Disclaimer: I don't own Halo, I only WISH I do. BungieĀ® owns: Halo, the Master Chief, Cortana, AND, yes, AND the shotgun. A few more things, too but there's no need to get into specifics.

This story takes place after Halo 2, just so you don't get confused. The Master Chief went back to the planet Earth, defeated the Covenant. and Flood. and saved the Earth. He also discovered that there was a Covenant planet called Covassen. which meant that it was not over. He received information from a "friendly person, not someone he captured and interrogated" saying that the only way to get to Covassen was to go to a planet called Amzel and use some sort of teleportation.

"Words within these are dialogue." 'Words within these are thoughts.' *Words within there are actions.*

Chapter 1: Directions

"How do I get to Amzel?" demanded the Master Chief. The interrogation was a success so far, so hopefully he would continue to co-operate. The man being interrogated said, "Listen, I don't know, okay? If I did, I would tell you, because I would be more-than-happy to see those Covenant bastards blown to hell. Now, why don't you just get me the hell out of here?" The Master Chief stared at him. He took his assault rifle and rested it on his shoulder, still holding it by the handle. "Are you trying to intimidate me, Chief? It isn't working, because you don't have the guts to kill another human. You think that you are so big because you can kill those little monsters with ease, but so can the other marines." The Master Chief quickly walked up to him and closed in toward his face, stopping about an inch away from it. "Well, the other marines are dead, okay? They're gone, get it? Gone! Now, I know you know how to get to Amzel, so tell me now! If you were a real human being, you would---" the Chief stopped and realized what he just said. He was right. Any normal human being would give information like this away if it meant destroying the Covenant. The Chief backed away and raised his assault rifle to the prisoner. He looked back at the Chief with terror. "What are you---" the "man" stopped talking and realized that his voice changed. It sounded like a grunt. The Chief flipped the safety off on his assault rifle and kept it aimed at the "man's" head. "Who and what are you? Five seconds to answer, and I count fast," said the Chief. "Wait! Please, don't shoot!" the "man" yelled in a grunt's voice, "Okay, I'm not a human, I'm a grunt! But I know how to get to Amzel, okay? Just don't kill me!" The Master Chief kept his weapon ready. "I will if you don't tell me how to get there, asshole," the Chief replied. The grunt kept his hands in front of his face in fear. "I'll tell you how to get there if you just lower the gun," said the grunt. The Master Chief lowered his gun, but kept it ready for a quick shot if the grunt tried anything funny. With that, the grunt then explained how to get to Amzel to the Chief, obviously with regret of revealing the location of what was left of his species to a human. especially a human like the Chief.

Okay, that's the first chapter. You'll have to wait for the next one. :)