Hello, reader. I'm Chubs. Good to meet you. The song offered is for you to open either a new window or a new tab, Ipod, or whatever, and listen to the song presented. Not a songfic. Songs: Couldn't think of any. Sorry.

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The Spartan closed his eyes. The sound of a Pelican dropship's engines filled his ears. He rotated his shoulders, stretching. He rolled his neck, able to since his helmet was off. He sighed in relief at the popping joints. He heard the pilot's warning of half a minute till landing. He opened his amber eyes and looked down at his Magnum. He checked it, making sure the sights were alighned, the clip was in correctly, but he didn't need to.

He was a Spartan-II. He did this in his sleep.

He holstered the rifle to his back, the magnetized metal holding it firmly. Under his arm was his helmet. He put it on, and heard a hiss as it pressurized. The HUD came into life, and showed him his energy shield's power level. Full. He checked everything else, and it turned out green. He did this all out of habit. It was what he did in the wars, all of his battles with Captain Cutter, a man who he looked infinitely up to, despite being a foot taller. Him and the crew of the Spirit of Fire. Beautiful ship. But not the time for that now.

The door opened, and his team piled out. They wore their normal armor colors. This was an Infection simulation. Though, not really a simulation, they were physically there, but no deaths occured. The map was one of High Ground, but had fortifications. Closeable doors. Once he hit the ground, he raised his pistol to the position he was trained to. Some of the other Spartans held theirs with one hand, at their sides. Lazy fucks, those Spartan-III's.

He ran to the nearest building entrance, and took a grasp of the barrier to be used as a door. Most of them came inside, but a few lingered. "Last chance to get inside. Take it or leave it." 43 said. None answered, so he shook his head, getting ready to push. But he saw the sapphire and crimson Elite running, trying to get inside. He fought the urge to pump a few Magnum rounds. As much as it made him uneasy, they were allies.

Once the Elite passed, he tapped on the shoulder. He turned his head, and saw him place his fist to his chest, and bow his head. Craig cocked his head, but realized this was an Elite gesture. He swiped across his helmet with two fingers, giving him he Spartan "Smile." Being raised as soldiers, they learned to hide their emotions. The Elite nodded and ran back, wanting a weapon.

Spartan-43 followed close behind. After the unnamed Elite picked up his, he did the same. A Battle Rifle and a Shotgun. He saw a turret, but decided against using it. As much as he loves to show that he's two tons of armor, it'd be a waste to use it so soon. He sprinted up to the opening and crouched, ready for the zombie to show up. It had already passed, but someone would probably kill it.

His HUD showed him that someone got infected, and that someone killed another. So it basically meant that the zombie got someone, but was killed immediately after. Nice going, Spartan-III. Nice going.

He sighed, and aimed down the scope. He saw the two new infected run past, but didn't fire. It was pointless. In any training, they had to get back to a "Respawn" area to get back to the action. It was behind a rock, so he couldnt be a huge dick and fire the second the ran out. He saw one pop out, and he fired, "Killing" him instantly. In this sim, apparently they had no shields, but could run and jump better. What fun.

"Hey, Sarcasm, you coming up here? Last call." He heard over his comm. The voice of an Elite. He turned and saw the one who gestured him bending over the rails. He shook his head no. The Elite moved his fist, but stopped. He swiped two of his fingers over his helmet's front. 43 smiled and put his fist to his chest plate, bowing his head. As he ran off, 43 smiled even wider.

They did each other's signs.

A/N

This is a romance story, through and through. It's between a female Elite and male Spartan, so...yeah. I promise, I'll make it worthwile, not like others. Others where it's male Elite and female human, and turns out the Elite is nice. None of THAT bullshit here. This'll actually make some sense. SO review, let me know what you think.