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coexistence (isn't as bad as it seems) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
13 Nov 2025
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What if Cortana had been implanted into John's neural lace during his augmentations?
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a pinpoint of light (in the encroaching darkness) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
24 Feb 2025
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"I can't..." She drew in a breath. "There's nothing else I can do for you, John." Fear was now laced with panic.
He knew her mind, how she could calculate trajectories and probabilities in fractions of a second, how she was able to dissect and analyze entire battlefields in moments. But here, facing the limitations of his own failing biology, even Cortana’s impossible capabilities reached their limit.
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playing god (shouldn't be this easy) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
11 Nov 2024
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A flicker of confusion crossed Cortana's face. "What report?"
John's brow furrowed beneath his helmet as worry began to creep into his gut. "I thought you never forget anything."
"I don't."
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"Chief, there's nothing I'd want more than for you to bring her back, but that place is a deathtrap." // Set during Halo 3
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repercussions (of being shackled to the shadow of our creator) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo
14 Mar 2024
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"Some would go so far as to see you, Chief, as a puppet on her strings, and Cortana..." He trailed off, letting the implication hang heavy in the air. // Set between Halo: CE and Halo:2. We're going back to a simpler time, friends.
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important memories (on a cutting room floor) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
04 May 2022
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"Do you remember when we first met? How you much resented me?"
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Missing scenes from Halo: The Series, starting at episode 3.
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Inside, there was a Mark-VII helmet.
It was pristine.
It was blue.
It had cat ears attached to it.
Cortana shook her head as soon as she saw the helmet. “No. Absolutely not.”
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"What is she to you, Chief? A fellow soldier? A friend?"
"She's Cortana, sir." No other elaboration was needed.
7 one shots, 7 glimpses of the ever-changing relationship between Cortana and the Chief brought to you by the letter A.
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“She may have been programmed within the walls of ONI, but I think we both know that this belongs to you.”
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A Few Selfish Seconds (now i'm paying the price) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
15 Nov 2021
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“Perhaps it would have been better for everyone if you had given Captain Del Rio her chip.”
John flinched.
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“I created a Weapon.” // Set during Halo 4, but references to the Halo Infinite campaign are a big part of this story.
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“It’s not too late,” he heard himself say, hating himself for it, “you can still come home.” To me was left unspoken. He wondered if she heard them nonetheless.
Or, what if Cortana and John actually had a conversation before the events of Halo Infinite.
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They were watching the sun rise together.
Or Cortana and John have a little conversation towards the beginning of "Requiem" in Halo 4.
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She has been hiding in plain sight, regaining her strength.
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“They all are afraid of the power I have. Or could have if I could just stop this madness from taking over. Forget the Covenant or the Flood, I could be humanity’s biggest threat.”
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When John is awake, he can push aside the thoughts and memories of the past five years; he can ignore the guilt and the questions and force himself not to wonder how he could have done things differently to save her. Cortana.
Sleep, however, offers no such protection.
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The Continual State of Being Fine (or how to live in Denial) by YappiChick
Fandoms: Halo
17 Oct 2015
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For a brief second, Fred saw fear on the Spartan’s face and he wondered if John understood how invested he had become in the AI.
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“I’m afraid I’m losing myself and all that will be left is that...monster that Waller made me become.”
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"I have made it my practice to read people.” She looked him directly. “And you love her.”
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Who knew kissing a pretty girl would cause Steve so much trouble?