The Lone Wolf Of The Normandy (Update 27/3/18)

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Spartan B312 File:

First Name: Logan

Last name: Unknown

Date of Birth: 08/06/2527

Eye colour: Blue

Height: 6'10 in armour, 6'6 out of armour.

Hair colour: Black

Designation: B-312 Spartan-III Commando/Beta Company

Rank: Lieutenant

Rating: Hyper Lethal Vector

Status of B-312: MIA since August 30th.

Amour Configuration

Helmet: MJOLNIR Mark V [B}/UA

Shoulder Pads: None

Chest plate: MJOLNIR Mark V [B]

Wrist: TACTICAL/TACTPAD

Utility: TACTICAL/SOFT CASE

Visor colour: Gold

Knee Guards: FJ/PARA

Reach, Epsilon Eridani system, Aszod, September 1st, 2552.

Standing motionless on one of the raised platforms that overlooked the barren wasteland that had once been the thriving planet of Reach, Humanities fortress among the stars, a lone Spartan could be seen gazing at the horizon where the sun was setting, no doubt the last one they'd ever see. The Spartan in question was none other then the newest member of Noble Team, Spartan Beta-312/Noble Six, the second soldier to earn the rating for Hyper-Lethal Vector, which was no small feat.

Glancing up at the skies as a pair of Banshees raced passed him, followed by a lone Phantom that began their bombing run to eliminate any humans that their ground forces had missed or had gotten lucky and managed to escape from them. Of course in the end it was futile, the Covenant were just too many and too advanced to defeat in the long run, even for the Spartans that were spread too fine to make a real difference. Of course none of that mattered to him any more. He wouldn't be getting off of the planet anyway, something that he had made peace with. The last remaining ship the Pillar of Autumn had already escaped after he had delivered both the A.I chip that Doctor Halsey had instructed him too and the other members of Noble Team. Unfortunately both Carter and Emile had sustained heavy plasma damage from the Covenant leaving only himself and Kat, his sister in all but blood to fight off the Covenant.

Knowing that the Autumn wouldn't get far without help, the Lieutenant nominated himself to stay behind and man the MAC cannon to clear the skies of Covenant ships. As he expected, Kat was adamantly against the idea and even tried using her higher rank to order him to the ship. However it was for that reason why she needed to board the Autumn. Six was an average Spartan at best, he never excelled in anything, he was just good at everything. Kat meanwhile outshined everybody in Beta-company when it came down to technology and hacking in general, she made it look like an art with how skilful she was at it….it also gave her superiors a migraine when she would take a peak at highly classified information.

After bidding his farewells to his sister, handing her his dogtags and heading to the MAC cannon, the Lone Wolf began clearing the skies for the Autumn to escape. That was a few hours ago, since then he had just been wandering around, looking for Covenant to kill or so they could kill him. Hopefully he'd manage to slaughter a few dozen before his time came.

As he trekked across the battlefield, the Lieutenant couldn't help but ponder about the events that had brought him to that day. He was around five years old when the Covenant invaded his home world of Jericho VII and began slaughtering everything in their path, it was a day that would forever haunt him. Everything he had ever loved and/or cherished was stolen from him that day, he himself would've no doubt joined his friends and family if not for the presence of the Spartan that located him then escorted him to a pelican where dozens of other civilians were on board.

Once he was placed in an orphanage all he had left in the world was pain, sorrow, anger, resentment and hatred, more hatred then he ever believed possible. It was that hatred that attracted the attention of ONI (Office of Navel Intelligence) who offered him a place in a highly classified program that would give him the opportunity to have his revenge against the aliens that had stolen everything from him. Well he would've been an idiot to refuse now wouldn't he? He accepted in a heartbeat and began his life as a Spartan. Him and another four hundred and seventeen recruits were then sent to Onyx.

Even during training he had a habit of going Lone Wolf, something that both Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez reprimanded him for on a daily basis. Colonel James Ackerson however saw the benefits of having a Spartan that preferred to work solo compared to the others that worked in team of fours, and so once B312 graduated from Onyx began their partnership.

Six frowned a fraction as he thought about his fallen brothers and sisters that had all perished during Operation: TORPEDO barring a few such as Kat-B320, Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091. If he was being perfectly candid he missed them tremendously, they were the second family he had lost to the damn Covenant bastards….still! They were in a better place now if you believed in that kind of thing, plus at least they were no longer suffering. Passing the bodies of a pair of Spartans that had holes through their olive green armor, the third generation Spartan bowed his head in respect. Judging by their size they were no doubt Spartan-II's, the perfect super soldier compared to the expendable class that he was from. It was regretful that so many had been left to die on Reach as despite what the Helljumpers would have you believe it was the Spartans that turned the tide of battle.

The Lieutenant was taken from his thoughts as his energy shields flared up as he was assaulted by a bolt of plasma. Looking forward he saw dozens of Covenant infantry heading his way. Sighing to himself, the Spartan guessed that this was it. So with that thought in mind, the Spartan bolted forward and charged towards the Covenant. Raising his DMR, Six aimed down the scope of the weapon and aimed it at the gap that the Jackal had near its hand before he opened fire making the bird-like alien stagger back, which gave B312 the perfect opportunity to headshot the alien, killing it instantly.

Aiming at the Sangheili that charged at him with a battle roar that echoed across the battlefield as they fired their plasma rifles at him. Returning fire, the Spartan emptied his entire clip on the group. Placing his rifle back on his back, the lone demon grabbed a pair of Plasma Rifle and headed further into the fray, killing as many Covenant bastard as he could. Seeing a pair of suicide Grunts charging towards him, the Lieutenant filled them with plasma rounds, making them drop their plasma grenades onto the ground which in turn exploded killing the group behind it that consisted of Grunts, Jackals and a single Elite, no doubt a General.

As he went to sprint pass the dead bodies, Six heard a faint humming sound the only seemed to get louder with each passing second. Quickly realizing what it was, the soldier swiftly darted towards cover as a pair of Ghost that were piloted by a pair of Elites raced after the wolf of Noble and fired bolts of smouldering hot plasma at him.

Dashing towards an overturned Warthog that had the bodies of a trio of Helljumpers, Noble Six took cover behind the downed vehicle to avoid the plasma round that reduced his shields down to 47%. The Warthog shook violently as it was assaulted by the Ghosts, making the Spartan scowl. The Warthog wouldn't last long enough if they continued to fire at it like they were. Looking up at his shield bar, he noticed the shields were on 73%...he guessed that would have to suffice for the time being.

Seeing that his borrowed weapons had cooled down, B312 moved out of cover and began returning fire at one of the Sangheili that was operating one of the Ghosts, making the Elite stagger and sway in its seat as their energy shields flare up. It didn't take long to get through the shields with the combined fire of two plasma rifles. Once the shields were down, the plasma bolts melted through their armor then their flesh before the Elite fell forward as they dropped dead in their seat.

Seeing an opportunity that didn't come up often, the Spartan pushed both his augmentations and armor to the limit and dashed towards the motionless Ghost. Once he reached it, Six pulled the dead Sangheili from the seat, with the Elite dropping to the floor with a thump. Jumping into the drivers seat, Six powered up the Covenant vehicle and raced after the other Ghost. Turning around, Six opened fire on the other Ghost. It took a while but eventually Six made the Ghost smoke before it finally exploded killing the operator.

Turning his Ghost around, the Lieutenant activated the Ghost Thrusters floor it in the direction that the Ghost originated from. As he raced across the barren wasteland that had once been the beautiful and serene world of Reach, the lone wolf gunned down any enemies that he spotted that tried to either halt his approach or outright kill him. It was a shame that he couldn't kill every single alien bastard on the planet but even he knew that not even the famed Master Chief could kill an entire planet full of Covenant single-handily...didn't mean he wouldn't try though.

40 minutes later….

Taking cover behind a crumbling wall, after losing his Ghost around twenty minutes ago thanks to the damage it had received via the Covenant, Noble Six grabbed the carbine that he had acquired from a Jackal and glanced over the wall to see Brutes, Grunts and Elites conversing with each other, well a golden clad Sangheili was no doubt issuing orders to those under its command. Averting his gaze from the Covenant, he spotted a grenade launcher and Rocket Launcher resting against the wall where an olive green clad Spartan was laying.

Silently and stealthy creeping towards the weapons, B312 grabbed the Grenade Launcher and connected it onto his magnetic place, then grabbed the Rocket Launcher, rested it on his shoulder and aimed it at the group of unsuspecting aliens that hadn't noticed him creep up on them. Resting his finger on the trigger, Six fired a rocket at the Sangheili quickly killing them and removing them from the equation. Then before the Brutes had a chance to react he fired the next and final rocket at them, blowing them to pieces. Chucking the heavy weapon to the side, the wolf grabbed his carbine then opened fire on the hysterical Grunts who tried to run for the hills.

Seeing another group of Covenant heading towards him with a Wraith on their side, the Spartan decided to meet them half way and raced toward the alien scum and opened fire on the group while simultaneously reaching around 27MPH, he was certainly not as fast as one of his predecessors but he made do. Seeing the Wraith speed up, the super soldier smirked a fraction, seemed they had taken the bait.

Just as the Covenant tank was a few meters from the Beta-company survivor, Noble Six suddenly stopped dead in his track, got on one knee and punched the ground, resulting in a white set of shields covering him completely. As soon as the tank collided with him it exploded on impact killing both the driver and gunner before they had a chance to realize what had happened.

Climbing to his feet, he saw the Grunts screaming hysterically at the destruction of their Wraith and made a tactical withdraw along with the Brutes and Jackals. The one that refused to run with their tails between their legs were the damn Elites. Oddly enough the Spartan found himself respecting that about his enemies. Despite being genocidal bastards, the Sangheili often treated those they considered warriors as their equals. Of course him being a demon, put him above the regular soldier. Something that he had 117 to thank for.

As he continued to gun down the Elites with his carbine, he saw a large crack appear in the corner of his visor screen that only increased as he received more damage. Scowling to himself, Buri-B312 ripped his helmet and lobbed it at an Elite, knocking them to the group from the surprise attack. Bringing up his rifle, Six whacked the split lip in front of him with the but of the weapon, knocking it back. Turning the weapon around, Buri opened fire on the alien, quickly killing it and grabbing its energy blade it was carrying.

Knowing that this was it, Six tossed his carbine away and raced forward with the Energy Sword in hands and began his final assault. As he bolted forward, he slashed another Sangheili across the chest killing it, then grabbed its energy sword it dropped and began slashing and slicing everyone that was foolish enough to get close to him. He wanted-no he need to avenge, his mother, his brothers and sisters from Beta-company and finally Noble Team, his team and family.

Thinking about Noble for just a second was enough for him to be distracted, giving a Sangheili who was wielding an Energy Dagger out and impaled the Spartan in the arm, ripping through both the armor and body suit. Gritting his teeth in pain, Buri dropped one or the Energy Swords, then before he could react, he was tackled to the ground by the same Sangheili who tried to impale the super soldier in the throat. Six held the Elite back as best he could but he was running on fumes as it was.

"This is it huh?"Buri couldn't help but monologue in his mind."And here I thought that it would be the Insurrectionist that would be the ones to kill me. Hopefully they won't be too disappointed that they lost their chance to kill the infamous Lone Wolf….they should've tried harder."He couldn't help but chuckle at the end as the dagger got closer and closer with each passing second.

"Tell them to make it count."Jorge's final words rang in his mind like a broken record, something that made the Spartan narrow his eyes. What was he doing? Jorge had gave his life for his and how was he repaying his friends sacrifice? By giving up! Jorge, Kurt, Mendez, his parents and Beta-company would've been disgusted with his actions. He couldn't just give up and die there, he want-no he needed to avenging them, he needed his vengeance, he needed them to suffer like he had suffered.

So with that frame of mind, the Wolf seemed to gain new life as he brought up his fist and whacked the Sangheili across the face knocking it into a daze. Seeing the Elite stumble slightly, the Spartan grabbed his combat knife from its sheath, removed it, then shoved it through the aliens throat with as much strength as he could muster. Six watched in smug satisfaction as the Elite began choking on its own blood and greedily began gasping for air before it knelled over.

Falling down to the ground with a thump, Six released a hoarse chuckle as he glanced up at the skies. He was alive! How? He wasn't quite sure, some skill and a hell of a lot of luck he summed it down too. He tried to push himself up only to start to feel the weight of both his injuries and armor for the first time, something that made him grit his teeth in pain. "Damn it!"The Lieutenant cussed as he clenched his fists in frustration. After making it so far, taking out entire Covenant battalions single handily, now his injuries were catching up with him? Typical! Guessed that's what he got for invoking Murphy's Law.

"….Huh, so this is what it feel like?"The Lone Wolf of Noble Team remarked as he stared at the sun. he felt pretty tired if he was honest, like he hadn't slept in months. His cerulean blue eyes began to close against their will, he guessed sleeping didn't sound to bad right now. With that thought in mind the Wolf began to close his eyes to rest for a few moments.

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Forerunner Facility...

"W. … ..na.t" He heard a distorted voice echo throughout the room. Where was he anyway? He was on Reach, he had gotten Noble to the pillar of Autumn along with the package of that A.I that was with Doctor Halsey." Lieutenant! .e I n.e.d you to wa.e up!"There was that voice again...it sounded awfully familiar. A lot like….."Logan, wake up!"

Noble Six eyes snapped open, only to shut as quickly as they opened due to the blinding light that-well blinded him. Once he adjusted to the light, he opened them up once again to see a solid ceiling rather then the open sky that he was expecting to see once he woke up again. Pushing himself up off the bed he had woken up on, the Spartan rolled his stiff shoulders that felt tight. Glancing around the room he had woken up in it looked pretty Spartan (no pun intended) The bed he was laying in turned out to be an operating table. There was a lone Holo-pedestal that had glowing orange lines that ran up it, and along the walls were strange orange patterns that didn't look either Human or Covenant in design.

The Spartan also noted that he was wearing a new body skin that both looked and felt different from the one that he had been wearing under his armor during his Reach campaign. He also noted that his armor was currently missing, something that the Lieutenant frowned upon. Much like all Spartans, he felt naked and exposed without his armor.

"Where am I?"The Spartan asked the obvious question as he tried to piece together how he had arrived there. He was certain that he had passed out on the battlefield so either the Covenant had taken him prisoner (which was highly unlikely) or a passing UNSC group or even ONI had located him and treated his injuries.

"Six!"The same voice from before exclaimed making the Lieutenant snap his eyes around the room to locate the source of the female voice that sounded oddly familiar to the super soldier." I was honestly beginning to think that you were never going to wake up again."

"Dot?"B312 asked with uncertainly.

His question was soon answered as the pedestal gained a small blue light before an A.I avatar appeared atop the pedestal. The A.I in question had straight lone hair that ran down her back, light blue eyes, a light blue skin glow to her like most A.I's did. She was wearing a long sleeve white shirt that had a revealing neckline, jeans that hugged her figure and black boots that went up to her knees.

"Yes, Lieutenant."Dot replied with a small smile confirming her identity to the Spartan."It's good to see you again, Six."Dot said with surprisingly a lot of emotion for a Dumb A.I., come to think of it the last time he had heard from Dot she didn't have a human avatar.

"Dot."The Spartan asked in disbelief at seeing Noble Teams A.I. he could see her, physically see her. The few times that he'd seen her avatar she was only a series of lines crossing over each other, she certainly didn't have a female avatar."You're different."

"I'm glad you noticed, Spartan."Dot responded with an amused smile."Well I was upgraded when I discovered facility, I've never felt better."The A.I smiled earning a quriked lip from the Spartan-III but otherwise remained stoic." This facility is incredible! I've learnt so much since I've arrived here. If humanity had discovered it before then no doubt we'd of been able to save Reach from being glassed."She finished with a small sigh while Six looked to the ground. It was true now that Reach had been lost then humanity would lose moral, something that humanity couldn't afford to lose right now.

"So where are we?"The Lieutenant quizzed the A.I in front of him,"The last thing I remember is passing out."

"We're currently located in a Forerunner facility that is located far beneath the surface of Reach."Dot informed the rookie of Noble Team."After you passed out from your injuries you were brought here by the monitor that maintains the facility."

"Hold up."Six ordered raising his hand to halt her."What monitor are you referring too?"

"Well the Forerunner monitor that located your IFF tag, brought you here then improved you..."

"Improved me?"The Spartan asked tersely as he level a glare at Auntie Dot. He wasn't to thrilled to learn that somebody had been messing with his body without his permission. He had already endured the painful augmentations to turn him into a Spartan that felt like he was having his mussels set on fire.

"Well you see, when you arrived here you were in pretty bad shape from the plasma damage you received on Reach and basically as humans say, were on deaths door. The monitor told of a way to save you from dying and I agreed. I already lost one Noble Six so I refused to lose another."Dot confessed to the Spartan."The only plausible way to save you was to re-augment you again, only this time with superior Forerunner augmentations which were organic rather then artificial like the ones you previously had."

"You've mentioned this Monitor a few times now."Six remarked, only for the door at the end of the room to hiss open alerting the Spartan. Snapping his eyes over to the door he watched as a silver ball that had a blue light in the centre floated into the room and headed over to where he and Dot were.

"Good Morning, Ancilla Dot!"The sphere greeted Dot enthusiastically as it entered the room."I hope that the Reclaimer is-"It trailed off once it realized that Six was currently out of his bed and standing up."Ah! You're awake, excellent! I'm glad to see that the inheritors still process the fighting spirit of your predecessors!"It announced overjoyed to see the Spartan up and about.

"Reclaimer? Why are you calling me that?"The Lieutenant questioned the Forerunner monitor."I'm Human."

"Reclaimer is the term that my creators classified your race as before their demise."The monitor revealed the Spartan-III." Humanity were supposed to be the peacekeepers of the galaxy, protecting and guiding all the sentinel races. There would be fighting of course, all organic seem to have a thirst for violence but you'd only interfere if the fighting escalated into anything that resembled genocide."

"Bit late for that."Six uttered slightly bitterly.

"I am well aware of the state of the Milky way."The monitor returned, clearly hearing what he had uttered."But as I informed Ancilla Dot, none of this was supposed to happen. The San'Shyuum have manipulated and schemed their way into power, completely destroying everything that the Forerunners had planned. They desperately wanted to avoid you following in their footsteps. However it would seem that history is repeating itself."

"Tell me, Reclaimer. What do you know about my creators, the Forerunner?"

"Next to nothing."Six confessed earning what sounded like a sigh.

"Ah, just as Ancilla Dot said, However! That is not entirely true."The Monitor informed the Spartan-III who raised a red eyebrow at that."You see that a version of Humanity that was a millennia more advanced then your UNSC once existed aside the Forerunners that had an empire that rivalled my creators. They had thousands of worlds at their disposal, dwarfing anything that your UNSC or the Covenant have at their disposal. If I'm honest, both the UNSC and Covenant are nothing more then children playing with fire compared to my creators and the Ancient Human Empire."

After dropping that little bombshell, the Forerunner monitor began explaining in great detail about the Forerunners, The Mantel, the Ancient Humans and finally about the monstrosity known only as the Flood. The parasite that Humanity had first encountered, and despite all their advancements proved to be no match for it. However due to a misunderstanding, Humanity was forced to fight two wars at once, the Human-Flood and Human-Forerunner wars that ravished them most of their resources that ultimately resulted in their defeat.

After that began the Forerunner-Flood that the former lost thanks to the resources, soldiers and planets that the Flood consumed during the Human-Flood war. Knowing that they had lost, the Forerunners began building the ultimate weapon that would manage to destroy the Flood once and for all...but also every single organic race in the Milky Way Galaxy. After the Life-Workers catalogued every single species, the Commander of the Forerunner military the Iso-Didact activated the Halo arrays that sent out a pulse killing every single sapient creature aside from the Forerunners that were aboard the ARK or had taken shelter in the Shield Worlds. As for what happened to the Forerunners...well nobody really knew. They simply left the Milky Way and headed to an entirely knew galaxy.

"Well!"Dot began after remaining silent as the monitor updated Six about the Forerunner, Ancient Humans and the Flood."Now you're up to date with everything, I believe now would be the appropriate time to head to the armoury."

"Armoury?"

"Of course, Reclaimer."The monitor did what Six assumed was an equivalent of a nod."This facility is equipped with a fully stocked medical facility, armoury, living quarters and laboratory."It informed the Spartan before it turned around and headed towards the door that it had entered through earlier."Follow me please and I'll show you the armoury."

Doing as instructed, the Lieutenant swiftly headed after the Forerunner monitor and left the room, Dot meanwhile disappeared from the pedestal and headed towards the Armoury."So what can you tell me about my augmentations?"Six decided to ask the monitor as he followed after him.

"Well for starters you new augmentations are organic rather then artificial like the ones you were originally augmented with. They work on increasing your abilities naturally such as increased strength, speed and reaction time. You will also notice that your eyesight, smell and hearing has improved drasticallyfrom before. You still have the ability to see in the dark but that has been improved, plus we have injected nanites into your bloodstream."

"For what purpose?"

"Well for one they will quickly work on eradicating any diseases that you happen to pick up that could cause you great bodily harm. It also allows you to stay in contact with Dot while you're not wearing your armor."Vigilant continued explaining to the Spartan-III."Plus we also covered your bones in a metal that my race created thus making your bones unbreakable...unless something stronger then the metal crushes them, also the life span of a human today is nothing compared to your predecessors who had the average lifespan of seven hundred years. So they also reverse the ageing process and repair any damages to your cells, liver, kidneys, lungs and heart to keep you alive much longer then you would naturally."

Six was impressed with everything he was hearing. With his new augmentations, weapons and armor that was waiting for him in the armoury then he was no doubt one of the most advanced Spartans in history. He couldn't wait to reunite with the rest of Noble Team and share the technology with the rest of the UNSC. Despite everything they had lost on Reach, they had gained possibly the upper hand that they needed to finally turn the war in their favour and kill the Covenant once and for all.

After the Monitor finished explaining everything about his augmentation they finally reached the armoury where Six saw machines mass productising weapons and ammo both UNSC and some kind of weapons with an orange light inside, He also saw some amour in the back. What drew his attention however was the set of black Mjolnir Mark V that was stationed in the back. It had a Mark V [B] helmet with a golden visor, a tactpad on his wrist.

He smiled slightly at the sight of his armor, unlike many of the Spartan-III's, he didn't customize it all that much. He just needed it to serve its purpose when out in the field, hence why he had a tactpad on his wrist. Of course just looking at it he could tell that it looked superior to his previous set.

"What can you tell me about my armor?"B312 asked as he turned to look at the Forerunner monitor who was floating beside him.

"Well, Reclaimer. When I brought you back to the facility your armor was damaged beyond all repair. "The Monitor explained, getting a nod from the Spartan knowing that his armor was on its last legs during the final days of Reach."However after Ancilla Dot managed to acquire the blueprints of your Mjolnir Mark V we managed to construct a set that resembled your previous armor. Of course the biggest difference is that its been made using metal that my creators used for their own combat armor."

"Also your previous armor was ranked as a class 2 combat skin and even that was pushing it. What you see before you right now is as class 18."The Monitor revealed to the Spartan who looked at the armor in a whole new light. If his previous set was a class 2 then what kind of beast would a class 18 be? He was anxious to find out. "It can also take more damage then your old suit could."

"How much more?"

"Well depending on the situation, you should be able to handle a group of Phantoms firing at you and still survive the process and giving the protection to get into cover."Dot's voice echoed throughout the room, something that made the Spartan jump. He was going to have to get used to that.

"Further more your energy shields have been replaced for Hard-light shields, a superior set of personal shields that will absorb more damage before they run out."The Monitor stated to the Wolf who nodded a fraction.

"But doubt get the wrong idea, Lieutenant. You're by no means immortal while wearing that suit, it's just a little harder to kill you is all. Once your shields are taken down just get into cover and they should recharge much quicker then before."

"Understood."

"Now then."The Monitor began once again."Onto your armor abilities. Ancilla Dot had informed me about the armor ability's that Humanity has created for the Mjolnir power armor such as the Armor Lock. Your suit also comes equipped with Active Cammo, Bubble Shield and a few that my creators made such as the Hard-light shield and Promethean vision. Also you now have two thrusters that can be used to reach those out of reach places."

"Can I try it on?"The Hyper-Lethal asked with as much enthusiasm as he could muster, earning a nod from the Monitor.

"Certainly, Reclaimer. It is yours after all, but let me try something."The Monitor said, then before Six could react he was covered in a bright blue light. Once it died down he noticed that he was wearing his Mjolnir.

"How did you do that?"Six asked almost dumbly as he watched as his HUD (Heads Up Display powered up for the first time.

"Your neural interface."The Monitor answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world."I was able to lock onto it and Teloport your armour onto you all. Of course you can still remove it manually so you don't need to worry about being stuck in your armor."The Monitor explained to the super soldier who clenched his fist to get a feel for the armor."We have also installed new technology in your armor."

"Oh?"

"Your armor now had a built in slip-space storage system. It can now store all your weapons, ammo and medical supplies for quicker use when out in the field. You can still place weapons on your person but you'll now have a larger selection of weapons that you can use. Now to access your weapons all you need to do is raise up your arm and bring up your Tactical pad on your wrist to select what you want, or if constructDot is with you then she can do it for you" The Monitor explained to the Spartan who nodded in understanding.

"Now because on the Forerunner-Flood war, My creators didn't have time to use the slip-space storage themselves but they were tested, so they work 100%. You're the first person to ever use them. You should be honoured" The Monitor said to the wolf of Noble Team.

"Now for your weapons."The Monitor exclaimed as it floated over to one of the tables where the stockpile of weapons were located."Thanks to Ancilla Dot showing me what kind of weapons Humanity uses now compared to the prehistoric Humans. We have managed to constructdozens of weapons and ammunition for you, plus some of the Weapons that my creators used." The Monitor informed him."Furthermore the Huragoks upgraded your weapons and modified them so they fire Hard-light rounds instead."

The Demon glanced down at the table to see various weapons that had been built while he had been sleeping. His eyes suddenly stopped at what looked like a BR55 Battle Rifle, only its design was slightly different. Picking it up, the Spartan thoroughly examined the weapon to get a feel for it. He noted that the weapon was perfect for both long and short range targets, yeah, he loved the weapon already.

"That model is known as the BR85 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle. A weapon that hasn't been developed yet but is planning to soon for the UNSC."The Monitor told the Lieutenant who hadn't taken his eyes off of the Battle Rifle."And as I mentioned earlier it has been upgraded to fire Hard-light rounds that will do more damage and disintegrate your enemies once they die."

Nodding at the Monitor, Noble Six gazed at all the weapons that were on the table that ranged from Assault Rifles, Shotguns, DMR's, Sniper Rifles, Magnums, Spartan Lasers, Rocket Launchers, SAW's and Forerunner weapons that he had never seen before. As he was examining the weapons they suddenly gained a blue tint before they disappeared, the light meanwhile headed directly to B312 tactpad and entered it.

"They went into my tactpad?"Six asked the Forerunner Monitor who rocked back and fourth.

"Correct, Reclaimer. You can access them if you like." The Monitor answered. Bringing up his arms, the Spartan began playing around with his tactpad to get a general idea how this slip-space storage system worked. Once he got accustomed to it, he searched for the gun he wanted, the Battle rifle. Once he found it in the inventory screen he tapped the touch screen causing a blue light to appear in his hand. Gripping the light he watched as the Battle Rifle materialized in his hands, much to his astonishment.

"What about ammo?"The Spartan asked the Monitor as he turned his head to look at the floating sphere.

"They're in your storage system with your weapons. Whenever you need a fresh magazine simply repeat the process that you used to get your weapon or Ancilla Dot will do it for you."The Monitor told the Spartan. If the Forerunner were as advanced as this then it made sense why the Covenant worshipped them like gods, didn't mean he liked it though.

"So what now?"The sixth member of Noble Team asked the Monitor with a tilt of his head only to see a small blue portal appear in the room. He wondered how the Monitor made it appear but shrugged it off.

"Now it is time for you to leave, Reclaimer."The Monitor told the Spartan-III commando."You have reclaimed what was lost to your race, I'm sorry that I wasn't able to defend your planet."He uttered the last part regretfully."But I wish you luck in your future endeavours."

"Thank you for everything you've done for both Six and myself, will we ever see you again?"Dot asked slightly hopeful that she'd one day be able to see the Monitor that had done so much for her. No longer was she an A.I that was devoid of emotions or feeling but now was considered the smartest A.I that the UNSC had at their disposal.

"I believe that the humans often say wish for the best, so if we're lucky then we will, Ancilla Dot."The Monitor returned before he bod farewell to both Six and Dot then exited the room and headed back the way he had came.

"So about you, Dot?"The Spartan asked Noble Teams A.I as he looked around the room, currently unsure of her location."I'm not leaving you here for the Covenant to find."

"Oh!"Dot's voice echoed throughout the room."How stupid of me,"She chided herself almost like she was face-palming."See that pedestal beside the portal?"

"Yeah."B312 acknowledged as he wandered over to the pedestal. Once he was directly in front of it he spotted a crystal A.I chip that had glowing orange lines that seemed to be heading towards the middle of the circle in the middle of the chip. The chip certainly looked more advanced then the chips he had seen in the past.

"Well that's the data crystal that Vigilant constructed for me."

"Who?"

"The Forerunner Monitor."Dot clarified for the super soldier,"With this I can connect with your Mjolnir and become your first A.I partner, if you want me to that is."

"We're a team."Six shrugged before he removed the chip from the pedestal then inserted it into the back of his helmet. The moment that he did he felt a cold shiver run down the back of his spine that was rather uncomfortable.

"You okay?"Dot's voice seemed to ask directly into his head, a surreal experience.

"Fine,"Six waved off his new partners concern."It'll just take some time to adjust is all."

"I hear that."Dot seemed to be in agreement."But for now you should run through the portal before it closes."She advised the Spartan.

"You expect me to run through an unknown portal that will transport us who knows where?"B312 asked incredulously. Sure he had made a career doing the impossible or pulling off suicide missions but he liked to think that he still had a little bit of common sense.

"We have no choice at the moment, Lieutenant. Every single ship that was on Reach have left the planet after extracting the civilians and UNSC personnel, meaning that we either use this portal or we stay at the facility and hope that a ship happens to pick up your IFF tag, and the chances of that are slim to none with how far we're under the surface."

"I get it."Noble Six relented with a sigh. Guess he had no choice."Lets go then."

"You're the one with the legs, Six, not me."Six ignored his partner as he darted towards the portal and raced through it, leaving the Forerunner Facility behind him.

Eden Prime, September 14th, 2183 CE….

In the midst of a dense forest, a blue lighting cackled in the air, damaging the grass and trees in the vicinity before a large blue portal appeared with the 6'10 super soldier racing out of it. No sooner had his feet touched the solid ground, the portal retracting in on itself and disappeared leaving the Spartan alone in the forest.

Looking up to the sky, the Lieutenant saw one of the most bizarre ships he had even seen in his life. The ship was dark grey, shaped like a squid with multiple arms sticking out. What drew his attention however was the red lightning that cackled around it, almost like it had suffered heavy damage but judging from how it descending it was perfectly fine.

"Where are we, Dot?"Noble Six questioned as he began securing their location, ensuring that there were no hostiles that could take them by surprise.

"I'm unsure,"Dot confessed to her first Spartan partner."There are no local networks or mainframes in the vicinity for me to hack into. I'd suggest scouting out the area yourself."She advised the Lieutenant who nodded a fraction before he moved through the forest to hopefully make contact with a UNSC patrol. Of course knowing his luck he'd been transported onto the damn Sangheili home world.

As he trekked through the forest he heard a loud whistling, glancing up to the sky he noticed a rather small ship slowly soar him that made his eyes widen a fraction. Of course it wasn't the size of the ship that surprised him but rather the strange design of it. It looked neither Human nor Covenant in design, was dark blue and had the words SSV NORMANDY written on the side. Seeing as how it was written in English he suspected that it was a human vessel, possibly a new form of Prowler.

Having more questions then answers as to where he currently was, the Spartan pushed on through the forest to hopefully find out just where the hell he and Dot had been transported too. After ten minutes of moving at a steady pace, the Lieutenant finally exited the forest and arrived at the top of a hill. Glancing around the area he spotted numerous boddies littering the ground, something that made him clench his fists. If only he had been a little quicker he could've saved them...like usual he wasn't good enough.

Racing down the hill, the super soldier picked up gunfire a few clicks from his location and headed to investigate. Once he reached the source of the noise he spotted a lone soldier fighting against what seemed to be one eyed robots. Knowing that now wasn't the time to stop and stare, Six grabbed the battle rifle off of his back and darted towards the lone soldier. He refused to stand by and lose another human life, too many had been lost on Reach for his liking.

Once he reached her, Six opened fire on the robots, swiftly taking them down with his upgraded battle rifle. Pushing forward bit by bit, the pair of soldiers gunned down the synthetics before them. The Spartans shields flared up as what looked like a pair of drones fired at him, quickly returning the favour, Noble Six returned fire, making their shields flare up before neutralizing the drones.

"You okay, soldier?"Six asked his fellow soldier as he slowly approached her. Still inspecting her armor he knew that he had never seen such a design before, and certainly not one with such a colour sceam. White and pink? Not exactly something that the UNSC would allow their marines/Helljumpers to have. Spartans were an exception due to most Spartan-III's wanting to look unique and not just another number.

"Yeah, or at least I am now. Thanks for the ass-"Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams went to thank her timely rescuer only to feel her breath hitch at the sight of the giant armor behemoth before her."Damn, what the hell do they feed you?"She couldn't help but utter as he glanced up at the man before her who was wearing the bulkiest armor she'd ever seen. If she didn't know any better she'd think he was wearing part of a ship.

"Name and rank soldier."Six ordered. He wasn't one to beat around the bush after all.

"Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams of the 212th."Ashley introduced herself with a crisp salute. Despite not knowing the man's rank she suspected that he was an officer, call it a gut feeling.

"Lieutenant Spartan-B312,"B312 introduced himself with a nod."Where's the rest of your unit?"Six asked, of course he had a feeling that these robots had killed them all leaving Williams as the sole survivor.

"Its just me, Sir."Ashley answered the Spartan who nodded his head in understanding."My unit was patrolling the perimeter when we were attacked. It happened so fast that we barely knew what was happening before we were cut in half. Once we did we tried set off a distress call but all communication seemed to cease. I've been fighting for my life ever since, they're relentless I'll give them that."

"And the 212th?"

"We tried to double back to the beacon. My CO seemed to believe that it was the only plausible reason as to attack a simple farming colony."Williams informed the Lone Wolf who raised an eyebrow. "But the Geth were waiting for us, as soon as we arrived everybody was gunned down."

"Beacon?"Six repeated, as far as he knew the Covenant never left beacons on Human colonies. Furthermore if they invaded they'd be busy glassing the damn planet.

"A couple of the eggheads dug up a Prothean beacon a week ago. We were supposed to transport it to the Citadel. Pretty stupid if you ask me."She uttered the last part mostly to herself.

"Prothean? They some new species of the Covenant?"

"Covenant, Sir?" Ashley asked confused at the term,"Is that some kind of group?"

"Dot?"

"Umm, this doesn't make any sense."

"What doesn't?"The Spartan quizzed his partner.

"Well while you were talking I managed to hack into Ashley's Omni-Tool, a device she has embedded under her skin. But from what I've dug up so far is that the date is September 14th 2183."

"So what, we've travelled back in time?"He asked incredulously.

"I don't believe its something as simple as time travel, Logan." Dot responded to the second Hyper-Lethal."Just give me a minute."

"Lieutenant!"The Gunnery Chiefs voice snapped the super soldier from his conversation and gazed down at her.

"Apologies,"Came Six's robotic response."I spotted a ship a few clicks from this location. Head there while I go look for survivors."

"With all due respect, sir. Hell no. these bastards killed my friends, my team-"

"Then make sure their deaths weren't in vain."B312 interrupted the Gunny.

"Huh?"

"Live. You owe it to them to keep living."Logan clarified for the soldier."Don't scwander their sacrifices."

Ashley didn't like it, not one bit but the Spartan did have a point. If she died there then who would alert their families on how they died? Some pencil pusher that hadn't even been in the same room as them or even been on the frontline? No it would be better if it came from her."Yes, Sir."She relentlessly agreed."Good luck."With those final words she raced up the hill leaving the Spartan alone.

"What have you found out?"He asked as he reloaded his battle rifle with a fresh magazine then headed down the path and in the direction that the Gunnery Chief originally came from.

"Well for one, we're currently on Eden Prime..."The Contender class A.I informed her partner as she began to explain everything that she had discovered thanks to Ashley's Omni-Tool. Something that she'd like to get her hands on later on. From what she had seen, they seemed to be a crucial piece of technology that would be usual in the future.

Ten Minutes later….

Moving through the woodlands after recently setting foot on the colony was Lieutenant Commander Jane Shepard, an officer of the Systems Alliance Military. She had scarlet red hair that was styled in a bob cut with a few strands of hair loose across her forehead, emerald green eyes with freckles atop her cheeks, milky white skin with soft facial features and stood a respective 5'7. She was wearing a set of black armor that outlined her slender feminine form, had a red stripe going down one of her arms and a N7 logo stamped on her breast.

Not to far behind her was Staff Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko. He had short cropped dark brown hair, equally brown eyes, a healthy skin tone with an angular jawline that was devoid of fat and stood 5'11. He was wearing a set of standard armor that was issued to all marines that showed off his muscular build that he had gained through the hellish training he had endured, and in his hand was a pistol that was aimed forward.

The sole reason for the Alliance soldiers being there was to locate the Prothean beacon that had recently been unearthed on the planet. If it was anything like the data cache that Humanity had discovered on Mars then it could possibly jump their technology another three hundred years. Of course the Alliance didn't have any specialists in Prothean technology, so they were transporting to the Citadel before handing it over to the Council. The second reason as to why they were there was due to picking up the distress call from Eden Prime that was under siege from an unknown force.

Shepard had already lost her first casualty not even five minutes of being on the planet. Corporal Richard Jenkins, a rather boisterous man who had been so eager to prove himself to both the Alliance and Captain Anderson had been taken down before he even had a chance to defend himself. Another life that she failed to save, felt like Akuze all over again.

Hearing a bang in the distance, Shepard once signalling Alenko, raced towards the source of the gunfire. If they had a chance to find a survivor and learn who the hell was attacking them then that was exactly what they would do. Finally making it out of the woodlands they spotted a lone soldier taking cover behind a boulder.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Ashley spun around aiming her assault rifle at the potential threat, only to see a pair of fellow Alliance personnel approaching her, much to her relief."Glad to see a friendly face."The Gunny sighed in relief as she lowered her weapon and climbed to her feet."Was beginning to think it was only me and the Spartan still standing."

"Are you okay,..."Jane trailed off waiting for the soldier to identify herself. Still what on earth was she talking about. Spartan? Like the ones from ancient Greece?

"Just a few scraps and burns. Would've been worse if not for the intervention of the Spartan."Williams waved off the Commanders concern."Oh, Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams of the 212th."She swiftly introduced herself to a crisp salute once again to the superior officer.

"That's the second time you've mentioned the word Spartan. What do you mean?"Kaidan quizzed the Gunny as he scouted out the area for possible hostiles.

"That's just what the guy who saved me referred to himself as. Lieutenant Spartan-B312."Ashley answered."Biggest guy I've ever seen, could easily rival a Krogan."

"Well at least we know that somebody else is still alive on the planet and fighting."Jane uttered. Still what the hell was a Spartan? She had certainly never heard of a group of soldiers that referred to themselves as soldiers. Of course they guy may not of even been human.

"Unless he was here for the beacon."Kaidan suggested to the Commander."Its a little suspicious that an unknown soldier just happens to be on Eden Prime when its under attack."

"It does sound a little shady."The red head agreed with Alenko with a small hum.

"Then why did he save my life?"Ashley countered."He could've left me to die and head for the beacon, but he didn't."

"Perhaps he was trying to gain your trust?"Jane returned evenly to the Gunny."Or maybe he didn't want to see humans die. Either way until we learn of his motive for being on the planet, we treat him as an enemy."

Ashley didn't like it going against the man that had saved her life not even fifteen minutes prior. Still she guessed that the others were right, what did she really know about the Spartan? Aside from his rank, nothing. Even that could've been a lie to gain her trust, furthermore she was the one that told him about the Prothean beacon.

"Williams, take us to the beacon."Jane ordered taking the Gunnery Chief from her thoughts.

"At once, Ma'am."

Placing his battle rifle on his back, Noble Six summoned a Light Rifle before opening fire on rabid creatures that raced towards him. Pulling the trigger of his weapon, he watched as they disintegrated before him as the hard-light ripped apart their DNA, leaving behind a few golden flakes and piles of ash where they had once been standing/charging.

The creatures in question looked humanoid with grey rotting skin, glowing blue eyes with pipes running out of the mouth and throughout most of their body. Of course what they lacked in intelligence they made up for in numbers. Still he was certain that he'd never seen their like before, just as he had never seen the robots that they'd been working with/for.

Using the but of his rifle, the Spartan used it to cave in the skull of one of the creatures as swung it arms wildly at the him. Knocking another down to the ground, Six stomped on its skull, neutralizing it before gunning down the others that tried their luck taking him down. They were relentless he'd give them that.

"Dot, any idea what these things are?"B312 asked as he took down the last one. Once he was sure that the area was clear he summoned a fresh clip that looked similar to a shotgun shell and reloaded his rifle.

"Humans, or at least they were."The A.I answered earning a raised eyebrow in return.

"Care to elaborate?"It was more of a demand then a question.

"Look at them, Lieutenant. Their entire body structure is human. Judging for the scans I managed to do before you killed them they were long dead before you took them down. Everything was replaced with cybernetics. Brain, eyes, heart, lungs, kidneys, everything. The only thing that was left untouched was the general shape of the body."

"If I had to guess I'd say that they were once the colonist that were converted either against their will or their bodies were placed on those long spikes."Dot explained to her partner who glanced over to the long silver spikes that he had seen a few of the creatures come off."But it should've been impossible to be converted so quickly. Eden Prime was attacked fairly recently, it should've taken weeks to be converted on this level."

"We need to move."Came the Lieutenant robotic response as he pushed on passed what seemed to be a pair of bunkers and towards what looked like a space dock, unaware that a pair of scientists had witnessed the whole ordeal.

Racing down the hill, the sixth member of Noble Team attention was drawn up to the sky where he saw one of the most bizarre looking ships that he had ever seen in his life. It was black, shaped like a squid with multiple arms sticking out of it. The thing that drew his attention was the red lightning that cackled around it, almost like it had sustained heavy damage. Shaking his head, Six knew that now wasn't the time for sight seeing. He had a planet to save and enemies to kill.

Taking cover behind a crate was the Turian Spectre Nihlus Kryik. The spectre that the Council had chosen to head to Eden Prime and ensure that the Alliance agreed to their end of the bargain and delivered the beacon to their research facility. The last thing they needed was for the Humans to have a possible edge over the rest of the galaxy. Most already despised how Humanity had gained an Embassy decades earlier then they should of, what next a seat on the Council?

However a few like himself saw the benefits of having the System Alliance as an ally. Yes first contact between Humanity and the Turians had been disastrous and tensions were still high between the two races, but in time he was certain that Humanity would be a boon to the rest of the Galaxy. Commander Jane Shepard was proof of that. Her actions during the Blitz and Akuze had warranted his attention. Not only did she process great leadership skills but also an uncanny will to survive. That was Spectre material as far as he was concerned.

Preparing his rifle, the Turian rose from cover and went to engage the enemy. However before he did his eyes widened at seeing who was in front of him, he'd know him anywhere, even if he did have his back turned to him. Lowering his rifle, Nihlus slowly approached his former mentor and the Council number one Spectre.

"Saren?"Nihlus asked with some uncertainly as he carefully moved closer to the silver Turian.

"Nihlus."Saren Arterius greeted his former student in a cool raspy voice."Good to see you again."

"Saren what're you doing here?"Nihlus asked bluntly as he asked the obvious question."This isn't your mission."

Saren merely chuckled as he pattered his friends shoulder,"The Council believed that you could use some help on this one, and seeing the state of the planet, seems they were right."

"Yeah.."Nihlus agreed with a heavy sigh as he looked at the smoke in the distance."Out of everything I was expecting, the Geth being here wasn't one. The situation here is bad, I'm still uncertain if anybody managed to escape from the Geth."

"No need to worry,"Saren reassured as he stood behind Nihlus, grabbed his pistol and aimed it at the back of his head."I've have everything under control."

As he was moving sown the hill and towards the Docks, Six spotted the silver alien that he had never seen before aim their weapon at the other alien in front of them. If he was candid he was unsure what his next course of action should be. In his eyes they were nothing more then alien filth, sure he'd never seen them before but like all aliens that the UNSC had encountered they all slaughtered his race in the millions. No doubt these would be the same.

"So..are you going to intervene or let the silver one kill the other?" The A.I asked her partner as she appeared at the side of his visor screen.

"Their Non-Humans."The Spartan answered with a shrug as if that should explain everything.

"And yet they don't match any known extraterrestrials that are apart of the Covenant."She countered back earning a snort from the Lone Wolf.

"Give it time."

"Has it not occurred to you that maybe we aren't in the same reality any more?"Dot sighed out in exasperation at the stubbornness of her partner."The year is 2183, these strange synthetic attacked a human colony, something that would've been recorded by the UEG. Then there the fact that we have no colony known as Eden Prime. But the real kicker is that the Gunnery Chief was wearing armor that we've never seen before and had weapons that fired an unknown balletic."

"Perhaps."

"So maybe the aliens here aren't the genocidal extremists that the Covenant are."Dot reasoned,"So are you going to let the alien be killed because he "might" be like the Covenant?"

"Fine."Noble Six finally relented after she'd finished her nagging. Everything around the Spartan seemed to slow down as he entered what Jun-A266 had jokingly referred to as Spartan time. Racing forward, the third generation Spartan pushed his new augmentations and armor to the limit and bolted towards the pair of unidentified aliens.

Resting his finger on the trigger of his pistol, Saren went to pull the trigger only to hear clanking heavy footsteps that only seemed to get louder with each passing second. Quickly looking over his shoulder his eyes widened to almost comical proportions at the sight of the giant black armor man charging towards him wielding a strange weapon that had orange lines running up and down it.

Before he even had a chance to react the giant thing was upon him and delivered him a strong kick in the stomach, making the Turian gasp as the wind was knocked out of him as he was sent soaring through the air.

Turning around after seeing his fellow Turian soar through the skies, Nihlus saw his friends attacker standing directly behind him and saw red. Bringing up his rifle he fired directly at the 6'10 being before him, making his golden shields flare up. Rolling back, the Turian Spectre grabbed a grenade from his waist, primed it before lobbing it at the being before him.

Swiftly rolling out of the way of the grenade, Six jumped back to his feet then bolted towards the first alien that he chose to save. Once he reached him he gave him an uppercut knocking him into the air before waiting for the alien to come back down, once it did he brought his fist down punching him in the chest and into the ground, knocking him out in the process.

"Hold him off!"The Spartan heard the other alien bark at the synthetic that came to his aid."I must reach the beacon."He roared at the unit as he limped passed them holding his sore chest. Dozens of robots seemed to appear out of nowhere and began firing at the Spartan, forcing the Lieutenant to dive behind cover for protection.

"What on earth?"Shepard uttered as she, Ashley and Kaidan reached the docks to see the small light show that was on display. The group had recently discovered a pair of scientists hiding in one of the bunkers hoping that the Geth wouldn't locate them. The man was mostly nuts but he did give them some vital information about the Spartan. He had been there and fairly recently at that.

Of course the thing that grabbed the red haired Commanders attention was the weapons that this giant processed. They could somehow disintegrate those that he fired at. She and never heard of such weapons but it didn't matter. First she would locate this Spartan-B312, question him about his presence on the planet and then interrogate him where he got his weapons and armor from. If he was against the Alliance then she'd personally take him down before he could become a threat.

Shaking her head, Jane ordered the others to clear the area of Geth. Moving down the hill, the group gunned down both the Geth and Husks that tried to stop them. Between the three trained soldiers, they managed to push their way down the hill, killing anything that got in their way as they got closer and closer to the docks.

Not allowing the alien that had no doubt initiated the attack on Eden Prime get away, the Lieutenant shot down the synthetics that tried to prevent him from getting passed them. Once they were down the Spartan sprinted passed them and across the bridge, taking down two drones as he went. He didn't have time to deal with the small fry, this damn alien needed to die for his crimes, and he was more then willing to kill an alien.

After getting off of the bridge, Six moved across what looked to be a tram that was covered with more synthetic. Honestly they were starting to get on his nerves at the sheer numbers that this alien had at his disposal. They were more numerous then the damn Covenant and that was saying something.

Aiming his rifle at one of the synthetics, the Spartan opened fire swiftly and effectively taking down them down. As he moved forward the Spartan-III gunned down the highlighted targets that Dot marked for him. After taking out a majority of them, Six spotted the largest of them that towered even over him. Not doubt it would be even latter then the late Jorge-052. It was easily a good 11'ft and covered in red armor.

The red synthetic darted towards the Spartan reaching speeds that surprised even the Wolf. Aiming his rifle at the charging synthetic, Six fired short controlled bursts at it, making it stagger slightly but otherwise did little to halt its approach. The Spartan continued to fire at the behemoth emptying his entire clip until it finally dropped dead, much to his relief.

Seeing that the synthetic was taken care of, the super soldier headed towards the end of the tram making sure all the synthetics were neutralized. Once he reached the end of the tram he stood in front of the control panel and went to work the keypad but before he could….

"Step away from the control panel, now!"A female voice barked from behind the Spartan. Looking over his shoulder he saw a red haired female, a man with brown hair and the Gunnery Chief all pointing their weapons at him.

"No."Six responded as he turned his attention back to the control panel.

"You have five seconds."

B312 ignored the red haired soldier and began pressing a few buttons.

"Four!"

Pulling the lever forward the tram began to slowly move forward.

"I gave you an order."

"And I dismissed it."Six countered back as he turned around to face the trio. As soon as he did he noticed that the red headed soldier, clearly the leader looked less then impressed with her orders being disregarded."Either use those weapons or lower them."

"What so you can take us down without a fight?" Kaidan asked as he glared at the Spartan that had disregarded the Commanders orders.

"As long as you weren't responsible for attacking the planet you have nothing to be concerned about."The Lieutenant answered void of emotion. Something that unnerved the trio of soldiers.

"I could ask you the same thing."Jane returned to the Spartan as he continued to aim her avenger assault rifle at the giant armoured human, well she believed he was human. Five fingers, human build.

"I'm in pursuit of the alien."

"Alien? You mean Saren Arterius?"Shepard quizzed the Spartan who shrugged in return.

"I'm unsure of his name."The Wolf confessed to the XO of the Normandy."He tried to kill the other one, I intervened forcing him to retreat."

"Have you got any proof?"

"Dot?"

"Once second, Lieutenant."She told him before sending the video log of Six defending the unknown alien from the other.

Shepard looked down at her Omni-Tool when she felt it vibrating. Raising up her arm, she powered it up only to see she had received a video message from an anonymous contact. Glancing up at the Spartan who nodded in return, Jane opened up the video and watched it seeing the battle with Saren and his Geth from his point of view, such as how Saren aimed his pistol at Nihlus's head and would've been murdered if not for the intervention of the Spartan.

"Lower your weapons."Jane ordered the others as she closed her Omni-Tool and cautiously approached the giant soldier."Sorry about that, after seeing what you did to Nihlus, I assumed that you..."

"Attacked the planet for the beacon?"Six answered earning a nod from the Commander."Who is this Saren?"

"He's the Council best agent?"

"Council?"Logan repeated earning a bewildered look from Shepard.

"The Citadel Council. You've never heard of them?"

"I've..,"Six struggled to think of a response that didn't make him sound crazy, well crazier then he already was."Only recently returned to active survive after suffering amnesia."

"Oh, sorry to hear that."Jane said sincerely to the black armoured soldier."Well to put it simply the Council are the ultimate authority in Council space. They're the ones that make the laws that those in Council Space have to abide too."

"Hmm." Six hummed in acknowledgement but otherwise remained silent as he waited for the tram to reach its destination.

"So.."Jane began trying to start up a conversation with the giant beside her."Are you with the Alliance?"

"No."

"….Are you human?"

"Yes."

"Williams said you were a Lieutenant."

"I am."

the Commander mentally groaned to herself, it would've been easier trying to start a conversation with a brick wall."You don't talk much do you?"

"Only when its necessary." Noble Six responded stoically.

Just as Jane was going to say something the tram began to slowly down gradually indicating that they were reaching their destination. Once the tram finally came to a halt, Six jumped off the side and onto the platform where he saw a large silver cylinder-looking object on the ground.

"Demolition charges!"Kaidan bellowed, earning a glare from the Demon. Not that he could see of course."The Geth must of set them!"

"Well there goes the element of surprise."Dot quipped.

"Agreed."B312 uttered in annoyance.

"Why are shouting, Alenko?"Jane questioned her fellow biotic with a raised brow."We're all right beside you. Furthermore you've just alerted every single Geth in the vicinity of our presence."She deadpanned earning an embarrassed look from Kaidan.

Moving over to the bomb, Jane brought up her Omni-Tool and began disarming it. The bomb was rather simple to disarm with it only taking around ten seconds to defuse. Climbing to her feet, Shepard and the others headed up the stairs where they were immediately greeted by a group of Geth that opened fire as soon as they spotted them.

"Kaidan, take care of that bomb!"Shepard instructed as she dived into cover to avoid the onslaught of mass effect rounds that were fired her way.

"Yes, Ma'am!"

Bringing up her fist, a dark blue/purple light appeared around the Commander as she used her biotics to pull the Geth out of cover and towards them. Aiming her rifle at them, Jane shot down the Geth that were floating aimlessly through the air unable to defend themselves.

"Hold up!"Jane called,"We've got another bomb!"

"Understood, We'll cover you."Six answered as he gunned down a group of Geth with his Light Rifle before opening fire on a pair of Geth Drones that tried to flank him and the others. In a matter of seconds he worked through their shields then worked through the metal, ultimately killing them before turning his attention to the other Geth troopers.

After disarming the third bomb, the Commander moved back beside the others and began moving across the bridge taking out as many Geth as they could. Between the four of them theyt rapidly covered a lot of ground, neutralizing the synthetics as they did so. It was as they were approching the end that a Geth Prime suddenly appeared.

"Oh, shit!"Ashley cussed once she spotted the behemoth that seemingly appeared out of nowhere."Just what we need."

"Stay here."Before anybody could react, the Spartan rushed forward towards the Prime unit with speeds that left the others speechless. Once he got a few feet away from the Geth, the Spartan dived at it tackling it to the ground. Grabbing his knife from its sheath, Six shoved the blade through the eye socket, making it spark before it shorted out. Removing the knife and placing it back in its sheath, the Lieutenant pushed himself back up off the ground and turned to see a group of god-smacked soldiers.

"Well, remind me not to piss him off."Ashley uttered at seeing the Spartan nearly break the Geth Prime in two with that tackle,"Also I'm not plying rugby with him."

"Noted."Shepard nodded before she spotted the another bomb and rushed towards it knowing that every second could mean the difference between life and death.

While the red haired Commander was dealing with the bomb, Noble Six headed down the small ramp. Glancing up at the radar on his HUD screen he noticed to blips that hadn't moved since he came down. Placing his Light Rifle back in his slip-space storage, he had Dot summon a Scatter-Shot for him, then silently crept towards the large crate where the blips were hiding behind to get the drop on them.

The moment that the two Geth moved out of cover they had their heads shot off, rolled across the ground and dropped to the floor just as Shepard, Kaidan and Ashley walked down the ramp to see the Spartans handy work.

"Clear."The Lieutenant notified the others, earning a nod from Shepard who then contacted the Normandy.

"Normandy, this is Shepard. We've secured the beacon."Jane spoke through the comms as the others began to inspect the beacon that had caused all the pain and destruction on the planet.

"So this is the Prothean beacon?"Logan noted mostly to himself as he observed the beacon that he was standing opposite."What can you tell me about it?"He asked Dot.

"Hmm, lets see."The Artificial Intelligence murmured as she began hacking into the beacon to see exactly what was stored on it and why Saren went to so much trouble to acquire it."Hold on, what's this?"

"What's wrong?"

"Seems somebody has made a program for the beacon to self-destruct once somebody uses it. No doubt Saren."Dot answered,"Give me a second…..there! I've dismantled the program. Advanced these Protheans might have been but Forerunners they certainly were not."

"Roger that, Normandy. Standing by."Jane said before ending the transmission between the Normandy. Staring over at the group she saw Kaidan examining the beacon. The Spartan meanwhile stood off at the side by himself. Obviously a bit of a loner if his lack of interaction was anything to go by.

"Well all in a days work eh, skipper?"Ashley before Shepard's eyes drifted over to Kaidan who was slowly pulled towards the beacon by some unknown force.

"Kaidan!"Jane screamed as she rushed over to her fellow biotic. Once she reached him she grabbed him and threw him out of the way. Unfortunately for her the energy that had grabbed Kaidan began pulling her towards the beacon.

Six could only watch as the Commander was lifted into the air by some unknown means and just floated there with a pained look on her face as she gritted her teeth."Dot, what's happening?"

"The information that's stored on the beacon is being downloaded directly into her mind."Dot explained to her partner who much like the others could do nothing more but watch until the ordeal was over with.

After what felt like an eternity for Jane, she was finally released from the beacons hold and fell to the ground. Before she could hit the floor however she was suddenly grabbed by somebody and cradled in their arms like a princess, much to her annoyance. Gazing up at the golden visor of the Spartan, all she could see was her own tired reflection looking back at her.

"Commander, can you hear me?"Six asked her as he looked down at her. He saw that she was struggling to stay conscious."Don't fight it. I'll escort you back to your ship."

"Kay."Jane agreed groggily before she felt her eyelids begin to close, then the next thing she was was black.

And cut! Well this chapter was a pain in the ass to improve but I think that I've managed to do that. Let me know if I've left any mistakes (probably have) and I'll try to fix them in the future.

So as you can see the biggest changes that I've made to this story is changing Six's height from 7'4 to a respectable 6'10. the reason for this is because when I originally started I was crap at heights, and second is to hit home the difference between the II, III and IV. The II have always been freaks of nature compared to the later generations such as Kurt who over 8'0 in SPI armor.

Furthermore Carter, Kat and Emile have all survived Reach without the need of being upgraded with Forerunner tech. I do have a plan for them in the future hence why they lived rather then being resurrected by the monitor.

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