A/N: Welcome people I'm treading in overly treaded water. As some of you may have noticed its a crossover of Halo and Mass Effect, of which Noble Six is involved in. Now I'm going to be using the armor configuation I use for her(yes her, not he) and change the 'Lone Wolf' ending. If you don't want to read it, then just leave and say our peace.

The remnant of Noble team had fought valiantly at every point but even they were no match for the Covenant Empire's ferocity and numbers. Now at their finally hour, Noble Four and Noble Six were the last of their team delivering a very important package to Captain Jacob Keyes. Noble Four had fallen to a Covenant Energy Sword through his back but not before killing the Elite. Noble Six had fought her way through the Covenant Special Operations team and an Elite Field Marshall that stood in the way of the controls for the Mass Driver. Noble Six soon past the two dead Elite Zealots and Emile, who had just enough strength to prop himself against the railing before finally succumbing to his injuries.

As Six continued to destroy Phantom dropships and Banshees, the Covenant battlecrusier had moved into firing range and they had dropped their shields to us the ventral energy projector. The Captain shouted to her over the comm. "Fire! Now, Lieutenant! Hit her in the gut!" With one last charge, Six fired a MAC round through the crusier's belly causing the magnetic field that guided the plasma to destabilize. From this internal explosion rocked the ship off course. Keyes confirmed the kill as he radioed, "Good guns, Spartan. All stations: brace for cast-off."

The Pelican dropship carrying Captain Keyes and the package entered one of the Pillar of Autumn's hangars just as the thrusters were starting. Six climbed down the ladder from the controls of the Mass Driver just as the Pillar of Autumn took off from drydock and the Covenant battlecruiser crashed into the surface. Six turned to Emile and the Elite with the kukri jabbed into the left side of his neck. Six knew she wasn't going to have much time left but she resolved that she was going to go down fighting, just as Emile and Carter before her. Six grabbed the kukri and pulled it out of the corpse, giving a good flick to throw off most of the purple blood wiping the rest against the corpse of the Elite. She then grabbed the sheath off of Emile's Security pauldron on his right shoulder. Rest in peace, Noble Four. I'll make good use of your blade, I promise. Six strapped the sheath onto her left shoulder guard, a UA/Multi-Threat pauldron, tilted just slightly so she could pull out either the kukri or the combat knife on her upper-left chestplate without fear that her opponent would grab the one she wasn't using.

As Six continued down the building and into the valley, she received one finally transmission. "This is the Pillar of Autumn. We're away. And the Package is with us." Six looked up to watch as the Halcyon-class cruiser left the planet's atmosphere. With nothing left, Noble Six moved on.

So this is how it ends then… These are the thoughts of a soldier who has given in and was ready to accept death's embrace without a fight, but that wasn't the thought going through this soldier's mind. For years she was trained to be the best and she exceeded all expectations, making the top ranking at almost everything she did, even being rated as hyper-lethal. An incredible markswoman, a deadly combatant, she always completed her missions. She had just escaped the drydock where she completed her last mission; ensuring the safe delivery of a very special A.I. unit and the escape of the last UNSC cruiser on Reach's continent of Eposz, the Pillar of Autumn. SPARTAN-B312 had nowhere to go, no one to rendezvous with on foot, just an army of Covenant soldiers searching and killing any human survivors left behind on a world that was slowly being turned to glass by their ships as they continued to bombard the surface with plasma. With an M392 Designated Marksman Rifle in hand, a M6G magnum on her hip, Emile's kukri on her shoulder and a combat knife on her chest, Noble Six was ready. She knew she had no way off world, and she knew the Covenant would hunt her down no matter where she might try to flee to, so Six wasn't going to run, she wasn't going to hide, she planned to take as many of them to hell with her as possible .

Nearly an hour of fighting, using the arms of fallen Spartans and soldiers before her, Six continued to fight against the impossible odds. She had been using the ruined building in the area as her main hold out while sniping off heads or when she needed to let her shields recharge. The Banshees that flew overhead that ignored the fighting before had started to make strafing runs whenever possible. The Covenant even started to drop off a Wraith in their attempt to bring this lone Spartan down. But Six stood her ground, proud, and continued to fight against all odds. Even with everything she had accomplished, after everything she had done to survive against this unending assault, this Spartan was at the end of her rope. Even these legendary warriors have their limit. Six grabbed the only UNSC weapons left with ammunition, an MA37 Assault Rifle and another magnum, and she continues her assault. The Covenant had stopped sending Uggnoy troops about half an hour ago, relying solely on the Sangheili with Type-1 Energy Weapon/Swords. As Six recovered from the last group of Elites, something strange started to happen in the skies above and soon the other combatants started to notice.

A pair of Banshees had turned against the Covenant. One of the Banshees then started to gun down the Elites around Six and any other ground forces it could find while the other assaulted the Wraiths. As Six jabbed Emile's blade up an Elite's gaping maw before using the dying body to take the energy blade of another Elite. She grabbed the Energy Blade out of the dead Elite's hand as she slashed at other. The Banshee was able to destroy one Wraith before the gunner of the second was able to wound the traitor, but the Banshee still had enough control to ram itself into the Wraith destroying them both. A round from one of the retreating Phantoms' heavy plasma cannon destroyed the traitorous Banshee's port wing, causing it to lose control. Six figured the pilot was at least friendly enough that she was going to try and save him. With the area still clear for the time being, Six reached the crash site, the cockpit was already empty, with no sign as to who, or what, was piloting it. The Banshee was still flight worth, and if she could catch a break, Six might be able to find more weapons or a way off planet, though the latter was highly unlikely.

Flying through the skies of Reach was difficult with all of the Covenant ships around but as Six was heading towards CASTLE base, she soon found a small underground bunker entrance that looked intact from her height. As she got closer she soon found it was livelier then she first anticipated. A group of Covenant, led by a Jiralhanae Chieftain was barking orders to a group of Uggnoy and Kig-yar, trying to enter the sealed bunker. Six made strafing runs until the entire Covenant unit was dealt with. Noble Six made a rather hectic landing, given the Banshee had now lost both of its wings; it was rather decent for a crash. Crawling out of the wreck, Six picked up a plasma grenade from the dead Covenant troopers and tossed the activated weapon to the Banshee not letting the Covenant have a potential, if short lived, weapon to use against her later. At the bunker, Noble Six couldn't find any way in; the controls were smashed, wires and circuits were destroyed or removed all together and only a handful of human bodies remained on the surface. But there was more life then apparently visible as the bunker's doors opened, just enough to let the Spartan in. After Six squeezed her way in the doors promptly closed behind her. The bunker was pitch black, with only a few flickering lights giving any sense of direction. The lone Spartan activated her suit's night vision and cautiously pressed forward. She soon found signs of a struggle with Covenant and UNSC corpses scattered about with blood stains on the wall and shell casings on the floor.

Noble Six had traveled deeper into the bunker without any sign of life, other than the flickers of lights that occasional led her down a different path. It was about a minute before she was led to what looked like an underground hangar. Before taking one step into the small control room to see if any ships remained, flashes of light shined towards her as the sounds of boots, assault rifles at the ready and metal clanking filled the air. Normally Six might have opened fire and killed them all on the spot but she was tired from all fighting, tired from not giving herself time to rest and her radar indicated they were friendlies.

They were a group of five troopers, including a pair of ODSTs. One of the NCO's was the first to recognize her and shouted, "Hold your fire!" This trooper seemed familiar with her but she had seen, fought with and killed many humans. The man walked up to the Spartan and saluted, "Glad to see you again ma'am. Sergeant Major Duvall." Six remembered him now; he held that one strip of beach back at New Alexandria, trying to clear the air for the civilian transports to evacuate.

One of the troopers also walked forward, "I'm glad to see you too, ma'am." The second person was a woman. Six recognized her from her voice; she was the gunnery sergeant that Six helped free from the Brutes back in New Alexandria's hospital.

One of the troopers was falling into a depression as he stated, "What's she going to do that can help us? Yeah, sure, she's a Spartan, but they're only good at one thing, killing. We don't need help with that, we need a way off this rock!"

"That may not necessarily be the case." From out of the shadows a man in fine, clean, clothing came out. He looked like he might be part of ONI. The man walked up to the Spartan and looked her over before he asked her, "Are you SPARTAN-B312?"

Noble Six was quick to respond as she answered, "Yes, sir."

"Then we just might have a chance to make it off Reach before the Covenant decides to glass this sector. Dot!"

The speakers in the area activated, "Yes, director?" The same flat voice that has guided Noble Team during Reach's fall was here.

The man started to work on a nearby console, "Get ready, we're leaving."

The AI answered, "Yes, director. Initiating data transfer."

The man continued explaining, "I am the one who has to make sure that Auntie Dot, along with all of the data she has access too, does not fall into the hands of the Covenant. But there was a lot more data than I expected. Leaving us in the predicament we are currently in. All available transports offworld have already taken off or were destroyed, as I'm sure you're aware of Sierra." He pointed out her exploits in New Alexandria. He continued, "But we do have a vehicle that might be capable of getting us out."

The depressed man from before shouted, "You weren't planning on telling us about this ship?"

The well groomed man replied, "Because we did not have someone who was capable of piloting it properly. Without the proper skill we would probably have been shot down long before we had a chance to exit the planet's atmosphere. But our number one priority is the security of the human race. As long as the SPARTAN has Dot, we shouldn't have to worry about that." The director, as Dot called him, finished working on the computer and pulled out a data crystal chip. The 'director' delicately handed Noble Six the chip, "Take care of her. No matter what happens, she is not to be captured by the Covenant. Understood?"

Six grabbed the chip, "Got it, sir." Six took the chip in her left hand and placed her assault rifle onto her back. Without hesitation she opened a small port on the back of her GUNGNIR HU/RS helmet and placed the chip inside. When the SPARTANs received their MAJOLNIR Mark V armor they were given an upgraded neural interface that allowed an AI to interface with their brain and armor systems. Noble Six received the upgrade but she had never interfaced with an AI before.

"Now, we are ready to leave." The 'director' started to walk off, "Well, what are you all waiting for? That is unless you want to die here?"

Noble Six and the others were hesitant to follow this very secretive man, until Dot started to speak to Six, "Noble Six. The director will not lead us to any danger. He indeed does have a way to safely get us off Reach, but your cooperation is required."

So far Dot had not led Six astray, soon enough Noble Six started to follow the 'director' and the others followed behind her. The man had led them to a hangar when the lights activated. He had led them to a Black Cat-class subprowler

The depressed trooper from before yelled at the 'director' now, "Are you nuts! You want us to use that to escape?"

The 'director' simply replied, "We had no one among us qualified to fly this ship. Now that the SPARTAN is here we do. Even if she's still adjusting to having Dot with her, she'll still be more than capable of fly us out of here." The 'director' explained, "The ship's been loaded with some supplies, sensitive items and weapons. With all of that and the number of people it's going to be a tight ride."

Before they could load up, the facility started shake from mortar fire. "Looks like the Covenant know we're here. Alright, let's load up people!"

As the troopers and ODST strapped themselves in, Six stopped to speak with the 'director' privately. "Sir. Before, when I was surrounded…"

"Ah, yes, that. Well, since you did witness it and helped us, I might as well tell you. One of the many projects ONI had underdevelopment was a prototype virus that could allow remote control over various Covenant vehicles. We successfully tested them on Ghosts and Revenants, of which you 'captured' during the initial assault at SWORD base, though initial tests yielded control for a very limited window of time. Because of that ONI decided to side track the project before it really had a chance to start. In short, Dot found you, I used the virus and now here you are."

Six and the 'director' were the last two to get aboard. Just as Six started the launch sequence, a stronger quake shook the entire area. Dot, though now connected to Six's armor, detected damage to the bunker, "Warning: plasma damage has destroyed the remote access to the bunkers launch bay doors."

The gunnery sergeant wasn't strapped in yet when Dot alerted them. "Gunny!" Duvall shouted as she grabbed an MA37 and shut the hatch.

The gunnery sergeant spoke to them through the intercom, "Sorry to do this to you all, but somebody's got to unlock those doors, and like the 'director' said you're the only one qualified to fly the bird. Watch over the other." With that, she ran back into the facility to find the controls to manually open the hatch. As preparations were just about finished for the ship, the gunnery sergeant found the latches. After disengaging the latches, she had moved to the surface to get out of the way as the ship took off. The gunnery sergeant waved them off as the ship took flew off into the planet's atmosphere. "Godspeed ma'am."

On board the Covenant supercarrier, Unending Resolve, one of the ships bridge officers found an anomaly leaving the planet's atmosphere. "Shipmaster! I have found a possible human vessel attempting to escape us."

"A 'possible human vessel' bridge officer?"

The officer was hesitant to anger the Sangheili Shipmaster, "T-th-there was an anomaly for a moment but it disappeared. I'm calculating the trajectory now."

"Good, I will not let Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee have all of the honor and glory. I want that ship found, and destroyed!"

"Patients, Shipmaster." From out of the shadows, a gravity throne with its San 'Shyuum passenger along with two of his personal honor guards.

The Shipmaster knelt as the gravity throne moved closer, "My Prophet."

The prophet motioned the Shipmaster to rise. "Now, what is this about a human vessel?"

The Shipmaster answered, "The bridge officer detected an anomaly for a moment, but it disappeared. He believes it to be another human ship trying to flee the cleansing of this world."

The prophet looked out to the image of the planet as Covenant ships continued to bombard the planet's surface with plasma, scorching every inch of the surface they covered. The Prophet of Pity openly declared, "Their heresy can never be forgiven. That is why it is our duty to purge them from the galaxy, and in doing so, brings us all one step closer to the Great Journey. I give my grace to pursue these humans. Do not let one escape justice. But we must find their homeworld if we wish to truly cleanse their heretical stain from the galaxy. We need at least one alive, preferably their ship's 'spirits'."

The Shipmaster bowed his head as he pounded his right hand, formed into a fist, onto his chest, "By the words of the Prophets."

A/N: Yes I know, the 'virus' was a rather unusual and extreme thing to help save Six but hey I've got to get her off Reach somehow. Yes, sorry I did that thing with the Gunny but I really didn't want too many marines(besides they're usually cannon fodder for Covives anyway). For those who have watched Halo Legends, then you know that O'Brien and Cortez are from the short Babysitter. Pity is a member of the Covenant Council so he get to throw his weight around against the Shipmaster. I haven't revealed much about the Spartan's armor and it'll happen later. I'm going to spitfire several chapters now since I've backlogged about 58 Word pages of this already.

No Mass Effect stuff just yet, it'll happen in the next chapter.