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A Little Respect
(Scenes from Hell) The Master Chief is embroiled in a deadly battle with a black-armoured Elite, on top of a Banshee while it's flying. They circle the Pillar of Autumn as the chief attempts to reach the reactor. Elites battle the flood on the surface of the ship below.

The battle is tough. They are too evenly matched. Blow and counterblow hit off their shields, surrounding them in shimmering auras. They fall away from each other, neither able to land a decisive blow. Then, the Elite produces a plasma grenade and grins. The camera does a Sergio Leone-style close up of the Chief's visor (slightly less effective due the fact that the visor is reflective and you can't see the fear in his eyes...) and the elite tosses the grenade and sticks it to one of the Banshee's wings. An explosion tears the stumpy wing off and the plane circles downward and crashes in the battle torn surface of the PoA. The Chief is sent flying and lands hard. He's wounded. He can't get up. All the surrounding Elites and Combat forms stop fighting and surround the chief, staring at the spectacle unfolding. Meanwhile, the elite who threw the grenade has landed on his feet and walk slowly toward the Chief's unmoving form. The Chief can?t stand. He turns over to see the Elite standing over him cocking a plasma pistol, which will cock with a similar action to an old six shooter for added coolness. It charges and the Chief stares into its iridescent green flames.

The Elite snarls and says ?The heretics think you are their saviour. Yet you could not even save yourself. Time to die...? Cortana speaks through the Chief?s helmet and says ?If you have one of those barbarically crude but daring plans, I?d be up for it right about now?? The Chief says nothing.

Just as the Elite prepares to shoot and the soundtrack builds to a choral climax, a Gold Elite emerges from the surrounding crowd and yells ?STOP!?

The Black Elite standing over the Chief looks up, surprised and all the Flood and Covenant shift uneasily.

The Gold Elite steps into the centre and speaks to the crowd.

?How can we kill this man? This man who has fought us on Halo?s beaches, who?s fought us in the snow, beneath the earth, in the air? This man who has lived through hell, and honourably killed thousands of our brothers? Why does he deserve to die now after all he?s suffered through? Yes, he may be a godless heretic. Yes, he may be a vile demon who threatens our civilization and way of life. Yes, he may be trying to get to this ships reactor and blow us all to hell, and yes if we don?t kill him now he will almost certainly succeed. But does any of that matter? Are we really so different deep down? He has glib one liners and a smart-talking AI, we have ?wort wort wort?. He has bullets, we have plasma. But we all want the same thing; the total annihilation of our enemies. This man?? [He looks at the Chief] ?THIS MAN? has done more to annihilate his enemies than the rest of us combined! He has earned your respect? and? he has earned my love.?

A tear runs down his cheek and the Elite begins to clap slowly. The Elites and Combat Forms in the crowd look at one another, baffled as the applause echoes hollowly back. Then one by one, the clapping spreads and Elites and the Flood alike cheer in support of the Chief. Everyone is clapping furiously?

?except the Elite with the plasma pistol levelled at the Chief?s head. They stare into each others eyes for a long moment, before the Elite drops the pistol and offers the Chief his hand. He raises the Chief to his feet and says ?I may hate you? but I still respect you.? They shake hands, and the Elite says ?Next time we meet? we are enemies.? The Chief nods and salutes the Elite. He returns the gesture. The Chief runs off toward the reactor, and the clapping fades.

The Elite looks around and says ?Now? Let?s win this fight once and for all!?

(Beowulf on 11-08-06 14:12 UTC, permalink)



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