Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Fight or Die. Enjoy the 1700-Word chapter. I don't own Halo, 343 and Microsoft do.

(UNSC Infinity-Class Supercarrier UNSC Eternity,2531)

Nick always liked the name Eternity, it made the massive Super Carrier seem like it would be around forever.

"Commander, transmission from Earth…."

One of the Lieutenants on the bridge ordered, Nick nodded, he also found the name 'Nick' to be funny, especially because it was mostly a nickname and wasn't his actual name.

"I'll handle it in my ready room, Lieutenant Cunard."

Nick muttered before he turned, spun on his heel and marched towards his ready room, he was a Spartan, not a naval officer… And yet the top brass had decided to make him a commander, something he didn't understand.

Then again, he was a soldier, and soldiers didn't question their orders… Even if they seemed too strange to make any bit of sense in the slightest.

"Commander Nathan, I see you got back from your recon of Harvest…"

Nick heard as he entered the ready room, he frowned at the use of his birth name but said nothing of the matter, arguing with his commanding officers would do nothing.

"Spirt of Fire left to pursue Covenant forces…. I haven't found a trace of them since Roman Blue went to retrieve their comns beacon…. Then again, they could be maintaining radio silence, it's the only way I can see them remaining quiet this long… Sir…"

Nick muttered, he was as much a Spartan as he was a Naval Officer, it was in his heart to be as much a soldier as he was a leader.

"Let Roman Blue handle Spirt, Commander…. We are having a V.I.P come to Reach, we want you to travel to Luna, pick up the V.I.P, then bring them to Reach for debrief…. I know you would like to be on the frontlines, commander… But Eternity is the biggest warship we have and the only supercarrier the UNSC has at the moment…. I'll tell you why you were selected for all this once the mission is over… Hood, over and out."

Admiral Hood said before cutting the transmission, Nick frowned when his personal datapad lit up like a star.

"Commander, coordinates have been laid in, jumping to Luna in five…. Any orders after that?"

Nick heard from one of his Lieutenants, one of which he didn't know her name, he frowned at this.

"Get a Pelican ready and clear a room for the V.I.P…. If anyone will need me, I'll be in my quarters getting a nap…"

Nick muttered, he knew it wouldn't be proper to sleep at the moment, but he knew someone would come and wake him up when they needed him, the Eternity needed its commander as much as the next warship.

(Earth, Sol System, 12 hours later.)

A D79-TC Pelican was launched from Eternity around the same time XO Blaine Tatham had gone to wake up his commander.

It took 10 minutes for Nick to get dressed, look presentable and then travel to the Hanger where a Platoon of ODSTs and Spartan 4s were waiting for the Pelican, a pair of F-41 Broadswords escorting the dropship inside.

"Makes you wonder why they didn't just take a Prowler and leave us out of this… Being stuck to guard duty, commander…"

Blaine muttered, Nick nodded but frowned nonetheless at that remark.

Prowlers wouldn't have survived much longer then a few hours, with the amount of radiation and the lack of serious firepower aboard a ship like that, it would be lucky to last a single hour.

Which Nick didn't trust being the commander of Eternity, he did know why Hood had given them this mission.

"Not all prowlers have the firepower to blast a moon in half, or the Forerunner tech on our side, Lieutenant…"

Nick muttered, and it was true, the Eternity had more then enough firepower to destroy almost any Covenant Ship, and it was fast and well armored.

It might have been 17 Kilometers long, but it was basically a flying fortress, Nick knew of no other ship better suited to carry a V.I.P then an Infinity-class Supercarrier.

"Well sir… I believe that's all a matter of option, commander."

Nick heard and nodded, the Pelican landed and 2 Spartan 4s stepped up to guard the V.I.P.

Nick frowned, instead of a General or Fleet official, it was a woman holding something in her hands.

But it was who she was that Nick was ready to jump back from, he knew who this woman was and why it was so important that the Covenant didn't so much as lay a claw on her.

Standing in front of her was Dr. Catherine Halsey, the mother of the Spartan 2 project, the same one that had inspired the Spartan 4s and the one who had helped the UNSC get closer to winning the war against the Covenant.

Potential war crimes be damned, he waved her forward as the Spartans followed, holding their MH6 Magnums tightly.

"Dr. Halsey, I wasn't expecting you to be the V.I.P…. Lord Hood isn't the best at Details…"

Nick said, Halsey didn't react to the comment, she simply nodded, Nick frowned, Halsey had also been the reason Nick worked with a certain Spartan 2 that he liked the most.

"Commander… I assume that a room is ready?"

Halsey said, Nick nodded and turned to the two Spartans guarding the Doctor.

"Escort Dr. Halsey to her room, then lay in a course to Earth…"

Nick ordered, his Spartans nodded and turned on their heels, escorting the Doctor away as Nick frowned at the turn of events.

Dr. Halsey here and aboard the Eternity? It didn't make sense in the slightest, then again, there had to be another motive that he wasn't able to see or something.

Then again, it was bad to spill the beans like that, Nick turned to one of his officers and motioned for them to take the Doctor to her room.

"You sure that having her aboard is a good idea?"

Blaine asked, Nick grunted and they left, they went to the tram and took it towards the bridge.

"This is the most heavily armed, fastest, most advanced warship in the entire UNSC Navy, Lieutenant, if she isn't safe here, she won't be safe anywhere else… Tell the bridge to lay a course to Reach and make sure they knew we're on our way…. The faster we get to Reach, the faster we get back to the war, Lieutenant… We're soldiers… This is what we do…"

Nick muttered before they exited the tram, they passed navel crew, Marines, Scientist and ONI Personal, all of which stepped out of the way of the two naval officers.

"You know I'm going on the next deployment... Unless its Naval Combat, I'm better on the ground then I am watching Eternity drop off a few platoons of Marines…"

Nick muttered, he crossed his arms in frustration, he was a Spartan, he knew that the Covenant posed so much of a threat in orbit that Eternity was the best weapon mankind had.

But Spartans were the best soldiers in the UNSC, and the best ground forces, ODSTs and their egos be damned.

"I won't stop you, Commander, I just hope that next deployment isn't us being a cruise liner…. We haven't been able to use the Eternity against a Covenant force for weeks."

Blaine muttered, Nick nodded, he was eager to see Eternity in combat against the Covenant, besides Infinity, the only other ship that could equal either ship in the UNSC Navy was the UNSC Trafalgar, a Punic-Class Super Carrier.

Nick briefly wondered how Reach was military wise before dismissing it, Reach was the home of the Spartan 1 and Spartan IIs, Earth was the home of the Spartan IIIs and IVs.

"Course laid in, Commander, going now…."

Nick heard as the Eternity vanished into Slipspace, leaving nothing but a void for a few minutes.

(Reach, Epsilon Eridani system, 8 hours later.)

Eternity came out of Slipspace by Tural, one of Reach's moons and it descended towards Reach and its fleet.

"Over 150 Ships and 20 MAC stations… Makes me wonder how anything can bring it down…"

Blaine stated before moving off the bridge, one of Nick's Lieutenants contacted Admiral Stanforth, Nick wanted for himself to deliver the Doctor, but he had been given orders for a D77 Pelican to deliver her to the Leviathan. He frowned at this, but he wouldn't question ONI, even if he hated the damn boogeymen for keeping his job hard and making it hard to fight.

"Commander, we are getting a report from Leviathan, we have new coordinates to travel to…. Reach… Seems the brass wants to talk to you… They said full armor if you want."

Nick heard and smiled, he turned to the same Lieutenant and gave a few orders as he walked towards the bridge doors.

"Get a Pelican prepped and see if you can get to orbit…. I'll be back in 4 hours… Don't think you'd want to wait till my Pelican breaks orbit."

Nick joked and got a chuckle from his bridge crew as he went to get his gear together.

"If they say I can come as a Spartan… I'll come as a spartan…."

Nick muttered before laughing as he took the tram to his quarters.

(UNSC D79-TC Pelican Delta 27.)

Nick cracked his neck and his arms as the Pelican began to land, he could see Eternity settling into Orbit.

"Commander, we will be landing in 2 minutes."

The pilot said as Nick cracked his arms and looked up at Eternity and smiled.

"Nothing is going to stop us soon… This war will be tough… But over soon."

Nick muttered, little did he know how well 20 years would fare for the UNSC.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I know I haven't updated this story for a while, but I will be returning to it soon. Next chapter is going to show Nick and the crew of Eternity fighting at Reach, it will be one of the few time skips in the story and will be Friday I think. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!