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Wolf Effect

Ch 23. Halo

Location: Orbit around Halo, Normandy cockpit

Anthony's POV

I was standing by the airlock waiting for everyone to come on over to the airlock

I was practically pissed at the moment but now my main focus was getting down there & stopping those bloody idiots from turning the damn thing on & killing us all

I didn't notice Shepard was right behind me until I looked at my motion tracker & IFF tag to see that she was right behind me so I turned to look & I could see that she was concerned as she asked "How are you holding up?"

I could guess she was looking for a answer & not just some bullshit one as I soon noticed that my hands were balled up to fist as I soon tried to relax & said "Right now after learning what the council hid from us... I'm pissed off but I'm terrified on how far they are on the ring. Last time a weapon like that was used the Forerunners were able to bring us back, but now if they turn it on, the Reapers & Saren will be the least of our problems"

She placed a hand on my shoulder then said "We'll figure this out & with my Spectre status along with Nihlus's we can defiantly find out if there are any other Forerunner related secrets that they've been hiding"

I nodded then replied "Thanks Shepard, I really mean it" I could see that she smiled a little then I soon noticed Tony walking over to us

He was prepped but then looked down a little & asked "Uh did I miss something?"

I was confused as I looked down to see Shepard's hand in mine as I didn't know how to react so I looked back up to home then said "Nope we're just waiting for everyone else"

I soon felt Shepard let go of my hand as she put her helmet on but what was bugging me was how I didn't feel her hand in mine but Tony shrugged as he leans against the wall then I soon saw everyone come walking in as Ruby said "So how are we gonna do this? Just land down their & tell them that if they press all of these colorful buttons everything will be wiped out?"

Now that she mentioned it I have no clue but Nihlus replied as he walked over to the group "I told them that me & a Spectre will be coming over to check their progress but I did also let them know that they are to remain where they made camp at & are ordered to stay put until we arrived, right now it seemed to work but I suspect that their might be another Spectre involved"

Garrus replied "Agreed, I also heard that there've been some people missing & found dead in some random way but when I checked the bodies all I saw was either dust or scorch marks which told me that whatever cover story they had was false but without good hard evidence & since I didn't have a Spectre status I wasn't able to go further in my investigation"

I was surprised to hear that but then I heard Joker say "We're approaching the.. holy crap look at the size of that thing!" We all looked & saw Halo as I had some flashbacks on my very first Halo & I gotta say I was not looking forward to being the only fucking survivor again then I heard Joker continue "Alright we got clearance thanks to the 2 Spectre's onboard, be there in 4 minutes"

I looked to see Johnson & said "Hopefully this time won't end up like the last halo"

Prime replied "Was that with the first one or the third one?" I stared at Prime & even though we were wearing our helmets I just shook my head then the door opened

I looked at the group & said "Wolf 1-4 will be with Shepard, Johnson, Nihlus, Ashley & Wrex, Wolf 5-7 will be with Halsey, Sparks, Forge, Tali, Liara, & Garrus. The rest of you will be standing by & awaiting for further orders."

I got green light for acknowledgement in my helmet from my team as the first team went in to find that it was a bit cramped when the door closed & we had to go through the bloody scanning phase as Johnson said "I'm going to kill whoever invented this thing because right now it's wasting valuable time"

Nobody complain & I agreed with him on that as the door opened we walked out & I finally got to see the surface of halo once again but soon we saw a security detail walk over to us armed as one of them said "How many more of these things are there?"

I was confused but then I soon saw the second group come walking out & a Asari from the security detailed walked up to us & said "Mind explaining why the hell your little Spartans were sneaking around & stealing Intel!"

I was confused by what she said but I soon realized that I was in the presence of the Asari bitch who works for the Shadow Broker Tela Vasir & I gotta say she was interesting if she wasn't a fucking a bitch as Ghost spoke to me on private comms & I remembered to turn off my external speakers "Think we should just shoot our way through or talk our way through?" I just shrugged then I could tell that she had a evil grin & said "Or I could try to get you two hooked up & maybe keep her distracted while everyone else go to complete the mission" I silently glared at her as I could tell she was doing that to see my reaction

Soon I heard Shepard say "I don't know what you mean we just got here?"

Nihlus stepped in "Why don't you-"

He got interrupted as she pointed at Snow then said "Those fucking things killed about 9 of my people here & apparently got themselves barricaded in our armory!"

I grabbed her hand & gripped it hard as I said "I don't know what your fucking deal is but never call my people that EVER" she winces as I was squeezing her arm then let go as she held her arm as I continued "Show me where the hell this armory is & find out what's going on"

Shepard also added "We would also appreciated if nobody went around messing with anything"

Vasir glared at me then nodded as she led the first group as Ghost set up a color coded team to my helmet which had our names & said "Your team is going to be Green Team while Halsey's will be Yellow Team" I nodded in confirmation

As soon as we approached the armory I could see that there was a about 14 people stationed by the door then I saw it open & when two people went in they immediately got annihilated with a hail of bullets as they got torn to shreds & fell to the ground dead then I saw a biotic run on in the room but what came out was a red laser which blasted the poor bastard to ashes

Forge went ahead & said to Vasir "I think you should let us handle this"

She looked like she wanted to kill us but complied as she looked at everyone "Stand aside & let these... UNSC soldiers fix this" I could see the 13 surviving people back away from the armory

I walked to the door then got behind some cover & soon Tony went to the other side & activated his Promethean vision then after for a few seconds his AI sent me a readout which told me that there are 3 Spartans in there so I looked at him then checked to make sure my weapons are holstered as the door opened again & I could see the red dot lighting up as I whistle then shouted out "Olly Olly Oxen Free!"

The laser was gone but I knew that got them cautious as one of them replied with the counter response "Olly Olly Oxen Free" I smiled behind my helmet as I walked through the doorway & hold my hands up as he continued "How long were we gone?"

Ghost materialized in front of me then said "About 28 years give or take"

That seem to be a shock to them which was understandable as they started holstering their weapons slowly & knowing them, we won't be seeing them take their armor off but I remember them well as I heard Alice say "Let me see?"

I complied as I removed my helmet showing my face which seemed to get them a little more relaxed as they walked on over to me as Douglas said "Good to see you again, now mind telling us what the hell is going on & where we are?"

I smiled then said "I think it would be better to have someone your all too familiar with" I looked at the doorway then as they turned to look

Forge was walking in & said "Great seeing you 3 here, if in not mistaken I'm sure Anders is somewhere right?"

Jerome replied "She's onboard the Spirt of Fire but what we want to know is how your alive & where are we?"

He smiles then got started on explaining everything as I watched & it was great to have some more of my Spartan brothers & sisters back with me & it felt like it might be possible to find more of the Spartans here again

-1 hour later-

After hearing Forge tell Red team about what's going on Douglas turns to look at me then asks "So we're stuck in another universe?"

I nod then Jerome asks next "The covenant is also here along with this Didact guy?"

Again I nod then Alice said "Well seems like a lot of info to report back to the Spirt of Fire"

Forge then asked "Wait it's here?" I saw her nod as he ask "Is Anders.."

Jerome went ahead & said "She's alive & right now trying to work on where we are but after hearing what you told us, I think she'll have something to think about"

I replied "Along with more intel gathered by Halsey & a few others but what did you guys find here anyways?"

Jerome replied back "We found out that these aliens were here for quite sometime but my guess is probably around about 4 decades & so far they have only been able to explore about 17% of this place"

I soon saw the data come in my helmet from Red Team once I put my helmet back on as Ghost was able to confirm the Intel Douglas went ahead & said "Our job was to gather Intel to find out how much they know, where we are, & who they are but then one of those idiots fired on us so we fired back then locked ourselves in here, seem liked a good spot to be at since we had all of their weapons & they would run out of ammo quickly"

Alice went ahead & replied "But at the same time we couldn't call the Spirt due to them blocking our comms so we couldn't get a signal & they couldn't get their weapons"

I nodded kinda understanding the logic to the standoff but then I turn to see Shepard come walking in & asked "Is everything alright in here?" She then saw myself, Forge, & Red team

Alice asked as she was looking at me "Who's she?"

Forge answered that question for me "That's commander Shepard in charge of looking after his team during her mission"

They looked at her as Shepard asked "Who are they?"

I answered that question "This is Red team, that's Jerome, Alice, & Douglas"

She then looked at me & replied "Are they...?"

I nod "Yup, their Spartan II's as well. But right now it seems that Vasir would be responsible for that- wait a sec, Shepard why are you in here?"

Shepard replied "Well Vasir has threaten to destroy the armory & have my crew under arrest"

I was pretty pissed at the news but I kept it down as Jerome said "Well then let's move, we need to contact our ship anyways"

I soon saw everyone exiting out of the armory until I was the only one left but before I could walk out all I heard was a really loud explosion then everything went dark for me

Jerome's POV

I was wide alert after seeing a explosion & when I turned to look at where it came from I saw the culprit was the blue alien named Vasir but then I looked at my team to see that they are alright along with Forge

I looked over to see that Shepard was shocked on what happened then she immediately got up & went over to what remains of the armory & started moving the rubble off

I didn't know what she was doing or why but from doing a headcount I could only guess that it was to get him out as myself, Alice, Douglas & Forge went over to her & helped out in clearing the rubble but I felt a pistol pointed at the back of my helmet as I heard someone say "Nobody better fucking move until I get a explanation on what the hell is going on here?!"

I saw everyone stop & look over behind me as I could tell it was Vasir who they all called her but seeing as nobody answered she pressed the gun up against my helmet & yelled out "Someone better tell me what was going on in there before I kill this fucker!"

Shepard responded "They were coming out peacefully! One of my crew members was in there!"

Vasir replied "Like I give a damn about your UNSC & their machines. I'm a Spectre & this is my mission but thanks to you we don't have anything to defend ourselves with & all the data was stolen by these 3!"

I looked up at my motion tracker to see that someone was scrambling it but I soon realized that someone was in active camouflage but I didn't know who it was until my comms came back

As soon as they did I immediately shut off my external speakers & spoke on the comms "Spirt of Fire this is Red team do you read?"

I was thankful that I got a reply [Red team this Cutter what is your status?]

I answered "I have good news & Bad news. Good news is I found other UNSC personal & Sergeant Forge"

I knew he was going to ask about the bad new so I answered that before he said anything "But the bad news is that one of the Spartans we encountered is buried underneath what used to be a armory & now I'm being held at gun point"

[Alright we'll be there shortly, just hold out until we get there] after hearing him say that he turned his comms off as I turned my external speaker on

I'm not sure what I missed as I could tell that multiple Spartans were showing up weapons at hand as they pointed at Vasir & anyone else that was pointing their weapons at them along with a squad of ODST's & a few other aliens & humans

The girl in some armor that I never seen before who was wearing a red armor color & her service tag appeared as R733 looked over at the wreckage then looked at Vasir as she said "What the hell is going on here?!"

When nobody answered she was gripping her DMR tightly as she spoke again "Where is Wolf-1?"

Vasir answered "In what's left of the armory thanks to these 3 things, now this operation has to be postponed until I get more weapons & people thanks to you"

I was about ready to grab her arm & twist it around to her back & try to negotiate a cease fire with her people until I saw a green light moving around from high up as I smirked behind my helmet as it moved over to where her people's vehicles are at then I quickly heard the sound of a mac round firing as I quickly elbowed the Asari in her stomach then quickly got to the group as a some like shield was effected & covered us as the round hit the vehicles causing a large amount of wind & dust to be flying all over & whatever else wasn't bolted to the ground

Once the shield dropped & the dust settled there was barely anything left of the vehicles but I soon looked up to see then Spirt of Fire & a few dozen pelicans coming down along with Fire bases

I looked to see Vasir struggling to stand up as she leaned on a rock & looked up & said "What the fuck is going on?!"

R733 replied "Rescue mission" as the Fire bases & pelicans landed & started letting the marines, ODST's, & vehicles out as they stormed into what was left of the camp & surrounded all known hostile & R733 said "Now if anyone wants to live through this I suggest you drop your weapons right the fuck now!"

As soon as she said this everyone that was working with the alien dropped their weapons slowly & got on the ground with their arms in the air & soon Vasir did the same growling

Once after that was over with I soon saw Shepard continue clearing the debris off of Anthony as I got started on helping her then red team & others that stood with us helped out until I looked at a avian alien that was designated as a Turian call out "Shepard he's over here!"

Shepard rushed over to him then got started on pulling him out & from what I could tell his armor had a few dents & looked ready to be replace but other then that I think he'll live

Then I saw a girl in Mark IV armor run to him with her medical tool & said "He's alive but thankfully his shields held up most of the debris."

R733 or Ruby replied "Is he going to be ok Snow?"

The medic now identified as Snow looked at her then said "He's knocked out but at least this way he'll get some rest but we'll have to take him to the Spirt of Fire to get better medical attention"

Shepard went ahead & asked "Why not the Normandy? We have some of the best medical equipment that can help?" I looked at her knowing that she had good intentions

I looked at her & soon I saw Dr. Halsey come walking over to Anthony then looked at me & my team as she said "We're going to need a pelican up to the Spirt & to call the Everest"

-2 hours later-

Location: Normandy, medical wing

Anthony's POV

I was starting to wake up slowly but I felt like going back to sleep but then I heard someone trying to wake me up but that was until someone said "Blues suck! Reds rule!"

I was instantly awake as I look to see Prime & Tony as the culprits as I replied "oh shut up you bloody wanka's! Besides at least we weren't just standing around doing nothing"

Prime responded to that "Well at least I don't get my team mates killed bitch" oh I glared at him as they both laughed

Then I looked around to see that I was in the medical room of the Normandy but I looked at them then said "How long was I out?"

Tony replied "2 hours & Ghost was trying to keep Shepard & the Spirt of Fire calm down so they wouldn't do something stupid"

I tilted my head then said "ok the Spirt I understand but what do- OH FUCK! Please tell me nobody let the flood out!?"

Prime smacked me across the face & said "Dude calm down, everyone is fine & nobody went anywhere but Shepard has been worried about you a little more then usual for some reason. Also the Everest is here & both Captain Cutter & Admiral Cole wanted to see you & the Commander along with the Spectre's"

That was good to hear but then I asked "First where's Shepard & where is my armor?"

Prime answered that "Your armor is right there" he points to my armor & I looked it over to see that it got some damage but I definitely have another reason to either change or upgrade my armor but that will be for another time as Prime continued "Shepard is in her room both upset & scared about what happened down their"

I got up & looked at them as I said "I want you guys to get ready & start looking around the camp to see where they were getting into the installation from"

They nodded as they walked out & I looked down at myself to see that I still had clothes on & seeing that my injuries were healed up I decided to go out to check on Shepard so when I got close to the door it opened to show Shepard standing with her teal eyes looking at my blue eyes

What seemed like forever was quickly gone as she asked "I thought you were still out?"

I answered "I was but I'm all better & wanted to see how you were holding up"

She looked away then said "I should of known that Vasir was going to blow it up weather or not you were coming out or not"

I placed my hand on her shoulder as she looked back up to me as she was looking both angry & upset as I said "Nobody could of known but don't take it out on yourself, besides Cole & Cutter are waiting to speak to us"

I turned to walk to where we needed to meet them only to feel her hand on my arm as she turned me around then hugged me tightly which I was seriously confused then she smacked me on the head & said "I you ever get yourself killed I'll find a way to bring you back so I can kick your ass got it"

I nodded then when we were about to go we saw Ruby without her helmet so we could see her grinning as we both asked her "What?"

She replied "Oh just enjoying the thought of my brother making out with the commander"

We were both turning red & before we could respond she was covering her mouth from laughing & ran as I sighed then said "This is going to be awhile"


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