Some stuff you should know:

1. Cortana isn't present in MC's helmet.

2. This story is Halo 1 style. This means Halo 1 weapons, Halo 1 covies, Halo 1 vehicles and such.

3. The story is set on Halo.

4. I don't own Halo or any related goodies.

If you find any spelling/grammar errors, could you please tell me in your review? (From Ch. 1 too) And, as always, review the actual story, too.

Ch. 2

MC could see nothing. He was falling fast into a large cave, and as he looked up, he saw the dark blue opening shrinking fast. Plummeting down, he tried to steady himself and prepare for impact.

But just then he glanced off of the wall of the cave, and spun around completely. He hit the rocky floor hard, landing on his back, and immediately a sharp pain engulfed his entire body as his shield monitor wailed in his ears. His neck flung back, and his helmet smashed against a rock, knocking him out immediately. Limbs flailing, he went limp. His body slid to a stop on the inclined floor as a dull, cold wind blew down into the opening. Some rocks rolled and clacked against each other, and then the great cave was silent.

MC dreamed he saw himself lying there in the darkness. He saw his own twisted body covered with stones and rubble, and then looked up at the opening, so far away. In his dream, he walked over to the cave wall, and began to climb. His hands and feet moved swiftly up the rocky surface. He moved quickly, only pausing to look back down and stare at his body for a moment or two. In no time his hands grasped the ledge and he pulled himself with ease out of the cave. He stood, and looked around. He was still in the barren desert. The sun was high, and the heat was blistering. To his left, a couple of yards away, was a single sleeping grunt. MC took a pistol out of a holster in his belt. As the creature dozed, MC walked briskly up to it and knocked it in the back of its head. The grunt fell forward without a sound, and a small pool of light blue blood formed around its neck. Then he dreamed the sun became dark, blocked out by something, and the entire desert was covered in shadow. The air became cold.

MC shivered as he awoke. He winced, disoriented. His head was throbbing unbearably in his helmet, which was twisted to one side. He was lying on his front, face down. His right arm was lying on his back, and his left was positioned painfully underneath him. His legs were buried somewhere in a rocky pile behind him. He rolled over onto his left side, letting out a sharp breath. He felt a few stones shift and reposition beneath him. He then realized he was lying on a steep incline. The incline was a steep slope stretching down from the cliff wall. MC decided to work his way back up the slope to the wall, feeling it was better not to go deeper into the cave, where there could be another drop or chasm that he couldn't see. He got his arm out from under him, and rested for a minute. Moving was incredibly painful, and he did everything slowly and steadily. He clenched his fists, and got himself up to a seated position. His head throbbed even more as the blood rushed up his body. Resting on one arm, he managed to twist his helmet right again so he could see. It was still night, and only a few dull beams of light pierced the thick air of the cave. The rocks and the wall above him were the only places illuminated. He saw that his health monitors were down to red.

One by one he pulled his legs out of the rocks. He started to slide down the slope, but he managed to stop himself before he went too far. He moved up the incline. He turned towards the wall, forcing his limbs to move, exhaustion draining him by the second. He got himself four feet from the wall, and then collapsed into sleep.

The darkness was growing deeper in the desert as the sun was blocked out. A chill wind whipped against MC in his dream as he looked up. He saw a dark cloud racing in his direction. As he watched in fascination, the cloud turned into hundreds of millions of Covenant Dropships. They covered the sky, humming through the air towards him. They arranged themselves to surround him as they slowly dropped from the sky. Then they landed, and the doors opened. A sea of Covenant poured out and ran towards him, about to blot him out as they had blotted out the sun.

MC awoke sharply. After a moment, he continued to climb up towards the top of the rocky slope. As he moved his arms and legs, more of the stones loosened and went tumbling down into darkness. Fatigue tugged at his body, beckoning him back down. Struggling, he managed to make it to the top, as far as he could go. He found a small, but strong stone ledge that was part of the cave wall. After pulling himself onto it, he fell once again into sleep, but this time no dreams were there to haunt him.