(I do not own Halo or Mass Effect)
10:09 Hours, March 1st, 2560
ExoGeni Skyway
Surface of Feros
Thesseus System, Attican Beta Cluster
Finally, the vehicles arrived back at the Zhu's Hope garage.
As they slowed to a stop in front of the garage and began to climb out, they saw that an odd creature was waiting for them, crouched in the fetal position.
It didn't move at all at first, but as the squad moved closer, the creature began to rise. Its skin was a sickly shade of grey and it had long claws on its hands. The exposed teeth and eyes so sunken in they didn't even seem to be there at all gave the head a decidedly skull-like appearance.
And most disturbing of all, it looked unmistakably Human.
It lunged at the SPARTAN-II. In response, the Chief whipped out his pistol and fired, drilling a neat hole in the creature's head. It collapsed, a pool of green ichor forming around its head at the Master Chief's feet.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?!?!" Fives asked in shock.
The SPARTAN-II kicked the corpse, flipping it over onto its back.
"Looks Human." Chief said. "Could be the final stage of Thorian spore exposure."
"Similar to the parasite..." The Arbiter watched in horror.
Chief grabbed out his combat knife and used it to saw through the creeper's chest cavity.
Joe stood across from the Chief, keeping his shotgun pointed at the creature's head in case it tried to jump out and attack the SPARTAN-II, like it would if this were a horror movie.
As Chief got done cutting, he cracked open this creature's insides, and it looked for all the universe like the insides of a cucumber.
Liara examines the creature, looking for anything. "It's not human, but has the look of one. It's something completely different."
Chief then stands up and looks at everyone. "These things are definitely hostile, so if we encounter more of them inside Zhu's Hope, shoot to kill. But check your targets. I don't want any dead colonists. Clear?"
The squad winked green.
"Good." The SPARTAN-II said as he opened the door.
As it opens, the inside revealed over a dozen creepers inside the garage. They all began standing up from their fetal positions as the door opened.
"Aw, crapbaskets..." Joe muttered.
The creepers then started to charge at them.
"Focus fire!" Chief orders, as the entire squad fire rounds into each creeper. Chief then saw two colonists in the corner, firing at him and the squad. He then ran towards them and threw the gas grenade. Making them both collapse.
Chief then turned towards the creepers, withdrawing his pistol and helped clean up the remaining creepers. He lowered his weapon when the last one fell.
"Clear." He reported.
"Goddess." Liara breathed as she walked in, noting all the bits of smoking creeper strewn across the garage. "How many of these things are there?"
"Guess the Thorian didn't think its thralls made for a big enough army, so it created a whole bunch of these things." Echo speculated.
The group then headed to the elevator, which took another long ride to get back down to Zhu's hope.
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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...
