I do not own Halo Reach or any of the characters.

Fall of Reach

"Mother..." Emile bit his tongue as the a Scarab crawled down off the cliff just outside the cave he and the others were in. "We can get past it Sir!"

"No you can't," Carter, who had been seriously wounded when a squad of Banshees and a Phantom had ambushed them, stated. "Not without help."

"Commander," Kat began. "You don't have the fire power."

"I've got the mass," Carter stated flying past the Scarab and shooting it in the face to get its attention.

"Solid copy," Emile said dismayed. "Hit him hard Boss."

"You're on your own Noble," Carter stated flying at the Scarab while shooting. "Carter out."

Kat looked away as Carter slammed into the Scarab, instantly turning into a massive missile which made the Scarab explode as well.

"Crevice to the east," Emile said. "Let's go."

They followed the road until they reached the crevice and went inside finding themselves in a swarm of Drones. They made short work of the bugs then continued, dropping into a lower section and dealing with a second wave. They followed the crevice until they reached the exit on a cliff above the base where the Pillar of Autumn was docked. It was under heavy siege.

"This is Captain Keyes of the Pillar of Autumn," a voice said over the radio. "I am tracking your approach. Proceed to dry dock, I'll be there myself to receive the package."

"We'll be there Sir," Emile promised.

"You'd better be Soldier," Keyes said. "Because my countdown has no abort."

Six couldn't help but roll his eyes as he and Emile began gunning the Covenant down from behind. Kat was a few yards behind armed with a pistol after having run out of ammo for her assault rifle. She ducked into a building as they passed it and came back out with a DMR and began to help. After a few minutes, the Covenant outside were dead so they made their way in, finding it filled with troops. These ones knew they were coming.

Kat and Six ducked behind a pillar as Emile threw a frag grenade then ducked behind another. The grenade threw an Elite's arm past them and Six glanced around the corner. The Covenant were in chaos but were recovering. Before they could, Six stepped out and began mowing them down with his Assault rifle, glimpsing a mounted turret to one dove sideways as a plasma grenade sailed past and stood behind the turret taking the handles and squeezing the triggers. The Covenants dove for cover and Kat and Emile walked out, Emile holding a grenade launcher. Emile fired one and sent three grunts flying in every direction as an Elite dove out of cover to avoid the grenade only to be literally sawed in half by Six. Kat killed another Elite with a head shot and the rest broke into a full retreat only to be massacred.

Six ripped the gun off the stand and they all began to move forward again. They went up two flights of stairs and across a catwalk spanning the courtyard they were in, stopping long enough to use Six and Kat's DMRs to take all of the Elites in the courtyard out before continuing. They came to a catwalk around the outside of the next room with two Zealots and a squad of grunts waiting for them to enter the room. Emile hurled a frag grenade, killing both Elites before Six lit the grunts up with his mobile turret, wiping them out in seconds. Then, the three Spartans dropped to the floor and made their way down the hallway with Six covering their rear as Elites and Grunts followed. When his gun was empty, he strapped a timed explosive he had gotten from the Pelican to it and hurled it at the Covenant then the three of them rounded a corner and sped up. The base shook when the bomb went off and the hallway up until the corner collapsed.

They soon came to a room where two marines were fighting a platoon of Covenant.

"Dry dock's through that structure," one stated. "Punch through, we'll cover you."

Six grabbed a Holographic Generator and Kat a drop shield. Six sent his hologram to the center of the room and the three Spartans ran into the room wiping out the Covenant that had fallen for the trick while the marines kept the rest occupied. As they reached the door, a plasma shot hit Six in his already wounded shoulder, which had only been hit a day ago at most, and Six stumbled. Kat dropped a shield, blocking the door and the three of them ran out the far side and into a large area with several buildings and an L.Z. Covenant swarmed all over the place, mostly Elites, and the Pelican that had been waiting for them had already left. Six used the last two shots on his DMR to detonate a plasma battery on the landing pad sending five Elites and six grunts flying off the pad and over the edge of the cliff below. the rest of the covenant instantly took notice of them but Emile and Kat were already tearing into them with their guns. Kat ran out of ammo for her DMR after a moment but Six tossed her his assault rifle before picking up a pair of plasma rifles and continuing to tear into the Covenant. Emile ran out next and switched to grenades until that was empty and caught one of Six's energy rifles. Six sprinted up onto a raised platform and grabbed the turret there with Kat just behind him and Emile behind her.

He obliterated a group of Elites below him then broke the gun free and tossed a plasma grenade to a plasma battery beside a group of Elites and they were all blown to bits. He dropped down with Kat and began sawing every Covenant soldier he could see in half until the gun jammed. A Zealot sprinted forward with an energy sword and Six threw the gun at him, hitting him in the stomach and knocking him back but making him drop his Energy Sword, which Six grabbed and put on his magnetic belt before grabbing a Plasma Rifle and dropping an Elite that was running toward Kat with an Energy Sword while her back was turned. Just as that Elite fell, a Phantom rose beside the landing pad and the door opened to reveal a full squad of Zealots armed with Fuel Rod Guns. Before either Spartan could react, a massive blast hit the Phantom and it exploded, destroying everything inside.

"I've got you covered," Emile said over through their communicators from the AA-cannon on top of the base.

More Phantoms began descending from the clouds and Six and Kat ran inside to get weapons and ammo, finding DMRs by the dozen. They came back out just as one Phantom managed to drop a squad of Elites before being blasted. The Elites instantly charged at Six and Kat but they dropped them with ease then looked up as the rest of the Phantoms opened and Brutes began leaping out and landing around the area. Emile did what he could to slow the arrival by dropping Phantoms right and left but it didn't help much.

Kat and Six ran to the landing platform where there was a second turret. Six took it from its stand and began mowing Brutes down all over the place while Kat largely just shot anything trying to land. Finally, Emile blasted the last Phantom as the last of Brutes fell. A Pelican approached and swung around revealing Captain Keyes and a few marines. Six removed the package from the back of his belt and ran forward, preparing to hand it to Keyes but stopped when a Phantom descended from the clouds above Emile at the same time as a cruiser became visible in the distance.

"Emile!" Kat shouted. "Heads up!"

Before he could react, an Elite dragged him out of the gunner's seat before being blasted by his shotgun. He killed two more before an Elite landed behind him and stabbed him with an Energy Sword, lifting him into the air. Emile turned himself around drawing his knife.

"I'm ready," Emile growled, the communicator on due two the Energy sword making his suits electrical systems malfunction. "How 'bout you?"

He drove the knife into the Elite's throat and kicked off the gun, both of them falling off of the building to the ground a hundred feet below.

"Spartans, get aboard!" a marine shouted as the Pelican returned. "We've gotta get the Hell out of here!"

"Negative," Six said shaking his head. "I've got the-"

Before he could finish, Kat slammed the but of her DMR into the back of his helmet and then threw him onto the Pelican.

"I've got the gun," Kat stated. "Good luck. And tell Six I'm sorry."

"Good luck to you, Spartan," Keyes stated turning away from the door as the Pelican left, the door closing as it went.

"Goodbye Six," Kat smiled pulling her helmet on to hide the tears rolling down her face as she ran to the gun.

Reach was finished. But thanks to Kat, it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

THE END

Read and review. I may or may not make a sequel to this but it will be more to do with the whole "Spartans don't die, they regroup in Hell" thing. It could work.