"I know. I've been waiting for you."

A/N: Okay. Okay. Before you all go crazy on how I keep switching from first person to whatever, I need to tell you I am experimenting on something. I haven't done much in The Chiefs perspective. I don't want to go first person with him and make him out be weak or anything. If you think I did okay with what I have here, then tell me or whatever. If you think I should give it a shot in first for the Chief, tell me. R&R and F&F. Next Chap is a fight scene! Hopefully it turns out good!