16Chapter 5: Kaikaina Grif
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Halo, Red Vs Blue or Any of their Respective Characters
Author's Note:
* Hello and welcome to chapter five!
* I apologize for taking so long to update this story. I've been focusing on another story for the last several months and I'm starting to focus on some of my other stories again, starting with this one.
* This chapter's back just in time, because Season 16 of Red Vs Blue is just around the corner! And boy, am I hyped! I wasn't really a big fan of Season 15, but as long as we're getting more episodes, I'm excited. If you want to give me your opinion on the current state of the show, go ahead. Just PM me if you wish.
* As you can infer from this chapter's title, Kaikaina Grif (Sister) may be joining the ever growing roster of characters. I can't really think of anything else to say about this chapter, so read away!
Tucker
Caves Underneath Blood Gulch
"Okay, gang. Now that we're down here, I think we should split up." Master Chief said.
"And that's exactly how you die in a horror movie." I said.
"We're not in a horror movie, Tucker." Carolina said, not using my code name.
I ignored her, as Grif spoke next.
"Yeah, that is how you die in a horror movie! Not to mention that a black person is always the first one to be killed off!" he exclaimed.
"That's racist." I said. "Not to mention that I'm black!"
"No, you're not! You're more Samoan than you are black!" Grif exclaimed.
"Call it a tan." I protested.
"Samoan!" Grif exclaimed.
"It's a tan!" I insisted.
"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Master Chief exclaimed, sounding more agitated every time he said the word.
"People, ignore him!" I said, pointing at Grif and ignoring John. "There are specific rules you have to follow in order to survive a horror movie!"
"Oh boy." Carolina replied in an annoyed tone. "Here we go."
"Gentlemen, please." Master Chief said, but I ignored him.
"First rule, as much as it doesn't sound like me, no sex! Anyone caught with their clothes off is sure to get picked off by the killer or killers! Second rule, never split up! Then, the killer can pick you off one by one!" I said. "Oh, and while on that subject, never, ever, ever say "I'll be right back". Because you won't be back. We'll find you in the base with a knife and multiple stab wounds!"
"Calm down, Tucker!" Carolina exclaimed, still not using my code name.
"We are splitting up, Jersey. We'll cover more ground that way." John said.
I sighed in disappointment.
"Okay, fine. If that's how you want to play it." I said.
"Carolina, you're pairing up with Jersey. I want the two of you to search in the Blue Base area." he said, disregarding my comment. "I'll cover the biggest area, the middle area. And Alaska and Iowa will tackle the Red Base area. Everyone clear on their zones?"
Everyone acknowledged their orders. Seconds later, Carolina and I headed off in the direction of Blue Base.
"So-" Carolina began to speak, but I interrupted her.
"No talking." I said, as I turned on the flashlight on my DMR. "We need to pay attention. We may not be alone down here."
Doc
Blood Gulch Medical Tent
"Knock knock." I heard a voice come from the entrance to the tent.
I looked up from my book, to see Lopez standing there.
"Lopez." I said, closing my book. "What can I do for you?"
"I just got off of the radio with the good Doctor Halsey. They needed permission to land." Lopez said. "I need you at their LZ to help Halsey get any new medical supplies to the Infirmary."
I stood up.
"What other choice do I have?" I asked, as I exited the tent. "There's nothing to do here anyway."
Tucker
Caves Underneath Blood Gulch
"Shh!" I whispered. "I think I heard something!"
"What?" Carolina whispered.
"I don't know." I said, as I crouched and slowly moved forward.
"Tucker, let's go!" I heard a familiar voice.
"Who is that?" Carolina asked, as we moved forward.
"Church?" I asked myself.
I moved forward, as I continued listening to the voices.
"Okay, little dude. I gotta go now." I heard another voice.
Recognizing the voice as my own, I broke into a light jog into the lower part of Blue Base.
"Tucker, wait!" Carolina called out, still refusing to use my code name.
I ran into the room and saw a screen playing out events of our old misadventures in Blood Gulch.
"Tex needs Church and I to back her up." my younger self on screen said to my alien son, Junior.
"Bow-Chick-A-Honk-Honk!" Junior exclaimed on the recording.
"Junior..." I whispered to myself, all of a sudden feeling sad.
"Tucker, what is it?" Carolina asked, stopping beside me. "Who is that?"
"It's my son. Junior." I said, still using a sad tone.
"You have a son? An alien son?" Carolina asked. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I've mentioned it several times." I said, as the recording restarted, at the point where Church called for me.
"Tucker, let's go!" Church called on the recording.
"Okay little dude. I gotta go now." my recording counterpart said. "Tex needs Church and I to back her up."
"Bow-Chick-A-Honk-Honk!" Junior said over the recording.
After that, the loop restarted.
"What is this?" Carolina asked.
"It's a recording of past events that took place in Blood Gulch." I said. "It looks like it's stuck in a loop. Question is, why is this recording playing?"
"I don't know." Carolina said, as she paced back in forth in front of me.
I was about to say something else, when I heard a voice from above us.
"-555-V-I-C-K, doodily doo!" the voice said, sounding like he/her/it was singing.
"What was that?!" Carolina asked with surprise.
"I don't know. It was someone or something who said something." I said. "We should probably check it out."
I moved out of the basement area and moved towards the ramp going up to the main level, Carolina following closely behind me.
Washington
Blood Gulch
"I can't believe it took them this long!" Caboose exclaimed. "They should have been back yester-"
I cut Caboose off.
"Caboose, it was going to take at least a few months." I said. "Cortana needed therapy and possibly multiple surgeries. That wasn't going to take just a day."
After a few minutes, their ship landed. As soon as the ramp dropped, Cortana was the first one off of the ship. She had a new look, mostly in her hair. She now wore her hair in a ponytail instead of her usual wearing her hair down.
"Where is he?!" was the first thing she said.
There was no mistaking that she was talking about John. The Master Chief. I tried not to make a big deal out of the fact that it seemed like she wasn't happy to see us.
"Hello to you too, Cortana." I said, in my calmest tone. "It's been a while."
"Save me the introductions, Washington. Now, where's John?" she asked. "We have news."
"Why? What's wrong?" I asked.
Before I got an answer, a male Spartan in light brown armor came down the ramp. For a second, I didn't recognize him. He stepped into the sunlight of the gulch.
"Hello, gentlemen." he said.
"Noble Six. We've been wondering where you went." I said.
"Well, I'm back. And Cortana is right. We do have news." he said.
"What news?" I asked.
"I'm sorry. I cannot speak with you about that." he said. "I can only speak with the Master Chief on the matter. So, if you could please point me in the right direction-"
"He's down in the caves beneath Blood Gulch." I said. "He took Tucker, Grif, Carolina and Donut down there earlier. We got a distress signal earlier today, coming from the caves. They're investigating that matter now."
"Okay." Cortana said. "Give me a suit of armor and I'll go down there looking for him!"
"No way, Cortana. You're not trained to use that armor." Doctor Halsey said, as she walked off of the Pelican. "Just because you've had the surgeries, doesn't mean that you're ready to get into the armor and run around with proper training. You know that."
"Wait, what surgery? What's going on?" I asked.
"Sock party? This is no time for a sock party!" Caboose exclaimed.
"Caboose, I have no idea how you got that from "surgery"." Doc said as he took inventory on all of the new medical supplies.
"Yeah..." was all I could say. "So, what's that about a surgery?"
"Surgeries." Doctor Halsey said. "After we fixed her problems, she told me that she wanted to be a Spartan, just like John."
"That's why it took us so long." Cortana said.
"Thank you, Cortana." Doctor Halsey said. "She's not a full Spartan like John. Spartan-V we call it. The first of her kind. She has her own special type of armor and it's already been designed and made. She also has her own special enhancements that John doesn't."
"I'm going down to those caves! Give me my damn armor!" Cortana exclaimed, pointing at Doctor Halsey.
"You are not going down there without the proper training and that is final!" Doctor Halsey exclaimed.
"I am an adult!" Cortana exclaimed.
"Without the proper training." Doctor Halsey said calmly.
They began arguing, when Noble Six interrupted.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Fucking forget it, okay?" he asked. "I'll go into the caves after John. I'll give him the news myself."
"Don't scare them, please?" Cortana asked him.
Noble Six just looked at Cortana, before moving his forearm in front of his visor and tapping a few buttons.
"Don't worry. You know me." he said, before disappearing a few seconds later. "I won't scare them too much."
"Okay, seriously?" I asked, after realizing he had cloaked himself. "That was really fucking creepy."
Grif
Caves Beneath Blood Gulch
Fifteen Minutes Later...
"And so I said-" Donut continued speaking and I continued tuning him out.
I actually began listening when I thought I heard someone.
"Shh, shh!" I exclaimed, cutting him off.
"What's the matter? Do you want to hear a different story?" Donut asked.
"Be quiet! I think I heard something!" I said, as I looked around us.
As I turned around in circles, I felt a rush of air from behind me.
"Ahh! What the fuck!" I exclaimed, as I turned around and fired.
"What?! What happened!" Donut exclaimed.
"I think that someone just ran past me!" I said.
"Oh, good one, Alaska!" Donut said. "You're just drugged up like the last time we were down here!"
"Shut the fuck up, Donut." I said in an irritated tone.
"Oooh! Codenames!" he reminded me, but I didn't care.
Tucker
"Sounds like it's coming from up there." I said, as I slowly made my way up the ramp.
I saw a screen on the next floor, revealing a familiar figure on the screen. It was Vic.
"Hey, Private Tucker, dude! It's been a while!" he exclaimed, in a sing-songy voice.
"It's Lance Corporal now, Vic." I said.
"His name isn't Vic. It's V.I.C." Carolina said, as she followed me up the ramp. "The Virtual Intelligence Center. Or, just Vic."
"Right you are Agent Carolina!" Vic said. "I am an AI!"
I said nothing.
"So what has brought you cool cats down here?" Vic asked. "Doesn't seem like you're here to visit me."
"No, we're not." I said.
"Wow, Tucker. That's cold." Carolina said.
"I don't care. We're not here to chat with him." I said.
"So what are you here for?" Vic said.
"We heard a distress signal from upstairs." Carolina said.
"You didn't happen to hear it, did you?" I asked.
"I sure did, dude!" Vic said.
"Can you tell us where it's coming from?" I asked.
"Sure can diddilly-do, dude!" Vic exclaimed. "Just let me go through my data for a minute."
I waited patiently, tapping my foot for a second.
"It's coming from Red Base dude! As in the Red Base down here." he said.
"Thanks." I said, as I turned around, ready to leave the base.
"And remember, if you ever want to talk, don't email!" Vic called as we walked away. "Just call me up, at 555-V-I-C-K! Doodily doo!"
"Yeah, whatever you say." I said, as we walked down the ramp.
John-117
Caves Beneath Blood Gulch
I was searching the center of the cavern, when the radio in my helmet came on.
"This is Agent Jersey seeking contact with Sierra 117." the voice on the other side.
"I read you Agent Jersey, go ahead." I said.
"We know where the signal is coming from." he said. "It's coming from Red Base. We're heading over there now."
"Okay, Jersey. I'll join you there shortly." I said, as my radio shut off.
I continued walking around, until I thought I heard someone run past me. I whipped around quickly and began shooting at where the sound had come from.
Grif
Caves Beneath Blood Gulch
"What the hell was that?!" I exclaimed.
"Calm down, Grif." Donut said. "It sounded like gunfire. Coming from the center of the cave. Or somewhere. I don't know."
Just then, my radio came on.
"This is Sierra 117 seeking contact with Agents Iowa and Alaska." the Master Chief's voice on the other side said.
"We read you." I said. "What's happening?"
"Agents Jersey and Carolina found the source of the distress signal. It's coming from Red Base in these caves. I'll see you there soon." he said.
"Okay, we'll continue searching the basement of the Base." I said.
There were a few seconds of silence from the Chief's end of the radio.
"You haven't done anything, have you?" he asked.
"No, no, no! We're doing stuff! Real businessy stuff!" I exclaimed.
"Dexter Grif," he said, not using my code name. "why did I ask you to come along on this mission?"
"Do I really need to answer that question?" I asked.
He said nothing, as I heard him disconnect from the other side. My radio turned off, as I heard sounds of running from behind us. I turned around, to see Tucker and Carolina running up to us.
"Hey, guys." Tucker said, upon reaching us.
"Hey, dipshit." I said.
"Hey!" Donut exclaimed. "I take offence to that!"
"Shut up, genius. I wasn't talking to you." I said. "Have you guys found anything?"
"We found Vic." Tucker said. "And the signal is coming from Red Base."
"Really? What's he up to?" Donut asked.
"Loneliness." Tucker said. "And playing old clips of the messed up adventures we had here back in the day."
"Do you think we could find a way to bring him up to the surface with us?" Donut asked.
"No way. We don't have enough things annoying us. And you know I'm leaving anyway." Tucker said.
"You're here now, aren't you?" I asked. "And what are we doing?"
"Waiting for the Chief to make his way to us." Tucker said.
Tucker
Caves Beneath Blood Gulch
"Hey, can we move away from the topic of you leaving?" Grif asked.
"Sure. What do you want to talk about?" I asked, as I paced around the area.
"What are the rules of a horror movie again?" he asked.
"Oh, come on!" Carolina said. "Not again with that!"
"Um, don't ever have sex, don't split up, and don't ever say "I'll be right back", because you won't be back." I said, as I counted them out on my fingers.
"Okay, gotcha." he said. "Thanks."
"Alaska, why did you want to know?" Carolina asked.
Grif said nothing, as he put his Battle Rifle onto his back.
"Alaska..." I said with slight anger.
He put his arms out in front of him.
"I'll be right back!" he exclaimed, as he began to walk backwards towards the darker area of the cave.
"You idiot!" Carolina said.
"Fucking dick." I said.
It was all fun in games until Grif was hit in the back of the head with a weapon of some kind and he fell to the ground, groaning with pain.
"Alaska!" Carolina exclaimed.
"Shit! Open fire!" I exclaimed, as I did so.
"Arrgh!" Grif exclaimed. "I haven't felt this hungover since the Vegas Quadrant!"
Donut was the second to go. As he fumbled with his grenades, trying to get one ready, he was kicked in the face and sent to the ground. Next was Carolina, as I shot at the invisible force, she went down from a hit in the chest. Luckily, it wasn't a bullet.
I continued shooting at the unseen attacker. In a fit of desperation, I put my DMR onto my back after my current magazine had been emptied.
"Alright bitch, let's see how you do against a -" I spoke as I reached for my sword. "Oh, fuck! I don't have my sword!"
"Ha!" Grif said, as I pulled my Magnum instead.
I started firing at the unseen threat as it approached me. Every shot missed. The last shot I fired before the magazine was empty ricocheted off of the stalagmites and the stalactites in the cave. I just watched the bullet travel as it continued to ricochet off of all of the rocky formations.
Eventually, I saw it nail my unseen attacker in the thigh.
"Ack! Son of a bitch!" I heard him exclaim.
"I hit him! Did you see that?!" I exclaimed. "What a shot!"
"It only counts if you call it!" Carolina said, from her place on the cave floor.
"Oh bullshit, Carolina!" I exclaimed.
"Ha, Tucker fucked up!" Grif exclaimed while he laid on the cave floor. "Oh wow, I can see it! The planets are aligned! It's beautiful!"
"Ah, well what do you know? Grif is high again, just like the first time we were down here!" Donut exclaimed.
"Fuck off, you..." Grif said, as his voice trailed off, as if he was blacking out.
I noticed that the unseen threat in front of me had seemed to have disappeared. I could tell that from the subtle outline that had been in front of me was now gone.
"Gone? Where'd it go?" I asked, as I reloaded my Magnum.
Just then, I got hit the back of the head with the butt of a weapon. My Magnum fell from my hand as I fell face first onto the ground. I flipped myself over as quick as I could, and saw the threat standing over me.
I tried to reach for my Magnum, not remembering that it's magazine was empty. He kicked it away, so I couldn't reach it.
"Shit." I said, as I looked up at the threat.
Just then, the threat de-cloaked itself, revealing a Spartan in light brown armor, pointing a DMR at me.
"Boo." he said.
I closed my eyes and waited for him to shoot. But, he didn't. I cautiously opened my eyes, to see the guy had put his DMR and on his back. Now, he was holding out his hand to me, as if he were going to help me up.
"Wait, what?" Carolina asked, as she began to get up herself. "What's going on here?"
"Tucker..." the man said. "Aren't you going to take my hand?"
I just laid there in silence, stunned.
"What the hell is going on down here?!" I heard the Chief exclaim. "Who are you?!"
I looked over to where the Chief was entering the area, with his weapon pointed at the Spartan.
"Hello, Chief. Long time, no see." the Spartan said.
"That voice..." the Chief said, as he approached us. "Noble Six? Is that you?!"
"That's affirmative, Chief!" the Spartan said.
"Where the hell have you been?!" the Chief exclaimed, as he walked closer, still pointing his Assault Rifle at Noble Six.
"You think you can put away your Rifle there, Chief?" Noble Six asked, as I finally took Six's hand.
"You forget that I never trusted you during the first war." the Chief said. "I still don't."
"Wow. Why did I come back?" Noble Six asked, as I walked to retrieve my Magnum to reload it.
"Good question. Why are you back?" he asked.
"I came back with Doctor Halsey and Cortana." he said. "We're back."
"Cortana's back?!" the Chief exclaimed. "Take me to her!"
"Chief," I said. "don't forget the mission."
He sighed.
"You're right." he said. "It's time to check Red Base."
John-117
We finally moved up to Red Base, after Grif and Donut had left to meet Carolina and Tucker out front. We moved into the main floor of the base, surprised that there seemed to be steam or fog, covering the floor, one of the two.
"What the hell is going here?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah, who's been vaping in here?" Grif asked.
"Dumb-ass." Noble Six replied.
"Oh, right." Grif responded.
I approached what seemed to be the center of the room through the haze, until I bumped into something. Something made of metal, steel or concrete, or something.
"Whoa!" I said, after bumping into into the structure.
"What is that?" Tucker asked as he approached me.
"I'm not sure." I said, as I walked around it, trying to figure it out. "I think that it might be a cryo-pod!"
"A cryo-pod? What in the hell is a cryo-pod doing down here?" Carolina asked.
"It beats me." Tucker said, as he moved to where I was standing.
I wiped the fog off of the glass cover of the pod, revealing someone wearing armor inside, with a yellow Mark VI armor.
"Uh, Grif?" Tucker asked, not using his code name. "You may want to get over here?"
"Why?" Grif asked.
"Yeah, why?" I asked. "And what is so important that you had to use his name instead of his code name?"
"Just get over here!" Tucker exclaimed.
I was confused. I was thinking about what was going on, as Grif walked over. Once Grif got to where we were standing, he didn't say anything at first.
"Oh." he finally said, after ten seconds or so.
"What?" I asked. "Alaska, what is it?"
"Sierra 117, guys," Grif spoke. "I think that's my sister in there."
Author's Note:
* And that's it for the chapter! What did you guys think?
* Once again, sorry I haven't updated in while! I'm going to try to update this story a little more, opposed to a little less, because this is one of my favorite stories to write.
* So, Sister (or Kaikaina Grif) is back! Not officially, but she has been found and will join the cast as of the next chapter! And over time, of course, other characters that weren't in the first story will make their debuts. Church may coming back to the story soon, but I don't really know when as of right now.
* Also, Grif saying "I'll be right back" is a reference to the horror movie "Scream", which is one of my favorite horror movies.
* Anyway, that's all I have. Sorry that I took so long to update, it shouldn't happen anymore. I'm going to go though, so have a great day and bye!
* Also, thanks to my friend, Juan for Beta Reading this!
