Disclaimer ***Well, I wish I owned the Master Chief, Cortana, or Halo in its entirety, but I don't - besides the Master Chief would probably own me ^.^, but I do own Jenkins - because this isn't the Jenkins you're thinking of, so back
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Chapter one

"Shit," cried The Master Chief. He felt like someone had mauled him with a hammer. He couldn't

remember a thing from last night and he felt sick. He lifted himself out of his bed, staggered into the living room of

his tiny apartment and collapsed onto the couch. He found his roommate Jenkins wide-awake watching Alien

Universe. A show that teaches children about alien species. Jenkins eyes were glued to the holo panel; he took no notice of the chief. The Chief though for a moment, then said,

"Jenkins, do you usually watch that show? I thought it was for kids."

"Are you kidding? There's a grunt special today. I only got to kill one in the entire war. Isn't it cool to have a first

hand experience of fighting real aliens?" Said Jenkins. The Chief Twitched at the word grunt. "Jenkins I don't think you understand what you're talking about, you're very lucky you only had to kill one

of those little bastards" His eye twitched when he thought about the sneaky little devils. Jenkins stared vacantly at

The Chief. "Anyway Jenkins do you remember what happened yesterday - because I don't remember any thing. My

head feels pretty bad. This clock says it's Wednesday and all I remember is Monday.

Everything else is blank," said the Chief."

"Huh?"

"Oh for the love of god.look, just tell me if you remember anything from yesterday." said the chief in an

agitated voice. The Chief realized that Jenkins must have sustained a serious concussion.not much different from

himself. "Well you said you couldn't remember any thing from Tuesday, and neither do I, so I guess I'm in the

same boat as you. I don't remember anything from yesterday." The Chief thought for a moment.

"Alright then, the answer is simple, all we have to - wait.where the hell is Cortana?" said Chief, staring at

her usually occupied chip slot located at the bottom of the holo panel." "Hey, did you know that grunts breathe methane?" exclaimed Jenkins. The Chief paused for a long time.

"Yes, Jenkins, I do. Now, where is Cortana?"

"Holy crap Chief, Cortana is gone!" The Chief slapped Jenkins.

"So you don't know either. well, it seems we have to problems here. First and most importantly, where is

Cortana - if she falls into the wrong hands." the Chief didn't want to think about that. "second, where

were we last night, and finally, why do I have a headache?" "Dude Chief, that's three problems,"

"Jenkins Shut up. I have enough trouble thinking at all with my head in this condition. Anyway we have

to start with something.and I think if we get to the bottom of our mysterious whereabouts yesterday, we

may fin Cor- Jenkins what in the hell are you doing?" said The Chief, suddenly noticing that Jenkins was sniffing

the air around him with heavy concentration.

"This show says that when grunts exhale, they release a mild toxin that smells like rotting apples.do think

there are any nearby?" The Chief readied another slap, but his headache was bad enough, and wasting his strength

on Jenkins was useless.

"Jenkins, just follow me." He exited the room, Jenkins following reluctantly behind. After navigating

through a maze of corridors and elevators, which complied the colossal apartment building, located within the heart

of New York City. The Chief and Jenkins finally came to a large parking garage. Chief noticed something very

important was missing. "Dude, where the hell is our car Chief?" asked Jenkins.

"Damn, I have a feeling this had something to do with yesterday." Thought Chief aloud. "Jenkins, it looks

like the squad car has been stolen, we'll have to phone the station and get another car out here, and while we're at it

we can report our situation. He walked over to the vidphone located on the wall next to a nearby elevator. Just as he

reached out to dial the station though, the phone exploded.

"Shit!"