Hey guys, so it's this story's turn or some shit like that.

Guest 1: You don't have to stay around.

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Husebad: Right now, the events of Halo Combat Evolved would be happening.

"Character Dialogue"

'Character Thoughts'

"Scroll Dialogue"

'Character Thoughts' (twice cuz y not)

Overlooking a cliff, a beowolf roars out in rage and hate after something large crashed into the island, now the pesky humans and even some of the other half human half animals had gathered around the crash site and killed everything around it. However, something was moving behind it, it could hear it. Turning, it was met with a hail of buckshot in its face.

"Come on dude, I totally had it." Someone said the last thing it heard before dying. Back with the Spartans and Team RWBY, they were walking through the woods when they encountered the lone beowolf.

"Well Drew, if you wanted it, you should've acted faster." Preston replied.

"Are you slowing down Drew?" Dakota joked.

"Screw you guys." Drew said. The three were using their internal comms system to speak, making everything they were saying inaudible to team RWBY.

"Uhh, are we missing something?" Ruby, the youngest and leader of the group asked.

"Just Drew bitching." Preston said.

Ruby's ears were quickly plugged by Yang. "Watch your language!" The yellow boxer said. Preston just shrugged his shoulders.

"Whatever." He said. Yang was about to go forward when she was stopped by Blake.

"Just, let it go Yang. I've been hearing everything they're saying." She said, calming the older sister.

Walking forward some more, the group arrived at the cliff the beowolf was at, overlooking the crash site.

"Look at it, the Eagles Talon, our home away from home." Drew said.

"And the necessary medical supplies for Delta Zero Fourteen." Alex said.

"That too. Come on, let's get going." Drew said, sliding down the slope onto the ground. Behind the Spartans, Team RWBY landing behind them.

"Alright team, let's get going." Ruby said.

"Well, let's not lag behind." Drew said, going forward with the rest of the team very close behind him. However, their motion sensors start going off. "Hold position." Drew said, causing everything to stop moving.

"What's wrong?" Weiss asked, still somewhat agitated from earlier.

"Motion sensors going off, something or someone is ahead of us." Drew answered. The four ladies geared for a fight.

"Permission to recon." Preston asked.

"Permission granted. Everyone else, hunker down." Drew said as the spartan pushes forward. Just as he peeks his head through the foliage, he feels a magnum press against his helmet.

"Identify yourself." The voice said.

"Spartan, Delta Zero Twenty Nine." Preston said, knowing the pistol was inside his shield.

"I don't recognize that identification." He said. "And I don't recognize that weapon either."

"Standard M45 Tactical Shotgun with suppressor modification. Who are you?" Preston asked.

"Spartan, Sierra Zero Three Four. You're not Delta Zero Seven, where's the rest of your team?" He asked.

"Behind me. You're the one who responded to our distress call." Preston said.

"Yes, I did. Now, where's the rest of your unit?" He asked again.

"Professor!" Both heard Ruby yell out. Looking over, Jaune could see Team RWBY with three other Spartans.

"Sir, Delta Zero Seven reporting." Preston heard Drew said, then feels the magnum leave the side of his head.

"This your unit?" He asked.

"Yes sir, we have a spartan casually." Drew said, pointing towards the spartan holding another spartan.

"So you do. Ruby, I'll take over, report to Stummer." He said, causing the four students to leave the area. "Now then, who are you?"

"I'm Drew Zero Seven. That one you had a magnum to the head is Preston Zero Twenty Nine. Our injured is Layne Zero Fourteen and the one holding her is Dakota Zero Eight." Drew said.

"Arc Zero Thirty Four. You can call me Jaune. Follow me." He said, holstering his magnum. Indicating for the three Spartans to follow him. Entering a clearing they could see dozens of people moving about, clearing fallen trees and watching their perimeter with the occasional weapons fire breaking the silence.

"Professor, are these our survivors?" A woman with fox ears asked.

"Yes they are. We're going inside." He said.

"Understood. How do you plan on getting in?" She asked.

"There's an access point on the side of the ship, an airlock." Drew said, stepping forward.

"There you have it Stummer. Just hold the area around the ship." Jaune said. A few minutes later, the five had entered the airlock. Once the doors close, Jaune speaks up. "Alright, do you have an AI with you?"

"Adler reporting sir." an AI responded.

"Good, take everything out of the ship then wipe the system of everything. I'm enacting the Cole Protocol, along with burning all cyber files." Jaune said.

"Copy that sir." Drew said.

"Dakota, take Layne to medical. Preston, you're with me." Jaune said. Then the door opens allowing the five to split up. In the armory, Jaune observed the weapons. "Answer me a question: what's the current year?"

"2552. Why?" Preston asked.

"Need a gauge. Now, how's the year going?" Jaune asked.

"We lost Reach." Preston said. Nothing more needed to said.

"Now, I don't recognize you from the spartan program, so that begs the question, what part of the program are you and when did you become active?" Jaune asked again while picking up a DMR without a scope.

"Colonel Ackerson created the Spartan-III program around 2531. I don't have much to tell about the program outside of my company. My company, Delta, was the fourth company of Spartan-IIIs to be deployed, if you could call us that." Preston said.

"And was that?" Jaune asked, putting down the DMR he had and picked up a grenade launcher.

"There are supposed to be fifty Spartans, but the fall of Reach happened. There was only twelve of us that received our augments and armor." Preston said

"What happened to the rest?" Jaune asked.

"The other eight active we lost contact with when we left Reach, the rest were killed in orbit. They were onboard an ONI station about to get their augments." Preston explained.

"I see. And what were your last orders?" Jaune asked one last time.

"Our orders were to find out what happened to the Spartan Fireteam Noble." Preston said.

"Alright, let's get to the bridge." Jaune said.

"I have some questions too sir." Preston said.

"I'll answer everyone's questions all at once. It'll be easier." Jaune said with Preston following close behind him.

In the bridge, Drew was standing at a holo table with his helmet on the table. Also, there was a hologram of a spartan. "Spartan. Who are you?" Jaune asked the hologram taking note that Preston had taken off his helmet, noticing Drew's blue eyes and Preston's brown eyes.

"AI Adler sir, this is my selected avatar." Adler said.

"Alright. Are the system's wiped?" Jaune asked.

"Ja. The system is clean." Adler said.

"Good. And Layne's status?" Jaune asked.

"Armor's removed and she's in medical." Drew answered.

"Alright, I'm sure you all have questions, ask away." Jaune said.

"Where are we?" ,

"Planet Remnant, from what I understand, it's outside of both UNSC and Covenant space. We are on our own out here." Jaune answered.

"Alright, what were those things we killed?" Preston asked. Then Dakota walked in, with his helmet on his waist.

"They're called creatures of grimm, they only exist to kill humanity on this world and another species on this planet, the faunus. They're the people you saw with animal parts, like the woman with fox ears." Jaune explained.

"I was wondering about that." Preston said quietly to himself.

"Ok, what about all these different weapons and shit we've been seeing?" Drew asked.

"They're all unique to every person here. To put it shortly, you have landed in the territory of one of the kingdoms called Arcadia. The other four are Vale, Atlas, Vacuo, and Mistral. Then there's also the major faunus population of Menagerie. Each kingdom has a combat academy each training groups of people called huntsmen and huntresses. They are the main force used to fight the creatures of grimm." Jaune said.

"That seems harsh, do they have any advantages?" Preston asked. Jaune answered by flashing his aura on his arm.

"This is aura, a biological energy shield type force. This is the advantage the people here have. Now, this next part is gonna sound weird, so bare with me. According to the people here, aura powered by your very soul, seeing how it's very manifestation." Jaune said everyone was shocked.

"That sounds like some bullshit." Preston said.

"I know it does, but that's not all. Everyone also has something called a semblance which is reflective of that person's personality. Ruby's, for example, is super speed while leaving a trail of rose petals behind her." Jaune explained.

"Ok, well, do we have it?" Dakota asked.

"That's the thing, I don't know. You're not native's of this planet, you may not have an aura." Jaune said. The other three looked down in surprise and some disappointment.

"Ok, well are there Covenant here?" Drew asked.

"You bet your ass there isn't. I've been here for about four months, there's no way in hell there's any here." Jaune said.

"Ok, that's some good news at least. So what's the plan?" Drew asked.

"I'm gonna have a person named Ozpin employ you at one of the academy's on this planet as additional security. It's also the same one I currently work at as an instructor. Our cover is as follows, this ship is only an Arcadian prototype and we are mercenaries hailing from the area around Mistral. Any further questions?" Jaune asked.

"What about our armor?" Preston asked.

"Assuming there's equipment to take off your armor, you'll take with you to Beacon, the academy. And before you ask, my armor is currently there." Jaune said.

"Alright, what about Layne?" ,

"Well, what injured her?" Jaune asked. "Giant feather." Preston said instantly, along with a hologram of Layne. The hologram shows that the feather had damaged the upper layers of her skin and muscle, but also damaged her GI track at several places around her liver. The system tells him that nanites are repairing any damage and removing biofoam.

"Nevermore. She should be fine in a few hours. If your system says it's using nanites." Jaune said. "Now then what're your specialties?"

"I'm the head of this team, but also our stealth expert. Layne is multi-situational and our explosives expert thought she can fill most roles on demand. Preston is our CQC and objective defense expert and breacher. Dakota is our sniper and scout when he's not carrying Layne that is." Drew said.

"Perfect. Now then, Preston told Reach has fallen, is this true?" Jaune asked.

"Yes sir, Reach is gone. The last thing we saw was the UNSC Pillar of Autumn fleeing the system with the Master Chief on board." Drew said.

"John's still kicking huh? Regardless, what was your last mission directive?" Jaune asked.

"Our mission was to find the last members of Noble team: Justin B Three One Two and Jun A Two Six Six. The other four members were confirmed KIA." Drew said.

"Ignoring the fact that ONI says Spartans don't die, they just go MIA, who were they?" Jaune asked.

"Commander Carter A Two Five Nine led the team with the other members being Catherine B Three Two Zero, Emile A Two Three Nine, and Jorge Zero Five Two. Also sir, I'd figured you'd want this." Drew said, handing Jaune a pair of dog tags. Looking at the tags, they read Jorge-052.

"I see, thank you for bringing this to me." Jaune said, burying his grief for the time being. "What about the last two members of Noble?"

"We found what was left of Justin. However, Jun was last seen with Doctor Halsey at Castle Base." Drew said.

"And if Castle Base hasn't changed since I last saw it, it's gonna be a bitch to take down." Jaune said with some confidence. "Alright, I think we have our bases covered, any more questions?"

"Our plan for our weapons?" Preston asked.

"Simple, we take plenty with us. Lot's of spare ammo and parts. I'll arrange the transport." Jaune replied. "anymore?" No one raised their hand. "Alright, Drew, you and your team will remain on board and prep any pelicans that you have. I'll head out and explain the ship to the Arcadian Royal Family and Council, they'll be told about the plan." Jaune said, then walking out.

"Wait, how do you plan on getting close to them?" Drew asked.

"It certainly helps that I'm part of the royal family." Jaune said before the door closes leaving the others dumbstruck.

"Uhh, not to make you guys panic, but the reactors are starting to go into the red." Adler says, getting the remaining Spartans to move into action.

Meanwhile, outside the ship, Jaune had regrouped with Stummer around the entrance he used.

"So, how was it?" She asked.

"We have a cover up plan ready to go. For now, this ship doesn't exist, but if it is found, it is a prototype being used by the Arcadian Military." Jaune said.

"How will this be told to the public?" She asked.

"I will give the plan to my mom, she'll now how to tell people." Jaune said.

"What about everyone here?" She asked, indicating to everyone holding the perimeter.

"They will believe it hopefully. They have no idea what this ship is." Jaune replied. She seemed the accept the answer, but was still unsure.

"What about moving it?" Jaune stopped to think for a moment.

"Hopefully it's thrusters is still working, so we either get it to a military base or even better, orbit." Jaune replied. Stummer's eyes widen to dinner plate sizes.

"It can go into orbit?" She asked quietly.

"Yes, it can. However it's thruster cannot be damaged in any way, which I think they are." Jaune said.

"What makes you think that?" Stummer asked.

"I might be wrong on that. It wouldn't be the first time. They may be perfectly intact, but overheated." Jaune said.

"Sir, we have a problem." Drew says over their shared radio

"What's the problem?" Jaune asked.

"The reactors gone into the red zone, we have to shut it down." He replies.

"Understood, keep that ship from exploding." Jaune said.

"In order to do that I will need a small team to keep the others at a safe distance. Normally my team would suffice, but we're down a man and any extra help would be nice." Drew indicated to Jaune.

"Consider it done. Don't take any chances though." Jaune relayed back.

"Only a spartan will be able to enter the reactor given our protective armor. Considering you don't have your own at hand I need you to be part of the security force. Me and Dakota can handle it, but Preston can't keep everyone out. Get anyone else who can help. Delta Zero Seven out!" Drew explained before cutting off all unnecessary communication.

Several minutes later in the main reactor core, Drew and Dakota makes their way to the gauges on the wall in the control room. Also unseen to them, Adler was also moving through the systems.

"We have roughly six minutes to get this done." Adler told them, appearing on a computer terminal.

"Great! Love time restraints." Drew said snarkily.

"Just tell us what needs to get done." Dakota said, shifting the focus back on the task at hand.

"Well for starters, a normal shut down won't work in its current state. One of you will need to directly access the reactor and cool one of the rods manually. Your armor should provide enough protection from the radiation but you may lose your shielding for a while." Adler informed the two Spartans.

"I'll go." Drew said already making his way to the maintenance hatch opposite of the gauges.

"Good luck. Now, what do I need to do?" Dakota asked.

"You need to start the auto cool down of the other three rods in order to keep Drew from getting literally roasted alive. No biggie." Adler stated.

"No pressure whatsoever." Dakota remarked.

Meanwhile, inside the maintenance shaft, Drew was having a difficult time figuring out which route wouldn't kill him.

"God damn it. Adler!" Drew called.

"Ja?" Adler asked.

"Which way?" Drew quickly blurted out.

"Uhhhh. Links dann rechts." Adler said in his original language for the fastest result.

"Danke. Now let's fix this thing before we all explode." Drew muttered.

Finding his way to the rod, he noticed it was dislodged from the rest of the reactor. As he neared, his shields went from 100% to 0. This made him recoil slightly. After gathering himself mentally, he hoisted the rod back into place. The heat was intense and Drew could feel the grime and sweat of the past couple of hours disappear with the heat overtaking his senses.

"Shit. I knew it would be hot but not nearly like this." He complained.

After fixating the rod back into place, he noticed the temperature spike.

'Well that can't be good.' He mentally noted.

"Yeah we have thirty seconds to cool it down or we will all perish in a nuclear winter." Adler bluntly stated.

"How long is the cooling process?" Drew asked.

"About 27.63 seconds. Not including start up. We will be cutting it close. Your call whether to signal and evacuation or not." Adler remarked.

"Time to test our luck." Drew joked, starting to pump coolant into the reactor.

"Cooling underway. How much time is left?" Dakota asked.

Around the ship, sirens started blaring, confusing and worrying people who didn't know what was going on.

"Nuclear meltdown imminent. T minus 5… 4… 3… 2…" The speakers suddenly announced, then stopped

"Reactor is stable. And the light is green." Drew said.

"How much time was left?" Preston asked, reopening comms.

"You don't wanna know." Came Adler's reply.

Meanwhile, Jaune was looking up at the ship with only one thought in his head, 'What the fuck did you idiots do?'

"This is Delta Zero Seven, do you copy professor?" Drew radioed in.

"I hear ya, what the fuck did you do?" Jaune asked, getting the attention of everyone around him.

"Well, the timing couldn't have been tighter and we successfully secured the reactor. Although, my armor now has scorch marks." Drew joked.

"Well, at least you stopped it, well done. By the way, you scared the shit out of everyone down here." Jaune said.

"Just got word Layne is waking up. We'll start gathering supplies for the trip home." Drew told Jaune.

"Understood. We're starting to collapse the perimeter, local military forces have arrived." Jaune said.

"That is not what I wanted to hear professor. But we'll make do. Also, we got two fully functioning and fueled birds at our disposal." Drew informed Jaune.

"Armament?" Jaune asked.

"Oh fuck yeah. Plus a couple of scorpions if we need to clear an LZ." Drew commented.

"Understood. I'll work out the details with the Arcadian high command for vehicle and resupply access." Jaune said.

"Basically, you get the politics." Dakota said bluntly.

"Uh, sir. I found something you might want to see for yourself." Preston reported.

"On my way." Jaune said, moving back to the ship. However, Stummer stopped him.

"What was that about?" She asked sternly.

"They shut the reactor in time, but I don't know what they did to get that announcement." Jaune said, however, she was not convinced for some reason.

"I don't believe you." She said.

"-Sigh- I don't know what they did. When I go back, I'll figure out what they did. Trust me when I say it, if the reactor would've exploded, we would all be dead." Jaune said, before walking back into the ship.

Inside the upper hangar bay, the five Spartans, unarmored, were gathered around two different pelicans and some crates. "Alright, what did you find?" Jaune asked. Preston simply pointed at one of the crates. On the crates, was a nuclear warning.

"Two Shivas sir." Preston said, opening one of the crates. "The missile components have been removed, but the warheads are intact."

"Also I managed to copy all relevant files and have sent them to your tac-pad." Dakota said.

"Alright, are they disarmed?" Jaune asked, ignoring Dakota's statement.

"Hard to tell for sure. That's more Layne's forte. Mind taking a look?" Preston said, slyly sliding the responsibility onto her.

"Yeah, give the lady the nuke you fucking barbarians." Layne responded. "Cannot ever catch a break. But give me a minute."

"Well, you are our explosives expert." Drew calmly rebutted.

"Yeah, yeah. A good starting point is protocol. All nukes not immediately ready for launch are to be separate from the missile components, like so." She said, indicating to warheads. She then opened the crate to show one of the nukes. "They also aren't allowed to have their fission components with their main explosive components, like so." She said, again indicating to two different pieces of the warhead. She grabbed the fission piece with her hand.

"This is not a critical mass, I'm not a nuclear expert, but the main warhead has a piece of something that I don't what it is, and this thing. The big piece is just under critical mass. The good news, they're both perfectly contained, so no radiation exposure." Layne calmly said, putting the smaller piece back in the crate, then closes it. "So what are we doing with it then?"

"We're taking them with us. I don't trust the local military with these. They're more likely to kill themselves with them." Jaune said.

"So let me get this straight. You want to bring nukes to a populated area that also happens to be a school?" Drew questioned.

"I know how absurd that sounds, but trust me when I say it, there are underground factions that love these nukes. They wipe anything off the map and no one figured out what the fuck it was. Best case scenario: we keep them from getting both pieces. If you see anyone you don't recognize by or with these, you are to shoot to kill understand?" Jaune asked. All nodded. "Good, now then, what was that announcement about the reactor overload?"

"I blame Drew." Dakota said instantly.

"Like usual. The reactor was starting to overheat when I started to add coolant." Drew explained, ignoring Dakota's remark.

"I'll take your word for it. Now then, finish loading up and take off your armor. The fewer that know about it, the better." Jaune before walking out.

Outside, the military has taken over the perimeter defense and one of them approached him.

"Are you professor Arc?" He asked.

"I am." Jaune replied.

"I'm here to take over for you and your students." He said. Above them, the two pelicans take off from the top of the ship.

"Alright, I'll take my students and leave the defense then." Jaune said, going over to the gathering of his students. "Alright, let's head back." He said before going into a landed bullhead. Inside his head, he was thinking about the wisdom of bringing nukes to Beacon.

"Professor, are you alright?" Pyrrha, seeing his uncertainty, also clearly not the only one to see, but the first to voice it.

"Yes Mrs. Nikos, I'm alright." Jaune said, reassuring his students. Looking up, he sees the two pelicans high in the clouds, flying away from the crash with their deadly cargo. 'I hope I made the right choice'

Several hours later, Jaune was in front of the Arcadian Council, seeing a few familiar faces such as his parents, grandparents and the headmistress of Fury.

"So what was that thing Jaune?" His father asked.

"UNSC Eagles Talon, Paris Heavy Frigate Commissioned on May 2 of 2537" Jaune replied.

"What else can you tell us about it?" His grandfather and King of Arcadia asked.

"From the files I received from the ship itself, it has 80 Archer Missile Pods with each pod having 30 launchers each. Along with the missile systems are 36 M910 Point-Defense guns and it's main weapon being a Mark II MAC cannon." Jaune said.

"MAC cannon?" His mother asked.

"Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. A large coilgun that fire a 600 ton ferric-tungsten projectile with a depleted uranium core at 30 kilometers per second. The single most powerful non nuclear weapon in our arsenal." Jaune replied, seeing the various looks of surprise, curiosity, and fear in the council's eyes.

"When you returned to my academy, you looked upset, why?" Sages asked.

"On board, the frigate was two Shiva Class Nuclear Weapons. I was wishing to keep that tech off of Remnant." Jaune said.

"How powerful are these weapons Jaune?" His grandfather asked.

"Put in the exact center of Arcadia, it would very likely remove the entire city from the map." Jaune said.

"And there are two of these weapons here?! Where are they?" One of the councilmen asked.

"I handed them over to a group of Spartan IIIs that arrived with the frigate." Jaune said.

"And where are they now?" His father asked.

"I don't know. They're not gonna go out and start a holocaust if that's what you're wondering. Oh wait, you don't know what that is, do you?" Jaune said, trying to reassure the council. However, several people were surprised and confused.

"More Spartans like yourself?" Another councilwoman asked.

"More or less, yes." Jaune said.

"Can they be trusted?" His grandfather asked.

"I would bet my life on it." Jaune said instantly.

"I see. I do have another question, what happened to the data on the ship? Everything on board was wiped when we got on board." His father asked.

"UNSC protocol dictates that all shipboard intel is to be wiped in the event of capture by either an enemy or unknown faction to prevent any sensitive intel from leaving UNSC hands." Jaune said, lying through his teeth.

"And you consider us an unknown faction Jaune?" His mother asked.

"To the other Spartans, yes. They carried out the order before the crash." Jaune said, lying again.

"Before? You said all four were with you when you landed." Stummer said.

"There's a UNSC AI on board during that time, he deleted all files on board before we arrived." Jaune stated.

"I see. And I assume this AI is with these other Spartans as well?" Stummer asked.

"Correct. UNSC AIs are not like Atlassian AIs, they have a physical body, only one that exists in computer programs." Jaune said.

"Is it sentient?" Sages asked.

"He is to all reasoning, is. He is technically aware of everything that is happening around him." Jaune said. Suddenly, Jaune hears his scroll go off. "Excuse me for a minute." He said, leaving the room.

"Hello?" Jaune said.

"Jaune, it's Drew, we're closing on Beacon. There are airships up here." Drew said.

"Understood, maintain distance from the fleet. I recommend you land at my location." Jaune said, then a thought came into his head. "How did you figure out where Beacon is?"

"Adler." Drew said.

"Oh, yeah. That'll do it." Jaune said before hanging up. Walking back in, Jaune could see the council was dismissed. "Did I miss something?" He asked his mother.

"No, you answered most of our questions, and confirmed to your grandparents you're alive." His mother said.

"I see. As much as I would like to stay around, I need to see to my students." Jaune said before his mother hugged him.

"Stay safe." She said before leaving with his father.

Several hours later, Jaune was outside of Fury, looking out over the forest. Above him, the military was moving more personnel towards the crash behind him. Then the familiar sound of a pelican's engines flew overhead and towards the main landing zone. Quickly moving over towards the landing zone, both of the pelicans were taking up some of the space there. One of the pelicans had their cargo doors open, allowing a full view into the cargo/crew compartment of the aircraft. Looking inside, Jaune couldn't see the containers with the two Shivas. Continuing forward, Jaune could see Sages and Drew talking about something.

"Professor, Drew. How are you two doing?" Jaune asked while boarding the pelican while getting their attention

"Trying not to be evicted." Drew said bluntly.

"Any problems?" Jaune asked Sages.

"I'm more upset that they landed unannounced." Sages said. "However, Stummer showed me images of these aircraft leaving the ship, so I'll allow it. But I like more permanent solutions to them."

"Don't worry professor, they'll be leaving with me back to Beacon. However, they'll be staying with me for the duration of my stay here. If that's not a problem." Jaune said.

"I have no problem as long as they stay out of trouble." Sages said.

'Keep Preston out of trouble basically.' Drew thought.

"Can you and your team follow that simple instruction?" Jaune asked Drew

"You're joking, right? Yes, sir." Drew replied. 'I hope.' He thought.

"I'm not joking spartan, keep your team out of trouble. Dismissed." Jaune said, causing Drew to salute him before going into the pelican's cockpit.

"Do you really outrank him?" Sages asked. Jaune simply shrugged his shoulders.

"I have no idea. Last time I checked, I'm a Petty Officer First Class." Jaune said.

"Jaune you are familiar with sarcasm correct? Loosen up a little." Drew said from his seat in the cockpit. "Now sit back and enjoy the flight."

"What flight?" Jaune asked. They then feel the pelican life off the ground a good meter. On the inside, Jaune holding onto some of the overhead handlebars while Sages held onto him. A few short seconds later, the pelican set back down.

"Please don't do that again." Sages said, still somewhat freaked out. Whilst Drew was laughing his ass off.

"Please tell me this won't be a trend." Jaune said.

"No promises." Drew said cheekily.

'Goddamn it Drew' Jaune thought.

"Also I just checked, I do outrank you." Drew said

Jaune immediately started laughing. "What's your rank?" He asked, expecting Drew's rank to be barely above his own.

"Lieutenant." Drew said, causing Jaune to laugh harder.

"They must've made training hella easy for your IIIs!" Jaune said after catching his breath.

"Mendez was not soft if that's what you're getting at." Drew said.

"Not at all. They day he grows soft is the day he dies." Jaune said. Sages, however, was confused.

"Who's Mendez?" She asked, feeling left out.

"He was the Spartan II, and apparently, III chief combat instructor." Jaune said.

"Kurt Ambrose was really the one in charge. Or, Jaune, you probably just know him as Kurt." Drew revealed.

"Ok, I can get behind that. He was and probably still is a great leader. If he was training, well, my confidence in you four just went up." Jaune said.

Drew stiffened slightly. "Uh sir, both are MIA. Unfortunately, we both know what that means." Drew said relaying the sad news.

Jaune looked down at the floor in thought. "I know what that means. I had the feeling when it was confirmed that Reach fell. I imagine that just about every spartan was there for that fight." Jaune said.

"Most were. Spartan Black team was not present. Nor was Kurt." Drew said, not surprising Jaune.

"That doesn't surprise, their whole specialty was fighting behind enemy lines, and what do you mean Kurt wasn't on Reach?" Jaune asked.

"I have a lot to explain to you in private. Right now we shouldn't waste any more of our host's time and hospitality." Drew said for once being courteous.

"Agreed. Can you and your team stay in the pelicans tonight?" Jaune asked.

"Not a problem. Better than a drop pod any day." Drew said returning to the crew bay.

"That I won't argue with." Jaune said, leaving the pelican with Sages right behind him.

"I'm still finding one thing strange, he outranks you, but treats you like a superior." Sages said.

"Understandable. It's likely that it's because I have more combat experience than him. Mendez drilled into our heads that experience outranks everything else. Kurt would've likely reinforced that." Jaune answered.

"I see." Sages said, looking up at the moon. "I would say it's about ten, we should both be thinking retiring for the night."

"I agree completely. Good night professor." Jaune said.

"Good night your majesty." Sages said, leaving Jaune momentarily confused.

"Wait why did she, oh that's why.' Jaune thought to himself, reminding himself he's a prince here, not just a simple soldier anymore. 'Man, miss simple shit.'

Alright, that's the end, and I was generous. Anything you wanna add Drew?

Only that I did have to remotivate you at times.

Oh shut up, I've gotten to it.

Well as long as everyone is liking the story I couldn't care less.

Typische.

Surrrrrreee. Hündin.

At least I'm not a cat person.

I own a fish. He may or may not be dead.

Blake had nothing to do with it.

Shhhhhh, she might hear you. Cat ears and everything.

"Did I hear my name?"

Go away Blake! No one said your name!

Just end it pleeeeeeaaaaaassssseeeeee.

Fine.

Guten Nacht!