Chapter 2: Judgement part 2

=I pull myself up without having strength=

Me: Rebels, I need to get some payback. Do you have my helmet.

=Torres hears a knock at his quarters= Enter. =A soldier enters=

'We have arrived sir. We will dock in less than an hour' =Torres gets up from his bed and walk out of the room=

Thank you. You may return to your position.

'Yes sir.' =the soldier walks down the hall and enters a room. Torres heads to the hangar bay and prepares for
departure=

'Comander Torres we have landed opening hull doors.' =The hanger doors open and soldier start to pour in on the ship with supplies. A ONI assistant walks up to Torres=
'Torres here is the list of supplies that you ordered, we are putting them on your ship' =Torres looks up and sees the vehicles he ordered= 'We have your Grizzlys, Cyclopes and Vultures that are being prepped to put on your
ship. Aswell as fixing the armor coating since your last mission recked the ship.'

Good. =Torres looks at the man= If you keep doing this good Jacob, I might recoment you to my ship.

'Thank you sir just doing my job. Ohh here they come. I have to go.' =Jacobs walks away. Torres looks up and see ONI personel walking toward him=

"Welcome back Torres, walk with us."

What was so urgent that you needed me to return?

"We have come across a problem."

I know that, you hackey told me.

"It regard to the recent death of Leroy McGraw..." =Torres smirks as he hears that name=

Yes oh what a great soldier he was. =the ONI personal ignored the sarcastic mark=

"We have come across someone with the knowledge of who killed him but she will not comply with us"

I come into this how?

"This informant we have, you might be able to reason with her...make her talk."

Who is she?

"Ashlie, Ashlie Cole. An old aquaintace of yours. It seems she has come here for help regarding her mental stabiliy. We have questioned her but she will not tell us what happend." =the ONI personal hands Torres a file= "This is the debreifing" =Torres skims through the file=

It says here that she gave all the information she know on this subject.

"She is not telling us everything. I know that she is lying and I want you to find out the truth." =he turns to Torres= "I want you to find out everything. Her supposid captors and what are they out for. We can't have these rebels going around causing trouble." =Torres nods=

Where are you holding her? =the ONI personel orders a guard toward the group=

"This man will show you the way toward Ashlie." =the guard walks away and Torres follows him. As they walk into a hall Torres hears the operative= "Remeber your orders Torres!"

=to Jay= Ok, most people don't know about Pre-christ to 1st century languages, much less can read them.

=to Snow= Top drawer. Right next to the Melting Razors.

=I reach for my helmet, the feel of it back on my head relaxes me=

Me: Thank you, now to leave you and your "business", have fun kids.

=I storm out of the room looking for an opponent=

I look at Dormii

Maybe i'd like to fail at reading it

=Ash hears the name Torres=
No not again... It can't be he's dead I saw it, must be hearing things... Maybe I should call out and see?

Torres?

(I stumble into Dormiis room)

(I see Snow, Dormii and Jay) Sorry about the ruckus

(I fall to the floor, still a bit disoriented) I caused the commotion, it was me...

(Tired, sad) I snapped, I lost control and I snapped. I couldn't help myself

(Sad) I forgot where I was and just lost it.

=i smile= Sorry. Like I said in the lounge, all I know is fighting. I have almost no tact when it comes to conversations.

=i see Marcus= Hey....=he falls= you don't look all that great.

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=Ash hears the name Torres=
No not again... It can't be he's dead I saw it, must be hearing things... Maybe I should call out and see?

Torres?

=Torres walk into the holding bay. He follows the soldier into a series of tunnels=
How close are we?

'Almost there.' =As Torres gets closer to Ash's cell Torres hears her voice call out his name. Torres reaches her cell=

Hello Ashlie. It's been quite some time.

=I walk past Marcus, ignoring him=

=At the end on the hall I pick up Marcus' Assault Rifle=

Me: 27 rounds left, just enough..

=I knock on the door containing the asailants=

=Ash recoils when she hears Torres voice=
It.... It can't be, your dead. Its not real its not real!

Me: Open up and you will see!

Me: That depends, what rebel shot me?

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=i smile= Sorry. Like I said in the lounge, all I know is fighting. I have almost no tact when it comes to conversations.

=i see Marcus= Hey....=he falls= you don't look all that great.

(I'm sobbing) I...I...I...I just lost control of myself. I snapped and nearly killed a bunch of good men.

(Sad) I forgot who and where I was, I had a flash back and saw nothing but Covenant, and the desire to rip their throats out.

(Sad and Angry) I just could barely hack it as an ODST after the incident that spawned the flashback.

(Sad) I just don't know when I might snap again...

=I football tackle the door, no success=

Me: I can just kill them all, that way we don't have to worry about them.

=i stand Marcus up= You are not alone. I did have this problem, still do sometimes. You just need to find someone or something willing to be your anchor.

Your life changes, and some minds search for something constant. The scars of your past are constant, so your mind goes there. Get a new anchor, a loved one, and cherished object, something, and it should not happen again. Don't and, well... you threaten all those around you.

=Torres turns to the guard=
Open the cell.
=the guard nods and the shield comes off=
Now stand by.
=Torres walks into the room and sits across from Ash=
Hey Ash.
=as Torres speaks he sees the impact that her breakdown ahd done to her. Her insomnia and crying were obvious form the bags under her swolen eyes. Her face had seen better days, She wasn't the Ashlie that Torres had rembered=
I am pretty sure I am the real one.

I look over from the book at Dormii and Marcus

Speaking of which, i think you need an anchor yourself.

=Ash is frozen in fear=
This can't be happening its an Oni mind game, a trick! I have to get out of here.

=Ash speaks nervously=
What do you mean real one....?

=to Jay= That would be you.

And what if i choose not to be?

Me: I will be waiting..

=I walk back to Dormii's neck of the woods=

Me: Your little friend won't let me kill them.

=he looks at her and tells her what happend durning the week of his trial to his supposed incarceration=

=i laugh= =jokingly= Then I fall in love with my armor. Only other thing that has been constant.

=i see Snow walk in. i turn and face him= So you want me to change his mind? To just let you commit murder because someone shot you?

Me: Someone was trying to murder me and you expect me to just forget it?

=No one seems to like me..=

You don't have to forget it, but revenge isn't the answer. Look at me and the UNSC, they've been trying to kill me for a long time, and all that's resulted of that is more ships being killed and more lives being ended.

=I sigh=

Me: Fine..

=I take out Morphine and stab myself with it=

=She pulls Torres closer and whispers in his ears=
If it's true, your know they have it! they have it....

=She retreats to a corner of the room=
Your a dead man... your dead.

I fall asleep on the bed in Dormii's room

(Going off cya guys)

=to Snow= Next time you plan something, think before you act. You will live longer that way.

=i notice that Jay is asleep= =i sigh= Now, get yourself to medbay. Morphine doesn't always help.

=i close the door on Snow as he leaves= =I whisper to Jay as she sleeps= Sorry that all this happened, and I wish we had more time to spend together. =i kiss her forehead and get her settled in bed=

Deis berunt tuum vivam, meo amo. Amo tu.

=i take off my armor and lay it on the stand. i kiss her again as I leave the room=

Now, where are those rebels?

=He looks at her= You never did look at it did you.

=She looks away from him=
How could I... I can't deal with this right now, tell Oni they I told them everything.. I never killed that man.

=She cry's=
All I hear are those screams.. when I heard you where dead, I knew it was my fault.. it was all my fault..

=She lies down on the cell bunk=

= the Elites begin talking to others in their squads. Discussing why there only seems to be one human on the vessel. the Super Carrier draws near. The ONI vessel begins to be drawn toward the vessel, the SuperCarrier is drawing it into it's docking bay.
As it draws near the Doctor realizes that Sophia is in a Data Pad in the armour case, inside the Helmet.... The Solace has now been captured by the Covenant=

=X No Giga is on the bridge of the Azure Comet, giving orders and reparing for their next operation, when an XNNO walks onto the bridge and stands beside him=

[Unknown] =In a very vocaliod voice= You are doing much better than expected. Im sure he would have been proud of you.

[Giga] Thank you sir.

[Unknown] Where does our new mission take us?

[Giga] An ONI vessel, similar to the Obsidian Wolf, but much smaller in scale. It appears to be a Military/Inteligence base, and we are ordered to infiltrate and take the facility.

[Unknown] Do we take any prisoners?

[Giga] No survivers. Only if they appear to be of signifigance to the objective.

[Unknown] Understood. Ill go begin preparing.

=The XNNO leaves the bridge and heads to the barracks to begin prepearations for the mission, while Giga prepares the ship for the journey=

=I got to the Medbay and removed my Chest plate and picked up some tweezers=

Me: This is going to hurt..

=I take a deep breath and slowly pull out the shrapnel, It touched my flesh and I clenched my teeth=

=Releasing the Shrapnel it was almost out, I took another deep breath and resumed..=

(he gets to his room)
(lying on his bed is his helmet)
(It reflects his image)
(The white hair almost covering his eyes. The eyes so red. The scar he inflicted on himself)
(He looks down at his armored left wrist. ASH carved into it. The jingling of the dog tags interrupt his thoughts. He takes them in his hand. Ashlie)
(He smiles)
(He begins to remove his armor)
(The darkness threatens to overtake him again, it backs away)

Draco-Stay in my mind. One week. That is all I am asking.

Zayne-Just steal them, she aint there.

Draco-I made a promise. I never go back on them.

Zayne-Just like you promised Lynn, that you would come back, Just like you promised Grace she would overcome her disorder, Just like you promised your parents and sister that you, YOU. Would kill Macgraw. It seems to me you have broken a lot of promises. Just break one more.

Draco-Stay where you belong.

(He lies down)
(He dreamt of nothing, just like it had been for 20 years of his life)

=I finish with the small procedure with minimal damage=

Me: That is a keeper..

=It had a perfect hole around it, I attach it to my Dog tag chain=

=I wrap my chest with bandages and tape them down and I fall asleep in the medbay=

(This is a flashback)
(His eyes open)
(Lynn laying next to him)
(He gets up slowly)
(He feels pain in his left leg)
(He takes a step, the pain overtaking him)
(He sighs)
(He sits back down on the bed)
(He had just been on a mission. Kill rebel soldiers in a UNSC controlled area)
Matthew
(He remembers back, Matthew, the teams Pilot and Demolitions expert had almost gotten himself completely blown up. He managed to live at the cost of his left leg and arm. He was in surgery)
You couldn't have just set the bomb and ran past them.
(He shakes his head)
(He looks over at Lynn)
(smiles at the only girl that he feel could understand)
(The darkness begins to approach him, he pushes back)
Not here. Not while Im with her.

(The flashback fades)
(He continues to sleep)

(I look at Dormii)

(Happy) Thanks man, thats the best advice I've heard in years.

(I walk away, a new spring in my step)

Maybe that's all those ghosts wanted me to do: move on, not brood about it.

( I hit the bunk and close my eyes, and for the first time in my life, an absence of the nightmares)

Thats all I really had to do, restart my life and find a new place of support. Oddly enough, it may come from these here Spartans.

(I go to sleep soundly on my bunk)

=I continue walking the hallways, thinking of everything that has happened, what might happen, what is happening, and what isn't happening= I need to make more razors. Where the hell are those Rebels? Where would I get the material to make the Razors? Why am I not staying with Jay? How do I upgrade my armor? Why am I not in Medbay? I wonder what the Melting Razors will do to armor. Why am I not staying with Jay? Why am I not in Medbay?

=as these thoughts run, I wander into the Mess Hall and clean some tables. I then find myself hanger bay, loading rounds into the cannon of the Dream of Luck and refreshing the kill-count paint. I enter the workshop, making more Razors. My final thoughts before I collapse onto my bed are:= Why does my room look like Medbay? When did Jay wake up? Why does my bed look like surgeon's table?

(Within)
(He sits on a white floor, a figure is in front of him)
--Dreaming again are we?
You know I never dream.
--You could always try
Why are you here, why do you come now.
--To help, I am your voice of reasoning
I thought Andrea was my voice of reasoning
--She helps you with.......technical decisions, I help you with life altering ones.
What do you mean.
--I am nothing more than a memory
You are not a memory. Your another one of my personalities, Hope.

Hope(laughs)-whatever you say

Draco-You were saying earlier. somehing about a life altering decision.

Hope-You had contemplated on leaving.

Draco-I have to leave Hope. I would just keep hurting them.

Hope-You are not the one hurting them.

Draco-Its Him. I know.

Hope-He isnt going to let you go a week without him trying to get out

Draco-I know

Hope-I also came for another reason

Draco-What

Hope-Your memories are beginning to resurface. Your thinking a lot about her. You miss her

Draco-I miss both of them

Hope-Is it that you are using Ash as a replacement for Lynn

Draco-I could never do that. I love her

Hope-Its not a matter of what you could, Its what you have been doing.

Draco-They are completely opposite people

Hope-Who both love you.

Draco-Lynn can't love me not after what I did.

Hope-You did nothing wrong

Draco-I broke a promise

Hope(laughs)-promises are nothing without follow through. I understand that. However, You have to make a choice. Ash or Lynn.

Draco-I cant choose between them

Hope-A heart will be broken either way.

Draco-I don't want to talk about this. Please leave me to my sleep.

=She looks at Torres, her eyes heavy since she hasn't slept for days=
You know, I can't tell if I tell you.... You will tell them, I can't.

=She crawls up on the bed=
They want me to talk, I hear them they come out a night and take the others... Only a matter of time till they take me.

(Back on my ship (Not really mine but you get what I mean))

"Sir, if we join them, then we could rule -"

"Ya, and we could also die from those phycos!"

"Sir, I know them well, they aren't that crazy." I remember what happened before I left. "Okay, maybe they are, but they usually only harm each other, they won't harm any of us if we don't piss them off, sir."

He sighed. "Has this been told to them also?"

"No sir, I was going to bring it up when I asked you."

"Okay, get back on there ship, and bring it up."

"Yes Sir."