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Subject: [Humor] Halo: 2009 (Master Chief In Our World) *Part 3 Up*
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Spartan-117, aka Master Chief or John-117, was hibernating soundly in his cryotube when a familiar voice interrupted his slumber.

"Chief!" Cortana shout "You need to wake up, I need you!".

The groggy side-effects of being in the cryotube for so long was taking its toll on him, even if he is a Spartan.

"Cortana" Chief said "Report". "We're coming up on Earth" Cortana reported "Don't ask me how seeing as I have no idea".

John stumbled to a viewport and saw Earth, her blue oceans and green continents still pristine. Something was odd however, the only surviving MAC platform, the Cairo, was not showing up. Odd John thought Truth's fleet never got to it. Warning lights started to flicker on and off as Earth got nearer and nearer.

"We're going to pass Earth" Cortana blurted out "Our trajectory is WAY off".

"Looks like I'm going to have to jump...again" John told her. Cortana had a look of bewilderment when she heard that statement, but there was no time to question it. He materialized and found herself back in his helmet after being alone for so long.

"Just don't kill us both" Cortana said. "I won't" John assured her.

He waited until he had a sure shot of going into Earth and leapt out of a hole near the Forward Unto Dawn's cryobay. The emptiness and muteness of space surround the Chief as he plummeted into Earth's atmosphere. He was originally going to try to crash somewhere in Africa, probably Kenya's Mt.Kilamanjaro where the UNSC had a base. Unfortunately, a fast moving satellite struck him and sent him farther to the left until he was over the North American continent.

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Cape Canverial, Florida
NASA Facility

"Sir can you look at this for a minute?" a scientist sitting behind a computer monitor asked to Mission Commander Jerry Ormolus. Jerry moves his way to the scientist, wondering what was so important. "What is it Jones?" Jerry asked, "Well sir we have a small unidentifiable object coming into our atmosphere and a larger object that went past us and has a course going to the Sun" Jones reported. "Is it a fragment of an asteroid or something" Jerry questioned "And if so does it present any danger to any city here in the US?". "No sir, but it looks like it is heading just outside Seattle, Washington" Jones concluded "Too bad it hit the Fox News broadcast satellite, I wanted to watch Bill O'Reilly tonight".

Jerry Ormolus just shook his head and went back to analyzing the lunar rocks from the moon.

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John landed with a thundering boom as his armor met the Earth's crust. The gel layer of his armor, thankfully protected him. It took some time before he could stand back up, but he eventually managed.

"Don't ever do that again please" Cortana pleaded "There are two of us in here remember?". "Noted" John said "Do you think you can point me to the nearest cityscape?". "Yes, I'm detecting one about three miles from here, I'll mark it on your HUD" Cortana responded and in two seconds a yellow arrow pointed him in the right direction.

It was night, around 11:50 P.M. when John stumbled into the city. He got a few stares as he walked around in his MJRONIR Power Armor, but most people just didn't care. Something caught his eye though, an advertisement for something called Halo 3: ODST. It said go to a place called GameStop.

"What am I looking at Cortana?" John asked her "Is that a Orbital Drop Shock Trooper?". "Hell if I know Chief" Cortana replied "Looks like an ad for a videogame to be honest". "Who would make a videogame about the brave men and women of the Helljumpers?" Chief pondered "Isn't it a little bit to early for something like that?".

John felt a tap on his shoulder, turned around, and saw another man dressed up as a Spartan, only in cheaper, plastic materials. "Hey buddy, the Halo 3: ODST midnight launch is this way" the man said "Come on I'll show ya".

He was escorted to the GameStop store where this ODST game was being advertised and saw an enormous crowd. Most of them were dressed in normal clothing, but a few were dressed as Spartans and UNSC Marines.

"Isn't it a little bit early to be making visual entertainment about the ODSTs?" Chief asked the man "The war just ended afterall". "Naw man, this is a prequel between Halo 2 and Halo 3" the man tried to assure him "It's cool".

John still didn't understand and he was only shocked to hear Cortana tell him some interesting information.

"Uh, Chief?" Cortana said getting John's attention "I managed to tap into the major data streams around here, very low tech ones I might add, and the date on them all is September 25, 2009". "What?" John said flabbergasted "Did you just basically say we travelled back in time?". "Yo dude, who are you talking to?" the imposter Spartan asked.

Just what is going on? John thought.

[Edited on 12.20.2009 6:35 PM PST]

  • 12.20.2009 2:00 PM PDT
Subject: [Humor] Halo: 2009 (Master Chief In Our World)
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keep going

  • 12.20.2009 4:20 PM PDT

I came, I saw, I kicked ass.

i want moar! lol

  • 12.20.2009 4:24 PM PDT
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A rush of people ebbed around Chief as they made their way into GameStop. They grabbed copies of Halo 3: ODST, ran to receive their pre-orders, and dug out their wallets for much needed cash.

"If only people were as enthusiastic about buying UNSC war bonds" Cortana remarked "Maybe the war effort would have had more money to combat the Covenant".

As John stood there, he was met with a tap on his shoulder again, but it was the same man in plastic MJORNIR.

"I don't think we got acquainted" he said outstretching his hand "My name is Josh Harding".

Chief was about to say he was Spartan-117, but thought against it, "My name is John". "John what?" Josh asked. "John...Nolastname" Chief answered, obviously foggy on what he actual last name was. "Say, you didn't get a copy" Josh noticed "Want to come to my apartment to play ODST?".

John thought about it, going with this guy would provide him a base of operations in this strange world and this Josh posed no real threat to a highly-trained Spartan such as himself.

"Sure" John finally decided.

They got in Josh's Ford pick-up and drove off. The ride included John's silence and Josh's recital of his vast knowledge of the "Halo Universe". It was odd, how could this man of the past know so much information of the UNSC and Covenant, classified or not.

Josh's apartment could only be described as geek central, well that's how Cortana described it. He had three computer monitors, a wrap-around desk, a big screen television, a fridge full of energy drink, mountain dew, and one carton of milk, and a large bookcase that was filled with DVDs and videogames. Somehow, Josh had managed to remain surprisingly fit.

Josh took off his plastic armor, sat on his couch, and turned on a white box. The words Xbox 360 flashed on the TV. Some menu maneuvering later and the opening cinematic of Halo 3: ODST was playing. ODSTs were discussing a mission, but Chief wasn't listening. He casually moved to the computer, pulled Cortana from his helmet, and found her drive could attach to the USB port.

Cortana's avatar appeared on the screen in a burst of blue light. Josh turned around and freaked out.

"What the -blam!- is this man" Josh asked "What the -blam!- did you just do?".

Before John could explain, Cortana did.

"Listen, this is Spartan-117 and I am Cortana, we are real" she said "We somehow travelled to your time after we destroyed the Ark".

It seemed Cortana's explanation wasn't quite getting through to Josh. He was beginning to hyperventilate until John handed him the Xbox controller. For some reason, that calmed him down.

"Now let's stay focused" John said "We need to work together to figure this out". "This is just so weird Master Chief" Josh responded "I mean how the heck is this even possible, you're a videogame character!". "Looks like we're pretty real" Cortana countered "And we need your help to keep the fact we exist secret".

Made sense to Chief, their presence could lead to panic one way or another. Deep down, he really hoped he could just live a normal life now. During the war, he never felt this way, but the war was over.

"I'm going to get this armor off" John announced as he walked to the bathroom. While he was gone, Josh and Cortana continued their chat.

"So why do you need to be in my computer?" Josh asked the AI "In the games you can just project yourself in a 3D model". Cortana replied with a laugh at Josh's naivety "Do you see a holoprojector around here?". Embarrassed, Josh just shrugged.

Before he could sit down though, Cortana had one last thing to say, "While I'm here, do you think you could stop looking at -blam!-?" Cortana said with disgust "I don't want a virus, no matter how low tech it is".

John walked back to the living room and Josh was in shock at his presence. Chief was as tall as he was described to be, he had a shaved head, and he was wearing Josh's clothing.

"Had to borrow some of your clothes" John said "Hope you don't mind".

Nope Josh thought Not at all.

They both sat down and Josh offered John the controller. John had never played a videogame before so he had a hard time figuring out what to do. The ODST he controlled walked against walls, jumped at random, and got killed by a Grunt because he didn't know how to fire.

"Eh...let me show you the moves" Josh suggested to which John agreed.

  • 12.20.2009 5:17 PM PDT

LOL this is great! Keep it up man :D

  • 12.20.2009 5:26 PM PDT
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The next morning, Josh had to go to work. They had decided that John could live in the apartment as well, just sooner of later he would need a job. John looked around for something to do and decided to tray and play the Xbox 360. Not wanting to play Halo 3: ODST, he skimmed through the library and settled on a game called Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Once he managed to actually start the game, the trouble began. He was hopelessly bad at the game. The Chief had never seen guns like the guns portrayed in the game before, but he eventually just used whatever he picked at random.

The players just taunted him for the whole game.

"Wow dude you -blam!- suck!"

"OMG dude you fail at this game, kill yourself!"

"NOOB!"

John just wasn't phased by the insults though. He had been insulted and yelled at by hardcore drill instructors when he was training to be a Spartan, these people were pathetic.

"They giving you a hard time Chief?" Cortana asked jokingly. "Not particularly, no" John answered "I've been called worse".

Cortana went back to her work, digesting the information of the world wide web. She made a mental checklist of the important things going on in the world at the moment.

"Lets see" she said "-blam!-, -blam!-, funny babies, -blam!-, war, civil unrest, -blam!-...".

Needless to say, she wasn't impressed. Then she found a nugget of information that Chief might find interesting.

"Chief" Cortana signalled "I found out who made those Halo games that have you in them, they're called Bungie Studios".

That got John's attention, so much so that he didn't see his head get sniped and once again insulted at his inability to play the game.

"Looks like they're based in Seattle, the town we're in" Cortana said "Maybe we should go take a visit".

Chief agreed, but wondered how he could take Cortana along. He took a look at Josh's "Bluetooth" headset and brought it to the monitor.

"Think you could get in this?" John asked. "Piece of cake, just press it against the screen" Cortana said.

Cortana's avatar left the screen and went in the headset.

"It's cramped in here" she said. All Chief could do was apologize. They had a new mission, find Bungie Studios.

  • 12.20.2009 6:34 PM PDT