Hello it's RX105STRIKE! Well to put your minds at ease I am not dead. I kept this chapter on hold because I just didn't know how to write several scenes in this chapter like the fight scenes, armor description, etc. I wrote many drafts and I did not felt satisfied. I am aware many of you guys pm me wondering when this new chapter will be posted and I made a decision to not reply. I honestly did not know when I would be done and I rather not give you guys high hopes that it will be posted sooner. I will keep writing chapters and I am already working on the next. I will now reply to your pm since there is no reason for me to keep you guys out of the dark. Also, my profile will be updated with the latest news of the next chapter's progress.

In the secret laboratory underneath the resort, 343 Guilty Spark was observing the surface world on a large monitor. As he saw many mysterious armored men trying to break the wall in the broom closet, he knew the laboratories location was compromised.

" Oh dear! Oh dear!" He shouted in anxiety while flying frantically in circles. "This is terrible!"

In the corner of the room, Tabanne was on a reclining chair eating green tea pocky. "Why are you so nervous about, tin can? I thought robots couldn't feel any emotions."

"Mistress!" Guilty Spark said disappointedly. " I am no robot! I am an ancilla! One of the most advanced artificial intelligence this world has ever seen. And to answer your question, we are under attack by Phantom Task!"

Houki's sister simply shrugged Spark's reasons and continued to munch on her delicious pocky.

"Are you even listening to me!? Shouted Spark. " Young mistress Shinonono is in grave danger and you are here eating breadsticks covered in green sugar!"

" Ah! Don't worry- don't worry." She said calmly. "My sister is in good hands."

Guilty spark displayed a question mark in his eye. " What do you mean?"

She pointed one of the security monitors with her pocky. The Forerunner monitor stared at the screen the weird doctor was pointing. The screen showed multiple angles of the Master Chief mowing gown multiple armored troopers before he entered the dining where the entire student body was held.

"Curious," Spark said as he monitored the Spartan's progress. " This individual is wearing a class two combat skin. Impressive, by this world's standard."

Tabanne stopped munching on her Pocky and raised her head in order to stare at the floating metal ball. "Is that a good thing?" She asked.

"There are twelve classes in total. His armor would be considered inferior by my standards, mistress."

"I see". She said as she continued to munch on her pocky. " Continue copying all the files into your memory and purge all of the original files."

"Yeah-yeah," Spark said in an annoyed tone. " I'm on it."

Suddenly alarms echoed the room. Tabanne plugged her ears with her pinkie fingers. "Oh~ what is that horrible sound?" She moaned.

"Proximity sensors have detected movement at the entrance." The forerunner monitor said.

" Patch me a live feed, tin can," Tabanne said playfully.

The screen displayed a squad of armored Spec Ops in the broom closet trying to pry open the secret door with various heavy tools.

"It looks like Kanzashi finally cracked." Said the bunny doctor.

"Affirmative," Spark said. "Mistress, I have calculated that hostile forces will breach the gate in 300 seconds."

"Is that bad?" She asked.

"Cutting a two-foot titanium gate in less than 300 seconds is bad, Mistress."

"What's the status of the data purge?" Tabanne asked.

" At 88%." The floating ball said. " The purge will complete in less than 5 minutes. "

Tabanne ate her last Pocky, got up from her chair, and brushed off the crumbs off of her clothes. "What's the status of unit X1 and unit X2?"

"Unit X1 can quantum shift back to standby mode. It is ready for transport" He reported. " Although, I did not install the quantum shift technology in Unit X2 as I have deemed it a flaw. It's pretty much dead weight for us"

"Once you have completed purging the files, I want you to put X2 on the launch catapult and eject it out of here." She commanded." I won't have my research fall into the hands of those idiots. If we don't retrieve that unit before those men do then I want you to initiate the suit's self-destructs protocols."

"Yes, Mistress."

Various binary digits flashed in the ancilla's eye as various robotic arms placed the flawed mecha suit into a black cylindrical pod. Once the suit was secured in the pod, the arms gently placed it onto the launch catapult. The gates opened and catapult launched the capsule into the air.

"Mistress, Unit X2 has successfully launched. I have calculated that this unit will crash somewhere in the forest."

"Do you have the coordinates?" The doctor asked.

"Affirmative."

She smiled. "Hey, Tin Can, can you be a dear and answer the door outside. We can't have our guests kept waiting."

"Affirmative."

Outside of the laboratory, a small group of armored Spec Ops was cutting the titanium door with various laser tools.

"Can you cut any faster?" Said an impatient trooper.

"Patience, man. This door isn't made of wood you know." Said one of the cutters.

"Well, I don't care how you do it. Commander Ghost wants us to apprehend the Doctor as quickly as possible."

Suddenly the door gave out a loud hiss and slowly descended into the floor and gray smoke quickly escaped out.

"Finally! About time." He said.

"Uh… that was not me." Said the cutter.

Suddenly through the smoke, a bright red laser shot one of the troopers' torso. He slowly collapsed on the floor dead. The rest of the remaining troopers quickly aimed their rifles and fired multiple rounds into the fog. Once the troopers ejected their empty magazines a floating ball emitting a blue light emerged out of the smoke.

"How rude! Is this how you treat your hosts. You could always knock on the door rather than breaking it."

The soldiers fired their weapons at Guilty Spark, but they were shocked to realize that all their rounds were reflected from the ancilla's shields.

"Well, I guess there is no way of reasoning with brutes such as yourself."His eye quickly turned red. "Then again this is the perfect opportunity to review my human anatomy. Hmmm… one peek can't hurt.

The Forerunner Ancilla fired another beam at the intruders.


In the dining room

"Are you alright?" The Master Chief asked as he sliced off Houki's binds.

"Y-yes." She said hesitantly.

Chief nodded and did the same thing with the other bounded girls. Once he sliced off all of their bonds, he quickly scavenged all of the dead troopers' bodies and grabbed 5 combat knives.

"We don't have much time." He said. He then gave everyone a combat knife." Here, use these to cut the other kids' bands.

The girls were speechless but they nodded, grabbed the knives and started to slice off all of other students' binds. While they began cutting off zip ties, John scavenged the dead bodies for ammunition

"S-so. "Charlotte said hesitantly." Are you part of the U.S forces?

Chief was silent as he swiftly sliced the prisoners binds with ease.

"British Armed Forces?" She added.

He still remained silent.

"It's no point in asking, Charlotte," Laura said as she sliced one of the student's binds. "He wouldn't tell us. So it's useless to even ask."

John paused as he heard faint rapid footsteps slowly becoming louder. He quickly got up and grabbed the FN SCAR from his back.

"We need to move." He said quickly. "Everyone, as of this moment I am in command. Do as I say and we will all get out of this hellhole in one piece. Is that clear?"

Everyone nodded slowly.

"Good. Then arm yourselves."

"W-what?" Said one of the students.

"You heard me." He said. " Arm yourselves."

"Hold on." Ling said angrily. " Just what kind of rescue is this!? You can't expect these girls to defend themselves from those soldiers."

" Last thing I recalled." The Spartan said. " You tried to lop my head off with a giant sword in an advanced suit called an Infinite Stratos. So I'm assuming for you guys that grabbing a weapon here is not foreign.

Ling's cheeks were red as her cheeks puffed. "Then give us a name at least! I don't want to risk my life or any of my friends to a nameless green deus!" All of the girls were speechless after hearing Ling's comment.

He stared at the tiny Chinese representative. "Call me Master Chief."

"To- to where?" Houki asked hesitantly.

He stared at her. "Head to the forest. That's your best of survival. "

He then inserted a fresh magazine into his rifle. "But, first we need to make a detour and pick up Dr. Marikawa and her patient."

Houki's eyes widened knowing who her patient was. " Is Ichika...al-alright!?"

He nodded. Don't worry about the boy." He and the Doctor are taking shelter in one of these rooms where I was housed."

All of the girls sighed with relief.

The footsteps became even louder.

John quickly ran into the hall with his rifle aiming at the direction where the footsteps were coming from.

"Go!" He shouted. "I will hold them off as long as I can".

"W-wait a sec! Houki shouted as all the students began to quickly run towards the medical wing. "What about Chifuyu-sensei?!

"Who?" Chief said while calmly scanning the hallway with his rifle ready.

"She is our Sensei and Ichika's sister. She was with Yamada-sensei in the command center."

John silently sighed. "Fine. I will find your Sensei and we will try to catch up. Just make sure to find a way to call for help."

Many of the students were eager to get out of this living nightmare, though Houki felt different. She still had many questions to ask.

" Let me come with you." She said quietly. All her friends gasped in shock and Chief slightly tilted his head.

"You'll only slow me down." He said in his usual monotone voice.

" You may be a soldier, but you need a guide in this resort."

John didn't have time to argue as he could hear the footstep getting louder. "Do you know how to defend yourself?"

"I do." She said confidently.

"Then try to keep up."

"Houki, it's dangerous! You don't have to do this." Charlotte said in a concerned tone. "Let me or Laura follow him. We have way more experience with guns than you do."

Houki smiled and grabbed her friend's hand. "It's okay, Charlotte. I will be fine if I have him nearby. Just promise me that you and the other girls protect Ichika and Marikawa-sensei.

Before the other girls could interject the armored soldiers finally arrived.

"There they are!" shouted one of the troopers as a small squad of five commandos finally appeared.

"GO!" Houki shouted as John fired his rifle at the troopers as they retaliated. The entire student body quickly ran as fast as they could in the narrow halls as gunshots and screams echoed loudly.

Bullets zoomed past the students as John stood firmly in the middle of the hall trying to shield them as much as he can. Houki took refuge between a door frame adjacent to the Spartan as she wrapped her arms around her head. Without any cover, the commandos were exposed as the super soldier easily took out the commandos one by one with precision as their bullets bounced off his shield. By the time the last student escaped, John emptied a clip as the last intruder fell on the ground dead.

He inserted a fresh mag and stared at the scared girl next to him. "Targets are all neutralized. It is safe to come out now."

Houki slowly eased her arms as she hesitantly stood up. She peeked her head through the door as she the dead soldiers on the floor. She then walked towards the Spartan.

"The control room is just a few hallways from here." She whispered. "Just keep going straight. The room is beyond a large sliding door like this one. You won't miss it."

He nodded. "I will clear a path." He then began to sprint towards the control room with his rifle stock against his shoulder.

Houki began to pursue her savior until she heard a splash of a puddle under her feet. She quickly stopped and investigated the noise. Her face was pale as she realized her bare feet were in a pool of blood. She gulped loudly as she followed the blood to the source. Next to her legs was the dead soldier John recently killed. She quickly stepped back in shock as she hit the wall from behind and slid on the ground hard. Seeing the lifeless mask staring at her and her feet covered in that man's blood made her gasp hard as her heart pounded loudly and her stomach tightened. She could hear loud gunshots from the distance as the Spartan found more soldiers to kill. She ignored the distant screams and gunshots as she continued to stare at the lifeless corpse. Without warning, she vomited to the side as hot tears poured out of her eyes.

"I can't do it!" she sobbed as the hallway became quiet once more.

She then heard familiar footstep near her. " Are you alright?"

She quickly opened her eyes and was startled to see the Spartan once more. "I'm...I'm"

He stared at her wet mess, her feet, and the dead body adjacent to her and he rolled his eyes. It was common for him to see people vomit after seeing death for the first time during the Human-Covenant War. He kneeled next to her. " First time seeing a dead body?"

She weakly nodded.

He placed his free hand on her shoulder. " Well, I need you to focus. You said you want to come with me to save your Sensei! If you want to save her then snap out of it."

Precious seconds were being wasted and John didn't want the enemy to regroup and cause an even more of a problem.

"Take deep breathes." He said as she nodded and slowly inhaled. "Now I want you to close your eyes and relax."

She nodded as she rested her head on the wall while John dragged the dead body away from her. She felt ashamed and embarrassed to feel helpless in front of him when she is always emotionless in front of Ichika.

"Stay here." He said as he grabbed his rifle from his back.

Houki tried to stand up "But-"

He placed his free hand on her shoulder again as he pushed her down. " Stay here and wait for me with the hostage. You will only get in the way."

Words couldn't escape from her mouth as the Spartan ran to the control room. She let out a loud sigh and stared at the floor ashamed for feeling helpless.

With his rifle ready, Chief cautiously advanced in the quiet hallways. He then detected three armored assailants running towards him while firing at a hip position. Without flinching, he fired short bursts at the enemy and they all dropped dead. More began to pour into the hallways and they all tried to find shelter whether it was between door frames or grabbed small tables from nearby rooms as makeshift cover. They then began to fire and the hallways roared loudly as dozens and dozens of bullets ejected from their rifles

The Spartan quickly grabbed a smoke grenade off from his thigh and threw it at the intruders in order to hide Houki from them. As the smoke quickly spread into the hallway John activated his Promethean vision and returned fire. The smoke made it difficult for the troopers to spot a target despite how advanced their armor was it was never equipped to filter the smoke out. Taking advantage of this minor confusion, the Spartan began to sprint while continuing to harass the enemy. As he was about to past two troopers who were taking shelter between a door frame, he quickly grabbed a frag grenade from his thigh and threw the live grenade to them while continued firing his rifle at a pair who were hiding next to a flipped table. The grenade blew up and the troopers in the room screamed one last time before the explosion engulfed their bodies.

Suddenly his rifle made a soft clicking noise warning him that his magazine was empty. Rather than inserting a new magazine, the Spartan threw his rifle at one of the pair soldiers taking refuge next to a rather thick flipped table. The twirling rifle smacked the soldier's face and he was instantly thrown back. This unusual attack distracted the other soldier who observed his fallen comrade. This gave John enough time as he leaped in the air in an angle and landed on the other soldier's torso. Instantly smashed by the weight of the super soldier, the futuristic soldier grabbed a futuristic pump action shotgun from one of the corpses and continued to sprint towards the remaining soldiers.


The Spec Ops were shocked to see this bipedal tank mowing down their elite troops with ease. Some of the soldiers began to ran back fearing for their lives as they dropped their weapons and scream.

In the control room, Ghost 01 and his men were in disarray. Whoever this new intruder was, he was slaughtering Ghost 01's men.

The Commander opened all of his comm channels. "Report!"

He only heard static.

"Report, Dammit!" He shouted.

Through his comm he heard only snippets of his men responding, however, the sound of gunshots and screams drowned their voices.

"Sir, the intruder is located at sector 5. We-we need reinforce-GAHHH!"

His transmission then terminated.

"Trooper? Trooper!? The report, dammit!" The Commander cursed.

He then stared at his remaining troops in the control room."That freak will be here any minute. Prepare to evacuate!

"Sir!" His troops shouted in unison.

He then raised his comlink again.

"Alpha leader to Beta Leader, what's your situation? The operation has been compromised and we are preparing to evacuate."

"This is Beta leader. My team has successfully entered the lab, however, we are being attacked by a floating talking ball! We are outmat-"

The radio transmission abruptly ends.

The Commander screamed in anger. "Dammit!"

He could hear faint gunshots getting louder.

Ghost 01 stared at the corner where Kanzashi and Chiffuyu were laying on the floor tied up. Kanzashi's face had many bruises and her body had many burns from the cattle prod. Her glasses were laying next to here mangled. Even her hair was a mess as she lost one of her triangular hairpins on her head, however, Chiffuyu suffered far worse. Ever since she helped Maya escape, Ghost 01 tortured her mercilessly. She had many bruises on her face that her face began to swell. She had many scratches on her cheeks. There was also a small stain of blood trail connected from her lips to her chin Some of her rib bones were either cracked or broken after being beaten numerous times. Her hair was also messy after being pulled many times. The palms of her hands were also bloody from her nails digging into her skin whenever she felt pain from the Commander's fists.

One of his troopers walked up to his tempered leader. "Uh, sir?"

"Yes?" He said.

The trooper saluted. "Sir, Mistress Squall wants to speak with you."

He clenched his hands. "Fine."

The Commander walks to the terminal where Squall was waiting for him to answer her call. Next to him was Jäger who leaned on the wall with his arms crossed. His red eyes followed Ghost 01 wherever he goes. The Commander stared at a terminal pressed a button to accept her call.

The screen then displayed a text box that read "audio only."

"Hello, Mistress. I never expected a call from you so soon." He struggled to keep his tone neutral.

"I heard from one of your associates that the mission has failed." She said in a disappointed tone."

He stared at Jäger knowing who this associate might be.

"Rest assured, Ma'am that I have the situation under control."

"Ghost 01, don't forget that it's not Phantom Task's best interest for grunts to fail."

He clenched his fists. " I will not fail... Ma'am."

"This is why I hate weak men like you, Commander. Well the highers ups don't see it that way and to ensure our success I have already mobilized two IS agents when we deployed your commandos"

"I will not fail you, though" he demanded

"It's too late for that, Commander. My pilots are already near the resort and I hereby relieve you of your command." She then chuckled." Jäger, could you be a good dog and clean up the trash?"

The commander tilted his head. " What?"

Without warning, he felt something sharp pierce his back and rupture out of his chest. He screamed in pain. He slowly stared at his chest and he was shocked to see a large bloody blade in him. Jäger then pulled his large combat knife out of him, and the dying commander instinctively covered his large wound with his hands. The remaining soldiers aimed their rifles at the cloaked assassin ready to fire, however in a blur he pulled out a giant black futuristic revolver from his coat with his free hand and fired orange hard light bullets at the commandos. With inhuman speed, he fired all his rounds in each trooper's head while stationary.

As the troopers collapsed on the floor dead, he then twirled his gun with his trigger finger and holstered it in on his hip. Staring at his bullet-torn cloak, he ripped his coat and threw it on the floor revealing his armor. He wore a black bodysuit-clad in slim gray armor. His breastplate is an angular diamond shaped breastplate, small triangles are overlapped on his spine like a lizard's scales, and his helmet's design is similar to a Reach EOD Spartan helmet, however instead of that distinctive gold visor slit two red eye slits.

The gray-armored agent grabbed his communicator and activated it and a hologram projection of Squall appeared.

She smiled. "Done?"

He nodded.

"That's a good dog. Get rid of all evidence that connects to us. Forget the stolen cores and head to exfil. There has been...change of plans. I will have the Silver Gospel and two IS agents to retrieve the Doctor."

The communication ended and Jäger placed it back in his armor. A mysterious weak grip on his ankle made him stare down only to find the dying commander gripping him.

"You bastard!" he shouted. "You sold me to that, Witch!"

Jäger grabbed his holo-communicator and words are projected. "Yes." It read.

The gray agent then placed his communicator back in his armor and a blue hologram projected from his wrist as he began to type several keys on it.

"What the hell are you doing?" Shouted the Commander in pain.

Jäger finally spoke in a cold robotic monotone. "Taking out the trash."

He pushed one last button and a screen projected from his wrist. Words in giant red font appeared and it read, "Purge in progress."

Ghost 01 slowly released his grip on the silent assassin as he tried to crawl away in haste.

"No! No! No!" He shouted in hysteria.

He suddenly stopped as he felt his entire body burn as if he was thrown in a tub full of acid. He began to shake violently and screaming in pain as his armor began to sizzle.

"Please! Spare me! I will follow the Mistress's orders!" He begged in pain

He began to shake his body even more as his armor transformed into a black massive blob that slowly engulfed him. Once he was fully engulfed, Jäger could see the Commander's arms and legs trying to puncture through blob, however, his attempts were useless. Eventually, Ghost 01 stopped struggling as the blob made loud sizzling noises and steam began to escape. Within a matter of seconds, the black blob melted into liquid as the once hot-headed Commander now became a black puddle on the tatami mat.

As the sole terrorist in the room Jäger quickly walked towards the exit before the Spartan arrived. In the corner, Kanzashi shivered in fear after she and Chiffuyu witnessed a man melt into a puddle. Even Chiffuyu felt disgusted and she hoped these scarring memories would forever be forgotten. The distance gunshots were gone and the resort was quite at last. She slowly breathed quietly and prayed that her little brother was safe.

After an intense firefight, John was stumped to find all the armored soldiers on the floor crying in pain and eventually turning into a black puddle. Despite how scarring this could be, John had seen many horrible atrocities from the Flood and during the Great War. He cautiously scanned the hallway concerned that a more sinister surprise would be waiting for him before running once finally found the tatami sliding door, Houki mentioned and he cautiously leaned on the wall next to it. Concerned about an ambush and the hostages' safety, he activated his Promethean vision before entering the room. His vision turned blue once more and through the wall, he could see only two humans highlighted in orange huddled near the corner of the far side of the room.

He entered the room and Kanzashi gasped loudly and Chiffuyu moaned loudly in pain after trying to lift her head up.

The scared little girl shook in fear once more. "Your-your…"

"I'm here to help you," Chief said as he crouched next to the two and cut their bonds with his combat knife.

She breathed out in ease as she rubbed her bruised wrists.

Chiffuyu tried to stand up, but her arms and legs felt like jello and her chest felt like she swallowed a fireball whenever she tried to breathe heavily.

The girl next to her placed her arms around her Sensei. "Orimura-sensei! Please try not to move too much. You're hurt pretty bad." Kanzashi said with concern.

The black-haired instructor shook her head. "I-I can't. I have to make sure these bastards didn't hurt my little brother!" She said in determination as she tried to stand once more. She used the wall as support as she finally stood up. She clenched chest as she grunted in pain, but anger and concern for her brother's safety were enough for her to make the pain a little more bearable. As she took her first step, her weak body couldn't overcome the exhaustion as she began to collapse once more. Luckily, the Spartan grabbed her and allowed her head to rest on his chest,

"The boy is safe. He and all the other hostages have evacuated the resort. If they listened to my instructions, then they are probably almost near the forest by now." He said.

Chiffuyu pushed the Spartan as she tried to stand once more. "I...I need to see him." She grunted in pain once more and collapsed onto the floor.

"Orimura-Sensei!" Kanzashi shouted as she quickly helped her instructor sit up.

The two helped her back on her feet and the blue haired teenager wrapped Chiffuyu's arms around her head as a support. The walk back to Houki was eerie silent through the hallway. After what seemed like hours they finally reached Houki who is still huddling in a room, however, when she saw Chiffuyu limping, she quickly sprung up.

"Orimura-Sensei!" She shouted. "What have they done to you?"

The wounded instructor moaned in pain. "This is nothing. We...we need to find Ichika."

Kanzashi pat her sensei's back. "We will, Orimura-Sensei. Please don't push yourself."

While the two teenagers ease Chiffuyu's pain, John kept watching in the middle of the hallway with his rifle in his hands. Despite that all the armored soldiers are dead, he knew that with years of combat experience no one is one hundred percent safe.

"We should move." He said sternly. "The sooner we catch up with the others; the sooner you can meet your little brother."

Even though the super solider may sound cruel, the three females couldn't argue with their savior. They quietly nodded and the two teenagers wrapped their instructor's arms around their neck and the four individuals quickly advanced through the hallway once more. The Spartan took point while the two teenagers tried to catch up.

"Can you please slow down," Houki grunted as she and the others struggle to keep up with the green titan.

The Spartan suddenly stopped as the girls finally caught up.

Houki sighed in relief. "Thank you." She said as held Chifuyu's arm around her shoulder tightly.

The reason John stopped was because he saw a red dot on the edge of his motion tracker. The dot moved from one side to the other in a blink of an eye. It then began to move clockwise around his tracker. It spun faster and faster as John scanned the room and the ceiling wondering what the dot was.

"I-is something wrong?" Kanzashi asked in a hesitated tone.

Suddenly the red dot disappeared as it flew out of his tracker's range. John stared at his tracer for a few more seconds before he eased his tense muscles. He then looked back at his shoulder. "It's nothing. Let's-"

A massive explosion outside tore the wall next to them as John tackled the three girls and protected them from the falling the debris. Fireballs rain down from the sky as debris rained over John's back. Kanzashi squealed in horror as she buried her face in Chiffuyu's shoulder. Even Houki clung to Chiffuyu as chunks of wood, glass, and plaster rained on them. Her face was a foot away from John's seeing her reflection off of his golden visor. She's amazed how calm this green titan despite that his back was being hammered by the debris. Shimmers of gold reflect off of his armor as his shield absorbed the damages.

After what seemed like hours the explosions and the raining debris ceased. A thick cloud of smoke slowly rose from the burning debris as the three girls began to cough.

John's headlamps from the side of his helmet lit up as the thick smoke engulfed their faces. Houki and Kanzashi coughed as tried to fan the smoke away with their hands while their other hands shielded their eyes from the sudden light.

Chiffuyu held her chest as the pain still wasn't bearable. Even coughing didn't help as her lungs felt like knives constantly stabbing over and over. "We-we're fine!" She winced as the each word felt heavy in her throat.

She tried to shield her eyes from the blinding light, but her arms felt heavy as the last remaining strength in her seeped out of her body. John shut his lights off as he cradled the wounded instructor in his arms. Her head rested on his chest as the two teenagers could only stare at their instructor with concern.

"She doesn't have much time." He said bluntly.

"Don't say that!" Houki shouted in defense as Ichika's sister was also a dear friend of hers during her childhood.

The Spartan stared at her. "I'm just stating the facts." He then lightly pressed his fingers on her her chest as she grunted loudly in pain.

"Stop it! You are hurting her!" She shouted again as she tried to pry his hands off Chiffuyu.

"Her ribs are fractured severely." He said.

Houki stopped. "What?"

"Her ribs are fractured." He repeated. "She might be bleeding internally"

He then opened a hidden compartment in his lower leg and grabbed a small cylindrical metal object out. He then popped the edge off as three cone shaped teeth were revealed.

"W-what is that?" Kanzashi stared at the intimated object in John's hands.

"Biofoam." He answered as he stabbed Chiffuyu's chest with the canister. The teeth sunk deep as the biofoam chemicals began to fill her broken chest. The sudden pain had Chifuyu scream as she tried to push John's face away and pull the biofoam canister off her chest. Alas, her attempts were useless as John pushed the last remaining biofoam in her chest. After a few painful seconds, the pain subsides and Chifuyu began to breathe normally once more.

The two girls were shocked of how fast their instructor recovered after she was injected with the unknown medical kit.

'Chiffuyu-sensei, are you alright?" Houki asked in a concerned tone.

Ichika's sister gasped for air loudly as the missing pain made breathing more comfortable for her. She nodded quietly.

The Spartan then laid the wounded teacher on the wrecked wall. "We still need to find medical help. Biofoam is only a temporary solution."

Houki had tears in her eyes knowing that her friend and mentor like figure was going to live. "Thank you." She whispered quietly.

Not knowing how to react, John got up and grabbed his shot gun from his back. "We need to catch up with the others before another bombardment happens again.

The two teenagers quickly grabbed their instructor again as they wrapped each arm around their shoulders. The four finally could run, since Chiffuyu's condition was better than before.

"Do you know who is shooting us?" Kanzashi asked as they ran through the burnt hallways.

They almost reached the main exit of the resort as the four could see the white sands of the beach through the broken doors.

"No." He answered.

With just a few more meters till they reach freedom, John suddenly stopped.

"W-what's wrong?" Houki asked.

John was staring at his motion monitor seeing a familiar red dot orbiting around the edges at astonishing speeds.

He cocked his rifle. "Trouble."

The red dot suddenly changed its flight pattern as it moved closer to the epicenter of his motion tracker. The ceiling creaked loudly as something heavy was on top of it. John quickly pointed his gun at the ceiling as the girls slowly walked backward.

"Stay behind me," John said as his finger were on the trigger.

The ceiling suddenly caved in in front of the Spartan as the girls retreated back. Smoke filled the hallway once more as the girls shield their mouths from the dust. Above the caved in the ceiling a familiar glowing blue slit illuminated through the smoke. As the smoke subsided, Houki was shocked knowing who was responsible for the resort's destruction. The figure wore silver armor and a tight dark navy feminine clothing as the under armor. Her helmet was angular with a distinctive blue slit visor. Her back had a pair of massive floating wings that resemble bed an angel's wings.

"It's the Silver Gospel!" Houki shouted in panic.

"Friend or foe?!" John said calmly.

"Foe!" She shouted

John fired numerous rounds at the Silver Gospel, however, the bullets bounced off her body harmlessly.

"Stay here! I will keep her distracted!" John said as he popped fresh rounds into his shotgun and fired once more. The Silver Gospel quietly watched the Spartan's attempts of damaging her shield as if she was amused and allowed him to try shooting. Her visor pulsed as she gracefully landed in the hallway.

John now became concerned with this new enemy knowing how powerful IS suits can be and the fact that none of his shotgun rounds penetrated her shield.

"It's hopeless. Your weapon does not have enough firepower to cause a significant damage to its shield." Kanzashi shouted

The four slowly walked backward as the Silver Gospel stomped towards them.

"How do I defeat her?" John asked as he still aimed his rifle at the Silver Gospel.

"You just need to destroy the helmet. There is an A.I controlling the pilot mind in that suit. By destroying the A.I you will be able to free the pilot. But it's useless! We don't have any weapons nor an IS to stop it!" Kanzashi said in horror.

One of the Silver Gospel's wings lit up as she was preparing to fire an energy bolt at them.

"Nothing is impossible," John said with confidence as his thruster pack lit up. He then tackled the Silver gospel and the two flew out through the main entrance. The silver IS regained control as it flew vertically in the air while John held her torso tightly. The IS then tried to pry the Spartan off by punching him in the face and flying frantically in the air.

He grunted in pain as the IS jabbed his cheeks repeatedly as he held her torso tightly. Since John was so close to the Silver Gospel, the A. I.'s targeting system could not fire any of the ISs energy weapons at the Spartan as part of a safety measure. Unable to pry the green titan off her, the Silver Gospel flew towards the sand just close enough for John's back to constantly bouncing against the ground. John grunted as he skimmed the sand violently as he still clung the IS tightly in a death grip. However, he knew he couldn't cling to her forever so he took the initiative and with one hand he gave her one good jab to the face. The Spartan's augmented strength cracked the helmet as they crashed to the ground violently.

John was the first to hit the ground as he lost his grip on her. His muscles felt like they were on fire as he shakily got up. His breathes echoes in his helmet as he tried to assess the situation. The silver gospel laid on the sand fizzing electricity with her back exposed to the Spartan. The IS slowly got up despite severe damages to its face. Before the silver IS stood straight up and fly once more, John consumed the last remaining energy in him as he sprinted towards the IS, jumped and landed on her back. One ton of armor pinned the IS to the sand as he grabbed the head of the IS and punched her face repeatedly. The helmet cracked more and more with every punch the Spartan inflicted. The Silver Gospel's leg thrusters activated as she tried to fly vertically in the air. The Spartan grabbed her shoulders as he hitched a ride once more. The IS frantically spun in the air trying to throw him off of her. The two were thousands of feet in the air and heading towards the forest next to the resort.

John became a little concerned where the IS was heading because that's where Dr. Marikawa and the students were running towards. He tried to guide the IS away from the forest by shifting his weight to the side so that the IS would fly in that direction, however, the idea failed as the IS finally grabbed his wrists and threw him in the air. The Spartan free fell in the air while the IS flew vertically higher in the air. As the Silver Gospel tries to create some distance between them, John stretched his limbs to create air drag. Once the IS was in optimal range, it spun in the air as its wings released dozens of lethal energy balls towards the Spartan. The energy balls zoomed past John as he used his thruster pack to try maneuvering away from them. One of the balls prematurely exploded a few meters behind his back and this caused John to lose control as his body spun violently in the air. Since he never managed to be in a controlled dive, he painfully smacked against a tree. The Spartan covered his visor with his hands as twigs and bark smacked against him and with a loud thud he landed on the dirt. He rolled on his back gasping for air as his body felt like each of his muscles were about to be ripped apart, but it was a good sign since it meant he was still alive. He could see a black blob in the air circling around him. The blob then spat out dozens small of blue blobs as John's mind realized that vile IS was firing at him again. He grunted loudly in pain as he got up and limped away. One of the energy balls barely hit him as it exploded right where he originally crashed. The blast threw the injured Spartan in the air and his torso crashed into a tree. The sky rained fire and the ground spat loose dirt and hot wood shrapnel as John limped deeper in the woods.

Another explosion behind him threw him in the air, but instead of crashing into another tree, he crashed into a giant metal pod. The pod was vertically embedded in the ground as a clear giveaway that it crashed landed. John tried to push his body up, but his arms felt like jelly and he collapsed next to the metal capsule. With no weapons of defending himself and injured, John's odds of survival were grim.

He hesitantly grabbed the edges of the capsule as a support to lift himself up. His armor had many scorch marks from the Silver Gospel and the numerous explosions behind his back damaged his thruster pack. The explosions stopped temporarily and this gave him a little breather as he leaned on the capsule.

Knowing his chance of survivability were slim, John cursed. "Dammit! If only I had power to even the odds." He slammed his fist on the capsule.

"Do you want power?" Said an ominous robotic voice.

His face snapped into alert as he scanned his surroundings.

"Show yourself!" He demanded.

The black bracelet on his wrist glowed brightly and the capsule reacted. Various gears turned inside of the capsule and it opened. Smoke escaped out of the capsule and inside revealed a gray IS. At a glance, the IS looked like some sort of medieval knight. Its shoulders were quite bulky yet angular. The arms and legs were a little bulkier compared to his MJOLNIR armor, yet smooth and elegant than the Spartan armor. The only thing missing were the helmet and armored torso.

John hesitantly touched the armor, but when he did his hand lit and his body was engulfed. He slowly opened his eyes and he realized he was no longer in the burnt forest, but somewhere more tranquil. He was now in a world where the sky was pure blue with many floor was a body of water, which gives the illusion that he was floating in the air. For some odd reason, the Spartan was not surprised he only wore his black bodysuit.

He scanned his new environment cautiously. "Where am I?" He asked

"Do you seek power?" The voice asked again.

"I do."

"Why do you seek power?"

"To survive." He answered.

His body suddenly glowed and a blinding light engulfed him once more. The light disappeared and he returned to reality. The black bracelet lit blue as the IS armor in the capsule and John's MJOLNIR armor dematerialized into a bracelet, but his black body suit remained. The gray IS then materialized over his body, thus the second male IS pilot was born. His chest is now covered with a bulky gray angular breastplate and helmet materialized over his head. The helmet is similar to the Halo 4 Venator variant, however instead of two narrow visor slits, one large blue slit in the center. Two narrow rhombus shaped gray wings float behind his back. His armor also had deep black seams

The Spartan stared at his hands amazed of the sudden surge of power in his body."So this is an IS."

A small outline of a rectangle popped up on his screen. Word appeared and it read "linking in the process."

Behind his head, a small device plugged into his neural implant and he felt the worst migraine he had ever experienced. It felt as if his mind was being pounded by a hammer over and over as he collapsed on one knee while clutching his head. The pain was so unbearable that small amounts of blood oozed out his nose.

Word appeared on his HUD again. "Link complete."

Despite the uncomfortable experience, he realized that he understood each of mechanics of the IS and how to pilot it. He leaped into the air and his thrusters roared to life as he flew in the air. As he flew higher and higher in the air, numerous beeps ringed in his helmet. His HUD warned him that the Silver Gospel was right behind him.

"Let's see what this thing can do." He said as he went full throttle and flew vertically in the air at Mach 1.

While the Silver Gospel tried to catch up, John tried to figure out how to materialize weapons. His HUD displayed many empty weapon slots, which disappointed the Spartan greatly. The pursuing IS tried to shoot him down with her energy balls, but John easily strafed to the sides and dodged the incoming balls.

Finally, after searching through the empty weapon slots, he found one that seemed promising. "Fusion plasma rifle" It read.

The rifle he materialized had a quite robust and large black body but a thin barrel. A large clip was located in the center of the rifle protruding underneath. It also had a green scope attached on top. The rifle also a handle for his other hand to grip on.

He quickly turned his body and aimed his new weapon at the Silver Gospel. With his target in his sights, he pulled the trigger and the rifle charged up. It hummed loudly before it unleashed a pink plasma bolt surrounded by blue bolts of electricity. The first shot missed, but he fired another shot at where he anticipated she would fly towards and one of her wings exploded. She spun wildly out of control and crashed into the sand with a loud thud.

John quickly descended on the sand and kneeled next to the broken IS. The armor on the Silver Gospel were all cracked and broken as the fall did most of the damage. He kneeled next to her and ripped the helmet off revealing a young blond woman unconcious.

"To think that I got my ass kicked by another young woman." he sighed jokingly.

His HUD beeps loudly once more as it detected two IS cores heading towards him. He flew in the air once more with his new rifle in his arms. If they were friendly they could help locate and keep Dr. Marikawa, Houki, and all the other girls safe. However, if they were sent to harm him or girls then more target practice for him.