Finally I regained my cool and began to shoot from behind cover, the pain only got worse as I realised it was just a normal energy crystal which stung like all hell as it began to spill into my blood. I screamed holding my heavily bleeding shoulder, I got a few worried glances but no one stopped firing. While everyone was distracted I snuck inside the base and made my way to the main control room, I pulled out a drive that had everything we should need on it. Then I felt Reach grow still, it took me a few seconds before I realised what was happening. I rushed back outside to see the covenant retreating even though they clearing outnumbered us, I motioned to some banshees and we ran towards them.
"Everyone go now!" I shrieked, everyone got into a banshee except John who stood beside the last remaining banshee. His face was grim as he knew what I was about to ask him, I pulled his hand towards me and put the drive into his hand before curling it into a fist.
"John you have to go! They are going to glass the planet! Please even if I were to make it off I wouldn't live long! Let me die doing something I love!" I pleaded, he hesitantly pulled his hand away and jumped into the banshee. After they were out of sight I rushed towards the base, I just made it down the first hall when I felt the entire planet shake. I looked back to see a thick layer of glass covering everything, I sat down watching knowing this is where I died.

I walked into a somewhat light room and took my helmet off to face me, I backed away and stood making sure my helmet light was on.
"John if you are getting this know that I am proud of you, know that I want you to go on fighting and never give up, make my death not in vain but make it a proud memory to remember, I have grown up beside the very man I hoped to marry one day but seeing as how fate has put us apart I see that my dreams were not meant to be, I want you to look around you, look at all the people you have every known and cared about, find love in one of them and maybe even give me little minions I could never birth, I know this is hard for you to hear or see but know that I am always beside you, I am always watching you, I will forever be in your heart and soul, you were the only one I ever truly loved, please don't think I died hating you, I died doing the very thing I did best, sacrificing, every bullet I ever took for you, every explosion, stab wound, even my near death not long ago was for you, you are forever the man in my heart, please keep going on to be that same man, I may be stranded on a planet covered in glass but it was all worth it in the end, I swear if you cry while watching this I will come back to haunt you, anyways that's all I have to say, good luck John, I hope your life is far longer then mine ever was," I say before the recording stopped, I walked over and sat down next to my helmet.

Scarlett do me one last favour.
[what is that Caden?]
Make sure you get this recording to John.
[I will do my best Caden, also Caden?]
Yeah?
[your memory will go down in history as the bravest spartan known to man]
Thanks Scarlett.

I sat there slowly running out of oxygen, the toxic fumes from the glass began to seep into my lungs. I pulled out my pistol and aimed it at my head, a tear fell down my cheek before I pulled the trigger and everything was over.

Ok ok so this chapter is short but I hope it made you all feel bad for Caden because fuck it took me forever to figure out the ending to this, I could have made it longer but I didn't have any ideas for filler chapters so this sorta happened, anyways hope you enjoyed my second halo book and peace out until next time, cya later.