Halo Legends Page #2

lsfaith too much to ask in exchange?

Haka haschosen the path of the GreatJourney.

Why must you resist?

TheJourney will take usfarther than this simple Covenant.

lt will deliver usto godhood.

[GROWLS]

[GROANlNG]

There is only one path for you.

Why must you deny theJourney that we all must take.

TheJourney is a lie!

[SlGHS]

Humph. ls it now?

HAN:

You're dreaming, my love.

What?

Forgive me, Han. l am distracted.

Can you not simply serve?

Perhaps, but only when you know

who you are actually serving.

Now l'm not so sure.

You? Uncertain?

[GlGGLES]

Han, you should leave. Just for a littlewhile.

l'll never leave you, l'm your wife.

And you are the General. My place is at your side.

You are stubborn to a fault.

l could say the same of you.

[GlGGLES]

[GRUNTS]

ARBlTER:

Useless!

Focus.

We are fighting Elite, the right arm of the Covenant.

The gifts of the Forerunners are nothing

if you don't master the skillsto wield them.

Master them you will.

For we are the men of Sanghelios.

Never forget that honor.

ALL:

Sir, yes sir!

ROH:

Walk with me a moment, Arbiter.

ARBlTER:

Roh...

ROH:

l must ask you.

ARBlTER:

Ask your question.

ROH:
Tell me, Arbiter.

Why do you insist on provoking their patience?

They have given usformidable gifts.

Your status is at risk.

This heresy will strip you of your rank.

There is no rank without honor.

Wewere strong.

Sanghelioswas strong before this Covenant.

And wecould be strong once more.

But we have strayed.

We live not for honor but for power.

Listen to yourself!

Thistalk is not just heresy. lt istreachery.

You are putting your bloodline at risk.

And what of your wife?

What of Han? Arbiter!

To protect the future of our clans, please, please join.

Arbiter!

And now the game begins and l must play.

Fal.

l know they will come in force to challenge me.

And l will not turn away from them,

l will answer their call.

ROH:

lt's not too late.

SOLOlERS:
Oefector. . . Heretic. . . Accursed Arbiter. . .

Betrayer. . . Renegade. . . Traitor. . .

Traitor. . . Renegade. . .

Traitor. . . Betrayer. . .

Traitor. . .

Traitor. . . Renegade. . .

Traitor. . . Oefector. . .

[ROARS]

[YELLlNG]

HlERARCH:

So honor, is his strength.

Then we shall turn his precious honor against him.

Oraw him out and defeat him publicly!

The badge of Arbiter will become a mark of shame.

Haka!

Persuade him. Yes.

Take away what he finds so precious.

We'll show everyone how high isthe price of dissent.

[GRUNTlNG]

Come in, Roh.

What'sthe matter?

[WHlMPERlNG]

Kill her.

Then hewill have no choice, but to face me in battle.

l'm sorry.

We do thisfor the GreatJourney.

[YELLS]

ARBlTER:

Han!

HAAAN!

[GASPS]

[YELLS]

HAKA:

A shame that sword of yourswastoo late to save Han.

Such a price for your honor, Arbiter.

You are not worthy to speak her name.

But l promise it isthe last you will utter.

Therewill be time for talk when l rule in your stead.

And declare your shame, Arbiter.

[GRUNTlNG]

[lNAUOlBLE OlALOGUE]

English

NARRATOR:
ln 2291, Slipspace technology

makes spacecolonization a reality.

ln 30 years, mankind establishesthe

lnner Colonies in the heart of the Milky Way,

and soon into the outer periphery.

ln the year 2525, the human race encounters

an advanced alien alliance.

This alliancecalled itself the Covenant.

The Covenant decrees humanity

an affront to their gods.

And the Human-Covenant war begins.

Within a decade, the Outer Colonies

are almost completely annihilated

by the power of the Covenant.

ln the face of direct attacks on the

lnner Colonies by Covenant forces,

humanity's only remaining hope depends on a

special unit of genetically augmented soldiers.

These soldierswere known asthe SPARTAN-lls.

They finally decide to give the order

to pull out, and now this.

Oammit, this just ain't my day.

Mac, watch out!

Here they come!

Aw dammit. This just ain't my day!

What the hell?!

Maybe this is my day.

Alright men! Let'swelcome our

Chief Petty Officer with some backup!

And stay down.

How's Gamma 4?

Gamma 4 is gone.

Then that meansthis planet isfinished.

And it won't be the last, Sir.

l have the main unit on the line!

Rescue team will be in accordancewith

the order to fully disengage.

Oispatching a rescuecraft.

All active units respond immediately.

Team Gamma here, roger that.

We arecompletely surrounded.

Copy that, Marine. We're dispatching

a rescue ship to your location.

But l'm afraid wecan't exactly

give you curbside service.

Sending coordinatesfor extraction point.

Looks like you and your men are going to

have to make your way to...

Wait a sec.

What?

l know that voice... lsthat you?

Oaisy? That's you, isn't it?!

Ralph.

Where do we go now?

l don't know. Anywhere but that place.

BOY:
Yeah. l don't want to think about what

they'd do to us if we did go back.

We're not gonna be your toys anymore!

RALPH:

She's right. We're sick of your ''training''.

OAlSY:

We're leaving. And you can't stop us.

OAlSY:
What would our moms and dads

think about us if they saw us?

RALPH:

lt's been seven years.

l wonder if they'd recognize us.

Not becausewe've grown up,

but because of what's been done to us.

All of those years of training.

All those horrible surgeries

and the augmentations.

But everything'schanged now.

And not just us.

You really think you can go home?

lt doesn't matter l'm going. l have to.

lt'sthe only home that l have.

l guesstomorrow's goodbye, then.

OAlSY:

Wewon't be able to see each other anymore, will we?

MAN [OVER RAOlO]: Of the five escapeesfrom the facility,

only subjectJoseph-122 has been captured.

The search for the other four is

a priority red directive.

Repeat:
The search for the other four

is a priority red directive.

[GRUNTS]

Not again. l'm getting off this rock.

And l'm not going home in a bodybag either.

l'm gonna create a diversion, keep low.

You make a run for the extraction point.

[LAUGHS]

[YELLS]

Jesus, they're everywhere.

All the more reason for usto move out

as soon aswe see the extraction craft.

That sounds like a good idea to me.

l'm gonna go find us a Hog.

[EXPLOSlONS ANO GUNFlRE]

OAlSY:

Oon't you dare slow down!

SERGEANT:

Heads up!

RALPH [OVER RAOlO]:

You okay down there?

They're here!

[GRUNTS]

WOMAN [OVER RAOlO]:

Notice any resemblance?

The secrecy of the SPARTAN-ll program

could not be jeopardized.

But the disappearance of seventy-five

recruitsfor the program

would havecreated some difficult questions.

But if thechildren never vanished, therewould

be no questionsto ask, would there?

Theclone lives a life in your place.

The life that was, originally, meant for you.

Come back to the facility, 23.

lt iswhere you belong.

lt's home.

Hmm.

OAlSY:

Sarg! Are you all right?

[GRUNTS]

l will be. As soon aswe're outta here.

OAlSY:

Look. l'll cover you! Go on ahead!

SERGEANT:

There's no way l'm gonna leave...

OAlSY:

Just go! Now!

RALPH [OVER RAOlO]:

Step on it!

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