Cortana begins, "If we don't make it ..."

He promises, "We'll make it."

She continues anyway. "It's been an honor serving with you, John" (I think she says John)

Note that the Arbitor is up front, driving. Then it goes to a white out.

A soldier is speaking to a small gathering of troops. "For us, the storm is past - the war is over. Let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not resturn - for their decision involved courage beyond measure ... the conviction that their fight - our fight was elsewhere."

"As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren - a memorial to heroes fallen. They enoble all of us, and they shall not be forgotten."

The soldiers on the side prepare for a gun salute. "Present - arms!"

The Arbitor steps forward. The main soldier turns to look at him. "I remember how this war started - what your kind did to mine. I can't forgive you, but you have my thanks for standing by until the end. Hard to believe he's dead."

The Arbitor shakes his hand, but comments cryptically, "Were it so easy ..." If you go back to the very beginning of the game, you'll see this is very first thing he says in the game, too. Back then, right after the Chief had woken up, the Chief had spotted the Arbitor and ran to kill him. The Sergeant Major had called him off, saying, "We've got enough to do without you two killing each other." The Arbitor had dryly responded, "Were it so easy ..."

The Arbitor heads back up to his ship. One of the other elites comments, looking down at the Earth, "Things look different without the prophet's lies. I would like to see our homeworld, to know it is safe."

"Fear not for we have ... (something)"

"By your word ..." asks the Elite

"Take us home," commands the Arbitor.

The video zooms in to the memorial - where a 117 is scratched into the side of the memorial. Then the credits roll.

"Chief? Can you hear me? I thought I'd lost you too" says Cortana.

He's floating weightless within a ship and pushes off from one of the walls. He heads up towards the stars he can see.

"What happened?" he asks.

"I'm not sure. When halo fired it shook itself to pieces. The portal couln't sustain itself. We made it through just as it collapsed. Well, some of us made it." It looks like the ship snapped in half. Chief moves through the ship part they're in.

Cortana pipes up again. "But you did it. Truth and the Covenant, Flood, it's finished."

Chief nods in agreement. "It's finished."

Cortana gets back to business. "I'll drop a beacon, but it'll be a while before anyone finds us. Years even."

The Chief climbs into a pod.

She looks over at him. "I'll miss you ..."

He looks back at her. "Wake me when you need me."

She nods at him, and the story fades away, with him going into hibernation while she watches over him.

THE END

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