Isunusi.

Halo. Log XV. - Gone.

Quick Legend (necessary for chapters) Military time chart for those who do not understand it: Morning (a.m).
1:00 - 0100. 2:00 - 0200. 3:00 - 0300. 4:00 - 0400. 5:00 - 0500. 6:00 - 0600. 7:00 - 0700. 8:00 - 0800. 9:00 - 0900. 10:00 - 1000. 11:00 - 1100.
Then it goes onto Noon/afternoon to midnight.
Noon/afternoon to Midnight (p.m).
Noon/12:00 AM - 1200. 1:00 - 1300. 2:00 - 1400. 3:00 - 1500. 4:00 - 1600. 5:00 - 1700. 6:00 - 1800. 7:00 - 1900. 8:00 - 2000. 9:00 - 2100. 10:00 - 2200. 11:00 - 2300. Midnight/12:00 - 0000.
Hours, Minutes and seconds.
Example:
It's 8:34:33 p.m. (hours, minutes then seconds). In the time chart it would be: 20(hours)34(minutes):33. -2034:33.
Got it? It can be done with our without minutes or seconds.
In science and engineering it would be:
20:34. or 20:34:33.

We were called to meet in front of the camp site we had placed ourselves at.

All the marines, even Chief came! Well, I mean, in good manners of course he came, but he didn't have to, it was specifically said he didn't have too.

As soon as we arrived it was required of us to go into file formation, me being forced to be helped by some marine, in which Chief and Kenny insisted it be them, I was last in place.

Gwen wasn't tall as me, therefore would not be any help to hold me upright, I would be bent over to one side were it not for Kenny's height and Chief's.

Miranda Keyes walked out of a tent with another UNSC leader. "Our watchman posts spotted Flood combat forms moving in on our location."

"Marines, we won't die here, we will absolutely come in contact with the Flood, some of us will die fighting, be injured fighting or live through it. Only few marines have made it through the vast waves of Flood that we've been hit by, not including the Master Chief, but I am sure that if we stick together we have a higher chance at making it through the Flood's attacks." With a sigh Miranda looked toward the marines once more. "Our sangheili ally has one complication, she is disabled and unable to walk, only few of us can sustain her weight, but in battle it's near impossible, we need to find a way to allow her quick and safe movement through the armies of Flood, if we can't, we cannot risk loosing more men, it may be hard for the marines that have stood with her, but unfortunately this is the truth." I gulped.

"But Ma'am, I can't leave Isu behind, I-" Kenny started up, but I interrupted. "I understand." I nodded to Keyes, in which she nodded back glad that I had accepted my possible fate. Gwen stood near Kenny and I with a worried look on her face.

"Marines, pack as much ammo, weapons, armor and gather together out medpacs, we'll need them, we leave tomorrow at 0700, understood?" The marines saluted. "Yes, Ma'am!" They said rather loudly. "Dismissed." The marines scattered to reach the best weapons first, "Isu, we need to get ourselves packed as well, where could we put you down?" Kenny asked, "In my tent, if you don't mind." They both opened my tent and sat me on the bed, then left to get prepared.

I attempted to lift myself and move toward to table across the tent, but failed and fell back onto the bed. I breathed in and tried again, trying to lift my unbalanced self up I stood barely, bending side to side in a failing attempt to balance myself on one leg I fell down, onto the ground. Hurting my arm since part of it was also robotics made it impossible for me to lift myself back up, onto even the bed to sleep or even near the chair at the table to work on the leg again.

Some reason I couldn't help the overwhelming sensation to ball up and cry, give into my fears that I will die from the Flood's bloody hands. Maybe even turn into one.

All I could hear was the distance of marines talking and just barely, outside my tent, I could see the lights from other tents illuminating the shadow on the sides, showing the marines activities.

Only a few minutes passed before Gwen entered my tent to find me, exactly as I was hoping I could beat, balled up on the ground crying.

"Oh my God! Isu!" She ran up kneeling to my level. "Are you okay?" She asked, "I can't walk, Gwen." I cried, "Oh, Isu, let me get Kenny, I can't lift you." She said as she rushed out of the tent to get Kenny.

As soon as Kenny came back he had the same reaction as Gwen, 'My God' and 'Jesus Christ'.

He lifted me, barely, back onto the bed and him and Gwen sat to either side of me. "What happened, Isu?" Asked Kenny's confused face, "Kenny, I haven't been able to sustain myself without the help of a friend, or machinery in years, I can't even feel my leg, numerous parts of my left side I cannot feel, it's like they are permanently numb... I hate that, I guess I just really wanted to walk by myself again, I have been hoping that maybe sometime, someday I could find a way to feel my leg, my elbow, my wrist or my shoulder, even being able to know the left part of my torso would actually be able to feel when my lung gave out would be so very nice... I miss it so much." I felt humiliated by myself, by my actions.

Gwen put her hand on my shoulder. "Isu, I have never lost a limb before, so I can't say I understand without it being a lie, but I can say that Kenny and I are both here to help you... That's what you were working on, right?" She pointed to my unfinished robotic leg on the table. I nodded.

"Maybe we can finish what we tried to do, Kenny." Gwen smiled, "What? You and Kenny tried to do what?" I looked quickly at both of them. Clearing his throat Kenny spoke up. "I got Cortana and a few marines to help us help you make a new leg after you tried to save Keyes, but we didn't finish, because we left sooner then we thought, we can try to build a new leg with you tonight." Kenny offered.

I shook my head. "It'll take too long, I don't have enough metal plates, electrons or power sources to enable it's use, I was thinking about it and that's how I ended up on the... uh... ground, but-" I breath in. "-But I thought I would try." Gwen grinned and got up. "Well then, better get started!" She said.

Kenny offer me a hand to get up. "We'll stay up all night if we have to." He sat me on the chair, they sat in the others.

"It's..." I thought for a moment, trying to remember time charts. "... 0045 though, how are we going to finish within six hours?" I asked interested in their plan. "Well, I suggest we wing it, hope something good comes out of it... Just tell us what we need to do." Kenny said with a large smile on his face, soon I smiled back.
"Well, first of all I would like to stable the structure so far..."

Next morning...

Slowly I woke up, seeing Gwen and Kenny asleep on the table, Gwen was in a rather odd position, legs apart, feet pointed in, arm hanging down and her other arm barely keeping her head on the table.

"Oh no... We fell asleep!" I said, both jumped up. "Wha-? What?..." Kenny and Gwen both yawned and rubbed their eyes. In their own good time they noticed. "Aw sh-!" Gwen covered his mouth.

"It's not done!" Kenny finally noticed. Gwen checked the watch. "It's 0657! We'll be late!" Gwen cried out. "Get your bags! Get ready! Let's go!" She acted so fast it seemed as if she didn't notice... "Gwen... Gwen!" Kenny stopped her.

"Huh? What!" She looked at the table. "Oh... Isu..." She sat back down. "I'm sorry, I just kinda'... dozed off..." She apologized. "No worries, Gwen, so did Kenny and I." I said, the sight of this dishearten me. "We have to convince Keyes to let Isu come!" Kenny exclaimed. "Maybe- Maybe if we offered to help Isu, and we provided no defense, we could do it! Maybe... maybe... Aww damn..." He walked up to me.

"Well Isu, I'm going to help you to the marines, let you say good bye to the various guys who actually liked you." He said, helping me up, more limp then ever I didn't even try. "Come on Isu, I can't lift you without a little help." He said. Making another effort to lift me.

"Come on Isu! I can't lift you alone!" He practically proclaimed it.

"Kenny, maybe she doesn't want to get up..." Gwen approached Kenny. "No! I want her to be able to tell everyone bye before we head out, there are plenty of marines out there that like Isu and I'm not telling them Isunusi doesn't want to tell them a simple goodbye!" He shouted. "Kenny!" I called out. "I'll go." He nodded as Gwen's saddened face got worse.

He again lifted me up out of the seat and outside.

The marines were already gathering together when we exited my tent.

"Morning!" A marine called out to us. "Good to see you decided to wake up, almost left without you!" He said smiling.
Kenny shook his head. "What's wrong?... Oh, right" He said rubbing his neck nervously. "Listen, I'm sorry, I forgot." He walked off.

As we approached the group of chatting marines we stopped by Miranda and Chief.

"Have you-?" Kenny started. "No, sorry." Cortana replied before he could finish. Kenny nodded once and breathed in.

"It's time to go and Isu, I am very sorry." Miranda said, "It's fine, Commander, I understand my place in this war is not important and that I'm not worth risking your men for, I know that very well, goodbye Commander and good luck, of course with Chief on your side, I'm sure you won't need it." I smiled, she only grinned and saluted me as I did her.

"Alright marines! 0700! Move out!" She called. Kenny put me on the tree stump near us. He sighed. "That's it, I can't leave you alone here, I'm not going with you Commander." Kenny said to Keyes, "Private Jason, we need all the men that are available, that includes you and Hiroson." She said sternly. "No, I can't, not after all-" I put my hand on Kenny's shoulder. "Goodbye, Kenny, I'll miss you." He shook his head, "I'm not leaving you." I nodded and grinned softly.
"Yes you are, go away and save yourselves, help save other marines and help Keyes fight for Earth, if she dies, or if anything happens to her then this war is almost forfeit. She's very, very important in this war, see her and her marines through it, for me?" He gulped and nodded again. "Yeah, yeah... I'll miss ya' too Isu." He hugged me and Gwen did as well.

"Bye Isu, we won't forget you." She smiled, friendly she kissed my cheek and left waving bye. Chief put his hand on my shoulder and looked toward me. No words, a simple understandable good bye and good luck.

They left.

I watched and waved to the sad an hurt Kenny who waved back, Gwen who was also sad but accepted that I accepted my fate.

Until they were over a large hill, out of sight and I was out of joy.

I looked around, I knew the Parasite would come soon, I didn't plan for it too come anytime in the day. It's like... a... vimp... no, vampiiree... dang! Vampire! That's it.

I turned back toward the tents, looking in mine. Unable to walk as I was yesterday I got onto the ground and barely dragged myself to the Commander's tent.

Looking around all I found was a few left dead weight weapons that were not operation correctly.

A few broken shards of metal that was once a large automatic weapon. Maybe some pieces of empty data chips with only a few more days of life left.

I couldn't hear the Parasite yet, I couldn't hear any gunfire so I believe they haven't either, then again they may be out of earshot by now.

I looked up. 0749. I attempted to drag myself back outside and onto the stump.

Watching, hoping they'd come back with some form of help, a worthog, a mongoose... anything.

I was fooling myself, I'd die out here. Either by the parasite or by starvation.

Halo. Log XV. - Gone.

NO FLAMING.