First real chapter!!

Halo belongs to bungi and the like.

Chapter I

Landfall

USERNAME CORTANA…ACCEPTED

BEGINNING OCCUPANT DIAGNOST…..….ABORTED

BEGINNING SYSTEM DI…….ABORTED

Cortana had to hurry, even though only a few months had passed since the Ark, power was draining quickly, and now the dawn's stern half was plummeti ng directly towards a nearby planet, if her calculations were corect, she only had thirty minutes before the ship entered the atmosphere.

She knew very well how fragile that people in cryosleep were, if she diddnt thaw the chief out soon, his chances of surviving the impact were…minimal at best.

BEGINNING THAW CYCLE…

CRYOSEAL DISENGAGED……

"Come on John, wake up."

BIOSIGNS NORMAL… WELCOME BACK…JOHN 117

Cortana sighed with relief as the tube's lid opened, if only for a moment

She suddenly realized thet they were only two minutes until they entered the atmosphere, four minutes at best until impact at their rate of speed.

"Chief! Get up, hurry we don't have much time left"

The green armoured figure climbed out of the cryotube.

"Cortana whats going on, how long has it been"

The Chief was hoping to hear news that their beacon had been answered, he did'nt get it.

"There's no time, the dawn is on a collision course for that planet, I had to wake you or you wouldn't survive the impact"

"Where ar….

"Yank me"

Cortana cut the Chief off

he instinctively removed the datachip from the terminal, and inserted it into his helmet.



"T-60 seconds to impact

The chief, thinking quickly tore the lid off the cryotube he had jus been sleeping in, and braced himself inside.

Although the contents of cryostasis tubes were fragile, the containers were not.

"Brace for impact!"

"This seems familiar"

The chief thought to himself