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"Hey Just because I said Gravemind wasn't real, doesn't mean we have to kill it right?"Ariana asked Simmons
"Well, I don't really know exactly," Simmons said, answering Ariana's question.
"Well as far as I can tell, if we need to sacrifice someone to this Gravemind, it'll be me," Grif said. He sounded serious about this. Stacie, dropping her cookie, immediately said, "No!"
"Stacie, I know you don't want me to go, but if Sarge would talk, this is what he would want. After all, he does want me dead," Grif said with a laugh. Simmons looked at Grif as if to say something stupid to him, but then again he was right. Sarge did want him dead. Sarge looked to Grif and said, "Well Grif, if you go down, then I'm going down with you. At least I got a look into my profile from Command's data base."
"What are you saying, sir?"
"Well, when Gravemind was in me at the time, I had time to access Command's data base and look at my profile. I didn't like what I saw, but I smiled."
"What did you see, sir."
"Well…Alberto? Can you get into Commands data base?" Sarge said looking at Alberto. "Well, I can try. Not that I'll get in though."
Alberto's p.o.v.
"Well, I can try. Not that I'll get in though." After Ariana and I got here, I took the time to get Doc to check my blood. After he checked it, he told me that it was blood type B. Apparently, he found trace's of Flood in my system. I told him that I would tell the others later. Ariana was introduced to the rest of the gang.
I should be in the system a few minutes, I told Sarge. He looked at me funny and wondered why I was able to do that without talking.
"I'll tell you later." He nodded and went back to the others. While I was doing that, Ariana came up behind me. I looked at her, smiled, and then went back to work.
"You sure you know what your doing?" she asked.
"I think so. I mean I took Computer Maintenance back in high school, so yeah I think so."
Ariana put her hand on my hand. I started blushing, turning my head so she wouldn't see. When she left to go back to the others, I got into the data base. Washington and California watched me. Both of them had access to the data base. I had to ask them a couple of time's to get me temporarily access to the data. I thanked them and when prompt, I typed in which profile that I wanted to look into. I raised my hand and motioned them over here.
"Ok, here it goes. Everyone ready?" Everyone nodded. As I brought up the profile, the others looked at it.
I thought you wanted him dead, right? I thought to Sarge.
I know but I had some second thought on that now. How am I able to talk to you though? I thought only Flood could talk telepathically? Sarge said, questioning him.
I am part of the Flood. I was infected the same way you got infected. Gravemind told me that I can talk to other floods, I said. I heard Grif behind me gasp and faint.
Normal p.o.v.
Keyes heard Grif gasp and faint. "Hey Grif. Grif?" Keyes looked over her shoulder and noticed him unconscious on the ground. Doc ran over to him and checked his pulse. "He's still with us. Whatever he saw, made him faint," he said. Sarge looked at Alberto and thought, Pick Grif up and follow me. I'll show you to the infirmary. Alberto picked him up and followed him. Outside near Cave three, Meta spied on them.
"Get Sage! Get Rebecca!" Meta nodded, activated his camo, and moved into the base without the others noticing, or so he thought. Ariana noticed the shimmer and followed. Meanwhile, Alberto and Sarge were talking to each other while walking towards the infirmary. Alberto started the conversation.
Hey
Yeah
You know Ariana, right?
You mean the girl that came through with you?
Yeah
Ok where are you going with this, son?
Well…I really do like her
Sarge broke the uncomfortable silence. "You love her don't you?"
"What no. Of course I don't love Ariana. Well……Maybe I do love her."
As Alberto and Sarge entered the infirmary and after Alberto set Grif down, Meta entered the room and waited for the right moment. When he saw this, he was about to attack when he fell on the ground. Sarge whipped around, shotgun ready, and then lowered it. "What the Sam hell are you doing here?" Alberto froze.
Aw shit. Don't tell me that's who I think it is.
It is. She's here.
As Alberto turned around, he saw that Ariana had a pistol in her hands. "Hi, how you doing?"
"I just can down to make sure you needed some protection." Ariana said. Alberto stared at her. When Ariana turned to him, he looked away. She would talk to him later. Meta, regaining consciousness, turned and saw the flare sitting on the ground. Meta got up, got the flare and activated it, and then ran out of the infirmary, all in two seconds.
Meta's p.o.v.
I ran for my life. I was so scared, that I heard my heart in my ears. I can to a stop before I rounded the corner. When I checked to make sure that it was clear, a pistol shot almost hit me in the head. When I checked who shot the pistol, Commander Keyes's pistol was smoking. Simmons turned and fired on me. For the next two minutes, all hell broke loose in red base. Sarge and Alberto joined the others to take me out. I was jumping from the floor to the walls, and then back to the floor. As I ran for the door, Simmons fired a rocket at me. Luckily, I got through the doorway before the rocket made contact with the doorway.
"Run for the caves!" the voices told me. As I followed their orders, I heard the one called Church say to the aqua colored one called Tucker say, "Watch my body," and then his body collapsed. Five seconds later, I felt a wave of cold water, like an A.I. entering me. "Hi there, member me?"
"It's him! It's him!" they said. I knew what they were talking about. The Alpha. So Church was the Alpha, huh. Well just when I was going to capture him, he left me and went back to his body.
Normal p.o.v.
Church had just regained his body when Keyes checked up with him.
"I'm ok," he said. She nodded and went back to continue fire on Meta. Church looked at Simmons and said, "Ready?" Simmons nodded. He equipped the SPARTAN Laser and the rocket launcher to his arms and said, "Everyone get down and shield your eyes!" "Ok, Church, on the count of three. 1…2…3!" Simmons charged the laser and fired, then fired the rocket launcher, just as Church fired the sniper rifle. The Laser engulfed the sniper round, which then went into the end of the rocket tube, sort of like a laser-sniper-rocket round. Mete turned and cover himself with is arms, but it wasn't enough. He was engulfed in a huge ball of fire so bright, that even Church and Simmons had to take cover. The heat was so hot that Meta's shields couldn't take it. When the fire ball was gone, the others looked at the damage. Washington, California, and Dakota went to look at what happened. There was a huge puddle of blood from where Meta stood. Only Tucker noticed that Meta had fled into the cave near red base, limping. Girf woke up to the sound of the laser-sniper-rocket round hit. He then looked up on the screen and saw why he had fainted. Up on the screen showed Sarge's profile. He gasp! To the right of Sarge's picture showed some information about him.
Name: unknown
Age: 25
Married: Yes
Who: unknown
Children: 2
Name of first child: Dexter Grif
Name of second child: "Sister"
So what happens to him now? Alberto thought to Sarge.
"Well Alberto," he said, breaking the silence. "I really don't know."
"Sarge," Jenny said, "He didn't say anything, in fact, you two haven't even spoken to each other since he arrived. What, you two hate each other."
"Actually Jenny, we have been taking to each other, telepathically speaking. Flood types only can talk telepathically."
"Wait," Ariana said, stepping into this conversation. Alberto noticed that she was actually defending him form what Sarge had just said "Alberto has never been part of the Flood, right Alberto?"
"Well," Alberto said, disappointed with him.
"Alberto, if you would please," Doc said. "Ladies, if you want to stay, you may do so." Sister thought about leaving, but decided to stay. Tex could handle anything. Stacie stayed near Grif. Sarah forgot what Doc had said and was holding Sarge's hand. Ariana was mad, sad, and concerned about Alberto. As Alberto took his shirt off, the only thing that the gang could see was his front side. Ariana saw his chest for the first time. She blushed when she saw the 6-pack that he had. She nearly forgot that he was in football during his junior year. As he turned around, they all gasped! Right on the spinal cord, there was a scared hole where the Flood had almost infected him.
"Alberto, why didn't you tell me," Ariana said.
"Because, I didn't want you to feel like this," Alberto said, almost yelling. He then told them how he almost got infected at the age of seven. He went on yelling so much that he wasn't paying attention to what he said with this, "I'm a great leader. My time will come when I'll have to lead us into battle, and just because I have a crush on Ariana, doesn't change anything. Aw fuck. That wasn't supposed to come out." He walked backwards, turned, and ran out the base.
Ariana's p.o.v.
I blushed at what Alberto said. So, now I know that he has a crush on me. But how will he react when I him how I feel about him? I thought. Jenny looked at me and said, "You didn't know?" "No, whenever I when to massage his back, he wouldn't let me."
"Hey Ariana, mind if I ask you something?"
"Shoot"
"How old did you say he was?"
"Twenty"
"And how old did you say you were?"
"Uh…Twenty-one"
"Bow-chicka-bow-Ack!" Tucker said, being put in a head-lock by me.
"Hey Tex, you want to hit him?" Tucker's eyes got wide when I said that.
"Oh, I've been waiting a long time for this," She said, popping her knuckles.
"Tex," Keyes said. She looked at her. Tucker was struggling for air. I only tightened my grip. "The more you struggle, the more I tighten my grip." I said threatening to end his life.
"I'll demote you if you hit a fellow Spartan."
"What you can't demote me. I'm a fucking ass corporal!"
"Wait," I said releasing him while Tucker was gasping for air. "You're a corporal?" Tex nodded. Tex looked at me, then back at Keyes. She dropped her fist, and then said, "Fine, I won't hit him." I saw Caboose leave the base. I knew what he was going to do. He was going to talk to Alberto.
Normal p.o.v.
As Caboose went outside, he heard the sound of a sniper rifle go off. He turned and found Alberto. As he went up the ramp, he said, "You weren't supposed to say that, were you?" "Uh, no not really." The others in the base heard the sniper rifle go off. Ariana went up on top of the base and had Caboose go into the base. Alberto knew that Caboose had left and was replaced by Ariana.
"Look Alberto, I know you're embarrassed about what you said." Alberto paused for two seconds and then fired off another round.
"Look, I don't care if you have a crush on me." that made Alberto stop firing.
"Ok, so you have a crush on me. I've had a crush on you for a year now," she said blushing. Alberto turned and looked at her.
"What?"
"Yeah, I've had a crush on you."
"Ariana, I love you a lot. And whatever happens, I'm not leaving you." Ariana started to cry, and hugged him. Alberto broke apart the hug and kissed her on the lips for one minute.
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As the others came out, the Canyon on the reds side lit up. A fire ball came down and headed straight for them.
I tried to make as many p.o.v.'s as possible. This is probably one of my best chapter's that I have written. Plz R&R! And here is a preview of the next chapter.
6 moths from now
Alberto looked around the battlefield. "NO!" he yelled. Omega team was almost down. "Commander Keyes, come in." "This is Keyes, who is this?" "Gunnery Sergeant 1st C. Alberto." "Ma'am, everyone is dead. Repeat: Everyone is dead!" Damn, he thought. I didn't even get a chance to marry Ariana. As the flood/omega teammates fell, Ariana stood with the energy sword, and killed Alberto with it.
