Halo: First Strike: An Alternate View
CHAPTER ONE ========
1636 hours, September 22, 2252 (Military Calendar)\ Aboard Longsword fighter, uncharted system, Halo debris field.
Private First Class Abu-Hama Rasheed sat at the controls of his UNSC Longsword. Rasheed is, or more accurately, was of the UNSC Marine Corps. Rasheed escaped of the Pillar of Autumn in one of the many lifeboats that managed to escape the wrath of Covenant Plasma. When his boat crash-landed on Halo, it was a seen all to familiar, that almost parallel to the Master Chief's. Rasheed was the only survivor of the crash. Rasheed escaped into a nearby forest, and managed to survive off of the ever random and unlucky Covenant Patrol. He later on, after many harsh days in the woods, met up with Lieutenant McKay and her company of Helljumpers, and he immediately reported to Major Silva. Rasheed participated in every major battle up to when the Helljumpers encountered the omniparasitc lifeform known as 'the Flood.'
Rasheed then underwent a terrifying transformation it make him what he was now: a Flood combat form. Either by chance, or a roll of the Galactic dice, Rasheed managed to suppress the mental uspurtion of the Flood Infection Form still lodged in his chest cavity; though there was the random moment where the infection form took over, giving Rasheed a genuine case of schizophrenia. He blended in with the other Flood forms, and managed to get aboard the Pillar of Autumn and steal the Longsword still housed in Docking Bay 3, nearly a full kilometer away from where the Master Chief acquired his Longsword in Docking Bay 7. A few minutes after he stole his Longsword, Rasheed saw another Longsword leave from Halo, and the subsequent destruction of Halo proceeding the Longsword's escape. For what seemed to be the hundredth time, Rasheed cursed the Longsword for lacking a Shaw-Fujikawa Drive. The ships' lights where dim, since the Longsword was still relatively close to Halo when it exploded, and the following EMP from Halo's destruction knocked out most of his systems. Rasheed peered out of the forward viewport and squinted. Rasheed saw a ship, with a rough, angular design, just like his Longsword. Rasheed then realized it was a Longsword, apparently, the one he saw leave Halo right before it exploded. His horribly distorted hand moved towards the communication suite, and he stopped. No, that would be a bad idea, Rasheed thought, there could still be Covenant in the area, and I don't know if this guy is friendly or not. Rasheed squinted again, and saw what looked like a figure in olive power armor, floating, and grabbing hold of what looked like a cryotube. Rasheed diverted some power to the sensors and magnified the image. His theory was correct.
"Well I'll be damned," he swore aloud. The image on his board was the same as it appeared, a Spartan. But not just any Spartan, but SPARTAN- 117. The Master Chief.
End Chapter 1 Disclaimer: I know it's a bit late, but I do not own Halo. Halo is owned by Bungie and the Microsoft Corporation.
CHAPTER ONE ========
1636 hours, September 22, 2252 (Military Calendar)\ Aboard Longsword fighter, uncharted system, Halo debris field.
Private First Class Abu-Hama Rasheed sat at the controls of his UNSC Longsword. Rasheed is, or more accurately, was of the UNSC Marine Corps. Rasheed escaped of the Pillar of Autumn in one of the many lifeboats that managed to escape the wrath of Covenant Plasma. When his boat crash-landed on Halo, it was a seen all to familiar, that almost parallel to the Master Chief's. Rasheed was the only survivor of the crash. Rasheed escaped into a nearby forest, and managed to survive off of the ever random and unlucky Covenant Patrol. He later on, after many harsh days in the woods, met up with Lieutenant McKay and her company of Helljumpers, and he immediately reported to Major Silva. Rasheed participated in every major battle up to when the Helljumpers encountered the omniparasitc lifeform known as 'the Flood.'
Rasheed then underwent a terrifying transformation it make him what he was now: a Flood combat form. Either by chance, or a roll of the Galactic dice, Rasheed managed to suppress the mental uspurtion of the Flood Infection Form still lodged in his chest cavity; though there was the random moment where the infection form took over, giving Rasheed a genuine case of schizophrenia. He blended in with the other Flood forms, and managed to get aboard the Pillar of Autumn and steal the Longsword still housed in Docking Bay 3, nearly a full kilometer away from where the Master Chief acquired his Longsword in Docking Bay 7. A few minutes after he stole his Longsword, Rasheed saw another Longsword leave from Halo, and the subsequent destruction of Halo proceeding the Longsword's escape. For what seemed to be the hundredth time, Rasheed cursed the Longsword for lacking a Shaw-Fujikawa Drive. The ships' lights where dim, since the Longsword was still relatively close to Halo when it exploded, and the following EMP from Halo's destruction knocked out most of his systems. Rasheed peered out of the forward viewport and squinted. Rasheed saw a ship, with a rough, angular design, just like his Longsword. Rasheed then realized it was a Longsword, apparently, the one he saw leave Halo right before it exploded. His horribly distorted hand moved towards the communication suite, and he stopped. No, that would be a bad idea, Rasheed thought, there could still be Covenant in the area, and I don't know if this guy is friendly or not. Rasheed squinted again, and saw what looked like a figure in olive power armor, floating, and grabbing hold of what looked like a cryotube. Rasheed diverted some power to the sensors and magnified the image. His theory was correct.
"Well I'll be damned," he swore aloud. The image on his board was the same as it appeared, a Spartan. But not just any Spartan, but SPARTAN- 117. The Master Chief.
End Chapter 1 Disclaimer: I know it's a bit late, but I do not own Halo. Halo is owned by Bungie and the Microsoft Corporation.