Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
DannyPhantom619: Probably but at the same time Peter isn't as smart as his counterparts in that he never went to school and learned the things his mainstream counterpart did. I mean he's still super smart and could pick things up quick, but it's not like the war with the Covenant or the UNSC are gonna let him sit around and learn more, but we will be seeing him put his gifted mind to the test as this story goes. Kat won't be joining Peter and Chief when they head to Halo and even then, they won't always be paired together. But yeah Chief will find himself annoyed with how much Peter talks and Cortana will be pleasantly surprised to have someone to talk to aside from the Chief.
Spawn Hades: The A.I will be based off a Marvel character but I won't be saying who quite yet.
superspiderfan: The harem is made up of Kat, Linda-052, Sarah Palmer, Miranda Keys and maybe and I do stress MAYBE Cortana. The A.I. will be based off a Marvel character and they have appeared in Homecoming, but I won't say who it is quite yet.
Joe: Nah, she'll leave it to Peter to figure it out, mainly because she finds it funny.
FadedEclipze: Depends, some of these chapters I can write in a few hours, sometimes multiple ones and for other stories. Just depends if I have the time and feel properly motivated.
Xample: I've toying with the idea of a Skyrim Spider-man crossover. The question is do I make him the dragonborn, which would be rather interesting and what I'm leaning towards more and more, or a follower of the Dragonborn who would be a woman so obvious romance later along with Lydia, Aela and Serena because it'd be blasphemy to not have her in it.
Mandalore the Freedom: Yes, I'll be addressing that weird Stacker and Dubbo surviving thing.
Thedarkness1996: I MAY add her, but I'd need to find a way to give her a sort of physical body like with Vision for her to use to be intimate with Peter. Or just have it be heavy flirting and dirty talking. It'll be a while until I get to that any way so plenty of time to brainstorm.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Halo characters seen, mentioned or used
Reach July 26, 2552, 11:26 hours…
"Wow, ONI has a sense of humor… who knew?" Peter said as he checked his assault rifle as he rode in a Falcon with Jorge and Kat in front of him.
"What makes you say that?" Jorge asked with a snort.
Peter gestured towards the massive iceberg field bay below them, the Babd Ice shelf just a few miles away "ONI's all cold and its people tend to have a frosty demeanor, just like the place they picked out for this base"
"So they have… what an odd coincidence" Jorge said as he glanced out towards the distant ice shelf with a hidden look of amusement under his helmet.
Noble Team has spent the better part of an hour and a half en-route to Sword Base that as of 0900 hours been under a surprise assault from Covenant forces. The team was in the air within minutes of hearing the news but many of them couldn't quite understand how the hell a Covenant strike force could get planet side and attack a base without any warning. A few dozen special forces they could understand but it sounded like a sizeable warship and strike force was part of the assault.
"Be advised, Kilo-Three-Three and Kilo-Three-Four, your current LZ is too hot."
"Roger that. Dot, standby to receive and respond" Carter said as he stated out the side of the Falcon and saw the Covenant vessel that was currently attacking the base.
It was then that Noble Team's 'dumb' A.I. Auntie Dot or simply Dot spoke in what Peter thought was the driest, calmest and most articulate English voice he's heard in a long time.
"Yes, Commander... Coordinates received. Initiate immediate course correction. The Office of Naval Intelligence Sword Base is presently under siege from a corvette-class Covenant vessel. Due to the sensitive nature of this facility, use of orbital rounds has been, for the moment, prohibited. Regrettably, my efforts to obtain relevant data on enemy forces have been unsuccessful. However, current defensive forces are insufficient. ONI has requested Team Noble's direct intervention to help secure Sword Base."
"I wonder how many people ONI lost before they had to call in for help. Their nothing if prideful" Peter said as the Falcons stayed fast and low of the arctic waters as they took an alternate route towards the ONI facility.
"Probably half their security staff before they figured they needed help and half of that before they made the actual call" Emile said with a grim chuckle "For an Intelligence agency, they aren't what I call intelligent"
"It's a wonder how they lasted this long" Peter said with a shake of his head.
"Alright, people, we're stuck with that ship for the time being. Let's focus on the hostile infantry - give those troopers a hand." Carter said as the Falcons came up over the base and showed that the courtyard was a free fire zone. Plasma bolts, grenades and muzzle flash from the few surviving security teams dotting the ground and a few stray Covenant shots were aimed at the Falcons as they flew overhead.
Peter resisted the urge to fire back be he glanced out towards the Covenant corvette with a frown "Okay how the hell did that thing get by our orbital defenses? I mean I know they have better cloaking tech then us by a longshot and that's one of their smaller vessels but that's still too big a ship to miss. I mean it's slip space signature alone should have been clue enough that they were here, even if they entered normal space outside the system itself"
"We're worry about how it got here later, for now let's focus on making sure they don't take this base… not that it'll matter if there's an armada on the way and this thing's the vanguard" Carter said the last part more to himself then any of the others as he checked his weapon before issuing out orders in a louder more direct tone "Kat, Six - you're out here. Jorge, Emile - you're next, get prepped."
Peter hummed as he checked his ammo and that his DMR with an extended ammo clip was functional while Kat pulled out her side arm and gave it one last check before she attached it to her hip's magnetic holster and drew her MA37 that had a small reflex scope to replace the typical iron sights and an extended magazine "Let's move, Lieutenant."
"Finally, any longer, I think I'm gonna get jet lag" Peter said as he and Kat hopped out of the Falcon as it came to a small hover at the far end of the courtyard and the two-half ton armored soldiers jumped out and on to the bloodied concrete with a heavy thud "Or would it be considered Falcon lag?"
"Kat, Six, push back the attack on Sword Base, find out what we're dealing with." Carter said as the Falcons pulled out while Peter and Kat moved forward towards several Army troopers that had been pushed back to their location by the Covenant infantry occupying a majority of the courtyard up ahead.
"Roger that. We're your strike team." Kat said as she and Peter slid into cover by the Troopers just as several Grunts appeared and opened fire on their location with a combination of plasma pistols and needlers.
Peter grumbled as a stray needler round flew over his head, his shields blaring a bit at the proximity of the deadly projectile before he returned fire with his DMR while Kat checked with the non-augmented soldiers.
"Report Corporal" Kat said as she identified the highest-ranking man amongst the group.
"Ma'am, Corporal Hicks, third platoon. The Covenant have taken most of the courtyard and are trying to get inside the base through the garage on the other side" the man said with a shaky voice.
"Any heavy units with them?" Peter asked as he sniped the top portion of a Grunt's head off with his DMR "Hunters, Brutes, or small scale mobile artillery pieces up there?"
"No sir, just, Grunts, Elites and a dozen or so Jackals, I think" the man replied towards the dark clad Spartan.
"What do you mean by 'I think'?" Peter asked as he glanced at the trooper.
"They don't look like normal Jackals to me" the man said with a shake of his head.
Peter nodded at that before glancing towards Kat "Sounds like our new friends are here too"
"Fantastic" Kat sighed as she peeked over her cover before taking aim with her assault fire and opened fire on more Grunts pouring in under the catwalk that overlooked the courtyard "Lets deal with them before moving up further"
"Copy that" Peter said as he squeezed of two rounds at a Grunt that tried to make a break for cover but was stopped by two bullets entering its neck and skull, causing it to slump to the ground.
Kat and the few reaming troopers alive were focusing their fire on several of the standard variant of Jackals that had come to re-enforce the Grunts. Most of them were armed with the typical circular energy shield and plasma pistols while one towards the back stood out from the rest. It's energy shield was red and it was armed with a Needler.
'Hmm, interesting. Never seen a Jackal with a shield color like that or armed with anything other than a Plasma pistol or Carbine' Kat thought as she focused her fire on what appeared to be some sort of Jackal NOC or even an Officer of some sort. The Jackal tried to take cover behind it's shield but fire from several of the ONI security team caused it to drop it's protection just enough for several of Kat's bullets to tear through its skull, sending it's brain matter all over the ground as it fell in a heap.
Within minutes the first wave of Covenant forces was wiped out by Kat and Peter's overlapping fields of fire, their bodies littered the ground and already pools of their blood were beginning to spread and even mix with one another's if they were close enough. The security team or what was left of it did what they could to support the more heavily armed Spartans, but their ammo was low and several of them were already wounded in need of medical attention.
"Peter, any more coming?" Kat asked as she sniped the last standing Jackal.
"Nope, seemed to have fallen back towards the courtyard proper for the moment. But I do see a big Elite already ordering his men into position. If we wanna beat them, we gotta move now" Peter said as he scouted out the Covenant positions with his DMR's scope.
"Copy that" Kat said as she looked up towards Hicks "We'll take it from here"
"Give them a kick in the ass for us ma'am" Hicks said as he gave her and Peter a nod before truing his attention back to his men.
Kat signaled for Peter to flank the Covenant forces by heading up towards the raised observation deck that had a full view of the courtyard. Peter nodded as he glanced up the ramp before he sprinted towards it as speeds that didn't seem to fit with someone that looked so heavy. Kat rushed towards the stone dividers and slid into a crouch as Plasma fire began to hit her shields.
"Peter, a little cover fire would be appreciated here" Kat said as the volume of super heated energy bolts began to chew away at her cover.
"Yeah just give me a minute" Peter said as he went towards the railing to provide cover fire before he heard the hum of an approaching Phantom "Ah crap…"
He looked up to see the Covenant dropship approaching the courtyard, it's payload likely a dozen fresh troops at least. He also saw the aircraft's front turret focus in on him as he felt the familiar tingling at the base of his skull again. Peter didn't bother to try and fire on the ship, his bullets would just bounce off the hull and give its pilot and gunners a better idea of his position so they can blast him to a molten pile of meat and metal.
"Kat, gonna be a minute" Peter said as he raced into cover as the Phantom opened fire on the platform with it's plasma turrets.
"So I've gathered" Kat said dryly as she could hear the Phantom and it's plasma fire from her position. She checked her rifle before glancing out of cover to see over a dozen Grunts approaching her position with four Jackals behind them. Their shields were raised and stacked together into some sort of shield wall.
The blue colored Spartan sighed as she ducked back into cover as the Grunts began to fire on her position again. Her shields won't last long under so much concentrated fire and this was assuming they weren't taken out by an overcharged plasma bolt.
Meanwhile Peter was keeping out of sight of the Phantom's plasma turret while the craft deposited it's payload of four Elites, three minors and one Major and over a dozen more Grunts. Peter risked a look to see that the Phantom was starting to pull out as several Falcons passed by and had their door gunners open fire on it. Peter took a deep breath as he placed his DMR on his armor's magnetic clamp on his back while he drew his side arm and a grenade.
He then sprinted from his cover just as two Elite minors made it up to the platform and began to shoot at him, one with a Plasma rifle and the other with a Plasma repeater. Peter's shields flared until they dropped to only ten percent and his armor's alarm went off as he closed the distance between himself and the two Elites. Peter fired off a single shot towards the head of the Elite on the left to distract it while he tackled the other off the platform. The Elite roared in rage as it's shields flared while Peter's dropped as the two fell into the Covenant occupied courtyard. The Grunts and Jackals ceased their firing on Kat's position out of fear of accidently shooting the Elite that Peter was wrestling with. It wasn't because of some sense of comradeship, but because of what the Elite would do to them if they do happen to accidently hit it should he survive his fight with the human.
Peter gritted his teeth as he overpowered the Elite briefly enough to jam the barrel of his pistol into it's snarling maw and squeezed the trigger, blowing the Alien's brains out on to the ground as he threw his grenade towards the group of Covenant. The Grunts and Jackals scattered, unaware that Peter didn't pull the grenade as he rolled off the Elite's corpse and aimed for the grenade and fired at it.
The resulting explosion caused the Covenant line to scatter and allow for Kat to emerge from her cover and begin to pick of the various Grunts and Jackals at leisure. Peter stood up has he placed his pistol back on his leg's magnetic clamp and made to draw his rifle before he was suddenly tackled to the ground from behind by the Major Elite. Peter grunted in pain as he was slammed into the ground and the weight of the Elite above him held him down for a brief moment before Peter pushed off the ground with every bit of strength he had. He didn't get very high, only a meter and a half off the ground but the sudden action took the Elite by surprise and caused it to fall off of Peter, allowing him to roll away and draw his side arm at the same time.
Peter took aim at the rising Elite as it roared at him and pulled the trigger. Four .50 semi-armor piercing rounds quickly tore into the Elite's shields, causing them to flare and for the large alien to back pedal away from Peter before it was suddenly blasted by Kat's MA37. The rounds quickly tore through the now unprotected Elite and caused blood to spray from it's torso as it collapsed in pain. Peter glanced towards Kat and gave her a brief nod as he drew his DMR from his back.
"Thanks"
"Your welcome" Kat said as she reloaded her rifle and kept an eye out for the last two remaining Elites and the other Covenant troops in the vicinity "Come on, we still have a few stray Covies to take care of"
"Aye ma'am" Peter said as he spotted several approaching Jackals being led by the newer variant. He zeroed in on the leader with his DMR's scope until the feathered face of the Jackal was dead center in his rifle's crosshairs before he squeezed the trigger.
The next several minutes passed by quickly as Peter and Kat dealt with what was left of the Covenant infantry in the courtyard. The two remaining Elite Minors did their best to try and rally what was left of the Courtyard detachment but were both quickly and efficiently taken out by Kat and Peter. One from having it's neck snapped by Kat after she knocked it to the ground and the other was killed when Peter grabbed a blood stained Plasma grenade and stuck it to the Elite's torso and took cover as it was engulfed in the fiery blue plasma energy.
The Elite that Peter tagged with his plasma grenade had happen to be standing next to several of the remaining Grunts at the time and seemed to set off a chain reaction as their own grenades exploded as well. The result was a rather impressive ball of plasma energy that cloaked a good portion of the courtyard in that ominous blue color.
"Noble Two to Sword Control: courtyard is clear, over" Kat said as she fired off a round into a badly burnt Grunt that was trying to stand back up. It let out another dying squeak as it's brains splattered all over the ground though Kat figured it could have been it's methane tank depressurizing under the weight of her boot on it's back.
"Head to the main gate to the east, I'll brief you as you go" the operator stated as sounds of a very busy CIC echoed in the background.
"Affirmative" Kat responded as she glanced towards Peter to see him holding up a Plasma pistol "Let's move Six"
Peter nodded as he placed the pistol on his left leg's magnetic holster and followed Kat down a small rampway of sorts that let to the Base's main gate. The duo kept a watchful eye on their motion trackers and their own surroundings as they neared the gate. The area had grown silent after dealing with the last of the Covenant, leaving only the distant booms of the Anti-air fire in the background to break the silence. It was just as the two neared the gate that both Spartans saw a brief red blimp on their motion tracers and Peter felt the ever-familiar tingle at the base of his neck. Peter had turned to his side just in time to raise his rifle to smack into the head of a Elite Ultra.
'Uh oh' Peter thought ads he backed away from the white clad armored Elite as Kat took aim and fired.
The shields on the Elite flared as Kat's rounds collided with it in short controlled bursts. The Elite Ultra growled as it raised it's Plasma rifle and fired off several shots as Kat and Peter while it ducked for cover near a burnt out Warthog. Peter and Kat broke off and moved to each end of the destroyed vehicle in attempt to flank the Elite and catch it in a crossfire. The Ultra however seemed to be aware of this as it suddenly tossed a Plasma grenade out towards Kat while it broke cover and fire upon Peter. Kat let out a curse as she jumped to cover as the Plasma grenade went off earlier than she expected and sent her flying into several concrete dividers while Peter flinched as one of the plasma rounds from the Elite's plasma rifle impacted against his upper chest. The fiery plasma bolt briefly blanketing his visor in it's burning energy before it cleared to show the Elite activate a small energy dagger from it's wrist as it rushed towards Peter with a snarl.
"Oh no, I am not playing that game again" Peter said with a shake of his head as he fired round after round into the approaching Elite's shielded head as he backed away as fast as he could manage.
The force of the impacts on the Elite's head caused it to slow down and to stagger before the final bullet tore through the shields and priced the Elite's eye. The alien roared in pain as blood gushed from it's eye and was about to advance on Peter again before a second shot from his DMR pierced it's skull, causing it's head to snap back and slump to the ground.
Peter lowered his rifle as he glanced over to see Kat picking herself up from the ground. Her armor was a bit scorched on the front and he could see a few minor dents in her prosthetic arm, but other than that she seemed fine.
"You good?" Peter asked as he reloaded his rifle as his shields recharged.
"Peachy" Kat replied as she brushed some dust off her MA37.
Peter nodded at this as the two finally arrived at the main gate and noticed several ordinance packages on the ground. Most were damaged beyond use or empty, but Peter saw one that still held something inside it. He crouched down and picked it up and examined the device with a whistle before turning to Kat.
"Hey, look what I found" Peter said as he held up a small device that Kat recognized as a target locator "Looks like it still works!"
"Sword Control, we have a target locator. Any artillery support in the area?" Kat asked.
"Limited, but we'll prioritize whatever you need, ma'am" the operator responded shorty after.
"So, their okay with using artillery shells on this place, but a MAC round is a no?" Peter said with a snort as he checked the settings of the locator "Least with a MAC gun, the accuracy is better"
"So's the area devastation" Kat remarked as they approached the gate and watched as it slowly opened up to them.
"On the surface maybe and that's if they use a light round. Still I think it's worth it. Besides we all know the real juicy stuff that ONI's so protective of is like several hundred feet beneath us at least and placed in rooms that can take a nuclear warhead, so it should survive and if not…" Peter said with a shrug as he switched on the target locator "Better that stuff is blown to hell rather then the Covenant get's their hands on it"
"Tell that to ONI" Kat said as they rushed outside the gate to see several burning Warthogs, dozens of dead Army and Marine personnel and a downed Pelican near a small rock formation. Beyond that, two Wraiths were closing in along with over several dozen Covenant ground troops consisting mainly of Grunts and Jackals.
"Oh trust me, I have" Peter said as he and Kat took cover by a medium sized rock formation just a dozen meters from the gate but still maintained a good view of the approaching Covenant force. Peter and Kat could make out several Elites all in red armor at the front of the column but no signs of any other higher-ranking members of their species in the assault force.
"And, what did they say?" Kat asked as Peter aimed the target locator at the advancing Covenant infantry.
"They said 'Spartan, you were made to fight and kill, not try and play your hand at making tactical decisions of this magnitude'. Nice to know that my opinion means jack to them" Peter said sarcastically as the target locator marked the detachment.
Kat hummed at that as she and Peter both heard a confirmation from a nearby artillery team warn them to stand clear followed by the very faint 'booms' od several guns. The Covenant seemed to hear them as well as they came to a stop just as several massive explosions went off within their column, catching one of the Wraiths and causing it to explode not a second sooner after being engulfed in the fiery explosion.
"Heh, now that's what I call a bombastic welcome to Reach" Peter said as he secured the device to his armor before drawing his DMR and opened fire along with Kat at the surviving Covenant ground troops and the lone heavily damaged Wraith.
…
And done.
Next chapter, Peter and Kat take the fight to the Covenant massing outside the base.
