Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction / Utena, Revolutionary Girl Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Halo: Death and Rebirth ❯ Rebirth and Revolution of the Rose ( Chapter 5 )

"Where's Brian!?" yelled John.

No one could answer, no one had seen him. John then got a suspicious look on his face…he knew then. The Angel, the one that had attacked Aali, the one that had killed Danny, Jason, Jaime, Josh, Jon, Nicky, Paul and Mike…was Brian-the one who was supposedly a close friend of Danny's, was actually a traitor. He then sat down, thinking of an idea…and he remembered the Counter.

"Wait a minute, we had a counter, one that counted the time till ultimate destruction, he suddenly looked up to all the clocks he had on his wall until his eye reached the right one.

"5 Hours!" he cried, standing up, "I totally forgot about it! It wasn't a counter for the Covenant or any of the Aliens, it was for the coming of the Angels!"

Then Sammy came forward.

"Then we have to do something! We can't just let this mass murder go un accounted for, or the attempted murder of Aali…"

"It wasn't an attempted murder…" said a dark voice from the hallway, "I meant to leave her in that state of mind-you see, I liked Aali's style, I couldn't kill her…like I could the rest of the weak Spartan's…you see, Aali has Charisma, something you all could use, but on the other hand, I couldn't have her interfering, therefore, I had to set her out of the picture"

Everyone turned suddenly to find a figure, a figure of someone totally different from Brian, dressed in all black, but still slightly resembling Brian-the figure bore black wings.

"It was you…" said John.

"Hehe," Brian chuckled, "I must congratulate you on figuring out that it was I, but, a little late you were, because now that I've killed off a good number of your Spartan's John, there isn't much of a fight you can put up…Oh, and don't bother calling Kelly or David," he added, then pulled two dog tags out of his pocket and throwing them to John, "It won't do you much help, they aren't there."

John stood staring at Brian. He knew exactly how he wanted to fight the Angel.

"Athena, Cortana, Deja…activate alternate Glitch housing system, full coverage, and lock down the area…we're having a war, inside of my home." Said John, still looking at the Angel, "As long as that's alright with you…it is, right?"

The Angel nodded.

"Oh yes, perfectly fine."

John grinned, he wasn't the only one with totally enhanced intelligence.

"I will see you upstairs," The Angel added, as he hovered up to the 2nd floor. John then proceeded to run into the room he kept the MJOLNIR armor in, he grabbed all the suits needed and tossed them to everyone.

"Don't even bother putting the whole thing on, just the helmet, we're doing a very real virtual reality game…" added John.

"So why aren't we fighting in reality?" asked Sammy.

"Because in Virtual reality, I can bring out Aali's alter ego, Akasha…and she can fight with a full mind…I just don't know what power she holds." Answered John.

Eric then put Aali's helmet on, and as soon as he did, they were all transported to a huge rose Garden, over 50 acres of just roses, on a platform that was suspended high above the rest of the world. John looked around until he found Brian.

"Remember everyone, if you die here, you die in reality too…this just brings your abilities up 100 fold." Said John as he moved towards Brian, with a rocket launcher in hand. But as he did, Aali appeared in front of him, wearing an elegant dress.

"Aali!?" gasped John.

"Not exactly, I am Akasha" she said.

But as they were talking, all they could hear was the unsheathing of a sword coming from the direction of the Angel.

"A Sword!?" cried John.

"This isn't any ordinary fight, it's a sword battle, you have to fight him with the same weapon…" she explained.

"So what are you, what do you have to do with this?" asked John.

"Brian is the Lord of Angel's, you destroy him, the rest die too…I, am the Rose Goddess, I grant the Sword of Revolution to whom I feel deserves it-Well, actually…"

Then John cut her off.

"Grant me the sword!"

"I cannot do that, it is actually Aali that desires the welder of the Sword…"

"But how, she can't even think for herself!" yelled John.

"Something drastic will happen, and it will remind her of something, and she will emerge from within again, just be sure that you can retract the sword from her, it is the only way to destroy the enemy…" said Akasha.

John then looked around and found a wooden bamboo stick, he picked it up, and found himself in a duelist uniform, along with Brian…they stared each other down from across the field, until The Angel charged forward.

"This foolishness will end now! With the Blood shed of John!"

He sliced at the Master Chief, but he dodged and quickly slashed back. This went on for 15 minutes, until John's bamboo was broken, he then fell to the ground, his suit sliced down the chest area, but himself unharmed. Akasha jerked forward slightly, but stopped, and then, they all witnessed, the Angel bring his sword up high above John.

"It ends now Spartan…"

But just as he brings the sword down, John is pushed from the line, and Sammy is caught in the twist of doom, blood is then shed…and Akasha's eyes light up. She runs forward to where Sammy lay.

"Sammy! Sammy no!" she cried as she falls to her knee's holding his head in her arms. Tears fall from her pale face as his blood spills on her dress and hands…then, light surrounds them both, Doug looks on.

"I understand…Akasha is reliving this, Akasha and Sammy were like Aali and Danny, and now that she's living this again, Aali will emerge! Then John, then you shall bare the Sword of Revolution!" he yelled to everyone.

All of the Spartan's looked on, as did the Angel, but he was forced to shield his eyes.

"Uhg! What is happening to her! What is she doing!?"

As the circle of light left Sammy and herself, her hair turned back to it's brunette color, and she gained color to her skin again, she opened her eyes, and they immediately knew, Aali was back.

"Aali!" cried John as he ran to her, but, in a rush of Rose petals, the Angel was standing over Aali and Sammy, she turned, only in time, to catch a gash to her side. She fell limp once again.

"NO! AALI!" John cried as he continued to run forward, not even noticing Brian, he ran past him, but Brian only flew above them.

"It makes no difference to me whether she lives or dies…but, you all will die sooner or later anyway…if it is up to me, sooner."

John sat with the bodies of Sammy and Aali. He removed Sammy's tags, and continued staring into Aali's eyes, she was not dead yet.

"Aali…come on! Hold on, just hold on!" he cried, holding her wound, which was flooding the area around them with blood, and holding her head.

"Just a little longer…" muttered Eric softly to himself.

Then Doug thought of something.

"John! The Sword! You have to do it, you have no choice, it's either take it and have a chance in saving her, or lose it and let all of mankind be destroyed with us!"

Aali was slowly closing her eyes, but John did not want to do such a thing, not with her quickly passing away. But then he thought of the battle on Halo, and the battle on Reach, and he knew what he had to do, he slowly leaned down to Aali, and locked her in a kiss. As he did, light then surrounded them, a gust of wind came around them, and as John pulled away, he noticed the handle of a sword emerge from her chest in a vortex of light, he slowly reached to the sword, stood, and pulled the sword from her chest-as he did, the light faded, and she fell limp once again.

He looked down at her, and could no longer see her breathing. He closed his eyes, and looked up to the Angel, with Rage in his heart.

"Come fight me now! You have killed almost all of the Spartan's that were brought up, and you have killed the Rose Goddess, and Sammy, I cannot allow you to get away with this murder…You will die." He said, as she charged at Brian.

"Oh I will? I think not Spartan…" he said as he charged at John, they met in the middle, and began slashing away at one another. The Angel had an advantage, he was an Angel, but after a long battle, they pushed away, and at that time, the Angel began a spell.

"I am tired of playing with you human! I will do what I set here to do now! And there is no way to stop me, not even with that sword!".

He then began making a large vortex of blue, purple and black under him, it gained size as the spell went on, and John was forced to back up, grabbing the bodies of Sammy and Aali, and handing them to Doug.

John looked at what Brian was making, there was no way he could get close enough to destroy him and make it back. John then closed his eyes and grabbed at his neck, Doug and Eric looked at him curiously.

"John, what are you doing?" asked Eric.

"What I have to…for Earth." He said as he handed his tags to Eric, and rushed forward into the black hole.

"No! John!" both of the remaining Spartan's cried as they watched their Master Chief leap into death.

John looked around for the short time he was in there, and then he found the source of the dark energy. It was the souls of all of the Spartan's he had killed before, everyone-Danny, Jason, Jaime, Sammy, Mike, Jon, Nicky, Paul and Josh. John walked up to them, they had formed a circle around a huge black orb, the holder of the dark energy they were feeding it. He climbed on top of the orb, using the edges and the sword he had, and stood on top of it…he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, being glad that he would fall with his other comrades. He lifted his sword high above his head.

"Grant me the power-To Revolutionize the World!"

As he chanted this, the spirits of the Spartan's quickly stopped feeding energy to the Orb, and looked up at him, they all smiled…and disappeared one by one. As they did, he knew they were freed, he jumped down in front of the orb, and using the Sword of Revolution, slashed through it. It fell in two pieces, and it's evil air began evaporating.

With this, the Virtual Reality ended…

The only one's who lived to tell the story, were Eric Tenlen, and Doug Howe.

Aali never awoke from her sleep.

John saved the world, from a supernatural force, using the power Aali had hidden inside

Neither Eric nor Doug said that `It was the end', because every time that was said, they were proven wrong. They haven't had a disturbance since…it's been 3 years.

Those Killed in Action

Daniel Bernal

Jason Urbonowicz

Jaime Escamilla

Jon Escamilla

Nicky Escamilla

Samuel Kiser

David Spade

Paul Reyes

Joshua Stephenson

Michael Grinsted

Aali Evenstar

Brian Debski

The only Survivors

Eric Tenlen

Douglas Howe