Part one-- Amnesia
Posted By: Halo_2204<Acrius444Z@netscape.net>
Date: 22 February 2004, 12:56 AM
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The Master Chief lifted his armored body off the scorched earth and looked all around him. How could this have happened, we had the battle in the bag, thought Master Chief reaching for his gun. He got to his feet and stumbled slightly as he tried to get bearings on what had happened. Everything for miles around had been completely obliterated by something powerful. The city, the soldiers, everything was gone.
"Cortana, Cortana, are you there", muttered Master Chief as he staggered to a peice of wreckage and sat down. She didn't respond, so he figured she must of shut herself down in the heat of battle. He looked at his battered suit and laughed, "Well, looks like you got yourself in another pickle huh". Suddenly he remembered what had happened. The squadron he led into North Sarcosa to head off a very large Covenant ship.
When they had got there they noticed the covenant unloading mysterious crates and taking them into the sewers. The squadron attacked, but something happened. He strained to remember what had gone wrong. A flash, or maybe... He just couldn't remember, so he stood back up and stared into the sky. "Looks like the sun is setting in the West, New Castle is in the west", muttered Master Chief.
Guess thats as good as place to start, if I find someone maybe I can get some damn answers". He winced at a sharp pain in his shoulder and glanced to see a long bloody shard of glass sticking through his armor. Blood trickled out of it in many places. How the hell did that get through my armor, thought Master Chief as he grabbed it and pulled it out. He examined it and discarded it with the looming question of how something like that could get through his nearly invincible armor.
Night had taken the sky and stars glowed overhead. The Master Chief hurried across the flat plains towards his destination. He knew he was getting closer because on the horizon he could see the dim lights of the sprawling metropolis. It was when he climbing the last hills to the city, that he heard a noise behind him. He spun around and pointed his pistol into a bush. "Show yourself scum or I will give you a fresh can of lead for supper", bellowed the Master Chief. The bush continued to wiggle as Master Chief inched towards it.
He pushed aside the bush and looked upon the face of a marine. "What the, how the hell did you get here!? The marine just looked blankly at the Chief and reached out his arm for help. Master Chief grabbed it, but when he tried to pull him up the marine smiled and said, "This wont hurt much". He then drew out a long needle that went right through Master Chief's armor and penetrated his wrist.
Master Chief dropped his gun and fell on his knees. Then, everything went black.
"GET AWAY", screamed Master Chief as he sprang up from the ground and looked all around. He looked for his gun, but he could not find it so he gave up. What had happened this time, thought Master Chief to himself. He tried to remember how he had gotten here, but it was futile. He only remembered heading for New Castle, so he decided to finish the trip.
He walked over the final hill and almost fainted in shock. New Castle, nothing more then a heap of burning rubble. Everything had been vaporized and what was left continued burning. He had a strange pain in his wrist, that he shrugged off as he walked down the hill to the ruins of the city.
"MASTER CHIEF, MASTER CHIEF, RESPOND PLEASE", shouted an anxious voice inside his head. Cortana, Master Chief suddenly realized as he responded. "I'm here, where have you been". "Don't you remember, you shut me off when the ship detonated the bomb you been hunting. You said the gamma rays could have an effect on my programming. I reactivated myself and have been trying to contact you for awhi- "WHAT BOMB", interupted Master Chief quickly.
The bombs that the covenant have been developing that you and the squadron were sent in to find and recieve. Master Chief didn't know what to think. Why was he having strange blackouts and memory loss. What is happening to him and what is happening to REACH. He decided that the only thing he could do was find the next city and seek help there. He loaded up his weapon and set off into the ruins of New Castle.
To be continued...
NOTE: This is my first ever fan fic, and I know this chapter seems boring, but it will have a lot more action in the next chapters.
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