Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of the Spartan and the Legionary. Enjoy the 10000-word chapter. I don't own RWBY or Halo. Monty Oum, Microsoft, 343, and Rooster Teeth do.
Leo looked at Pyrrha as he tilted his head to the side and glanced around at the beach. The place where he had been able to relax. This place was… Different. Unique? Maybe, he hadn't been to many beaches, but it was certainly something to find peace. Enjoyable even. He had a lot more to have focused upon, a lot more.
How would the UEG have found this planet? They'd surely want the dust for themselves… However? If he knew them? They probably also didn't care much for the planet's people. They wanted resources, something that could have been more and more interesting in what would have become for now, how this would have been for the time being. Such problems would have to have questioned.
Leo was tiresome. He didn't know what there would be in the future when they valued such a thing. He was far too curious at the time as to how this was to be something for the UNSC's history books.
Then again? He was a soldier. He hadn't damn care as to how the government dealt with this crap. They were the politicians, too unsure of what to find such a thing enjoyable when it was over for now. He was just happy to find such a thing amusing when it was all over with for the time being.
Pyrrha leaned backward as he did so. They had more upon the mind, a lot more to have offered for now. A lot more had started to cross her mind now. It had yet to cross over into being where it should have been. Such things had yet to question before now.
She watched as she seemed to have been focused more and more. He didn't know what else was going to have been happening for now. She had more upon the mind while it had gotten to such a degree that this was a lot more of an odd thing.
This was an odd thing before now. He tilted his head, clicking his fingers against one another. He had a lot more to have done and dusted. They had more and more problems when it was all over. He was a lot more to do when he got back to the Infinity.
Such problems were going to have been bothered for now. They hadn't the proper idea when it came down to it. There was more and more upon the mind.
These problems had yet seemed to be a bother and seemed to have been upon his mind. He wasn't sure of what to have questioned while it was over. He tilted his head, cracking his fingers as he did so.
He didn't know what the problems were for now. they had a lot more to do when he was able to have gotten upon the ship. He wasn't able to focus for now.
Oh, did his brain hurt when it came down to it? He was so curious; they had more problems before now. The politicians were going to have gotten too bad for him to not be scared. Yep, the problems would arise, but they had soldiers upon the mind that he screamed at.
Such a thing had burrowed into his mind, it was giving him to insanity when push came to shove. Such a thing had yet to link up and make as much sense as he wanted it to.
He glanced around the room as he did so. The inviting beach seemed alien to the Spartans. It hadn't yet been something that he wanted to have known. However? Such problems had bothered him.
What the hell were they doing here? A few days or maybe a few weeks ago he was in some damn alien temple shooting Covenant soldiers who had been far too busy dealing with things that didn't concern him. Now? He was on some sort of a magic planet where everyone was either some sort of secret badass or he had gone insane and was grifting through the chaos.
It was just so surreal compared to what else had put up and how he had gotten control of his destiny.
He glanced at Pyrrha who looked up at the shattered moon. It was an odd thing. He didn't know why the moon had been broken or how it could have gotten that way, He only knew it was better off not being questioned. He wanted to know how it had been done and how he could have possibly found out beside a trip to the library when all of this was said and done. He was caught majorly off guard by such things. All he needed was a clue which he supposed could have been done and dusted.
This point was just put down, all too much put down when it was over. They had more on their minds. It was such an odd thing that he had gotten to have gotten when it was of the proper focus.
He glanced once more at her while she stayed silent, there was a lot more to have done and dusted.
"Did you ever tell me when the moon had been shattered into pieces?" Leo asked as he glanced at the broken thing, his eyes had started to have gotten before now.
"Well. The moon had been shattered by a vengeful god from what I heard. It's been like that for a longer time than usual. I don't know if the legends are true. I simply know." Pyrrha stated before she hummed before he hummed while he shook his head.
He hadn't the proper idea while he seemed before now. He hadn't a lot more to have questioned. This was something else that was over while it came down to it.
Yep. He didn't know what else was going to have been able to get over it.
He had to simply get over such an issue. It had gotten to a point where she had been constantly throwing him off when it was all said and done.
Then again? This entire planet managed to have thrown him off more than he was used to. It was an odd thing, something he hadn't adjusted to it… There were a lot worse things here.
"So magic god like a lot of stuff around here seems to be?" Leo questioned as he locked his legs under him, this had been a very odd ride but he wanted off it before it derailed.
"You assume most of the stuff here is magic?" Pyrrha said before Leo shrugged, locking his hands behind his head as he did so.
"If the show fits? Yes. I know for a damn fact that a lot of stuff I don't know." Leo said before he sighed.
There was a hell of a lot more things he didn't know but wanted to. This planet seemed to have an odd habit of turning him constantly around as of now.
It hadn't yet seemed to have gotten to such a place. It had yet to have been something he didn't want to drop anytime soon.
(Present Day)
Leo ducked behind the cover as a hunter growled, its body covered in bullet holes as the massive monster roared towards them. Leo looked out of cover with his SAW smoking from the effort of trying to kill the thing. Its bleeding bond mate was next to it, screeching as the burning and exploding rounds pockmarked all of its skin.
It was enough to make him a lot more eager to get this all over with as the Spartan rolled from behind the torn panel. His body tucking inwards as he opened fire, more bullets flying out from the weapon as the Spartan continued forward, swinging his gun up and towards them.
He slid under the Hunter as it smashed its fist into the ground, tearing through machinery and circuits as if it was all too much garbage. The creature turned, its fuel rod already charging as the creature rounded on him, eager to kill him and put him down. It was far too easy, far too good to have been done and dusted. This was an odd thing, but it'd not be something he wished to be on about when it came down to it.
There was more to have gotten such a thing. There was an odd thing that had been getting over his head.
Leo glanced at the Hunter as the shot slammed into the wall next to him, plasma cutting through his shields. They dropped to a quarter as he turned to have looked around. He hadn't yet seemed to have been getting there.
He questioned if his aura existed still… Probably wasn't a thing for now. It had probably worn off if it had been any indication. He didn't need it; he hadn't wished to have gotten it for now. He didn't know what else would have gotten where he wanted to have gotten when this seemed to have been all over while this was all over. He would be ready even if it killed him for now. It would be beyond what he had on his mind. Anything else was to have gotten where he needed to have been.
He would have gotten to the betterment of where he wanted to have gotten to where he had to have been.
He opened fire, his weapon looking as if it was heated to a fine crisp. He hadn't yet seemed to have gotten where he almost felt it would burn to cinders. It was a lot more to question when all of this was said and done. He was tired of such a problem. He hated this horrid beast. He was a lot more to offer and a lot more to question.
The hunter charged towards him; its shield poised to cleave him in twain as if he was no longer an object but a target of its wrath. The Spartan was not stupid enough to take a Hunter on directly, purely focusing on killing this monster and ensuring it could not how much be brought to heal.
He was far too focused to almost forget that the Hunter had a bond mate who hated him and desired his death as well. If it wasn't for Pyrrha's shield which passed over his shoulder and smashed into the Hunter, forcing it back for a step and allowing him to kick off the wall onto its bond brother.
The Spartan pulled a grenade as the beast smashed into the wall, crumpling the paneling and almost destroying the shielding of the Spartan who had managed to strike at him for a moment. He jabbed the grenade deep into the flesh of the creature before kicking off it and allowing it to explode in gore, flesh, and such… The Spartan felt the stuff cover his armor which hadn't yet gotten to get a lot worse as he did so. There were problems, things That hadn't yet gotten worse and worse and worse. It bothered him. However? He withstood it as he did almost anything else this place could have thrown at him.
The other hunter roared at him, screeching bloody murder as it knew that he had killed its brother and whomever else had dared stand in its way… If it bothered him that much? Well, he could always cut it down and ensure it didn't bother him as badly… Such a thing had yet to cross his path.
He flipped away, the monster chasing after him with its blade ready. It fired its canon as well which almost crushed him to paste as he dodged around the plasma shell, the effects dripping down his shields as they tried to recover. The monster wanted blood… Heavily his more than anyway.
However? While it was eager to have slain him? it was stupid… Easily cowed into a charge, there was a chance it properly didn't understand or care. He doubted the loss of his brother didn't affect the creature. Any loss of life would have bothered him, but he doubted the monster cared about anything that wasn't his kin that had been put on his problem when they could have killed him.
Well? To him? The Hunter would die today anyway. He lunged forwards, gripping the monster's arm and trying to wrench it closer to its skull. He was eager to have killed it, to see it come sooner.
The creature screeched and charged forwards, pushing the Spartan backward before a familiar set of footsteps greeted him.
He was terrified and far too unwilling to back down. He was far too scared inside his brain to simply give them any sort of ground when it got down to that level.
Pyrrha forced her spear through the creature's neck. Orange blood poured down the weapon as Leo turned his attention to gripping the monster and pulling its head. It wrenched free, painting the ground in gore as the beast fell to the ground and almost took Leo down with him.
"Thank you," Leo said as he sighed and pushed the corpse to the side. "They're hard to handle… Are you sure you haven't fought Covenant before now? You're damn good at killing them." Leo stated before he cracked his fingers.
"Anything is easy to kill when you have the training and experience to dispose of them properly," Pyrrha said to which she watched as Leo hummed and dusted off his armor. "Are all Spartans able to take hits like that?" Pyrrha questioned as his shields slowly charged back up.
"We're super soldiers for a reason, Pyr. It comes with the title." Leo said before he sighed. "All right, time to keep going. There's going to be more of them." Leo said before he cracked his fingers and looked around, too unsure of what would have happened.
He sighed to himself before he looked around the corner. There were a few more elites and grunts coming in their direction. There was so much here that he didn't understand for now. This hadn't yet gotten to where he could have done before he seemed to be prepared. He had problems with this all for the time being. They had such a degree that hadn't yet been done.
"You're going down. I'll tear you all apart." Leo heard before he shook his head and looked around before now.
"Pyrrha, there's a lot more of them, they're going to be ready for another attack. We need to be ready for another wave… I'm going to have to plant charges and we're blowing up everything." Leo said before he sighed and went to go plant the grenades.
Pyrrha followed behind him while she seemed to be ok when it came down to it. This seemed to have been a lot worse problem when it came down to it. They had so much to have on their minds.
He was so furious for now. They had problems before now… Whatever had happened before had only served to get worse. No, he had a better idea.
"This is Spartan Leo? We have a target you can wipe out. I'll send coordinates." Leo stated before he sighed and prepared to have left.
(Yesterday)
Leo and Pyrrha looked up into the sky. The stars shone down on them. He didn't know what it had been. He was too tired to get anywhere anytime soon… Yes, all he knew was the fact that this hurt, it had been hurting him inside for a longer time.
"That broken moon is still the most interesting thing in the sky. I almost thought when I was home. Covenant would have broken ours, tried to rain down asteroids all over the place… But hey, that's just Mr. Genocide and his army of monsters." Leo said before he rubbed at his temples, thrown off by what else to have done when this was all decided, all said and done
Always have to try to kill people because that's not broken. Sometimes I wonder if it was better when we didn't have to fill out paperwork every single time, we engaged Covenant forces." Leo muttered to himself as he sighed and sat down on the stone.
It almost felt like he was slipping into some cycle of madness over and over and over again. It was making him want to have screamed every single time he did so. He felt as if he was playing through every single little nightmare at the same time.
"If things are so terrible there? Why do you want to go back there so bad besides the feeling of homesickness." Pyrrha said while she turned to look around.
"Because what am I supposed to do, Pyrrha?" Leo asked as he turned towards her.
His peace thoroughly having been thrown off by such antics made him laugh as he didn't know how to have responded in such a manner for now. It had all gone so downhill.
"Stay? Find some peace outside of war? They made you for war, no? I thought you said that war ended." Pyrrha said while she looked over the ocean in front of them.
"And what happens when another one comes?" Leo said before he sighed and shook his head. "The covenant took what I was and burned it, Pyr. That's what they do. They fly around, they slaughter everyone for their perfect reward, and laugh over our corpses." Leo said, bitter venom flooding into his tone as he did so.
"That doesn't mean you have to be as bad as them," Pyrrha said as Leo turned to her. "You're not a monster. You're a soldier, no? They can't take anything else from you. Are you worried something will happen to me?" Pyrrha stated to which she frowned.
"No, just worried about… Ok, maybe a little." Leo said before he picked up a stone the size of a softball. "There's a lot the Covenant took away from me, Pyr. I'm not going to just let them kill every single damn person they feel like. That's not how I want this to go." Leo stated before he shook his head and sighed, prepared for the worst.
He didn't know what else was coming. He did know that this wouldn't end the way he had liked or wished for it to have been. Such things had yet gotten out of hand before he clicked his fingers and looked up at the stars before he felt water wash over him.
Pyrrha grinned and began to splash water towards him as he rolled his eyes before he laughed and made him remember a time when the Covenant hadn't burned what he cared about to the ground… Yes, it was so odd and nice to have imagined… And yet? Here she was, helping him drift through memories that he hadn't yet gotten.
"I do wonder if you want a war, Ms. Nikos," Leo said with a laugh before he questioned what would happen if he wasn't here and wasn't as needed on the battlefield now.
(Present day)
Leo was thrown across the room by one of the storm elites who advanced with an energy sword ready in its hand. Leo climbed to his feet and then managed to slam the beast into the wall with enough strength to have cratered the wall. It only made him crack his fingers as his energy shield slowly started to climb back fully. He snorted and looked back up at the ceiling as he did so. There were only so many ways she could have praised it.
Yes, she wanted it all to have ended before now, the only way to have that was something that she hadn't yet questioned. It all slowly yet surely fell into place and that was that. They had something else that had come next, some piece of the puzzle that wasn't there before now. They had so much to have off. The only problem was something that she couldn't have possibly.
He hadn't been ensured for the time being. He wasn't entirely ready for it to have done for now. He looked at her before he slowly started to have gotten where this had yet gotten where it should have been.
Pyrrha seemed to have kicked water towards him before he clicked his tongue at him. This had yet become worse of a problem on his mind. He knew more than this that he found some sort of pain and suffering.
He sighed and cracked his armored joints as he seemed to find his bearings once more. He wasn't prepared for the worst; more Covenant was coming toward him.
"We can relax." Pyrrha seemed to say as she come around the corner.
She tilted her head at the rest of the Covenant as both of them had prepared for more soldiers to appear. It seemed as if the entire base was on high alert. He wasn't too unsure of what to have done.
This move was a nightmare. He was too unsure of what to have focused on and what to do next. There was more to this. He clicked his fingers against the wall and seemed to have rested his rifle on his shoulder.
There was a silence, for now, a much longer silence than it should have been. There was such a silence that hadn't yet gotten where it should have been for now. He wasn't all over this yet. Not where it should have been. There were a lot more problems for now. This couldn't have been prepared worse for such a small little problem on the horizon, such one that they couldn't have easily fixed.
Well? That suited her just fine as of now. Just fine at the end of the day when all of this was said and done.
(Yesterday)
Leo decided he was iffy on downtime. Things only served to have made his brain hurt more and more as he slowly started to sink into the ocean. He hadn't yet seemed to have questioned what it was for now. He clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth.
There was a small chance that he seemed to have questioned himself. He hadn't yet gotten there mentally.
"Are the Covenant likely to keep up these attacks even when they are losing their main supply lines and such?" Pyrrha asked before she cracked her fingers. "They're stubborn, but they surely are not suicidal?" Pyrrha questioned to which Leo sighed.
"You'd be surprised what the elites are willing to do when they lose the advantage. They don't lose as easily, I said that a few times and I know for a fact that we're in for when it was all said and done." Pyrrha heard Leo state as he waved his hands back and forth. "There's a lot of problems with fighting them to the death. We're not going to be out of the woods for a while." Pyrrha stated before she had been all too ready.
Leo looked at the water with interest, too much as of the time. This planet brought out both the best and the worst of him at the same time. He'd have more time to have focused on the issue when he returned to the Infinity and had been allowed to have relaxed.
He couldn't have properly focused on such measures when it was all over. They couldn't have properly focused on such issues. They had more pressuring issues than this, for now, something that had been bothering and all he could do was ponder it.
"Spartans only focus on war and battle to the point they don't have time for lives, yes?" Pyrrha said to which he nodded. "Yet you're enjoying the beach, aren't you? There are a lot more things to enjoy than a battle." Pyrrha said to which Leo frowned.
"I don't love battle unless I'm fighting a piece of garbage who has to be taken done, Pyrrha," Leo stated before he sighed. "It's just the fact it's what I was trained for. That's it. You were trained to be a warrior, no? You take pride in being a warrior, in helping people, in stopping people from getting hurt, right?" Leo questioned; his eyebrow raised in amusement.
"Yes… I see your point; I'll assume that Spartans at least have downtime?" Pyrrha questioned to which Leo nodded and splashed some water away from him with amusement.
"Maybe, but I don't think we take it. I've been on a mission after mission after mission spree, Pyrrha. We're always going to have wars to fight, off the battlefields or not." Leo said before he smirked.
"Just like how I'm kicking your butt with this water fight," Leo said as she kicked more water at her.
"I'm not planning to just give up the fight as easily as you think it is. I just hope you realize that." Pyrrha stated with a smirk as she looked at the sky. "Besides? Just because I enjoy my skills doesn't mean I flaunt them… Like a certain someone is doing with their terrible water fighting skills." Pyrrha said before she looked around the room.
She was interrupted by a few splashes of water which ran right down her head with such amusement. She turned to Leo who had amused by the smirk on his face before she slowly dried herself before she slowly stood up and faced him.
A few seconds later and she slammed into Leo, throwing the Spartan into the ocean with such a force that it almost felt like a cannonball. Water and waves were displaced as the two hit the water with enough force to have made an impact far larger than the two teenagers were capable of.
Both of them were quick to open their eyes, Leo raising an eyebrow as they slowly swam towards one another, Pyrrha twisting her body like a dolphin and trying her best to catch him. Leo did nothing but float in place, his enhanced lungs letting him tread water as easily as if it was air.
Leo and Pyrrha's training kicked in and forced both to the surface within seconds. There was far more than enough amusement on their face.
The two looked at one another, a look of astonishment written across their faces as it happened for now. Today was probably the oddest of things, something she hadn't yet at all found to have been interesting. It was so amusing that it was written across their faces without even speaking at the moment or even making a move.
"Did you just take me into the damn ocean?" Leo asked before Pyrrha shrugged with a knowing smirk Leo took a deep breath before he vanished under the water.
Pyrrha had about 3 seconds of peace, blinking as she started to tread water before looking around. She blinked wondering if he had sunk beneath the waves as if she tried to think of what was happening.
"Leo?" Pyrrha asked, wondering if he had gotten mad and decided to swim off for now. "Le-?" Pyrrha started to say as time drew to a close.
She felt a hand grab her right foot and tugged as hard as it could. She was dragged underwater easily and like she was a ragdoll. She blinked as the cold sting of saltwater washed over her body like a gust of air.
She opened her eyes to see Leo who released her leg and waved at her, knowing exactly what he had done.
Pyrrha felt her brain almost rage on fire. He had messed with her? He had teased her? He whom had been far too willing to show much emotion?
She narrowed her eyes and chased after the Spartan who had already begun to dart away from her. He knew more about when it seemed to have been worst. He seemed to have prepared for her to chase after him while he tilted his head.
He was still faster than her and managed to dart through the ocean as if he was a fish. It spoke volumes that the lithe spartan twisted around like a dolphin or some sort of enhanced fish.
It only made her wonder what he was to have such an ability to have been capable of speed and power like this. He bobbed and weaved like a fish. She spun after him as he took a second to breach and gasp air.
He wasn't a normal human which Pyrrha forgot for a few seconds as she twisted and tagged his shoulder, darting away into the depths as he followed behind her.
The two chased each other through the sandy shoals before Pyrrha felt her throat begin to burn a few seconds later. He watched as she slowly started to swim up to the surface of the water.
There was a lot more to have questioned for now than it should. He breached the water's surface before he seemed to have questioned what happened.
"You, ok?" Pyrrha heard as Leo took another few breaths and started to swim towards her. "Are you sure you are, ok?" Leo questioned to which he tilted his head at her.
"Yes…" Pyrrha stated before she clutched at her throat. "I've forgotten your lungs are enhanced, aren't they? You could stay underwater far longer than a regular human, no?" Pyrrha stated before she tilted her head to the side.
"Yes, but you could probably stay underwater a lot longer, just got to train," Leo stated to which he sighed before he rolled his eyes. "Have fun before your throat started to burn? I've been below the water before. It's a lot different without MJOLNIR with built-in life support." Leo said before he rubbed his temples.
"Yes, I just didn't expect you to… You're ridiculously amusing for a super soldier." Pyrrha stated before she crossed her arms while she floated in the water.
"Hey, having chemicals in your body doesn't make you mean you don't have a personality," Leo stated before he rolled his eyes. "Your something else. I'm sure that there are a lot more things you can end up doing. We don't know what's going to happen next and I need something like this to take me off it." Leo stated before he shook his head.
"Your still too grumpy for your good," Pyrrha stated to which she laughed and leaned backward in the water, floating on her back and looking up into the sky. "There's a lot more on the mind besides this. You want to have to keep fighting when it came down to it, are you?" Pyrrha stated before Leo hummed as he rolled his eyes.
This only made the Spartan roll his eyes before he clicked his head to the side like a hound that had yet to find its prey. There was more to this, yet he hadn't found it yet as of now.
"Maybe, but I don't admit it that damn easy. It comes with the fact that I've done stuff like this before. All of this garbage gets swept up sooner or later." Leo stated before he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth.
"I'm sure there will be time for war when this is all said and done, Leo," Pyrrha stated before she rolled her eyes and splashed at him with more water. "Also? Your terrible at winning these sorts of games. I'm as fast as you are underwater. The only advantage you have is lung capacity and that is only because of your upgrades." Pyrrha said with a smirk as Leo rolled his eyes.
"Are you implying something, Pyrrha?" Leo asked before he took a deep breath.
"That I can keep up with you underwater and otherwise, Leo," Pyrrha said before she took a breath as well. "And I don't intend to lose that easily," Pyrrha said before she vanished below the water.
Leo knew more than Pyrrha that she was capable of handling stuff like him. She darted through the water after him like a damn shark hunting a fresh piece of fish that someone had thrown in the water. Whatever happened next would probably involve them both.
Leo was aware of what she was capable of. She was far more than a normal human. The woman was clearly beyond a normal person and he questioned what she'd do if she was a Spartan in the same manner as he. It had been something honestly odd and amusing.
He managed to dodge around her and slowly retreat into the depths of the ocean as she followed. It had been amusing to see her swing her feet back and forth like a giant dolphin. However? He was damn well aware she was far faster than she looked and had the skills and means to which this had yet.
He questioned before he seemed to have to prepare for such a tactic, this was fun. He couldn't deny there was fun involved with this. Yet he knew he couldn't push the envelope.
He didn't understand her for now. He wished to at the moment and he was too amused when it comes down to it while he shook his head.
He didn't know what to do for the time being when it was all said and done before he shook his head and then slowly dunked himself back under the water.
Pyrrha sighed before she rolled her eyes before she sighed as she thought to herself how odd Leo was before she slowly started to take a deeper breath.
She sunk under the waves before she swam after Leo as the Spartans chased each other while she hummed inwardly. She felt water wash over her bare skin as she bounced off the sea floor after him, trying to grab his foot as he twisted away from her.
He raised an eyebrow as if he had been entirely thrown off by such a measure. This wasn't at all like he had predicted or wanted when push came to shove. It was such a fun little exercise that Leo forgot that they had been having fun and not just chasing each other around in the shoals.
"Hmm…" She thought aloud before Leo ducked into the corral before he looked around at his surroundings.
She circled as the Spartan stared at her; he was not sure what she should have been doing. He was about to surface before he felt arms wrap around his chest as he looked around. Pyrrha leaned on him for a second as the Spartan seemed to have questioned what she'd do before he swam upwards.
'Did she seriously forget we can't stay down in the water? Well, she can't because of the face she's forgotten when it comes down to it.' Leo thought as he sighed and surfaced with the girl clinging to his back.
"Are you crazy? You could have drowned down there." Leo stated before he shook his head.
"Tagging you." Leo heard from Pyrrha to which he shook his head. "What's going to happen next? We keep training when it comes down to it." Pyrrha stated to which he rolled his eyes.
Leo sighed mentally at this and kept a wry smile as the Spartan IV started to slowly paddle towards the shoals. Pyrrha clung to his back as he did so.
"So, just to ask in case next time this comes up? There's no Grimm Sharks or something we have to worry about needing to fight and kill, no?" Leo stated to which he could only sigh mentally to himself as of the time being.
"Yes, they just don't come to the shores often because there's usually Huntress or Huntresses on call," Pyrrha stated as Leo looked at her.
"You guys have giant monster sharks?" Leo asked before he started to paddle again. "Damn, just when I thought I'd seen it all at the end of the day," Leo stated to which he could only roll his eyes.
"You're the one who had asked," Pyrrha asked as Leo looked around. "I'm to guess you've been in the water like that before?" Leo heard as he shrugged to himself and then looked around at her.
"If by that you mean I've done stuff underwater? Yes, just with armor on which has life support and with a knife in my hand cutting down elites in sealed armor." Leo said before he shook his head and looked around with some amusement when it comes down to it.
He didn't know what else was coming, but he did know it wouldn't end so easily. He and Pyrrha still had a mountain to climb and it was clear so they had more and more to focus on.
Pyrrha hummed and wrapped her long legs around Leo's midsection before tensing herself as she pushed off and into the deeper waters. Leo turned only to see the woman swim around him, pausing only to push her hair back fully.
"Don't you ever get tired of this?" Leo asked before watching the woman tread water as if it was the easy thing alive.
"No. I've not been able to go swimming since last year's training regimen." Leo heard from Pyrrha as he rolled his eyes and sighed before starting to swim counterclockwise Pyrrha. "Try just using your legs, you get more out of it when you are forced to stretch your muscles," Pyrrha stated to which she seemed to have been focused for now.
"Your something else, you know that?" Leo questioned before he crossed his arms across his chest.
Leo didn't even know what was going to have happened for the time being when it comes down to it, there was a magic in the air that hadn't yet fallen apart. It was something that hadn't yet gotten them anywhere. They had the power to have focused on, something that could have been dealt with when it was all said and done. They had more and more planned, for now, something they could no longer entrust to their skills and codes. It was irksome, but it had given them a fighting chance.
There was tension in the air, something that he hadn't planned to have gotten here, and yet? He was confused, thrown off, and constantly in a sore spot that he couldn't have possibly fathomed. The Covenant was cocky, arrogant, so damn well assured of their glory, their perfection which drove him crazy to an insane degree.
Leo simply fell into following her, glancing around before she looked around with childish amusement as she suspected something fowl was afoot, something that only served to have proven himself capable of her amusement.
If she wanted amusement like this? She'd damn well get it. the only problem he had was the fact that his mind was wandering as he had found it to be.
He and Pyrrha slowly swam a circle, her physique capable of keeping up with the Spartan who had been capable of running circles around her at times. It told him that she had been far more than human, far more than what she had been before, and that? Well, that interested him. How powerful was a human-like Pyrrha here compared to humans from his dimension?
Pyrrha started to swim to him to which Leo only sighed as he questioned if he'd have to deal with another round of underwater acrobatics. It most certainly didn't fit that well with him if he had to deal with it.
She beckoned her arms towards him as the Spartan raised an eyebrow but allowed the gesture as he didn't know what she wished to have done, nor did he wish to have done so.
He sighed mentally and accepted the gesture, not knowing what she had wished to have done for now. It simply was amusing to him as she grabbed his hands and climbed upwards, planting her feet on his shoulders while balancing atop him. Leo only paused to have rolled his eyes and kept the woman balanced atop him.
"Is this training or did you just feel like sitting up there for a bit? Because you don't tell me much of anything, you know." Leo stated to which she stayed silent before she hummed as she glanced around, a lot more of an odd thing for now.
It served only to make him more patient, more uncertain, and unphased for the time being. they had something else coming that needed to be dealt with anyway. Perhaps he was just new to the curve… Wouldn't have surprised him that he was new to this.
She stood up which made him roll his eyes as she did so. He didn't at all wish to have to be able to understand for now what her mannerisms were or the reasons behind such things. All he did know was that she was something else, something beyond his simple understanding, beyond his control and comprehension.
There was more to this than he had understood or wished to. It had been something he hadn't wished, didn't wish to have known and he didn't at all understand the course was clear and so was his path.
"Are you going to fall?" Leo asked before he pondered if he should remove his hands from hers. "You are an odd woman, Pyrrha, you know that? I'm not used to stuff like this." Leo said to which Pyrrha hummed and then looked down at the ground.
"And I've not known someone like you, Leo," Pyrrha said while she stood up and looked around. "You know, I'd like you to stay here… Where you can find something to do, where you can spend days not worrying about war. It'd be nice to have someone to talk with… But I feel like it's stupid to offer… And even stupider to find something like this appealing." Pyrrha said to which Leo frowned.
"I like this, but it's something out of my control. If they want me to go? I can't exactly just abandon them. I have my duties and you have yours." Leo said.
It wasn't at all a lie, it wasn't a dismissal, she knew he wasn't someone who could just walk away from his destiny. She had tried to escape hers and it was clear he understood the burden of having a fate she didn't want to have forced on her. It wasn't like he had something else to have to do, something beyond his control…
Yet? It still stung, she still knew why he had rejected it and how this would have gone. They were warriors in a world where that was all that seemed to have mattered… Something beyond their control still dictated it seemed to have to question for now.
He didn't know what to have to focus upon while he seemed to have chosen it for the time being. He didn't at all seem to have gotten it, for now, they had more on the mind than he should have found.
"Pyrrha? Do you honestly think there could be peace here? Peace at all? Or is it just something we keep telling ourselves until we believe it?" Leo asked to which she frowned as she pondered the question for now.
They had something else upon the mind which meant they had more on their plates and more and more piled up mentally until it was all too damn much to have fathomed, too much to fix, to convince of.
He had a lot more to ponder, for now, something he could have dreamt of if not for the possibilities in scale. The fact that both of them were specks of dust in the wind while he sighed to himself.
Leo shook his head as Pyrrha went and leaned back, still clasping his hands in hers. It was clear both trusted one another, she looked at him as she slowly leaned downwards, sliding her legs over his shoulders till her feet touched his chest. She sat upon his shoulders as the two looked out over the broken moon. Leo only rolled his eyes as the woman balanced atop his shoulders as if they were a trapeze artist… It did very little not to have made him laugh when it came down to it.
He was too amused not to comment but he respected the woman despite her best efforts, it didn't hurt him or such.
Pyrrha tried her best not to fall off for a second as she let her hands go from his, balancing as if she were a weight atop him.
"Do you usually do this or am I just special?" Leo joked to which the woman raised an eyebrow.
"My trainer used to tell me how it was good to get in exercise with every day… But no, most people aren't strong enough or balanced enough to allow me to practice it. I'm sorry." Pyrrha said to which Leo only rolled his eyes.
"Most people haven't trained supersoldiers with a special diet and balanced equilibrium to go with it with all due respect," Leo said before he sighed. "You know you can be honest. I'm not trying to lie when I say I'm not used to this. My life has been war." Leo added to which he rubbed at his temples.
"Battle, planning, constantly repeating instructions, constantly trying to get through life with someone spoon-feeding my next mission and how to carry it out. It's not an easy life. I don't wish it on anyone." Leo said as Pyrrha pondered what to do next.
"I want you to stay, Leo. Remnant could use good soldiers like you, people who want to help purely because they can." Pyrrha added to which he shook his head.
"I'll talk to Captain Lasky, Pyrrha," Leo said as he hummed and slowly started to step back towards the shore. "Might get lucky, there were talks of setting up a joint post with Atlas and Winter talked about perhaps getting a base set up in Mistral," Leo said to which Pyrrha smiled.
"I can't promise you we're going to be seen anywhere anytime soon. I know you are aware I also can't promise to tell you I can stay here." Leo stated before he shook his head.
"All I ask is you promise your try, Leo," Pyrrha said as Leo nodded. "I have a question. if the UNSC didn't exist, if you became a Spartan for another group and the war ended? Would you have considered something like this?" Pyrrha asked while Leo sat upon a stone.
He still gripped her legs, keeping her balanced on his back as he realized she might fall. They sat in hip-deep water and looked up at the broken moon up in the sky, the thing that had mocked them, that had lit this damaged world as if it were a fuse.
"Maybe," Leo said as he tapped her legs with his hands. "I don't know to be honest. I'm not used to problems when it came down to it." Leo said as Pyrrha hummed.
"Can we agree on one last thing?" Pyrrha asked as Leo looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "That this is nice? We might do this again when the mission is done. I like spending time with my friends, I don't want this to be a one-time talk we have that we never have again." Pyrrha said as Leo looked out at the ocean.
Staying here? Something he had to ask the men and women who had commanded the UNSC into a war that they didn't seem to have found an end within.
In his mind? There was no damn war they'd end peacefully. It'd either consume them all or else they'd have done so. Nobody wanted peace, the end of the war when it came down to it. They weren't willing to ask for it anyway. The covenant wouldn't just allow them to rest and gain their bearings, they'd be damn well when it came to it. He didn't know what to have to question next, what to say, what to do next as if this all went to hell like he knew it would, things would be so different if it hadn't yet gotten off the ground anytime soon. It'd be a nightmare to have to get over, one which they'd either win or they'd die within.
Pyrrha looked at the moon and stayed balanced on Leo's back. It was odd for her to have to do such a thing, yet it was clear both of them had more riding on this than before. All it did was make her ponder what the supersoldiers of his world were like if they were usually like this. She tried to slide off only for Leo's firm grip to prevent it. She was glued to his shoulders… And honestly? It made her laugh in a way that made him raise an eyebrow as he seemed more amused, she'd not collapse into the shallow water than anything.
"Leo, I'm not going to fall," Pyrrha stated to which Leo hummed, too amused when it comes down to it.
This hasn't yet seemed to have to question what to focus upon when it came down as of the time being. She didn't know what to have to do next and she hadn't the patience to have made it mean a lot.
(Covenant Base)
Pyrrha watched as Leo stepped towards her, tilting his head to the side while he sighed before he shook his head. He and she slowly exited before he glanced around.
"You might want to move… There's a lot more of them coming here." Leo stated before he put his rifle on his back. "Ok… Let's move." Leo stated before he shook his head and slowly moved forwards with an interest in his mind.
There was no damn time to move, to see… To do anything besides run and get as far away from her when it was all said and done. He watched as Pyrrha and he departed before a low-flying F-41 Broadsword opened fire.
Fires and explosions greeted them as Pyrrha shielded herself and the craft flew away, leaving a burning base that would collapse under its weight.
"Spartan Cerule? We need support ahead. I'm sending 052's HUD a waypoint. Follow it and support them. The main teams will take care of Covenant advance units. Focus entirely on what comes next. Anything else is secondary, do you hear?" Leo heard as he shook his head before he sighed and seemed to find more and more amusement.
"What's going to be handled next?" Leo asked before he sighed to handle next. "Sir? I'm on station to handle this anyway, what's the objective?" Leo questioned to which he was met with a few murmurs from the other side.
"We're handling that for now, soldier. I want you to get it done as best as you can. Got it, Sierra?" Leo heard as he nodded to himself before responding.
"I'll get it done, sir. Spartan Cerule out." Leo said before he cracked his fingers and then started to march forwards.
Pyrrha looked at him, too unsure of what she seemed to be doing. He wasn't looking at her the same way he had been, there was some sort of interest when it was all said and done at the moment. He stayed silent before slowly marching forwards.
"We need to get going. I didn't think they'd tighten security so much so easily," Leo stated before he still seemed to have to look at the base with some interest.
"Are you ok?" Pyrrha asked to which Leo nodded before he turned to look at her before he rested his rifle in his hands.
"Yes, we're just going to be busy fighting a lot more Covenant than I expected. Noble must be busy a lot more than I expected." Leo said as he shook his head. "We need to get going now before something else comes up," Leo stated to which he hummed.
Pyrrha nodded and stepped forwards, it was too much of an odd topic for now. She knew that he had been pushed forwards and forwards. If anything? All this did was make him more and more make him question everything. It had been far and far worse than when he could have been doing for now which meant something which seemed to have been an odd little thing.
"Hmm. We need to get going before something else is going to be a problem." Lego stated before he shook his head and then looked down at her with annoyance.
"What's going to be happening then?" Pyrrha asked to which Leo questioned to which he shook his head. "We don't know what the Covenant are going to be doing. We don't know what will be doing for now. I don't know what will be happening, only that they've secured the valley for now." Pyrrha added to which she frowned to her.
There was a lot more to question at the time. Pyrrha was too curious for now to simply back down when it comes down to it.
"I'm not sure," Leo stated before he rubbed at his neck, so tired and exhausted that he found it to be more than he could manage.
Leo didn't stop to think thirty times about this subject. It was entirely clear they had a lot more on their mind, a lot more than they could bare to have managed which only would send them screaming back into the void. If he was purely honest? The Spartan IV knew such small questions could be saved until later when they didn't have such problems or such little details stopping them. They were fully enthralled with such little trinkets to a degree that was as odd as it was amusing.
Pyrrha only stopped to look at him in a moment of confusion as they started to rush to the quarry. Leo didn't much care to dwell on the little details, not purely because he had a thousand new details on his mind, and yet? Leo has just pushed around in the shoals more and more; it was such a measure that he felt tired when it came down to it. They had a lot more to go before they managed to get so far.
He is yet to have to question before he got over this for now. He didn't know what it was a lot. Leo was honestly questioning what to have to do if she wasn't here… yet. That was probably for the best that she was, they had so much more work to have to do that it hurt, and yet here he was fighting another war against the covenant like it hadn't mattered and wouldn't have mattered.
He snorted at that logic. Whatever he did in this war or the next mattered, he'd crawl through the damn mud on his belly if it mattered… He'd destroy every covenant soldier he found if it had meant they could finally rest with some hope for the future without something destroying it all. They had given far too much for this to last and yet it hadn't. He didn't know and he didn't want to have to know it for now. This wasn't to end today but it would end soon.
He did know he could do something to have stopped this and he'd make sure he did something to have stopped it. The only problem was how bad would things have gotten before they managed to reach that point and get this all squared away.
The two raced up the hill with Jorge already ahead. Leo marveled at how strong the Spartans were but then remembered they eclipsed IIIs by miles when it came to their feats.
Then again? He knew this well enough. They were meant to entirely eclipse it all to the end of the road which meant he had to keep pressing onwards and onwards. If anything? He had plenty of time to get used to that.
She didn't know what to have to focus on before it came down to it. She hadn't yet seemed to have to question what to do next. Pyrrha was honestly amusing him to the end of the day and he could respect that for now. This hadn't gotten him anywhere for not. It had been something beyond reproach, something that hadn't at all gotten where it should have been.
He hadn't at all been where it should have been. This had been unexpected and yet tiring all the damn same when it ended. Their problems never ended nor would they and he had no damn way to see them end any better for now.
This simply couldn't have allowed them a reproach he'd wish for. It'd not end with any well intent nor would it end with a glorious victory over hordes of Covenant warriors, it'd be something they'd simply need something to put it to be.
He knew today had another purpose here than to just talk. She had wanted to get his mind off things.
He let Pyrrha slide down her legs and into the water, he had forgotten the woman was shorter than him even with heels. It was honestly a bit amusing when it came down to it.
"I kinda like carrying you around, it's funny," Leo said as Pyrrha rolled her eyes and glanced around. "I'm going to go back into the water if that's cool with you. It's been a while since I've been anywhere near water. The simulated water on Infinity doesn't feel as good… That and it's mostly fake." Leo added before he snorted.
"I'll join you in a minute, I'm just savoring it… And I'm sorry I'm shorter than a super soldier, Leo." Pyrrha stated to which Leo simply fell silent.
Leo kept the woman atop his shoulders, seeing no harm in sitting in a pool of water that came up to his hips, Leo continued to sit in the water as Pyrrha kicked at the water which only made Leo roll his eyes.
"Enjoying getting yourself wet or just not used to wearing heels?" Leo asked to which Pyrrha shrugged. "Kurt used to say he'd wear MJOLNIR so often he felt it had been a lot," Leo stated before he shook his head.
He hadn't yet seemed to have clicked his tongue to which she tilted her head. Pyrrha leaned forward as Leo slowly started to have to get up before she seemed to have gotten some sort of amusement. Pyrrha seemed to have prepared to have questioned what to do next. She sighed before and looked down at the water before Leo took a step down and sat on a stone amid the water. It barely reached his chest, but it was enough to make Pyrrha too amused as she almost slid off the Spartan who barely moved within the body of water.
It was amusing to him before he questioned before he looked to have handled for now while he shook his head before he looked towards to the ground before it was all over to have handled.
She hadn't yet seemed to have to question what to do next before she looked around before it came down to it. She hadn't yet seemed to have prepared for what would come after they had managed to get to the bridge. They had a lot more problems with it and it was clear they had nothing at all to do next.
It was entirely clear to them that such matters had yet to have been brought down to such a level that it had been what needed to have been done. They had a war to have won and it was clear until they had won said war that their problems weren't going to have lasted long.
Pyrrha looked around before she watched as he sat down on a stone and then yawned before he looked down at the water, it was clear that their talk wasn't at all over, and yet they had more and more.
They had a lot more problems in the brain, something that could be handled sooner or later. They had battle lines to have defined, something that needed to have gotten more and more with time and effort and it was clear something that should have existed.
Leo stood on the stone in the middle of the water, allowing waves to climb up to his chest. He glanced at Pyrrha who still rested atop his shoulders, her feet touching the tops of water.
"I'm going to head into the water if you wish to have done so. You will stay on my shoulders until I am in the water or do you wish for me to let you off?" Leo asked to which Pyrrha shrugged, not at all sure of what to have said.
She watched as Leo descended into the water, pausing a moment as she adjusted herself before Leo took a deep breath and stepped off the rock and into the deeper water. Pyrrha felt herself decline into water that quickly came up to her shoulders as Leo vanished under the waves, quickly reminding her that he had gone to the bottom of the water. She hadn't at all expected it as Leo surfaced a few seconds in front of her, popping up from the water like a shark.
"Are you good? I told you I'd probably drop down into the water." Leo said to which she shrugged and looked around, amusement washing all over her features.
"No, but I expected some better manners from a person who had been on the frontline of combat." Leo heard as she kicked water at him before Leo started to take a deep breath. "Leo, no. That's a…" Pyrrha stated before another tug on her foot ended with her underwater and her sighing mentally.
She knew now he was joking before now and he was simply messing with her. It was clear she simply had underestimated him with that part of history, it was entirely something that needed to have been dealt with sooner or later. It was honestly something that had yet to have gotten for now. Something that needed to have happened if they were to relax something sooner or later. They had yet seemed to have been something.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out this is the LONGEST chapter I've done so far and I'm not doing another yet. The next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show more of Pyrrha and Leo bonding and such. Until the 900–6500-word chapter or such. Until then? Lighting Wolf out!
P.S: Next chapter will be delayed.