Wallace Jenkins: Difference between revisions

Jenkins was a superb sharpshooter and was assigned one of the few [[XBR55 Battle Rifle]]s during the battle. Jenkins' entire family was killed when [[Gladsheim]] was attacked by the Covenant. He was deeply depressed after losing his family, and used his anger to fuel his hatred of the Covenant. The only person close to him to survive was his fellow sharpshooter and friend, [[Forsell]]. Forsell had saved Jenkins' life when the latter was blinded by rage, stopping him from trying to kill [[Tartarus]]. After escaping from Harvest, Staff Sergeant Johnson offered Jenkins, Forsell, and the remaining militiamen the chance to become Marines in his unit.<ref>'''''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''''' Epilogue</ref>

Jenkins was on board ''[[Reach Station Gamma]]'' during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], still fighting alongside Staff Sergeant Johnson, as well as with [[Private]]s [[Bisenti]] and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. Their [[IFF|Friend-Or-Foe]] tags were detected by [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTANs]] [[John-117]] and [[Linda-058]]. The group was fighting a lance of [[Kig-yar]] [[Kig-Yar Ranger|rangers]] and defeated them with the help of the SPARTANs. The Master Chief also helped them destroy the navigation database of the ''[[UNSC Circumference]]'', an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]. After purging the Prowler's navigation database, the survivors escaped the station aboard a [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', pages 326-327</ref> They then boarded the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' and traveled to [[Installation 04]].

Later, Jenkins, along with the rest of [[Fire Team Charlie]], was taken on Pelican ''[[Victor 933]]'' to what was believed to be a Covenant weapons cache. This alleged weapons cache was actually one of Installation 04's [[Flood]] [[Flood containment facility|containment facilities]]. There, he, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]], Sergeant Johnson, and Privates Bisenti, [[Manuel Mendoza|Mendoza]], [[Kappus]], and [[Riley]] were ambushed by the Flood. During the resulting fight, Jenkins panicked, and an [[Flood Infection Form|infection form]] latched onto him and took over his body.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 175</ref> The Master Chief would later watch the horrifying attack using the [[Recorder Chip]] from Jenkins' dropped [[Helmet Recorder]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 206</ref> The video ended suddenly, right as the Infection Form hit Jenkins, and infected him.  

Jenkins and his entire squad, save for Johnson and Bisenti, were turned into [[Combat Form]]s. However, Jenkins' Infection Form was weakened from centuries of containment, and could not fully control him. The infection process occurred normally, but unlike most victims of the Flood, who die instantly upon successful infection, Jenkins remained alive and terrified while the Flood took control of and mutated his body. <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 176</ref> He was able to control himself to a small degree whenever the infection form was in pain, but when it had total command, he could only watch "his" actions.

While being interrogated, the infection form inside Jenkins' body attempted to attack its interrogators by extending a tentacle through Jenkins' hand, snapping the bones and veins. As Jenkins described it, it was a "living hell". However, the parasite was knocked unconscious by the pain, giving Jenkins the chance to reveal the imminent threat of the Flood beneath the base.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 275, 276</ref>. Lieutenant McKay correctly interpreted this and ordered a squad to exterminate them.

Jenkins was later taken to the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' while the Marines assaulted the ship. Jenkins knew that Silva planned to take the ship home to [[Earth]]. He also knew that there were more Flood present on the ship, and that they would inevitably escape and overwhelm the human population should Silva succeed in bringing the ship home. He thus overwhelmed the infection form inside him and tried to destroy the ship by destroying a fiber-optic pathway that linked the Control Room to the engines. He failed, but Lieutenant McKay, seeing the truth as well, destroyed the vessel for him by using a [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|fragmentation grenade]]. The explosion severed the pathway, cutting off control to the engines and causing the ship to crash into the surface of Halo, where it exploded. The destruction of the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' mercifully ended his suffering. <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 332</ref> Before he died, he managed to mouth the words "Thank you" to the Lieutenant.