Things Go Wrong, a Halo Story
Earth, 2554.
ONI research teams search the remains of Covenant ships in Africa. The Flood once attacked there, and many Covenant died. The town of Voi was a no-go zone, except to ONI.
The ONI Pelican drops off some Scout Warthogs. The personnel driving takes them to the site of a crashed ship. The scientist jumps off and goes inside, followed by marines.
They turn on a computer, and check the files.
They find schematics on Banshees, Ghosts, Wraiths...a lot of wartime Covenant tech. The ONI Scientist hears gunshots and quickly turns around. A Flood Spore attacks one of the marines and infects him. The ONI Scientist records the event.
"Help me! Please!" The marine shouts at the scientist and the other marine.
The Flood pierces into the Marine's spinal cord, and swiftly kills his nervous system. The Flood starts to change the marine's matter into Flood parts, and ultimately kills the marine. The Flood form soaks in the air, and grabs the gun. Searching the human's brain, it quickly learns how to use weapons. He shoots the gun, but the marine takes the gun, and hits the Flood form to the ground.
"Thank you for your contribution," the other marine says as she shoots the Flood form with a rifle.
They go back to the Pelican with their newfound data.
Onboard the Pelican, they quarantine the rifle and the body. The scientist grabs the surviving marine and shoves her into a quarantine zone.
"You can't do this! I'm a high ranking ONI operative!" The marine shouts.
"Not high ranking enough," the scientist says back, as he raises a capsule. He places it in the quarantine zone. It shoots a needle into her neck.
"That should monitor your systems and heartbeat..." The scientist says.
He presses a button, and the capsule releases a Flood spore.
The marine falls back at the spore attaches itself and pierces into the marine's suit.
It completely takes over in a couple of minutes. The ONI scientist smiles, and they arrive at an ONI facility.
He has ONI personnel take the quarantine capsules and transfer it to a lab to study.
"Doctor Rodikzi, good to see you again. It appears you caught a specimen, alive and dead."
"I wouldn't let you down, Chief Researcher and Scientist, sir," Dr. Rodikzi replied.
"You'll become a great Chief Scientist one day, Rodikzi. I'm sure of it."
Doctor Rodikzi nodded and smiled, like always. Soon, he'd be the one pulling the strings. Finally he'd control something outside of specimens.
Suddenly, the Flood form inside the quarantine capsule breaks out, and it leaks out tons of Flood Spores. Doctor Rodikzi grabs the Chief Researcher, shoots him, and flings his body to the Flood Spores. He rushes into a room with a few marines and hundreds of munitions.
"It appears that Flood broke loose, and that we will be stuck in here for some time. I suggest that we move to the secure bunker under this facility, quickly," Dr. Rodikzi orders.
A figure steps from the shadows. "Who gave you the authority to make those decisions?"
It's a high-ranking general. "General Jebson! Great to see that you weren't lost to the Flood. Is there any civilians on this planet?"
"No, this planet was reserved for research."
"Good to know. Can I talk to you with private?"
"Yes, Doctor."
They walk into another room.
"So, what did you want to say?" General Jebson asks. He turns around and sees that Rodikzi opened a door. A flood spore attaches itself to Jebson.
"I'm sorry, but I need to be in control of this, not you, brute."
Jebson is shot and killed, and Rodikzi closes the door.
Dr. Rodikzi walks back into the room. "I'm sorry, but as we talked, a Flood spore jumped out of the shadows and killed Jebson. We fired at the creature, but it was too late. I had to shoot him before he killed me, and eventually you soldiers as well."
The marines lowered their heads in grief and sorrow.
"I have a plan on how to escape this nightmare..." Doctor Rodikzi starts.