Ambient Intro
(Soft piano. Wind across a fractured Halo ring. Distant metal creaks.)
(JOHN) (low, hollow)
I woke to silence… drifting in the dark,
Armor sealed tight around an empty heart.
No voices on the comms, no fire in the sky,
Just broken stars… and echoes asking why.
They said I’m humanity’s last line—
A soldier carved from war and time.
But standing here on shattered glass…
I feel the weight of everyone who passed.
(CORTANA) (soft, distant, layered with static)
John…
You were never meant to carry it alone.
Even Spartans aren’t stone.
I’m still here…
In the fragments of your mind,
In every system line…
(JOHN)
The Grunts still march.
The Brutes still reign.
Another ring in ruin and flame.
They think they’ve won—
They think we’re gone—
But I’m still breathing… still holding on.
Yet every trigger that I pull
Feels heavier than before.
Because the war outside my visor
Is quieter than the one I wore.
(CORTANA) (gentle, aching)
You fight because you have to,
Not because you want to.
But I know the truth inside you…
You’re tired, John.
You miss the light.
You miss the sound of something right.
(DUET) (soft overlap)
(JOHN:)
All I hear is your voice in the static haze—
(CORTANA:)
All I am is a ghost in your interface—
(JOHN:)
Are you real…
(CORTANA:)
Or just memory…
(BOTH) (whispered):
Refusing to fade away…
(JOHN) (more emotional)
This armor keeps the cold outside,
But not the grief I try to hide.
Every step across this ring
Sounds like the end of everything.
They woke me up to finish this—
To cleanse the dark abyss.
But how do I save a world
When I couldn’t even save you?
(CORTANA) (voice cracking softly)
You did save me…
In every moment you chose hope.
In every battle you said no
To becoming just a weapon.
I was more than code because of you.
You were more than war because of me.
(MUSIC SWELLS) (choir rising softly)
(JOHN:)
If I fall here—alone in space—
Will anyone remember my face?
(CORTANA:)
You’re not alone.
Not while I remain—
In your heartbeat… in your pain.
(FINAL CHORUS) (soft but powerful)
(JOHN:)
I’ll walk this shattered ring alone,
Through broken steel and silent stone.
If I am the last to stand—
Then I’ll defend this dying land.
(CORTANA:)
And I will be your guiding light,
A whisper in the endless night.
Even if I fade from view—
I’m still a part of you.
(BOTH:)
In the armor… in the flame…
Through every loss… through every name…
As long as one heart beats inside—
Humanity survives.
(Outro) (piano + fading AI static)
(Wind howls. A distant plasma shot echoes. Footsteps begin walking.)
(CORTANA) (fading):
Finish the fight… John.
(JOHN) (whisper):
Together..
[Sad Piano Solo]
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