Chapter 21

[After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.]

Genesis 3:24

"Get ready Kaltag. Alex, prepare yourself."

Balto is holding his gun and is aiming it at the door. He heard someone knock on the other side and he believed that whoever was on the other side wanted to kill them all. He waits for the sign that whatever is on the other side will force its way in.

Kaltag is holding his shotgun and is watching the door carefully. Balto had told him that he has to be ready. He keeps waiting for the thing on the other side to force its way in. He looks around the room and sees that there is barely any cover to use and if a firefight did ensue then he would be fucked.

He turns his head towards Balto and frowns. "When will the firing begin?"

"I have no idea. Keep yourself prepared."

"Yes sir."

Alex is holding his assault rifle and he starts to look around the room. Whatever cover is in here won't protect anyone in this room.

He looks at Kyle and frowns. "Get your gun up and turn the safety off. You aren't going to kill a lot of shit if the safety is on."

"Fine. I'm just waiting for the enemy to break through the door."

Alex shrugs his shoulders. "Well…Ok then."

Jakob is watching the door and he keeps hearing the banging noise on the other side. He suddenly hears voices on the other side.

"Well this door is locked up tight."

"Cortana, can you open it?"

"Can I open it? Of course I can. The real question is how long it will take."

"We need to get the index from the control room. And this is the only way in."

Jakob hears something inserted into the panel and an AI appears in the room.

Jakob looks at it and cocks his head. "What are you?"

The AI looks at Jakob and frowns. "What…What are you?"

Jakob looks around the control room. "Well…my species, they created this machine we are on. The soldiers in this room want to get home and the thing on the other side of that door will die."

"Why do you want to kill him so badly?"

"Because we have given up our search for home. We made a vow that whatever wants to enter this room from the other side will be slaughtered. We just want to go to meet our Lord."

"You mean the Forerunners. The ones who created Halo."

"My people created Halo. We want to meet God when we die. Now unlock the door if you must. We are prepared to meet our fate."

The AI nods its head and disappears from view. Suddenly the door unlocks.

Balto growls loudly. "FIRE!"

To Be Continued...

A/N: I might be planning on creating a sequel, but if anyone wants to make a fifth story, they are free to do so.

Eden and Nod

Created by: Me(Duh!) and Jwolf98. If you see any stories created by Jwolf98, leave a review. He's a great writer and you should thank him for making this story truthfully. Without him, we'd still be stuck on chapter 3. So thank him right after you read this. He truly deserves it :D