A/N: I'd like to thank AbsoluteDestruction and Ravenhood for reviewing. But seriously, I get 4 alerts, but only 2 reviews? What is up with that?
New part: thank you to ethereal chicken, Weeeooojr, AbsoluteDestruction, Ravenhood, Running on Fumes, Wraith Five, readandreview66, FreedomFighter2184, and artilyon-rand for reviewing the original chapters.
Chapter 2
A Broken Life
Her Hunter-class gunship pulled away from K-2L and the Forward Unto Dawn, the desolate frigate on which she had recovered the greatest hero of the UNSC. John watched silently as she opened up a communication link between them and the G.F.S. Olympus, opening up a holographic image.
"So, Samus how was the mission?" The aging man asked, not bothering to try and look around the compartment of Hunter I, the gunship that had been on Tallon IV.
"Same as usual, Dane," Samus responded. She leaned closer into the image. "These 'UNSC' people should be satisfied that I've gotten their golden boy here and he has no scratches, even though I've found some rather…interesting things onboard of the ship he was on. I hope they fight against beings that use purple vehicles."
"That'll make them happy, not the purple ship part," he threw in hastily. "Although we've lost contact with our group on their planet," he paused. "You may have to stay longer and discover what is going on. We'll also pay you more." The communication shut off. Samus cursed silently as she turned to the SPARTAN.
"I'm ready to leave when you are, even though he now wants me to spend time on your planet."
John gave her a smile of amusement, and then spoke up. "Cortana, get us home."
The AI grinned in relief. "Ok, Chief." The ship's hyper drive engines began to fire when a violent attack tossed the beings inside of he gunship around. Samus pulled herself off from the floor as Cortana looked at her in fear. "We're under attack from Geoform 187, codenamed 'Ridley'." A low groan came from behind the bounty hunter.
Her brain moving as fast as possible, Samus came up with an idea. "Cortana, initiate Defensive Maneuver ULF 27." The image of their attacker being blasted with electricity brought a smile to the bounty hunter. John came up from behind and peered out the window. A massive pterodactyl-dragon-like monster flew past them. It started to hover in front of the gunship, its mouth glowing.
Drooling, it spoke to them. "You'll regret that, you stupid bitch." A blast of plasma starts to build within his mouth, tiny parts dripping out and being pulled about by the vacuum of gravity. John watched as Samus entered in some things into the computer before Cortana spoke.
"Why are you aiming a missile at his chest when you don't have any?" They watched as she jammed her cannon arm into the console. A few seconds later, a golden object flew out of the ship and smashed into Ridley's chest, causing the plasma building in his mouth to flow out onto his face and drop from their path. The SPARTAN gave a sigh of relief as Cortana smiled, before sending them into hyper-slipspace.
Ridley growled after watching them leave. 'I'll get you yet, Hunter.'
The gunship arrived at Earth in only a couple of hours, a major surprise to Chief. Two C709 Longsword-class Interceptor fighters approached them, one of them hailing the gunship. They flew into positions surrounding the gunship, denying any chance of hostilities.
"This is Knife 26. Please identify yourself of you will be shot down by Orbital Station Jericho." A static voice said.
Samus replied accordingly. "This is Hunter, carrying cargo SPARTAN-117."
A moment later, Knife 26 replied. "You have clearance Hunter. Follow us to New Mombassa." The Longswords moved in front of the gunship and directed them towards New Mombassa. Once within range of the city, more fighters approached them and led towards a landing pad. Samus let Cortana land the gunship onto the pad as group of people walking out towards them. A man similar to Dane led the greeting party.
Samus tapped a button, returning the Varia Suit to its position around her body, relaxing herself into the armor. After removing Cortana from the gunships computer, John stepped onto the lower lift while she climbed out the top. Once onto the ground, they walked over towards the welcoming committee, Samus's arm cannon rising to be right behind the Spartan's back for a slight second before dropping down hastily when she noticed others panicking. The SPARTAN looked back at her.
"Sorry. It's a…habit," she said in defense as a man older than her usual employer in military attire walked up to them, leaving the rest behind.
"It's nice to see you in one piece, Chief" the man told the Master Chief. He turned to Samus, starting to smile. "I am Fleet Admiral Lord Terrance Hood, and I guess you're the bounty hunter the GF sent to retrieve Chief. We all here with the UNSC thank you." Before he could continue, John interrupted him.
"So how long have I been gone?" Hood looked back to the men with him before answering. Samus was now sure that something was up here on this planet…Earth.
"I'd guess it would be around 7 years or so. The Sangheili, or elites as you'd know them as, have been hunting down the Covenant since the end of the war. Of course, the human race has almost quadrupled since then through government programs and our species own resilience. About three days ago we received a transmission mentioning 'space pirates' of some sort, and apparently they're working with parts of the Covenant." Cortana proceeded to reveal herself at this point, only surprising the bounty hunter.
"Space pirates you say?" She looked at Hood. "Our friend here has some experience blowing up Space Pirate hideouts…and their planets." Samus glared at the "smart" AI through the visor. Lord Hood just smiled before leading them all to his private office at the top of the building. During the lengthily walk up the tower, Samus scanned as much as possible, just in the case of things went badly for, like how it usually did, for some reason. She wasn't sure why they didn't take one of the lifts, but she had a feeling they had their reason.
Once to the office, two members of the ODST, as her scans told her, stood by at each side, weapons ready. As much as she wanted to laugh at them, she knew it was no time for gloating. Lord Hood looked at her from his desk. "I want you to deliver this message to Fleet Admiral Dane and…Commander Malkovich that as of 0700 tomorrow the United Nations Space Command and the Galactic Federation are at war." He then paused, thinking. "Actually, I think it would be better if you were dead before then." Samus glanced at Chief. "Men, kill him." They both dove away from her,
She stood still as they fired their rifles at her. Once they both started reloading, she checked her energy tanks. Only three out of thirteen down. This may take a while. She shook her head, laughing. "You're just wasting your time, Hood. Now excuse me, I have a message to deliver." She punched the man on her left with the cannon arm before swinging around, delivering a roundhouse kick to the other man's face, as they had approached with some other sort of gun. Master Chief moved in front of her, his signature MA5B assault rifle ready for action. Samus quickly charged her power beam before firing it into John's face at point-blank. He was knocked onto the ground by the force of the blast while the glass window shattered behind him, stressed by the shockwave.
Samus stood at the opening before turning back to Lord Hood. She tapped a button on the chest plate, causing the helmet to disappear in a flash of gold light. "Never call me a man."
She fired a group of seeker missiles into the office as her helmet returned. Walking to the opened window, she called her gunship via the Command Visor. To her surprise, the gunship was gone, replaced with a smoking piece of metal. A sudden blast from a mysterious weapon dropped the bounty hunter to her knees.
"You should make sure that you completely deal with your enemies, bounty hunter." Looking back, she noticed that Master Chief had gotten back up, and was now aiming a gun at her. One of the weird weapons the ODST soldiers had was resting in his arms. Tapping a few buttons on the side of the arm cannon, she combined the spazer beam with the wave beam.
As the orange of the Varia Suit morphed into the purple of the Gravity Suit, Samus laughed. "You should follow your own advice, soldier." She fired one shot at his legs and watched as he collapsed to the ground, cursing. Samus turned away, ignoring his screams of pain.
The bounty hunter got up and walked to the end of the open window. Leaping out of the window, Samus used the brief minutes in the air to send a message to the shipyards of Aliehs III, hoping that the GF 'accidentally' read the message with out her permission.
Hunter I terminated.
UNSC betrayal.
Send Hunter III.
The instant the message was away, she crashed into the Tudor Creek, letting the current take her out into the ocean.
To await her rescue.
A/N: so I hope that this chapter isn't seen as garbage. Because I think it is.
