Chapter 10

Earth-343

UNSC HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6

November 6th, 2260

Earth-343

UNSC HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6

November 6th, 2260

"Hood!"

"What is it, son?"

"We have detected a colossal unknown energy surge on the frontier originating from the Paris Class UNSC Huguenot."

"And what of it?"

"You have to listen to the signals emitted by this Anomaly."

The officer proceeded to the Holo-table and pressed a button, projecting an audio file received from the ship. The audio file played for 17 seconds, resonating with the ambient clamor of Earth in 1995—news broadcasts, urban commotion, and the like. However, the most significant aspect was the presence of two familiar voices engaged in conversation

"John? Can you hear me? JOHN!"

A resounding metallic crash reverberated in the background.

"I am here."

"Thank goodness. I feared... I had lost you."

"What transpired? Did we collide with the black hole?"

"Oh, we made contact, without a doubt."

...

"I am detecting a substantial object now coming into view. You might want to gaze out a window."

"Cortana, is that...?"

"Yes. It is Earth."

Signal Ended

Taken aback by this revelation, Hood settled into a seat, contemplating the recent turn of events. "Where are they?"

"It appears they have materialized on Earth, but based on the ambient noise, it seems they have arrived in the year 1995," the officer disclosed.

"Where did the signal originate?"

The officer pressed another button, revealing a map of the universe. Zooming in on an uncharted region of space, he pointed out, "We believe it emerged from this black hole designated HP-631," said the officer, "Moreover, we received a new signal just yesterday, though it requires translation."

Lost in thought, Hood rose from his seat and paced about. "Dispatch the UNSC Infinity and establish contact with the Sword of Sanghelios to observe this black hole. Assemble a team of scientists to navigate a path through it. It's high time we've brought him home.

"Earth-631, Forbidden Forest, November 6th, 1995 (LordCaldrin45's)

"This is silly, why are we following him?" Ron frowned as they walked behind Master Chief, who had a tight grip on his gun and was looking out in front of him. "You ask him!" Hermione glared at Ron, causing him to whimper.

"Geez, look at this trail! What made this?" one of the Ravenclaw Prefects frowned as he looked at the Warthog tracks.

"We're about ten feet away." Cortana said to Master Chief. He simply gave a small nod.

"Enough arguing. We're here." Master Chief said as the Dawn came into view, getting several surprised looks.

"Bloody hell!" Ron said with surprise at the ruined vessel.

"Our mission is simple. Unload the Dawn and move the inventory to the castle. Do not meddle with the weapons." Master Chief said as he walked to the ruined hatch. Seeing it incapable of opening, he plunged his fist through the metal and pulled the door out, throwing it on the ground, amazing many of the students.

"Bloody hell. Is that what we're all like in five hundred years?" Ron whispered to Hermione.

"You two, with me." Master Chief pointed at Ron and Hermione. He issued the rest of the directions and led the two onto the ship. He pulled Cortana out and put her into a port, causing her to appear on a projector. The lights dimmed on

"Amazing!" Hermione said with wide eyes.

"Whoa." Ron frowned

"Thank you, Hermione. You seem to be quite brilliant." Cortana smiled.

"You're smashing." Ron said stupidly, causing Hermione to slap him upside the head. Cortana chuckled.

"I have a lot of questions! When did humans go into space? Is there life out there?" Hermione babbled.

"Life is out there. That was the problem." Master Chief said as he looked into a door. Then, he walked inside.

"Good one, John." Cortana chuckled as Master Chief came out with an armful of Covenant weapons, including the plasma pistol, needler, plasma rifle, and fuel rod gun. "Whoa!" Ron said with wide eyes.

"Those are weapons used by the Covenant, designed from Forerunner technology." Cortana said.

"Covenant? Forerunner?" Hermione frowned.

"Forerunner were a civilization of beings who lived over a hundred thousand years ago. They were wiped out when the Halos fired, to destroy the Flood." Cortana said. "Flood?" Hermione asked.

"Later. Got something to put this in?" Master Chief asked. Hermione nodded as she pulled out a small bag, which Master Chief dropped everything into, without any question. He gestured down the hallway and walked.

"Curious, wonder how that works," wondered Cortana

"Umm... are all humans like you in the future?" Hermione asked.

"No"

"You remind me of my creator. I think Dr. Halsey would like her; don't you think so?" Cortana asked Master Chief. He didn't respond.

"He's not really talkative, is he?" Hermione asked Cortana. She chuckled.

"He's always been like this, since I knew him. Trust me, if you've been through half what we've been through, you'd be like him." Cortana frowned. Then, she smiled.

"Imagine what Johnson would say if he was here." Cortana chuckled. Then, her image changed into a recording of Johnson.

"Get to it, Marines! The corps aren't paying us by the hour!" he barked. Then, the image turned back into Cortana.

"He was a good man. A good marine." Master Chief said as he came out of the armory with a pile of UNSC weapons.

"Is that a gun?" Hermione squeaked.

"Yes. Don't touch." Master Chief said as he dropped the pile of weapons into the bag. The door opened in front of them to reveal the hanger, where McGonagall, Snape, and a few other students were looking at the UNSC vehicles, trying to figure out how to get them loose.

"Amazing! That looks similar to a muggle tank." Hermione said with surprise.

"It is a tank." Cortana's voice rang over the intercom.

"And those are Pelicans and a Hornet. Flying vehicles. Hang on." Cortana answered. Then, the rusted hooks lowered the devices onto the ground. Master Chief pulled Cortana from the wall and walked into one of the Pelicans.

"Cortana, can you program these Pelicans to fly to Hogwarts?" Master Chief asked.

"Of course, John. Simple programming. I take it that's our ride back?" Cortana said as the Pelicans attached the other vehicles to their bellies.

"All of these items appear to be weapons." Snape observed as Master Chief walked next to him.

"Your point?" The Spartan asked. Cortana interrupted him.

"John, the distress signal is still going strong, but I can't tell if anyone's responded." Cortana said.

"Later, Cortana." Master Chief said as she appeared in holo-form, causing several male students to stare at her. Pansy slapped Draco, causing him to blink out of his daze. "We need to tell my father about this. He'll tell the minister," He snarled.

"Of course, Draky. Professor Dumbledore won't tell anyone. Besides, Professor Umbridge probably told the Minister already," Pansy frowned. "We... do have a place to keep all this, right?" Cortana frowned.

"I believe Professor Dumbledore will tell you that when we arrive." McGonagall said.

"Sounds fair to me. We've gotten everything. Time to abandon ship. Again." Cortana smirked as she vanished.

"So... we just leave this here?" Ron frowned as he gestured at Dawn.

"For now. Get in." Master Chief gestured at the pelicans. It was simple enough to explain. He got into the cockpit of one of the pelicans and activated it.

"Cortana set the coordinates to Hogwarts," Chief said as he inserted Cortana into the Pelican and then yanked her out.

Chief looked at Ron as his hand edged close to the panel and said, "Keep off the equipment kid,"

"Hey, I was just wondering what this button d-" Ron said as he was slapped silly by Hermione.

"John, do you think all the Forerunner technology is still here, the materials that the Covenant dug up? You know, the Portal to the Ark?" Cortana asked. "You want to go back?" Master Chief asked, remembering the events on Installation 00.

"Well... John, if we can't get back to our own time any other way, we might have to go there. Maybe the forerunners built a time machine." Cortana said. "Maybe." Master Chief said as he entered back onto the ship.

Later At Hogwarts

"Inventory secure, sir." Master Chief nodded as Dumbledore walked out. He smiled.

"Well done, Spartan. I have the perfect place to store this. We might talk in my office. There is something we need to discuss." Dumbledore said. "Of course, sir." Master Chief said as he followed Dumbledore into the building.

This is the last LordCaldrin45 wrote for this series. From here I don't know where it'll go. But in any case, I hope you guys enjoy it. -floodrisk07