Chapter 13
The Death of One Warrior
The Master Chief and Samus headed into the large dome and saw that it was differently shaped. The dome was large, but it was a room instead of a maze of twist and turns. There were four large doors, one in front of them, one on each side of them and the one they entered. The large semi circular room had five large computers, four of them located between two doors and the fifth one located in the middle of the room. At the top of the dome was darkness. The Master Chief spotted something on the floor a few steps away and he went to check it out while Samus surveyed the area. The Master Chief saw 434 Justice Spark, broken into three pieces. The middle piece still flickered a dim yellow light but it soon faded. Though the Master Chief knew it was only a robot, he felt pity for it and shook his head slowly.
"The area looks pretty Flood-free." Samus said,
"It looks like it now, but patience is a virtue that the Flood have learned to cope with." 343 said.
The Chief stood, "So, any idea how we get this thing to start?" he looked at the blue monitor as he said this,
"Actually, no." The A.I. replied,
"Great." Samus sighed,
"But, there I one thing I know." 343 replied, "If the self-destruct system of this compound is activated it will also activate the activation switch."
"Good, we just have to look for the self-destruct system and we blow this place and kill the Flood." The Master Chief said with glee and he headed for one of the computers.
"If there's one thing I learned from my experience," Samus said, "is if you're looking for something to blow up then you look in the middle of the room." Samus walked towards the middle computer and scanned the computer with her visor. There was a small button that said: Push in case you want to blow this place up. "Hey!" Samus called, "I've found it!" She pressed the button as the Chief walked towards her and a voice from above said, "The self-destruct button has been activated. Activation switch has been activated."
Deep within the Earth's core a small metal ball began to glow and a small screen on it marked five minutes.
"This compound will self-destruct in T-minus five minutes." The intercom said, "All personal please leave thorugh all the main exits."
The Master Chief and Samus and 343 moved for the door they entered when it suddenly closed. "Oh no, that can't be good." 343 said,
The intercom came on again and the computer animated voice blared, "Warning, Flood presence has been detected; all doors will be shut for containment."
"How are we suppose to leave now?" Samus yelled,
"The warp pad!" The Master Chief yelled and turned around as the warp pad came into view. They dashed for it and 343 went in first.
"Hey!" Samus yelled,
"Sorry," 343 replied, "But being such an important A.I. I must go first." He warped away and the pad was ready for the next passenger.
"Ladies first." The Chief said,
"Wow, such a gentlemen and in the middle of the climax too." Samus said and stepped into the pad. Of course, it had to recharge before sending the next passenger. They waited in an awkward silence and suddenly a large roar from above the darkness of the dome was heard. Samus recognized the voice almost instantly and said, "Ridley!" The monster fell from the ceiling and was about to crush Samus. She raised her hands up for defense but she knew it wasn't going to help, she was dead. But before the monster fell on her she warped away. Ridley fell on the warp pad and destroyed it.
"Oh shit, you gotta be kidding me!" The Master Chief yelled. All the doors were shut and the warp pad was destroyed. The Chief was at the end of his line. The Chief looked at the great beast. He still had his black armor on, though his 'new' skin was a tanish color as all the other Flood forms. He was larger then the Chief had last saw him and his eyes flared with a bright red color. The Chief took a step back as the beast roared again and looked down at his foe. He sighed and said to Ridley, "I might die, but I'm living long enough to see you die first!"
Ridley roared, once more, and charged. The Chief rolled left but Ridley opened his wings up and pushed the Chief forward. The rolled along with the impact, but before he could stand the beast turned and its tail smashed into his already broken rib.
"Ow! Shit that hurt!" The Chief yelled grabbing his side. He fired a clip into the beast. Small drops of green blood fell from its body but it roared in annoyance and charged again. The Chief dived under the large deformed legs of the monster and fired another clip at its back. Ridley turned around and its eyes grew brighter and laser shot from them.
"Oh hell no!" the Chief yelled and ran for his life. Around and around the dome he ran as Ridley followed firing more beams at him. One of the beams missed him by an inch, but the heat was so intense that his shields went all the way down. The Chief ran faster and turned, only once, to throw a frag. The grenade was aimed straight for its head and it blew in front of its right eye. Ridley screamed in pain as green blood spewed from its eye.
"Ha, ha!" The Chief yelled with joy. Ridley glared at the Chie with its one eye and opened its mouth. Since Ridley's arms were too short for him to use in combat now that he had turned into a Flood form his tongue was transformed into a series of tentacles.
"This bastard is just full of surprises." The Chief yelled and jumped out of the way as the beast shot its tongue out. The tentacle tongue slammed into the ground making a large crater and the large beast charged for the Chief.
"Hey Chief." A familiar voice said,
"Not now Cortana, I'm kind of busy." The Chief said and fired another clip into the monster and jumped left.
"The creators of this place had installed a large gun inside the middle computer for such occasions as this. I recommend you use it."
"Good idea." The Chief said and backed up to the middle computer as Ridley was going to charge again.
"Let me show you how to open it." Cortana said, but as Ridley charged at the last minute the Chief dodges it and the monster crashed into the large computer and broke it open making a large gun slid onto the ground.
"No thanks, I got it." The chief said and dashed for the gun. Ridley got up from the rubble and was about to charge again when the Chief had grabbed the gun. He turned, shouldered the gun and aimed.
"Game over." The Chief said and fired. Out from the gun came a large blue beam that had two smaller white beams that swirled around the larger blue one. Ridley fired a red beam from his only eye and the two beams clashed. The beams sparked with fury as they connected and pushed against one another. But in the end Ridley's beam gave way and the blue beam connected with Ridley and he exploded. His body turned into mere confetti with a mixture of blood and flesh.
The intercom said, "T-minus fifty seconds until explosion."
"Well Cortana, it looks like this is the end." The Chief said.
Outside Samus and the remaining survivors of marines and Federation troops ran to a safe distance away from the dome. They came upon a hill roughly a mile away from the dome and turned back to see if the Chief had made it out.
"Come on Chief." Samus whispered, "You can't die. Not yet."
A minute later, the dome exploded. A few Flood forms were running up the hill trying to reach the humans. But after the explosion came the bomb with the core. It exploded and generated heat waves that only Flood skin pigments absorbed and they melted away into nothing. Everyone, but Samus, cheered with joy as they saw their foe die. Samus looked out at the destroyed dome and sighed.
"What with the long face?" A voice said from behind.
Samus turned around and saw the Chief. His suit covered in dirt and green blood. "Chief!" She said in surprise. She was so surprised that she gave him a hug, which actually surprised both of them.
"Didn't think I was gonna miss the celebration party?" The Chief said and removed his helmet. A wave of fresh air greeted him. Samus took off her own helmet and they both saw each others faces for the first time. The Chief was white, I mean really white. He wasn't white as in paint white, but whiter then a normal person would be, spending most of his days inside the suit didn't really allow him to get tans you know. He smiled as he looked at Samus who had long blonde hair; unfortunately she wasn't as white as the Chief was, for she was smart enough to actually have time to get a tan.
"How did you escape?" Samus asked him,
"Well," The Chief replied, "It was kind of like this….."
(Flashback)
"Well Cortana, it looks like this is the end." The Chief said,
"Not quite." Cortana replied,
"What are you talking about?" The Chief asked,
"You remember back on Halo, when we were shutting down the large guns that allowed Halo to fire deep into space. And we had shut the third one down and I teleported you back into Halo's control room by tapping into your shields and Halo's power?"
"Um…..yeah…."
"Anyway though, I can do it again. I can teleport us out of here!"
"Then what are you waiting for! Get us out of here!"
The intercom blared, "T-minus twenty seconds." The Chief them became surrounded by a flash of yellow lights and a moment later he found himself at the entrance of the dome.
"We're not safe yet!" Cortana yelled, "Get as far away from the dome as you can, NOW!" The Chief sprinted from the dome and ran as fast as he could and the dome exploded. A wave of dirt his him and he fell to the ground. He stood up a moment later and found himself confronting several Combat Forms, but luckily the bomb 434 mention exploded and the Flood beings melted before him. He heard a few cheers from some marines close by and walked towards the sound of the happy soldiers.
(End flashback)
A marine called them as the Chief was telling his story saying, "Hey! Let's get going!" A few pelicans and Federation drop ships flew inbound and the troops boarded.
"Let's go." The Chief said.
Samus nodded and they climbed aboard a pelican.
Epilogue
Samus and the Federation troops stood near the portal, or vortex between worlds. She looked back at the marines and the Chief and the 'president' as they saluted them off.
The Chief walked up to Samus, and gave her a big hug. "Come visit whenever you want." He said, "The portal will be moved into military grounds so we can kill anything hostile that comes through but it still leaves you an option of visiting."
"I'll consider it." Samus said and she walked into the portal with the Federation troops.
"Good bye for now Samus." The Chief said and everyone left.
Deep inside space, 343 Guilty Spark flew. "Fools!" He cried, "Idiots! They think that it's over! But the Flood will keep coming!" He approached what he was flying to….. The six other Halos.
"What do you think of my offer Zuka 'Zamamee?" A dark being asked,
Zuka looked at the alien and then looked at Yayap. 'Zamamee smiled and said, "I accept. The Prophets have been in power for too long."
"Then you had better get the word out my dear Elite. We have much to do."
"Understood. Yayap, tell the whole Grunt armada to meet at our 'hide out.' I'll round up the Hunters and other Elites and Jackals and see if they are willing to join in our quest….to overthrow the Prophets!"
(Story One End)
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How is this chapter? RR please! If you are wondering here are a few questions that I have been asked several times.
If you're wondering why this chapter is called the death on one warrior yet no one dies, it's like this irony thing….
The second story will be posted on the same link because this few chapters for one story is really small so I'm going to post the second story on the same link so you wont have to hunt for it.