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A short piece I wrote for Tumblr randomly. I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment.

by Firerwolf

Tom entered his quarters, his movements weighted by another extended shift on the bridge. He would have stayed on the bridge, he wanted to be a strong Captain for them, but he couldn’t ignore that the lack of sleep was becoming visible. And today was particularly bad.

Tom moved over to the desk he had near his bed and pulled open one of the drawers. He looked down at the items he’s stored there and he felt the weight of his worries join his exhaustion. At the bottom of the collection was a wrapped package that was his Christmas gift for Sarah. He’d bought it before the last time they’d left dock. Of course the last ti

More Kathleen/Fred. Officially part of the Spartan Love timeline. Please read and comment. I don't own anything from Halo, but Kathleen is my pride and joy. List of Spartan Love stories:

by Firerwolf

Fred moved down the hallway, reading what little data he had on his datapad. The Spartan IIs, IIIs, and their families are going to a celebration of the end of the Human-Covenant War. Fred was meeting with the leader of the ODST who were supposed to be their security. Fred had looked up information on the team, wanting to feel secure under their guard, but found very little actual information. Most of the files were blacked out. From what he could tell there were twelve soldier, their leader a Sergeant Major. On most of the personnel files only name and rank weren't blacked out but on their leader's file even the name was classified. It all had unnerved Fred so he'd set up a meeting with the Sergeant Major to hopefully get some piece of mind.

Takes place between ODSS Chapter 41 and 42. I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment. List of Spartan Love stories:

by Firerwolf

Kathleen walked down the dirt path, staring up at the clouds above. She didn't know why she was here or where she was going, but didn't even care at the moment. The air was warm, the sun was out, and she could hear the wildlife around her. Usually she would have felt uneasy so vulnerable like this, but at the moment she felt completely at ease.

An arm settled over her shoulder and she looked to the man beside her. He reminded her of Will but she knew that it wasn't him. This man had scar tissue all over his jaw which seemed to stretch weirdly as he smiled at her. His hair was jet black but was streaked with blue the way Fred's was with silver. His eyes weren't human but alien, though she felt at ease under the gaze of those eyes. She couldn't place who he was but she knew him, felt safe with him.

079 Starvation by Firerwolf

Kathleen scowled as her stomach growled. She didn't need it to remind her how hungry she was. The sound seemed all the more taunting in the quiet of the gym. Kathleen shut her eyes and tried to clear her mind once more. She was trying to practice the zen techniques that Kelly had taught her to keep her reflexes sharp. The scent of meat and cooked vegetables filled her nose and she heard the sound of someone setting a tray down in front of her. Kathleen opened her eyes and found herself facing Will. She glanced down at the tray of food and then back to him. "What do you want for it?" She'd been ordered no food so she was sure that Will would want something in return for him breaking orders. "Can I get a kiss?" Kathleen glared at him. He knew better than to ask her for that. "Then I don't need anything." He sat down beside her, seeming to be content.

#ODSS #From the Battlefield #79 Starvation #Kathleen 113 #Halo #fanfic

When lines are drawn and sides are chosen loyalty is tested. Please read and comment.

by Firerwolf

Every part of the Infinity had to be constantly working, every piece fitting together and in sync. The rail had to constantly be moving and on time to get soldiers around the giant ship, the life support and gravity systems had to be checked to prevent undo injury or death, and information had to come in and out of the ship through all kinds of security channels. Each one of these gears had to fit and move as one without any stutter or fault for the ship to function without devolving into chaos. Roland's duty was to be sure those gears stayed in motion. And the humans thought they had a lot to do for their job. Though, he supposed, they didn't have the processing power of an AI and they were limited by their speed of motion while he could work as quickly as electricity or signals could move. Although while he could be talking to a person on the bridge and without breaking the conversation was able to adjust for irregularities in the engine he couldn't move a crate, shoot a gun, or even replace a broken component. So it took more than him to keep the ship running but as Commander Palmer would point out a team took all kinds to work properly.

Prompt number 78, Drink, for the 100 prompt challenge, mischief managed, using my original character, Kathleen-113 from my story ODSS. Please read and comment Full list of prompts:

by Firerwolf

Kathleen stared down at the brown liquid in her cup. She didn't understand why civilians liked this stuff so much. It looked like dirty water, tasted awful, and impaired ones judgment. She'd gladly take a canteen of clean water over this stuff.

"Not a big drinker?" Kathleen looked up to the voice, their target. The man across from her looked like he had more money than he knew what to do with. Maybe that was why he was funding rebels. His hair was slicked back, every bit of clothing was designer from his shoes to his watch. The top two buttons of his shirt were undone and he'd been hitting on girls all night.

"I was just thinking." Kathleen was getting pretty good at lying on the fly. It was a skill that was becoming increasingly useful. "My father used to drink stuff like this. Left me a cabinet full of aged liquor when he died."

Based off a post on Tumblr. I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment. List of Spartan Love stories:

by Firerwolf

John looked around his new apartment, the living room still filled with his things. He'd get around to unpacking eventually but he was in no hurry. He looked it the window at the city, his new home. The buildings were all high and clean. It was a smaller city than he was used to, having moved from the largest city on the planet, Darkrath. Comparatively Elysan was about half the size but was growing quickly. John was fairly sure it would become a center of industry in just years.

John toyed with his necklace, surprised by how warm it was. It had always been cold in the past but now there was a comforting warmth. His finger ran over the jagged edge of the symbol, his half of a pair. At the age of five every child was given a necklace like this. When he'd first been given it the pendant had just been a rock, and one day he'd woke up and it had taken shape and color. Every human had one of these necklaces, a soul, as people called it. Somewhere out there was the mirror image of his pendant that fit perfectly with his. His literal soul mate.

Prompt 073, Heat, for the 100 prompt couples challenge I'm doing for Noble One and Two, Carter and Kat, from Halo Reach, I call Noble Pair. I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment. ...

by Firerwolf

Carter walked out of the main building into the open air of the base. He was hit by the heat of the bright summer day right away. The humidity in the air made his muscle shirt stick to his skin and he could already feel it sinking into his skin. He almost went back inside but he had a reason to be out.

Carter made his way across the base to a shed that was off to the side. Kat had acquired the shed to be her workspace while they were on base. The staff hadn't fought her on it. No one fought a Spartan when they wanted space. He moved to the door and knocked. He didn't wait for her to answer and opened the door, walking inside. Sadly, he found

Prompt number 77, Test, for the 100 prompt challenge, mischief managed, using my original character, Kathleen-113 from my story ODSS. Please read and comment Full list of prompts:

by Firerwolf

Kathleen stood on the box, staring straight ahead. She held her arms out to the side, weights held tightly in her hands. She felt some strain from it but she'd worked hard to learn to ignore the pain that came from it. They'd already been there for at least two hours, though honestly Kathleen hadn't been paying attention to the time. She was focused more on the soldiers around her. Her team stood around her, in the same position.

They had been chatting the entire time, like they were just sitting around in a lounge. Maybe they didn't realize what was going on? Maybe they did and realized that being quiet wasn't going to help them succeed. Or

Based off the book New Blood. The starting text is directly from the book but changed after that. I don't own anything form Halo. Please read and comment.

by Firerwolf

The front of the place still bore bullet holes and plasma scars. They kind of added to its charm. At least they'd cleaned up the blood.

The inside looked like someone had gutted it from stem to stern and then gotten bored with the refurb and just started tossing tables and stools into it until it felt more like a bar. The place stood empty except for a couple of retired fishers who were old enough to prefer talking about the sea to actually being on it. I didn't recognize the bartender, but that wasn't any surprise either.

After a bit of chitchat, I started in on a bottle of some local-made baijiu. I didn't have any plans to stop.

I was half way through my drink when Sarah sat herself down in the seat beside me. She didn't say anything, or really make any sign she was aware that I was beside her, so I ignored her as well. The bartender approached and set a drink down in front of her without comment and giving her a charming smile. I couldn't help but feel jealous. Not because he was flirting with her, but because her drink was free and also a higher quality alcohol than my own.

Chapter 19 of Silent Gulch: Redemption. I don't own anything from red vs blue or Silent Hill. Please read and comment. Full list of Silent Gulch Chapters: Silent Gulch:

by Firerwolf

Grif walked down the hallway, not at all sure where it was he was going. Every place seemed to look the same and it was all just one giant maze. He had been walking for a while so he found a spot that didn't seem to be likely to have something gross on it and sat down. He leaned back against the wall and shut his eyes, listening for anything. He was fairly sure that just about anything that might attack him would make some sort of sound, at least while moving on the metal floor. He didn't hear anything so he relaxed a bit.

Grif pulled back out the journal and stared at it, not sure if he should read more. He hadn't particularly liked what he'd read last time, but maybe he could get more insight. Grif opened the journal and flipped through it. He frowned as he found an entry with a different sort of hand writing.

So there's the next part of Spartan Love. Yep, if you can tell they now have four kids. Jacob, Sam, Catherine, and Avery. I wanted to get this out in time for 's birthday so I say victory. I'm not ...

by Firerwolf

Fred relaxed on the hanging bench, swinging lightly in the warm summer breeze. He watched as the children ran about the yard happily. He envied them. They didn't have a worry in the world, just running about playing keep away. The older two boys, now nine, were even moving slowly enough that the spunky six-year-old girl could keep up with them. Fred smiled slightly but it slowly faded as he watched them. They all had brown hair, making it obvious that they were all related, but Fred couldn't deny the resemblance that the oldest and youngest boy shared with their father.

"What are you so upset about?" Kelly sat down beside Fred. He glanced ov

Tom and Sarah have some fun. I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment. List of Spartan Love stories: risu-ruy-sama.deviantart.com/j…

by Firerwolf

Tom sat at the table, frowning down at the schedule in his hand. He liked being first officer of Infinity but it had certain obligations. Obligations like having to attend every event. He didn't mind the fun run, though he wasn't looking forward to being outdone by Sarah. Most likely she'd take off like a rocket. Fun run or not it was still a race to her. He'd already put in the forms for the valentine's day dance, and he was glad to not be in charge of making a speech on Infinity day. What he wasn't looking forward to was the event after the fun run but before the Valentine's dance.

Tom looked up as Sarah moved into the apartment. The woman

Prompt number 76, Broken Pieces, for the 100 prompt challenge, mischief managed, using my original character, Kathleen-113 from my story ODSS. Please read and comment Full list of prompts:

by Firerwolf

Kathleen kept her pace steady as she followed behind the soldiers. She found herself so out of place once again. These soldiers were not only older than her, but they were shorter, not at all the same sort of build as her. She hadn't exactly felt like she fit in with the Spartans, but she wasn't really sure what her place was here with her new team.

Kathleen felt like her life, all that she knew, had been broken to pieces and now she was just trying to put it back together. She'd easily managed to renew and put back together her faith in the UNSC, in her duty to Earth's colonies and people. That had been the easy part, and from there she was

Here's chapter 38 of ODSS. I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment. Full Chapter List: firerwolf.deviantart.com/journ…

by Firerwolf

1100 HOURS, DECEMBER 28, 2552(MILITARY CALENDAR)

Kathleen flipped through the report, scrolling from report after report. She didn't like any of it. The faces of her team stared back at her, making it all the harder to read those bright red words: Unfit for duty. How could it be that her entire unit was suddenly unable to fight? She once more checked over the injury lists and tried to decide if it was really as bad as the report said, or if there was something else at work.

Most of the soldiers were listed with injuries to limbs that would impair their ability walk or move. Most of them were looking at needing prosthetics if they ever wanted to have anywhere near normal limb function. A few had head injuries that the medical staff had deemed too dangerous to risk more damage. She didn't really need this report to tell her how damaged her soldiers were now. She saw it in their little limps, in the hesitation as they prepared to force their limbs to work when they didn't want to. She saw it in Luke's missing eye which had ruined his depth perception. In Patrick's hand which had been mangled and couldn't be used to type any more.

#ODSS #Halo #Kathleen 113 #Chapter 38

John and Kelly try to spend some time together. I don't own anything from Halo, please read and comment. List of Spartan Love stories:

by Firerwolf

Kelly stood beside the bed, folding the laundry. She was stacking it carefully, dividing it by pants and shirts and who it belonged to. She stopped for a moment, reaching back to massage her shoulder. This sort of repetitive motion just hurt after a while and there was no way to really prevent it. She returned to her task, rolling her eyes as she noticed a bit of a tear in one of Sam's shorts. That boy couldn't keep clothing in one piece.

The door to the bathroom opened and Kelly glanced back at John as he moved out, a towel around his waist. "I set out some clothing for you." Kelly motioned to the shirt pants and underwear that she'd put out on his side of the bed. She returned her attention to the clothing in her hand, trying to decide if the hole was small enough it could be mended or if she should just throw it out.

Takes place during Thursday War.Can you tell I've given up on summaries? I don't own anything from Halo. Please read and comment. List of Spartan Love stories:

by Firerwolf

Kathleen stared out at the Keep, watching as one of the ships fell from the sky. It was good to see that even with only ground weapons the Arbiter's people could defend themselves. Still everything that was happening left a bad taste in her mouth. These rebellious Sangheili were just not acting like Sangheili. She didn't like it at all. Maybe Blade was just so odd for his species that she had the wrong impression. No, she'd met plenty of Sangheili in battle and something like this still seemed to go against all of that experience.

"You look troubled," Blade said as he moved up to join her. "Tell me what bothers you, Love."

Kathleen furrowed her brow. "What did you just call me?"

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