A/N: I'm going to try to cover the entire Halo story from CE to 4. This is my second fanfic, and i haven't even finished the other one yet. So... I hope you enjoy.

CHAPTER ONE: THE PILLAR OF AUTUMN

"Six, get the package to the the pad, and get your ass off this planet. Don't worry, I got your back."

Six looked toward the MAC cannon that his last teammate was occupying. He nodded, even though he knew that Emile didn't see it. He attached his rocket lancher to the magnetic back of his blue armor.

"You do know that Captain Keyes isn't going to like the fact that you disobyed orders," said the AI in his helmet. Six had inserted it after the case he had been carrying the AI had broke when an Elite had kicked him to the ground. Hethen disposed of the empty case properly.

"So? If I hadn't, you and I would be dead, and humanity would be screwed," Six said, watching the Pelican as it left the Autumn and anded on the pad. The back door opened to reveal Keyes standing in the hatch.

"Noble Six, where's the package?'' Keyes said, noticing the missing case.

Six reached for the AI slot in the back of his helmet. "Wait," the AI said,"I'm picking up a Covie dropship seemingly on a course for the MAC Cannon."

Six grabbed his rocket launcher and loaded in two rockets. The Phantom then rose into view, shooting at the Pelican that was flying nearby. The Pelican's left engine exploded, sending causing it to flip upside and crash on the pad. Six dove out of the way as the Peilcan fell over the side of the cliff. Six took aim at the Phantom and fired off the two rockets. One hit the side while the other managed to get in the the inside. An Elite body and a few Grunt bodies flew out and toward the ground.

"Emile! You're gonna have company!" Six shouted as he reached for the last rocket he had.

"I see it," Emile said back.

The MAC Cannon slowly charged up as it turned to aim at the oncoming Phantom. There was a loud explosion,and the Phantom fell into pieces. Some of the pieces landed on the platform where the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon was.

"Emile, are you okay?" Six shouted into the comlink.

"Just cover in some Elite blood. I'll live."

"Noble Four, fire on that cruiser!'' Keyes ordered. Six looked up and saw the Covenant Cruiser. Huh, when did that get there? He thought.

"I have your window, sir." There was another loud explosion, and the under side of the Crusier was in flames. Six took the AI out, and handed it to Keyes.

Keyes took, not seeming to care that Six had used it. "So, where's the case?" he asked.

"Oh, um..." Six glanced at a dead Brute on the ground two yards away. There was an AI case sticking out of its neck.

Keyes smirked at the sight. "Well Six, the important thing is that you got the package here safely. Lets get out ofhere."

"Wait for Emile"

"I didn't plan on leaving him. Three Spartans are better than one," Keyes replied.

"Um, there's only two of us, sir."

"We have one on the Autumn. A Spartan II, to be exact."

"Sweet." Six had heard of Spartan II's. They were badass.

Six and Keyes boarded the Pelican, and Emile jumped out of the cannon, and off the platform. He landed hard on his feet and his shields took most of hte fall. He sprinted up to the Pelican.

"Nice work, Emile." said Six, holding his fist toward Emile. Emile shook his head and fist-bumped Six. "You said that last time you did this would be the last time." Emile said as the Pelican headed toward the Autumn.

"Well, I didn't expect us to live. But then we could fist-bump in the afterlife"

"You're wierd, Six"

"Captain! There's alot of Covie dropships out there. We might not make it to the Autumn." The pilot said from the front. Keyes elbowed his way to the front of the dropship, and took in almost fifty Phantoms coming at them. "Pillar of Autumn, this is Captain Keyes. Requesting fire on any of those damn Phantoms," Keyes hasitly said through the comm.

"Sorry Captain, but the guns are offline since we're preparing for slipspace," a voice replied over the comm.

"Does it matter if the guns are online?"

"Well, Corpral Collins said that we could use the power from the guns and transfer it to the engines, and would could make the ship faster."

"That only works in the movies!" Keyes rubbed his temples. "If I live through this, Collins is a deadman."

"Don't you mean dead-woman? We're talking about Michelle Coll-"

"Shut up, Vic!"

"Maybe if we left some one on the MAC cannon, we might not be in this situation," a young Marine remarked. Six shot him an evil look, then realized that it was uneffective with his visor.

The Phantoms opened fire, most of the plasma missing the Pelican, but the occasional hit it.

"Pelican Alpha three-fifteen to Autumn. ETA one-" The pilot was cut off as an explosion wracked the ship. "Pilot's dead!" The co-pilot yelled.

Six jumped into acton mode. He elbowed his way to the pilot's seat. The window had melted from a direct hit by a plasma bolt, and the pilot's top half was horribly charred. Six jerked the body out. He sat down and took the controls.

"You know how to fly this bird?" Keyes asked, keeping a tight grip on the AI chip.

"Not really, sir, but how hard can it be?"

Upon hearing those words, three Marines crossed themsevles while the other began praying to whatever god they believed in. Emile sat down in the seat closest to the hatch door.

The Pelican swerved right dodging a hail of plasma. They were hit from behind, so Six lowered the altitude slightly. Then they got hit from the left side. "This is getting old. Hang on to your teeth, poeple." The Pelican sped up to top speed, taking heavy fire as it made it into the hanger. The Marines let out a sigh of relief. Six didn't have to open the hatch, since it had a giant gaping hole from a Phantom. The Marines jumped out and headed to their stations. Or to their girlfriends to get laid.

The Phantoms had changed their target to the Helcyon Cruiser, but there was no way they could take it down before it took off.

"I'll need you on standby, Spartans," Keyes informed Six and Emile. Six nodded, and Keyes hustled off to the bridge. Six walked to the nearest window and observed Reach as they took off. The scorched plains. The burning citys. The Covie ships still glassing. Six knew that there were some humans alive down there.

"So," Emile said to Six. "Never going to see that planet again." His tone was grim.

"I get the feeling we'll see it again," Six answered.

A/N: That is the rewrite of chapter one. Added some action. Chapter two rewrite should be coming soon. Like I said, I will be taking OC's. The goal is to reach sixty reviews by chapter twenty. So help a fellow out and hit the button located right under the arrow!

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