Authors note: Six is getting an AI! Also I still need names for the sword and any suggestions for any new OC's or characters would be appreciated. I will try to make Six be not quite so OP, but I still want to be realistic. AI's talking will be written in italics.
Noble 6 POV November 12, 2552
Noble Six walked away from the elven city with the rest of the fellowship pondering what he should do with the AI chip and the sword. On one hand, the AI could be a useful tactical advantage, on the other what if it was rampant or the chip was empty? And what could Six do with the sword? First off, while Six could probably use it well, he could use his rifles better, and second it would probably break. But the elf had said something about mithril. Six made up his mind and put the sword in the sheathe he had been given and put the AI in the back of his helmet.
"Hello Spartan B312.I am UNSC smart AI NYX-1419-6 you may call me Nyx. How may I serve you?" "How did you get here?" I was with an ODST detachment but a slipspace event seems to have altered our course. This planet does not match any known planet in the UNSC database. All of the ODST's are either lost in slipspace or elsewhere planetside. The ODST I was with was killed by unknown hostiles by his drop pod." "Can you locate my pelican?" "It would appear your pelican's transponder is in a forest north of here."
"Quiet!" Six hissed. "Hey Mr. Spartan?" one of the hobbits asks as he stops sparring with Boromir. "Why do you keep talking to yourself?" Six continued walking. "Can we rest now!?" Asked one of the men, Boromir. "Six turned around. "We camp here. Set up your fire, we leave later." "How is it that when we are tired, you are not! What manner of fowl beast lurks beneath that helmet?" Aragon hits Boromir on the back of the head. "If the elves say he is not a threat, then he is not one." "I do not believe that the elves can see this machine's motives!" "Well would you believe that there are birds coming in from the North?" "It is true!" Legolas speaks "Crebain from Dunland! Saruman's spies have found us!" "Get to cover." The Spartan says as he and the fellowship hide behind a large rock. "The spies of the white wizard! The passage south is being watched." "We must take the pass of Caradhras!"
The fellowship walks along the snowy mountainside. Frodo slips on some shale… as he climbs to his feet he notices that the ring has fallen. Boromir picks up the chain as he gazes transfixed to the golden ring. An armored hand grasps his wrist. "Give the ring to Frodo." A voice speaks. Aragorn steps forward "Boromir" "It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… such a little thing." Aragorn quietly speaks "Give the ring to Frodo." Boromir reaches for the hobbit, but then pauses as he gazes in a trance towards the ring. He hands the ring to Frodo. "As you wish, I care not." He says lightly as he ruffles the young hobbits hair. Six notices Aragorn loosen his grip on his sword. He lets go of the Man's arm. "I am yours… Come and take me, soldier." A sinister voice whispers. The Spartan turns away and begins walking up Caradhras…..
Gandalf's POV
"If the mountain defeats you will you risk a more dangerous road?" Saruman's Voice whispers. Gandalf continues walking. 'There is a fell voice in the air." Whispers Legolas urgently. "It is Saruman." Rocks above them break free. The Spartan runs ahead and grabs a huge piece of stone that was about to crush the hobbits. The Spartan lifts the stone higher and throws it over the mountain. The hobbits gasp and look in awe as the Spartan continues walking as if nothing happened. "It is Saruman! He is trying to bring down the mountain. Gandalf! We must turn back!" "No!" replies the wizard. He raises his staff and chants into the wind "Losto Caradhras, sedho, hodo, nuitho I ruith. Sleep Caradhras, be still, lie still, hold your wrath." Saruman's foul voice strengthens as he chants into the air. Lightning strikes in front of the fellowship. Rocks and snow cave down onto the fellowship.
Noble Six's POV
He shelters Frodo as large pieces off stone and snow break on his shields as the tumble down. The rest of the fellowship hugs the wall as a snowy hell rains down on the group. Six pushes the hobbit to the wall as a chunk of rock bigger than the Spartan strikes the fellowship.
As the dust settles and the cascade of snow and rock stills, a blue dome of energy surrounds the fellowship. "What magic is this?" asks Boromir as he gazes at the energy dome. "Trust me now?" asks the Spartan "We must get off the mountain! Make for the gap of Rohan and take the west road to my city." "The Gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isenguard!" Aragon replies as Boromir gazes at Gandalf. Gimli speaks "We cannot pass over the mountain. So let us go under it, let us take the mines of Moria!" "Let the ring bearer decide." The wizard replies. 'Frodo" "We will go through the mines." "So be it…"
The fellowship walks down a narrow canyon near a dark lake as the sun sets. Gimli stares in awe at some looming cliffs. "The walls of Moria!" The fellowship walks across the treacherous ground as they approach the cliff. Gandalf touches the rock with his staff; silver luminous lines form the shape of a door on the stone. "Itidin… it mirrors only starlight and moonlight." "Nyx take some pictures." The Spartan whispers. Several images flow across his HUD. "The pictures have been taken, analyzing for possibility of error. 0.003% chance of error." "I'll take those odds. We need to get this research back to the UNSC. "Gandalf speaks "It reads 'the door of Durin, lord of Moria. Speak Friend and enter.'" "What do you think that means?" Merry asks."Well it's quite simple. If you are a friend, speak the password and the doors will open." Gandalf raises his arms and Gandalf chants, the wind blows and Frodo shivers, but the door stands fast."
Aragorn is talking to the hobbits. "These mines are no place for a pony, even one as brave as Bill." "Bye Bill." Sam mumbles. "Go on Bill, Go on. Don't worry Sam, he knows his way home." Aragorn pats Bill on the rump as Bill trots off.
Splash! Merry and Pippin are tossing stones into the lake. Aragorn grabs them and whispers ominously. "Do not disturb the water." Aragorn and Boromir watch the water ripple. Six points his DMR at the water as a red dot flickers of his motion tracker. Aragorn reaches for his sword as Gandalf sits down in despair. "It's a riddle." Frodo says as he peers at the silver writing. "Gandalf, what's the elvish word for friend?" "Oh. Mellon." Six looks at the door as it silently opens.
"Soon, master elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the dwarves; roaring fires, malt beer, and red meat off the bone. This is the home of my cousin, Balin… and they call this a mine! A mine!" Noble Six turns on night vision as he gazes into the darkened hall. Gandalf's staff lights up the chamber, exposing dozens of corpses. Boromir speaks up in a low voice as he gazes across the remnants of a long ago battle. "This is no mine, it is a tomb!" Gimli whispers in horror. "Oh… No …No … No!" Six puts his hand on Gimli's shoulder as Legolas pulls a crudely made arrow out of a skeleton. "Goblins!" "We make for the Gap of Rohan. We should have never come here."
Six spins around as his motion tracker shows an unknown. A tentacle wraps around Frodo's ankle. Six pulls out a magnum and shoots at the water. The fellowship covers their ears at the loud noise. Aragorn hacks at another tentacle as more come out of the water. Legolas lets an arrow fly towards the beast as Aragorn slices the tentacle holding Frodo's ankle in half and Frodo falls. Legolas shoots an arrow at the beast as Six pulls out an assault rifle. The creature shrieks and the Fellowship retreat into the darkness of Moria. Tentacles grab the stone doors. With a shattering echo, the doors are pulled away. A rumbling sound is echoed around as rocks tumble down, caving in the entrance and leaving the fellowship trapped in the shadows.
Six's assault rifle flashlight and Gandalf's staff light up the cavern. Gandalf announces ominously. "We now have but one choice… We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard… there are older and fouler things than the dark places of the world." The fellowship is trekking through the long shadowy caverns of the mines when they encounter a precarious looking bridge above a deep dark cavern. "Quietly, now. It's a four day journey to the other side. Let us hope that our presence may go unnoticed. "Noble Six, an unknown contact has been following us ever since we entered these mines." Six shuts off his external speakers, "Nyx, keep on the lookout for more sightings, if it comes too close let me know."
As the fellowship continues, they begin to notice graffiti painted on the walls in dwarf blood, unspoiled graves and dwarf bodies strewn across the dark caverns. The atmosphere is becoming more and more unsettling. The pathway ahead splits into three different hallways. Gandalf pauses, "I have no memory of this place." Pippin walks up to the old wizard. "Are we lost?"
"No I don't think we are. Shhh. Gandalf's thinking." Merry!" "What!" "I'm hungry." A sudden movement in the shadows causes Six to draw his pistol. Frodo whispers, "There's something down there." The Wizard suddenly whispers. 'It's Gollum. He's been following us for three days." Six catches a glance of an emaciated creature staring at Frodo. He trains his magnum onto the disturbed creature. "He escaped the dungeons of Barad-dur?" Frodo asks disbelievingly. "Escaped or was set loose. And now the ring has drawn him here. He will never be rid of his need for it. He hates and loves the ring; Sméagol's story life is a sad story." Frodo glances at him in surprise.
"Yes, Sméagol he was once called… Before the ring came to him, before it drove him mad." Gollum's withered fingers grasp the stone as his luminous eyes blink with malice. "It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance." "Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo?"
"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment… even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many."
Frodo pauses and replies, "I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times. All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us." "There are multiple contacts following us, and they have been doing so for a while." "I sense nothing except death and agony, Spartan. How can you be sure?" "Trust me." "There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it… and that is an encouraging thought." "Is it?" Six asks. "Ah, it is this way!" "He's remembered." Merry says relieved. "No, but the air doesn't smell so foul down there. If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose."
The fellowship continues their long journey until they come across a large stone arch doorway into a larger chamber. "Let me risk a little more light." Gandalf's staff lights up the huge cavern. "Behold the great realm and dwarf city of Dwarrowdelf!" Frodo lets out a gasp as huge pillars, arches and a huge empty hall appear from the shadows. "Well there's an eye opener and no mistake." Up ahead Gimli runs through a smashed wooden door into a smaller chamber. "Gimli!" Gandalf cries as the dwarf rushes ahead. Gimli walks into a small chamber with a tiny beam of sunlight piercing the darkness. A single oblong block sits in the center. "No, no, no." Gimli sobs as Gandalf reads some small runes.
"Here lies Balin, son of Fudin, Lord of Moria. He is dead. It is as I feared." Gandalf lifts the rotting remains of a book from the white stone slab. Legolas whispers to Aragorn as Gandalf reads from the destroyed tome. "They have taken the bridge and the second hall: we have barred the gates… but cannot hold them for long… The ground shakes… drums in the deep… We cannot get out. Will no-one save us? They are coming."
Author's Note: I believe this is my longest chapter yet. I still would like a name for the sword. Also I have decided to split this story into three parts one for each movie. After I am finished part one, I plan on doing a different story before moving on to part two. If anybody has any ideas for a halo crossover, please leave them in a review. Do you guys think Six should link up with the ODST's? Please leave suggestions in your reviews. Have a good night.