Ghost Prototype IS

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Chapter 1: A Second Chance to Be Human

"I need you to be strong – strong enough to do what you've never done in your life. Can you be strong enough to allow yourself to be… can you just be human?"

These words echoed through the head of the marine. Sergeant Ghost a marine in the Hades Corps of the UNSC Corps of Engineers, a marine that was known for being cold, and somewhat sadistic, showing little to no emotion towards anything especially in battle.

These words were from a marine that died in his arms, and Ghost himself died inside. Her words echoed through his head as he vowed to avenge his entire platoon. After this disastrous event he was negatively known among the other marines.

Ghost had brown eyes, and black hair. He was wearing the normal UNSC marine outfit and carried a MA5C Assault Rifle. Ghost along with other Marines from the Hades Corp were deployed to destroy navigation material and prototype weapons so it wouldn't fall into enemy hands or in this cause the Covenant.

Banshees flew overhead, being shot down and marines were shooting at the Covenant and vice versa. It was a true war zone on Algolis.

"Damn it man, what are you still doing here? Command has declared a full retreat" One marine said as the other one took cover after firing a round of bullets.

"We can't pull out. The civilians maybe on the way out of here but there are a core of engineers out there and I am not leaving them behind" The younger marine said.

"It's not up to you" The older marine of the two said. "Cole Protocol has been enacted, let's move it" The older marine said as the braced themselves from an explosion.

"The shuttles…" The more experienced marine said looking towards said shuttles.

One shuttle lifted off the ground into the skies but a shot down with a laser from one of the Covenant ships. Phantoms flew in and dropped off their troops.

"If this fighting keeps up we are going to be good as dead" The marine told his younger comrade. "We got to stick it out and pray they get us some evac… let's go"

The marine who started walking away turned asked the younger man a question. "Who is left behind?"

"What?"

"Answer me soldier, what's the name of the group!"

"It's the Hades Corp, there are at hanger 10:30 and they say they're not leaving until they destroy the prototype of some weapon system" The marine said as he pointed towards hanger 10:30.

"Demolition squad… I should of known" The other said looking at hanger. "Ghost"

Meanwhile in another part of the battlefield a sniper took a shot at the enemy.

"If the Cole Protocol had been enacted why the hell are we stranded on the frontline?" The sniper asked the other who was firing at the enemy behind cover.

"We are pinned down here and now the Sarge is missing… we're screwed" The sniper's friend said.

"No, we were sunk from the beginning" The sniper said as his partner turned to him.

"What?"

"On his last assignment our fearless leader let his entire platoon go down. They got wiped out in a single firefight, Sarge didn't even flinch"

"Yeah well I guess that's why they call him the Ghost then isn't it and why the brass always decides to put him in charge of demolition jobs because he's not even HUMAN!"

The two marines were hit by an explosion from a Wraith. "Come on don't die on me, come on!"

The sniper took a depth breath of air. "I can't believe these sons of bitches left us behind"

The blonde marine holding the sniper looked to see a wave of incoming Covenant forces. "This is it" The marine said as the two closed their eyes and waited for their deaths however they turned towards the hangers.

An explosion from hanger 10:30 followed by something flying out of the explosion landing in front of the two marines. The two marines stared at the figure it front of them.

The figure looked like a power suit coloured black with a yellow coloured visor yellow pads. It looked similar to the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armour that would be produced in the future.

This was the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armour Defence System. It had Dynamic Local Dissipative Shield, Titanium alloy plating, Nanocomposite titanium fibres, am motion sensor of 75 meters (with an optional range of more than 400m), lock-on, and red square targeting.

Its weapons were a T261 Lucifer Arm-Mounted Gatling Gun, 5 LAU-1810/SGM-151, a M149 Magellan RCL, 6 Type 18 Magnetic/Bayonet-style Claymore, and a jetpack.

The two marines stared in awe at this towering behemoth. "I can't believe it" said the sniper.

"Oh my god" Said the other marine. "It's the prototype suit, but who the hell is driving it?"

"Ghost to Hades Corp, fall back immediately" The operator of the prototype said as the red square targeting homed in on the Covenant. "Ignore the Covenant, I'll hold them off, nobody is dying here"

"You heard him let's go" Said the blonde marine as the other looked at him.

"You idiot" The sniper said. "He is not supposed to be testing that suit he is supposed to destroy it"

Ghost ran forward at the Wraith that was firing at him and jumped to its side and pulled out one of the Type 18 Magnetic/Bayonet-style Claymores and stuck it into the Wraith and jumped away as it blew up.

"Can you hear me sergeant?" A voice asked Ghost. "What do you think you're doing? Your orders are to destroy the suit and all related data. You are disobeying direct orders"

"No sir, I am following my orders" Ghost replied to the commander.

"Explain" The commander said.

"I have destroyed all the data and I am using the time left on this suit to safely evac my people" Ghost said as he brought up the T261 and began firing at an incoming banshee. "I'm not leaving until every one of my men are safely off-"

"That is not the plan, I am ordering you to stand down and-"

"There's no other choice. The mission cannot be jeopardized" Ghost said as he mowed down elites and grunts with the mounted gun. "And I am still responsible for these marines"

"Wait Sergeant, Ghost! Listen to me!"

"I lost my entire platoon, every one of my men and that's when it happened. That's when I truly became a ghost" Ghost said as he remembered holding the corpse of the woman. "Just a shadow surrounded by death"

Ghost continued to fire at the elites before him. "The suit has a staggered countdown. In order to trigger final detonation the system requires a voice command" Ghost fired a missile from the LAU at the Covenant Wraith.

"You designed it that way for a reason… didn't you?" Ghost rhetorically asked as he used his shield to block an attack from a banshee before firing 105mm HE Rounds from the M149 at the banshee.

"Ghost…"

"Just get my men of this planet. This is Ghost over and out" Ghost then cut off the communications as his targeting system locked onto the Covenant.

Using his jetpack, Ghost flew into the air as he shot two rounds of the M149 at another banshee and another at a second one. Ghost flew towards a Phantom and after landing on the top of the Covenant ship began firing the M149 a few times destroying the Phantom.

Ghost stood in the wreckage and turned to see enemy fire, he used his shield to block the plasma shot from a launcher. Using the arm mounted gun to kill the grunt before using his arm to punch the top half of an elite of the bottom half.

Shooting a HE Round into the neck of a Hunter he turned around to the elite missing the Hunter blow up from the inside. Many elites and grunts fired at the marine who was using his arm to block after his shield broke and need to recharge.

After an explosion Ghost was sent flying backwards missing an arm as the elites and grunts held up their weapons before moving in on the marine.

"What's the matter Ghost? Why can't you move?" Ghost asked himself. "I made up my mind that day, the night I let my platoon die. Looked up at those moons and something died inside me, a conscience, something that gets in the way… that's all a soul is, an obstacle, something to overcome" He said as he lied there staring at the moons remembering his makeshift funeral for the marine who died in his arms.

"I can't atone for failing to protect them" Ghost watched as he saw two shuttles fly away into the sky. Forcing himself up the countdown finished and was awaiting the verbal command.

"Speak the voice command exactly as displayed" The computerized voice said. Ghost looked at the code word, Be Human.

He remembered the last words of the dying marine. "One last thing, what was I to you?"

"A soldier with a promising future ahead of you"

"And you're a ghost, aren't you"

"What?"

"Feelings pass right through you don't they" She asked as she looked into his eyes. "So cold and unforgiving in every choice you made in battle, you're a soldier. I think that's what let us trust you-"

"Don't talk, save your strength"

"I don't need it" She said shocking Ghost. "I need you to be strong, strong enough to do what you never done in your life. Can you be strong enough to allow yourself to be … Can you just be human?" She asked with tears.

"If not for your sake but for all of us… if you just allowed yourself to feel something maybe you wouldn't be a ghost any longer"

Ghost looked at the code word as the words of the woman echoed through his mind. Ghost looked down before looking back up with a smirk on his face. "Voice commanded authorization. Be human" The computer registered the voice command.

"And for one last instant I'm human again" Ghost said.

The prototype suit sparked before a large explosion engulfed the battlefield as the shuttled escaped the planet.

"Transmission from orbit around Algolis, Cole Protocol enforced, and accompanying navigational databases eliminated. The soldier I previously recommended for military court martial is… I redact that portion of my earlier report. That soldier is officially missing in action, lost during heavy combat on Algolis. He demonstrated honourable conduct not only as a marine but also as a human being. We're heading for rendezvous with USNC Heart of Midlothian, over and out"

Ghost blinked didn't he die and he was sure that he lost an arm in the battle. Ghost looked around he was still wearing his marine uniform and he was still inside the prototype suit.

Ghost stood up and didn't have any idea where he was but he was sure that he wasn't on Algolis. Taking in his surroundings he saw that he was on a beach near some rocks.

"It looks kind of like earth" Ghost said as he watched as a seagull flew by and sat on a rock. "S-seagulls?" He asked himself.

"Am I on Earth and why do I have my arm" Ghost said as he then recollected his thoughts and decided to go through what happened. "I got into this suit, fought the covenant, lost my arm and used a self-destruct voice command to safely get my men out of there"

Ghost used his hand to rub his helmet. "I guess this is my second chance to be a human huh?" He said looking directly towards the direction of the moon that could be seen during the day.

Ghost sat down, he didn't know where he was or even if this earth was his earth or just another planet where humans had brought over their species either legally or illegally. He sighed knowing he would be stuck on this island for a bit, the island itself wasn't that big and he would use his jetpack… if he didn't run out of fuel, fall into the ocean or enough distance.

He was literally stuck. He stilled wondered about his arm and how could he not wonder, an arm that was previous gone was suddenly back.

He sat on the beach and his motion sensor started to pick up something from behind. Turning his head he saw something crash into the ground and out appeared a girl around in her 20s with purple eyes, long purple pink hair that extends to her hips, wearing a lab-coat, a pair of robotic rabbit ears and was wearing a filly maid-like blue and white dress.

She looked at the armoured marine and she gained stars in her eyes and like a child on Christmas morning she ran straight at him and started to look at the power suit. "I didn't even know that the IS could be made like this and I'm the creator" She chirped.

"IS?" Ghost asked.

The rabbit girl blinked. That voiced sounded male and males couldn't pilot IS well except for one and it sounded like he never heard of an IS before yet here he was in a suit of armour.

"That suit your wearing" She said pointing at the suit with her tongue sticking out. "I never seen someone who made an IS like that"

"I don't know what an IS is but this is not an 'IS' this is an Armour Defence System called the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armour Defence System created by the Weapons Research Facility T12A, Mark I of the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL product line of the UNSC.

The UNSC, she never heard of the UNSC before and she was quite excited at this machine. "My name is Tabane Shinonono" She said happily. "What's your name?"

Ghost sighed. "It's Ghost"

Tabane looked at the armoured marine. "Ghost? What is your real name?"

"I have been now as Ghost when serving in the UNSC and since many have called me Ghost even I have forgotten my own name"

"Aw that's so sad" Tabane said as she hugged the suit of armour. "You said you were in the UNSC right?" Ghost nodded as she smiled. "Then you would have some sort of identification right?

Ghost looked at Tabane for a while and decided to show her his ID. He got out of the suit in his marine uniform. Tabane blushed seeing him get out of the armour as a thought went through her head. "He's definitely Chi-chan type"

Ghost seemed to be around her and Chifuyu's age if not a year or two older. She saw him pull out a card and handed it to her and the first thing she noticed was that it was legitimate.

This was definitely legitimate the question was, was he an alien or was from a different dimension. Different dimensions sounded ludicrous to others but to Tabane it sounded possible. Just because they don't have dimensional travel technology it doesn't mean that other dimensions do.

Tabane looked at Ghost with a smile as she handed back the ID. "Sadly I never heard of the UNSC before" Ghost looked surprised. The UNSC was a well-known on earth.

"I guess from your dimension or planet that it was a big thing" She said.

"Other dimensions?" Ghost asked. "I understand other planets and considered this as another dimension but…"

"What was the last thing you done before appearing here?"

"I lost an arm and died in a large explosion caused by a self-destruct command" Ghost said and Tabane flinched a little.

Ghost saw her flinch and tried to reassure her and then Tabane got an idea. "I know! Since in this dimension you are considered… non-existent, how about you join me!"

"Join you? In what exactly" He asked.

"Well I'm the creator of the IS and I'm always updating the IS machines and I supposed I could use some help" She then pointed to his prototype suit.

"I could also enable your suit to have basically easily refillable ammo without emptying the clip and manually putting it in and also enabling a safe fire mode"

"Safe fire mode?"

"Uh yeah, IS are used for competition and I don't want people to die so you'll be able to basically shoot blanks that will only affect their shield systems"

Ghost seemed to think it through and decided to get more information. "What other things should I know?"

"Well IS are only piloted by females and only one male" Tabane said. "I will say you are the pilot of the prototype IS and helped with a few of the IS"

Ghost looked Tabane in the eyes. "I'll join you and you can add a few features but there are classified files and technologies within that suit you ARE NOT allowed to touch or mess with, understand"

"Y-yes sir" Tabane timidly said. "He's like a male Chi-chan"

"Why are you doing this?" Ghost asked. "We just met and you're offering me help"

"You seem nice and you're kind of like Chi-chan"

"Chi-chan?"

"Yep Chi-chan is like you… but a girl"

A female that acts similar to him. He might just have to meet her and see if it was true.

"Hey can you tell me about the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL?" Tabane asked and Ghost nodded and told her about the equipment and weapons, when he was finished Tabane fainted onto the ground. Apparently the prototype power suit had more advanced features than the IS machines that Tabane created.

His prototype power suit allowed for more weapons, equipment, armour, defence and the jetpack would have to be tested but it turned out that the scientists from his dimension were way more advanced.

Right know he felt like the Covenant and her being the human race from his dimension. He sighed as he picked Tabane up and carried her somewhere safe until she regained consciousness.

Ghost is from Halo Legends short anime films episode Prototype. Prototype was my favourite out of all the shorts.

Pairings: Ghost x Chifuyu x Tabane x Maya