Delivering Cortana
Noble team made their way into Doctor Halsey's underground lab after holding off waves of covenant they see her in a room full of forerunner technology and run up to her.
"What is this stuff" Emile asked his voice in awe as he stared at the forerunner structure
"Knowledge a birthright from an ancient civilization" Halsey responded she then spoke up again
"This A.I. is its custodian and she has chosen you as its couriers" Emile then turned his head towards Carter and sounded confused when he spoke up.
"Chosen by an A.I." Halsey quickly responded to what Emile had said and instructed us on our objective.
"By this A.I. yes her measure of you carries as much weight as my are to take her to the UNSC ship breaking yard in Azod. There you'll find a Halcyon class cruiser waiting to get her off planet"
"I understand" Carter replied taking in what he had just heard.
"Do you. When Reach falls and it will fall our annihilation is all but certain. Unless we can glean from this artifact a defense against the covenant. A game changer on the level of the conical bullet in the nineteenth century. Or faster than light travel in the twenty third.
"And what if we can't" responded Carter
"An apt question if there were somewhere to place our hope. There is not" replied Halsey as she looked at a blue A.I. before it disappeared she then took out a canister that housed the A.I. and approached Corey with it.
"Take it lieutenant she has made her choice" she said to him. Carter then nodded to Corey to take the canister he did as he was instructed.
"Do you have it" Halsey asked him.
"Yes" Corey said.
"Say the words please"
"I have it" Halsey then let go of the canister and then joined Noble team on their way to the pelican landing pads were two pelicans were waiting for them they then stopped and Carter looked over to Jun
"Doctor Halsey noble three will escort you to castle base"
"I require no escort commander"
"Jun make sure nothing falls into enemy hands"
"I'll do what's necessary sir good luck"
"You too rifleman" With those words the rest of Noble team boarded a pelican Carter getting into the driver seat while Kat,Emile and Corey got into the back.
Timeskip
Noble Six's Pov
We were taking incoming enemy fire from a few banshees then all of a sudden I hear Carter call me up to assist him in the driver's seat.
"Corey...Corey I need you up here"
As I make my way up to him he throws down his helmet I already know this isn't going to be good.
"Not sure how long she's gonna stay together. Skies are jammed up anyway. Gotta get you off her lieutenant". I then get a proper look at Carter he's hit pretty bad he's not going to make it I try to speak up.
"Sir you.."
"Don't wanna hear it get the package to the Autumn"
"Done" I reply to him
"Not yet its not" He then turns to us.
"Emile, Kat go with him it's a ground game now"
Emile drops his grenade launcher and bangs his fist on his chest to symbolize respect.
"It's been an honor sir" I hear him say
"Likewise. I'll do what I can to draw their fire" responded Carter
"Corey" he calls out to me I turn to him
"Sir" I say back to him he removes his dog tags from his neck and puts them in my hand.
"I know about you and Kat. Promise me that you'll take care of her for me" he said before closing my hand around his dog tags.
"I won't let anything happen to her sir" I say in response
"Thank you, good luck Corey oh and by the way Gauntlet team are making their way to the evac site and will assist you in getting the asset off world"
I made my way to the back of the pelican along with Emile and Kat we were ready to jump out we just awaited the signal from Carter
"On my mark" Carter said as he displayed 3 fingers and counted down.
"Mark" he said and then all three of us jumped out. When we landed I made sure the asset was not damaged during the fall and I went up to Kat to check if she was injured.
"Kat are you okay"
"I'm good Corey. Let's just get out of this hell hole"
"Amen to that" I say before attaching the canister containing the asset to my belt.
"I'm fine by the way" Emile said before picking up his shotgun from the ground.
Then my helmet radio went off and a voice of a female came through.
"Noble six come in over...Noble six do you read this is Gauntlet one"
"I read you Gauntlet one what's your status over"
"Good to hear from you six we are making our way towards the landing pad now I advise we link up at a small building not to far from the landing pad oh and by the way Red and Echo teams have already been evacuated so they won't be backing us up any time soon"
"Understood Gauntlet one I'll see you at the evac site"
"Affirmative Noble six Gauntlet one out"
Emile approaches Austin as he's placing shells into the breach of his shotgun.
"What's the situation Six"
"We're meeting up with Gauntlet team at the landing pad they're going to help us get the asset of Reach" I respond.
"Didn't you say your brother was in Gauntlet team" I turn over to Emile and nod saying yes
"We need to move guys" I hear Kat say I nod my head agreeing to this I briefly take off my helmet to put my earphones in and then we move out towards the ship yards.
Timeskip
Noble Six's pov
We found an abandoned warthog and we begin to drive down the long and windy road then all of a sudden we see covenant drop pods and scarabs being dropped all around us Emile begins to give them hell using the turret but then Carter starts barking over the radio.
"Negative Noble do not risk losing the asset by engaging"
"Solid copy. Hey Emile knock it off" Kat says as she begins calling any other UNSC units that are near the area to assist us.
"Any UNSC forces on this frequency do you read this is Noble two requesting support we need assistance delivering a tier 1 asset to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn over"
"Affirmative Noble two this is ODST fireteam Kraken we are able to assist over"
"Roger that fireteam Kraken I am sending coordinates to your HUD now"
Timeskip
Noble Six's Pov
We had made our way into a chasm after taking out a few wraiths and covenant infantry when we came close to a clearing we heard Carter's voice boom over our radios.
"Noble you've got a…..situation" After Carter said that a scarab appears blocking our path.
"Mother….we can get past it sir" I hear Emile say.
"No you can't. Not without help" Carter responds.
"Commander you don't have the firepower" Emile quickly says back
"I've got the mass" Carter said back I knew what he was about to do as we see his pelican make circle around to face the scarab head on Kat then approached me and grabbed my hand.
"Solid copy hit 'em hard boss"
"You're on your own Noble Carter out" Carter's pelican impacted the scarab creating a large fireball which destroyed the pelican and the scarab. When Carter's pelican impacted Kat's grip on my hand tightened. Emile then turned his head to face me and Kat.
"Crevice to the east. Lets go"
Timeskip
Noble Six's Pov
We had made our way to a small building that was abandoned. This is where we were supposed to link up with Gauntlet and fireteam Kraken. We sat down and waited for around 20 minutes before we heard footsteps approaching from the west. I readied my D.M.R. at the entrance and then we heard the female voice from before speak.
"Gauntlet team coming in watch your fire"
Soon enough Gauntlet team was inside I looked at all of them. My HUD identified them as follows.
Gauntlet 1 Rachel A-264 the leader of Gauntlet team
Gauntlet 4 Marcus B-325 Explosives expert
Gauntlet 6 Adam B-291 CQB specialist
Gauntlet 2 Gavin A-174 Sniper
My attention was then focused on another spartan who walked in. He was wearing Mark 4 armour that was painted in bright red and he had a green visor. Then I noticed something on the right side of his helmet it was an Irish flag my HUD identified him as.
Gauntlet 3 Jason G-333 Combat Medic
I quickly approached him and gave him a pat on the back.
"Hey grunt" I said to him before I quickly took of my helmet.
"Holy shit Corey!" He said before hugging me tightly
"Good to see you little brother"
"I heard you've been kicking ass out here man that's what all of the marines have been saying" responded Jason
"They call you the crusader"
"Since when do you have a brother Jason" I heard one of them speak up from the looks of his armor he was the explosive expert.
"Long story" Jason said back to the spartan in E.O.D armor
"Everyone we'll have a family reunion later let's get moving to help fireteam Kraken secure that landing pad" Said Rachel.
"Noble Six" She called out to me I turn to face her
"Yes ma'am"
"Command informed me that there would be four of you meeting us...where is Noble one"
"Ma'am he's…..he's dead ma'am he sacrificed himself so we could complete the mission"
"Understood Noble Six".
We got into warthogs and made our way to the Landing pad that the captain of the Pillar of Autumn was going to meet us at we saw fireteam Kraken holding off a few covenant troops so we got out of our vehicles and moved in to help the ODSTs. I was killing covenant troops left and right. My dmr ran out of ammo so I switched to my knives.I repeatedly sliced away at any covenant that was in arms reach. Emile was on the MAC cannon shooting down any covenant dropships attempting to drop in reinforcements.
We then made our way to the lower level to see two marines holding their own against a few elites. Kat and I move in to assist them because more covenant were being dropped in.
I saw a few elites attempting to make their way into the building that the marines were in so I used the last grenade I had against them. All of the elites died in the blast. We move in to make sure that the marines were not injured.
"Thanks for that sir" I hear one of the marines say. I recognized his voice I looked up to see who it was and to my surprise it was Daniel the marine who drove me to the firebase when I first met Noble team.
"No problem private O'Hara" I say back to him
Then my helmet's radio goes off
"Medic I need a medic up here" It was a member of Gauntlet team who was on the radio I run up to the platform beside the Mac cannon to see Rachel A-264 on the ground with multiple wounds on her Jason was tending to her but she was losing a lot of blood.
"Noble to Keyes the pad is clear I say again the pad is clear we are ready to deliver the asset over" Emile spoke to the Captain of the Pillar of Autumn then we saw two pelicans make their way towards us.
"Come on Jason we gotta move" I say to him
"Go I'll catch up"
I nod my head and move over to the landing site
"Six it's time for you to leave get the package to the pad and get your ass of this planet I got your back" Emile says to me over the radio but then I hear Rachel speak up in a weak tone.
"Negative Noble 4 I will cover you as you make your exit"
"But Rachel you'll die" Jason says to her as he attempts to get her on her feat
"I'm going to die either way I'm bleeding out and my bio foam injectors have malfunctioned. I'll die before I can get proper medical attention. And we need every able bodied spartan in the fight which means you all of you except me so get yourselves to the pelican". She then pulled out her dog tags and gave them to Jason.
We arrive at the landing pad to be greeted by Keyes while Rachel got into the MAC cannon and began firing on banshees.
"Good to see you spartans Halsey assured me that I could count on you" Keyes said
"Not just me sir" I said as I pulled out Carter and Jorge's dog tags.
"They'll be remembered son" he then looked up into the sky I followed were he was looking and I saw a covenant cruiser in the sky.
"Cruiser! Adjusting heading for the Autumn. Gauntlet one I need fire on that cruiser or we're not getting out of here do you copy"
"You'll have your window captain" Rachel said then she proceeded to aim the MAC cannon at incoming phantoms
"Bridge this is the captain we have the package and we are returning to the Autumn. Over."
We board the Pelican but then a phantom drops a few elites down at the MAC cannon Rachel managed to shoot the cruiser down but she was swarmed by elites the last thing I managed to see was an explosion she probably blew herself and the elites up with a grenade. Then the pelicans doors close and we all take a breather. I walked over and sat beside Kat to see if she's ok.
"Kat are you ok"
"I...I don't know" She sounded scared as if her world was falling apart.
"Kat whats wrong"
"Corey we got the A.I. to Keyes but at what cost Jorge is dead, Carter is dead, Jun is probably dead and Rachel is dead"
"Kat we still have each other". I look around the pelican to see everyone getting sleep. I look over to Daniel and he nods at me thanking me for getting him off Reach alive. I then look at Jason he was staring at Rachel's dog tags. We then docked into the hanger and everyone went to their assigned quarters.
Third person Pov
Corey walked into his temporary quarters and began to take off his armor and undersuit and got into an olive green t-shirt that said unsc on it and olive green shorts. He got his smart pad and began to play music. He sat on his bed and stared at the ceiling thinking about what was going to happen next. Since he and Kat are now in a relationship he thought about what they might do if they win the war and what Grandma and Grandpa would think. but then he was pulled from his thoughts when someone knocked on his door. He walked over and opened it Kat stood there looking into Austin's emerald green eyes as he looked into her cyan eyes.
"Hey there Corey mind if I come in" She asked him.
"I don't see why not" Corey said as he closed the door.
"So Austin can I ask you something…..wait a minute I recognize that music"
"Wait what" Corey said in surprise.
"Yeah if my memory serves me correct your listening to The Red Hot Chilli Peppers right?"
"Holy shit how did you know that" Corey said in amazement
"My grandmother used to listen to them and I eventually started to listen to them but it's been a while since I've heard their music due to the war and what not"
"Besides what is it with you and always listening to music even while in combat" Kat asked with a curious look on her face
"Music takes me out of reality and makes me forget for a brief moment the horrible things that are happening around me it's kind of like my counter measure to avoid getting PTSD"
"And does it work?" Kat asked again
"Not really but I still listen because I like the music I listen to"
"Anyway I was going to ask about how you and your brother became spartans"
Corey froze up for a brief moment but he decided that he might as well tell her since they were together.
"Well then take a seat because it's going to be a long story" He said as he got a bottle of water out of a small fridge that was in his room and took a swig to quench his thirst. Both Kat and Austin sat at the end of Corey's bed and Austin began to tell his story.
"Me and my brother were normal kids just like anyone else we were born in Ireland and grew up there. My parents were high ranking officers in O.N.I. I lived with my grandparents most of the time due to my mum and dad being away all the time. When Jason was six and I was nine we began displaying better physical abilities than the rest of the kids in our neighborhood so when Colonel Ackerson announced a Spartan Three program my parents were able to enroll us in the program due to their high ranks in O.N.I." He stopped to take another sip of water.
"We then got separated I was put into beta company while Jason was put into gamma company due to our 3 year age difference. A few months before I was sent to Beta I heard my parents went M.I.A. on a colonie that was attacked. I then joined Beta and got pulled from it to be assigned to Black Ops and the rest is history"
"Wow that's an interesting story if you don't mind me asking what's with your hair color" Kat said as she pointed up at Corey's blood red hair.
"It was a side effect of the augmentations before I had brown hair and forest green eyes but the chemicals slowly changed my hair to blood red and my eyes to emerald green"
A cold draft rushed into the room which caused a shiver to go up Corey's spine.
"Fuck it's cold" He shivered as he moved over to the room's radiator and turned it all the way up.
"Maybe I can warm you Corey" Kat said playfully as she walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned her head up against his neck
"I wouldn't be opposed to that" Corey said as he turned over to Kat and gave her a long kiss. Kat then broke the kiss to speak up.
"Close and lock the door so nobody walks in on our playtime" Kat said.
"Yes kitty" Austin said as he moved over to the door and did as he was instructed.
A.N./ Hey guys so this is the first authors note I've done so just to let you know that this is not the end of the story I'm going to write about what Kat,Six,Emile and Gauntlet team did during the events of halo 1-5 not sure if I should make them into separate stories or not but I'll figure something out. Also I'm going to be writing a Warhammer 40k story pretty soon so If you're into that then keep an eye out but other than that it may be a while since I get another chapter up due to school and what not but nevertheless I'll hopefully have another chapter or a sequel up hopefully within the next few days anyway bye for now.