The Worst of the Worst
Author's Note: Yes, well, I'm back again. This time it'll be a little different. New characters from newer games will be coming into the story. If you have any requests for characters leave them in a review and I will CONSIDER IT. I have a good number of characters so far but I might want one or two more. If you do not know where one of the characters are from, I'll be sure to mention it in an author's note at the beginning of the chapter, and if you have never played the game that the character was from, I would suggest you do so. I wouldn't be using a character from the game unless I thought it was a great game. Here's chapter two.
Chapter 2: The Past
The Master Chief's heavy boots landed on Zebes' soil. What he saw next was the scariest thing he had ever seen. Blood. It was blood, spilled all over the place. On the soil, the rocks, the plants. But it was no ordinary human blood. It was a type of blood he'd seen before. The cyan color made it very clear of what creature it came from. It was Grunt blood.
The chief ventured further into the environment of Zebes, through numerous tunnels and under trees. Soon enough, he had come across the dead carcasses of numerous Covenant soldiers. It was his worst nightmare. Covenant troops in 2205. He wondered how this was possible. Then again, he always knew this was a risk. Once the Covenant attacked UNSC headquarters and stole all of the information on Team Omega as well as the Time Travelling machine, it was a risk that the Covenant would try to send soldiers back in time to kill off the members of the team, in order to change history. That is the only reasonable explanation for this.
The Master Chief found it extremely difficult being without Cortana the last few years. He was so used to having her around, as a source of information, a guide, as well as a friend. He had not realized this until after she was gone. He realized this was his first step in becoming a true human being - having emotions. The Master Chief had missed Cortana greatly ever since he left her on that Covenant ship with the monstrous Flood life form known as Gravemind. The Master Chief and Cortana both violated protocol by leaving her behind. The A. I. knew everything of human history and mankind and if she fell into the wrong hands it would be disastrous. Now, finally, his mistake has come back to haunt him. Gravemind was able to manipulate himself as well as the Arbiter, why wouldn't he think he would have been able to manipulate Cortana?
Samus still had her tracking device in her suit from the Team Omega days. The Chief knew that much on his own to find her. Suddenly, the chief heard a noise nearby behind some plants. He rushed over to investigate, to find a frightened, cowardly grunt hiding. The Master Chief grabbed the Grunt right off of the ground by the throat.
"Who is leading this assault?" The Chief demanded an answer.
"Commander Elite Muka 'Mamamee..." the frightened grunt answered, "and Shlabba, the Prophet of Misery. Please no hurt Gunther. Me did not want to come back in time."
The Master Chief dropped the pitiful creature back to the ground. He did not kill the grunt, however. The chief started walking away, until he heard the grunt speak up again.
"You must be Demon."
"That's what they call me." The Master Chief replied, without turning around. The Master Chief continued walking. Gunther slowly followed him.
"Why you no kill Gunther yet? Demon kills all Covenants."
"Leave me before I change my mind." The chief said, threateningly.
"Will you help Gunther get back to his time? Me no like it here anymore...me miss home."
"Your home is gone." The Master Chief said.
"I find new home then. Just not here. Will you help Gunther? I will help you."
"How could you possibly help me? You're a cowardly, worthless little grunt. I've made a career of killing your kind. And you want to help me? Help me do what?" The Master Chief's tone rose from annoyance to anger.
"I don't know..." Gunther shyed away and slowly backed away from the chief.
"You're wasting my time. I must find someone."
"The one who looks like Demon?" Gunther asked. The Master Chief knew right away he must be talking about Samus.
"Have you seen her?" The Master Chief asked.
"Yes." Gunther said. "She kill all my squad while Gunther hide. I did not want to die."
"Show me where she went, grunt, and I will help you get back to your time." The Master Chief bargained.
Gunther happily lead the Master Chief on the path Samus took, through the forests and natural cave formations of Zebes. According to the Master Chief's Heads Up Display, Gunther was leading him in the correct direction. Although he didn't really need Gunther to find Samus, the Master Chief secretly enjoyed the company.
Companionship, and mercy. Two more feelings the chief has felt. This time, through the help of a small grunt, a creature he vowed he would kill many years ago. The chief could have popped a bullet into the poor grunt's head the moment he found him, but he didn't.
Next, Gunther lead the Master Chief through a number of facilities, obviously unnatural. Samus was very close on the chief's radar. All of a sudden, the chief saw a flash that temporarily blinded him. His radar went out. Gunther was blinded as well, until a figure came out of the light. The figure kicked Gunther across the room, then knocked the Master Chief and mounted him. He felt the arm cannon pressed against his helmet. He started to see again, the figure was the same shape as Samus was. But not the same color. It was a blue-grayish color instead. He wondered if there was other hunters like Samus in this time.
Gunther shot at the being with his plasma pistol. The force of the plasma knocked the being off of the Chief, but not to the floor.
"Samus?" The chief questioned. It didn't respond. It fired a shot at the chief, but he dodged out of the way. In the middle of his dodge, the Master Chief un holstered his Magnum and fired at the being. It had no effect. The being charged at the Master Chief and swung its arm cannon at him. The chief stopped it with his own arms.
"Fire that thing again!" The Master Chief yelled at Gunther. The tiny grunt charged his plasma pistol and fired it at the being. It was sent flying back again. Suddenly, a huge energy blast nailed the being right in the back, it was sent forward and landed on its stomach on the floor. Smoke from the blast sizzled off of the back of the being. It twitched for a moment, but finally stopped moving. Samus stood behind it, cannon at the ready. She noticed the Master Chief.
"What are you doing here..." She said. She didn't sound too happy to see him.
"I need you to come back to the future with me." He responded.
"What for now?" She asked.
"There's a new threat in 2555. We could use your help."
"Is that the only reason why you want me to come back?" She asked.
"No." The Master Chief. "I would like for you to come back to the future with me." The Master Chief said.
"Why's that?"
"I've been thinking alot about what you said that last time we met...about being human. I believe that is what I need to do. Learn to become more human, develop feelings and emotions, I believe you could help me do that."
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" She asked.
"Don't forget Gunther too!" The grunt said, trailing behind the two of them.
"Why are you bringing this grunt along?" Samus asked.
The chief looked back at Gunther, then to Samus again. "I don't know." He simply replied. "How many Covenant soldiers did they send back to your time?"
"Quite a few." Samus answered. "But I took care of most of them. You know the more you kill the easier it gets."
The Master Chief let out a small chuckle. "Yes, but you know if we leave any Covenant behind, it may alter the future."
"Hey, you might have gone past three years in your time, but not for me. I caught most of them on their arrival here in 2205. Master Chief, the last time I saw you was just a few days ago. That's why I wasn't too surprised to see you."
"I haven't seen you in three years." The Master Chief said.
"It's been that long for you, eh? Wow. Well, let's not worry about the Covenant here. Even if I missed one or two it wouldn't make much a difference. This isn't even Earth we're on. They just came back to try to kill me off in an attempt of destroying Team Omega's chances of success. Even I can figure that much out. It doesn't matter any more. Let's go."
Muka 'Mamamee patiently waited and listened in the shadows to their conversation. He watched them as they got into the Time Machine and all three of them disappeared.
The Master Chief, Gunther and Samus climbed aboard the time machine and arrived back in UNSC HQ where Dr. Dufraime patiently waited. The doc, however, was a little shocked to see that a grunt had also returned with the Master Chief and Samus. The Master Chief told him it was alright, and asked Samus to keep an eye out on Gunther while he went back into the machine, looking for his next recruit. The Master Chief took a look at the new list given to him by Admiral Whittaker.
"What year are we going to, Master Chief?" Dr. Dufraime asked.
"2052." He responded.
"And might I ask the name of the person you're trying to find?"
"Denton." The Master Chief answered. "Alex Denton."