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Instead, the "cache" turned out to be a [[Flood containment facility]]. Fire Team Charlie was immediately ambushed and, save for Sergeant Johnson,<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''</ref> was assimilated into the Flood and turned into [[Flood combat form]]s. Though Mendoza held off the [[Pod infector]]s for a while, unlike his comrades, he was also later assimilated into a combat form. Shortly before he was infected, he attempted to flee the area, against Keyes' and Johnson's orders. | Instead, the "cache" turned out to be a [[Flood containment facility]]. Fire Team Charlie was immediately ambushed and, save for Sergeant Johnson,<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''</ref> was assimilated into the Flood and turned into [[Flood combat form]]s. Though Mendoza held off the [[Pod infector]]s for a while, unlike his comrades, he was also later assimilated into a combat form. Shortly before he was infected, he attempted to flee the area, against Keyes' and Johnson's orders. | ||
A few hours after infection, John-117 found Mendoza in the structure and attempted to communicate with the Marine, unknown that his consciousness was already taken over by the | A few hours after infection, John-117 found Mendoza in the structure and attempted to communicate with the Marine, unknown that his consciousness was already taken over by the Pod infector, which is because John-117 hadn't seen a human Flood combat form until then. The infected Mendoza attacked the Spartan and took three entire [[Soellkraft 8 Gauge Shell|shells]] from the Master Chief's [[M90 Close Assault Weapon System|Shotgun]] to halt him, with the results both "spectacular and disgusting". As the corpse-like horror came apart, the Spartan saw that one of the small, spherical creatures had taken up residence inside the Marine's chest cavity and seemed to have extended its tentacles into other parts of what used to be Mendoza's body.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 224''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||