My First Halo Fiction

By: Spartan-938

Chapter Ten: Epilogue

Mark lay in the snow bleeding. He gasped for breathe in small crackly little wheezes. Sasha ran over to him and dropped to her knees. He moved his head to look into her face. She was crying, tears gushing out of her eyes, she was even having trouble breathing herself. Lev' had darted away rummaging through piles of junk around the camp. Probably looking for some sort of Covenant Biofoam or something. Sasha gripped his hand and leaned close over him. "Don't die Mark, please don't die. I can't lose you, I admit, I love you, please just don't die." Mark had been shot at a semi close range, at an angle, and with a freaking shotgun. He tried to estimate how long he had. He guessed maybe an hour if he didn't move or try and struggle.

Lev' emerged from the downed Phantom. He had failed at finding any medicine or items that could help Mark. Lev' loathed humans but this wasn't fair to him. This human was different. Even though Lev' had made sure to make it clear he disliked the humans, a human had took a fatal shot for him. Lev's shields had been at half capacity and his back was turned. There was no way he would have made it. The human lay dying before him. Some blood occasionally coming out his mouth when he coughed. The female got lower to the human and they kissed. The female obviously had affection for him, not minding that she probably tasted his blood. When they stopped Mark opened up a pouch in his vest and pulled out a beautiful sparkling crystal. He held it out for Sasha smiling.

Sasha picked it up gently and looked at it. It was nothing like she'd ever seen. "What is this," Sasha asked.

"It's a good luck charm I've kept with me since we both joined the UNSC. At one time on a vacational leave I went to our old homeworld and took a small ship down to the surface where we used to live. That's a chip of the large plateau of glass that used to be my home." Sasha looked at it. Mark and Sasha had both lived together on a beautiful world until the Covenant glassed it. A few UNSC soldiers had rescued them before the final movement was made to destroy the world. Sasha stuck it one of her vest's pouches and smiled.

"I'll always keep it."

Mark looked up at Lev'.

"Sasha can you go in the Phantom for a moment, I wanna talk to this guy."

Sasha left into the Phantom, the other Elite walked in after her, a sad look in his eyes.

"So, Elite-guy, you know whats gonna happen now right?"

"You shall die, human?"

"Yeah. But I died saving you. Thus, it's now your responsibility to carry out my life's mission. Protect Sasha. I know you don't like humans, but I need you to do this."

Lev' reached up to the end of his neck and detached the long helmet. He slid it off and dropped it on the ground beside him. He knelt down next to Mark and lowered his head. "I shall protect her and uphold your mission." Lev's voice was soft, and it looked kind of funny to see his mandibles moving. There was a bright flash of white light as Sasha and the other elite emerged from the Phantom. In Amber Clad lurched forward into slipspace.

Mark closed his eyes. He guessed that Lance and the other Elite must've failed. Zeibra ran forward a little. He let out a cry of rage. They all didn't truly know what really happened, but they all realized it deep down inside them. Mark looked up in the sky and saw the other half of the ring. He never would've guessed. He'd be gunned down on a giant hulahoop. He fought back tears, if he were to cry he knew he'd cry hard and would find himself having even more difficulty breathing. Mark lay there for another half-hour or so. The Sasha lay at his side; the Elite's stood guarding him. His body was numb and he felt no more pain. This was kind of how he always wanted to die. Painlessly, next to the love of his life. Ten something peculiar happened. There were three streaks of light shooting from the ring to its center in space. They collided forming a great ball of yellow light. They all looked up at it. Marks vision went dark but he still say the light, hovering there. He assumed at first that the ring had turned on. But then a light shined above the ball and it turned blue. "It's like a bright light, guiding me through the darkness." Mark said. He had no last thought, as he died right there he struggled to use all his energy to say one thing. He succeeded. "Sasha, I love you."

Sasha looked down at him. "I love you t-", she stopped and realized what had happened. She lay down on him and hugged him. She cried as the blue light dissipated. There was a long period of pause. About, twenty Earth minutes. A loud beeping sounded from inside the Phantom. Lev', Sasha, and Zeibra ran inside. It was a beacon, Zeibra taped some holographic controls and a face appeared. Another Zealot Elite. "This is the Covenant Cruiser Forever Restless, contacting Phantom near the Sacred Icons housing facility. Do you copy?"

"I am Zeibra Eilonu, acting captain of the Destroyed Divine Wind, With me is the only surviving crew member, Ranger Rank, Lev' Dunxeet. And an alley human known as Sasha. Requesting pickup."

"I shall send down a Phantom, we're leaving the system the second your in here so prepare for a rough entrance. Sasha walked up to the holo-screen. "Where will we be jumping to?"

"A planet near Earth, Pluto."

Sasha walked out side waiting for the Phantom and looked at Mark's body. She decided she'd take him with her, give him a decent burial or launch him into space in a Covenant drop-pod acting as a coffin. She looked up towards the sky. She had no idea what lay ahead. Only that she was going to jump before she looked. The galaxy seemed quiet. Mark and Lance dead, the last human ship around destroyed. And now she was heading for Earth. It was all quiet. In the days that were to come she would have an Elite bodyguard, she would pilot a Seraph fighter into a dogfight and she would use a Covenant Energy Sword to kill Seven Brutes on her own, all the while with a chunk of crystal, resting in her vest's pocket.

To Be Concluded.

Thanks to all who have been reading and commenting, Special thanks to Bungie, Halopedia, and Microsoft word, Dell, the company that made my Monitor. . .