Sorry! So very sorry! Things popped up and I didn't have any time to type much up. So I hope this makes it up to you and I hope you enjoy!

Oh, and see if you can find the hidden lyrics. :D

Kacy

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The feeling of warmth was the first thing I felt when I started going into that phase of half awake half asleep. It was cozy and best of all quiet. No older brothers smashing their drums at four in the morning or dog barking at some stupid cat-probably Red or Cable's- half the day. It was silent. She smiled and snuggled into the heat source some more. It was nice… Until something prodded her in the shoulder. She ignored it and continued to sleep.

There! There it was again. Blah, whatever. She ignored it too. Her dog would annoy her until she woke up, so this was a piece of cake.

Then she felt somebody grab her shoulder and shake her. Kacy frowned. That wasn't very nice. The hand left her shoulder and she felt more prodding. She had enough of it and grabbed the offending object and squeezed with all her might, probably hoping to constrict the person or break whatever it was in half.

It felt solid but surprisingly gave way a slight bit to the pressure. It felt like… Metal. She heard a gasp and groaned. Who the hell was it that was so eager to wake her up? Kacy froze when she heard a soft "Hey!"

That voice.

Stormy eyes snapped open and she leapt up and pinned the offending person to the ground, her eyes still blurry from sleep. She blinked rapidly to clear her vision, and once it did she gasped. Below her was an… ODST?

The two just stared at each other before Kacy looked away and muttered. "I must be going out of my fucking mind…" When she realized what she was looking at she squeaked. She was in a city, though the whole place looked like it was disserted, completely barren of the human race save for the two in the square. The sky was dark and a couple stars were just barely visible.

She turned back to the ODST (who strangely didn't even try to struggle) and snarled. "Where the hell am I?" The ODST glanced around until he spotted something and pointed his hand as best he could to its direction. (His arms were pinned to his sides by Kacy's legs. She peered over at the object and found it read "New Mombasa Station".

Kacy's shoulders slouched and she just stared. "No way… I'm in…" While she was distracted the ODST sat up, shifting her to his lap. He tapped her shoulder and when she looked at him gestured for her to let him get up. The short haired blonde jumped to her feet. "Ah sorry… Hey what's your name, soldier?" He pointed to the name tag on the chest plate, just below his chin.

She read it aloud. "Rookie… Rookie!?" She pointed an accusing finger at him. "There is no way you can be Rookie!" Kacy paused and lowered her finger. "But then again…" She shook her head and held out her hand.

"My names Kacy, Kacy Kadin. Pleasure to meet you." Rookie tentatively took her hand in a hand shake, wary of what horrors she could inflict upon him. She had managed to pin him to the ground with ease, who knows what else she could do?

But where did this civilian come from? All the people in the city were supposed to be either dead of evacuated. So what was she doing here, sleeping on the ground like that?

The blonde frowned. "Now let's get out of here, a drop ship may end up spotting us since we're just standing here like sitting ducks."

Rookie nodded and began walking down one of the streets while the girl followed after him. He felt a little relieved at finding another person in this empty city. For several hours he had been on his own fighting the covenant. Now he had a companion. Under his helmet he smiled.

He wasn't alone anymore.