(Author's note: Sorry for the wait. Been busy and making plans for another story. Hope you enjoy the chapter. Also, the new Halo TV series trailer looked awesome. And when Chief picked up that artifact, tell me it's not similar to how Shepard touched that artifact in the first game.)
(Disclaimer: I do not own Halo and Mass Effect)
18:27 Hours, February 29th, 2560
SSV Normandy
Vadum system, Artemis Tau cluster
As the day draws to the end, everyone finishes off their tasks and has some R&R.
Meanwhile, Chief was just looking over things in the galaxy map. He was then told by Joker that the council would like to talk to him. He then heads to the Comm room where the holograms of the Council are waiting.
"Councilors."
"Master Chief, we understand that you're still currently on standby, keeping an eye out for Saren." Valern began.
"We've been keeping track of anything unusual in the clusters we go to, and waiting for any orders. Something I should know about Saren's whereabouts?" Chief asked.
"Possibly." Tevos said. "On the planet Trebin in the Antaeus System, Exogeni Corp has started a terraforming campaign to make the planet hospitable for possible colonization. However, one of their survey teams disappeared early yesterday."
"We have a theory that the Geth may be involved." Valern said. "Our STG feelers across the Attican Traverse had reason to suspect that there may have been Geth activity in the Hades Gamma Cluster."
"In addition, there are confirmed Prothean ruins on the planet." Sparatus added. "Small ruins, mind you. But Prothean nonetheless. Between his attacks on Eden Prime and Therum, and the fact that the conduit is likely a Prothean artifact, it makes sense that Saren would be interested in worlds that may yield Prothean relics."
"Keep in mind, this is mostly speculation on our part." Valern said. "There's no real evidence that Saren was involved in the survey team's disappearance. But, given that you're on standby, we advise that you go check on the planet right away."
"I'll look into it as soon as we reach the planet." Chief replied with a nod.
"We'll expect a full mission report within the next couple of days." Sparatus said. "Oh... and do try to avoid blowing anything up this time."
And with that, the three of them vanished. Chief furrowed his brow in distaste. Tevos and Valern were fair enough to him, but Sparatus was... He was an ass.
In the Garage...
After the call with the Council, The Chief decided to go down in the garage to check everything before lights out. When the elevator door opened, he half-expected one or more of the team doing their own thing. So what he found instead naturally caught him off guard.
Joe, Fives, Echo, Kaiden, and Ashley all sat around some crates, arranged together to make a table. They all sat on stools and in front of them were cards, playing chips, and various seemingly random items; an old pistol, three stim packs, an old omni-tool, and a Warthog model kit.
Chief then walks over to see what is happening. They all took notice of the Chief and froze like deer caught in headlights.
"Relax." Chief said. "What you do when you're off-duty is your own business. Plus, it's not like you're playing for real money or contraband."
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Spectre 117 (Halo & Mass Effect Story)
Action(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...
