Ghost-Who-Walks

Chapter 20: Everything You Can Do… The Master Chief fell onto all fours and clutched his head, trying to keep it from spinning. The amount of Phazon drained from his body in such a short amount of time, not to mention its hold over his mind being broken so forcefully, left him dizzy. Samus put a hand on his shoulder, breathing heavily herself. "Chief, you alright?" "I will be." He answered flatly. "Good, because I'm going to need you to be back at 100% by the time we reach the top of this lift." "Dark Samus?" The Spartan asked, indicating the top of the lift. The white-suited Hunter nodded. "And if she's not there when we arrive, sh

Chapter 19: Vendettas Dragging three stiff and crippled legs behind it, Quadraxis lifted up its one good leg and slammed it down on the ground, setting off a rippling energy wave that spread for several meters and hurled the allied vehicles around it away. At the same time, it charged up another round of its Sonic Boom, locked it onto the last Scarab in good condition and fired. The shot barely missed, as the Scarab had quickly shuffled around to move out of the way as soon as the weapon started charging up, and a crater opened up in the artificial mountainside as the components affected by the blast fell apart. Inside the Scarab, Admiral K-

Notes: If the character has a personal weapon, those will be listed in parentheses after the category they fall under; their weapon will still improve when Shepard upgrades that category, but they cannot be switched out for other weapons of that type. Loyalty Powers are only useable after the Loyalty Mission for that character is completed. Class Powers are a passive adjustment to the character's stats and performance; they also essentially determine the character's title. All powers may be Evolved once they reach the maximum level, allowing the player to choose one of two specializations. There are 3 types of lifebars that enemies can h

Chapter 17: The Straight and Crooked The Prowler struck a tight hallway, forcing the four supersoldiers to abandon their vehicle and proceed on foot. They quickly found an elevator that would bring them down to a lower level, presumably a primary maintenance level they could use to get closer to the Control Room without drawing attention. "You think we're going to face much opposition down here?" Samus asked, turning her head towards the Master Chief. "Yep." Weavel answered hopefully. His three momentary allies glanced at him, but the Pirate General didn't seem to notice, instead quietly humming to himself. "Probably." The Chief said. "Ha

Chapter 16: Four-Legged Terrors The surface of the Halo rumbled with the same consistency as a tremor, yet continued beyond the few seconds of a normal tremor. Any curious individual who took a glance into the canyons and mountains leading up to the Phazon Halo’s Control Room would see a humbling sight; a trio of Covenant Scarabs with an entire crowd of infantry and armor supporting them. Easily overlooked between the hulking walkers, tanks and flying APCs was a modified Brute Prowler bearing perhaps their deadliest weapons of all. The Master Chief sat in the driver’s seat, armored flaps added to its sides to protect him from stray

Chapter 15: Four For The Road Samus Aran prided herself on being a patient and rational individual. Many times she had been faced with “impossible” odds only to overcome them with a cool head and the sense not to charge in recklessly. But when faced with the Master Chief, relieved as she was that he was still alive, trapped within the wreckage of numerous tanks and surrounded by enemy forces, Samus had only one order for the rag-tag band of Covenant Hunters that had been following her. “CHARGE!” Taking a running start, Samus leapt up into the air, jumped a second time into a somersault with the air of her Space Jump Boot

Chapter 13: Strange Bedfellows “If this is supposed to be some sort of joke,” Weavel asked “and I know jokes, it isn’t very funny.” “You prattle on too much, Defiler!” The Elite officer growled as he pounded on the command console. Despite his best efforts, however, the door to the Scarab hangar refused to open. “Heh. Talking is better than doing nothing.” The Pirate general retorted “Which seems to be more than what YOU’RE accomplishing!” “If I but had the approval of our Arbiter, I would run you through!” Weavel glanced up at an air vent high above the door. “Th

He has been silent for days, sometimes even weeks Leaving me to wonder why Then the phone rings and he is there, and we talk as if he never left But there is an exhaustion apparent in his voice, even if he doesn’t acknowledge it It’s not until I ask him how he’s been that he releases his pain It could be work, it could be school, it could be family, it could be love It could be one big thing, it could be several small things, it could be all of the above But the answer is always the same: life has added another weight to his shoulders He’s borne these burdens for so long that they have become a fact of his life Bu