Halo/Red Vs. Blue: Landing in the Gulch

Prologue: Midnight

A/N: Before beginning, if you want to know my inspiration for this crossover story, then just send me a question message. Or if you want, send me questions about any story or topic that's on your mind. Also, I don't own Halo, I don't wish I did, because 343 did a pretty good job with Halo 4. Minus, uh, well, if you haven't already, complete Halo 4, then comeback and read this. Trust me, you'll want to.

John-117

As the Didact lost his concentration and Cortana used her copies to "chain" him to the light bridge, the Master Chief fell, and narrowly missed falling to his doom. He held onto the edge, as he tried to pull himself up. The Didact continued his struggle for control, and the Chief grabbed the edge with his other hand making it easier to climb up. He started to climb, struggling a little bit. He pulled up himself up, placed his forearm on the light bridge and looked at the Didact, who was still struggling. He climbed up more and took out a Promethean Grenade. He got up and ran to the Didact, ready to plant the grenade.

Somehow, the Didact managed to regain some of his strength and he slapped the Chief across the light bridge. The Chief laid there, tried to get up, but as he tried, the Didact used his hand to force him up. Just then, the Promethean Grenade exploded, which caused the Didact to drop the Master Chief. He stumbled to the edge and fell over the edge. The Chief stumbled and looked over the edge, watching the Didact fall. He watched as the Didact fell into the orange-reddish vortex. The Chief took a small breath of relief and got all the way back onto the light bridge.

He wanted to think that it was over, but there was still a job to do. He started to crawl towards the nuke that had dropped off his back, trying to move, but going at a medium pace. After crawling for about ten seconds, he reached the nuke and grabbed it. He intiated the opening of the nuke and looked up. He saw the Composer firing at Earth. He looked look back down at the nuke and slammed his right hand down on the activation button. A white flash occured and he knew it was all over for him and Cortana.

...

The Master Chief opened his eyes and found himself in a hardlight cube. What is this? He thought. He looked around and started to get up on his foot and knee. "Cortana." he said, getting up more. He looked to his left and right. After not receiving a response, he said, "Cortana, do you read?" The Chief was starting to get a bit frusterated. He was standing up now. "Cortana, come in." He said, turning his head a little. He started to hear a humming sound behind him. No, not a humming sound. One of those old instruments form Earth. Like a cross of a harp and harmonica? He couldn't tell. He turned around and saw a blue light.

He saw Cortana walking towards him, slowly. But there was something wrong. She wasn't rampant or holographic. She was the heighth of the average human and she seemed solid. She continued to walk towards him, until they were a couple feet apart. "How?" he asked, at a loss for words. She smiled a little and said, "Oh, so I'm the strangest thing you've seen all day?" He continued to look at her. Her smile faded and he put out his hand a bit. "But if we're here-" He stopped talking and in return Cortana continued for him. "It worked. You did it. Just like you always do."

He looked up and turned around looking around the hardlight area. "So," he said, not turning back to face her. "How do we get out of here?" After a few seconds of no responses, he turned to face her once again, to see her just raising her head back up. "I'm not coming with you this time." she said, in a sad tone, but it was noticable. The Chief stared at her as if he was a five year old. "What?" he asked, as if the information he was just given was completely in a foreign language. She looked down at the hardlight floor. "Most of me is down there." Cortana said. "I only held enough back to get you off the ship."

The Chief didn't want to believe it. "No. That's not-! We go together." Her eyebrows raised a bit and she said, "It's already done." Her eyebrows lowered again. He took a small step forward and firmly said, "I am not leaving you here!" She stepped forward and stuck out her hand. "John..." she said, before touching his right pec armor plate. He was shocked. Cortana, the AI, his AI, was touching him! Physically, not mentally! She continued to speak in a sad tone and it sounded like she would cry, if AI's could cry. "I've waited so long to do that." Master Chief looked away and at the floor. "It was my job to take care of you." he said.

"We were supposed to take care of each other," Cortana said, as she looked at him and he returned the glance. "And we did." She sounded close to breaking down in tears now. "Cortana, please..." he said, looking downish again. She stood there for a few seconds, then retracted her hand and started moving back the way she came. "Wait-" he said, flicking his hand. She continued moving back and finally said, "Welcome home, John." She then moved her hands until they touched and then she slowly disappeared. He stared at the spot where she had disappeared, as the ship fell apart around the cube. He saw something like a cryo-pod formed around him, then he succumbed to darkness.

...

"We're all going to die, starting with Grif!" The Master Chief heard a man's voice, as he woke up in some kind of artificial cryo-pod. "He's coming to!" A female voice exclaimed. As the Chief opened his eyes, he saw what looked like Cortana standing in front of him. He then realized that the figure wasn't Cortana, as she didn't wear armor. He reached for his assault rifle on his back, but it wasn't there. He thought he heard another voice say something. "Say again?" he asked, his eyes fully open. He saw a Spartan in cabolt armor. "Where's my-" he started, but the man cut him off. "Can it! I'll be asking the questions!" he said, cocking the assualt rifle in his hand. "Now, I'll ask again, who the hell are you? We didn't request back up!" the man said.

A/N: As I said before, if you have any questions about this story, leave them in a review, or send me a message containing them. Next Chapter, the Chief will be introduced to the Spartans of Blood Gulch. Just so you know, this takes place after season 13, in an altered timeline. Stay tuned!