Ok so this was originally suppose to be a one shot but I had a idea and I needed to write it down this is what I got. So here it is.
I do not own Halo. Microsoft and Bungie 343 Studios owns it. I also am not making any money from this.
A young women with Jet Black hair that is tied into a single ponytail walks up to a podium. Behind the podium is a a metal Casket. With a ODST flag covering it. Off to the side stands five ODST in dress Uniforms. Armed with MA5B Assault Rifles I single trumpeter stands off to the right of the casket. Behind the Casket are four ODSTs. The young women looks towards the crowd and begins speaking.
"There are not many things I can say about my father. I only really saw him a handful of times throughout my life. But I did grow up hearing stories about him. When I was four I asked my mom what daddy's was like she told me."
"Honey he is the kindest man I ever met. He loved nature and all of God's creations. I met him when he was rotated in after being injured on a drop on some backwater outer colony. At first I thought he was gonna be like all those other ODSTs valgur, rude, and down right nasty. But your father was different he was kind, polite, and humble. He was there for six months resting after having his left eye blinded and his right leg shattered. During that time we got to know each other and when he went back we stayed in contact. It was two years before I saw he again and he was just as kind and polite as before. We got married under the Oak Tree in my parents backyard a week after he got back that was also the time I got pregnant with you. Well he went back to war six weeks after and it was a year before he came back"
"At the time I had no memory of my dad just what my mom told me and a few pictures. But when I was six I saw him."
"It was like any other day mom woke me up and sent me to school. But when I got back i noticed the door open I walked inside and saw a man hugging my mom. At first I didn't know who he was but then he turned towards me and said."
"Angie my little angel you have gotten big. Here I got a late birthday present for you."
"He handed me a wooden carving of a a Eagle. After that he took me fishing and took me and mom out to a picnic. At that point I knew he was a soldier I just didn't know the horrors of what he faced. It wasn't until I was 16 during the summer when I volunteered to help wounded vets that I actually saw the effects war had on people. I met my husband that summer. He was a 17 year old who had just had both of his legs blown off and brain damage. We bonded and became close friends and a year later married and had a son who I named after my deceased grandfather."
Angie takes a moment to wipe her eyes before she continues speaking. "My father never met my son or my husband. He gave not only his life but his entire being to the UNSC to his comrades in arms to every human. He was a hero and he gave his life for a noble cause."
She takes a deep breathe and departs from the podium. The Trumpeter begins playing Taps. After he finishes the armed ODSTs do a right face and present arms they fire three times each. At that moment the Four ODSTs behind the Casket go to a corner each and begins folding the flag. They fold the flag into the shape of a Tricorn. One ODST walks to the crowd and presents it to Angie's mother who is wearing a black dress. The ODST says this "On Behalf of the UNSC and the ODST we thank your husband for his sacrifice and give you are deepest apologies for his loss." The ODST hands the flag to her and Salutes and does a about face and walks back to his position. With that the ceremony ends and the casket is slowly lowered in to the ground.