Halo: Mercy
Ch:13
Title: They Are Back
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Notes: I would like to give credit to Ensign Pettis for giving me a suggestion that gave me the intro for this chapter. This well be the chapter that makes a turning point of the story.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved writing it.
Now for your pleasure the next episode of Halo: Mercy
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Chief of Staff Meting Room:
John and Cortana were making there report of what happened. They explained all that happened on Halo and what the secret of Halo contained and how it ended killing all of the humans and Covenant on the surface. Cortana showed a video of one of the encounters with the flood. She also showed them what had happened to Captain Keyes. They were horrified when they saw the image of Keyes mutated body. They finished the Report and the Council let John go. Dr. Halsley followed him out.
" John, Cortana can I talk to you?" She managed to say.
" Of course mam." John said
" It's a shame that Keyes is dead. He was a great man and a great Friend to me."
" I understand mam. Captain Keyes one time gave me one piece of advise that at the point that he had given it to me I had no idea what he meant. He told me that there are other ways to victory that did not require any deaths. He told me that surrendering is and option but it's not and option for people like him and me. An enemy like the Covenant would not allow us to surrender and they would not stop tell the last one of us is gone he told me. Those words inspired me to continue. I knew if I failed then man kind was doomed. I can't fight the entire Covenant but I sure can make a difference." John said
" John you have made more than a difference you might have had evened the sides. Your devotion for survival has paid us back greatly. Any way there is something that you did not know about Keyes. He was part of the people that began the Spartan program. He knew you even before the Reach and Halo incidents" Halsley said
" What do you mean Dr." John said
" Well Cortana has all the knowledge of the Spartan program and she can even tell you about the help Captain Keyes was to me. Any way do you remember the day that we first met and I gave you that coin?"
" Yeah."
John tell this day still has that coin. It was a quarter. The picture of the Eagle became the Spartan insignia.
" Captain Keyes was there with me. He was with me through the entire procedure of investigating the candidates of the Spartan program. I needed some body that could keep his mouth shut and Keyes was the man for the job. At first he had no clue why I was visiting all these children. But one day he stumbled on to my data pad where he read my files. He was outrage he could not believe that I was doing something like that. He called me a heartless bitch." She managed to say.
She took a breath.
" Those words hit me hard. In side I knew what I did to you and the Spartans was wrong. But I had no other choice. In the end the Spartans where a necessity." She said
She took another breath.
" One day he requested for a transfer and I gave it to him. The day he left he said he was sorry for what he called me. He told me that he had a felling that you all would make a difference some day. That was the last time I talked to him since the beginning of your mission of boarding a Covenant ship. Any way John I just want to tell you sorry for all I have done to you and your team. Some times I do feel like I was monster for doing some thing like taking you from your family. I just hope that you might forgive me." She said
" Mam there is no need for us to forgive you. You never did anything wrong. You did what you thought was right. And it all payed off." John said
" Thank you John. This is the first time that I talk to any body about this. It feels good to let it out. Now I have some business to attend to. Ill see you later John." She said and walked away.
" Cortana did you know all about this?" John asked her
" Yeah I did." She said
" Why did you not tell me?" He asked
" I had no idea what you would say plus I made a promise to the Dr that I would never say a word about it to you or the rest of the Spartans." she said
" Next time Cortana don't hold things like that away from me." He said
" I understand." she said
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One and ½ years later
The Covenant have not shown up. Man kind was beginning to recover. The UNSC has reached a higher level of technology that has never been achieved by man kind. There power has now surpassed the UNSC of the last time they fought the Covenant. The only problem is that there are few people. Half of the human population probobly even more had been killed by the Covenant. All of the weapons have been updated. New Warships are now up and running.
The UNSC was able to build a total of two hundred ships. And with the original ships that remained it gave them two hundred and seventy five ships. The smallest of the ships was equal to power to a Covenant Cruiser while the human Cruiser and battle ships surpassed there power. All ships have shielding now. But they have improved shielding against plasma type weapons that the Covenant use. The More Plasma that hit's the ships shields the stronger the shields get. All of the ship's weapons are improved for destroying Covenant ships.
If the Covenant ever return then they well have an extremely hard time to destroy man kind.
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Location: Europa Lunar post
The young man that at one time received the message of The Master Chief return was sitting on his work station working.
Then he noticed something on his screen an anomaly of some kind began to form. It seemed to be a the of a ship out of Slip Space. At first there was only one but then dozens appeared eventually he counted four hundred.
" Sir we have a problem." He said
" What is it son" The Officer asked
He walked toward his station and saw what he was talking about.
" Well ill be fucking damned. There back!" He said
" Sound all the alarms and inform every one!" The officer said
" What it sir!?" The young man said
" Those Covenant bastard are back." he answered
This sent shills down the young mans spine but he got to work.
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Cruiser Leviathan:
The Cruiser was highly modified now. And Admiral Stanforth was still in command of The UNSC forces.
" Sir the Covenant are back!" His communications officer said
" It seems that those bastards finally decided to come back." He said with a smile
" This time we are not going to lose." He said
" Tell all ships to get to there battle stations." He ordered
" YES SIR."
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Covenant Flag ship:
The Commanding gold Elite was sitting in his chair.
A grunt walked over to him.
" Your great one sir. The Human infedills have noticed us and they are all getting into battle ready for battle. What are your orders?"
" We need to take over that red planet that is close to there home planet. According to our reports that that's a major ship building facility and Weapons development. If we take it over we can use it to our benefit as an HQ. Send our Black ops to take it over. In the meantime get ready to engage the infidels this time we destroy them."
" Yes your great one sir." The Grunt got to work.
A lot of the Covenant technology had remained the same. They had lost there entire armada at Halo and it took them this long to recover their forces. They had no idea that man kind have technology that now rivals or surpasses their own. But they well learn it the hard way.
The Next Chapter:
The Covenant Losing? The ambush on the red planet.
Ch:13
Title: They Are Back
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Notes: I would like to give credit to Ensign Pettis for giving me a suggestion that gave me the intro for this chapter. This well be the chapter that makes a turning point of the story.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved writing it.
Now for your pleasure the next episode of Halo: Mercy
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Chief of Staff Meting Room:
John and Cortana were making there report of what happened. They explained all that happened on Halo and what the secret of Halo contained and how it ended killing all of the humans and Covenant on the surface. Cortana showed a video of one of the encounters with the flood. She also showed them what had happened to Captain Keyes. They were horrified when they saw the image of Keyes mutated body. They finished the Report and the Council let John go. Dr. Halsley followed him out.
" John, Cortana can I talk to you?" She managed to say.
" Of course mam." John said
" It's a shame that Keyes is dead. He was a great man and a great Friend to me."
" I understand mam. Captain Keyes one time gave me one piece of advise that at the point that he had given it to me I had no idea what he meant. He told me that there are other ways to victory that did not require any deaths. He told me that surrendering is and option but it's not and option for people like him and me. An enemy like the Covenant would not allow us to surrender and they would not stop tell the last one of us is gone he told me. Those words inspired me to continue. I knew if I failed then man kind was doomed. I can't fight the entire Covenant but I sure can make a difference." John said
" John you have made more than a difference you might have had evened the sides. Your devotion for survival has paid us back greatly. Any way there is something that you did not know about Keyes. He was part of the people that began the Spartan program. He knew you even before the Reach and Halo incidents" Halsley said
" What do you mean Dr." John said
" Well Cortana has all the knowledge of the Spartan program and she can even tell you about the help Captain Keyes was to me. Any way do you remember the day that we first met and I gave you that coin?"
" Yeah."
John tell this day still has that coin. It was a quarter. The picture of the Eagle became the Spartan insignia.
" Captain Keyes was there with me. He was with me through the entire procedure of investigating the candidates of the Spartan program. I needed some body that could keep his mouth shut and Keyes was the man for the job. At first he had no clue why I was visiting all these children. But one day he stumbled on to my data pad where he read my files. He was outrage he could not believe that I was doing something like that. He called me a heartless bitch." She managed to say.
She took a breath.
" Those words hit me hard. In side I knew what I did to you and the Spartans was wrong. But I had no other choice. In the end the Spartans where a necessity." She said
She took another breath.
" One day he requested for a transfer and I gave it to him. The day he left he said he was sorry for what he called me. He told me that he had a felling that you all would make a difference some day. That was the last time I talked to him since the beginning of your mission of boarding a Covenant ship. Any way John I just want to tell you sorry for all I have done to you and your team. Some times I do feel like I was monster for doing some thing like taking you from your family. I just hope that you might forgive me." She said
" Mam there is no need for us to forgive you. You never did anything wrong. You did what you thought was right. And it all payed off." John said
" Thank you John. This is the first time that I talk to any body about this. It feels good to let it out. Now I have some business to attend to. Ill see you later John." She said and walked away.
" Cortana did you know all about this?" John asked her
" Yeah I did." She said
" Why did you not tell me?" He asked
" I had no idea what you would say plus I made a promise to the Dr that I would never say a word about it to you or the rest of the Spartans." she said
" Next time Cortana don't hold things like that away from me." He said
" I understand." she said
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One and ½ years later
The Covenant have not shown up. Man kind was beginning to recover. The UNSC has reached a higher level of technology that has never been achieved by man kind. There power has now surpassed the UNSC of the last time they fought the Covenant. The only problem is that there are few people. Half of the human population probobly even more had been killed by the Covenant. All of the weapons have been updated. New Warships are now up and running.
The UNSC was able to build a total of two hundred ships. And with the original ships that remained it gave them two hundred and seventy five ships. The smallest of the ships was equal to power to a Covenant Cruiser while the human Cruiser and battle ships surpassed there power. All ships have shielding now. But they have improved shielding against plasma type weapons that the Covenant use. The More Plasma that hit's the ships shields the stronger the shields get. All of the ship's weapons are improved for destroying Covenant ships.
If the Covenant ever return then they well have an extremely hard time to destroy man kind.
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Location: Europa Lunar post
The young man that at one time received the message of The Master Chief return was sitting on his work station working.
Then he noticed something on his screen an anomaly of some kind began to form. It seemed to be a the of a ship out of Slip Space. At first there was only one but then dozens appeared eventually he counted four hundred.
" Sir we have a problem." He said
" What is it son" The Officer asked
He walked toward his station and saw what he was talking about.
" Well ill be fucking damned. There back!" He said
" Sound all the alarms and inform every one!" The officer said
" What it sir!?" The young man said
" Those Covenant bastard are back." he answered
This sent shills down the young mans spine but he got to work.
//////////////////////
Cruiser Leviathan:
The Cruiser was highly modified now. And Admiral Stanforth was still in command of The UNSC forces.
" Sir the Covenant are back!" His communications officer said
" It seems that those bastards finally decided to come back." He said with a smile
" This time we are not going to lose." He said
" Tell all ships to get to there battle stations." He ordered
" YES SIR."
////////////////////
Covenant Flag ship:
The Commanding gold Elite was sitting in his chair.
A grunt walked over to him.
" Your great one sir. The Human infedills have noticed us and they are all getting into battle ready for battle. What are your orders?"
" We need to take over that red planet that is close to there home planet. According to our reports that that's a major ship building facility and Weapons development. If we take it over we can use it to our benefit as an HQ. Send our Black ops to take it over. In the meantime get ready to engage the infidels this time we destroy them."
" Yes your great one sir." The Grunt got to work.
A lot of the Covenant technology had remained the same. They had lost there entire armada at Halo and it took them this long to recover their forces. They had no idea that man kind have technology that now rivals or surpasses their own. But they well learn it the hard way.
The Next Chapter:
The Covenant Losing? The ambush on the red planet.