Halo

Promise me you'll get him on that ship.

- Where's my mom? - Soren on Reach?

Who's gonna look after him?

Get up.

You said there were other ways to live.

- That's right. - Like what?

You know what I see?

I see some hard-ass Marines.

I do not see defeat in this room,

and I do not see surrender.

No, sir!

The enemy is at our gates.

Their numbers are overwhelming.

We will not be able to hold them back forever.

Run.

Just let Reach fall?

They knew this was gonna happen.

They saw it coming, they did the math.

When did you leave ONI, Admiral?

You never left.

Command bugged out. Took high-ranking personnel.

Valuable assets.

They took our suits.

Where's Danilo?

Riz!

He's not coming.

Any Marine who makes this stand with us...

...will not survive the day.

Got a light?

- Jacob! - For every moment

that we hold the enemy at bay,

more innocent people can escape on the transports.

And when they do,

they will go forth

and tell the story that you write today.

You will be remembered...

No!

...as the brave women and men

who laid down their lives

so that our children

may live without fear

of this monster we call war.

John!

John!

Chief!

Vannak!

Where's Vannak?

- Reloading, right side! - I see 'em!

We can't stay here!

We get pinned down, we're done!

I know!

We gotta fall back!

To where?

- Go! Go! - Moving!

- Come on! - Get off me!

- I can fight! - Moving!

It's not over.

Look at them all.

They're coming back.

Target in the open!

Is that all you got?

I thought I shouldn't have said anything, but I said it.

- Now I regret saying it. - Please stop talking.

Just like old times.

Shut up!

Oh, shit! Ah!

I did that. That was me.

I'm never gonna hear the end of this.

Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

Halsey, get up!

John.

Can I get a little help over here?

Get in! Let's go!

We got him!

They're coming! Hurry up!

Get in. Get us out of here.

Vannak.

No.

Riz!

Riz...

No!

Come on!

Riz!

- Get us out of here! - Hang on!

- Riz. - Check her airway.

It's me.

John! John!

- Riz... - Look at me. Stay with me.

- No, Riz... - Stay with me, John.

Chief.

Wake up.

I've got him. John. John?

- John, wake up. - Riz...

Save her.

You should have stayed with me.

Sever the connection.

We're losing him.

Please.

Please, will you help him?

That depends.

What are you prepared to do for me?

She shouldn't have gone back for him.

- She knows better than that. - You need to rest.

- Your wound is still healing. - Is she gonna live?

She needs surgery. I don't have the tools here.

She thought she had something to prove.

And I used that to push her.

She went back because of me.

She went back because Spartans

don't leave Spartans behind.

There was no Spartan.

He was already gone.

She evaluated the conditions and made a decision.

What decision is that?

Since when do we decide anything? We don't choose.

You told us where to go and what to think, who to kill,

and we did that every time, without question.

You followed orders like soldiers.

- Like machines. - You're not a machine.

Oh?

What am I, then?

Don't say human, because real people have lives.

They have families.

- Possibilities. - You're upset.

- We all are. - Look at her.

Look at her.

- Tell me what you see. - Let go.

Tell me what you see!

Is that a woman or a weapon?

Is there a person in there,

or is that just a piece of equipment

you leave on the battlefield, dump and forget?

They left us down there...

to die.

I know.

No evac, no armor.

- ONI knew we wouldn't make it. - I know.

What about the other teams on Reach?

Any contact?

Kai?

It was chaos.

The city fell.

Ships scattered.

There's no way of telling how many escaped, let alone who...

- How long have I...? - I had to induce a coma.

- How long? - Two days.

- Two days. - Two days?

We gotta get back.

- We gotta go... - John, stop.

- The survivors... - John, John...

People on Reach, they need me.

No.

No, they don't.

You have a fever.

You're not yourself.

I told them what would happen.

- Come on. - I told them.

I told Ackerson.

They already knew.

They knew.

And they did nothing.

I could have stopped it.

If I just... had my armor.

If she was with me.

Reach wasn't an accident.

It was a plan.

We need to be careful.

Invisible.

Do you understand?

So...

it's "we" now?

It always has been.

I know you hear.

I know you see.

Are you afraid?

I summon you.

I summon you in the name of the Hierarchs,

voices of the gods.

Next time, you can just push the little button there.

Fascinating.

This is a Covenant ship.

This is the command vessel

of the esteemed Zealot, Var'Gatanai,

former Supreme Commander of the First Fleet

of Solemn Accord.

The Arbiter.

What are you?

I am Cortana,

- the most advanced artificial... - No.

What are you...

to him?

Master Chief?

I...

We work together.

What do you know of the demon?

He remembers you.

You keep his memories.

Show me.

It doesn't belong to you.

There you are.