Halo 4: Forward unto dawn X WOF (Wings Of Fire)

Part 3

Lasky opens his eyes to see Doctor Hughes examining him with a flashlight. Lasky lies on a bed; he coughs and grunts. Hughes is sitting next to him.

Thomas Lasky: "What happened?"

Hughes: "You passed out during a training exercise."

Thomas Lasky: "My chest feels like it's on fire."

Lasky looks at the blisters on his wrists.

Hughes: "Turns out the cryo blisters and your difficulty breathing are an allergic reaction to the cytoprethaline. It's a drug we inject to keep ice crystals from forming in your cells during cryosleep. Occurs in about 1 in every 50,000 or so."

Thomas Lasky: "So I won't be able to breathe every time I wake up from cryosleep?"

Hughes: "The intensity of your allergy is still undetermined. I'll know more in a few hours. I want you to take it real easy the rest of the day, cadet."

Thomas Lasky: "Yes, sir."

Hughes leaves, leaving Lasky in the room with Flight.

Thomas Lasky: "Thanks."

Lasky closes his eyes and sighs.

A video recording by Cadmon Lasky plays. A distressed Cadmon places a field light next to him.

Cadmon Lasky (recording): "Hey bro. I'm on Andesia, it's a jump away from home. It's day, uh... 496. I'm sorry I didn't comm yesterday. Couldn't. We got pinned in a firefight for seven hours. Uh... I must've killed a dozen Innies though. Mom would be proud. We're doing really good work here. We're doing a good thing. Ridge didn't make it. You remember Ridge from back home. He was right there next to me and then... he wasn't. A pineapple sent him flying in four different directions. I had to shave it all off for Ridge. He said it made me look tough. Anyways, uh... I gotta go, bro."

Cadmon Lasky (recording): "I can't wait to get home. We'll see ya. Cadmon, out."

Thomas, still lying on his bed, turns to Chyler.

Thomas Lasky: "What are you doing?"

Chyler Silva: "Why do you torment yourself with these?"

Thomas doesn't reply and looks away.

Chyler Silva: "Are you okay?"

Thomas lifts his shirt, revealing large blisters on his chest.

Chyler Silva: "Whoa."

Thomas Lasky: "I've been better."

Chyler Silva: "Well, what did Dr. Hughes say?"

Thomas Lasky: "That it's nothing."

Chyler Silva: "Really?"

Thomas looks at Chyler and nods.

Chyler Silva: "You know, we won today. Your strategy worked."

Thomas Lasky: "That's just me, being a leader."

The two look at one another and smile.

Michael Sullivan (via Lasky's comm terminal): "Lasky, wake up. (turns to see Silva and Flight) Oh, hey, Chyler and Silver."

Thomas Lasky: "What's up, Sully?"

Michael Sullivan (Video COM): "Get in here, you guys gotta see this."

Cut to Sullivan's room, where the members of Hastati Squad are gathered around his data terminal. Silva, Lasky, and Flight come in.

Walter Vickers (to Lasky): "You look like crap."