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Cobalt Army Epilogue

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Vermont stood on one side of the door, arms crossed and getting very annoyed. "Are we allowed in yet?" He was getting impatient, and it wasn't fun standing outside while California and Texas argued. He looked over to Michigan who was leaning against the wall in silence. At least he didn't have to worry about him.

The door opened and Vermont took a step back as he found himself face to face with Ohio. The elite took a step back. "We are finished." She moved out of the way and the freelancers moved inside. They all gathered around the center console and looked to the soldier in brown armor. She was still staring at the screen, tapping controls from time to time. "How is he doing?" Ohio moved through the room, moving to stand behind Rhode Island.

"Well the process is a bit harder than we thought. There's an odd fusion and the program can't properly tell what's going on in the core, but he seems to be working things out on his own." Rhody finally turned her attention to the other freelancers. "Congratulations, our little mission wasn't a complete waste of time." She tapped a button and the room filled with soft blue light. The freelancers all stared at the hologram and watched the tangle of blue strings.

"I'm sorry, but that doesn't look like what we're here for." Vermont moved a bit to try to see if he could see more to it but he couldn't. "Is it really our target?"

Rhody nodded. "I honestly don't know enough about AIs to tell you what Alpha's doing, all I know is that he's doing something. I think he might have been damaged by the blast and now he's trying to repair himself since he's in the system. I can't really tell for sure."

"Great, so we have Alpha, but he's doing something and we have no idea what he's doing. We can't do anything to figure out what he's doing, and we don't know if he corrupted or something and is trying to crash this ship into another ship or something." Vermont groaned. "Just great."

"Well, I can think of at least three better things I could be doing then standing around watching a ball of wavy blue lines. I'm out." Texas turned around and moved out of the lab.

"I hate to agree with him, but honestly watching a light show isn't my idea of an interesting activity. I'm going to go check the ONI chatter again, make sure they don't suspect anything." California nodded to the other freelancers and moved out of the room.

Michigan shifted a bit uncomfortable. "Hey, fang-face, you and I still have a chess game to finish." Ohio looked up and Michigan motioned for her to follow him as he walked out of the room.

Ohio followed him, falling into step behind him. "I still don't understand why it is that the horse one moves so silly, or why it is that a stone tower is able to move at all."

The door slid shut behind them and Vermont looked to Rhode Island. "Is there really nothing that we can do? No way to be sure he's really all right? I know they won't voice it, but we all know the Alpha in some way, worked with a part of him. None of us want to see him ruined or unable to be saved."

Rhody shook her head. "We can't do anything. He's been through a lot, and I'm sure that this won't be what takes him down. We just have to have a little faith in him."

"Sorry, Rhody, I'm not really a man of faith." Vermont turned and moved out of the laboratory, leaving Rhode Island standing alone in the glow.

A figure moved up behind Rhody and she looked back at the other freelancer. "Rhody, can you give me a moment." The black armored soldier moved to walk around the hologram.

"Of course, Tex. You are the boss." Rhody turned and moved out of the lab, leaving Tex alone with the Alpha.

Tex stared at the hologram, the light dancing along her reflective faceplate as the strands shifted. She reached up and removed her helmet, tucking it under her arm between her elbow and her hip. "I'm glad you see you again." She reached out toward the hologram and a translucent blue hand reached out to her. Its fingers passed through hers and the goose-bumps spread down her arm. "Welcome back. Leonard."

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An epilogue for Cobalt Army. I don't own anything from Halo or RvB. Please read and comment. I'm interested if anyone wants a sequel.

Chapter 1: [link]
Chapter 2: [link]
Chapter 3: [link]
Chapter 4: [link]
Chapter 5: [link]
Chapter 6: [link]
Chapter 7: [link]
Chapter 8: [link]
Chapter 9: [link]
Chapter 10: [link]
Chapter 11: [link]
Chapter 12: [link]
Chapter 13: [link]
Chapter 14: [link]
Chapter 15: [link]
Chapter 16: [link]
Chapter 17: [link]
Chapter 18: [link]
Chapter 19: [link]
Chapter 20: [link]
Chapter 21: [link]
Chapter 22: [link]
Chapter 23: [link]
Chapter 24: [link]
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