Crossed Lines
The morning was quiet. Grey sheets of cloud hung up in the sky on the early fall morning. On the edge of the woods, on trees that were now bare like sticks, he walked through a field. Dew clung to everything in a cold dampness, on the verge of...
Ashen Fingers
Tom leaned his head against the shower wall, feeling the cold metal against his forehead. This place was getting to him. Six months ago he should have been rotated off this shift, this backwater deep space monitoring station. After the first three...
Eyes of the Beholder
Everyone in the village had called him crazy. But what was there to lose? If he didn't make it, others would try someday and they might succeed, or they might fail like they all had so far. Maybe he could break the cycle, chances were he couldn't and...
Shattered-Epilogue
Heller felt sick, as for an instant, there was nothing. No light, no weight, no direction. And then there was everything. He fell a short distance out of the portal, onto dry, dusty ground. After laying on the ground for some time, he realized how much...
Finis Viae; Terminus Viae
"Heller, wake up." T'soona brought him gently back up to his feet, steadying him. The trip to the tower was a rather long one, and when they finally arrived at the summit, Heller had collapsed alongside T'soona. But something had roused her, and was...
Homecoming: Convergence
The sound of clashing metal reverberated through the training room as strike after strike was blocked and parried. Two Sangheili dressed in simple sparring gear danced back and forth with long metal poles, the tips of them containing a shielded piece...
Unbound
The wind howled, blowing sand against his cracked visor. The dual stars of this world shone brightly down on it, blasting and scorching everything to dust and sand, bombarding the planet with radiation. This would have been mostly true, and by all...
Homecoming: Ties that Bind
A great fist smashed down onto the central console of the small bridge of the ship, as Dekanus growled at Karzja who was standing across from him. "We should be moving on from this place! We've already waited here long enough!" Karzja's feathers...
Unity
Heller leaned his head back against the wall as the hot water poured over his head. He slumped down against the wall, content to sit in the shower for as long as he could. After all, there was only one other occupant on the ship, so it wasn't like he...
Shattered
So far, in Heller's day, his day could have been described as a waking nightmare. If he was anything less than an ODST he would have broken by now. But like his ma and pa said, quitting just wasn't in their family. Of course, that didn't help so much...
Of Gods and Devils
Jaques polished a small device in his hands as he sat in his chair. Before him sat the hologram of a man, as he stepped into view. "It's a pleasure to see you Doctor Jaques. I must apologize for my interruption of your work, no doubt, you have your...
Halo: Survival Instinct
Somewhere off in the distance, Maculee heard laughing, blended with the creaking of iron. A final resounding slam echoed, and silence fell in its wake. He stirred, coming back to his senses as he pushed himself up to his feet on cold hard concrete and...