The Spartan and the Bounty Hunter

Chapter 1 Prologue: Day of Glory

Hey everybody. Yes, finally the Great Hammermaster (myself) writes a Halo story. Except this is a cross over with Metroid Fusion. I submitted it here because I think that Halo fans would better appreciate this type of story and the type of action I will be employing (more like Halo than like Metroid). Please read and review, cause I am review hungry.

"I think we have a problem," a Grunt said softly.

"What is it?" the Elite snapped.

"We... we lost contact with the Day of Glory."

The Day of Glory was one of the Covenant's largest ships. It had began to approach the planet Earth. But then it had received a distress call from some unknown space station. The Day of Glory had then turned off its course to investigate the strange signal. What the crew of the Day of Glory found was a broken space station which appeared deserted. The final transmission between the Day of Glory and the small troop of Covenant Soldiers that awaited the arrival of the Day of Glory was: "The station looks empty. We are currently docking with it to investigate what sent the distress signal."

Then, it simply disappeared from Radar.

"The Day of Glory can not be destroyed by any physical being," the Elite said skeptically. "The Day of Glory is the greatest ship in the galaxy."

"See for yourself," the Grunt said before turning the radar screen around to face the Elite.

The Covenant warrior surveyed the screen and realized that what the Grunt said was true.

"By the Holy Prophets," he exclaimed. "No physical being could have done such a thing!"

"Sir, request permission to leave the station," Master Chief said softly.
"For what purpose, Master Chief?" Lord Hood asked.
"To give the Covenant back their bomb," Master Chief replied.
"Permission granted," Lord Hood replied.

Master Chief grabbed the bomb, and began dragging it across the ground.

"What is he doing?" a soldier asked Lord Hood.

"You heard him," Lord Hood replied.

"You can't be serious!"

"He is the Master Chief."

Master Chief shot up into the sky holding onto the bomb. He rocketed into the Covenant vessel, and activated the detonation sequence. Then, he pushed off of the hull of the ship, and flew back out into space.

"Cortana, tell that ship to slow down!" the Master Chief shouted when he realized that he had pushed off to early.

"I can't," Cortana replied. "My transmission has been jammed!"

"No!" Master Chief shouted as he missed the human ship and went flying off into space.

"I'm losing your signal Master Chief," Cortana shouted. "Come in Spartan 117!"

"Help me!" Master Chief shouted.

But no one could save him now. He knew the physics of space. He would go flying off in a straight path for eternity unless by chance he would crash into something. For the first time, the mighty Spartan began to panic. He now realized that when he died, he would leave nothing behind. He had no wife, no kids to carry on his legacy. Few people even called him by real name. It was always "Master Chief this," and "Master Chief that." But no one referred to him by his true name.

"I'm John!" he shouted as he flew off into space. "My name is John! Speak to me someone! I'm dying inside!"

There was no one who would cry when he died. No one to shed a tear. The only woman he had ever been around was Miranda Keyes, and he barely knew her. He had met her like, oh, a couple months ago. And she treated him like a King, not like a human. And that was what the Master Chief needed, was for someone to treat him as an equal.

Master Chief knew that when he died no one could fill his shoes. He had been engineered for his job ever since he was a child. And he was the last of the Spartans. He was a great warrior, and had never feared death. But now he feared it. And for the first time in his life, the Master Chief began to pray.

Thud! The crash jolted the Master Chief, but did nothing else. His armor was strong enough to withstand such crashes. John opened his eyes, surprised to realize that he had closed them. He had crashed against a large Covenant Ship which was slowly drifting through space.

What is this? the Master Chief wondered.

He saw a docking bay over to his left. The Master Chief grabbed tightly to the side of the ship, and began crawling across it towards the open docking bay.

Somewhere, far back in the exhaust of the Covenant Ship an explosion rocked the galaxy. A planet, and the Space Station that had orbited around it exploded in a crimson fury. But before they exploded, a strange purple starship shot out from the space station, and shot out into space, trailing after the Covenant Ship. The driver of the starship tracked the Covenant Ship, and discovered that it was heading straight for the planet of Earth.

"Are you sure that what you say is correct Adam?" she said into her comlink.

"I'm certain of this," came the response. "You must hurry, before it spells doom for the entire human race. Any objections Lady?"

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