G I Joe Halo

by Freedom Guard

The Forward Unto Dawn arrives at Earth, but it's not the Earth where the UNSC exists, but there are two organizations worth meeting. How will the Joes and Cobra deal with the arrival of one UNSC A.I and a Spartan II? Story on Ice due to updating of NON Halo stories.

7. Chapter 7

G. I Joe Halo

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to G.I Joe or Halo so let's leave it at that.

Chapter 6

Arctic Warfare

( ): Thoughts

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In the Alaskan wilderness…

The Master Chief was patiently looking through the scope of his newly purchased hunting rifle as he looked at the large deer he was hunting, the Spartan took his time as he looked through the scope and waited for the deer to let down his guard. As soon as he got the all clear, he calmly pulled the trigger…

BOOM!!!

The crack of the rifle reverberated in the forest as the Spartan hit the creature dead center, he quickly went there and got to work taking the creature for storage as he went to cutting up the creature and taking the portions he needed for cooking and would have the rest stored away for later. The Spartan had bought the rifle and the ammunition and had gone hunting, and have some alone time for himself.

Of course, Cortana could easily call him if needed and he would be quick top make it there as he had his Warthog in the area. For now he was going to have to get used to having a civilian identity for the duration of his stay here in this Earth, thankfully Cortana had been able to make him able to operate in his main base which had a cover of a house being built there and he would be able to leave behind people who would serve as the operators of the business that he and Cortana had founded, with him having full control of the company in every legal sense while he worked on other matters.

For now, he had some alone time and got the food cooking and began to eat. This gave him time to pause and think of other things apart from keeping a civilian identity. He had never thought that the day would come that he would have to be a civilian, but this was a very unique set of circumstances that he and Cortana were in and they had to adapt and he was now going to have to live with the fact that he was going to have to age like a regular person.

The reason for this mode of thinking was that due to the fact that he had spent most of the near thirty years fighting the Covenant in cryo-stasis on ships and was only out when the fighting broke out. Thus while he was already at the range of his fifties ever since he and Cortana landed on this alternate dimension, he was biologically in his mid or late twenties. He had been used to a military life and it was going to be a serious amount of work for him to play the role of a civilian since he had little to no experience being a civilian. However, he had faith and trust in Cortana's abilities and thinking as well as his own, besides, it was not like he was at a complete lose on how to act as a civilian as there had been some training on how to pose as a civilian in his education though it had not been as intense.

He and the other Spartans got this training before in order to get past enemy lines when it was needed for them to be stealthy, after all they were trained to fight terrorists and when stealth was needed, they were able to do so, though he always believed that Fred was the better one when it came to blending in with the population more than the others. As he enjoyed the solace, he spent the time to think about the past a bit more as having this kind of solace was considered very rare by Spartans like him.

He missed the old days with the other Spartans and that got him to wonder about how things were back in the UNSC. Had the war truly ended for Humanity, and even the Separatists? Had the Loyalists been truly beaten? Has the Flood finally been wiped out? All these questions flew through the mind of the Spartan as he ate his food while looking at the camp fire. He had to admit that these questions had been in his mind ever since he had been sent to this world. He wondered if there was any way that he would be able to return to his world.

But he then wondered what he would do when they got back to the UNSC, there was no telling how long he had been gone and there was a chance that he was forgotten. He sighed a bit and decided that such thinking was not going to be of much help to him and as such, there was no need for him to be thinking such things. As he finished his food, he cleaned up the campsite with military precision, once he was done with cleaning up the location, he packed up his things and got onboard the Warthog and activated the engine, he then moved out of the forest and headed back to his base and as he moved through the location. The Spartan began to think on how he and Cortana will be able to live in this world on the off chance that they might not find a way back home..

……..

In the base itself…

Cortana smiled as she appeared from a nearby holo-tank as John parked the Warthog in the motor pool and spoke to her long time protector.

"How was the solo hunt?"

John shrugged at that and replied.

"Pretty good, had some time to think for myself, time like that for me is pretty rare."

The A.I smiled at that as she knew that some alone time would give John some good and she was also naturally rather curious on what was it that John was able to spend time thinking about.

"What was on your mind?"

"Home."

"I see…."

"Cortana, do you think we can go back soon to our reality? There's not much we can do here but leave behind information and data that could be used to help this reality grow on it's own, it might not be following the steps that created our own world but still, I don't quite feel comfortable with the idea of meddling with this world."

The A.I nodded at that as she understood the logic in the mind of the Spartan, they were already affecting this world on their own by their appearance and the technology that they had already shared with the public namely in the medical technology department, but they were here and until they were able to find a way to return to their own world and dimension, they were going to have to make due.

"I know what you mean John, but these are circumstances that neither of us have much choice in for now, besides, it could have been worse."

"How worse?"

"How about going back to the Dark Ages for one thing? At least we're here in a world where there is a chance that we can develop enough technology to go home with. I know that's taking the sunny side, but it's better than being melancholic about the whole mess. I had enough of that when the Gravemind had me in it's vile clutches."

John saw Cortana's avatar shiver in pain as she flickered, no doubt recalling the torture that she had endured in the hands or tentacles of that monster and made him feel anger, not an unknown emotion for him, but he quickly placed that aside as he spoke to Cortana.

"Sorry about that, I guess I am being too much of a pessimist."

Cortana smiled once more and replied to that.

"You are, but at least you can be rather nice when you want to be, anyway, I think it's time you get back to playing the rich CEO, your time for a vacation is over anyway, back to working in the salt mines."

John snorted at that and replied.

"You what's the worst enemy I met ever since we came here that makes even the Flood look like a bunch of green horn cadets on parade detail?"

"Color me intrigued John, what is this new enemy?"

"Paper-work…I'd rather be in the front lines fighting the enemy, now I'm having to deal with documents and the like….I'm amazed that anyone even manages to go through the day doing this without wanting to lose their minds to the whole mess."

Cortana laughed at that, she was starting to like this part of John, he was still a military professional and still able to me as hardnosed and disciplined like the rest of the Marine Corps, but this side of him was nice to see. She knew that it was only when he was with her that he was like this and that made her feel good. As long as they were able to support one another in this new world, they were going to do all right.

John then spoke once more while placing aside the civilian rifle and then getting dressed in his usual choice of clothing while working inside the base.

"By the way, if we do not happen to find a way back home, then what do we do?"

Cortana then replied with a look of someone deep in thought.

"I honestly don't know….but I do know that as long as we're here, we might as well do what we can in order to help who we can while making sure we are never found out. It's not going to be easy, but at least we have the chance to go and do some much needed good in this world even if we don't have to do too much either."

John nodded at the truth in that and decided to focus on what they could do and focus on what they could not do at a later time, the only way they could return home was by making modifications to the Shaw-Fujikawa Trans-light Engine to replicate the same event that brought them to this world. However, in order for that to even be possible, they needed a ship and it had to be a ship that was able to withstand the demands of the system, and the Spartan knew the dangers of the Engine due to his education on the physics of his dimension and having read technical reports on the Slipspace Drive itself.

UNSC built Slipspace Drives were notoriously difficult to repair and maintain once they were online and were used for the first time. And they were very dangerous when not properly repaired, he had heard stories of technicians being literally blown apart in the molecular level.

He needed a ship that was up to the UNSC standard and the ships that were used in this reality certainly didn't have what he needed, not only that, the ship had to be built according to UNSC Navy code and even Cortana would have to be extra careful in using the systems. What made this even more difficult was the fact that they only had ONE such engine and therefore they could ill afford to lose it. They had to help accelerate the technology and science of this world enough to finally develop the technology and theories enough to develop a substitute Trans-light Slipspace Engine.

This however a dangerous idea to say the very least, anyone who got their hands on the designs and figured out the purpose of the engine would use it for very dangerous ends, even if only a small portion of the technology that went into the creation of the first Trans-light Engine was lost, then it was a serious blow to them. And who knew what the people in this reality would do if they got their hands on the schematics and the data concerning the device? If Cobra got their hands on it, he had no doubt they would use it for nefarious ends, and he certainly couldn't trust the Joes just yet with such sensitive technology or anyone else for that matter. This world was NOT ready for such technology or for such science.

John sighed once more and decided that not was not the right time to be brooding over such matters until the time came that he had to do so. For now he had other concerns that had to be addressed in his company while he made sure to keep an eye on both Cobra and the Joes. The terms of his agreement with the Joes were that he provided them with supplies of medical items and gear as well as support if needed. They had made it clear that his meeting was to be kept as absolutely confidential material and as such it would make it less likely that Cobra would develop an interest in him.

He however had been busy getting ready for anything that Cobra might throw in his direction, though he needed to make sure that he was not going to raise too much suspicions, that was why he had to regulate his finances more effectively and pay them accordingly with the changing economic situation of the country he was in while keeping his funds broken apart into separate accounts that would make it harder for the people to keep track of his finances as well as keeping a significant portion of his funds hidden away in his bases in order to have funds and cash on hand.

He also had to deal with other issues in helping the town he had help found run effectively, he had requested the town to be named Reach and it was accepted so when he did visit the town once in a while, he would be able to blend in well enough. He would always talk to the mayor and check out how the people were feeling and how they were dealing with living in their new home. The more the people were satisfied with living in Reach, the less likely he would be easily found out by those who would get curious.

He also offered jobs to those who needed them including the hiring of a small security detail for the company along with hiring regular security personnel in the company's building and factory. Most of the people were military personnel and he even hired retired officers to serve as teachers for the small but well trained security detail for the company itself.

These men and women were to be given good wages and be allowed to live in the town with their families if they had any to take care of, and were given counseling by the doctors there who had moved in after hearing about Reach, like the others, they were all screened by John and Cortana to see if they were trust worthy and when they were, they were given good places to live and then were left to handle things on their own.

So far, the Town of Reach, Montana was flourishing and growing well, this was good news for Cortana and John so they now focused on other maters that pertained to the company itself.

……..

As time passed, the company they founded began to expand it's arsenals in term of medical technology, they had begun to increase their research in the improvement of regenerative medicine as well as improving the safety level of new medical equipment. Their research was supported with the data that Cortana had on UNSC medical technology and medicine, which led to the development of it's new program which was the research into creating transplant organs from the DNA of the persons in question.

This was something that proved to be a highly unique and unknown science and it amazed the people that the process of using the DNA of people to create organs that would be used for surgery. This had brought the company some considerable attention, both positive and negative from people who were curious if this was actually a possible answer to the need for organ transplants for patients who had suffered from accidents or diseases.

This was actually based on the UNSC science of Flash Cloning; Flash Cloning was developed by the UNSC for cloning organs from the DNA of people. The fact that the organs were a one hundred percent genetic match ensured that they were compatible with the person, and was based on the science of using stem cells taken from the persons in need of to serve as the formation of custom engineered cells and even organs. This was used in the reality of Cortana and John, eventually developing into the science of Flash Cloning which was a medical miracle in all respects since this ensured that humans in the UNSC could live up to a century and a half.

The process seemed to be considered uncharted territory in this reality and had been considered as a dead end by most scientists in this dimension, but Cortana and John had hired people who believed in such technology and theories of the use of stem cells and gave them the funding and space to begin their tests.

The scientists were indeed using their own theories, unaware that their theories were the keys to the formation of Flash Cloning and would prove to be a serious benefit for the medical field. There had been people against it in the past, but the benefits outweighed the dangers people would place on it.

Already there had been increasing interest in the company's progress in such a field and while most people would have raised concerns on it's ethical implications, John had sent a report that his company would follow through ethical guidelines and would not make any attempts to clone living humans nor use humans as test subjects. He had made it clear that only willing people who would be screened by his company's trained experts can receive the treatment and they would be properly reimbursed if the process didn't work but until they were able to answer to the existing questions on the process, they would not start on it just yet.

However, in the background, Cortana had already begun to work on something that would be key for the time when they were soon going to be fighting alongside the Joes once more against Cobra. She had a plan in mind that was going to require something from John and since they were taking the use of the technology of the UNSC in Cloning, she needed his DNA, this and the schematics of the BATs she had on hand had given her a very interesting idea that she knew would give them the needed edge when the time came.

……..

In the base several months later…

The alarm filled the base, starting John a bit until he was on full professional mode and headed off to the main command area and as soon as he arrived, he spoke to Cortana.

"What's the situation?"

Cortana smiled and replied.

"You can wager a guess."

"Cobra's up to something again?"

The A.I nodded at that.

"Yes, and this time it's a very serious one. But you're not going to go on this mission alone, I think that now is the right time to bring out the new weapons we've got on storage. You're going to Russia for this mission John and so are the Joes, be on the lookout of the October Guard."

"Who?"

"They are called the Russians' answer to the Joes themselves, but they comprise of soldiers from the Warsaw Pact countries and serve to protect the interests of the Russians and their allies in Europe both in and out. Apparently the Russian and US ambassador are having a shouting match and had only come up on an agreement of having a joint task force to deal with the problem."

John nodded as he began to suit up and as soon as he was wearing his MJOLNIR Mark VI Powered Assault Armor, he placed on his helmet and headed to grab some needed gear for the mission and as soon as he got ready, he looked to see just what were the weapons that Cortana had in mind. As soon as he looked at them he gave the A.I a look and spoke.

"You've got to be joking."

"No I'm not, these units might not have been given a full test run, but now seems to be a trial by fire for them."

John sighed a bit as he placed on his helmet, hearing the seals lock up and he was ready for war and it seemed that his new allies were going to be ready for war as well. They all moved out from the main base and headed off to the Naval base while he had Cortana handle the incoming calls from the company managers and officers.

……..

Later…

John looked over the tactical data on the current attack of the Cobra Forces on what appeared to be some sort of nuclear waste disposal site in Russia, normally this was the territory of the October Guard, the Russian version of the G.I Joes. But considering that Cobra threatened to unleash the nuclear waste into the whole Pacific Basin as well unless they were given nearly forty percent of the control of the trading lanes in the Pacific made it an international concern which was why the Joes were being sent there to handle the mess alongside the October Guard.

However, Cortana had been able to crack some of the moving data streams from Cobra Command and their forces in the field and determined that Cobra intended to detonate the facility to really make things even worse as well as unleash what appeared to be high grade nuclear warheads towards the US in hopes of making it appear like an attack by Russia and that would spark one serious threat to the US and Russia as well as eliminate a large portion of the Joes and the October Guard in an ambush.

Adding the possibility of one heck of an international shooting match to the massive environmental disaster that the nuclear waste release would spark as well as the countless deaths that could come of it to marine plant and animal life as well as human lives made this a high priority mission which was why they were going there to back up the Joes via Pelican Drop ship.

The cloaked Pelican was currently on the way to Russia after leaving the cloaked ship that was currently near the Russian coastline at the Pacific side, stealth was key and therefore this was the best way to get the job done and as soon as the Pelican landed, the Spartan and his support team were now on the ground. The Master Chief quickly changed the color scheme of the MJOLNIR Mark VI to a deep white in order to blend in more effectively with environment and switching the polarized golden color to a pure silver one, Once that was done, he quickly made hand signals to the converted BATs to move out in formation.

The eleven unit team of BATs nodded in response to the hand signals and took out their weapons, which comprised of MA5C ICWS Assault Rifles, BR55 HB SR Battle Rifles with silencers, M6G Magnums, and M7S Caseless SMGs, with one carrying a Spartan Laser along with a BR55 HB SR Battle Rifle and the other armed with a M247 SAW, all of which were colored white to match the environment. Their own installed Marine Body Armor was also colored white and so were the uniforms that they had on them, further making it harder to detect them. They also carried packs on their backs that stored ammunition and supplies though water food, and medical equipment was not included due to their robotic nature. They were also given increased durability due to their armor being reinforced with Titanium A alloy plating that would further give them the combat advantage. Their faces were covered in the lower portion by white cloth masks and deep silver visors that were integrated into the helmets that they were wearing on their heads to further hide their identity.

However, these BATs were different from the ones that Cobra owned, despite the sheer amount of resources that went into making them, both he and Cortana expressed disbelief that the Cobra forces treated BATs like cannon fodder. In the UNSC such machines could have been used for very dangerous missions and would have been vital alongside the ODSTs and the Spartans in turning the tide of war. The fact that the BATs even existed was something of a marvel to his AI friend and confidant as the UNSC had never been able to reach this level of technological skill with robotics before as they relied on robots only for manufacturing purposes. The way Cobra used the BATs was a serious waste and as soon as they got access to the plans, Cortana was quick to begin building a handful of the robots.

However, she was making sure that these BATs underwent a number of very useful upgrades as well as a special set of systems that would turn them from cannon fodder to more effective combat units that would be able to support John in the field and to make sure that the forces of G.I Joe and Cobra were going to be in for a surprise.

The handful of BATs that were created underwent a massive overhaul in their functions as well as their mobility, instead of just being used as expendable troopers, these robotic soldiers were made to move and fight in the same fashion as human soldiers did and were even installed combat programs that were bused on UNSC Marine Corps combat doctrines. This made the BATs move and fight like regular UNSC Marines. They were also custom built and had none of the devices and systems that Cobra usually used in making their BATs and thus these custom built units could not be hacked by Cobra.

Cortana's plans in flash cloning John's brain proved to be very effective as fifty brains that were flash cloned were then subjected to the process used by the UNSC to create , both Smart and Dumb. The results were the formation of at least twelve A.I copies of John himself, though these were all Dumb A.I versions.

The Dumb A.I programs were then stored in chips that were the same as the one that housed Cortana though they were merely crude duplicates, and were then programmed into the BATs to serve as the main A.I programs that would drive them into battle. Since the BATs were able to operate as humans due to Cortana improving their functions, they were able to move and fight like the Master Chief himself and they were programmed to recognize John as their commander and to follow his orders to the letter.

The fact that they had all of his traits logged into their core functions made them literal extensions of the Spartan himself and were armed with his own level of battle expertise and experience, this made them very deadly. They were also programmed to receive combat orders from John who had numbered them accordingly and when he gave the orders, that was quickly executed by them.

And since they were Dumb they were unable to suffer the dangers of Rampancy, something that Cortana had already conquered before they landed on the surface of this world. They were also unable to learn beyond their programming which further limited the dangers they would pose as they couldn't learn anything beyond what had been programmed into them. Thus they were designed and programmed as highly trained shock troopers and support members for the Spartan, in fact, by most if not all definitions, they WERE Spartans…only they were complete machines, loyal to their commander and in this case….their father.

That was why Cortana jokingly called them the Spartan Company and even placed that same name on the BATs Armor in golden letters as well.

John thought that this was a little bit overkill and he did show some level of discomfort with working with the BATs but he didn't fault Cortana's logic in making them as despite him being more than able to do this mission well on his own, the fact that the October Guard, G.I Joe, and Cobra were on the scene meant that sooner or later, he was going to have to reveal himself.

And there was a good chance that things might get really bad so he needed support and to further confuse the Joes and Cobra as well. The two sides would become very curious who they were and their supposed group only sends one person at a time, in this fashion, they gave an illusion to the Joes and Cobra that this was not a two person outfit. Plus it would also hide the fact that the Master Chief was the only human there and the rest were robots, albeit heavily reprogrammed and upgraded ones.

The creation of the Dumb also helped him and Cortana manage the company while he was in the base as she would be able to use the A.I copy of him to answer all the incoming calls from the company officers and managers while he was out through video phone.

The UNSC A.I was so good at that part of keeping his movements a secret that he doubted anyone would be able to figure it out unless she wanted and allowed them to. This would naturally give them plenty of leeway in their efforts to maintain John's civilian identity and that was going to be key helping them in this stage.

……..

On the ground…

As they moved through the snow, the Spartan checked his gear, on his right thigh was his M6G Magnum and on his back was a fully charged Spartan Laser ready for combat and in his hands was a Ma5C ICWS Assault Rifle with a full combat load, his BATs were moving at an excellent pace and were in a loose but effective supporting pattern, following the old saying.

'Five men in a group is a juicy target, one man is a waste of rounds.'

This formation was loose to make sure that they were not hit by a weapon that could easily wipe them all out with one strike. As John led the assault, the Spartan quickly got into contact with Cortana to get some quick information on what was going on in front of them as they moved through the environment, it was still some distance before they would approach the site of the battle.

"Cortana, what's going on?"

"The Joes and the October Guard are currently pinned down by heavy weapons fire, apparently Cobra had been planning this attack well, they had half of their forces there, comprised of BATs to hold the location and engage both the Joes and the October Guard, they drew both groups in and when that happened, the rest of their forces closed in, they plan to wipe out the Joes and the October Guard and then do what they wanted, getting rid of two sides and committing their plans at the very same time."

"That's not good."

"Right….we need to hurry and fast John, if Cobra succeeds in this, they can strike a fatal blow to the Joes and to the October Guard since the top members of each team happens to be in this situation. If the Cobra forces succeed in their plans, then we are talking of a major incident that will plunge two countries into one heck of a shooting match. As far as I can see from the satellite data as well as the feeds from the Wombats I released earlier, the Joes have taken the compound but are now being pinned by the Cobra forces who have appeared from the outside."

"How many of them?"

"At least several regiments from the looks of it, all of the soldiers appear to be soldiers trained for arctic warfare since they appear to be dressed for the area that they happen to be fighting in, as well as a large number of BATs that appear to have been conditioned to fight in arctic temperatures. There appears to be three large groups of BATs and two of them happen to be advancing on the Joes."

The Spartan shook his head and new that speed was essential and then spoke to Cortana quickly to confirm something.

"Can you send out an artillery barrage on the Cobra Forces Cortana?"

……..

In the Ship…

Cortana quickly scanned the area and replied.

"That's not going to be easy John, there's a sudden increase of ship born traffic in the area and all it takes is some lucky crew out on a cruise to stumble in on me while I am out here. Even if we do have the photo-reactive panels online and I happen to have hacked into the Soviet Navy's Naval Command center as well as the SOSUS Network of the US Navy, coupled with the silent drive system we can't risk exposing the ship to anyone as it is, I can coordinate your movements via Wombat though. Once I get an all clear run, I can unleash the long range cannons with the aid of the Wombats once we have some clearer weather to I can narrow down the risk of missing."

"Speaking of which, there appears to be a large number of Cobra Troopers heading nearby at your direction, they seem to be carrying heavy weapons and must be an attempt at trying to attack the Joes and the October Guard from the sides, recommend that you intercept and take them out before they can get into the right flanking position to really get to both the Joes and the October Guard."

……..

"Roger!"

The Spartan quickly made several quick commands into the COM and the BATs were quick to react to the commands of their commander and headed off to sent up an ambush while the Spartan was quick to set up himself into position while Cortana radioed the position of the incoming convoy, and the Spartan quickly spotted them and readied his weapons as the BATs were more than ready as they were in the proverbial L shaped ambush formation. The convoy appeared to have mortars and heavy rocket launchers, and all of them seemed to be more professional than the bunch he had been fighting with before.

Cortana then filled him on that these were Snow Serpents, soldiers trained for arctic warfare conditions and were a lot better trained than the regular goon squads of Cobra Troopers. But that didn't mean that they had the advantage as the Spartan was quick to determine from their movements that they were very confident that they were going to have the one up on the Joe team this time around, the Spartan decided that now was a good a time as any to break that confidence down to nothing as he spoke through his communication systems to the BATs and as soon as he got the response that showed that they were ready, the Spartan took off his Spartan Laser, aimed at the lead vehicle, allowed the targeting system to lock on to the H.I.S.S Tank.

The lead Snow Serpent only had time to gasp when he spotted the laser pointer on the H.I.S.S Tank's side, just as the Spartan Laser unleashed it's deadly beam right into the H.I.S.S and blew it to kingdom come and sending him into pieces, at that same moment, another H.I.S.S Tank in the rear was destroyed by another Spartan Laser shot, this threw the whole convoy into chaos as the snow storm continued to hit them hard.

The Snow Serpents began to look for their attackers, but they were only greeted by weapons fire as the Spartan gave the order to engage in full force via COM to the BATs who were given full authority to respond in kind as they unleashed rounds from their collected weapons. The Arctic Vipers were being cut down piece meal and it took a few seconds for them to get organized enough to launch a counter attack, however that was not going to get them far as the Spartan and the BATs were already on the move and hitting them hard while using the snow storm as cover.

One Snow Serpent tried to fire a rocket launcher but that was lost when he received several shots into the chest from the Spartan's MA5C ICWS Assault Rifle while another got a face full of Battle Rifle rounds just as she got her SAW ready, Another was literally dancing in the wind after receiving a barrage of M7S SMG rounds in the stomach. Another Snow Serpent had enough time to shout out in pain as he was hit hard by the butt of the Spartan's Assault Rifle and his head twisted in an uneven angle by the attack, another had no time to react when she was shot full of holes by the Spartan, and another Arctic Viper was quickly kicked in the chest and was dropped hard with several broken ribs

The rest of the Snow Serpents were being cut down by the BATs and there was a series of brief hand to hand combat runs but that worked completely in the favor of the BATs as they quickly and methodically eliminated the Arctic Vipers. Once the carnage was over, the Spartan quickly ordered the BATs to begin gathering all the mortars and rocket launchers and aim them right at the location where Cobra was and rig them with triggering systems to have them unleash their own fire power on their former allies the very second the Spartan activated the triggering mechanisms.

It took a bit longer but it would pay off soon enough when the time came, for now the Spartan focused his attention on helping the Joes and the October Guard, he could already see that since the Joes and the October Guard were in for some serious battles as the BATs began to unleash more firepower on the Joes thanks to the video shots being sent to him by the Wombats that were flying overhead on the battle field.

The Spartan and his group moved through the snow storm and quickly made their way to a path that was behind the station and they quickly hurried through the ruins while avoiding being seen by the three factions who were currently in this kind of a fight, this also allowed the Spartan to observe the October Guard in action.

As far as he could see, the group appeared to be professional in their actions and were certainly very capable in battle as they held their own against Cobra's numbers. There appeared to be a female soldier among them and apparently from what he could see, she was the only female soldier among the October Guard and she appeared to be armed with a high powered sniper rifle, namely the Russian made Dragunov Sniper Rifle, a very effective firearm and would be a serious threat to regular soldiers, another soldier was as big as bear and carrying a number of RPGs on his back as well as rocket launcher and an assault rifle. The rest of the solders appeared to be the kind expected from the Russian military and special forces.

He turned his attention to the Joe forces and found a number of familiar faces, namely Lady Jaye, Flint, Duke, Scarlett, Cover Girl, Gung Ho, Snow Job and Life Line, he was a bit confused as to why the Joes only sent this many and he was quick to recall that this was a joint operation and the other Joes would be able to be directed elsewhere if the situation demanded it. At this time, the Spartan was on top of a pile of rubble that came from one of the ruined buildings that was no doubt destroyed by Cobra initial attack on the facility.

However he didn't decide to interfere and focused on tracking down the storage control systems in the facility and lock them down to make sure that the Cobra forces were not going to get a chance to do what they wanted once they managed to overpower the Joes and the October Guard as well. The facility was his concern for now as he quickly checked the area, apparently the Joes and the October Guard were in the process of repairing the damage on the facility but that was when Cobra attacked and forced the two groups to halt their actions to lock down and control the damage.

John was quickly contacted by Cortana and she was already hacking into the Russian data network and located the schematics for the facility's design specs to make the needed actions to repair the facility's control networks, Thankfully the Spartan didn't need to wear any protection as the MJOLNIR Mark VI was designed for all environments and was more advanced than any hazmat suit that the facility had in it's inventory. The BATs on the other hand were not organic in any fashion and were able to go deep into the facility to effect repairs, though they had to leave their weapons behind in order to avoid damaging them in the locations that they were currently in.

Cortana began to inform them of what they needed to do in order to effect the repairs and since they were using UNSC COM systems that were more advanced than most, they would be able to avoid being picked up by the three sides fighting just outside of the compound, They moved quickly to get the facility back and operational, though the A.I also managed to hack her way into the base and override their security network to allow the Spartan and the BATs to avoid being recorded in the base's security archives.

Once their work was done, the Spartan and the BATs got their gear ready for combat, John was lucky that he had a full load to his weapons and carried a pair of grenades as well as a Bubble Shield with him which could be key for the defensive battle.

It was then that Cortana got into contact with him once more.

"John, it's looking bad, the Joes and the October Guard are being pinned and I've just spotted the BATs outside being armed with heavy assault weapons, the barriers there won't be able to take another salvo like that."

"Got it…on the way now."

The Spartan quickly contacted the BATs and they formed up behind him in the same loose formation and headed out of the facility to get to the aid of the Joes and the October Guard.

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Outside…

Duke growled a bit as he continued to fire his weapon in the freezing cold as he quickly moved back into cover as the Cobra forces unleashed another barrage of weapons fire. This mission had the makings of a possible ambush and his thoughts on that matter proved to more than right on the money. They had managed to defeat the BATs and the Arctic Vipers that had been in the base and were in the process of repairing the damage and having the wounded Russian soldiers in the area taken away for medical treatment as well as the facility's personnel until new people would arrive to clean up the mess.

But as soon as the people were out of the area, that was when the Cobra forces attacked en masse, forcing them to halt their attempts to repair the damage done to the facility by the Snakes and their forces. They soon found themselves in a dire situation as several of their tanks had been attacked with powerful anti-armor weapons and they were forced to use the battle field to get some cover as Cobra continued to ram their weapons fire right at them in full force.

Scarlett spoke as she reloaded another bolt into her crossbow and got to look at the forces before them.

"This is not going to be good, those BATs might have stopped shooting at us, but that only means that they are getting retrofitted once more."

Flint nodded at that.

"Scarlett's got a point, if those BATs line up and use whatever firepower they have with them then we are going to be in some serious situations Duke."

"I know that, but this snow storm is making it impossible for Ace and the others to get in support from the air, so we're going to have to do what we can down here."

That was when Duke turned to the leader of the October Guard, one Colonel Brekhov, he had a good deal of professional respect for the leader of the October Guard and they had worked before together in that mission hat had them dealing with 'aliens' though that turned out to be a ruse made by Cobra.

"Colonel! Is there any chance that your fellow soldiers can lend us some help?"

"No, they are still unable to send in support due to the snow storm and they were not expecting heavy resistance here in this area, we are on our own I am afraid to say."

Duke shook his head and looked to see Gung Ho and Horrorshow unleashing their own fire power and he looked at Lifeline who was currently patching up the injuries on some of the others and he needed to think of something fast before this entire battle could come down on their heads hard and fast. It was then that hew heard a voice that he disliked a great deal.

"Duke! You and your forces are surrounded, there is no chance you will escape this."

"Do you worse Destro! We will never surrender!"

"HAHAHAHA!!!! What say you Colonel Brekhov? I will show you some mercy and let you leave."

The Colonel however was not the least bit moved by this and shouted back at Destroy, he had no love for Cobra and they had threatened his mother-land and that was something that he had little to no tolerance for.

"You dare speak of mercy after you attack my fellow soldiers and threaten to reduce my mother-land's coasts and seas into a ruin?! I spit at your mercy!"

Destro laughed at that and spoke out to the assembled Joes and the October Guard.

"Brave and defiant to the last I see….at least you are all going to die together as brother soldiers! Once you are dealt with, then Cobra will have our prize, after all, we're not content with just an ecological disaster. We intend to start a war between the UUSR and the US soon enough and when that happens, we will sweep down and claim both war torn nations for ourselves….a pity that you will never live to see the fall of both nations."

Tomax and Xamot along with the other Snow Serpents had now fully equipped the BATs with all the needed firepower and they were soon lined up and ready to attack the Joes and the October Guard, the Joes could only get ready for the incoming onslaught and the same could be said for the October Guard as they also braced for the soon to come assault. H.I.S.S Tanks were also getting ready to support the BATs in their mission to blast the Joes into nothing but stains on the snow alongside the October Guard.

None of them had to wait for very long as a massive hailstorm of bullets, cannon shells, laser bolts came right at them, the two sides braced for the soon to hit mess and hoped that even then they would be given a chance to fight back. They had no intention of going out like this. And they were not going to as before they were able to hear the sounds of weapons hitting their position, there were a dozen foot steps that arrived and they head something hit the ground and give out a powerful hiss.

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Destro laughed as he looked at the smoke where the Joes and the October Guard had been before and hoped to finally see the end of them once and for all. He was not alone as Tomax and Xamot were also looking on as well as the other Cobra Troopers who were all smiling at the carnage as the BATs were finally given the order to stop.

"Hah…..nothing can live through that firestorm, not even the Joes and the October Guard!"

Destro's rant and the planned speech of both Tomax and Xamot however was cut short as the smoke cleared and to their surprise there was a glowing dome made from hexagonal panels of yellow energy, he and the Crimson Twins as well as the Cobra Troopers were then shocked as a massive beam of light suddenly came right at them. The BATs that were there were hit by the beam and they were quickly destroyed en masse in a massive fireball that sent parts everywhere, some Cobra Troopers were also killed in the fireball and that forced the once confident Cobra forces to break their formation.

Just as they were about to make another move, another massive beam of pure red energy smashed into the nearby group of BATs before they could even fire and they were also reduced into nothing but burning scrape. As soon as the smoke cleared, Destro and the Crimson Twins were gifted with the sight of a twelve man force of unknown beings behind the shield, two of them were carrying what appeared to be massive hand held cannons. Destro spotted one of them that appeared to be more heavily armored than the others and was the apparent leader of this group of white armored beings.

(Who or what is that?!)

Destro had never seen anything like this before in his life and neither did the twins as they were staring in shock, they normally had something to say for any occasion, but this was the first time that they were unable to say anything concrete to describe what was it they were looking at right now.

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As for the Joes…

Flint, Duke, Scarlett, Lady Jaye, Gung Ho, Snow Job, Life Line, Cover Girl, and several of the other Joes were looking at the sudden arrivals with expressions of absolute disbelief, they and the October Guard were getting ready to hit the ground and hope that they would survive the fire storm but suddenly they were not being hit and only heard sounds one would associate with the sounds of pellets hitting a steel wall, and when they looked about, they were stunned t find themselves in a dome of glowing hexagonal plates comprised entirely of energy. They turned and there behind them was some sort of device that was glowing and there next to them was a twelve man team who were unlike anything they had ever seen before in their lives.

The Joes and the October Guard were quick to recover from a portion of their surprise and being the study the new arrivals. They were quick to note that eleven of the new arrivals carried weapons that they never saw before though Scarlett looked at some of the weapons that were present with recognition. The eleven soldiers wore what appeared to be some sort of advanced infantry body armor with thick and strong looking alloy plating that seemed to have been colored specifically for this kind of environment, and their uniforms were also made to give them excellent camouflage in the cold area that they were currently in. Two of the soldiers were there and had fired the beams of energy that had created two large steam clouds, showing the extreme heat generated by the weapons.

The Joes had to admit that they had never seen such weapons that were carried by two of the soldiers before them and the sheer power those things had in wiping out entire formations of BATs in only one beam each was impressive, as well as the fact that the device that created the field around them was unlike any device that they had ever seen before. On their armor were the words 'Spartan Company' in golden letters.

The same question was reverberating in the minds of just about everyone in the Joes and the October Guard.

(Who the heck is the Spartan Company?!)

But their leader was the one that got the most attention from the Joes and the October Guard, the man or whatever he was wore armor that covered him from head to toe and was in white and silver without the face being revealed and when the being finally stood up it did so with a fluidity that was not machine, but with a speed and precision that was not human at the very same time. He carried another rifle as well on his back and a pistol on his right thigh.

Scarlett then spoke and that was enough to get the attention of her fellow Joes.

"That assault rifle he and the others are carrying…..I recognize them!"

Duke looked at Scarlett and he could see that she was telling the truth, but before he could say anything, the heavily armored soldier spoke out in a voice that was distinctly that of a native from none other than that of an English speaking Greek, unaware that John's helmet speakers were modified to make his voice sound different in order to hide his identity even more from those who would try to identify him.

"Spartan Company! Attack!!!"

With that, the twelve man strike team quickly moved out just as the Bubble Shield finally lost all power and the shields faded, and the very second that happened, the entire battle field erupted once more as the Spartan and his converted BATs were now attacking the still stunned Cobra forces while the Joes and the October Guard were left with more questions than answers. And that suited the Spartan just fine as he and the BATs under his command were now on the move to engage the Cobra Forces.

That was the exact moment that the skies were clearing up and in that moment, There was a screaming sound heading right for the Cobra forces, the sound was that of artillery and the results spoke or rather shouted for themselves as the H.I.S.S Tanks on the back were suddenly blown to shred by artillery rounds.

It seemed that Cortana now had the ship in the right position with alerting any of the ship traffic and began to unleash hell as the Spartan and the BATs were now closing in and attacking the now stunned Cobra forces, and it was at this point that the Spartan activated the surprise. Destro and the Twins were now stunned to find themselves being attacked by unseen artillery and seeing missiles and mortar rounds coming right for them.

What should have been an easy to accomplish mission had just turned into a nightmare as their forces were being assaulted by the unknown forces as the Joes and the October Guard looked on as the shield around them faded away and the device harmlessly destroyed itself, preventing anyone from trying to recover the device in any fashion.

Dukle however shook himself out of his stupor and stared at the others and spoke out.

"Come on, now is the time to take the fight to those snakes!"

"Hold up Duke! We don't know who they are!"

Scarlett spoke out to Duke and he understood her worry as they themselves knew next to nothing on who this Spartan Company was at the moment. But he could see that they had a chance in taking Cobra out once and for all, and he had a feeling that these guys are not on the side of Cobra, if they were, they had the chance to wipe them all out back there, but they didn't. He was taking a huge risk but it was better than nothing.

"I know. But we don't have much choice, come on! YO JOE!!!!!" Duke quickly got out and began to attack the Cobra forces, he managed to reach the Spartan Company as the apparent leader was giving hand signals to his troopers to seek out cover and attack at opportunity. The Joe commander was quick to join up with the leader and spotted a Snow Serpent armed with a sniper rifle aiming at the leader and he quickly shot the soldier despite the distance due to his own rifle having a scope.

The leader looked at him and Duke felt a moment of fear and awe hit him, unfamiliar feelings for sure, but he had never seen anyone like this one before. Then the being spoke out to him.

"My thanks to you."

Duke shook himself clear and replied.

"You saved my team back there, it's the least I could do, the name's Duke."

That was when the man suddenly moved to the side and Duke saw the man's form glow golden and he saw the man drop a Snow Serpent with lethal accuracy, apparently the trooper was trying to shook Duke in retaliation for taking out one of their own when he supported the armored giant, Duke was shocked by this as he recalled seeing the golden light that surrounded the man and he appeared to be totally unharmed.

(Was I seeing things or was that a shield of some sort?!)

The armored behemoth then spoke back.

"Now we are even, I cannot give you my true name Duke, so my code name will have to do."

"And that is?"

"Leonidas."

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To be continued…

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Author's Notes:

This wraps up this newest chapter of the G.I Joe Halo…

Well, here is another story board and this time the Joes and Cobra get a good eye full of the Master Chief, and they are not the only ones either as the October Guard get an eye full of the Spartan as well. Only this time the Chief is not alone as he is escorted by a near dozen of custom built BATs that Cortana was able to get the plans for and built them from the ground up.

Now it might have been some time since I have seen the BATs from the Sunbrow series of G.I Joe cartoons but I remember them well enough and the BATs mentioned here re these variants. As you can see that the ones that Cortana had made have been given some serious overhauls and are actually able to fight and move like real soldiers instead of lining up like a bunch of dominos on legs when they can get blasted by a single rocket to the chest and be wiped out.

These custom built BATs can't be hacked since they are constructed in the UNSC fashion and are designed to actually be faster and more capable than the standard form that they were designed from. They also happen to have better armor plating so they can take greater damage and have increased protection due to the integrated Body Armor that they have on. Due to their enhanced logic systems and the core programs, these Bats will behave like real soldiers.

That means they will move in sync with one another, provide covering fire for an advance, find effective cover from enemy fire, crouch when needed for cover and accurate shooting, snipe their enemies as soon as they have a clear shot, they can fall back when under heavy fire, throw grenades when given the order, drive vehicles, operate heavy weapons, use sniper weapons….everything you can expect real soldiers to do in the field of battle….these BATs can do and then some.

Add to that, they are piloted by Dumb A.I copies of John himself, this means that the BATs have the same level of experience that the Master Chief has so when given orders, they can easily use the data in their CPUs to execute their orders for maximum effect. They can also make the right moves when they need to handle things on their own as they can use the data in them to act in the environment as well as use the right.

And don't worry, they CAN tell the difference between friends and enemies unlike the Cobra BATs who just plow through friend and foe without giving a single byte of a damn on who they shoot.

How will the three sides react to the 'Spartan Company' after the end of the battle?

Wait and see!