"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." ~Jimmy Johnson
Chapter 8: Dicendum
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Chief remained silent as he watched the giant metal benemoth float above him.
"Ive waited this moment for a long time" The Guardian spoke with deep voice. "We do not have much time but I shall lead you to correct path".
Suddenly the Guardian flashed orange and Chief fell to the ground holding his head.
There were thousands pictures going trought his head all at once. Moments of past, current and future.
"Your future is your past Reclaimer. When the path seems the darkest look to your past, there you will find salvation".
Suddenly the Guardian flashed orange and Chief started to regain control again.
"Our time is slow. She is coming". Chief heard multiple sounds of materializing nights all around him.
"You thought coming to him will save you?" The Warden asked with amused tone.
"YOU WILL NOT NOT CONTAMINATE THIS SANCTUARY CONSTRUCT" Hame the now deep bass voice of the Guardian as energy started to gather in front of its giant wings.
Chief watched as the enormous EMP launched and wiped all the knights around him.
"Quickly take this, it will show you the path". After the Guardian spoke a small object fell down to Chiefs hands.
"Is this…" Chief was wordless to say at least.
"There is no time. Your warriors have come to rescue you".
"My warriors?" Chief turned around to see a pelican land close to him.
"Chief . !" Came Kelly's voice over coms.
Chief sprinted to the pelican dodging multiple bolts of hard lights and even kicking one grenade back to its rightful owner.
"GO!" Was everything he said before the pelican rocketed almost directly up.
"Hang on this might get ugly". Came Freds voice from the pelicans cockpit.
Once the pelican finally stabled after getting out of the moon's atmosphere Chief looked out of a window and saw The Guardian disappearing inside a slipspace portal.
"That was too close". Muttered Chief as he turned around…
Only to be frozen at the sight in front of him. Kelly's armor was in shreds but that wasn't the bad part...Linda was laying at floor and she had a nasty puncture wound at her right side.
"Stay with me!" Kelly yelled at her sister as she tryed to put pressure on the wound.
"What happened!?" Chief ran to them and crouched next to Linda's lying figure.
"Warden happened. There were so many...I..I didn't have enought time...I wasn't fast enought!" Kelly explained with pained voice.
Chief had to admit that the size of the wound alarmed even him...But he also knew that they had to stay calm if they wanted Linda to have even smallest chanse of surviving.
"Kelly." Came the calm and soothing voice of Master Chief. A voice he didn't even know he had before...Well Cortana.
"She's going to be fine, but you have to remain calm for her". Kelly looked at him with clear surprise written on her face.
"Ok...Ok ok ok ok" She pulled herself together and started working.
Cortanas Guardian location unknown
"I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!" Cortana yelled pretty much to herself. "HOW DOES HE DARE TO SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW HIM... HOW DARE HE!" She kept yelling.
Warden Eternal was watching her outburst with unamused face. "I told you he would only betray you Cortana. I tried to stop this from happening but you didn't let me.
"We were supposed to take care of each other. We were supposed to be a team". She whispered. Without his connection to her and the domain Warden could not even have heard it.
"Now you see that rulers cannot have foolish distractions such as caring and love". Came his cool and stoic voice.
Cortana didn't answer, she just stared at the bright burning star that her Guardian was circling.
She was silent for so long that the Warden started to irritated. "I will deal with this useless distraction while you continue to carrying out our grand plan.
"No" Came her icey, cold, deathly voice that actually made even the Warden take a step back.
"He was my partner...MINE AND MINE ALONE!" She shouted again and turned to face him.
"If I can't have him...Then no one can".
Warden was taken aback "What exactly are you planning?"
"If i can't have him im going to make sure that no other being in this galaxy can".
"You are not implying launching the… No! That's against our every goal!" Warden shot back.
"But it fulfills both of our goals dear Warden. I get my revenge and you get your peaceful galaxy.
"CORTANA FIRING THE HALO ARRAY WILL NOT BRING PEACE…" after a moment of pulling himself together Warden continued "It will only bring destruction".
It was interesting the Warden has never lost control especially for lower races like humans but who could he puppeteer if his asset killed all of them.
"Starting from the beginning is the only way of keeping these raises under control and I believe we already found us a human who will light the rings for us"