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“ IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY TWO DAYS AGO AND NO ONE TOLD ME??

FUCK “

Your Monitor on the arc went crazy when we tried destroying the flood.

And then, I’m sure you know about the Didact.

That makes two cases already! Plus, didn’t your AI join the flood back in the day? That makes three!

“ …and, do you feel… better or worse, now that you’re not really a war machine? “

Yeah, until you go batshit crazy like all the other forerunners…

What are you looking at…?

“ Oh… right. Hobbies. “

He shrugged in defeat.

“ I don’t exactly… understand hobbies. I talked to someone else about them before but, I don’t necessarily have any. Nor do I understand why other soldiers have them… “

( Cocks assault rifle menacingly )

...is this going to be a rerun of Halo 4?

God damn it...

Yeah.

Uh.

You- You think you could help with, like, the Banished?

Yeah... instead, Cortana...

...

...

Sigh

For one of me, yes.

For three of me? Hell, we could've taken down the Covenant in their prime.

" Anything specific? Not really... I'm just kind of... browsing around town, so to speak... "

Eventually, he made it right up to the counter. He glanced to see what kind of pastries and things she might have baked

" I don't know what the norm is for civilians... do I just say 'one bread please?' "

" And what if they don't want to tell you about those things? Or what if it is classified? "

Chief crossed his arms over his chest, a sigh coming out from behind his helmet

" I can't tell you how many times I've went no-contact because of secret operations... "

" I'm not exactly... sure what that means. But, alright, I suppose... "

" A new weapons? I'm unsure if a civilian can craft something that hurts more than anything the UNSC can come up with. "

Chief nods

" Though I would be willing to see what you can make. "

Wait, really?

I thought transformers had something to do with... powers stations or something

" I could have marines there within the hour. We could secure the entire prison in a day. Tell me where it is, tell me Atriox's location, and we solve both problems at once! "

" Atriox is not going to stop until he finds a way to free the Endless. I can get in there, stop him, and then you can do whatever you want with the prison. The only way to do it though, is to secure that area first. "

He stares up at her, he was still but it's obvious his mind was not.

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" 'Removing one head will only see another take it's place-' exactly! With the Harbinger gone, another Endless will break free and find a way to save their kind. Only by ending the Banished threat can we truly be safe and make sure no more of those things get out! "

He let's out a sigh---

Hell the three of us could take down the Banished in a week, I bet

Why are there two other mes?

Stares at the reader

“ I need a weapon. “

" Really? You were a war machine? How... strange. "

Well, great, now he's really gonna have to do something about this robot...

Whats a... transformer?

" Ain't that the truth. Spartans die every day, and marines and others die even more... "

He sighed

" We can win, though. Ain't nothing gonna stop us to all of us are dead. That's what I think. "

Oh, yeah, that's cooler...

Sometimes I wish I could turn into a tank y'know. Could use it on the battlefield...

dismissed once he found his way back from Zeta Halo.

Apparently stopping an entire alien army is enough to get some treason swept under the rug...

" Timeline? Not long enough for you. "

He crossed his arms, a small sigh coming from him.

" Tomorrow at 0600. That's when I leave out. "

He knows all about those dismissed cases. Not the personal ones, of course, but he's had his fair share as well. Like protecting Cortana... that was---

" Yeah, well, I ain't heard about much 'collaborating' in my time... I do know about Reach though. And every other planet they've exterminated. Those damn Covenant... "

He sighs

" The aliens I've met certainly haven't been the nicest, to say the least. "

The loud clunking of his armor could be heard from a mile away.

" I am a Spartan so... I'm not used to anything outside of MRE's or military food so... "