"Once the game is finished, the king and the pawn go into the same box." Nothing was making any sense. How did she get here? What had changed? Why were they all so cold? A sort of "what if" scenario I came up with one day: what it would be like if the Cortana we all know and love from Halo 1-4 suddenly "returned" post-Halo 5, having to face a universe corrupted by, seemingly, her own hands? Rated M for Mature !!!!Warning: anxiety and PTSD triggers, character death, depictions of torture, mild language!!!! I don't own Halo! Cover made using "Desyner" app! I reserve all my rights to this piece.