A/N: Warning to all you people beforehand, I am going to send both Spartans on missions together, and they probably will talk. Quick question after you finish, what do you think of their personalities? Should they stay stoic and quiet or should they gradually change into more friends as the story moves on?
Noble Six POV
Cryo Two
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The last of the Spartan II's stood in front of me, his green armor gleaming in the low light. As a fellow Spartan, I could read emotions behind the faceplate and by his movements; I could tell that he walked with a quiet mourning gait. He lost most of his fellow brothers and sisters during the battle of Reach, but nobody else could tell if they saw him. He was a man who could control his emotions. Like any Spartan, he also had liquid-like fluid precision and grace. After he finished his tests, I walked over to him. He looked at me, as if trying to intimidate me, but I stood unfazed.
In the middle of our 'size up', one of the technicians approached me. "I hate to interrupt sir, but the Master Chief needs to complete his shield and movement tests." The rest of the tests went by without incident, and finally he was done. I walked over towards the Chief, and I sent him my orders through my Comms system. He nodded, and we both began to move. We were both men of few words, so we both understood the unspoken words said between us. Before we managed to get out of the hangar, a giant explosion rocked the hangar bay, Covenant pouring into the cryo bay. The explosion killed one of the techs immediately, and another managed to snag a photo of his loved ones before he too was killed.
We both did the most logical things to do for two men with no weapons, hauled ass out of there. We found ourselves in a bright corridor. A couple of crewmen were doing their best to fight off the borders. The crewmen managed to the force the covenant into a corner, and then sealed the blast doors. One of the crewmen, a stocky muscular built man wiped his face and sighed. "That was too damn close. Area is secure Master Chief, best you get to the bridge quickly. Noble Six should know the way, he can escort you."
The Chief looked at me, as if confirming that Noble Six was my call sign. I gave a very slight nod, and then beckoned him away from the hallway. It led us to a narrow hallway, with another large area in front of it. I quickly moved, and came face to face with an Elite. Its mandibles split apart as it bellowed a roar and began to open fire. The shots pelted my shields and I took a couple steps back. Suddenly assault rifle rounds pinged of the Elites shields, and it ran as two marines ran into the hallway Master Chief and me were in, shouting. "Chief, Cortana says get to the bridge on the double! We got you covered!"
We continued moving further into the ship and closer to the bridge; we could hear Cortana over the shipboard COM system warning marines of the impending borders, and what areas were currently under attack. From the tone of her voice I could tell that we were losing the ship. Regardless, we had to get to the bridge. After moving through what had to be the fifth hallway, we ran into a marine with a peculiar accent. "Private First Class Chips Dubbo sir! Captain Keyes needs you on the bridge, ASAP! You better follow me."
The Australian marine went through a room full of the dead and wounded. The Chief stopped to close the eyes of a dead marine. Yet more lives taken in this war. Beyond the room, a hail of gunfire and plasma flew around the room as the Covenant and marines fought for every single nook and cranny of the ship. A minor class Elite, flanked by a platoon of grunts, stood in the middle of the hallway exchanging fire with three marines. One grenade, followed by a cacophony of assault rifle fire was sufficient to finish them off. The blast doors closed, and Dubbo beckoned us onto the bridge.
We finally made it onto the bridge, and Captain Keyes turned to greet us, I stood apart and let the Chief and Keyes get re-acquainted. After they shook hands, Cortana appeared and apprised them what was going on as I stood in the background. I looked around at the data reports, and whistled. Cortana was able to take down four cruisers by her lonesome, which was impressive. Before I could continue reading a powerful blast rocked the bridge, causing all of us to stumble; Keyes grabbed a pedestal for support he then beckoned me over, now was the time we were to be briefed for our mission. Cortana's avatar disappeared as Keyes pulled the chip from the port. He turned to Master Chief again and handed him Cortana "Get Cortana off this ship. Keep her safe from the enemy. If they capture her, they'll learn everything. Force deployment, weapons research…Earth."
"I understand." The Master Chief replied
Keyes then turned to look at me. "Noble Six, I need you to assist Master Chief to get to a lifeboat. For now, you are under his command you will follow his orders, understood?"
"Yes sir!"
Chief slid the chip containing Cortana into a slot on the back of his head, as Keyes pulled a pistol from his belt and handed it to the Chief."I don't keep it loaded, son. You'll have to find ammo as you go. Six you're going to have to scavenge. Good luck men." We proceeded to head out of the bridge, into the mess hall. A large battle was fought here, with the colors of red and alien purple blood coloring the hall. Bodies lay around, unfortunately the majority wearing the battle dress uniform of the marines.
"Get some weapons and ammo Six, these guys won't need it."I closed the eyes of a dead Ensign, and appropriated her assault rifle and grenades. 30 seconds later we were fully equipped and ready. In the second mess hall a group of marines were in a firefight with the Covenant. Without hesitation we engaged them. I opened fire on two grunts which went down immediately as the armor piercing rounds went through them. Master Chief used his magnum on the Elite, the marines giving him suppressing fire. The Elite roared as his shields flared and dissipated, in a final act of defiance it charged the Chief who put him out of his misery with a magnum round to the head. The marines finished off the rest of the grunts, and gave their thanks. Another large explosion hit the ship causing one of the marines to fall to his feet. I picked him up as his buddy laughed at him.
We kept moving farther in, and soon we came across two marines guarding an airlock. Within two steps the airlock exploded, killing the two marines and letting a mass of Covenant pour in. A frag grenade was tossed into the fray which detonated and killed two grunts and stripped the Elite of his shields. I took out my pistol and downed him with a headshot. As we walked past the airlock we saw the inside of the Covenant Boarding ship. Crafty aliens used our lifeboat airlocks to get in. We moved past the airlock, and into a large hallway, probably the crew quarters, as a bunch of marines in casual dress were in behind barriers, exchanging fire with a Major Elite. You could tell the difference in rank from color, and their fighting style, a blue would fight like an aggressive rookie, a red would fight more experienced, so on and so on. One marine waved to us, and we went over to his position.
"Covenant has us pinned down Sir, we could use a hand!" He shouted to me as he unleashed a barrage of gunfire at the Covenant invaders. The Chief pulled me down, and made a series of quick motions with his hand. What he meant was: In three seconds, pull a frag and open fire. He counted down, and I popped the pin, and tossed the grenade over my shoulder. I then popped out of cover and began firing. Chief had vaulted over the cover, and proceeded to fill the Covenant with hot metal slugs. With short bursts of fire, we managed to put the rest of them down. We continued to a two-floor room with ledges showing the upper level and it was filled with Covenant. Cortana must have warned chief, as he dove straight into cover. I grabbed a plasma grenade from the floor and chucked it at the Elite at the top of the stairs. The grenade adhered to his skin, and he managed one final cry as the grenade exploded, taking him and two grunts with the explosion. The remaining two Elites hosed me with their plasma rifle, and my shields dropped to half. I took cover as Master Chief shifted from cover and squeezed the trigger of the Assault Rifle down. He took the shields out from an Elite, switched to his pistol, and the slugs from his magnum punctured the Elites skull, killing him instantly. He slumped to the ground as the other Elite roared in anger and charged down the stairs. Chief dove back as the elite swung his plasma rifle in a wide arc. But before he could raise his plasma rifle for a shot, I had snuck behind him. I pulled out my combat knife, and jumped on the aliens back. It tried to through me off but I managed to slit the Elite's throat. He toppled to the ground and the chief looked at me as we both shared a nod between each other. We made our way up the stairs and onto the platform above. As we arrived, a lifeboat took off and plasma lasers blasted around it, barely missing it. It would do some good to get out of here quicker.
Finally, after maneuvering through a service hatch and some ladders, we found the last lifeboat. A huge explosion, larger than the previous ones, rocked the ship again, and a marine was thrown to the ground. Chief picked him up and tossed him into the lifeboat, and I followed into the lifeboat. Chief calmly walked to the pilot, and told her: "Punch it." A lurch knocked us out of balance as the lifeboat disengaged from the Pillar of Autumn. We slowly tore away from the ship as we accelerated towards the ring. We watched as the Autumn took torpedo after torpedo, and finally as it moved towards the ring, I realized that Keyes was going to land the ship on the ring. Figures, there was only one way he could go, down. The rest of the trip was silent as we plummeted toward the ring. Finally, half way down, I turned to the chief. "Noble Six." I held out my hand for a handshake
"Master Chief." He said as we shook hands.
