A/N:

Apologizes that this chapter is so short.

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Six didn't know where she was going. She just knew she had to get away.
Truthfully, she knew how she felt for Jorge, and she knew that from what had happened, he must feel the same way.
But even after what had happened with Jack, she told herself that it couldn't happen; Spartans just weren't supposed to have feelings like this. It wasn't in their nature. Heck, she hardly knew the man. But why did she feel so drawn to him?
She shook these thoughts away, and focused on other things. She approached a woodland, not far from the base, and decided to take watch. She positioned herself on a large rock, feeling the coldness of it under her legs.
"Dammit." She hissed under her breath; she had forgotten to bring her DMR. How was she supposed to keep guard, without a weapon?
She shrugged, deciding it was better than seeing Jorge.

Quite a few hours had pasted, and Six hasn't returned. Jorge began to worry.
"Have you seen Six?" Jorge asked Emile on their way to the dining hall for dinner.
Emile shrugged. "Not since we got back. She's a lone wolf, big man. You can put the girl in a team, but you can't take her lone wolf style away from her." He said, chuckling.
Jorge frowned. "I mean it, Emile."
Emile shook his head, rolling his eyes under his helmet. "Fine, fine, she's-"
Before he could even finish his sentence, Carter burst in, ranting, with Kat trailing behind.
"HOW could she do this?! I TOLD her, leave that lone wolf stuff behind, but NOO, she just couldn't help herself!"
"Commander..." Kat tried getting a word in edge-ways.
"Colonel Holland isn't going to be happy," He continued, ignoring Kat further. "How I am supposed to prove myself a leader, when-"
He was abruptly cut off by Kat shouting, in a effort to be heard. "Commander! Six went out and took watch a couple of hours ago. She's not far from the base! She didn't just ditch us."
Carter lightened up a bit. "Oh."
"Would you stop worrying?!" Kat continued, irritated. "You are so irrational. Can't you just trust her?"
"Didn't know you two were so close." Emile said.
Kat glared at him. "I think you'll find, being the only female on the team was lonely. I'm bound to grow a close friendship with her."

Six didn't know how long she had been sleeping. All she knew is, it was dark, and she was freezing.
She was about to leave, when a Phantom hovered overhead, shining an overhead light, keeping a look out.
"Shit." Six hissed, scrambling from her position, crouching and hiding.
A few minutes passed, and the Phantom had moved on, firing no shots. Six relaxed and stood up, but as she did, an Elite grabbed her from the side, pulling her down with it. She struggled, hitting the Elite, but it kept her pinned down, and using a large rock, successfully rendered her unconscious, before picking her up and signaling to the Phantom.

Six still hadn't returned from watch; Jorge and Kat were concerned; Carter, once again, was ranting; Jun and Emile hadn't said much.
"I'm going out to look for her." Jorge announced, picking up his machine-gun.
"Then I'm coming." Jun replied, surprising everyone.
"Don't take your time. We don't need two more disappearing acts." Carter sharply replied.
"Sir." Jorge and Jun replied in unison. They came across the woodland, but found nothing. Jorge sighed, propping his machine-gun against a tree, convinced he had scared her off.
"Jorge," Jun whispered. "Look at this." Jorge made his way over to Jun, who was crouching down and examining a pool of blood. Besides it, was a rock, with slight glimpses of blood on it. "Looks like a blow to the head. Human blood; excessive enough to knock out, but not any serious injuries." Jun investigated.
"How long ago?" Jorge questioned.
Jun shrugged. "An hour. Two, tops." Jorge picked up his machine-gun again, gripping it tightly. 'Something had attacked her,' He thought. 'She would only attack if necessary; she would never attack a human.'
Jun lightly tapped Jorge's arm. "Come on. We need to get back." He saw Jorge hesitating. "Don't worry, you're not the only one who's worried. We'll look for her first thing tomorrow morning, promise. It's too dark for us to look properly." Jorge nodded, and they walked in silence back to base.

"SHE'S WHAT?!" Was Carter's reaction to the news.
"She's MIA, Commander," Jun lightly explained. "There was no sign of her, expect some blood on the ground."
Carter paced anxiously. "First day on the job, and she's already gone. I knew she wasn't good for the Team."
"It's not her fault," Jorge explained. "Looks like something attacked her."
"Covenant?" Carter questioned.
"Could be," Kat replied. "I've hacked into the motion tracking sensors," She displayed it on a large screen for everyone to see. "You see the yellow dot? That's Six. She stays still until a large hostile aircraft - Covenant, obviously - Hovers overhead. Then, it goes, but a hostile sneaks up on her," They all watched as the yellow marker faded.
Kat shrugged. "It's possible that she's dead. Either that, or the Covenant have her."
Jorge clenched his fists.
"Then we know what we've got to do, Noble. Find her in the morning. Now, though, we need to rest." Carter ordered.