Halo: Foward Unto Dawn Trilogy

Chapter 9: Midnight

Master Chief and Cortana took one of the Broadsword with nuke ready as it took off in high speed.

Cortana: Approaching the Didact's ship in two hundred kilometers! Once we get onboard, we'll find the bridge.

A slipspace portal opens in front of the Mantle's Approach.

Master Chief: He's on the move again.
Cortana: The fighter's shields aren't rated for slipspace!
Master Chief: No. But the Didact's are.

John pushes the throttle. The fighter boosts forward and approaches the Didact's ship. As it nestles on the top, the shields of the Mantle's Approach activate, and the enormous ship and Broadsword pass into slipspace together.

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Master Chief: That's the last one. Infinity, you're clear.

the Infinity, positioning itself to face the Didact's ship.

Lasky (COM): Roger that, Chief. You might want to back up a little. Main battery, fire!

The Infinity fires its twin fore weapons, which strike the front of the Mantle's Approach and create a neat hole leading to the interior. The Chief's Broadsword flies back to enter the ship.

Master Chief: Clean hit. We're proceeding to insertion.
Lasky (COM): Acknowledged. We'll be on station if you need us. Make sure you give the Didact our regards. Infinity out.

The fighter curves around and dives inside the still-burning hole. Inside it's dark and a tight fit. A wall tries to close to block the Chief's way

Cortana: Chief, look out!

The Broadsword spins out of the wall's way. More walls start closing in to stop their fighter. Cut to the Broadsword's cockpit. John can see the tunnel growing tighter and tighter.

Cortana: I don't think this is going to end well!

as the fighter crashed. John jumps out.

Cortana: Now what do we do?
John turns around and carefully removes the warhead from the missile. He then locks onto the back of his armor and grabs his assault rifle.

Master Chief: Plan B.

He continued to walk and fight his way to Didact's Location until Finally made it to the Composer.

Cortana: Chief, once that warhead is primed, the window for getting out of here is going to be pretty slim.
Master Chief: I know.

The room's roof opens up, revealing Earth in the sky above. An enormous slipspace portal forms in the chasm below the machine.

Didact: And so, you come at last.
Cortana: Activity! Significant slipspace event, building under the Composer.
Master Chief: He's powering it up.

John lands on a platform with a hallway leading further in. After he passes through the door, he sees an orange energy shield now surrounding the Didact and his machine. The shield is projected by two beams at opposite ends of the room.

Cortana: The Didact's shielded himself inside the Composer. The nuke won't do us any good unless we can disable that barrier. Find me a terminal.

John plugs her into a terminal at the end of the platform. Cortana's image appears, now flickering badly.

Cortana: I've got to do something you're not going to like.
Cortana screams and her body contorts in pain. Each time she steps to the side, another Cortana comes out of her and disappears into the terminal. John then retrieves her.