(Inspiration from DinoJake's "The Last Spartan")
Seven years... Seven years since the Master Chief saved the entire Galaxy. After the whole incident on the Ark, Master Chief and his AI, Cortana, has been adrift in space on the half part of "Forward...
23:37 Hours, February 24th, 2560 Presidium Financial District Citadel Widow System, Serpent Nebula
'Barla Banking'
The sign was basically a television screen built into the wall that only displayed those two words. No fancy animations to grab the attention of passers-by, just a simple sign to let the potential client know they were in the right place.
Chief had managed to calm himself on the way here. Well, perhaps 'calm' wasn't quite the right word. He still wanted to tear Saren's guts out, but now the anger was more focused. Rather than have it be blind, useless rage, Chief had focused his anger to turn it into motivation. One way or another, Saren was going to pay.
With that in mind, he entered, intent on grilling this 'Barla Von' for any kind of information he might have.
The room was surprisingly empty. Nothing in it but a few chairs and a desk with another one of those holographic computers that seemed to be quite popular in this century.
Standing behind the desk was an alien the spartan hadn't seen before. He was short, about the height of a grunt. He was also very rotund, his belly sticking farther out than any other part of his body. Finally, he seemed to wear a full-body suit of some kind. Not a single bit of flesh seemed visible. Apparently, his species couldn't survive in the pressure levels outside of his suit. Or he didn't breathe the same air. Likely both. He had no weapons of any kind on him, so the spartan didn't consider him a threat.
The next part surprised him, a person in armor, and it looked like a Spartan in blue with a Mark 5 helmet.
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"I don't understand why I need to give you a credit card inprint for this information." The blue Spartan asked in an upsetting tone.
"It's kinda a new policy..." The alien said, as he took a breath.
"I didn't see you do the same thing when the Krogan was here." The blue Spartan argued back.
"It's kinda brand new." The alien took another breath. "Do you have a credit card?"
The blue Spartan then showed an item on his Omni tool. "I got a GameStop card."
"Huh." Takes another breath. "They're still doing well on earth and its colonies."
"One inside a mall nearby my old house on earth, had a Chick-Fil-A stand right next door to it."
"Well, I'm sorry, Spartan." The alien takes a breath again. "But I need more information than that. If you have an actual credit card or something with information about you, then I would give you the information I have on Saren. Other than that, I bid you a good day." He then took a long breath.
