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Keyes observed helplessly as the Pod infector took over his body and attacked his mind. Originally, Keyes' body was a [[Flood combat form|combat form]], but the Flood, apparently realizing his importance, merged him and several other combat forms into a [[proto-Gravemind]]. One of the tortures Keyes endured was having his memories ripped away one by one as the Flood tried to learn anything that would help attain new sources of food.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''pages 225-227''</ref> The Flood hoped that his intelligence would help them to operate a damaged Covenant cruiser and escape the ring, but Keyes was able to fend it off by constantly accessing data that was permanently stored in his [[command neural interface]], while feeding it those of his memories that were not vital to the survival of humanity, such as his name, age, and service number (though definitely not anything that could lead to the thought of the location of Earth).<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''pages 253-254''</ref> | Keyes observed helplessly as the Pod infector took over his body and attacked his mind. Originally, Keyes' body was a [[Flood combat form|combat form]], but the Flood, apparently realizing his importance, merged him and several other combat forms into a [[proto-Gravemind]]. One of the tortures Keyes endured was having his memories ripped away one by one as the Flood tried to learn anything that would help attain new sources of food.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''pages 225-227''</ref> The Flood hoped that his intelligence would help them to operate a damaged Covenant cruiser and escape the ring, but Keyes was able to fend it off by constantly accessing data that was permanently stored in his [[command neural interface]], while feeding it those of his memories that were not vital to the survival of humanity, such as his name, age, and service number (though definitely not anything that could lead to the thought of the location of Earth).<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''pages 253-254''</ref> | ||
Just as Keyes acquired the determination to defy his infection, he finally submitted to the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 9|Terminal 9]]</ref> However, before Keyes succumbed to the overwhelming pressure, the Master Chief boarded the ship once again looking for Keyes and found only the proto-Gravemind form. The Captain was able to contact the Chief three times, warning him to leave him behind, before the proto-Gravemind fully overwhelmed him.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''pages 290, 303 and 305-306''</ref> Keyes' life officially ended when the Chief punched through his skull to retrieve his command neural interface after his mind had been absorbed by the Flood infection, with Cortana stating that | Just as Keyes acquired the determination to defy his infection, he finally submitted to the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 9|Terminal 9]]</ref> However, before Keyes succumbed to the overwhelming pressure, the Master Chief boarded the ship once again looking for Keyes and found only the proto-Gravemind form. The Captain was able to contact the Chief three times, warning him to leave him behind, before the proto-Gravemind fully overwhelmed him.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''pages 290, 303 and 305-306''</ref> Keyes' life officially ended when the Chief punched through his skull to retrieve his command neural interface after his mind had been absorbed by the Flood infection, with Cortana stating that she knew that "this was what he wanted."<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 306''</ref> Despite this, Keyes' corpse continued to make faint breathing sounds.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Keyes]]''</ref> | ||
Keyes' command neural interface enabled Master Chief and Cortana to start up the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s engines so they could destroy the Halo ring by overloading and exploding the engines.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Maw]]''</ref>{{clear}} | Keyes' command neural interface enabled Master Chief and Cortana to start up the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s engines so they could destroy the Halo ring by overloading and exploding the engines.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Maw]]''</ref>{{clear}} | ||