The Reckoning

"I wonder why I even started this thing." Fordo broke the silence and frowned, his gaze drawn to the starlit sky. Sianne turned her head and furrowed her eyebrows in thought, her eyes staring at his own. "I mean, why do people even come to this base at all?"

Sianne turned her gaze toward the stars as if the answer was written among them. "It's the hope of freedom", she said, "The hope of peace, of... a better future."

He chuckled half heartedly. "A better future starting with a couple hundred Spartans." He scolded her and she disliked that.

"We are the beginning, Fordo." Her eyes filled with hope but she remained silent for a short while. "You know... somewhere up there, Earth is still alive... and it is beautiful as it ever was." She gulped. "One day... We are going to take it back... and we're gonna make the Covenant pay for what they've done."

"You promise?"

Sianne diverted her gaze to the sky once again. She was uncertain but hope was what made her move on.

"I promise."