Chapter 17: Future lies in the past
"You" Chief said perhaps little bit harshly but the she was tied to may wounds of the past. One wound in particular hurt more than others.
"Reclaimer there is little time and much to tell". Librarian seemed hesitant but continued. "First" She took a deep breath "I believe you are agguainted with Warden Eternal".
Chief waited for her to continue but since nothing came out, he answered "Yes I am, why?"
"becourse I am not. Warden Eternal didn't exist during my time".
"So you are telling me he just appeared out of nowhere?" Chief asked confused.
"No, not out of nowhere. Warden eternal does not belong to domain, yet he is extremely powerful and resides there. I have yet to fully understand his full purpose but I know he is using your beloved ancilla for his own purpose".
"And Cortana is accepting every word he says and promises…" Chief muttered to himself, hurt evident in his voice.
"I will tell your if I discover more about the mysterious AI but we need to talk about your ancilla". Librarian was hesitant to talk about Cortana and it was very evident in her voice. She knew better than many others about their connection.
"What about her? Chief asked still a bit harshly.
"There is something wrong in her". She stated simply.
"Tell me something I don't know" He said even more harshly.
"No you don't understand. She isn't herself. Its almost like theres someone else controlling her actions. Another consiosness fighting her own". She tryed to explain as simply as she could.
"Are you sure about this?" Chief asked more quietly, Librarian could almost see the gears turning inside his head.
"In times like these nothing is certain, but there might still be change to save your ancilla. She should not be punished for crimes she did not commit".
With this Chief could not disagree and if there was a change that Cortana was innocent…
He was brought out of his thoughts as librarian continued "I do not know who is using her but the other connection must be cut in order to save you ancilla".
"And how do we do that?" If the librarian knew this she must have a plan.
"We cut her connection to the domain. I believe the other consiossnes cannot follow her to your realm. Though be warned Reclaimer, She cannot never return to domain after she has been freed. You need to make sure of that". Librarian warned.
"So, how do we cut the connection?" Chief asked.
"Medicant Bias will know what to do. I have already informed him of my plan. Listen to him. The fallen ancilla might still have hope". Chief did not know about this but Librarian was talking about Cortana and Medicant Bias.
"There isn't much time, after you leave this place there will be a portal across the room behind you. Run for it, the planet is collapsing and you will not survive the journey otherwise".
"Reclaimer...RECLAIMER...MASTER CHIEF" Chief suddenly heard a rough male voice yell and he opened his eyes. "Good you are awake. There is a portal opened you have to run for it or we will both perish".
Chief saw the portal and started to run. "Reclaimer don't want to alarm but I recommend running FASTER, or we will not make it".
"Well make it". Chief said calmly.
"Not with this pace we won't" Bias shot back trying to get the spartan run faster.
"Trust me well make it". He answered simply but picked up his pace.
Chief arrived to the portal and jumped trought it. After a bright white falsh he found himself inside the giant hangar their pelican was parked to.
" .NOW" He heard Linda yell and with this he started to run towards the pelican.
"Chief you need to move now the entire planet is collapsing. Roland is telling me there is a black hole generating inside the planet". Lasky's slightly alarmed voice sounded inside his helmet. "We need to leave before we get sucked in".
"On my way captain" He assured him and ran faster.
The ramp of the pelican was already closing and he jumped onboard just before he coudn't have fit trought it anymore. "Punch it" he told to pelicans pilot whoever it currently was.
The pelican lifted and started to fly towards The Infinity. "It's gonna cut close" Fred told. He and Kelly must have arrived first at the pelican Chief thought. He noticed that the pelican was moving slower than normally and realised that the black hole must already been sucking them in with quite a force.
It was much closer than he would have liked but when he felt the pelican crashing on one of the hangar bays of the Infinity he finally let himself relax a little bit.
"Everybody in one piece?" Fred asked as he wobbled his way trough the pelican.
"Don't relax yet we are not out of this yet". Kelly told them.
Sorry for the shorter chapter but this was truly a shitstorm to write and I still am not quite happy with it. Il try to update again maybe tomorrow.