God damnit, writers block sucks. Honestly, I had this chapter written for a while but I for the life of me couldn't get the ending where I wanted it so I ended up scrapping like two to three thousand words just to keep my sanity in check. Not quite where I wanted it but I got it done.
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Review Response
Bashleyz – We'll see.
Hellion117 – I know man, if its not fun then what's the point, right?
NarutoKurai – Yeah, I plan for Jayce to be pissed I just not sure to what degree.
Marc Ello-Re Yes – Jayce's intro was kind of rushed at the end. If I had a chance to do it over, I'd make it longer and fleshed out more, but thankfully I got the point across.
Gni1998 – Lol Love how you reviewed all the chapters in such a way, it was refreshing.
A Sleeping Moon – yours were too. And just to note unless he is really hurt or surprised John-117 won't be dropping F-bombs. The mild cursing and slight change in attitude is because Jinx is a bad influence on him XD.
Howardlan – Glad I captured her well it's really one of the things I worry about. Chief not so much as because he is so young right now its easier for him to diverge from Canon. As long as I keep his core, he should be okay. I got plans for Noble six don't you worry, if anyone can guess PM me so you don't spoil it.
JoloLoud – Don't know jack about Valorant only thing I've seen of it was Neon's introduction and that was only because she got introduce at the same time as Zeri. IF I include Valorant I'll have to do research. Although I'm not against making Neon and Zeri twins with one being Positive charged and the other being Negative.
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Edge of human space.
On board capture ONI prowler, renamed Shadowed Rebellion.
Hector Nyeto stared up at the alien with determination even as the creature palmed the blade on his hip. In all regard this was an amazing feat as standing before him was no ordinary Elite. This one was big, really BIG, easily a foot taller than the others of his kind, making Nyeto think all those seen fighting in the war were mere juveniles. But as he looked at the highly ornate silver armor the alien was clad in, he dismissed that theory. You only give armor that is well crafted to an exemplar of a race.
"Choose your words carefully human, convince me why I shouldn't just kill everyone aboard and take this ship for our scientists to examine the stealth technology." growled Ripa 'Moramee the seventeenth Arbiter in the Line of Immaculate Succession.
The Covenant was a technological Juggernaut compared to humanity but there was one aspect where the heathens had the upper hand and that was in their stealth technology. If this human wasted his time, he would not return empty handed.
"Azure Hell." the former Commander simply said.
"YOU DARE!" Roared the Sangheili grabbing the human by his collar, slammed his back against a nearby console and trust a blade next to Nyeto's head sending sparks flying into the air. Azure Hell was a sensitive subject amongst the Covenant. Not only had the foul cretin perverted a holy artifact but because of her the humans had gained a substantial foothold, disrupting many operations to locate the holy site on Harvest. The Hierarchs had made it a holy mandate that he bring them her head!
"I. Know. Where. She'll. Be." gasped out Nyeto.
Ripa 'Moramee paused his infamous rage-cooling "Speak," he ordered letting the man go and turning off the blade.
The former ONI agent caught his breath and said "I have a spy on her transportation, the ship is headed to Illyriad. A jungle planet, currently under siege by the hairy gorilla race we call Brutes."
"You call it Illyriad?" the Arbiter asked not knowing the human name for Bellakor a planet the Covenant had just invaded. It was mostly a Jiralhanae campaign, consisting primarily of clans the Hierarchs wanted culled as it was historically those clans that opposed the Covenant until there was nothing but infants and crippled elders. Their numbers had recovered but it had only been a generation since the Jiralhanae had been folded into the Covenant and as such those clans couldn't be trusted.
"She means to disrupt another operation, but this time she'll have the help of Spartans," said the human.
"The Demons?" growled Ripa 'Moramee hearing the name of one of his other targets. This was dire news, the readings on Bellakor ranged in the hundreds. The humans had retreated to a holy site hidden deep in the jungle led by a brilliant human leader wielding a hammer that contained the power of a lightning storm. The 'Human Chieftain' had triggered the holy site's defenses and made it impregnable. A trio of Scarabs and a larger number of Locusts had been requisitioned to penetrate the shield. But those siege weapons were slow; the Demons could destroy the relics or worse yet Azure Hell could violate them.
"Yes, the freaks and the traitor have fallen into bed with each other." growled the Insurrectionist Leader. The fact Jinx was from another universe wasn't common knowledge, and was only known to the leadership of ONI and the UNSC. As far as Hector Nyeto knew, Jinx was a former Insurrectionist who in an act of cowardice abandoned the cause and had joined with their oppressors. The most traitorous act being the apparent partnership she had with John 117.
His spy had said that John and Jinx were relatively close, almost flirty. It reminded him that the Spartans were just mere kids. But they were a threat to the Insurrection he had to eliminate them. He failed in Operation Silent Storm, his ties to Colonel Robert Watts were discovered and his plan for the Covenant Fleet to wipe out Task Force Yama was thwarted by Colonel Marmon Crowther and Sergeant Avery Johnson. The former was dead but the latter had personally put a few bullets in his guts and his left arm. His arm had to be amputated and due to being in hiding he couldn't get a clone limb attached. He would have to be fitted with a prosthetic. He had heard rumors of a brilliant Doctor on Meridian who expressed neutrality and didn't ask questions other than how the limb responded.
He had been maimed because of his failure; he would make sure he wouldn't fail this time. Jinx and the Spartans will die.
Little did he know that his actions would bring about consequences no one could foresee.
How could he know he would unleash the wrath of a dead man?
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UNSC Lucky Day
En route from Reach to Illyriad
ETA - Two days.
Mess Hall
"She's staring at you again." Kelly said to John as he and the rest of Blue Team took in their meal in the mess.
"That's not staring, that's glaring." Said Fred turning his head back. "Like Chief Mendez 'level of glaring after we stole that bottle of whiskey."
"I said it then and I'll say it again, that was a dumb idea. It tasted like shit and the Chief ran us until we all puked at least five times." Linda said with a frown and her head cocked to the side as she looked behind him "Okay seriously what did you do? She looks like she wants to skank you and based on those tattoos, she has experience."
"She does according to Jinx, and I didn't do anything. All I did was walk into their quarters" John said aggressively stabbing a scallop potato. Since the sisters reunited Vi had turned down her own quarters and was bunking with her sister. 'She's acting a little clingy' Jinx had commented when her sister had left her alone to do PT with the Marine attachment.
"I'm guessing you didn't knock again." Stated Linda.
"Safer that way," mumbled John, "knocking gives Jinx time to arm herself."
"So, the rumors we're hearing about the SOH pulling pranks on special forces soldiers are true," Kelly said with a smirk.
"Her bombs are derived from pranks and her pranks in turn have evolved to reflect this. I was a target during the first week. She could give the Chief a run for his money for the title of most vindictive person of all time." John said, using all his might to suppress the shiver.
"Must be genetic," Kelly said, gesturing behind him. "That glare is getting more intense by the second. Tell us what you did so we can avoid the crossfire."
John flipped his hands over which was the Spartan equivalent of throwing his arms into air. "I don't know. I walked in and the next thing I knew Vi threw a wrench from Jinx's work table at me."
"What were they doing that would have pissed her off?" Fred asked.
"I think they were trying on the clothes they got as the Lucky Day was getting resupplied," John admitted although he was confused as they already tried them on at the stores. He knows this for a fact because Jinx forced him to carry their bags. Although the details of that day were a little fuzzy as he had spent the day in a daze trying to figure out how the most advanced super-soldier in history had been reduced to being a pack mule.
It was also the first time anyone had looked at him in pity. The pat on the back from men of various ages saying. "I know your pain brother."
It still weirded him out.
"This is why you knock." Linda said, jerking her neck slightly, which was a Spartan facepalm. "I bet one of them was naked."
"Jinx was but I see her naked all the time." John said with a small shrug. "And she told me herself she doesn't care."
The two female Spartans exchanged a look. Their augmentations suppress their sex drives but girls mature faster than boys so they had an idea what was going on.
"You're an idiot" sighed Kelly "That aside, Jinx understands your military mindset but it looks like Vi doesn't."
"Even though she fights like she's military" Fred chimed in "Look up some of her fights, I'll say now, damn." He then leaned to the right dodging the dinner roll Kelly threw at him.
"As I was saying" Kelly said with a glare "she isn't military, her response I'm guessing is pretty typical. Older siblings are said to be protective."
"So should I apologize?" John asked.
"It's either that or 'get shanked in the showers''' Fred said with a smirk.
John frowned knowing that was a real possibility. Sighing, the Spartan super soldier stood up "Very well." He then motioned to his food "Take care of my tray."
"Sure will" Kelly said with a smirk reaching for his roll "Hey I wanted that!" She said as Fred snatched the roll and took a bite out of it.
"You wasted one already, why do you get to have another." Fred said, smirking. The two Spartans stared each other down and Linda exploited the opportunity and snatched a chicken leg off the plate.
"Hey!" shouted Fred and Kelly. Linda just smirked and took a bite from the leg.
John tuned out the bickering of his siblings as he walked up to the glaring Vi.
A nearby group of marines immediately stopped talking and focused their attention on what they hoped would be an epic brawl.
"What do you want?" Vi said, glaring up at him.
"I apologize I should have knocked first." John said. "I'm sorry if I upset you"
"Yes, you should have but we both know that's not why I'm mad." Vi growled.
"I'm sorry I don't understand." John said genuinely confused, he only saw the one offense.
"You know what I mean, you're just too much of a coward to admit it in public" said Vi.
"What are you talking about?" Now the Spartan was baffled. What did he do? Did he commit some sort of Runeterra cultural taboo?
"Fine, we'll do it the hard way!" Shouted Vi grabbing her tray and swung it at the Spartan.
Metal met flesh but not the slab of meat the smaller woman was expecting.
"I apologized, why are you so angry with me?" John asked with the metal tray crumpled against his forearm.
"You think you can have your way with my sister!" Vi roared, throwing her fist.
Much to the surprise of Blue team, the Spartan's head actually snapped to the side. John had been so shocked by the accusation and her fist hit him right in his face. He didn't know how but he now understood what the problem was now.
There had been a major misunderstanding.
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UNSC Lucky Day
Science Lab commandeered by Doctor Catherine Halsey.
Doctor Halsey sat across Jinx as she explained what she knew of Hextech. Heimerdinger was helpful in regard to theory but Jinx knew practical application.
"With Hextech, runes are like code of sorts; each set has different meanings and applications. But you also have to channel the flow of energy in certain ways to get your desired results. You could chicken scratch all you want but without a proper sequence you're just going to get an uncontrolled explosion. I learned that the hard way." Jinx said as she put together a device. "There now all you need are Hexstones and these babies should fire right up."
"And we'll get the desired results?" Halsey asked.
"Hmm the exact ratio of power will be a little iffy and could possibly fry the whole system if we didn't install the safety mechanism. But for the most part it should be fine" the younger woman answered.
"Very well we'll make adjustments as needed. In the meantime, you mind telling me what you think of another project?" Halsey asked.
"Sure, I can always use more excuses to keep sis from getting all pissy with Johnny." Jinx said. This lab was one of the few places Vi kept her dislike of Johnny in check. She loved her sister but it was really annoying. Who she wanted to make an Ixtalian double back beast with, wasn't any of Vi's business!
"Odin, bring up project Leviathan." the Doctor ordered.
"Yes Doctor Halsey" said a man in a deep voice. Jinx turned to the holoprojector and saw the glowing blue image of a man in Norse theme armor and an eyepatch on his left eye. His other eye was gazing at her with a focus that would stay steady in a thunderstorm. Doctor Halsey had said he was staring at her like that, because he was a newly activated A.I. and was taking in any new information with hyper intensity. But she noticed that even when an entirely new person entered the room, he would only look at them for a minute or two but immediately resume staring at her. The only exception was Johnny, Odin was always glaring at him.
The A.I waved his hand and summoned a holographic blueprint for a ship but not just any ship, if Jinx was reading the specs right this would be the biggest ship humanity had ever constructed.
Now what do you think you could do with this?" Dr. Halsey asked
"By Janna's tight ass what in the hell is this?" the young girl said, looking at the ship in awe.
"Fuck me, you could give even the Covenant ships a run for their money with this behemoth." Fishbones said.
"This is the Infinity, a supercarrier class ship." Halsey said, pressing a button and the ship started separating, each system becoming isolated. "Originally this ship was designed to be a self-sustaining colony ship tasked with exploring the far reaches of space."
"But the war with the Covenant changed that." Jinx guessed as she came up the display and brushed everything to the side. She started twisting her fingers in the air and a crude and rough design appeared. "I'm guessing the outcome doesn't paint a pretty picture."
The A.I.'s eye flickered and the eye patch glowed orange "Using the datasets at the start of the war projections indicate a societal collapse in less than nine months, such an event will lead to the extinction of the human race."
"Months. Until my Spartans took out a major Covenant supply depo in a recent operation." the Doctor said.
"And you sow chaos behind enemy lines, inspiring others to do the same." chimed in the A.I. and Halsey narrowed her eyes at him.
The young girl chuckled at the interaction "Ah I knew there was a reason Johnny wasn't fazed by the level of destruction I let loose." Jinx smiled as she copied and pasted the design making adjustments as needed.
"My Spartans have been trained to deal with extremes." Catherine stated.
"Heh I'm going to push that to the limit." smirked Jinx as she brought up the skeletal system of the ship back and downsized one of her blueprints. She then drew a series of runes along the spine and once she looked it over, nodded and pushed it to the side for Halsey to examine.
"Structural reinforcement I assume?" the older woman asked.
"Oh yeah fine tune the design and the Infinity could basically get cold cocked by a covie ship and come out fine, this coupled with a shield enhancement you could have a meeean sonofabitch roaming the stars. Well, if there's enough Hexstones for even three of these Hex Reactors." Jinx said, scratching her ear.
"Readings indicated hundreds of signatures matching your Hexstones. I estimate nearly one thousand." Odin said as a hologram of Illyriad displayed numerous orange dots in the jungle
"If you were to implement these 'Hex Reactors' into the design how many stones would it take?"
"Fuck ton." said the Rocket launcher.
SMACK!
"Shut up." Jinx glared at the weapon "Anyways this is a rough design but you might be able to reduce the number needed, but based on what I know, the Infinity would need three hundred stones just because of its sheer size. One hundred for each core system, the shields, the skeleton and armor could possibly be tied together and finally the MAC guns. Although if we could find The Man of Progress and the Sellout's research, I could perhaps reduce the needed number of stones." the weapon loving girl mused.
"Nothing for the Slipspace drive?" Halsey asked with a knowing grin.
"A device that rips a hole into space and time, yeah I'm not touching that even under threat of torture." Jinx said, shaking her head rapidly. "That's all you and I'm never going to the planet you conduct that experiment on." She wanted absolutely nothing to do with Slipspace tech. Stuff was too similar to the Hex Gates. It ran the risk of transporting her back to Runeterra and the subject of that was a non-starter for her.
"I'll be sure to give you notice once I start experimenting." Catherine said, smiling at the girl, glad to see she recognized her limits. Slipspace was not something even a unique mind like Jinx's should mess without years of study. Halsey had observed the girl during the two-week trip to Illyriad, and had gotten to know her.
She was brilliant. A mind like hers only came around once in a generation. She once believed she had found a protege in Ellen Anders but conflicting viewpoints had resulted in them falling out. But Jinx? The girl only knew the bare basics of their science and yet the things she built with her limited resources were astounding. The minigun Pow Pow's blueprint was being passed around various weapon contractors to see if they could integrate the folding mechanism into future weapon designs.
Her Chomper grenades also known as Pac-mans were slowly being integrated into use. Grace-093 had field tested a variant of the devices against Insurrectionist cells on Jericho VII. "Physiological effects alone make them worth the resources." the Spartan explosive expert had said. And that was true, reports from Harvest site Covenant forces scrambling in fear at the sights and sounds of Jinx's leftover clacking instruments of death.
Then there was Kong, while simple, and research into the design was being conducted on Reach for potential field use, it was the integration of Covenant technology that impressed her. Reverse engineering was the goal of Section 3 battlefield scavenging was also an avenue of research.
And all this with a subpar education and zero understanding of the alien technology yet she accomplished such feats. She saw potential. A blank slate she could mold into something great. She might have found an ideal protege. And while she was a little uneasy with her closeness with her Spartans, John particularly. There was an underlying benefit. It was a flaw she was seeing now that her Spartans were out in the wild, their lack of social skills outside of their unit was becoming more prevalent as time went on, with some outliers like Maria-062.
But Halsey saw the signs. As John interacted with Jinx, he was changing, becoming more than what she envisioned. She saw it the other day while a corpsman was struggling with some equipment, John without being asked to help the man and to her surprise had struck up a thirty-minute-long conversation asking about genres of music.
Blue team took their cues from John, saw how he was interacting with others and slowly over time ingrained themselves with the crew of the Lucky Day. The uneasy looks day by day were disappearing and being replaced by looks of awe and admiration.
Perhaps John's new found friendship with Jinx was just what her Spartans needed to evolve.
"Holy shit, are you for real!" shouted a voice outside her lab.
"Yeah, I just caught it on camera. Atlas Fist just shocked the Spartan in the face!" said another voice.
"Daaaaaaamit." groaned Jinx.
"Called it! Knew she was going to do it before we got to Illyriad." laughed Fishbones. "I won the bet!"
"What the hell do you even get?" Asked Jinx.
"Upgrades!" answered the shark.
"Whatever, let's go before Vi bruises Johnny's face too much." the girl said leaving the room "See you later doctor see Odie." she called.
Odin watched the girl leave the room and when he was sure she was gone he brought up the video of her running through the ship. His form changed to a slim man in a suit and his left eye glowed orange.
"Why do you hide?" Halsey asked.
"At the end I hurt her, made her doubt my love for her. Better to be a ghost. Better to be forgotten" said the A.I.
"There is an old saying 'You only live as long as the last person who remembers you.'" The Doctor said and the A.I. looked back at her. "She will never forget you, Silco. Effectively, you are Immortal."
The A.I turned to look back at the screen. "Immortality is a curse."
When the A.I. came online Doctor Catherine Halsey had been utterly surprised. Unlike other A.I.s who only had mere echoes of memories from their donors. Silco had full recall. From the day he was born to the day he died.
He remembered.
Everything.
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UNSC Lucky Day
Mess Hall
"Rarrrr!" roared Vi swinging her fist. "You think just because she has mental problems you can have an easy fuck?!"
John deflected the punch out of the way. "You have the wrong idea; Jinx is my friend."
"Liar!" the woman said, throwing her left hand. The Spartan dodged out of the way only to catch her right fist in the jaw. Again, she shocked him and started wailing a series of blows on his face.
Superhuman reflexes he may have, but even a mouse will manage to bite a lion.
But Vi was no mouse, her punches felt like he was getting hit by a jackhammer. She closed the gap in strength and speed with technique.
Sure, he could end the fight in a single instance. But then he recalled the fight he had with the ODSTs when he was freshly augmented. The state in which he had left their beaten and broken bodies. He couldn't fight her; he would kill the woman if he did. And that was the last thing he wanted. Jinx would never forgive him.
"You sure you don't want our help?" asked Fred from behind a pillar.
"No, I can handle this!" Called John diving over a table avoiding the forks and knives Vi threw at him. He landed and was immediately nailed in the head by a metal tray. "Fuck!" he cursed bleeding from his forehead.
"Take that you pedophile!" Vi yelled.
"What?" the Spartan said, looking at her in horror. Well on the bright side this meant Jinx didn't spill the beans about his age. But given what her sister thought of him, he kind of wished she had. "I'm not a - Gah!" he grunted in pain as Vi jumped over the table and dropped kicked him in the balls.
"You fuck my sister," she said, wrapping her left hand around the collar of his shirt and starting wailing on his left cheek, she felt her knuckles crack but kept swinging until his cheek split and she saw the metallic coating of his bones. Fuck she wasn't doing any real damage. She then looked at his face and grinned. That nose was too symmetrical, time to fix that. She brought her fist back to unleash a nose breaking punch. "I'll fuck you!" she roared.
"Not his nose!" shouted Jinx shooting her sister with a low powered shot from Zapp.
"Fufufufufuck!" cursed Vi as she collapsed to the ground.
"Oh, thank goodness I made it in time. I didn't want her messing up your nose. I like scars but a broken nose is a no no." she said, grabbing the Spartan's face. "You okay Johnny? I know you can take a lot of damage but Vi has been a hard hitter ever since we were kids."
"Yeah, I'm okay." the Spartan said, rubbing his jaw. Jinx was right, her sister did hit hard. "But you need to explain to her that we're just friends, she thinks we are sleeping together and I'm taking advantage of you."
"Pfft If anything I'd be taking advantage of you, I know for a fact you're going to need training before we have any real fun." Jinx joked.
"I know you are only half joking but that is not helping the situation." John said, pointing to her twitching sister who was glaring death at him.
"K-k-kill you!" Stutter out Vi.
"Oh, calm down sis I'm not fucking Johnny, I mean I want to but he's too shy." Jinx said and the Spartan sputtered. "See."
"What?" Vi asked regaining some control of her body.
Jinx sighed "Let's just nip it in the butt." she leaned down and whispered in her ear.
"Fucking what? Four-?" Vi gasped, locking eyes with the Spartan. "How?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it, just think of him as a supe up version of me." her little sister smirked.
"Don't worry about it?! Powder, I called him a pedophile and about caved his skull in." Vi said.
The Bluenette held up two fingers "One, highly unlikely, if Johnny wanted you dead, you be dead. And two, I tried to make you shoot Caitlyn so I call it even." Jinx said with a shrug and Vi just looked at her exasperated.
"Is it too late to be disowned so I'm not considered a part of this family unit?" Fred said dryly.
John responded by giving him the timeless and old fashion single finger in the air.
"Just for that, you're the best man." Vi said and the girls just laughed at the John's and Fred's gob smacked expressions.
Meanwhile back in Halsey's lab, Silco stared at the screen with a calculating look.
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Two days later
On approach to besieged Colony of Illyriad
Bowels of the UNSC Lucky Day
"Why did you follow me?!" In the bowels of the ship a Marine by the name of Jamal Yorkson looked down at the woman he had shot. A small tear dripped down his cheek. He and Marlee had been seeing each other for months in fact he was certain he had been in love with her. But today of all days she had come to they're secret rendezvous. He had been distant with her lately, trying to pass it off as nerves for the upcoming fight. He had been mistaken and she had misinterpreted it as him seeing another woman. Her fears lead to her death as she found him activating the transmitter that would lead the Covenant stealth vessel to the Lucky Day.
"I was going to make sure we both got out of here alive!" Jamal said dropping to his knees, he caressed her face, her eyes looked up at him and she asked him
"Why?" the woman said, struggling to speak the words as blood filled her lungs.
"I'm sorry Marlee, but the freedom of the oppressed cannot be second to anything, not even love." Jamal tried to explain.
Marlee brought her hand up and grabbed his hand. "I, I would have joined. For you….." her hand dropped just as her last tear hit the ground.
Jamal sighed as he closed her eyes. He kissed her forehead and set her down gently covering her in the blanket they used to cover themselves after they made love. He then stood up and reaching over her corpse activated the transponder.
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Fleet of Glorious Interdiction
"Shipmaster I have a single corresponding with the one the human traitor gave" said a Sangheili at the radar station.
"Bring it on the battle board" The Shipmaster ordered and as commanded the ship was highlighted amongst the fleet of inbound human ships. He turned to his left and asked "Your orders Arbiter?"
Ripa 'Moramee stared at the highlighted ship and reached out slowly as if he could grab it in his own hand. "Leave the Demons and the Defiler to me. All others are to be crushed!" he ordered making a fist. The Arbiter then turned leaving for his own broadening vessel. He took the first step that he knew would lead him bowing before the Prophets of Truth, Mercy and Regret. He would first present them with the recovered holy artifact ready to be cleansed of filth, setting it at the feet of his benefactor, The Prophet of Regret.
He would then have a trusted aid slowly undo the ties holding his other gifts. Slowly he would stand, turn around, grab his gifts, aligned properly by the aid, and then slowly turn.
The Hierarchs would smile as he held the crack helmet of THE DEMON in his off hand and in dominant hand with her Twin Azure Tails just almost touching the ground, her face in frozen in terror would be the head of the Defiler.
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The Rubble.
Noodle stand.
"Damnit!" Soren-066 growled in frustration as he dropped the bottle of water. He hadn't been paying attention and had grabbed at it with his mangled left hand. Why did he allow that BITCH to manipulate him into volunteering for the Spartan-II program?! "Useless piece of shit!" he yelled and cursing his arm, Cursing Halsey, Cursing Mendez, Cursing John and Cursing himself.
"Quit your bitching and get rid of the useless thing." grumbled a hooded woman next to him.
"Shut the hell up bitch I can't just cut off my arm!" Snapped the Spartan washout.
The man working at the noodle stand went pale at his words and slowly turned to the hood woman. "Please don't." he begged, emptying his register.
The woman slowly looked up at the man and placed a large sum of credits on the counter. "Beat it!" she ordered.
"Arigato gozaimasu" the man said in Japanese and bowed before grabbing the credits and hightailed it out of there. "Hashiru! Anata no jinsei no tame ni hashiri nasai! Kare wa ken'nojoō o okora seta!" he yelled, pushing through the crowd.
Thanks to his training in the Spartan program Soren knew exactly what the man said. 'Run! Run for your lives! He made the Sword Queen mad!'
Soren's eyes only had time to widen for a fraction of second when suddenly he found himself lifted into the air as the woman grabbed him by his belt and arm then slamming him head first into the counter of the noodle stand.
BOOM!
Even out of his armor Soren was a big boy, approximately 200 kilos or roughly 450 some pounds. The fact he had been lifted from a sitting position, turned 180 degrees well no one would blame him when he shouted "What the fu-!
"OWWW! How did you do?" Soren groaned. He looked up at the woman wondering who in the hell she was and how was she that strong? Had she been a part of the ORION program? That's the only thing that made sense to him. "Who are you?" he asked.
The woman scoffed at him, "You must be new." She then threw off her cloak and Soren knew instantly who she was.
Like a ghost on the wind, she had come out of nowhere and started quite literally collecting the heads of factions of the Rubble, uniting everyone under one rule.
Hers.
"You just can't cut off your arm." said the woman and with a twist of her robotic left arm a scavenged Covenant energy Blade deployed "But I can." she grinned and held the blade in front of her face.
"Fuck" Cursed Soren as he realized who he had just pissed off.
She was Sevika Swordarm.
Queen of the Rubble.
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Got to love Bokeem Woodbine for contribution to the Halo universe.
The plan was always for Sevika and Soren to interact.
Making Sevika, Queen of the Rubble aka the Sword Queen was a spur of the moment and was just written at the time of this posting.
I'm loving it.
Well until next time.
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Nicogen