AN: Hey guys! If you didn't read the update that was posted before this chapter replaced it, Doc Manager screwed up the last chapter, making it VERY hard to understand! That has been fixed, so please go read the fixed version so things actually make sense!

Last time:

Instead of the large stage and the cheering crowd I have grown accustomed to, I saw rolling grassy hills and a small colony in the distance.

"Well shit I'm not in Kansas anymore am I?"

Now:

After pinching myself multiple times (Like thirty) to make sure that I wasn't dreaming, I took stock of what I had and what I knew.

Badass weapons intact? Check. Standard issue ODST pod that can somehow teleport? Check. Armor in the right places? Check. Sadly as I neared the end of my checklist, I realized my pod was missing something. All standard ODST pods come with containers for extra ammo, mine usually hold about five magazines for my DMR and AMR respectively. This pod had been stripped though, and the ammo cases had been replaced with… Confetti cannons? Well if I run out of ammo I can always make the enemy look fabulous as they kill me.

Back to the point though, the lack of ammo cases left me with only around twelve rounds for my AMR, and one hundred and twenty for the DMR. Looks like I will be relying on my zealot sword then, ammo is only for emergencies.

Now that I have myself squared away, where the hell am I? As far as I know the UNSC doesn't have any more colonies outside of Earth, so unless this is some creepy ONI experiment I have no clue where the hell I am. It probably isn't a good Idea to just walk to the little settlement and ask where I am, THey could be hostile for all I know. Hell if I did that the lieutenant would probably hate me more than he already does… Well walk to the town and ask where I am it is!

I was cursing myself for making that decision soon enough. turns out walking in dark black ODST armor isn't the best Idea in the blazing sun. Also have I mentioned that the grass I saw from my pod is very strong? like it is impossible to simply pull it out of the ground. It also has this amazing habit of finding every gap in my armor and lodging itself in it! so basicly I was stopping every few steps to cut the grass with my Zealot sword. Irresponsible? Yes. Did I care? No.

I was cursing my boots for about the billionth time when I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye, I snapped my DMR into position so fast I probably gave myself whiplash. The 'creature' in front of me (I use that term loosely) looked almost like a fleshy floating bag. I couldn't distinguish any notable feature like eyes or a mouth, and it looked like it didn't even know where it was, let alone that I was even there. I lowered my weapon, cursing myself for jumping like some green as grass rookie, and passed the odd little thing.

After a few more minutes of grass inducing hell, my goal was near. The settlement, once a small shiny beacon on the horizon was now close enough than I could make out the figures on its streets. Then the droning started. When I first heard it I looked up and saw a small sleek looking craft, all curvy and aerodynamic looking. Nothing like the comforting blocks that were the UNSC ships that I called allies. I believed it to be a trading vessel maybe, small colony like this would need them. Then smaller ships flew out of openings in the sides of the larger ship, again maybe they were the traders landing to sell their wares. Then the explosions started, and the sadly all too familiar of screaming civvies. That wasn't a trader, it was a war ship. I ran double time to the colony, as fast as the grass would allow.

Soon enough I entered a clearing where a figure in the most ridiculous pink armor I have ever seen leading a group of soldiers against what looked like... Robots? I drew my Zealot sword, the bright orange contrasting greatly with my armor, and took a moment to ponder the downhill spiral of oddity this day had become. Then I said fuck it and charged the bots with a roar.

AN: Sorry about the short chapters guys! I promise the next one will be much longer as it covers all of Eden Prime!

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