I didn't intend to make a continuation this fast, but since I'm very jumpy about several stuffs happening in real life, I decided to write it anyways. When I finished the story, it has countless ambiguous sentences, so I decided to tweak it up a bit. Again, I'm sorry if any of you feel that I don't deserve to be a writer... but hey, that's why bill gates invented Alt F4 D

Disclaimer: I don't own Microsoft, or any share of it...


This is the truth

The MJOLNIR armour was one heavy piece of scrap, but according to the game, it is enhanced with every single technology that never existed, probably just yet. I glanced over my shoulder to find both einhander and shiftbreaker replaced with two seven feet tall armours. Both were admiring the amazing piece of equipments, seemingly activating every single feature the armour provides.

I smiled at the two of them before turning my head to wave. He has his usual thinking face, which means he's completely clueless, or he's coming up with an amazing resolution that could probably save our lives. He then popped one question that wouldn't leave my brain alone…

"The Spartans… are technologically enhanced right?" he said

"Yup" I blurted out as I try to unlock the titanium armour "What's wrong?" I continued

Wave paused for a few seconds until he decided that this is no longer a game. He shifted uneasily on his feet, before doing something completely unexpected… he stood up and grabbed a battle riffle from the storage, and opened fire on the MJOLNIR armour, causing the bullet to ricochet, merely missing me by inches. A stray bullet strikes him on the shoulder, which forces him to drop the rifle almost immediately.

I hurried to his side to check out the wound as einhander ran to grab the first aid kit located near the door. I opened the box to find a tube with "BioFoam" label, a bottle of disinfectant, and a roll of bandage folded neatly beside it.

"Rob… I don't think we're in a game anymore." Wave said as I applied the disinfectant, and dipped a knife on his wound, trying to get the bullet out. After about30 seconds, I succeeded to pull the bullet out, and applied the BioFoam immediately, I can see that he hates the stinging pain from the wound, but he has to endure it. Gun wounds aren't something you want to keep open for long.

"I'm not sure how effective that thing is, but I followed the instructions, and it should heal nice-"

"TONY, WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" scream shiftbreaker. She held back her tears as she bashed her brother's unwounded arm... it's rare seeing shift to be so affectionate towards her brother considering that I've never seen them not fighting before.

Wave decided to ignore his sister and walked towards the MJOLNIR armour. He paused midway, seemingly overwhelmed by the reality of the pain and her sister's emotion. By now, all eyes in the room were fixed on him, waiting for him to recover to his old self. He then continued talking...

"I don't think that we're inside of the game anymore. I think...we're somewhere in the actual world of Halo." He paused, takes a deep breath before resuming. "It's too painful to be a dream, and I still can't figure out how we're going to adapt with the high tech combat given that we did not receive the same level of biological enhancement nor trainings the Spartans once did."

By the time wave finished talking, I've figured out how to get into the armour and make myself as comfortable as possible. I realized that wave has made tons of valid points, and I myself have more questions to ask, but I chose to stay silent and watched wave putting on his armour instead. He smiled at us as he puts on his helmet, grabbed a nearby battle riffle and a magnum along with several clips... suddenly, his laughter filled the COM channel

"If we die here, blame Laguna… he dragged us into this mess." says fantasywave

We all laughed with him, and I decided to put my helmet on. As the helmet fits nicely, I heard a click and saw four other lights flashing. I quickly concluded that it was the acknowledgement lights. I learned how to light mine on quickly before I realized that wave was too shocked to lead the team, and MX hasn't said a thing ever since he puts on that armour. Moreover, einhander and shiftbreaker wouldn't fit as leader, so I decided to take charge of the team for now.

I approached the weapon locker, and grabbed a shotgun, a sniper rifle, and four grenades along with several clips for their respective weapon. The other soon follows and decided to smarten up in case it gets hot out there.

Suddenly… I saw a box popping out to the screen asking me to input my name. There, I proudly whispered "Laguna", and a split second later, my name appear on top of the HUD, right under the "Roster." Shortly thereafter, I saw four names appearing one by one… these are fantasywave's, MX's, einhander's, and shiftbreaker's.

I took a deep breath before opening the door. I followed the sign that reads "To the bridge."

"Hmm, you reckon we'll spawn again if we die?" asked shift. She's been jumpy ever since she puts on the armour and lands her hand on one of the high explosive rocket launcher. She is notoriously known as the friendly killer, blowing stuffs up as her heart pleases.

She raised a very good point as the channel went silent for a few minutes until MX decided to answer it.

"I don't know, and I don't intend to find out… so watch where you're aiming." He finished the sentence as he slapped a clip to his SMG with a "Click"

Few minutes later, we reached the bridge. It was filled with screens monitoring the ship's parameter. In there, I spotted Cortana crossing her arm, and seemingly tapping her holographic foot on the platform.

"About time… could you get any slower?" she demanded

"I'll try…" I said, sarcastically

"Never mind that," she shouts back. "The Covenant are closing in fast, and I'm afraid we have to secure the airlocks anytime soon."

I eyed the screen, and estimated that there's about 40 covenant dropships approaching quickly… I quickly pinged the rest, and saw four green lights bleeping.

"Roger that." I replied before treating myself to a clip of high-powered sniper rifle.

"Chief, you might want to escort the lady out of this ship while you're at it." She replied with a hint of sarcasm.

"Oh right…"

I pushed a green button right beside of the hologram, and waited for it to dim down. Suddenly, there's a thundering noise that shook the entire ship. I quickly yanked Cortana and inserted the memory stick to the base of the skull, sending a chill off my spine. I quickly banished the feeling and decided to be on the move.


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