Spartan Short Story

Is it over?

24 hours is all that it took for the earth to be "cleansed" those who joined us were freed. Those who refused to join us were left to their normal meaningless lives. Those who retaliated against us were slaughtered. Jake was lost but now his purpose in this life was clear to him, Cortana was showing him that he was her most prized Spartan, the one who obeyed, the one who cared for her, the one who protected her. Although the bonds he had with Noble were strong, in these few days Cortana meant more to him then Noble ever had. The time was now. Noble teams base was overtaken in minutes, they weren't prepared for this war. In the middle stood Jake with his blade In his right hand. He just waited and watched. His helmet was off and his eyes were glowing that evil rampant red color. There would be no prisoners in the fight that was about to happen. The three members of Noble team stood at a distance then finally David could take no more. He jumped down and the first fight was on. Jake sheathed his blade, this would be good old fashioned hand to hand combat, or so David thought. Two minutes was all it took. David was out of breath and couldn't take much more but he was showing no signs of giving up. He swung left, hitting Jake's side barely, he swung again but his fist was caught and strange energy noise was heard then there was silence. Noble one, Chris' eyes widened seeing the blade pierced through David's body. "One down... Two to go." Jake said quietly in a dark and emotionless time as he slowly pulled the blade out of David's body which was now lifeless as it hit the floor. Chris growled. "You bastard!!" He jumped down and tackled Jake hitting him with multiple punches to the chest and face but he was kicked off like he was weightless. "Now you understand!" Jake laughed evilly. "You understand my rage! Use it! Kill me!" He shouted. Chris wasted no time as he fought his best friend, neither Spartan missed a punch, nor a step, or a breath. Finally Chris was winning but not for long. Jake managed to stab Chris in the side with his normal knife but this fight was over Chris pulled out his pistol, the Whispered Truth and he fired it three times. One bullet hit Jake in the chest, the next close to his heart, the last in his right shoulder. Jake fell to the ground bleeding from all three wounds. Delta, the AI of Jake came out and manifested into a body like Cortana's except his was red from rampancy. He held Jake's long lost promethean shotgun in his hands, the Didact's Signet. He fired once blasting Chris in the chest sending him flying back growling in pain as it burned through his armor and burned his skin. Kat jumped down and whipped her sword out then she ran at Delta with her helmet off and her eyes full of tears. Delta quickly turned about to pull the trigger but then Kat stopped seeing a female AI, she was green and had kind of long hair. She held her hand up to Delta signaling for him to stop. "Delta... My Delta please stop this meaningless violence and come back to me..." She now flipped her hand over holding it out to him slowly. Delta's color started to fade back to silver. "M-Mia?" He asked softly. Mia, Kat's AI smiled softly and she walked up to Delta slowly and she pushed the gun down and Delta made it disappear. Mia touched his cheek gently and she smiled slightly. "You are okay now. Come back to me Delta." She opened her arms. Without hesitation Delta hugged Mia tightly making her smile. Both AI's vanished into their own system. Safe and sound. Cortana gently picked Jake up and she took his blade and him then both of them disappeared without a trace. Kat dropped to her knees where Jake's body had been, her knees were now covered in Jake's blood. Tears hit the puddle of blood making small noises. A gentle hand touched her shoulder but she shrugged it off. "Kat..." Chris started. "Leave me alone... I need time." She whispered.

"That was intense boss." Said a male AI to its Spartan. The Spartan sighed and shook his head. "Shut up Beta." Said the Spartan. "So much bloodshed. What a waste of bullets and energy. It reminds me of our... Situation... Min." Said a female AI to her Spartan. "Uni... Now is not the time." She sighed. "It seems we have no time left." Said a second male Spartan. "Their time is up."