User:TheWakingDream/Halo: Hope of Humanity

Jace unwrapped himself from the warm lavender sheets, and sat up on his warm, fluffy bed. He stared blissfully at the sunrise over New Alexandria. The faint humming of from the distant spaceport reminded him of times long ago. The window in his small skyline apartment slowly opened, and the cool morning air came rushing in. As he drew breath, the smell of wet concrete from the midnight storm came shortly afterward. As the sun slowly arose, bringing daylight to the world, he blissfully remembered a time long gone - he relived his brief childhood. Jace slowly let his breath leak away leaving a trail of mist, but something was different. The boy closed is eyes, but he no longer felt at peace, for his home was no longer there. He no longer longingly stared at his home town, for it was long gone. He no longer felt happiness, for he was no longer a child. He no longer felt the warm embrace of a loving parent, for they were long dead.

Jace dazedly leveled his head, he could barely see through his deep blue eyes. The peaceful silence was slowly broken, and the sound of screams, the sounds of gunfire, and the sounds of war, returned. He felt the cold padded gel mold to his body as he was dragged through the brown, polluted mud. The man felt his body being pulled by the shoulders, and his numb body being set down into the wet soil. A figure appeared atop of him, through his bleary eyes, and through the light of his visor. A voice came over him, one from long ago, it was different now, it sounded aged, he could hear the concern and fear in her voice. Her once calm, soothing voice had become rough, the result of a lifetime of stress, his old friend, Lily. Slowly but surely, Jace was unfortunately brought back from the brink, and into reality.

"Jace, please..." Her voice called,

The man groaned as he tried to sit upright, pain struck from within his spine, and he could feel the shock within his torso. With what little strength was left in his body