Chapter 4: New
Date: 2527
Place: UNSC School of the South Star, Antarctica, North Bay
Mission: Asteroid Belt of Eridanus
"John 117 reporting for duty sir," John screamed towards the head officer. The chaos around him made his head hurt.
"Was this a drill or the real deal," he thought to himself.
Cortana's chip now rested in the back of his helmet.
"Cortana are you there," he asked.
"Yes Chief, always," she confirmed.
All the other recruits were lined up in a single file line, and led into the ship.
"This is where the fun begins," Cortana said, her voice echoing through his helmet.
The ships engine began to purr, carrying unknown soldiers to an unknown land.
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Once arriving to the Eridanus Asteroids, which were all singly composed of different ecosystems, and about a size of a planet. The mission was to take out a group of rebels disrupting the peace.
John was assigned to lead a group of 20 new recruits. Halfway through the spray of gunfire past his ears, he turned around and took out the man behind him. As the men advanced the sun slowly began to go down. Everyone was on their feet that night, adrenaline rushing through their blood.
And that's when the next round of rebels hit.
Something sharp pierced John's side. (This is one of the earlier models of the armour, which was made more thinly and less dense). He looked down and saw a glint of something shining through the bloody mess on his side. It started to blink, embedding itself into him.
He fell to the gravel below him and clutched at his side. He cried out in pain. He tried to dig it out of his side. He call for Cortana.
"I'm here, where does it hurt," she asked nicely.
"Throughout my whole side, it's spreading like a wild fire," he coughed out, losing more air out of his lungs.
"Cortana to South Star, do you read me," she sent out the signal.
"South Star to Cortana, what do you need," the man of the other line questioned.
"Live ammunition in John 117's side sir, I need a medical team, he's barely breathing, and I don't want this thing to explode,"Cortana requested. John dazed out of conscience.
"Please stay with me John," Cortana faintly said, just as John's eyes blurred out of vision of her pale blue body.
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The hours passed like day, and John still lay in the medical bay of the South Star. He was slowly healing, but not quick enough. The doctors removed the ammunition out of his side and stitched him back up. He'd laid in the cot very still as he began to open his eyes. A few recruits around him were still sleeping, either that or dead. He pushed that thought from his mind.
He tried to sit up but his side was in too much pain. He looked over and saw Cortana's chip on the table beside him, and a note,
Thought you needed her! ~Dr. Halsey
Halsey was here, maybe depending on the days that went by when he was asleep. He gathered enough strength to grab it, without ripping his stitches. He rolled over, laying now on his back with the chip barely between his fingertips. He pressed the button and sat her on his chest.
Sorry for such a short chapter guys. Thank you for reading, maybe this is a small break through all the suffering you had to go through. The next chapter will be up in a day or two, so don't fret. Thank you for reading!
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