Partial Truce

by Jessiejellybean

Jessica 116 a spartan 2 was sent after the most difficult foe that human kind had ever faced, Thel Vadamee, but as the day went by it seems that the two will need to have a truce if they are to survive. Has Doctor Halsey, Master Chief, Team Nobel and many more in it, Rated M for blood, fighting, sexual themes and written out of boredom over Christmas have fun reading.

Partial Truce

Hi, I made this up, I thought what if there was love between a Sangheili and human/ Spartan, it isn't impossible, but also, I threw out the timeline of Halo, sorry for massive Halo fans who like their specifics. I sort of wrote this as boredom set in over Christmas please don't take it too seriously, sorry for mistakes and I own nothing.

This was not how this was supposed to happen, to say the mission was a failed one was an understatement, however I was still alive and able to carry on with this mission not ending in my death. If it meant success for the UNSC then I would have gladly accepted my death with a successful outcome. I was floating in the zero gravity of the downed covenant ship, these tended to have oxygen still, plus the Mjolnir was insulated and protected me with the gel filler. But this was all thwarted by the one and only Thel 'Vadamee the supreme commander of a covenant fleet, and his eyes were trained on me as we were floating in the zero gravity of the CCS- class Battlecruiser. It had been the only time we were capable of getting their leader and fleet commander off of his CSO-class Supercarrier while he was on his commute down to the surface of my original home planet; Eridanus 2, the planet had been our opportunity to get a hold off this dangerous Sangheili. A fourth generation spartan named Lock had come face to face with him and managed to live, other than Jai- 006 who backed out giving them the Infinite spoils, once he realised his own mission was null and void.

ONI was unable to strategically best the commander, not in a one on one fight nor with a fleet against one so large as the shipmasters. I had swallowed when I saw him pull forth his energy sword as it made that electric sizzle sound upon glowing up. I pulled out my pistol and fired, he used his energy sword to stop the bullets and then pushed off of the wall with his hoof like feet as he aimed for me. I was ready to do a wrist twist and redirect his forward thrust, in space fighting was a pain in the arse and I hated battleship fights, nearly all Spartan's did. I had been able to divert his attack but had to throw away my own pistol to hit him once it jammed and then went to punch him, but he caught it with his own four finger hand and applied pressure and then headbutted me as I quickly threw up my leg and kicked off of him to get away. Their reversed knees made it hard for them to climb up ladders, vertical walls and to kick upwards as easily as us humans, I flipped and settled myself against the wall. I was ready with my next attack now that I had cleared my head, the problem was that the temporary zero gravity returned and we both dropped, I got up to my hands and knees, only just dodging the hoofs to my back.

We both went from the floor to the roof as the Sentient Justice descended and quickly to the surface of the planet, it was currently under assault of the covenant as other ships had gone ahead with killing and then glassing the planet's surface. The ship was making a dead nosedive as we were still in our room fighting, the rest of those I was leading must have been doing their missions splendidly as I was to take out their shipmaster. Being S-116 I was the one with the higher chance of success against this foe, the rest were ODST and soldiers, we had been very lucky to have picked up on this transmission and it was the only time ONI was able to see a percentage of success in our favour as all the others were in a negative for humanity and showed the prominent extinction of our race should Vadamee survive and go on in his campaign against humanity and the UNSC. It was not the best thing to be happening, but I knew my men were of board and that meant they must have succeeded in spacing the covenant fighters on board by opening emergency space hatches just not the area I had cornered the shipmaster in.

So either we both die, both live or one of us dies, hopefully him, but with the fact that my pistol and his sword was closer to him, the bullet had come free of my pistol that previously jammed it, so he took it up and shot at me. My shields took the bullet and the next, the shipmaster went all out at me with non-stop firing at me, taking my shields away and then the last bullet managing to hit the gel suit of black under my armour, it hit between my leg armour and stomach armour and logged right into my hip. I groaned out in pain but my adrenaline was not going to make me stop as I moved flipping sideways on the roof against the G force. My blood would clot quickly and prevent me from bleeding to death and that included managing the pain, what was worse was actually seeing the bullet coming but not being able to move in time, as our reflexes while fast was not as quick as our enhanced sight. I had been selected by Hawley to undergo an additional four procedures that the other Spartan's hadn't, these were her other possibilities that she wanted to test to see if they would be successful; that doctor was always thinking of ways to better us and make us stronger. I had been selected as I was so easy with doctrination and my body healed quickly, being flexible and very easily accepting foreign objects within it. These operations I hoped would make me live through this crash, I could tell we were getting close to the surface at the speed we were accelerating at.

It had hurt, that was for sure, I got to my feet, it hurt every time I stepped on my right leg, but I also could not find the Shipmaster, however the room had become messy with bits and pieces breaking apart and littering it. Plus there is a massive hole in the side of the room, that could have also sucked him out in our descent but I was not lowering my defences as the elites armour had camouflage. I picked up my empty pistol, I only had one mag left on my person and my assault semi-automatic rifle, I managed to make it to the hole and saw the glassed surface of my home planet, I looked to phantoms and banshees flying through the air in my direction, possibly looking for their leader. I chose then to climb out and slink off into the beautiful forest landscape, it looked like I was on one of the smaller continents of the world, I had come here once as it was a real natural getaway where people come to hike, camp, swim and do many other outdoor living as Eridanus 2 was popular for beautiful sights.

I had managed to get deeper into the forest before pulling out my bio foam and using it for the time being to make it easier to walk in this terrain, I had to get an alien ship and get off planet. I watched the lights in the distance, my planet dying, but then out of the blue a covenant ship smashed into another and taking it down to the planet as the one to collide was Smokey green and smelled strange. Other ships acted accordingly as did those that searched for the shipmaster close by, however none had landed for me to commandeer. I chose then to strip of my own armour with an emergency seal release and then my gel layer which was breached anyway, the lagoon with a trickle of a waterfall as I cleaned out the wound and fixed it up with staples once I removed the bullet, it didn't get far as it hit the carbon fusing metal with my bones inside. I was still in my black seamless undies and boob tube; I was about to pull over my gel layer once more when I paused feeling the sparking energy sword behind me.

I dropped and twisted at the same time and only just as Vadamee had swiped and then killed a beast, I had not seen anything like it before, but it was wearing UNSC tactical gear and also waving about an SMG machine gun. I paused in shock at seeing the Sangheili; Vadamee save my life as he stood head held high as he dispatched the thing. He had not moved to take up his sword against me which I suspected was due to his honour as I was not currently armed or in my armour. We sort of just gapped at one another, "what is that?" I asked as he was kind enough to answer, "the flood, so this is your first encounter with them, it is imperative that we get of planet." I had frowned, what was he thinking about when saying 'we', why did he save me, I was really confused. "Why save me, why escape with me?" He had paused in his retreat as he looked over his shoulder, I noticed he looked at my permanent scars on my person that showed I was a spartan 2 but he also answered, "I found a ship but it is a human one, I don't know how to get it working." He continued to leave as he was certain that I would do as he said; however he wasn't wrong as he… we had to leave this planet, the circumstances must have been dire with this flood enemy if Vadamee himself was willing to partner up with his enemy. Perhaps the saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend has meaning in this case, I suppose in this case it was true and my and his best option, but I had a feeling that this was going to bite me in the arse, but I finished suiting up and collected my own guns and made sure my tactical knife was where it was supposed to be, then I took off into his direction.

He was lucky that my cognitive function and nervous system was enhanced to the point that I was smarter, not that I was dumb but all of us Spartan's were smarter, after seeing, hearing and learning something once even in passing we kept that information all the time. Hence why an A.I. is typically given to us, their advanced technology and interfacing and knowledge meant we learnt faster but also could be quicker with other technologies. My own was lost on my last mission, choosing to complete the mission at her own behest and allowing me to leave to safety; her name was Spark. I had found her…useful, smart, bright, I had not been given another A.I. since and personally I found I didn't want another, while it was easier to understand and sort through emotions it still affected us. And also while we were different in many ways, we still felt everything and more like normal humans, it was just our brains, organs, muscles, nervous system and all were so much more advance to the point that it made us adjustable but also accepting of changes and hardships that could be disabling mentally, physically and emotionally for normal humans.

I had caught up to the commander as he stood in front of a downed pelican, I knew for a fact pelican's were not the best in deep space, we would need a spaceship like the Frigate or Pillar of Autumn, perhaps one of the covenant ships, but I didn't really like the idea of that. With an overlook of the ship and resetting its controls we ended up seeing what damage had been sustained, it was now that Vadamee had decided to inform me about the Flood. "They are a parasite that take over a host and species as they take entire civilisations, planets and systems, this planet will need to be glassed to be rid of it." I had frowned but he couldn't tell with my helmet on, while it was cracked from the crash, it was still good enough to wear. The thing with the Sangheili armour while strong with a shield and deadly with invisibility it was however not able to conceal their faces, and while they had four mandibles and slitted gold/ yellow eyes they however were easy creatures to read. Honour, loyalty and also noble in a way, were very emotional and very open, strange considering they were the beings to start the war with us and had downed many human colony worlds. He had rushed us, "the flood can take a world in hours, I suggest we make haste," I worked on the battery, engine and checked over each and every item that would make the pelican work, I had a moment when I thought killing him right now was best, but I had noted he seemed to have no real injuries from the crash, I was the only one to sustain the bullet wound, thanks to him.

I wanted to complete my mission, but also getting onto a covenant battle cruiser or something that can destroy the flood and hopefully slip space away was priority. We worked on the Pelican in silence, only asking one another questions and if something was working when we needed it to be, but surprisingly it was Vadamee that spoke up with a conversation. "I didn't know you Spartan's were so… human looking." I blinked realising that he must have noticed while I was undressed, "well what did you expect us to look like?" I asked as I continued to work on the fusion cell for the battery modulator, "well not that, you Spartan's are much larger than other humans and so very capable, I suspected being of a different species that helps the humans like how the covenant has multiple species in our order." I shook my head, "sorry to disappoint, but no we are all humans," he made a strange animal sound at that, and continued to state, "then how come yous are so strong, I also noticed yous have numbers and are different to certain other Spartans, such as spartan fours and threes why is that?" I knew he was fishing for inside information; I smirked a little thinking this was fun but also that he thought I would give away key information seeing that I just got a confirmation that they didn't know near as much as we thought they did.

"Well I thought you would know that already supreme commander," I teased a little to see just how he would react, and he sounded annoyed with his snort as he went back to watching the readings in the energy. "I am curious though…how did you know I was going to be on Sentient Justice and at Eridanus 2, this is the first time you humans have intercepted me," I smirked under my helmet, "I aint saying, perhaps you should just consider that your tricks and sneaky attacks are not going to always get the better of us humans. Besides don't be so shocked when a race fights back and succeeds when another race condemns them to extinction for no other reason than claiming a sentient being wanted it, but we have no knowledge of this god and why." I was not about to state that the god or being wasn't real or that their religion was shit, which it was but many humans also had many religions but so far, the only superior race we had seen were the forerunners and their items left strewn around the universes. I had suspected this was the same race they made gods out of seeing none were left and their precious prophets that lead and ran multiple races manipulated others by saying they knew and spoke to them through faith and all followed blindly.

"Prophets have a way of communicating to the forerunners and they tell them how to go to the great beyond." I frowned, "the great beyond?" I looked over to him as it was obvious, he had said far too much, "there the signal is live, we should be able to launch this thing now." He quickly announced as we both heard a harrowing screeching yell echo over the land from the flood, we lifted off as I piloted us towards a Supercarrier in orbit and out of range of the flood, "lock on detected, evasive manuvers suggested." The ships A.I. commented as it was Vadamee who opened up a communication channel and began to speak in another language and I paused listening closely and using my helmet to watch and listen to him, as it recorded everything in my HUD. Upon arrival I gave him a hard look, not that he could tell, the air had gotten tense I could feel that this temporary truce we had was close to being over, and I had owed him for saving my life back at the lagoon, and I paid it back by getting the pelican going but… it was still in the air, the need to end the other for the mission, to not allow intel to get out, to gain information I suspect on his side of the equation. We got out onto the hanger and I felt so many eyes, plasma guns, rifles and needlers on me, and then I was sure he had a weapon on his person as well.

My adrenaline skyrocketed as my surroundings slowed down to a crawl and I gauged my enemies, their positions, ammo, weapons, mass, location and bodies, I would make it out of this no matter what. I was so riled tight like a rope about to snap, but then the whole ship moved and red alarms went off throughout the whole ship taking all attention from me and onto another issue and threat at the time. It was a human vessel, still grounded but apparently the flood was utilising it to shoot down the ship, it wasn't doing too well but it was trying and becoming a nuisance for them all. "Glass the planet, be rid of the flood, order our ships to pull out, don't allow the flood to spread any more than it has!" they all moved with new orders and I had to admit I could tell why he commanded so many ships at that moment, he walked with a purpose and with a strong conviction and stance. I stood deciding what to do, but another shake had me debating to not steal the corvette class carrier on board, one it was a bit too big, perhaps something smaller but no phantoms were on board. An elite reported a ship to Vadamee that it was not acting accordingly, "it has been taken by the flood, shoot it down to Eridanus now!" I had actually watched and followed him all the way to the bridge, no one stopped me in my red armour as I watched, many believing me to be with their fleet commander as I watched a little in awe of him but also just collecting information after all I learn rapidly in these kinds of situations to gain solutions and adjust accordingly.

The issue wasn't just that the flood had one ship, they had many, with the confusion of the flood arriving many of the covenant had also been affected by the flood, which was how one covenant phantom had managed to go undetected and board the super carrier and unload the flood on board. To say they work fast was an understatement, "use the evacuation pods to escape, set this core to explode, it will take the world and flood with it." He moved and paused when he saw me, "you," again a tremor stopped his words as the doors to the bridge opened and the flood moved so rapidly, "it's done supreme commander," one elite announced as the rest including myself picked up weapons and unloaded them on the flood trying to come through the narrow doorway only to meet death. Once the numbers slowed; those in the command centre had begun to use their escape pods. I had backed up as did the others while still aiming, I had my eye on one pod as I was getting away to report back to ONI, I turned only to see Vadamee look in surprise, the dilation of his slitted eye showed that, I turned just in time to see a rushing flood elite with a needler, it had stopped the core destruct sequence.

I cursed as both Vadamee and I moved to kill it and stop more while Vadamee reactivated the process and set it up to not allow it to be stopped once started, I had to cover for him. It had gotten hard and I considered just leaving him to die, but he was the only one able to stop the flood right now. I had cursed as I was reloading, a needler purple bullet flew for him, I stepped in the way taking the shot and the three behind it, it pierced through as I cursed and gasped, one in my leg, one fully damaging my helmet to the point I took it off and the last going into the gel layer in my underarm, it was hitting an artery there but I knew it would clot almost instantly until proper medical care was administered. But then I spat up blood between my lips, and I was confused for a second, I had been hit four times, one in the leg, not really damaging me due to the armour there, then the arm which had clotted immediately, blood was coming from my head where the needle had pierced the glass off my helmet and cut my forehead above my eye but not gone too deep, a flesh wound. That was three, why was it taking me so long to count that, I still was missing one needle bullet, it was when I looked down that I saw where number four was lodged, in the gel layer of my armour and in a bad place, a very bad place as it was death should I pull it out, but I knew it would disappear soon all needle bullets do or they blow up.

I looked up still shooting, not allowed to stop, even though every vibration and push and breath of my body hurt, I went hyper sensitive with my body aware that it needed to clot the blood, it tried with all the areas, but the stomach with much of the intestines, soft tissue and other layers of muscle and nerves and blood vessels was a prime area of bleeding internally till death and intensely painful, a bad place to be struck. "Time to go!" I heard Vadamee shout as he began shooting the nonstop wave of enemies as we backed up to the last emergency escape pod, there was only one and I knew he would be taking it. It was when we were so close another plasma blast hit me making my armour lock up and Vadamee and I fell into the pod as it launched us to safety as we watched the ship take out the entire planet from a distance, while I bleed out on top of the commander I was sent to kill.

I noticed he pulled up his hand in the minimal light as my back was to his front, he seemed to not have much problem taking me and my armours weight, but I was weakening and fast, "you are bleeding," he announced and I wasn't sure why or what it was but something sounded off in his voice. "Yeah…getting shot tends to do that," I dryly joked and coughed up a bit more blood, "you are dying," he stated solemnly and I sighed, "yeah, oh how shit, but can't say I didn't suspect that wasn't a possibility when I was given the mission to go up against you…someone so strong, didn't think it would be in this kind of scenario though, I thought your sword would be through me in honesty."

He was silent as he listened to me, he was honourable and listened to my last words, he watched my face and eyes, really taking in my features, "I thought you spartan 2's were immortal," he stated softly, I chuckled throwing caution to the wind as I spoke. I was going to die anyway, and if I was unable to kill Vadamee then no one could and the race was all but doomed, this was our only chance to intercept him and take him out. "No, we are all born and we all die, there is no such thing as immortality, perhaps only through memory though," I hated how sad I sounded, and solemn my words were, "then how is there humans so strong like you, but yet yous seem to do the most and be the strongest yet still die so easily?" I balked at his words "I took five direct bullets today, you should be more considerate and thankful, one was from you and four for you," I growled and frowned as he simply 'looked' at me. "Hmm you are right, this is dishonourable for me to not repay you for your deed of selflessness, I owe you for that." I rolled my eyes and whipped more blood from the eye closed as blood trickled into it slowly but sighed, "don't fret about it, I am a spartan, we all die in combat, there is no other way we will end our lives," "why not?" he asked, "we were made to be spears and combatants, the war zone is ours, we don't know how to live without the next mission."

"Made? I thought you said you were human?" I nodded slowly feeling sleepy, "I was, but then she took me, gave me a family and then broke me apart and rebuilt me to be perfect and strong, to save humanity." I slowly lost vocal but he had listened just fine, "is that why you have so many scars on your person?" I nodded not needing to say a word as I felt more pain and tears sprung to my eyes as I was admittedly scared, "tell me about it, what happened to you?"

So I began my story of my kidnapping and why the scientists of the government had done it and then the training and experimentation, plus the additional four extra procedures I had done to my body. I noticed that the Sangheili had his four-digit hand to my main bleeding wound in my stomach as if to stop the flow. I swallowed noting things darkened, slowed and I felt so tired, while I felt cold, it didn't bother me, it was actually comfortable. "Vadamee?" I asked which seemed to claim his attention, "is it worth it?" he seemed confused, "what is it that you are asking spartan?" I smirked, "my name is Jessica, Jessica-116 of the spartan 2 program, and what I mean is, is it worth making a whole race extinct due to an order, without questioning it, without thinking it over, talking to one another, communicating, I always thought friendships, bonds, understanding, knowledge and sharing was much more beautiful than the battlefield and killing…perhaps it is because I can't remember most of my life before I became a Spartan." I reminisced at the end of my question as I was losing focus, my head lulling back in tiredness on the aliens chest as my breathing got slower and shallower, "it does not matter what I think Spartan 116." "I value your opinion, thoughts, emotions and questions and so does many of those who follow you, you actually had me in awe with your leadership skills, I see why you are such an adversary for humanity, I wonder though why you're not at the top leading, instead a race that sits around preaching is."

I could tell he was unhappy with my words seeing he made a negative sound and it vibrated through his chest which I had heard all too well, "hold your tongue, you do not know us or the prophets nor the covenant," I sighed, "yeah we were not given the chance to and we had been open and tried to talk, we held hope for other life in the vast spectrum of space to not be hostile." I could tell with the tenseness in his hand lightening up he had not been expecting that, he had a look of sadness in his eyes as I faded, I watched his eyes, his emotions so clear like the water in bora bora back on Earth I had heard so much about. I had noticed I was smiling. "You will not perish today 116, I am in owing of you so you will live, I shall see to it," "so honourable, but you will only cause me more pain and suffering, sometimes letting go is kinder than holding onto one." He blinked not expecting to hear that, and I slowly slipped, I had felt strangely scared, but content and happy while I had spoken to Vadamee and he seemed to have a panic in his eyes. I wondered if he wanted me to stay, had I made him feel fear that bit of a thought made me feel strangely strong and warm inside like my value had far surpassed that of a simple tool of humanity to use.

Vadamee had been annoyed, he was careful and meticulous with his plans on taking on the humans, he had not been suspected they would commandeer one of his battle cruisers and box him in with a Spartan 2. He knew of them had come upon one many years ago and they were formidable more so than the three series ones or the fourth-generation ones, but still they were rare and here he was with one of them in a red armour. He was sucked out in the event of the crash, his own armour having small thrust packs in it which he deployed to prevent damage. He was glad that he had hurt the Spartan before the ship went down but now, he had to find a way back to his fleet and resume his command. He had noticed the blood on the ground, using his invisibility he followed it, watching the Spartan from afar in the trees as he came upon a ship, it was green and humans, a specific liquid fuel smell and gun dust followed them and coated everything of theirs so this was his ticket out of there. He returned his attention to the one who was sent to end him, he was going to dash forward and kill him from behind with his energy sword that sat inactive on his hip but paused when he watched it use a special section to remove the armour and helmet.

He had not been expecting to see a female of the human species, actually he had not expected a human at all, the covenant while smart and vast were not aware of what the spartan 2's were exactly as they had never left one of their own the chance to investigate them. The 3's and 4's were humans, that was obvious but the 2's were much bulkier, faster, stronger and taller, this one only a foot shorter than himself. He knew humans were small creatures compared to his own race however Spartans were not, he had not expected this one to also shorten once stepping out of the armour, it seemed that most of their power and height came from it too, this one with the number 116 on her chest plate was now 6 foot tall, had long Red hair, the same colour of her life blood and eyes a rich green like the plants around them. Once she had left her black slimline body suit, he noted she was only in small clothes that concealed her chest and genitals, he knew humans procreated by birthing, they were mammals that produced milk for their young too.

He had seen her wound, he knew for a fact that it was not bleeding as much as it would for a normal human, and she was capable of withstanding high amounts of pain, this was most interesting to watch. He noted the specific line scars on her body, they were too exact to not be purposefully made by a human, he wondered if that had anything to do with them being so advanced in a way that they came off as a different species to the humans, he looked from his higher position in the tree to the other surroundings upon seeing creatures and smelling the flood he knew things had gone bad on this human planet. It was then that he saw it, an infected human of the flood, the spartan was unaware, either they were incapable without their armour or the pain was more than it would like to show or admit. He had moved forward, he had no clue as to why but he killed the flood saving the female human, she seemed just as shocked as he felt, the only thing to pop into his mind was the crashed human ship that she could fix for his escape. He had suspected that returning with a captured spartan would be of great benefit to the covenant, she most likely would have details of their inner workings of the UNSC too.

He learnt that she was not one to give away key information, it was annoying, he could out right kill her, torture her for information, but the screeches of the abomination was what reminded him of their dire situation once more. The female was not below teasing and trying to make him mad, he wondered if it was a female thing, because the female of his own species also did that to the males and giggled, while they were smart, strong and also very caring they were never fighters, they stayed safe on their home planets out of combat where they were safe. He had learned early on in this campaign against humans that they were not entirely the same, while they kept those who were not combat orientated safe that included children and women as the vast majority however many females have been seen on the battlefield and this was one of them. He had no clue how the species could put their life bearing ones out in front to die in a war, it made no sense, especially when it took them much longer to bear young with being mammals, unlike his species that lays an egg and fertilizes it from the inside of the female, it was very strange.

They had gotten to safety, well for him it was, he had full intents and purposes to apprehend her, keep her and hand her over to his superiors, but too much happened in rapid succession and before he knew it the whole world, ships, humans and covenant were all being overrun and infected. What was stranger was that she had followed him, he had been well aware of her proximity but it was not like she was about to spring an attack, no she was looking around as if learning and gathering data; he would not allow her to leave, not now that she was gaining intel. Vadamee was holding her wound shut as much as he could, their blood was very slick, smelled of metal and magnesium as well as being bright in colour but also warm, so very warm. He listened to her words, he felt sad to see one of the spartan 2's fade away, they were rare, even if they were an adversary, they were one that he learned held honour given their circumstances, he had learned this 116's story and he had to admit it was wrought in hardship, pain and loneliness.

She was dying and for him, a life bearer of another species was the one to take every bullet on its track to him, it was so dishonourable of him to let her slip away, even though she had claimed she was alright with it; he could see the fear in her eyes. She also stated she had accepted her fate and life as a Spartan, from listening to her, he learned that this human was actually very soft and they had a deeper thought basis on everything that included faith and religions, it wasn't so different from his own species. But he knew not all humans were like that, he had seen them firsthand being dishonourable, some honourable; this one proved to be that latter. Her weight which was her armour began to weigh on him as she became closer to death, yes he wanted her for her knowledge and to learn her body but… he owed her for choosing his life to be of importance over her own, over her own species; she had to know him living meant the death of her species or did she cease to care because she was too dying. He wondered if her questions of his prophets and how things worked was what she hoped would save her race, he had to admit it was a tactic that some utilised but he was loyal, yet...he felt a waver, her words made sense and reason, the humans had no way of standing against them, she was proof of their want for survival as they had nothing that could stop the covenant, why were they killing them; no one else but the prophets 'spoke' to their gods, they never explained what they looked like, sounded like or anything and there was no depiction of them on any of their left over artefacts; if they were so powerful and mighty why were there none?

He had a voice come over his coms it was one of his fleet battle ships out in space, "This is Supreme Commander Vadamee, I require collection, scan all escape pods for flood spawn and only take the ones with a negative scan the rest are to be destroyed." "Understood… sir a reading on your pod…you have a human?" it was confused the shipmaster aboard the battle cruiser, "yes a prisoner should she live, prepare medical for those collected, I need this one to live, she has vital intel for us."

It was strange but he felt hope in his chest at the prospect of her living, he had thought it was due to appealing his superiors but he knew that was just his excuse, the same as the one he fed his shipmaster, no he knew he wanted her alive to pay her back for saving him. She was smart and he hoped she would be alright and co-operate, but he wondered if she would give up on her race telling them what they wanted, he had suspected not, her words of just letting her go echoed in his head and he considered it but his pride and honour would not allow him too, so he held fast to her.

I woke up on a hard surface, I was in the dark and was unable to lift my appendages, I noticed I was cold, and only in my underwear as I panicked thinking I had just gone through the augmentation once more and I shot up in my bed. It was a simple steal bed, one that looked more for dissecting, I looked around, the room of purple and little lights of blue and purple Sangheili letters, I also noticed the consoles on the wall in the alien language and then I remembered the mission and Vadamee; I supposed now I was a prisoner of war. Dammit, I suppose I was the first Spartan 2 to be a prisoner of war and it was a badge of shame, I wish I had just bitten the dust back there instead. "Ah your awake?" I looked over to the thick shielded blue wall, the one and only supreme commander had been standing there with a few other elites by his side. I had no weapons or armour present; I was on my own and I felt a worried chill go up my spine as I had no clue how long I had been here. "So is this the part where you interrogate me and torture me for information?" I was stuck to the table by my ankles and wrists but able to move a bit and look around, "yes." His simple answer was not what I wanted to hear, this was going to be shit and I had wished that I had died instead, I can't imagine them being kind with their questioning or ways of getting me to talk.

Questions about our worlds, locations, procedures, defences, technology and weapons and also about projects, Spartans and what I knew about the forerunners. My hand hurt so badly, they had learned that the bones replaced by metals was not easy to break but they found something that would work and gah it hurt, they had threatened me to answer before the 'medical practitioner' appeared, soon my feet and hands were all damaged. I had bitten my own tongue off, "she refuses to talk Commander!" one elite stated annoyed, I smirked in happiness at being the one to fuck them over but also, I was unable to speak ever. "There are other ways to get her to talk," I noticed the disappointed and sad look in Vadamee's eyes as if he had not wanted to resort to this but his hand was forced. Once the 'doctor' arrived which was another Sangheili only in robes, he set up his items, "ah a real-life Spartan to experiment on and learn the secrets of them," he seemed in heaven at the prospect of ripping others open to experiment, "do not kill her and I want to learn what she knows." It was a command one that the doctor nodded too obediently.

I had been scanned and then darkness, one of dreams, but I was sure I knew this, a place where a woman and man sat at a picknick, a little boy followed behind me as we had baskets of eggs, but they were sweets. I frowned not knowing this but at the same time knowing exactly what it was; a memory I had lost. I watched as time went by and I saw a woman, she had blue eyes and black hair, fair skin and talked like a researcher, she was indeed Doctor Halsey when she was still young. I knew this was my memories which made me wonder why I was seeing them, it was then that I heard voices as I was much more aware, "don't lose that, zoom in on it," I opened my eyes, "she is waking up, her nervous system is shutting us out," one came forward as I was in a chair with some strange thing on my head while my whole body ached similar to how it had after the spartan 2 project augmentation operations. I looked to see bandages of blood where my old scars were, I also looked to screens, they had much off the intel on my person, they were trying to get specifics from my brain through memories. I knew they were advanced but I didn't think that they had this kind of tech, on top of that I could feel my tongue back in my mouth, like it had never been bitten off, and I frowned annoyed but also confused, they must have healed it.

I was about to bite it off once more when a few elites grabbed me and put something in my mouth to prevent that, "her tenacity is admirable," I heard one state, "more like her loyalty after all they did to her," Vadamee spoke up as he watched from the screens. I had this strange devices looped around my limbs and they held me in place but when I had not answered a question about where other colony planets were, they used them to send currents of electricity through me, I screamed. I was sure I blacked out; this had been going on for hours, "just kill me." I stated and lowered my head as I was only kept up by my wrists, it had been so painful, my nervous system was haywire and I twitched all over, most of my body I couldn't feel anymore. I lost track of time, Vadamee spoke up preventing one of his elites from hitting me, "let her rest, perhaps when she has her strength back she will reconsider telling us."

I woke up so sore and I looked around, I was trying to find either a way out or a way to kill myself, those were my only two options, I had cursed, I knew if this had been John in my shoes he would have either found a way out, never gotten caught or completed his mission on the first try; he was lucky like that.

I woke when I saw him, my little brother, I was only older by a few months but I always held it over him even though he was pretty much the leader of all the Spartan's and also his own blue team, I had been the leader of red team, however most times I was a solo act. "Jess, I thought you were dead, they said you were on Eridanus 2 when it was destroyed," I shook my head, "Vadamee and the flood, I've been here," I stated but even to my own ears my voice sounded horrible, I had been refusing to talk so my voice was like an old hags. "You've been here for a while then, let's get you out, do you know where your armour is?" I shook my head no, when the shield wall went down I then noticed Alice by the control panel, "destroy all the data and ship if you can, they learned about our specific physiology," I reported, "we got you," Finn came forward and took one of my arms over his shoulders, I watched as the carrier I was on exploded and the mission was a success. I was taken to Reach where I was to be healed, debriefed and looked over by Halsey herself in Sword Base.

There had been one thing that they had glimpsed within spartan 116's head and it was a location, as they got closer, they had picked up a signal from a relic of the forerunners, this planet was called Reach and one with heavy military influence from the UNSC. Vadamee had chosen to leave his prisoner on a corvette class carrier called the sacred shield further out in space, he had felt bad for the pain he put the female through, especially while she was defenceless and unarmed but he needed this information to finish his campaign, he wondered if she resented him for what he subjugated her too and what she knew he was doing to her race. "Commander, Sacred Shield has been destroyed," "WHAT?!" he frowned after his annoyed outcry, his ship, men and prisoner all dead, but he doubted she was dead, her green vivid eyes of fire showed in his inner mind, he was sure she was still alive, "focus on the planet Reach, should this planet fall then the rest will hasten to their demise and we will find their origin home far sooner too."

I awoke abruptly as one person stated, "it's about time you woke," I knew that voice, "ah Halsey, good to see you too," she smirked, my eyes focusing on her aged face, "I would typically say the same but not under these circumstances Jess." I looked down and she had many helping to fasten my healing, "what happened?" I sat up more, "well, that's a loaded question," I stated. "You will need to debrief regardless, but I see they went over your physiology, did you tell them anything?" I shook my head in a negative, "no but they did use something to force them to look through memories, I fought against it and I bit of my tongue but they just healed it back to the way it was…how long was I there?" Halsey looked dire, "sorry but right now we need to know if your compromised," I looked over to John still standing there, "John," he nodded, "start at the beginning of your mission." Another official stood next to him as I went through the process from the begging but things got harder when the obvious interrogations and torture happened. "Your mission happened in year 2530," the interrogator stated and I frowned and nodded, "yeah I know that, how long has it been?" the silence told me it was bad, Halsey was the one able to state the logic without an issue, "it is the year 2552 you were in enemy hands for 22 years." I blinked wondering just how bad was all those years, "we have created tech capable of looking through your mind, it will be very useful for us to learn more about our enemies."

I looked to the official, a man named Captain Keys, and then to John who simply nodded his head as I then realised it was beneficial for me to also remember all what happened in those years too and to maybe get back out into the field once more. "Can I return to the field if I am given a clean bill of health and deemed capable?" I looked to them all, it was Halsey who nodded, "if I deem you capable then yes, if not then you will become a veteran and serve somewhere else in the UNSC." I didn't like the sound of the last part however I was also curious to the many years that I had lost as well, "okay, let's get this over with." I was prepped with machines, connector's, and made comfortable, I was scared but also ready to see the years I had lost within my mind, my memories, was it that bad? I was still healthy, had muscle mass and even though I had been tortured I was obviously feed and kept in good shape, maybe it wasn't as bad as I had suspected; weather that's good or bad I would soon see.

I stood in a new red armour, something Hawley had specially made for me, I was to stay with her in Sword base as she worked on a special project and stayed in contact with those who worked on site at other stations. I had been glued to her as a personal guard, something that was mainly due to slowly ease me into field work once more, it had taken three months for all my 22 years of being a prisoner to be revealed, if that was what we wanted to call it. The worst was the torture and loneliness that was dished out by others, but strangely enough the one to make it all durable and worthwhile. In my memories we all learned that Elites were softer on women, also called Life bearers, they had also found that Vadamee was soft on me, and they noticed I had seen his value and worth as a commander but also as a person. But right now I was protection for Hawley, others had gained more information over the ships, security, weapons and also their ways and armour but I think they learned a little more than I or them had expected.

I stood watch as a relay went down, and it wasn't just any relay, it was the one Hawley had sent off UNSC to see Doctor -_ as he had mentioned the discovery of a latch key, not something that is a normal word use for him. There was still a lot about the covenant we didn't know and even my memories were still shot, the UNSC was unable to get all my memories and for that I was a little happy, there were some things I remembered that I didn't want them knowing. Like the 'strange' device thing that they surgically put into me, Halsey had no clue what it was, but didn't doubt that I would have lived through any kind of indoctrination as my body was so adjustable, her words were 'if anyone could survive torture and experiments in a war it is you.' However the UNSC and the doc still managed to learn that there was a strange friendship between Vadamee and myself little did they know that was just scratching the surface, and while I support humanity and the government there was just some things, I didn't want them to know.

I had been with Vadamee for 22 years, it had been a long time to be isolated with him and his race, there was much I would not tell them or that they could not learn from my memories and I knew Vadamee wouldn't tell anyone else those secrets either. He had killed all who tried to kill me or things we did and made, but I was here now, keeping the old doctor safe, and sadly I watched as the Covenant arrived here on Reach as they had been after what Nobel Team was sent after too, they though were ones led by Vadamee. "Zealot class elites," I stated the information that Halsey also knew from my time as a POF, "indeed, so whatever we found must stay with us, lock down Sword Base, the installation must be kept far away from their hands."

I stood by Halsey's side as the computer came up showing one of the Nobel team members trying to gain entrance to the data that they retrieved, I sighed, "too curious," it was then the assault of the corvette battle cruiser commenced. I quickly showed Halsey to a secure location and stayed with her, it took a while but after the covenant gained command of the base, we were met face to face by Vadamee and a few other Elites. They had no way of getting through the protective barrier between us but he still spoke all the same, "ah you hide away from me, that's nothing like the Jess I remember, but no worries, this world will burn, like the rest and you will need to come out, when you do I will take you 'home.'" Halsey had a strange look upon her face as did I but I was gladly wearing my helmet, I didn't want anyone to know about that, "what are you doing here Vadamee?" I questioned knowing full well all the reasons he was here. "You know why, the installation, the planet and for you, your mine and you know that, yet you return to their side, if you fight me I cannot show you mercy, you know that," I nodded, "yeah I know, now about your plans for Reach…" I tried to gain his tactical plan on taking the planet, he chuckled, "for all you know me and you still can't predict my plans." I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms "your still cocky as ever," I had notice Halsey picking up on the familiarity between us and also my reaction of dropping out of my military stance with him near.

"This base and world will fall, you can leave now and I will pardon you, but only this once," he held out his four-digit hand, I wanted to take it so bad, go home to the super carrier and see him, but I couldn't. "No, I am to protect Halsey no matter what," he sighed disappointed, "ever the stickler for the mission, no matter, we will win," he and the rest turned invisible as the war outside continued on, however Halsey spoke up, "just how close were yous Jess, the emotions, attitude and body language yous both showed were of something…more, yet in your memories we saw none of that, what aren't you telling me?" I stood in my military stance once more but nothing came from my lips, "sorry doctor but I am not aware either, like you said yous saw all my memories and even I don't have them all." She was suspicious and I could tell she saw through my lie but she was not saying anything, the others had been unhappy with me returning to my position as a Spartan but she insisted on my behalf, also with the strange thing implanted in me, they still had no clue what it was for, made many isolate me away from them as they had no clue what it was for.

I got a firsthand look at Nobel team, they were what I had seen on the monitors, but their latest recruit was truly amazing as she was highly decorated and had many secret missions under her belt, they called her Wolf, for her lone wolf kind of style fighting and missions she had in the pass. Even I was shocked at her record, but a few were shocked when they saw me as protection detail for Doctor Halsey, "a Spartan 2 here, why was it here instead of out there fighting?" Emile complained, "she was protecting me, I suggest that you reign in your men captain," Halsey stated to Carter, it was strange seeing spartan 3's on the battlefield. But better than me needing to go out there and protect sword base, I couldn't guarantee that I would win, not with Vadamee's presence on this planet and his forces being the ones to go against me.

Carter had the balls to threaten Halsey which had me stepping forward to take him out if need be, "I'd be careful there captain wouldn't want to upset the attack dog," Emile announced but George spoke up, "that's enough, she too is a spartan," "you gonna make me?" "enough both of you." Carter firmly stated, "it's just a reading suggestion mame," "mum?" "that will be all Gorge." I watched them leave, "so that is what they are after, another relic?" the doctor quickly moved to get to work, we went to the structure under the ice caps, to begin decoding. "I want you to set up defence perimeters Jess, nothing in, I need you to buy me as much time as you can, when this place falls, and it will fall we will need all we can get." I nodded understanding what she meant, after all it was Vadamee who we were facing, I set up automatic turrets, four of them to help prevent any bad guys of dropping in via ships, we had a nice amount of space to work with. I also set up a ton of ammo and weapon crates, I had set up a defend the area team, no one was to get down to us, and we knew we had a while before the Covenant found our current location. Strangely enough the relic was knowledge and a one of a kind A.I. was made out of it with the stem cells of Doctor Halsey. "Her name shall be Cortana, and she will chose who will have her assistance," I nodded seeing the knowledge from the structure and relic come together to make one very unique A.I. but still it was sad to think she will maybe live 7 or 8 years, unfortunately there has not been anything that can lengthen an A.I.s life as of yet. I watched her watch team Noble she watched many but they were her primary focus along with Nobel 6 aka Wolf. She had completed unimaginable feats in this war so far and long since prior, her record was mostly doctored but this A.I. had more power and authority even over ONI.

She had made her mind up to who will be her deliver and also who would be her one and only Spartan, when I saw John 117 in a cryno pod on the Pillar of Autumn with captain Keys I knew she had made the right choice. The world was losing and fast, the main priority was to safely evac as many people as possible, but then the elites and brutes, something I had only heard the elites complain about since I was last on their own ships. They didn't seem to see eye to eye especially when the brutes acted superiority over the Elites in times of war and conflict. I watched as many had taken down evacuation ships, I tightened my fist and turned away, I wished I had been out there helping them all, loss of human life and taking life was not what I wanted to see and I always wanted to prevent it, but I had my orders. Kat had been the next to fall straight after George, I watched Halsey cry for the first time, I however was unable to, the way I processed things and accepted them was different to normal people, but I did stand by her side, "I am sorry Doctor Halsey, he had a death any Spartan would be grateful for." And it was true, she nodded and dove headfirst into her work, I stayed on alert, Sword Base had long since fallen to the covenant but hadn't found our location as of yet.

I watched as they descended in the elevator and they walked down to me, it was only June, Emile, Wolf and Carter left, they had fought one hell of a war up on the surface and this was all that was left, and they had more left to do. They walked up to me, "do you mind telling us what the hell we are doing here, what is all of this?" Emile gestured to the area, "that is not for me to tell," it was then that Halsey spoke up on the communications. I pulled out my sniper rifle and shot of a grunts head in the far distance, "they've found us," I announced, "we knew they would, it was only a matter of time," Halsey stated, "there are turrets I had set up around the perimeter," I stated as Carter took lead of his own team, "Wolf get them active, June get into a prime location take them out from afar, Emile take out the ones who get too close…" Carter looked to me as I walked off, "you do not command me Carter, I will do what I do best: Kill." I had gotten on top of the beams and sat up there with a rocket launcher and shells for things that might come at us via the air and my sniper rifle, I always had a combat knife and pistol on my person no matter what, it was a necessity to have them by now.

I jumped down just as Emile was kicked onto his back by an Elite with an energy sword, I shot him with my pistol till his energy shield was gone and then kicked him onto his own back, "red queen," was all it said before I shot his head off. "Alright the doors are open, get in here now," Halsey stated, before others could question the title I was addressed by the elite, while it was something I had always had since my love of the chess game but also being the leader of Red team, who I hoped was doing fine under this siege I however mainly held it due to Vadamee and the fact I have red hair, they had liked the colour and also Vadamee gave me my high position up in the covenant ranks without me actually fighting or being on their side. I was used for other means, but atlas no one got their questions out, we made our way inside and then out the back where we were to evacuate while the detonation of the installation was to be lost to the covenant and ourselves. I knew for a fact that the elites hated the Brutes and if most noticed, then they would note that elites and brutes never fought on the same battlefields. "June make sure…" I knew what Carter was going to say but I spoke up, "Negative Captain Carter, I have Doctor Halsey, my mission is to keep her safe, you's will be needing June to make sure you's get on the pillar of autumn." It was then that the doctor spoke up, "negative 116, they have a better chance with you there, you are relieved from your protect mission, your new one is to protect Nobel 6 and the A.I. make sure they get onto the pillar of Autumn, June can make sure I get to a safe location." I wanted to argue with her so bad, "do as your ordered Jess," I heard her motherly no-nonsense tone she used to give us when we were kids, I sighed and put my hand on my hip, "fine then" I whined, the others seemed surprised, "alright then June you go with the doctor, welcome to Team Nobel Spartan-116," I walked with them onto the pelican as I watched as Doctor Halsey was on the other Pelican. "Really committed to that old lady, just as bad as George," my head snapped from watching the other pelican to Emile who was making a joke out of it, I frowned, "some of us are loyal to our makers." I stated which made Emile go silent in a contemplative way, he sat at the exit watching our backs as I went over to Wolf, "her name is Cortana, your only job is to make sure she gets onto that ship, she is meant for another Spartan that she has chosen."

She looked down at the cylindrical object, "so it's a female and her name is Cortana, why is she so special?" I looked over to the dying world, "because she is worth this world falling, she is more than all the A.I.s we could make combined, she is all the knowledge and then some, she is our salvation." I stated thinking it sounded pretty inspiring, dire and cool in a way, I had found it hard to lose my essential humour many of my siblings were the same in that regard, Halsey had complained a little about it, but she had her favourites, those being John, myself, George her own son, Finn, Clair and a few others. To all of us, she was kind and our only mother to date, it has been a long time since we were made and in that time she had aged to look like a grandmother but still to this day had no grandchildren to speak off.

I watched as the banshee's came up behind us, Emile and I shot them down, but not before Carter got shot through the chest, we left the ship, only to lose Carter once we came upon a scarab. It was silent on our race down to the shipyards, humans and covenant were fighting, one trying to prevent the ship from leaving and lock down the area while the other fought to gain control and leave the dying world behind.

I backed up Emile, they came to take down the gun that was keeping the skies clear, "get on board Wolf, I have this," I stated as I shot and killed the elites, more came as I backed up Emile who was clear of the enemy as he took down more and more phantoms, corvette class carriers and shot the battleship in the energy particle barrier as it readied to shoot. We both watched as they took off, "well 116, mission accomplished, what now?" I looked over to the ghost helmet Spartan 3, "procure a phantom and get of world before we burn?" I asked with a considering hand in the air, "yeah I like the sound of that, is that how you got off of Eridanus 2 all those years ago, I read your file, or better yet Kat did." I rolled my eyes, of course that hacker did, "no I got away in a Pelican only to be caught by the covenant," "you were a POA?" "I thought that would have been in the report?" "no only the basics of you going MIA on Eridanus 2, when we saw you we had no clue of how you survived." 'Seems I shot myself in the foot,' "I only recently was saved from the covenant, come on before they glass this world."

It was not easy, no ships were landing only foot soldiers who amassed in numbers to be rid of the last of the humans before leaving to glass it entirely, but the amount of enemies was immense, "this isn't going to be a fair fight 116." I nodded, "they are going to throw everything at as, the rest will be on their way after the Autumn, it's the way they are, so let's have a workout shall we?" We ran out of ammo, over and over again and again, we began just picking up what we had available, but soon enough we tired too much, or well Emile did, he had been stabbed through and through by a power sword by an elite. I was kicked down onto the ground eventually and my helmet removed, "Vadamee will be pleased to see you once more," a hoof to the face and then it was black.

I woke up on the soft bed, I looked around the mighty large room, knowing immediately that it was Vadamee's, I had seen the large basinet of to the side with the glow of the hologram stars that moved about. I walked over noticing I was in a long dress that belonged to the Sangheili race, I got to the crib and saw our son, I touched him, he looked exactly like Vadamee, only getting the best from my human race. His brain, nervous system and human legs, allowing him to climb ladders and anything vertical, and he had normal feet, his hands humans but with an additional thumb on the other end, and his skin thicker like hide but the beautiful crème colour of a humans, like my own. He had everything else from his dad, it had been the strange thing that they implanted into me that allowed me to create and hold an egg within me and birth it.

Vadamee and I were considered husband and wife in his people's ways, we spent many years getting to know one another and fell in love, as time went on we chose to find ways to procreate, Vadamee needed an air to his clan and to leave all this to him. So cross breeding was investigated and researched, it was made possible but only because my body was already changed and so accustomed to doctrination. I felt his hand touch my own exposed shoulder, I looked over to him as he said, "finally your back, why did you leave?" "I was 'rescued' by John 117, my brother, after that last procedure to remove the eggshell from within me, knocked me about, I couldn't remember many things, and so the humans too learned much about all of this, but not him and not you and me." "You had a lapse in memories?" I nodded to his concerned words, "but it's alright now, I remember everything Vadamee." I looked to our son our, he was still so small, his growth was slowed down with my own new and changed genetics being slowed in aging and the Sangheili's never aged quickly either. I touched him lightly, his skin so smooth to my fingertips, while I had been on the side of the human race, I also was on the side of my love, it was hard to choose, I wanted the humans to live and I would fight for them, but while here, I played ignorance and wanted to learn nothing about the war; it was better than to know I was failing at my purpose.

I woke the next morning in the arms of my love, he was a passionate person, I had been surprised that they were very affectionate to their females, instead of buffing up and showing of or being masculine they instead were soft and loving trying to woo the females to them showing they could be tender and soft. It was very opposite to what I had suspected of them and of Vadamee, while they are a warrior race with honour they however didn't play that part in all aspects of their rituals. I felt his arm tighten around my waist, I was so much smaller than him, always within his chest and his hand over my stomach where I had nearly died from a needle bullet all those years ago, I still had all those scars, something he loved to feel and run his fingers over. He hummed showing he was awake, he made a lot of cute noises and sounds, I smiled and rolled him over so that I topped him, our babe still asleep, it was a normal early stage of their life for his species and it seemed our little one was the same.

"Your awake, and passionate as always," he stated as he noticed my eyes darkened as it was obvious what I wanted, "you know we do not reproduce after having one heir," he stated as I pouted, "and you know humans tend to when our numbers are lowered dramatically." His eyes showed something like he was sorry, but I knew he would never actually say it, while it was hard for me to feel horny right now I was rearing to go. I lowered onto his chest, something I loved to do seeing he could take my full weight and height, I didn't think I could ever be with a human male, it was strange with how small and weak they were compared to Vadamee and his race. He rubbed his hands up and down my back, "in due time, once our son has gone through the naming ritual then we may have more," "and when shall that be?" I asked with hope in my eyes, he sighed, "when he is older, it shouldn't be too long now, he was born ten years ago, it typically takes 15 years in their early stages." I looked over to the crib where I could only touch and watch our son, they were to be left alone while they slept, I however got to hold him to my heart's content in his first week of life. It was strange, I could feel a need and wants to hold and baby him and cherish him, but I couldn't, I wanted that maternal feeling of holding my baby and breast feeding, something I didn't get to do with him, and I wasn't allowed to name him either, it was a bit depressing to think about as the name Victor came to mind. I looked to Vadamee, "fine in due time, but I want more babies, I don't think you could slow my want for young ever," he made a purr like sound, "I doubt that too my dear."

Something had happened, that much was clear, I had not seen Vadamee in a long time, he was working against the humans, his campaign never ending until extinction was successful. But something was strange, I could hear many rushing and moving about in the hallways, I walked around the place, it was fine should I wish too, the ones in Vadamee's ranks and on his main ship were the ones he most trusted and had strong bonds with, so they all accepted me, only for their Supreme Commander, but Vadamee had made things clear to me; the prophet's must not know or myself and our young would be killed. Over the time I learned Sangheili and it was actually easier than one would think, I had wanted to call our son Victor for Victory that name meant or Visa in Sangheili, I had thought over many female names too, I was eager for a baby girl, and Vadamee knew we typically had more than one child and always wanting one of each sex. Xose meant Rose in English, But there was also Vona, Vera or Erza, strange that Erza meant 'most beautiful warrior' but I wasn't actually sure if it had a meaning in my own language, there was also Levi, a males name and human, it was beautiful meaning 'a bond to others', and to say Vadamee and I had a very strong bond indeed.

Most I knew would not accept me or Vadamee, not on the human side and not on the covenant side, it was horrible to think that in war no love was accepted, but I had hope that some would accept our love and union; I thought it beautiful. One day perhaps all war will be over and the races will come together, however I hadn't sat idly by, I had been trying to get Vadamee to ask questions and read between the lines when it came to the prophets who seemed to claim things that made no sense, no one asked enough questions in his race, he too didn't like too. They had served the prophets for thousands of years, and I also knew that they weren't the smartest, their tech and weapons was thanks to forerunner relics and also the prophets and other races that brought all their ingenuity together. I had been a little annoyed when he spoke up to me, "you stay out of my, what you humans call it, 'job' and I will stay out of yours, we will not bring that up," I frowned, it was easy for him to say as I was the one to be locked up in his ship, not allowed to leave it, I was not to hurt anyone outside of combat situations, like if I was attacked or when I am armed and on the battlefield against them, like on Reach.

I was surprised to have him rushing into my room, "Jess get our young and take a phantom, you must leave now!" I looked to him, "what is going on?" "a spartan; the one you told me that saved you, he was the one to destroy the sacred ring and get away, the covenant wants to speak to me." I knew what he meant "more like execute you!" he gave me a grave look, "not unless they get what they want, you however will be something they will never learn off, nor our son, go, take him somewhere safe; I can't protect yous anymore." My eyes widened and then narrowed, I looked down, this was not what I wanted to hear and while I was happy that John was alive and managed to succeed in stopping the 'ring' whatever that was, I was equally upset that now Vadamee could pay for this with his life. I hugged him as he did me, his lips opened and lightly nipped at my skin, it was their way of kissing, I kissed him back and placed our forehead's together in our last goodbye. I carefully picked up our son, not wanting to wake him, an early wake apparently meant that one may not be as great as when they are to wake naturally; not as smart or strong, the longer the sleeping phase the better. I paused once he was to my breast, "what about the naming ritual?" I looked to him as he too had realised that was not possible anymore, "I trust you in naming him," "Levi then, while I did want to name him Victor, he is the personification of the bond between us," I noticed Vadamee's eyes softened his eyes zeroed in on our son to commit him to memory. He nodded, "that is a fine name it means fast one in my language," I nodded already knowing it too, he embraced me one last time and quickly escorted me out to the hanger and into a phantom ship, it was then that we both saw the Covenant holly city; high charity arrive, "go now!" he stated quickly leaving as I started it up and readied to leave as Vadamee went back to the command room of his battleship.

I had made my way to Earth, it was one of our last planets left after Reach, once Reach fell the rest dropped like dominoes, I hadn't gotten close when the defence platform Cairo went to open up on us. "This is Spartan 116 please hold your fire," "Spartan 116, what are you doing on that ship?" "Coming home Sir," I had been a little surprised that Lord Hood was currently there, "ah well you will be glad to see 117 is also here, he arrive just prior to you, land in hanger 3." I sighed and followed orders, I was not happy with having to come here, I wanted to go to Earth, I wanted Doctor Halsey, it was highly possible that she was down there. I looked down to the large bundles of blankets and the still sleeping Levi in my lap while I wore my dress still, I knew this was going to go down like a pelican with a dead fusion battery. I looked to hanger 3, and docked, there were many with their weapons, just in case, can't blame them right, but there were many waiting and just looking at the ship, it might be the first time we had ever had a working piece of covenant tech let alone a ship. I had all my armour taken twice by Vadamee; every time he had gotten his hands on me I woke without my armour.

I parked the ship on standby and then stepped onto the hollo lift which lowered me down to below it onto the hanger landing area, I had most of Levi covered only his human like feet and the colour of his light-coloured skin could be seen. It had been long enough between Reach and now that I would be able to have a babe but still everyone looked at me strange seeing I was in a dress. "Ah…Spartan 116?" a few medical soldiers came up to me, I nodded, "yes I am Jessica 116, coming home," "a baby, does it need medical attention?" I shook my head and held him closer to my chest, "he is mine," I stated showing my affection but also protectiveness, it was now I saw John step out, he was in his new gel layer, obviously he was in one hell of a fight if he was without his armour. "John?" his clear blue eyes and brown hair newly shaved off once more, "it's been a while," he paused seeing the legs of a very small infant, "you've been busy," he more or less stated. I smirked and blushed, "not everyone can play the war hero quiet like you…say where is Halsey," "Master Chief you are needed in the armoury, your new suit is ready," he looked over and nodded to the solider informing him. "Well your as popular as ever, I'll let you get to it, I will see you around bro," I gave him a very casual wave with my free arm while I then walked away with the medical staff. "Where is your armour mame?" "a bit hard to be pregnant in it I had to cast it off a long time ago," "I see, we will check yous both over and you will need to do a debrief mame, Lord Hood has been awaiting your arrival too, he said he will have a talk with you once the ceremony is over with."

"Ceremony?" "yeah medals of valour need to be handed out and tributes to those we lost, there is much to celebrate and also many to remember, we need this more for morale, we've been pushed all the way back to home." I looked out the large elevator to the medical wings and got a good look at it, I wasn't sure why but every time I saw an image of Earth all I could think was 'wow it's so beautiful,' I was always in awe of it even over my own home world or Eridanus 2 and my second home of Reach, it was our 'real' home; our first home. I saw the T.V. set up and many of the other medical practitioners watching the ceremony as we took a seat on a free bed, the lady was the one to ask me to please lay the baby in a crib she brought over.

I knew it was one that would scan the babe, and I was hesitant to do so, I watched as Lord hood stated, "sorry gentleman we will need to cut this short," I frowned, as the medical officer also paused and took note of his words. "It's okay prep for it, I can wait, he and I are healthy after all, I know you have your procedures too, but right now just in case, its best you make sure you have your medical packs ready." She gave me a thankful look and began rushing around to do as I stated, and just as well as Cortana the A.I. I helped to get away from Reach had showed up, she was as fast and smart as Halsey and I had predicted, and trouble was indeed just beyond our reach of the defence platform. I swallowed hopping they didn't know about Levi, I looked down to him, moving the blanket to just see his face, it was then that his beautiful eyes opened for the first time and he had lovely golden eyes like Vadamee, I smiled down to him, "hello Levi," his little teeth less lips opened and he made the cutest tinny eep of a sound and his hands moved as his feet stretched out too. It was then that the whole scene cut to soldiers rushing around and readying, other space stations were hit and I watched in dyer shock as one exploded, I looked to him and made my way to the armoury. It was there I found the man who was the one to call Master Chief away when I was talking to him, "hey, I need a favour," "you've already seen medical?" I nodded, "yeah, I need a new suit pronto," he made a look, "do you know how much they cost," "that doesn't matter right now," "but the baby," "just hurry up."

I stood in a suit but it was sadly Black, not my favourite Red, "if you want it coloured you will need to wait an extra hour," I shook my head, "this is good enough right now," It was then that I saw the shimmer of invisibility, I had become accustomed to it and so I instantly picked up the shotgun and shot the Elites, killing them. "What the hell are they doing in my armoury!" I had laid Levi down on table, I placed on my pistol, my knife, a few grenades and the shot gun, I got the blankets and tied it around and to my body to keep Levi in a hammock on my front. It was now I noticed John had come into the armoury, "hey son, you just missed them, 116 took them down," John looked to the kid still with me, "you plan on fighting with a baby Jess?" I nodded, "with my armour, the shield can cover both him and me, he is safer right where he is, plus I just really need to get him to safety on the surface, to mum…doctor Halsey."

I quickly corrected myself, as John nodded, "there is an evac shuttle getting ready for take-off, I suggest that yous get to it now," "thanks John." I had noticed that out of all of us Spartan's I was one of the few that considered the doctor a mum and the other kids as siblings, some made friends and sometimes thought of each other as just being in the same boat but John and myself had much of the same outlook, even if he didn't admit it to anyone.

It was hard to monuvered around, I had been the one to take point, mowing down many in my way, I learned from listening in on their conversations that this fleet were belonging to the prophet of regret and that confused me greatly. "Lord Hood, are you aware that this is the Prophet of Regret's fleet?" I asked into the coms on my helmet, "yes 116 I am aware, he bypassed us to go straight to New Mombasa," I frowned knowing that they only go straight after relics and artefacts and installations that belong to the forerunners, and perhaps he had no clue that this is actually our home world, even Vadamee didn't know that. "They are here for something like a forerunner relic or installation sir," "and what makes you say that?" "I have been a POW I know how they think and how they work, they would only come for the artefacts, they believe them as their gods and that they only belong to them, seeing they don't have much of a fleet right now, it is possible that they had no clue this was our home world." It was then I heard Cortana spoke up, "I believe she is right Sir, they are very unprepared for us, like you said the fleet that took on Reach was double this amount." Lord Hood spoke up once more, "then I suppose your mind may be needed up here in the control centre 116," "yes Sir," I handed over my shotgun to the solider who was helping with evac, "here, I will be fine on my way to the control centre."

I found my way as the doors opened, "ah 116…you have a baby with you?" I nodded, "he is mine sir, but he is a quiet one," I moved to him so that he wouldn't have a say in if he stays or goes. "We have medical people that can take care of him for now," I shook my head "negative sir, my son stays with me, unless it is Halsey who takes him from my person." Lord Hood looked ready to argue, but strangely held his tongue, "tell me what you know," "to begin with, the fleet was not aware this is our home world, where the prophet went must have a relic or there is an installation there, like the one that was on Reach. The covenant only think of these forerunner technology as holly things and of belonging to them, anything else to touch it desecrates it in a way, it is perhaps this reason why this fight here is happening." I had heard words and saw radio feeds of the covenant, "this is him asking Truth for help, he wants and needs back up, he is asking for forgiveness as he wanted to gain the 'installation' of the 'ark' and to show how worthy he and his fleet are after the destruction of the last sacred Ring lost by Vadamee."

Sangheili was something learnt by most however not many were good with it, however I spent 22 years with them so I had to learn it and fast, "you seem like a natural with it," I nodded "indeed sir, this was a necessary thing I had to pick up on." "Very well you will be monitoring and decrypting their comms," he looked to the lump tied to my person, "and find Halsey immediately," I nodded as I sat down at my station. I had worked going to and from the bathroom to feed milk to Levi and then to making nappies out of female menstrual pads and then back to work, my suit made me capable of not needing to eat or drink, it kept me hydrated and with a lot of protein, meanwhile the changes to my body helped as well. It had been near a month when Halsey was brought forth, "ah Jess, you're here, I thought I lost you on Reach," I was a little surprised to receive a hug from her, but also glad as I hugged her back, she was after all my mother. I also taken note of her aware of the bundle, he had been staying awake longer and growing since he first opened his eyes, he also drank more milk daily then the last and that only seemed to increase. I pulled her to the bathroom, "mum come with me," a few including Lord Hood were a bit surprised to hear me call her that, but once we were in the bathroom she all but shout whispered, "whose child is this?" she pointed to it. I took of my helmet now, "calm down, he is mine," she seemed to do a re-evaluation of my person, "alright please explain to me why you had a child in the middle of a war Jessica, of all the silly things one could do that would have to be bordering imbecilic."

I rolled my eyes, "don't roll your eyes at me young lady, you know I'm right," I was sure a few were listening in from outside, "yes your right, always right, now please can you take him and keep him safe… I only trust you to do so, you see…" I looked down and slowly revealed him much to Halsey's widened eyes in absolute shock, "but that's not possible," she all but whispered to herself. I nodded, "I know, but…" she clued on way quicker than I had suspected, "that implanted thing," she said accusingly, "yes, that is how, who is the father?" I frowned, "it doesn't matter because he is dead, look he is the one and only half breed, you know they experimented on me for a long time and this was what the outcome was, but I love him, please he is…" "unique," Halsey stated, "just no doctrination please," she nodded, "a few simple scans and blood tests though?" I knew she would ask. I sighed figuring blood tests were not bad, and pretty much painless, I nodded, "just keep him healthy, safe and let no one know about him." She nodded, "you have my word," "he gets cuter the longer you look at him," she stated and then asked, "what does he eat and drink?" "My milk and they are like us, omnivores," she nodded, "there is so much I want to ask you right now, but we don't have the time," she sighed, "well I guess technically this is my first grandchild, what is his name?" "Levi," she gave me a look, "quite a loving name considering…" I heard her question but ignored her, she took the baby as she touched his hands, feet, face and felt his skin, she was obviously in awe of him, "alright Levi it's time for us to go."

It was the hardest thing I had to do besides leaving him the first time, but I knew he was safe with his daddy, this time he was with a human with no army, fleet or combat training under her belt, so I was a little more afraid. I worked diligently, I heard Commander Keys asking to engage Regrets ship, only for one of her men to state it's about to jump inside the city. "Pull all ground forces out of there now," I told all ground troupes, but it was for naught as the entire city was flattened, through the slip space was where John and Captain Keys had dashed after them and got out alive…hopefully.

Team Blue took down key critical targets in space and across the world, a few came up with names of fake relics to help them lore in targets and be rid of them, of course I had to convert the words to Sangheili so that they believed it was a friendly who picked up on the transmission and sent it off to alert the covenant to go in for a fake attack. It was great helping other Spartan's on the ground, I wasn't at all phased that I wasn't on the ground attacking, we had held for a long time, Doctor Halsey had been safe in a safe zone on Earth, she was in a made-up lab and doing medical help for others.

We received a transmission "this is commander Keys can you hear me Cairo?" "Affirmative Commander Keys, we hear you loud and clear," I sat still once picking up the transmission to let Lord Hood take over. "We had followed the prophet of Regret who was eliminated," everyone cheered, "Cortana and Master Chief are MIA," everything went silent. "We have the Arbiter with us, he is a friendly Sangheili, many have learned the truth and are allying with us, they helped stopped the halo ring we came upon from being fired." I was shocked, I had heard stories about 'the arbiter' from Vadamee, so to have one was surprising, but they were meant to be the best of the best, "we are still fighting this war, so all the help we can get is greatly appreciated, come on home." It was just after that I received a dreadnaught signal popping up out of nowhere, "Lord Hood a new bogie," he saw it, "shoot it down," "This is Spartan One-One- Seven," my eyes widened, "Master Chief, you mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" "Sir, finishing this fight," I looked to Lord Hood, it was now I wanted to be in the field. "Commander Keys, do you read me?" "Yes Sir," "we have a mission for you, Master Chief has just came into contact, he is landing on Earth close to your landing position in Voi, I suggest you go collect him, I am sending additional help your way, Spartan 116 will meet up with yous at his drop sight." "Understood sir," I stood and saluted him, "yes sir."

I left taking a pelican, it was hard to fly around in the war, you had to be fast and sneaky. I managed to see his landing being in the jungles of Voi, I had landed my pelican and gone via foot, I arrived seeing a small team led by Johnson. "Ah man, you beat me here," he smirk removing his cigar, "well, well long time no see 116, you came for him too I see," I nodded seeing his armour locked up and hearing what the technician had to say "his gel layer took most of the impact…I don't know Sarge," "he's fine," I waved it off, "gonna take more than a bad landing strategy to kill of the master chief, come on Bro time to wake up." He slowly got up, as I gave him a hand, "one of these days your gonna land on something as stubborn as you are, and I don't do bits and pieces." I smirked seeing Johnson would obviously be upset, "so how's Cortana?" he paused, "she isn't here, she stayed behind on High Charity where the flood is." That was not something good to hear… "are you wearing black?" Everyone paused at the voice, as Arbiter released his invisibility, I looked up in shock as it was Vadamee, but John had dashed forward putting a pistol up into his mouth. "Chief, Arbiter is with us," and he all but stopped, I moved forward "Thel 'Vadamee?" everyone looked at the both of us, "I go by the name of Arbiter now, but I am Thel 'Vadem." I wanted to hug him so bad, I moved forward, "the brutes have our scent now, we should hurry," "I have a pelican, but it can't take all of us Sargent." "I want you to get most of our soldiers back to the crow's nest, the rest of us will get to our own evac sight." I nodded, "yous twelve with me," I stated as most of the humans came with me and the few others, Sargent, Arbiter and Master Chief left for their own ships in the jungle.

I had dropped them off, getting a new heading for a group needing medical pick up, I got a few medical soldiers on board before leaving, we got five injured soldiers, and three alive on board and brought them in. It was then that I heard about the evac for 117 and Arbiter's group loosing there ships by being hit by Banshee's. "I'll get them Commander," "alright 116," I headed out ready to get them, "I heard you boys may need a lift," I stated after shooting down the phantom keeping them pinned and also all the ground enemies. I landed low as I picked up what was left of the team, they all got aboard as I brought them in and landed slowly into the crow's nest, "welcome, it's our new home for the time being." We all got out, Vadame had followed John as I had been sent out to deal with another rescue pick up, while I was out though, I was hit by a stray energy blast from an alien weapon. I crashed and slowly got out making sure I was armed but also had a medical pack on me just in case, I rendezvous with evacuating ships from the crow's nest, "what the hell is going on there?" "Covenant found us, they are luring them in and blowing it up," the pilot told me as we watched from the distance.

We regrouped as large covenant AA guns were set up to keep the skies clear while the covenant unearthed some kind of building, I was sure that was the installation they were after. We managed to destroyed one while another team destroyed the other, but it was all for naught, as the ships went in to attack, a strange energy blast and new portal opened up to allow them in, but the ships we sent in were powerless as they lost their faculties. And worse a parasite ship flew in and crash landed from another portal sent from high charity, I sighed our day just went from bad to worse, it was obvious that this infestation was not going to be stopped so easily, so the Shadow of Intent led by Master Rtas 'Vadum helped us by glassing all the bad places away which was three quarters of the African continent, which was not as bad as seeing our home world fully glassed or blown up like Eridanus 2.

Council took on the bridge of the assisting alien ship, I had been making glances at Vadame for a long while, but we hadn't had the chance to speak yet. Cortana was good enough to send us a heads up as the flood didn't know what was through the portal, and to go through had a solution to deal with the flood on the other side, I had been a little surprised to see how John reacted to her, 'did he fall in love with his A.I?' I thought, 'wouldn't be the strangest love to manifest during this war,' I looked over to my husband. It was decided that we were going through the portal, the combat able humans and all the Elites, once we disbanded, I walked over to him, "shall we talk somewhere private?" It wasn't till the bridge was quiet that Rtas also left us alone, only nodding to Thel on his way out, "where is Levi?" he instantly asked, "with my mother, she has him in a safe location on Earth," he sighed feeling worried and I sympathises with him on that one, "I think perhaps, you should go to him…you've done enough, you do not need to do more, please go to our son, I will come home to you." I watched him closely, "you promise right, I thought I lost you once, I don't want to feel that once more, promise me you will come and get the both of us when you return." I knew it was not something their people did but I took of my helmet so he could see how serious I was, he leaned over and kissed me on the lips, "I promise…I will try with all my being, but you need to go to our son, okay?" I saw what he was doing, "alright then, besides the black doesn't suit me," I could see the mirth in his eyes as he then hugged me. "Come with me," I had followed him out to the empty hallways, the most activity was happening in the hangers, armoury and other areas and ships readying to go through the portal. However we went to Thel's room when he removed his Arbiter armour for the first time since putting it on, I noticed his branded scar right away. I liked the chrome silver look he was rocking; he was so well accustomed to removing my own armour that it was quick.

He had for once been the one to instigate this making love session, we had taken our time, I took in his ghastly scar branded into his chest, and also the burns onto his skin as it was obvious electricity had been the cause of it. He had been harshly punished for the loss of the halo ring, he had not had a great time since parting with Levi and I, I ran my hand over his skin, "it's alright love, I wear it with pride now since I learned the truth," I had kissed him all over, showing my love for him. His phallic had become known as he got excited as it hardened and erected outwards from his body as it was typically unseen. He made a sexy moaning sound, I loved most of the noises he made from his throat as I kissed him and took him with in me as I was the one to top with his hands on my person keeping me stable. It was always such an amazing experience to feel him within me, his tenderness and love only stayed compliant for so long as once I was adjusted he quickly topped me, it was easy for him to flip us with his legs and hoofs as I laid on his bed. The room was much smaller compared to the one he had back on his own ship, he had thrown caution to the wind as he was thrusting into me with all his strength. I gripped onto him as he did me, it was great having a lover with the stamina and strength the same as my own, not to mentioned we lined up great as I was taller than most women and even a lot of men. I was unable to stop my screams and moans as I begged him for more, as he also growled and purred his own climax getting up and ready to release, kisses, bites and loud noises and a cry out of Thel had us coming down to ourselves as we panted and relaxed next to one another.

I smiled so happy, as Thel patted my long red locks, something I learned he loved about us humans, as no other species besides the brutes had much hair, but ours was pretty in colour and silky and smooth in texture. "We need to get things ready, and you need to go," I nodded against his chest still listening to his heartbeat as it was louder and stronger sounding than a human's, "shortly, just a little longer my love," as he patted me more, a few kisses and then finally we were leaving after cleaning up. There was one thing about Sangheili's; is that they had such a large 'load' that I was always cleaning up after making love, I got into my gel layer suit and then put on my armour, however only so I could transport it to base as I did not want to carry it via hand.

I returned to Lord Hood, the covenant fight had mostly left through the portal, meaning we had to pick up the pieces here and have something ready for those who have something to come home to. I stood next to Lord Hood, "Sir?" "116, what is it?" "I am quitting sir, I need to go home to my son," he looked confused, "why now?" "because this is not my fight sir, I am staying here, but I would like to stay with my son, I know I can leave this to the Master Chief and our new allies." He nodded, "if you are sure this is what's right, then I won't stop you," I nodded, "I am sir, thank you sir," "Doctor Halsey is within New Mexico strong hold city, I can drop you off on my way to headquarters." I had learned that she was helping with the newest Spartan four program trainees, I was not expecting a full outpost where a new ship was being built, a new headquarters and many other official projects. I had to go through a whole process of removing my armour and resigning from the UNSC, once I was done I had civilian clothes given to me, I wore tight jeans, pink heels and a pink crop top, I looked to it strangely as I also put my hair up into a bun like I always did for when I wore my helmet. "It is all we have, sorry about that," the one who took my armour stated, I nodded, "right, well I need to find Halsey."

I found her working in her massive office lab room and in the back I was sure was the door to her personal quarters, "mum?" she paused spinning to see me, "ah wow…Jess, you look terrible," I nodded, "I know," I had been trying to pull the crop top down to hide my mid-section to no avail. "So…you quitting?" I nodded, "I've done enough and I don't want to see another war again," she seemed miffed if only a little, "Is Levi in there," I pointed to the door, "yes, he hasn't really been growing much, he just always wants to look at you and I had to specially formulate milk with your DNA in it, trust me that was not easy, so fussy he is." I smiled as I noticed he hadn't grown much at all, none actually, I picked him up as recognition and excitement came to his eyes, he made the cute little purr sound like his father as I smiled and his four mandibles moved as he reached up to me and I brought him up to my face and we nuzzled each other. "No one knows right?" "I kept him safe like I promised," I sighed in relief, "where are you going now?" I looked over to her, "a quiet place out on a massive amount of property and to the store for necessities, I have enough retirement money to make us a home here." "Well do send me a post card from time to time, I may look at it," I smirked knowing she was looking forward to it, "alright, thanks a lot for this, I owe you one okay?" she waved me off, "sure I'll keep that in mind."

I had gotten clothes and items for both Levi and myself, I had wondered if we would still go through the naming ritual now that Thel was alive and coming back to me, I had chosen our home out near the wilderness. Whitefish Montana was where I settled down, it was a nice place where it had small rivers, dams and small isolated lakes and backed up into many wild mountains. I had found a nice cabin and stone house, I had continued to feed Levi my milk, I didn't stop producing in all the time I was apart from him. I also was left alone and had all the wilderness and space for Levi when he begins walking and running, and I can begin with teaching him. It had been different finding out that I was pregnant, I was not having normal showings since I had the implant as the baby is technically an egg and so only with the swelling of my tummy and feeling the hard roundness sitting lower onto my cervix.

Slowly I swelled and still Levi fed from my milk and required me to pick him up and dote on him, it was not that easy, I rocked in my chair on the front patio that looked over the large lake, I rubbed my belly while I held Levi. I watched as the lights came from above and then Thel came out, standing on the front lawn, only now he was wearing gold Arbiter Armour. I slowly stood as Levi woke, looking at his father, I walked over to him as he took Levi once we got closer and he reached out his arms for his father. I noticed that he looked far more intimidating, and sexy… 'oh great my hormones are rearing their head,' I took his other offered hand, he was alone leaving the phantom parked in our front yard. I smiled up to him, "you kept your promise," I stated as he stated, "and so did you love," he nuzzled his face against my own, "you've made a great home here with our children," he put his hand on my growing belly. I put my own hand over his hand, "well I wanted a place where they will be safe and no one will find where we are, freedom in a way, so you and John won and came back?" he paused, I could tell he had something not so easy to tell me, he moved us towards the house.

I was glad that my cabin had extremely large ceiling with massive high wooden beam roof. Thel sat down on a chair, I placed Levi down on the plush couch and I also settled down, "tell me what happened Thel." I was informed by Thel of all the happenings about the portal, the flood, Truth being killed by his hand, he was very happy about that. He explained what happened to Johnson, Commander Keys, High charity, Cortana and then about the portal on the way back and how the ship was separated in half, Thel went on to talk about how he believed him still alive. I found John and Thel became friends in their fight shoulder by shoulder. "Well your right anyway, he always had too much luck for his own good," I smiled fondly, I looked over to him looking at my stomach, "do you know what the babe is yet?" I shook my head in a negative, "can I?" he asked in invitation to be able to check its heart, age and sex, it was something I loved when I found out it was the males that acted like the doctors and could track everything about the baby.

I nodded so very excited to have him do so, I had him on a knee forehead and hand on my stomach, I loved it when he did this, it was very romantic in my eyes as it showed how great of a father he is. "Hmm well it's a girl and she is very healthy, and we of course know how old she is," I giggled as I watched him get up, "she is a strong one dear, I would say you will be laying her earlier than you would suspect." I had not liked laying the egg with Levi and I knew I was not going to like it on this one, eggs could not smoosh down in my birth cannel and so I had to open wider and push it all out hard and then try and heal, I was lucky I was able to heal quickly and clot my blood naturally. I also had a large amount of pain tolerance, which made me welcome motherhood even if it was not the natural way of how I as a human was supposed to. I had issues with Levi as he had a little bit of egg break off and lodge inside my womb, which we only found many years later when issues arose and they operated on me causing my memory loss. "That is good to know, I was worried with not knowing how she was going," "you haven't been around any humans since coming here?" I nodded, "I don't want anyone to know about Levi and our newest little one, I think that maybe people cannot accept the love between a human and Sangheili, even with the war finished with." He nodded but asked "are you ashamed of this," I shook my head no as he then took of his metal helmet, "l just am scared of what people may do to them, I am an experiment after all, yes I ain't mad, but…a lot of us died, I don't want someone trying to take those chances with our babies."

He took a seat next to me on the soft couch, I enjoyed nestling up to him, "I need to go to Sangheilios as there is insurrection among my people, some still fight and believe that the prophets were telling the truth, I must go and quell it immediately, but I will come home from time to time and also take you with me once all is peaceful once more." I was worried that once more this was an excuse but I spent decades with him, so I just hoped for our children's sake's that everything resolves itself quickly. I nodded, "alright Thel, as long as you need me to wait, I can do it, but I wanted to ask would we still be doing the naming ritual with Levi seeing you're here," "but you already you gave him a name love." "I know but we have more than one name, and I figured it would be fitting for him to have a Sangheili and human name, seems fitting right?" He easily accepted, I knew he was over the moon about his first-born son going through that ritual even if he was a half breed or not.

It seem the difference in our races and honour would always have us at opposite sides of the universe as he fought for his race as the arbiter and I was to mother his heirs, Levi Vice Vadamee was our sons name, and soon my egg that I watched diligently would hatch and our little girl would meet the world. Till then I waited diligently for my love and leader of the Sangheili race, it was a warm summer when I watched Levi sitting on the floor learning how to build things with block toys and get used to his many fingers and hands, when I looked to see my egg rock and a little fracture happen in the shell. It seemed it was time to meet the princess of our two races, a small hoof came out of the shell and I noticed her brownish tone to her skin and black hooves, a small cry had me well aware of her normal mouth and features like my own, normal human features only her legs like her fathers. She had pretty markings along her skin, light white they were and swirly and patterned, her small hair of black and eyes of vivid green like my own, I held her as she cried and purred as I rugged her up in a blanket to go through her long sleep, however she seemed more human as she woke up all the time to drink milk. Vera was a human and Sangheili name and I thought it was nice, until her father went through her naming ceremony once we were reunited once more, but till then I will wait patiently.