The Man of My Dreams
Chapter One: The incoming signal
One morning while Master Chief is sleeping, he gets an incoming alert message from Cortana.
"What the hell is it? I told you we destroyed the covenant ring! There is no way more covenant will come!
"No Master Chief! It is not about the covenant this time. We just picked up a signal from Captain Keyes beacon. It never runs out of battery because it is installed into his skin. When there is a pulse and heart rate reading, it means that he is in stable condition! We have to get him out of there!"
"Well, what if he is still a covenant figure? When we left the facility, he attacked us and was a big blue covenant leader. We cannot be sure that he is human again!"
"Listen to yourself! You had stuck by Captain Keyes for seven years through battle after battle and the hardest times in your life and relationship, and now, three years after everyone thought he was dead, we are receiving a signal from his beacon and you just want to sit here and tell yourself that it is nothing?"
"If you think there is a good chance that the beacon wasn't tweaked or anything and that he really has a pulse and heart rate, then I will go and find him myself!"
"Yes. I am almost certain that it is really him."
"In that case, prep my gear... I'm going in."
Master Chief cocked his guns and put on his suit of armor. He was using his standard assault rifle for his primary weapon, his pistol as his secondary weapon, and a set of grenades. He also had multiple health packs latched to his suit. Cortana advised he take a small military team of about four or five with him but he refused saying "I will go in there myself. I do not want to endanger anyone else. This is my solo mission. Who knows if I will even be coming out alive?" Cortana decided to rest her case and forget about the military. "Fine! If you want to go in there alone and increase the chances of you getting killed, go ahead!" said Cortana.
Master Chief was completely armed from his weapons to his suit of armor. He was even having a warthog dropped off for him at the drop zone. He signaled the dropship for his pickup and was on his way back to what was left of halo and the covenant ring.