Wondering what to do with the storyline. So many possibilities of this ending. Some of you are probably frustrated with a couple characters due to either stupidity or their lack of caring.

I'll be doing my best on trying to get a POV scenario for each of the team members in this chapter.

Chapter IV: Team

—()—George's POV—()—

It's the worst when you know that your leader who you thought had been dead this entire time is alive and was an inch away from your grasp but got loose so easily.

"I should kill him where it stands." Horice said. His rifle holstered but still in front of him. He was ready to shift the aim of the rifle and pull the trigger on the visitor. I didn't know who this thing is. But what was even more confusing was that Horice called the elite a "him"

"Him?" I asked. Horice had accidentally made the elite sound human but that may have just been my mind messing with me.

"What do you mean, him?" Horice asked.

"You said him. You said that you should kill him where it stands." I said, emphasizing the word, "him"

"I did not, George."

—()—Horice's POV—()—

"Yes you did, Horice. You clearly said it." George said, I had realized he stopped moving.

"Stand still." I ordered the elite and it did so along with turning around. I didn't ask for it to turn around and was about to scold it but didn't. I didn't really care that much. I faced George and glared at him in the eyes.

"Maybe I did." I said, admitting it. I could see the elite grin with its tendrils in which was both disturbing and upsetting in nature.

"Wipe that grin off your face, scum." I said, it did just that. The elite now having a poker face.

The elite turned around and looked as if it were searching for something. And then it started trying to yell something but was muffled by the rag I had rammed into its mouth.

"Nice try calling for help but it won't work." I said with a smile. It looked towards me and stared and then back outside.

"What the hell is he going on about?" George asked.

"I dont kno-" I was cut off by being rammed onto the ground by the elite. In that moment, I saw a bright purple beam go past my face and right into a wall, leaving a small but extremely burnt hole in the room. The elite immediately got off and I aimed my rifle at him, about to pull the trigger but George stopped me by placing his hand on my rifle and lowering it. My rifle firing into the ground, almost hitting the elite.

"What the hell are you doing?" George asked. Another beam went past.

"Killing that thing, it tried to kill me!" Horice shouted. I heard gunshots from another rifle but it wasn't from either of our weapons. We looked outside the door but didn't move, seeing grunts and some jackals being fired upon. We moved into cover behind some barricades on both sides of the railings. I looked behind me to see the elite firing upon its own kind. I was in utter shock, how the hell did it get out of the cuffs? It had taken out the rag and seemed determined to continue firing upon its own kind, killing grunts and jackals until the entire group was dead. The second the last appeared to have died, the elite fired one more time in which seemed to be a random direction and then locked eyes with me.

The elite said something but I couldn't understand it. Then another shot was fired, except really close to me. I looked behind me to see Siena and Sam at the doorway. Siena had fired a magnum at the elite. It dropped to the floor but was kneeling. It had dropped its rifle and was holding its wound in which was in its arm.

"Horice, George! You alright?" Sam asked. He gave the signal with two fingers, to advance forward. He gave this signal to Siena to moved past us and towards the elite. It didn't even attempt to get up.

"I am, sir." George said. I didn't say anything, I looked at the elite who locked eyes with me again and then was kicked down by Siena in the head. The elite, now unconscious.

—()—Sam's POV—()—

"Horice? Are you alright?" I asked again, apparently he hadn't heard me the first time.

"Ye-Yes, I am." Horice said, not looking me in the eye.

"Is it dead, Siena?" I asked out loud.

"No, sir. Unconscious." Siena said, ready to fire, "Should I kill it?"

"No, we'll keep him as our best friend. Yes, kill the elite!" I shouted.

"Wait!" Horice shouted just in time for Sam to raise her rifle, firing a bullet and grazing the elite's shoulder.

"What the hell are you doing, Horice?" I asked, thinking he was out of his mind.

"Keep him prisoner, sir." Horice said, there was a pause before he said sir. I frowned at him, obviously he couldn't see my face due to my helmet and vice versa but I could tell he could image my face.

"Cuff him and blind him." I ordered Siena.

"Awwww...But I wanted a good kill. Why did you guys get to have all the fun?" Siena asked George and Horice as she cuffed the elite and then blinded it with the rag in which used to be in its mouth.

"We didn't." George said.

"Then who killed all the covenant outside?" I asked, now curious.

Horice simply looked towards me and then towards the elite. And then we all looked towards the elite.

An hour later...

—()—Carter's POV—()—

I woke up, my head hurting. I attempted to rub my head to ease the pain but my hands in cuffs. Didn't I free myself from the cuffs with the knife? I thought. I thought my eyes were closed but apparently not. I could see the slight shiftness between a lighter dark and a dark dark. I was blinded with something. Like a blindfold-like object.

Then I began thinking, "Oh maybe, it was a dream all along." I sighed in relief.

"Thank god that was only a dream." I said. I still couldn't understand my voice. But I heard clicks of guns along with some cocking of them and the sounds sounded like all around me as if I were surrounded. I stretched all my jaw mandibles.

"What the fuck does it think its doing?" Siena asked.

"Its stretching, calm down." Horice said.

"Five." I said, my Fs a little not understandable but I think they got the picture.

"Did it just speak english?" Siena asked.

"What the hell does it mean by Five?" Sam asked.

"Its from an earlier conversation. I said that there were now only four of us due to Carter's...well.." Horice paused and then Siena added on, "Death, yes we know."

"Then the elite said Five. Or at least it tried to after a couple attempts." Horice continued. I nodded, hoping to give some clarification.

"What the? Can it understand us?" Siena asked.

"I have no idea. I didn't have the time nor the interest to study our enemy. I still don't to this moment." Horice said, frowning upon the idea. I could clearly sense that he was annoyed.

I could hear one of them getting closer but I couldn't tell because I was blinded by the blindfold. Then my vision went entirely white and I shifted my head to the lower left. The sunlight burning my eyes momentarily and then I opened them slowly and looked at the group.

"Can you understand me?" Siena asked. I looked her in the eyes and shook my head.

"He can understand us?" Sam asked with a laugh.

"Oh great. He's a comedian now." George said while crossing his arms. I laughed but quickly stopped as I noticed the group had changed their postures towards me.

"Did he just laugh?" Horice asked with a laugh of his own. I simply turned my attention to him.

I began to walk towards Siena but stopped the second the entire team aimed their rifles at my head. I moved slowly until my head and her head were a foot away.

"Five." I said, now clearly.

"What conversation was the word Five from again? You said only four of us and then the elite said five?" Siena asked, turning her head only a little but kept her eyes locked with mine.

"That is correct." Horice confirmed.

Siena mumbled something towards me but I didn't hear her and then she repeated herself.

"Carter's alive." She said, barely understandable.

"Carter's alive!" She shouted and looked like she was about to hug me but instead, kicked me and I landed on my back. I tried to get up but she pinned me with her foot on my chest. I could feel the weight of her armor on me. I had my head turned to the right side and she had her rifle digging into the side of my head.

"Where is Carter or I swear, I'll kill you right here, right now!" She shouted, her voice breaking.

"Tell me!" She said. I simply said nothing, the pressure of the gun lessening. She then took off her helmet and walked to the others. The other team members took off their helmets and Horice hugged Siena. She cried onto his armor, dropping her rifle onto the grassy ground.

I stood up and went over to a rock, and jumped in the air, landing the cuffs on an angled rock in which cracked the cuffs, almost breaking them.

"Hey! Stop that!" Sam shouted to me but I ignored him. I ripped my hands apart from each other, breaking the cuffs and grabbed some rocks, putting them in a circle. I had realized it was getting dark and wanted to setup a campfire.

"What the hell is it doing?" George asked. I was picking up rocks and just now realized that I had four fingers. Technically two fingers and two thumbs but continued grabbing rocks and placing them in a circle.

I grabbed some sticks from under some nearby trees and placed them in the middle of the rocks.

"He's making a campfire." Horice said, eyeing the elite but Siena was still crying, except silently now. She seemed to be calming down.

"Yeah, but how is he going to be able to ignite it for the fire?" George asked, now smiling smugly.

I knew he would ask that, he was always the one asking mostly rational questions. Now with my hands free but the cuffs simply broken apart, I walked over to the group of four and held out my arms in which at first was a bad move but they lowered their rifles after realizing what I wanted.

"Already broken, why not remove them?" Sam asked and took off one and was about to take off the other but I pulled back the other arm. I shook my head and then picked up the fallen, unlocked cuff. I walked over to the unlit campfire and sat on my knees. I took the unlocked cuff and broke open a little panel on the side. I took apart some wires. I could've done this with the cuffs on but if I did then I would've activated the emergency protocol and the cuffs would inject a toxic poison in which would kill me under a minute. Its even worse for covenant in which is why I had them take it off. The reason why I only wanted one on and the other off instead of both is because since they seemed not to trust me yet, they could still shock me if I do something wrong. The cuffs were made to both torture and disable the enemy. I personally did a lot of research when joining UNSC and becoming a spartan, learning all the devices and how they breathed.

"Why doesn't he want the other cuff off?" Horice asked, giving a confused face. Siena now broke the hug and watched with the group. Her eyes red but recovering.

"I have no idea." George said.

"Me neither." Sam said. I waited to hear Siena's answer but I continued messing with the wires whilst doing so. I connected some wires to others and then a spark lit. I did it again next to a stick in which lit it on fire. I did it again a couple times on other sticks in which started a good fire. I stood up and tossed the now worthless cuff to George who caught it.

"How would he know how to get a fire started? Or even to use a cuff to do so?" Horice asked.

"He's not just any elite." George said, his posture now aggressive but didn't seem like he was going to attack. I began collecting more sticks and fed the fire some more.

I pointed to the sky, then pointed to the group of four and then pointed to the ground around the campfire. Since I obviously can't speak English, I would try sign language even though I haven't learned a single letter in it. I know English, Spanish, Russian and Greek but never thought to learn sign language. Even so, it'd be difficult with only two fingers and two thumbs.

"What the hell is he doing?" Sam asked, crossing his arms.

"He's trying to tell us something. You guys just aren't paying attention." Siena said. The group came over to the campfire and sat around it. I seemed to be the one across from the group. They still didn't trust me. I don't blame them, I wouldn't trust me either.

I laid down as if I was about to sleep.

"It wants us to sleep." Horice said.

"Hell if I'm going to." Sam said.

"Then you'll take first watch if you don't trust him." Siena said with a smile as she lay down but across the campfire. She's somewhat trustworthy of me I bet but not enough to trust me to not hurt her. I can deal with little steps at a time, especially with the fact that basic communication is out of the question.

"I will stay up. I'll stay up all night long." Sam said. The way he said the last three words put chills down my spine. I'm hoping just by saying the word "Five" they'll understand that I AM CARTER. But I have a feeling that it won't happen for a long while. Goodnight Shadowleaf. I thought before closing my eyes and falling asleep.

So in case you guys are confused, I'm creating a psychological profile on each member of the character. As in, I'm having their personality develop with the story. Everyone on the team being different in many ways. I'll be expressing their changes in personality throughout the story so be sure to look for that. Sometimes it'll be rapid and sometimes it'll be slowly over time.

Anyways, thanks for reading. See you next chapter. :)