Chapter X : Epilogue

Back to normal…sort of…


The sarge approached the body of the Cyberdemon and unleashed 4 sniper bullets in the head. -´´ And stay down ´´- once satisfied, the sarge turned to the chief and Karen-´´ well then that was fun, now what ´´.

The chief approached the event horizon, with the soul cube in hand -´´ We still need to close this portal but all the demons have left ´´.

´´ And? ´´- Cortana asked.

´´ We need at least 5 to power the soul cube ´´.- The chief replied to her, but the soul cube floated away from his hand.

´´ There is no need to power once again ´´- The soul cube spoke -´´ we shall destroy the cube by merging it with the soul cube to finally close the gates of hell ´´ .

´´ Sorry If I interrupt ´´- Cortana spoke -´´ but aren't your souls inside the soul cube ´´.

´´ Our souls shall be set free once we merge with the cube itself ´´

As both cubes merged inside the event horizon, the soul cube spoke one last time to the chief:

´´ We thank you for all you have done, farewell reclaimer…´´.

The Portal compressed and imploded within the bay into nothing, the force of the blast send the 3 survivors a few feet away. Within the ships interiors, every single demon still alive burned to ashes and the core was back online.

While the marines celebrated around the ship, the chief ,Karen and the sarge stood up and realized that, apart from surviving the covenant, flood and Halo,they had in a way saved all worlds from the invasion to hell.

´´ We'll, I'm hungry, let's grab a bite and a couple of cold ones ´´- The sarge said to the chief and Karen. As they headed out, Cortana received a disturbing news.

´´ We might want to leave the eating thing for later, as a farewell gift the demons have overloaded the experimental OMEGA cannon ´´.

´´ Can you power it down ?´´- The chief asked. Putting Cortana in a nearby panel she shook her head.

´´ I can't, almost all of the ship systems are completely in chaos. And even If I start fixing all of the damage, we only have 14 minutes until the cannon goes to critical mass ´´.

´´ So what now? ´´- The sarge asked.


´´ Attention all personnel, The Equinox will reach critical mass in T minus 12 minutes and counting, I repeat , The ship will reach critical mass in less that 12 minutes. This is not a drill, reach the nearest life pod and evacuate the ship ´´.

The recorded message from Cortana was heard trough all the ship, hundreds of marines ,technicians and personnel ran desperately to the nearest way off the ship.

´´ I forgot to remind them to stay calm ´´- Cortana said to the chief. Since all of them were already in the longsword bay, they decided to take a fighter to evacuate. The sound of covenant engines turned to life caught their attention.

´´ Look ´´- Karen pointed to the seraph fighter where the grunts hid, the tear shape fighter exited the fighter bay and vanished from view.

´´ Damn grunts, I'm surprised they could even fly the damn thing with those short legs ´´- the sarge commented.

As the seraph vanished, the chief spoke - ´´ Let them go, they earned that much by helping us before ´´.

Countless life pods and pelicans flied away the Equinox as only 2 minutes remained. Several long sword fighters ,including the one the chief piloted would escort the survivors.

´´ Everyone ready for the fireworks ´´- Cortana spoke from the fighter's cockpit. Everyone, now at a safe distance, turned to the ship.

The main cannon of the Equinox reached critical mass, dozens of systems inside the ship exploded sending debris across space. Once the damage extended to the core ,the entire ship was vaporized by the millions of degrees generated by the core explosion.

´´ We'll there goes our new weapon ´´- Cortana sighed - ´´ At least we have a still functional BGF´´.

´´ Cortana, how long until the remaining 2 ships reach us? ´´- The chief asked.

´´ They're already here chief ´´.

The surviving Helsion ships exited slipspace a few hundreds of km of the life pods. -´´ This is commander Branstein from the Fagasa, stand by for pickup ´´.

´´ Roger that commander, Cortana out ´´

´´ Cortana ´´- The commander said -´´ Just what happened inside the Equinox, did the demons infested it?´´

´´ I'll brief you in moments, but first you might wanna recover the life pods ´´.- Cortana opened the tactical screen of the longsword fighter to show an incoming covenant cruiser heading strait towards them. -´´ I guess the explosion of the Equinox caught their attention´´.

´´ No kidding ´´- The sarge replied, lighting another cigar he took a long puff -´´ Guess everything's back to normal, we'll sort of . Right chief ´´.

The chief nodded, slapping a fresh magazine to his assault rifle -´´ After fighting hordes of hell, we could use the break…´´

The End


Finally, It's over…

This is the first fic I've ever written and finished, and although the ending might be crap (for some, maybe it's of the liking of others), this is how I've planned it to end ever since I started to write this fic. For my part, I like how it turned out.

Anyway, If you want more, fell free to check my other Halo fic called Halo The Secret Wars , just click on my profile and search for it there. The demons also appear in that fic, along with several more races. Stay tuned for the 10th chapter to see the first official appearance of the demons.

Said that, Until next fic. (Most probably another Halo fic )

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