Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the games that they come from.

"Mr. Vercetti, let me begin by explaining to you what is exactly going on." Dr. Dufraime began to speak right after the Master Chief had left.

"Oh great, he's gonna tell the story again." Nick said.

"You see, the human race has been fighting against this alien race, who call themselves the Covenant. So far, their only know purpose is to kill all human beings and destroy earth. They are superior to us in almost every way, strength, intelligence, speed, quite possible the only advantage that we have on them are our powerful weapons. Speaking of which, let me show you them."

The Doc showed Tommy all the guns, but he didn't look impressed.

"Doc, do you know what I did back in Vice City? I caused havoc! I need something that can cause a hell of a lot of havoc."

"Maybe this will help you, Mr. Vercetti."

The Doc pushed a button which caused a panel in the wall to flip, revealing its other side. Attached to it was an M19 SSM Rocket Launcher. Tommy's eyebrows flew up.

"I'll take it!" Tommy tried to lift it up, but his face turned red.

"Don't worry, Mr. Vercetti. One you are suited up it won't seem as heavy."

"Good..." Tommy said, breathing heavily.

Meanwhile in the other room...

"Awesome dude! Do it again!" Kang asked, repeatedly. "Come on, please!"

"Yeah man, that was amazing!" Jack backed up. "Seriously, do it again!"

Max rolled his eyes. "Fine. One more time." Max then pulled out his pistols and dived backward. As he did so, all time seemed to have slowed down. It looked like Max was trapped in mid-air for an eternity. When he finally came back down to the ground, he flung himself back to his feet.

"That's amazing! How can you do that?" Samus asked.

"It's called Bullet Time. I just think that I'm going really slowly, and then, it just happens."

"How long have you been able to do it?" Nick asked.

Max looked down. "Since...my wife died..."

"Oh..." Nick said, "Sorry man."

Just then the Doc rushed in with a boxful of grenades. "Here are the frag grenades. They work like any normal grenade from your times. Pull the pin, chuck it, then BOOM!" The Doc smiled. Everyone picked up three or for and found a place to put them on their suit.

The pod sizzled as it came to a halt in the middle of a tiny village. Everything seemed so peaceful to the Master Chief, he had never seen anything like it. He had always lived through a time where there was always something to worry about. These people, had no worries whatsoever. He walked into a building which had a sign on the outside which read "Truce Inn." All of the townsfolk turned their heads to see the huge cyborg. He walked to the front desk. "I'm looking for..." The chief glanced down to the file. He saw that the subject was only about 18 years old. He had crazy red hair he looked for a name. "...Crono. Where can I find him?"

The waitress responded nervously "T-two house down fr-from here..."

The chief nodded at her and walked out the door. He continued till he reached the house. He knocked on the door, a woman answered. "Oh hello, are you one of Crono's friends?" The woman didn't seem frightened at all, which confused the Master Chief.

"Actually, no. I just need to speak with him."

"Oh alright, come on in." She lead him inside. "CRONO! YOU HAVE A VISITOR!" she yelled up the stairs. "Would you like some cocoa?"

"Umm...no thanks." The chief responded.

The boy flew down the down the stairs, with a big smile on his face. He looked at the Master Chief.

"Crono?" he asked. The boy nodded. "I come from the future, the year 2552. I am the Master Chief of the UNSC and I am in charge of assembling a team to help fight an alien race called the Covenant who are trying to wipe on Mankind. According to your file, you defeated a creature called Lavos to save the world right?" The boy nodded again.

"Not again, Crono! Enough of this time travel business! Can't you just live like a normal boy for once?" his mother asked, frustrated.

Crono gave a look to his mother, the I-have-to-do-this-no-matter-what kind of look.

The Master Chief looked at his mother. "Is he a mute?"

"No...he just prefers not to talk unless there is something extremely important to say."

Crono then ran upstairs. He came back down with a huge sword. The chief had never seen anything like it before. The sword shined all of the colors of the rainbow. The, he smiled again. He went up to his mother, and whispered something in her ear.

"Ok Crono, I'll tell them. Don't worry. Be careful!"

The Chief lead Crono back to the pod. "So, you've traveled through time before?"

Crono gave the Chief the oh-yeah-dozens-of-times look.

"I see..."

The two of them got back to the pod and the Chief set the co-ordinates back to Sector M-9.

"Welcome back, chief. I've got more news from the Admiral," Dr. Dufraime said, and handed the chief a file folder.

"Who's this kid?" Tommy asked, all suited up and brought up to speed on what the hell is going on. Crono stuck out his hand to shake it.

"His name's Crono...and he doesn't speak." The Chief said. Tommy shook his hand back.

"Nice sword kid, you know how to use it?" Jack asked.

Crono drew his sword from his sheath, so all of the team members could see the shine of the sword. They all looked in awe. The chief was looking through the folder. It looked like the Malibu club back in Vice City was destroyed when the Covenant got there a little too late. The chief thought what would happen to the peaceful Truce Village if the Covenant went their next. He didn't want to think about what would happen, he didn't want Crono to either, so he didn't show him. Also, the Covenant had hit their backup subject, Mega Man.

"Chief," Cortana said, "I'm getting a transmission from the Admiral. He says we need one more member to complete out team of eight. He also said he has the perfect one."

"Cortana, who is it?"