I have to start thanking my reviewers so I'll start off with the latest with the last chapter:

Knight 56: Of course I will! I don't have much more to do. (I guess when I wrote that I didn't add in my school stuff)

Scott: Yeah, I just realized how fast I made this move, along with the fact that I got better at the time. It could use more description, but I think at the time I wasn't thinking about that so much as just getting the spelling right. Go figure..


Chapter 5: a night under the stars

Disclaimer: I don't own halo... happy?


last time

Chloe looked at the carnage and frowned as master chief picked up the sniper rifle.

Story start

"I wonder why they left a sniper rifle laying in the dirt." Chloe wandered out loud.

Chief walked back over to the 'hog and jumped back in. Chloe half stood in the seat ready to fire when needed.

The hog raced up a hill and past a trio of unsuspecting jackals. The gunner swiveled the turret around and cut the jackals in half.

Chloe smirked in mild satisfaction as they raced to a set of new structures. She spotted a grunt and chief nodded.

The pistol let five rounds fly and it shattered one grunts skull and severely wounded a jackal.

Back at the base with Jason;

"Your room is here Vishnu and Shiva's room will be down at the end of the hallway." A corporal showed him around a little bit. "Cafeteria is down there, and when the captain shows up he'll be down two floors."

Jason nodded and went into his room. It wasn't bad, twin size bed with white sheets and a small sink in the corner.

He walked down the hallway to Chloe's room and looked around. It was the same but the bed was a little bigger. He set her stuff down on her bed and found the picture of the three of them goofing around. A smile crept across his face as he remembered her tackling him at the end of the paintball game.

Then the memory of seeing her sad entered his mind. He frowned and put the picture away.

He went back to his room and lay down on his bed and stared at the dark ceiling. Sleep took him a few minutes later.

Jason floated in a black void, in a peaceful state and listened to a gentle knocking. The knocking got louder and louder until…

He shot up in bed and opened the door it was the corporal from earlier. He grinned and asked, "Wanna go get your girlfriend?"

Jason blushed a deep red, "She's not my girlfriend but yeah sure. I'll go."

A few minutes later he was in the back of a Pelican again. It was maybe four hours after he had even gotten to the base.

The Pelican lifted off the pad and took off rather smoothly into the distance.

Jason stood holding onto the cargo netting above him. His mind wandered as the Pelican swooped back and forth, high over a beautiful lush landscape. A wide river snaked its way beneath them and led up to a waterfall.

Foe hammer brought the Pelican into a small valley and hovered about 5 feet in the air.

A few marines ran down to the Pelican and climbed on board.

Jason asked, "Where's Shiva?"

A marine turned around and pointed at a limp figure on one last marine's back. Her pant leg was stained red.

"What happened to her? Is she ok?" Jason's mind rushed at a million miles an hour thinking of everything possible that could have happened to her.

"She's fine just sleeping." The marine said loading Chloe onto the Pelican.

"Then what about the blood?"

"Oh! Woops. She was helping an injured marine earlier and got blood on her pants."

"Ok, good."

"Hey Jason." Chloe smiled at him and laid her head on his shoulder, "Did you miss me?"

He smiled, putting his arm around her back, and pulling her closer. She fell back asleep, five minutes after they took off.

"Hey look at the two love birds" a marine in the back laughed.

Jason just stared at him and smiled, 'Yeah I guess so' he thought.

When the pelican landed, Jason carried Chloe back to her room on his back, and laid her down on the bed after he took her shoes off. He turned to leave but Chloe grabbed his pant leg in her sleep and wouldn't let go.

He sighed and sat down beside her. A lock of black hair fell in her face and he pushed it away. A few minutes later he stretched out beside her on the bed and fell asleep.

The two woke up a few hours later as a beam of artificial light fell across their face.

A female marine leaned in the door and giggled, "Am I interrupting something?"

Chloe had at one point wrapped one arm around Jason's waist and pulled him closer. She giggled and replied, "Nah he must have just fallen asleep here."

"Ok anywho," she smiled, "I you wanna come and get dinner then you're welcome to join us."

"Ok we'll be down in a few minutes." Jason smiled sitting up.

The marine left the room and they began to get their boots back on. Chloe stood up and stretched. Jason poked her in the side and grinned. "Oh you're gonna get it." She laughed and tackled him tickling and poking him in the sides.

"Ok! Ok I give Jason." Chloe laughed. He had pinned her against the wall. She went to leave but Jason held her there, "Come on Jason they said dinners ready."

He smiled mischievously and kissed her on the forehead. She giggled, "Come on Jason I'm hun-."

The last word was cut off but Jason kissing her full of the lips. "Yeah well you know what?"

"What's that?" Chloe smiled.

"I'm hungry too." He picked her up bridal style and carried her down to the cafeteria.

A few of the marines stared, and Chloe blushed a light crimson, as Jason put her down at the table and kissed her on the cheek. "I'll be right back."

He came back about five minutes later with their dinners, which were MRE's but were still good.

Afterwards Jason threw the trash away and picked Chloe back up in his arms and took her outside. They went up to the highest point in the mesa like base and laid out on the ground.

"Wow the stars are beautiful tonight." Chloe smiled.

"Yes they are." Jason rolled over and trapped Chloe beneath him.

"What are you doing?" she giggled at him.

He kissed her on the lips again, and he pushed to deepen the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his waist lightly. He smiled and started to kiss her neck. Chloe giggled again.

"Would you stop giggling?" Jason moved back up to her lips again to keep her from giggling so much.

She pulled him down on top of her. His weight on her was comforting and he began to move back down her neck again.

"Jason there's something in the bushes." Chloe said alarmed and she sat up.

He sat crouched over her disappointed, "Ok I'll go check it out. You stay here. If it's nothing then we go back to what we were doing."

She nodded as he walked off. Chloe curled herself into a ball and hugged her knees to her chest.

Jason returned a few minutes later and said, "Nothing, now where were we?" He laid down on her and began to kiss her neck again. Slowly moving lower.

She giggled, "Jason, look behind you."

"Am I interrupting again?" the lieutenant asked.

"No it's ok" Jason frowned at Chloe's response.

"We have something for you both. Follow me." They walked down the mesa and back inside.


ODST: sorry! Aren't cliffies grand?
A/N: Wow -cough- I forgot I put that. A bit angsty neh? I'll try to not do that so much once I have to write the later chapters. Also really really sorry about not updating much.