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LiteratureForward unto Dawn Part VIKelly sat on her cot, cleaning her rifle carefully. The last mission hadn't gone all that well and she was trying to keep her mind off of exactly how badly it had gone. The Covenant had killed almost everyone on the planet, only three people having survived. Still, it could have been worse. John had gone off to retrieve the survivors while she had secured their escape. They almost lost all the survivors, and Kelly had almost lost John. It was never safe for a Spartan to take on a hunter on his own, and John had done it to try to save the survivors. John moved into the barracks, moving to his cot beside hers. They always sat so that they coulLiteratureYou're still alive?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 hLiteratureRemember MeTom looked around the party, placing names with faces whenever he could. It helped to know the most important officers on sight in order to make the best impression. There were at least ten Admirals here that he could rub shoulders with, and hopefully make friendships that could assist him later in his career. There were a number of people that were younger as well and he didn't recognize most of them, but it might be a good idea to get to know some of them now before they became important and would be more likely to ignore him. He turned to his side when his friend, Ferris, put his hand on Tom's shoulder. "Guess what I found," Ferris saidLiteratureStarry NightJohn stared up at the starry sky above him. He examined the locations of the stars and could point out all the constellations they had been taught by Deja. "You know, we haven't done this since we were little kids." John turned to look at the source of the words. Kelly lay only inches away from him, gazing at the sky. "We haven't really had a chance." John stared at her as he spoke. He memorized the way the moonlight fell on her face. She looked toward him and he tore his gaze from her and turned to the sky. He felt oddly embarrassed that she had caught him staring at her. "What's wrong?" Kelly's hand moved over and lightly nudged his. "ILiteratureFamilyKat leaned against the door frame, just watching the three soldiers inside. Carter was currently scolding Emile for having gotten in a fight with Thom over something. She'd come in on the whole scene too late to know the full story. Carter sent the two men away and Kat moved into the room. Carter turned toward her and frowned as he spotted the smile on her face. "What's got you in such a good mood?" Kat moved to stand before him, her eyes looking over his chest. Sure, he might have been in armor, but she'd seen him out of it enough to know full well what was under it. Her mind was more than willing to replace the cold blue metal with the to