Halo Legends Page #4

tinkering with the Slipspace drive.

She's another A.l. it seems. Just like l am.

MASTER CHlEF:

Why here? You want me to collect her?

No. Let's not do that.

lt's a very old A.l. construct.

You might say something of an antique.

She seems...

Seemswhat?

Happy. lf l'm undersanding correctly,

she seemsto be happy here. Hm.

MASTER CHlEF:

Hm.

BROTHER & SlSTER:

We're home!

MAMA:
Were you playing ascavemen again?

You really do like that game.

BOY 1:
Mommy, you're not gonna believe

what happened today!

MAMA:

Alright, alright. You can tell me all about that later.

BROTHER:

Mama, just what did you do back there?

MAMA:
That's not important right now.

By theway, dinner's ready.

GlRL:
l'm hungry!

MAMA:
l thought so. Now go wash your hands.

KlOS:

Okay!

MAMA:

And clean behind your ears!

Mama.

CHlEF [ON RAOlO]:

Can you hear me 1337? Come in, 1337.

This is 1337. l hear you clearly sir.

Head to the rendezvous point immediately.

- Rendezvous ASAP! Over!

- Huh?

- Rendezvous ASAP! Over!

- Huh?

Roger that, sir, but l may run a little late.

[PLUTON GRUNTlNG]

PLUTON:

Guh.

English

WOMAN:

Sarge, look at the moon.

[WOMAN LAUGHS SOFTLY]

lt'sfunny. l never noticed how beautiful the moons are here.

You think anybody noticed?

GHOST:

Stay quiet. The biofoam'sworking, but your still bleeding.

WOMAN:

There's something l've alwayswanted to know.

Your call sign, ''Ghost'', what does it mean?

GHOST:
Stop talking. You've gotta hold tight

until the medivac gets here.

WOMAN:

You finally have an excuse to show that you care and. . .

[WOMAN LAUGHS SOFTLY]

Let me ask you something... just one last thing.

lt won't hurt, l promise.

What was l to you?

GHOST:

What do you mean?

You're a soldier...

A soldier with a promising future ahead of you.

You're a soldier.

WOMAN:

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

What?

Feelings pass right through you, don't they?

So cold and unforgiving in every choice you made in battle.

Pure soldier.

- l think that'swhat let ustrust you so...

- Oon't talk. Save your strength.

- l think that'swhat let ustrust you so...

- Oon't talk. Save your strength.

l don't need it.

l need you to be strong.

Strong enough to do what you've never done in your life.

Can you be strong enough to allow yourself to be;

can you just be human?

LlEUTENANT:
Oammit, man, what're you still doing here?

Command has declared a full retreat!

Wecan't pull out!

Thecivilians may be on their way outta here,

but there's a corps of engineers still out there.

l'm not leavin' em behind!

lt ain't up to you!

Cole Protocol's been enacted, move it soldier!

[EXPLOSlON]

COMMANOER:

The shuttles!

LlEUTENANT:

lf thisfighting keeps up, we're gonna be as good as dead.

We gotta stick it out and pray they get us some evac.

Let's go.

Who's left behind?

What?

Answer me soldier. What'sthe name of the group?!

lt'sthe Hades Corps!

They're at Hangar 1030 and they say they're not leaving

until they destroy the prototype of someweapon system!

The demolition squad, l shoulda known.

Ghost...

SOLOlER 1:
lf the Cole Protocol's been enacted,

why the hell arewe stranded on the front line?

We're pinned down here and now the Sarge is missing.

We're screwed.

SOLOlER 2:

Naw, wewere sunkfrom the beginning.

What?

SOLOlER 2:
On his last assignment, our fearless leader

let his entire platoon go down.

They got wiped out in a single firefight.

Sarge didn't even flinch.

Yeah, well l guessthat'swhy they

call him the ''Ghost''then, isn't it?

And why the brass always decidesto

put him in charge of demolition jobs,

because he's not even human!

SOLOlER 1:

C'mon! Oon't die on me! C'mon!

l can't believe these sons of b*tches left us behind!

SOLOlER 1:

This is it.

[EXPLOSlONS]

l can't believe it.

Oh my god.

lt'sthe prototype suit!

But who the hell's driving it?

GHOST:

Ghost to Hades Corps. Fall back immediately.

lgnore the Covenant. l'll hold them off.

Nobody's dying here.

You heard him. Let's go.

You idiot! He's not supposed to be testing that suit,

he's supposed to destroy it!

COMMANOER [ON RAOlO]: Can you hear me, Sergeant?

What do you think you're doing?!

Your orders are to destroy the suit and all related data.

You are disobeying direct orders!

No sir, l am following my orders.

Explain yourself.

l have destroyed all the data.

And l'm using the time left on this suit

to safely evac my people.

l'm not leaving until every one of my men are safely off...

That is not the plan!

l am ordering you to stand down...

There's no other choice.

The mission cannot be jeopardized.

And l am still responsible for these Marines.

Wait, Sergeant!

Ghost! Listen to me. . .

GHOST:

l lost my entire platoon.

Everyone of my men.

And that'swhen it happened...

That'swhen l truly became a ghost.

Just a shadow.

Surrounded by death.

[GUNFlRE]

The suit has a staggered countdown.

ln order to trigger final detonation,

the system requires a voicecommand.

You designed it that way for a reason, didn't you?

COMMANOER:

Ghost...

GHOST:

Just get my men off this planet.

This is Ghost. Over and out.

[BLEEPlNG]

GHOST:

What'sthe matter, Ghost?

Why can't you move?

[BEEPlNG]

GHOST:

l made up my mind that day...

The night l let my platoon die.

l looked up at those moons and something died inside me.

Aconscience is something that gets in theway.

That's all a soul is.

An obstacle.

Something to overcome.

l can't atone for failing to protect them?

[GRUNTlNG]

[GRUNTlNG]

[BLEEPlNG]

SUlT:

Countdown complete. Voicecommand required.

Speak the voicecommand exactly as displayed.

WOMAN:

Let me ask you something... just one last thing.

lt won't hurt, l promise.

What was l to you?

GHOST:

What do you mean?

You're a soldier...

A soldier with a promising future ahead of you.

You're a soldier.

WOMAN:

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

What?

Feelings pass right through you, don't they?

So cold and unforgiving in every choice you made in battle.

Pure soldier.

- l think that'swhat let ustrust you so...

- Oon't talk. Save your strength.

- l think that'swhat let ustrust you so...

- Oon't talk. Save your strength.

l don't need it.

l need you to be strong.

Strong enough to do what you've never done in your life.

Can you be strong enough to allow yourself to be;

can you just be human?

lf not for your sake for all of us?

lf you would just allow yourself to feel something.

Maybe you wouldn't be a ghost any longer.

[GRUNTlNG]

Voicecommand authorization.

Be human.

[BEEPS]

GHOST:

And for one last instant.

l'm human again.

COMMANOER:

Transmission from orbit around Algolis.

Cole Protocol enforced.

All weapons prototypes and accompanying

navigational databases eliminated.

The soldier l previously recommended

for military court-martial is...

l rescind and redact that portion of my earlier report.

That soldier is officially missing in action,

lost during heavy combat on Algolis.

He demonstrated honorableconduct not only

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