Spartan 118 (Halo Based)

Chapter 42

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Smith's POV

I steered the Pelican softly through the twisted metal and wreckage of the Covenant fleet. My eyes darted back and forth across the space, any one of these could be Him. Lieutenant Hillyard looked through the back window with 3 medics sitting at the benches. My two other teammates were on either side of me, also diligently searching for Him. It had only been twenty minutes since the explosions but I was hoping we could find him alive.

My conscious mind was completely submersed in the task but way back in my subconscious I was reliving the moment. I could see him, running through the doorway. I hovered a little ways off, ready to catch him. Then I saw him pause. There was a shockwave from the middle of the ship that shook the pelican. I directed my attention to the controls for a moment to steady it and then looked back up. After a split second, the entire ship began to collapse inwards. I saw him look behind himself and I directed my gaze there. Fire poured through the opening and bursting through the walls within a milisecond. It flowed around him and I saw him look back one last time before his shield flickered out. His back arched in pain, and it encircled him before spreading out and extinguishing in the vacuum of space as the ship's shield failed.

I lost sight of him at that moment and large pieces of metal hurled towards the pelican. I expertly took off, swerving as I raced for the safety of the nearest UNSC frigate. A piece took a chunk off of our wings and we crashed into the hangar, spinning wildly before coming to an abrupt stop near the wall. Fortunately no one was hurt. However, as we walked out of the back of the pelican shortly after, I was informed that Steele's signal had been lost a few moments after the explosion. Petty Officer Kyle's had been lost instantly.

I looked out to see two separate shockwaves destroy the mothership, which consecutively destroyed the rest of the surrounding Covenant ships.

I was brought back to the present as I spotted a piece that was large enough to be him. I accelerated and slowed as we neared it. I leaned forward expectantly... and sat back. It was just a piece of metal. My team sighed and we kept searching. I caught sight of White team's pelican slowly pull back. They had thought we found him too.

I looked around at the enormous stretch of space filled with wreckage. There had to be millions of scraps that looked like him. Too bad the ship-board AI of the nearby frigate could only scan so far. Even if it could extend farther, there was no guarantee he was still alive, in fact it was almost certain he hadn't survived. I only hoped that we could find his body so we could give him a proper burial.

I drifted past yet another clump, unable to see any human resemblance in the spotlight. Then Hillyard shouted from the back, "I think I found him!" I quickly turned the pelican around and Hillyard ran up to the cockpit. I shined the searchlight straight ahead and he pointed out to our far right. I shined the spotlight on a chunk of metal, or so I thought. As we neared it I saw his helmet's visor reflect the light, even though it was charred almost beyond reflection. His knife did the same.

"I saw him because the tail lights reflected off of that knife. It's the only thing on him not charred black." Hillyard told me. White team's pelican also flew in, their spotlight shining on the figure floating there. It almost looked like he was sitting in a chair that was reclined far back, except for the holes in his armor plating and the melted metal all around him. The holes had been filled in with the melted metal of his armor, and it gave him the look of a robot, if his armor didn't do that already. As he slowly rotated I was horrified to see that his leg and right side of his abdomen had long pointed pieces of metal pierced through, the openings closed yet again by melted metal and some blood.