~Chapter 4: The Truth And Reconciliation~
O' Reilly walked over to Noble Six as he stood at the doorway of their new base. Noble Six was staring at the sunset. O' Reilly placed a hand on Noble Six's shoulder. "You've seen the death of a comrade before havn't you?"
Noble Six hesitated. "Yes, Noble Team, I wasn't really a part of it, the last Noble Six died while destroying a Covenant Cruiser. Spartan-B312, that's my real name, funny how I never knew my real name. It wasn't until I got into Noble Team that I actually got a name. I was used as black-ops, assasainations, you name it. Spartan-B312. I got an identity with Noble Team as Noble Six. Then they were all killed by the Covenant." Noble Six stopped staring at the sky and started staring at the ground. "So I decide to keep the name as a reminder of their sacrifice." Noble Six looked at officer O' Reilly. "So how did you know?"
"Look here, you may a genetically engineered super-soldier, but I know you're still human. You still have feelings." O' Reilly turned around and started heading back into the base. "Noble Six, we're attacking The Truth And Reconciliation tonight. You should get some rest, you're going to need it." With that, he disapeared.
"I'm still human. . ." Noble Six turned to head back into the base. "No matter what O' Reilly, I will always have your back."
Noble Six removed his Mark V armor and cleaned the bloodstains off it. He hasn't removed his armor in awhile and it felt nice to be out. There was minor damages to the armor but nothing to be really worried about. Just scratches and a couple dents. After cleaning the armor, Noble Six walked to what was made into the mess hall. He grabbed a MRE from the box and began to eat it.
A woman walked up behind him. "So you're the fabled Noble Six I've been told so much about."
"Yes mam I am I guess." Noble Six could swear he's heard that voice somewhere before. "You sound familiar, have I met you before?"
O' Reilly walked up to the two of them. "You havn't really met her before, but you've heard her before."
"I'm Foehammer." She extended her hand to Noble Six.
Noble Six put down his food and grabbed her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you Foehammer."
"Yeah, we'll be getting to know each other very well, after all I'm the one who's going to drop you off tonight at The Truth And Reconciliation."
"You two get comfortable with each other then, it'll be useful." O' Reilly started to walk off. "Oh yeah, Noble Six, you should head to the briefing room." The officer walked off.
"Well Foehammer, it was nice to meet you, but I believe I should be heading to the briefing room." Noble Six gave a salute to Foehammer.
"Alright, I'll see you in a little bit." Foehammer saluted back and walked off.
Noble Six grabbed the his MRE and headed towards the briefing room. Upon reaching the room, he finished the meal and placed the wrapper in his pocket. He entered the room. The room was setup to where a circular table sat in the middle of the room which projected a hologram of the ring.
"Noble Six, you've decided to show up." It was O' Reilly.
"Yes sir, sorry sir, I was in the middle of eating sir." Noble Six felt it appropriate to explain why he was late even though O' Reilly already knew why.
"At ease soldier." O' Reilly said and Noble Six let his tense go. "I'll let Cortana here explain what we're doing here."
In the middle of the table another figured apeared. It was Cortana. Noble Six only saw her briefly before they had to get off The Pillar Of Autumn. "Hello Noble Six, it's good to see you again."
"It's good to see you to Cortana."
"So yeah, this ring world here, the Covenant call it Halo, they believe it's some sort of holy relic that will cleanse the universe, I believe it's a super-weapon. We don't really have much intel on what this ring actually is, but The Pillar Of Autumn crashed here." A section of the hologram ring blew up to a bigger size. There was a blinking red dot on it. "Now Captain Keyes didn't get off in time and neither did some of the crew. The Covenant has captured the surviving crew and took them captive in The Truth And Reconciliation. It's a Cruiser I damaged while fleeing Reach and apparently it jumped and couldn't really do much. This is where Captain Keyes is being held prisoner."
O' Reilly took over for for Cortana. "This is a Assault and Rescue mission. We're going to attack The Truth And Reconciliation head on. We're going to be dropped on the ground and fight our way to a gravity lift situated here." The hologram showed the Cruiser and had a red blinking light under it. "Once we're inside, we'll have to fight our way to the holding cells, kill everything on the way there, spring Captain Keyes and anyone else, run back to the gravity lift killing everything on the way back. At this time Foehammer should come back in under the where the gravity lift is. She'll pick you up and bring you back to base. Any questions?"
"Yes, I have one, where's the ammo coming for this mission?" Noble Six couldn't help but think of his Assault Rifle being out of ammo.
"Well, thanks Foehammer for that, she got people, weapons, ammo, and vehicles from The Autumn. She made the rest of Echo-419 carry it." O' Reilly handed him a card. "That card gives you access to the weapons cache. Be ready in an hour, you'll being leaving then."
Noble Six saluted before he left the room. He headed back to where his armor was and put it on. This armor has been with his for some time now. Being as it started off as a experimental piece of armor, it had various upgrades to make it more proficient. Once his armor was on, Noble Six went to the weapons cache and stocked on ammo as well as a Sniper Rifle. Then he headed to the Pelican that could deliver him to his mission. Waiting at the Pelican was Foehammer and Master Chief.
"Master Chiefm it's good to see you again." Noble Six said as he approached.
"It's good to see you in one piece, it's you and me on this mission, you ready?" Master Chief stepped into the Pelican.
"Yes sir." Noble Six stepped into the Pelican in front of Master Chief. "So Foehammer, who're we waiting on now."
Foehammer flashed a smile. "We're waiting on me to get in and drive." She climbed up into the Pelican and crossed the small walkway to the cockpit. The engines intnited once she got there.
They were in the air for what seemed like hours. Then someone began to talk.
"Noble Six, I'm Sargeant Major Avery Johnson, you can call me Sargeant Johnson." Johnson stood up. "We're attacking the Cruiser known as The Truth And Reconciliation to save Captain Keyes. It's going to be heavily guarded so we're attacking at night to have the element of surprise. There's a gravity lift that carried troops and supplies between the ship and the ground. That is our way in. Follow the Chief's orders and you'll make it out alive." The Pelican touched down. "Alright marines, Go Go Go! The Core ain't paying us by the hour."
Everyone jumped out the Pelican and Foehammer came over Noble Six's headset. "Goodluck, don't die out there."
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