Awakening 06/09/2014

(note: I'm going to use the armour from halo 3, since it makes him look taller and more tougher)(The Halo 2 HD Collection is what he should look like).

All was quiet on the Forward Unto Dawn. Darkness gloomed on the interior of the ship. Wires hung down, still sparking. A constant message that seemed to echo inside the ship and objects floated around without the gravity generator.

It had been 4 years, 7 months and 10 days on the broken ship. Signs of aging had started to show on the exterior of the once functioning vessel.

As Cortana checked the sensors and cameras, it had become a chore to do. Sighing, she moved on to check other bits of data. No sign of change to the ships infrastructure, other than the occasional dis-functioning programs, which she quickly fixed in a millisecond. She quickly flashed red before going back to blue.

Cortana was showing signs of rampancy, being isolated on the ship with nothing new to do had really frustrated the AI to the point where she had almost defrosted the entire Cryo bay just to talk to someone.

Almost, the promise he made to make sure that she didn't pre-release him, nor release him to late. 'Wake me when you need me' , he said before going into the cryo tube. She longed for that rumbling baritone sound that came from his throat. If she could just…

Suddenly, an orange beam of light bore down on the damaged of hull of the ship, scrambling electrical equipment on it's way.

Cortana, stood up slowly from her pedestal, already she could see unknowns on the radar of the ship, approaching slowly. She looked through the systems on the ship, everything she had organised, was scrambled everywhere on the systems. She opened the cryo tube monitor, all the tubes were empty, save for one, which held him. Cortana waited for 2 seconds, pondering before activating the thawing process.

"Wake up Chief", she spoke, the gas and steaming out of the cryo pods. "I need you".

As the pod defrosted, the glass window to the Cryo tube, cleared up revealing the golden visor of Sierra-117, better known as the Master Chief.

Chief slowly and groggily began to wake up. His eyes after being in deep cryo stasis, cracked open to show the interior of his helmet.

His brain started to function again as he processed his surroundings inside the cryo bay. He scanned the area until he found Cortana's Avatar on the holo tank.

"Hold on, I'm engaging the ships gravity generator", she voiced through his speakers. A few moments later, the ships gravity returned as all the objects hit the ground with a thump.

"Chief, there should be a cryo pod emergency handle just above your head", she instructed.

Instinctively, he looked and reached the Cryo tube manual release, pulling down on it and kicking the door open moderately. He walked over to Cortana's holographic avatar.

"Good to see you again Chief", Cortana smiled.

"Ready to get back to work?" Chief asked Cortana, who had her arms crossed over in an exasperated position.

"I thought you'd never ask", she sighed as the Master Chief pulled her out of the terminal. He slotted the chip in the back of his head. The familiar, cool sensation calmed all his nerves.

"How long have I been asleep for?" John asked walking down the cryo bay to loosen his stiff legs and body.

"Four years, seven months and ten days", She replied curtly. His right eye twitched. He was surprised to say the least, no wonder his body felt rigid and stiff. Still working his body, he walked down to the main corridor.

"Any information on the possible hostiles?" He asked. John always made sure he had some idea of what he was up against. Sure, he was a Spartan, but that didn't mean he could let his guard down easily.

"None so far, although it seems to indicate covenant", she queried, "but that's almost impossible since we disbanded the loyalists at the Ark, it's probably a splinter group or a pirate group". The Master Chief then straightened up.

"Where's the best observation of the whole ship", John inquired.

"The bridge is the only intact and most ideal observation platform for you to use", she replied with certainty. "The quickest route is through here". She brought a mini-map on the HUD of the helmet. An elevator existed on the far right side of the mini-map.

John quickly memorised the route before moving towards the corridor that led to the mess hall. As he stepped into the corridor a large energy field appeared, shaking the ship up and scrambling his armours HUD functions.

"Cortana, what was that?" He asked.

"High intensity scanner, doesn't match any known patterns!" She exclaimed, obviously this was something new, a possible threat. Chief walked into the next room where he found the elevator doors jammed. He stuck his fingers between the gap as he pried the doors open.

"Chief, be careful", Cortana said in an unsure tone. As he ripped open the elevator doors, a vacuum was already in place and pulled him in. He smacked against the wall of the shaft.

"Chief!" she shouted. As clung to the shaft, loose objects fell from the ceiling. I have to time this right, he concentrated. Slowly he crawled up the elevator shaft, taking cautious climbs up the wall. After minutes of climbing he finally reached the ledge where unfortunately a Jackal was stationed. The Avian reptile screeched in alarm and fired three needles in his direction. At least it's not split lips, he thought to himself as he hauled himself over the ledge. The pink needles made contact with his armour. The annoying alarm in his helmet quickly got his attention. He quickly tackled the Jackal and smashed his fist into its' skull. The Jackal stopped struggling laid still. Chief grabbed the needler, and continued towards the bridge.

As Chief traversed down the Dawn's corridors, he came across a weapons cache with ammo magazines scattered around it and three assault rifles. Taking six magazines and an assault rife, he ditched the needler in favour for the UNSC weapon.

Quickening his pace, he came across a small group of Jackals led by a Brute that was concentrating on picking it's nose. Taking careful aiming, he shot two controlled bursts of fire killing the brute and a Jackal, the rest brought up their shields. Shooting two more controlled bursts stunned two of the Jackals which he finished with mowing them down. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a green glowing projectile racing towards him, Chief rolled out of the way and fired a burst at the last Jackal, killing it. Looking around, he found a communicator dropped by the brute. Picking it up, he let Cortana analyse it for useful information while he continued down the arch of the door.

"Interesting", she quipped, "the communications are all centred around this planet, what they call 'Requiem', a forerunner planet that supposedly houses this Godly figure known as the Didact". Chief mentally stored the information for future reference.

Continuing down the hallway, passing various doors and rooms, he arrived at the bridge. Silently, he crept up to a brute fiddling with the control panels at the main console. Taking out his knife, he stabbed the brute through the vocal cords, preventing it from screaming.

Taking the spikers on the brute, he threw the spikers on three of the of nine Jackals killing six of them. He jumped onto another Jackal and put a bullet through the head. Shooting the other before punching another through the head. Checking the motion tracker on his HUD, a red dot was slowly moving away from him, he threw his knife at the target, resulting in a inhuman scream torso. He shot twice to end the sound.

Checking his motion tracker, he found nothing appearing on the scanners. Walking over to the Jackal with the knife sticking out of it's torso, he pulled it sharply out. Wiping the blood off the knife before sheathing it, he climbed back up the steps to the main control station and inserted Cortana.

Cortana appeared on the Holo-tank as her usual full body avatar. As she sorted files out, she opened the metal shutters of the bridge. Wait, why weren't there grunts among them?, he pondered.

"Good news Chief, it looks like those weren't actual covenant loyalists or Separatists we fought", she said with relief, "It seems more like a splinter group from either faction". Chief looked at the dark grey wall behind the multitude of vessels.

"Cortana", he asked, "What is that?" he pointed at the grey mass. Her avatar frowned for a moment before a look of surprise took it's place. She quickly brought up a hologram of the planet.

"Chief", she started slowly, "I think this is what they call Requiem". Suddenly an orange scanner appeared from the planet. It scanned right up to the bridge where it halted on John for twenty seconds. It then showed briefly the reclaimer symbol before shutting off.

"Well that was unexpected", she spoke out breaking the silence. "Pull me out Chief, there's something happening inside the planet. He complied and pulled her out. Just as he did that, the planet unexpectedly opened up, revealing a bright interior.

"Chief, we need to move now!" Cortana exclaimed, her panicking tone made it clear to Chief that this was dangerous. A waypoint appeared on his HUD showing the way to the escape pods. Quickly sprinting down the hall, he found himself slamming through walls to get to the objective.

About forty metres away from the waypoint, the old ship began to groan, John and Cortana both knew what was going to happen. Slamming into more doors and walls in a frenzy. He finally made it to the escape pod bay. Sprinting to the nearest pod, he slammed the hatched down and launched the life craft.

As the small craft flew, the gravity well in requiem caught it and started to drag the pod back to requiem.

"Since we're going to be entering the gravity well, we should probably hold onto something or even strap yourself down", Cortana instructed. Chief just held on.

They weaved through the debris field, dodging large chunks of the dawn. Smaller wreckage; however, was harder to steer clear of and soon, they found themselves spinning out of control. Chief wrestled for control of the pod. Almost immediately, the life craft increased speed, sending him tumbling backwards.

Taking his last glance, his eyes widened when the ground grew bigger on the viewing glass, he curled into a ball when everything blacked out.