Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn/Transcripts/Part 4

''UNSC Forward Unto Dawn's cryo chambers. Cortana's voice can be heard.''


 * Cortana: "I don't recognize...."

''Cuts to a closer shot of one of the chambers.


 * Cortana: "I can't...remember.."

One chamber suddenly burst open.


 * Cortana: "...so much of myself."

''An air hose bursts under pressure, sending a ring-shaped pressure seal flying outward. Cuts to a wider shot of the room. ''


 * Cortana: "I'm lost..."

Cuts from the screen showing a scan of the Forward Unto Dawn to a haphazard shot of the room.


 * Cortana: "...I'm scared."

''As the shot suddenly goes into slow motion, light reflects off the ring and a dramatic chord plays, clearly an homage to the Halos. As the shot returns to regular motion, an orange light scans the ship, turning the alarms on. Cortana's voice suddenly overlaps.''


 * Cortana: "Hello? Who's there?"


 * Cortana: "It appears to be an alien construct."


 * Cortana: "The data confirms it was not built by the Covenant"


 * Cortana: "No need for more analyzing."

Cuts to black.


 * Cortana: "We are in danger."

'''HALO 4 FORWARD UNTO DAWN PART IV '''

Cuts to an ODST as he is blown apart by a grenade.


 * Marine: "Incoming!"

''Thomas Lasky, Chyler Silva and April Orenski run through a firefight between ODSTs, Marines and Covenant forces. MA5Ds, Plasma Rifles, Covenant Carbines and Needle Rifles can be heard firing. Orenski can be seen trying to guide the other cadets. A Marine next to her is gunned down.''


 * Orenski: "Come on! Let's go!"

''Lasky looks around. He sees Marines firing their weapons at the unseen Covenant troops. Cadets are running in every direction. Lasky turns around. A Marine screams as he is shot through the back by a Carbine round. The Sangheili Zealot fires its Plasma Rifle at a pair of fleeing cadets. Lasky desperately shouts out for his teammates.''


 * Lasky: "Chyler! Hastati!"

''A cadet and a Marine are killed by Needler fire. Another Marine is engulfed in an explosion. Lasky then notices Colonel Mehaffey wielding an assault rifle and yelling at the cadets.''


 * Mehaffey: "Get to the dorms, go!"

''Lasky stares at her. Behind him, a Marine can be seen aiming a rocket launcher.''


 * Lasky: "Colonel Mehaffey...?"


 * Mehaffey: "Go, go, go go!"

''Mehaffey is suddenly hit by multiple Needler rounds. As Lasky watches in horror, everything is now in slow motion. Mahaffey falls out of the frame; there's a small explosion of pink light and blood (most likely the embedded Needler rounds detonating). Lasky continues to look on as the Zealot barks orders. Two ODSTs are seen shooting. Another cadet runs through the smoke. As Lasky turns, a Marine is about to get ambushed by a Kig-Yar Sniper. Cuts to a brief shot of the Marine before going back into fast motion as Silva runs up to Lasky.''


 * Silva: "Tom!"

Silva pulls Lasky, still in a trance, by the arm.


 * Silva: "Come on, let's go!"

Cuts to more shots of Marines fighting.


 * Marine 1: "Fall back!"


 * Marine 2: "Protect the cadets!"

As the firefight tips even more in the Covenant's favor, Junjie Chen grabs the pair.


 * Lasky: "JJ, is that you?!"


 * Chen: "To the dorms!"

''Cuts to a shot inside the dorms. Hastati Squad, minus Dimah Tchakova regroups.''


 * Sullivan: "What's happened?"

Vickers tries to open the doors to no avail.


 * Vickers: "Doors are locked!"


 * Sullivan: "Over here; in Lasky's room."


 * Silva: "Come on, come on!"

''Hastati quickly squeezes into the room. Cuts to various close-up shots of the cadets as reality starts to sink into them.''


 * Sullivan: "Oh my god...Dimah, she's dead."


 * Lasky: "Colonel Mehaffey..."


 * Vickers: "We'll be too if we don't do something!"

Sullivan scatters his hand on the holotable, trying to activate it but is unsuccessful.


 * Sullivan: "Comms are offline"


 * Vickers: "It's a whole new war."

As everyone spaces out in disbelief, they hear a female cadet suddenly scream before she is silenced by a stabbing sound.
 * Vickers: “That sounded close”

''Lasky goes up to the door and takes a peak outside. The Sangheili Zealot has stabbed the female cadet with its Energy Sword. It utters something in its native language. Lasky looks on in fear as the Zealot pulls its sword out of the dead cadet and deactivates it before suddenly disappearing. Eyes widening, Lasky quickly retreats inside.''

''As everyone absorbs the information, Lasky looks out again. He can hear the Elite growling. Still cloaked, the Zealot bursts into another room and kills its inhabitants.''
 * Lasky: “It’s invisible.”
 * Vickers: “What the hell’s invisible?”
 * Lasky: “One of those things is inside, and it is invisible.”
 * Lasky: “Let’s go. We gotta get out of here.”
 * Sullivan: “No no no no, screw that. We stay here.”
 * Chen: “Where’re we gonna go?”
 * Orenski: “No no no no, we’re gonna go to the training room. We’re gonna get prepped up. We’re gonna get some weapons.”
 * Chen: “I’ll take point.”
 * Orenski: “Come on. Come on, line up!”

Hastati lines up, with Chen in front.


 * Orenski: “Alright. Tell us when. Tell us when, alright?”

They hear the sound of glass shattering.


 * Sullivan: "Jesus..."

''Chen takes a peek as the invisible Zealot exits back into the hallway. A few moments later, the Zealot bursts into the room right next to Hastati’s.''


 * Chen: “Now!”

''Hastati squad runs out of the room. They come across a two-way where Chen leads the squad to the left before suddenly stopping, shock in his eyes.''


 * Orenski: “Go! Go go go! Hurry! What-”

Chen is still, the shock not leaving his face.


 * Sullivan: “Guys?”

There is a harsh growling sound nearby.


 * Vickers: “Why’d you stop, JJ?”

As his glasses start to steam up, Chen is suddenly stabbed by the cloaked Zealot’s energy sword and lifted off the ground.


 * Vickers: “JJ!”

The Zealot drops JJ.


 * Vickers: “Oh my god!”

Everyone runs toward the right.


 * Sullivan: “Move! Go, go go!”

''The Zealot snarls at the fleeing cadets. Camera focuses briefly on Chen’s dead body. The rest of the squad arrives at the training room.''


 * Orenski: “Lasky, send the distress beacon. Chyler, help me get the weapons.”

''Orenski, Silva, Sullivan and Vickers head to the weapon compartment while Lasky works on the doorpad, trying to seal the door. Orenski begins entering codes while Silva and Vickers try to force the compartments open.''


 * Orenski: “It's locked! My code isn’t working!”


 * Silva: “Try again. Do it again!”

Sullivan points at the door. The cadets continue to attempt to arm themselves. ''The door shuts. Lasky goes to the emergency beacon.'' Orenski backs from the weapons, giving up. Lasky walks towards Orenski. ''As Lasky and Orenski look on, Vickers takes a fire extinguisher and starts to ram the compartments. Everyone looks at him before encouraging him on.'' ''As he is about to ram one more time, something begins to bang on the door. Everyone stops what they are doing and stares at the door in horror'''
 * Sullivan: “Lasky, door!”
 * Sullivan: “Lasky, door!”
 * Lasky: “Yeah, I’m-I’m trying!”
 * Silva: “April, come on!”
 * Orenski: "It's not working!"
 * Lasky: “Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is Cadet Thomas Lasky. I repeat, mayday! Mayday! There’s been an attack on Corbulo Academy. Excessive casualties. I repeat, excessive casualties.”
 * Orenski: “I don’t have access to the live rounds.”
 * Lasky: “I think the beacon’s down as well.”
 * Sullivan: “We’re dead.”
 * Orenski: (slightly delusional) “Okay, alright. Think, think, think, think...”
 * Lasky: “We can’t stay in here, April.”
 * Orenski: “We can’t go out there!”
 * Lasky: “Come on, Vickers! Harder!”
 * Sullivan: “Harder, Vickers!”
 * Orenski: (faintly) “Hide.”

''The cadets quickly run to the back, where Vickers goes to the right and everyone else to the left. An alien roar is heard from outside the training room. As Vickers tries to rejoin with the others, an errant burst of sparks from the broken ceiling lights erupts in front of him and he is forced to stay separated. The Zealot outside can be heard speaking. The banging continues. There's a few seconds of silence. Then the door is finally knocked off its hinges, scaring all five cadets.''

''Everyone except Vickers rushes to a new hiding spot. Lasky presses a finger to his lips, indicating for Vickers to be quiet. Vickers nods and backs up against the lockers. A frightened Lasky waits in his hiding spot as footsteps are heard. A cloud of exhaust steam leaking from a pipe is disturbed by an unseen force. Then something steps over the knocked down door, making it move. The cadets all recoil in fear. They hear the invisible Zealot growl, and the sound of footsteps going past their hiding spot.''

''Everyone, minus Vickers starts to move forward. Vickers, still in fear, doesn’t move.'' Close up on Vickers, breathing hard, still unable to move. ''Lasky lies down and takes a quick peek. Everything is quiet until the Zealot’s cloaked foot hits a puddle. The Elite has turned back around. Lasky quickly gets back up.''
 * Lasky: (whisper) “Go.”
 * Sullivan: “Lasky, go for the door.”
 * Lasky: “We can’t leave Vickers.”
 * Silva: “Where is it?”
 * Lasky: “Right there.”

''As everyone looks on in silent fear, the Zealot activates its energy sword and walks around, barely missing them. As it receives transmissions from its Unggoy subordinates, the Zealot de-cloaks and responds. Cuts to Vickers, a look of fear and determination coming across his face. Cuts back to the Zealot, still on the line with the Unggoy. Vickers steps out of his hiding place.''


 * Vickers: “Hey! Guys, run!”

''Vickers raises the fire extinguisher, intending to charge. The Zealot turns around and fires its plasma rifle, killing Vickers instantly.''
 * Sullivan: “Vickers!”

''Hearing Sullivan’s shout, the Zealot turns back. Cornered, the cadets can only sit, frozen in terror, as Zealot finds them at last. The Zealot points its energy sword at them, the blade’s tip inches from Lasky’s face. Silva puts her hand on Lasky's shoulder. The Zealot starts to laugh but stops as blood suddenly shoots out the back of its neck. It groans and falls dead, revealing its killer: an enormous, armor-clad soldier holding a bloodied combat knife. The number 117 is painted on his chest plating. He activates his helmet lights and turns to the cadets. A burst of sparks from the broken ceiling lights behind him illuminates his profile as he approaches the cadets, who stare in fear and awe.''


 * John: "We don't have much time. Let's go."

Cuts to Lasky looking at him.

''Cuts again to Silva looking down at Vicker's body. Behind her, John-117 is communicating over the radio.''


 * John: "Kelly, inform Command I have four survivors."

''Silva gets back up and rejoins the others in the hallway. John-117 is still on the radio.''


 * John: "Take your team north. Rendezvous at Evac Alpha for Pelican extraction."

An errant blast of sparks distracts the cadets.


 * John: "We'll meet you there. Chief out."

John-117 ends communications and turns to face the cadets.

Cuts to a close-up of Lasky


 * Lasky: "How did you find us?"


 * John: "A distress beacon."


 * Sullivan: "Why did you come for us?"


 * John: "You're the only survivors."

Cuts to a close-up of Sullivan.


 * Sullivan: "In the school?"

John turns to him.


 * John: "On the planet."

Lasky and Silva look away in shock.


 * John: "We've got fifteen minutes to get to the evac point. Armor up."

Cuts back to Sullivan.


 * Sullivan: "It's-It's locked."

John looks at him before tearing the locker door open and throwing it aside.

''Cut to the hallway. John leads the now geared up cadets out of the training room armory, all of their flashlights active. As the walk continues, they take up formation; John and Orenski in the front, Lasky and Silva on left/right with Sullivan watching the rear. John suddenly signals the group to stop.''

John looks at Lasky for a short second.
 * John: “Stay quiet. Do not leave, no matter what you hear outside.”
 * Lasky: “Wait, who are you?”
 * John: “Call me Master Chief.”

As he walks away, Silva sits down on the floor in exhaustion.

Lasky joins Silva on the floor. He turns to check the back. Lasky turns to look down at Silva, who is looking uneasy. Lasky takes her helmet and puts it on for her. Lasky tightens her helmet.
 * Sullivan: “I knew those ONI vids were bad news. Now we’re the only ones alive, and-”
 * Orenski: “Sully, shh.”
 * Sullivan: “What the hell is going on? We’re all following a giant robot.”
 * Sullivan: “Who knows if he’s even coming back?”
 * Lasky: “He’s gotta come back. I believe him.”
 * Lasky: “You ok?”
 * Silva: “I don’t know.”
 * Lasky: “Come here.”
 * Lasky: “Hey. Hey, you’re gonna be fine."
 * Silva: “Thanks.”

''They suddenly hear something fall. Footsteps can be heard as the lights start to flicker. Worried it's the Covenant, the cadets nervously aim their weapons. As the footsteps get louder, lights suddenly come on; the Chief is back.''

''The cadets look at him in confusion. ''John still waits for a response. Lasky ties his helmet and gestures to Silva.'' The camera goes down to Silva, who nods in agreement. John turns to Lasky. Lasky, unsure, stares at him for a short second. The cadets get ready to move out.
 * John: “Who’s the best shot here?”
 * Sullivan: “…you probably?”
 * Lasky: “Chyler is.”
 * Silva: “I’m good”
 * Orenski: “I am too.”
 * John: “Cadet Lasky, can you drive a Warthog?”
 * Lasky: "Uh...yeah. Sure"
 * John: “Good. That’s where we’re headed. Shooters on the left and right, driver in the center.”
 * John: “Stay close to me. It’s your best chance of survival.”

''Cuts to outside, close up on the body of a female cadet. John-117's feet enter the frame, followed closely by Lasky's.''

''As the SPARTAN leads the group through the wreckage of the academy, the cadets are shocked by the decimation and death around them. Lasky looks down, his gaze lingering briefly on the body of a fellow cadet. Orenski, distracted by a small explosion behind her, turns around and sees the body of one of the ODSTs who died attempting to defend the academy. Sullivan stares at another cadet partially buried under a pile of rubble. Silva reacts visibly to the sight of a female cadet and an academy instructor lying dead in each others' arms.''

''The survivors continue moving forward. Covenant ships can be seen in the distance, holding position and sweeping the area with search lights. Eventually, the group spots a Warthog and starts to move towards it.''

''An errant explosion in the background startles Sullivan. He starts to lag behind a little.'' ''A Needler round suddenly strikes Sullivan in the leg. He cries out in pain. Scene then switches to slow-motion as Sullivan sees a Kig-Yar Sniper standing on a roof firing another round aimed for his head. John comes in time to shield Sullivan.'' ''John shoves Sullivan down and returns fire with his assault rifle. As the other three cadets take cover with Sullivan, John continues to fire, Needler rounds bouncing off his armor.'' ''The explosions from the shooting temporarily obscure the cadets’ vision. By the time they recover, the Chief is gone.'' Orenski gets out of cover and takes up position. Lasky takes a moment to look at the other two cadets. Silva nods. Lasky nods back as Orenski starts to shoot. ''Lasky gets up and runs toward the Warthog. Needle and Carbine rounds barely miss him. As he runs, Orenski keeps on firing. After a few deep breaths, Silva gets up to fire, only to have a small explosion cloud her vision, forcing her back down. She and Sullivan start to crawl away.'' ''Lasky reaches the jeep, and finds the corpse of its driver, General Black. Putting his shock aside, Lasky pulls the superintendent’s body off the driver’s seat. Orenski keeps firing until her rifle stops.'' ''Silva pushes Sullivan to Orenski, who takes the injured cadet. She pulls him aside just in time to avoid an explosion.'' Lasky tries to activate the Warthog. The Warthog sputters, causing Lasky to groan in frustration.
 * Orenski: “Sully, come on.”
 * Sullivan: “Where-Where’d they all go?”
 * John: “Get down!”
 * John: “Get to the ‘Hog. I’ll draw their fire!”
 * Orenski: “Where’d he go?”
 * Lasky: “Chief!”
 * Orenski: “Cover me!”
 * Orenski: “Lasky, go!”
 * Lasky: “You okay?”
 * Silva: “I’ve got Sully. Go!”
 * Lasky: “Moving. Cover me!”
 * Silva: “Stay low, stay low!”
 * Orenski: “Chyler, I’m out. Give me Sully!”
 * Orenski: “I got you.”
 * Lasky: “Come on!”

''Silva keeps firing at the snipers until her rifle runs dry. Out of ammo, Silva discards her MA5D, then notices a strange alien weapon lying in the rubble. She picks it up, accidentally firing a shot into the air. Getting a better grip, she takes aim and fires, killing one of the Snipers.''

''Meanwhile Lasky tries more times and eventually reactivates the jeep. Almost immediately after doing so, the sound of pistol shots gets his attention. He looks up to see the Jackals getting killed one by one. He looks back and sees John-117 running along the edge of a building, firing his pistol and dodging enemy fire.''


 * Silva: "April, go!''


 * Orenski: "Come on, Sully!"

''Orenski grabs Sullivan and brings him safely to the Warthog. John fires his pistol several more times before jumping off the building's edge. A slow-motion of him dropping down from a rather great height is shown. He lands with ease, as Silva watches in amazement.'' Snapping out of her trance, Silva makes a break for the Warthog. As Silva gets in, John takes the turret. Lasky floors it, and the Warthog speeds off, away from the destroyed school. Cuts to black.
 * John: (gesturing to the Warthog) "Go!”
 * Orenski: “Come on, Chyler!”
 * John: “Drive!”