Between Blood

Megan Parker's teal-ringed blue eyes brightened with a strangge light as she looked at master chief before standing, still dressed in her armmor and her covenant clothing. She less thenn an inch from eye level with him, though she was atleast a head shorter then most Elites.

"John?" She asked, though he didn't have to answer. John was the only one who would turn something like that into a game.

"So Megan, where have you been?" Master Chief asked and she rolled her eyes. "Everywhere." She answered before moving her wrist guard into a better place and looking up with a fiery glare when Master Chief said, "So that's what they gave you for armor? Tin foil? I hope you never fought in that."

"It's a natural kind of aloid steal found on the Sangheli's home planet." She said glaring at him, "And I fought alot in this thank you very much you toy soldier." She lashed outquickly with a sharp tongue and even sharper words.

She looked around and sighed with relief when she saw her energy sabeer. She grabbd it and put it in a holder on her hip before John said, "Strong words coming from someone I could rip in two Ms.Parker."

That hit a nerve.

Megan glared daggers at him before saying, "That I doubt. I've learned the techniques of the covenant, no one can top that."

"If you sayy so, Ms.Parker." He said, somehow calling her taht spiked her temper and she stopped herself when she thought, "No, I'm Star!" She shook her head at her own thought before saying, "Is that a challenge?" as she expertly clicked her teeth in the threat sound of an Elite.

"Yeah fight master chief!" A marine said coming in with a crowd of others that included Dr.Hasley. Most were marines however.

"It might nort be a good idea.." Dr.Hasley said before the challenger clicked in amusment before saying with a smile that made Dr.Hasley stare, "Please Dr.Hasley, let John have a little fun."

That was when Dr.hasley nodded and said, "We'll clear the lower decks and scatter some stun-amuntion guns."

The strange girl nodded, her short black hair still tied back in teh red stripped pony tail. "I'm guessing it wll take around and hour to set up, so I don't feel bad in asking if I may have a cabin and a shower."

"She can have cabin 47, the emmpty one next to the air lock." A marine put in and Dr.Hasley nodded.

A few minutes later found Megan Parker in a cabin much diffrent then the ones she had become acustom to. She shrugged at the bareness of it before hurrying and stripping out of her armmor and every piece of clothing.

She eased into under the hot water. It was much diffrent than the strange blue-ish liquid she had used fior yaers on the covenant ships, but it would do. She leaned backwards and carefully washed the dye from her hair, but teh human shampoo and even the soap was diffrent then her liking. She got all the dye out of her hair and stepped out of the shower, looking into the mirror above the sink to see a girl with short brown hair and dark gray eyes looking back. She was dressed in her dirtyclothes but it aws ok, she didn't feel clean anyway.

She carefully ttightened each piece of armor onto her before settling on leaving her hair down.

She met Master Chief in an observation desk full of thrill-seeking marines, medics, ("For you of course," Master Chief told Megan when she saw them.), a few AI and of course, Dr.Hasley.

"We've chosen random spots to drop you in, I'm afraid, Megan, that you need to leave your energy saber here." Dr.Hasley said and the girl nodded, only her eyes and her armor showing of her covenant "Mis-hap"

Megan arrived at the spot and Cortana said on a main speaker, "Start!"

She rushed around a pillar and grabbed the SMGs there before turning in time for her hightened sences to pick up something running with fast speeeds past her. She caught him and shot at him with a percise aim, only to seee teh bullets hit his shields and damage them only slightly.

She looked around and saw a series of bars going up about four levels supporting two pillars. She cast a glance back before throwing her SMGs awaya and running, swinging over the bar and catching teh next, on teh last bar to teh highest level, still dodging bullets, Megan's hands fell an inch short from the bar. The entire observation tower gasped as one annd a few looked away, only those still watching saw the unbelievveable stunt.

She threw her weight into her legs and, in mid air, threw them over her head. they hit teh bar and slid her down so she could catch it and jump off.

Meanwhile Master Chief stood below shooting only to miss or watch it glance off the black armor.

She vgrabbed a sniper rifle and aimed quickly at Master Chief, hitting him in the leg as hee climbed the ladder for teh other turret.

About five minutes later ound Meegan weaponless running around a corner just beside the tower and master chief throwing a gun and knocking her down. But that was what she had wanted.

She caught the fall with her shoulder and rolled onto her back, he stepped closer and aimed at her, but she already knew what to do. She had already told her body the comands before, she just had to let them happen. Sher reached for teh pistol beside her, as in her mind she saw the end of teh fight.

She would roll back onto her shoulderts amnd kick off his helmet then plant a dead shot point blank from the ground. Something stopped her as she reached for teh pistol however, the Marine's calls of, "Go Master Chief! Take her out!"

For a minute, time froze.

"They're like the guys were at school." She remembered, "They looked up to John, when I beat John whenn we were alone at home that day, i ppromised I would never let anyone know that I, a girl, his best friend could beat him at anything, when no one else could. To save his dignity and his pride."

She stopped lay still, looking at him before saying the faitful words she hated to pass from her lips, "You win."

Master Chief through away his gun and helped her up with one of his green armored hands. The marines were cheering for John and Dr.Hasley was smiling and, though noo one could see, Megan could tell John was smiling too.

Later, as Megan lay in her bed, a knock rang on her cabin. she, for a moment, imagined it was Acaadna back from a hard day to telll her about the prophet, or maybe Shasic who had snuck out to see heer, or even Yappity coming to make her laugh. But she knew it wasn't true...Because she would never see her friends again.

She sat up and said, "Come in!"

Master Chief walked in still fully armored before he said, "Thanks." Megan had no idea how uncharctaristic this was for him so she said, "For what?"

"I saw the pistol." He said, "I know you could have won. What stopped you?"

"I promised a long time ago not to beat you infront of anyone." She said before lunging, holding her energy saber at the weak spot on the neck of hsi armor, to were if she activtated it it woould surly kill him. "It wasn't because I was weak."

Master Chief nodded before walking off, leaving Megan smiling behind him before she turned. Someho though, Megan knew she was breaking the rules.

Her family and friends, Covenant.

Her friends and her own race, Human.

Somehow now, she was stuck between not only a war.

But now,

She was stuck Between Blood.