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===The Library===
===The Library===
{{Quote|no=two|q1=I am a genius. ''Hee, hee, hee''.|343 Guilty Spark|q2=A pain in the ass is more like it.|John-117|John makes his frustration with the monitor known.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}}
{{Quote|no=two|q1=I am a genius. ''Hee, hee, hee''.|343 Guilty Spark|q2=A pain in the ass is more like it.|John-117|John makes his frustration with the monitor known.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}}
The local [[Teleportation grid|translocation]] enacted by [[343 Guilty Spark]] left John disoriented, nauseated, and angry.<ref name="HTF9">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> Now unexpectedly located within the bowels of a dark, brooding structure, his first response was to fire half a magazine from his MA5 at the [[monitor]]. The shooting did nothing more than elicit a bemused suggestion that he conserve his ammunition. When John asked where the intelligence had brought him, he was simply told they must collect what Guilty Spark called the [[Activation Index|Index]] and to follow. Checking both weapons while he walked after the enigmatic construct, John asked for more information regarding the monitor's role. Confusingly, he indicated that the Master Chief should know much of what he had been designed to do, since he was a "[[Reclaimer]]". John opted to play along at this, and upon asking for Spark to refresh his memory with respect to how long ago he'd been left to oversee the installation, learned it had been over one-hundred thousand local years. Their dialogue was eventually interrupted by a variety of [[Flood]] forms which forced John to once again fight for his life, moving back and forth to stretch the horrors out. With this group he identified a [[Flood carrier form|new form]] apparently capable of releasing numerous [[Pod infector|infector]]s. As soon as the assault came to an end John made sure to reload his weapons but was urgently pressed by the monitor to continue onwards. He explained that the surrounding facility in which the Index was kept was called the [[Library]], but before John could ask anything else a [[combat form]] lurched from an alcove and opened fire. John put it down only to see it jump back up again, so he used the next burst from his assault rifle to take its left leg off. A new horde of like hostiles demanded his attention then, so he was caught off guard when the damaged combat form struck him from behind, having limped back into the fight. At this the Chief blew its head off before sidestepping one of the [[carrier form]]s so he could tear through it in turn and spend the next ten seconds mopping up the [[infection form]]s which it deposited. Following the monitor after that soon brought them to a set of huge metal doors. 343 Guilty Spark informed him that security doors were locked automatically but that he could go access their overrides to open them. Left alone at, John was soon attacked once more by seven of the shambling Flood forms.{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}}
The local [[Teleportation grid|translocation]] enacted by [[343 Guilty Spark]] left John disoriented, nauseated, and angry.<ref name="HTF9">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> Now unexpectedly located within the bowels of a dark, brooding structure, his first response was to fire half a clip from his MA5 at the [[monitor]]. The shooting did nothing more than elicit a bemused suggestion that he conserve his ammunition. When John asked where the intelligence had brought him, he was simply told they must collect what Guilty Spark called the [[Activation Index|Index]] and to follow. Checking both weapons while he walked after the enigmatic construct, John asked for more information regarding the monitor's role. Confusingly, he indicated that the Master Chief should know much of what he had been designed to do, since he was a "[[Reclaimer]]". John opted to play along at this, and upon asking for Spark to refresh his memory with respect to how long ago he'd been left to oversee the installation, learned it had been over one-hundred thousand local years. Their dialogue was eventually interrupted by a variety of [[Flood]] forms which forced John to once again fight for his life, moving back and forth to stretch the horrors out. With this group he identified a [[Flood carrier form|new form]] apparently capable of releasing numerous [[Pod infector|infector]]s. As soon as the assault came to an end John made sure to reload his weapons but was urgently pressed by the monitor to continue onwards. He explained that the surrounding facility in which the Index was kept was called the [[Library]], but before John could ask anything else a [[combat form]] lurched from an alcove and opened fire. John put it down only to see it jump back up again, so he used the next burst from his assault rifle to take its left leg off. A new horde of like hostiles demanded his attention then, so he was caught off guard when the damaged combat form struck him from behind, having limped back into the fight. At this the Chief blew its head off before sidestepping one of the [[carrier form]]s so he could tear through it in turn and spend the next ten seconds mopping up the [[infection form]]s which it deposited. Following the monitor after that soon brought them to a set of huge metal doors. 343 Guilty Spark informed him that security doors were locked automatically but that he could go access their overrides to open them. Left alone at, John was soon attacked once more by seven of the shambling Flood forms.{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}}


John dispatched the last of them just as the doors began to part and followed the monitor through, only to be told that they had crossed the first of ten such thresholds which lay between them and Index.{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}} A familiar pattern emerged thereafter in which Spark would unwittingly lead the Spartan into Flood ambushes whilst he worked his way through galleries and subfloor maintenance tunnels in pursuit of it. Soon he began to receive assistance in the form of the [[Aggressor Sentinel|robotic drone]]s he'd first seen back in the swamp. John was content to let the [[sentinel]]s do the heavy lifting after that, lending a hand only when he thought it appropriate. The stench of cooked flesh which filtered through his helmet thanks to their [[Sentinel beam|energy weaponry]] made him gag as the fight through the facility proceeded. John finally reached an enormous circular platform which turned out to be an elevator to take him to the next level of the Library above. Once it jerked to a halt there was only a short walk through a narrow passageway to another gallery beyond before the Flood attacked again. With no threat at his back John was able to retreat and funnel them through the passage while he fired until the forms no longer posed any danger. Within the next section of the complex he followed a grouping of [[sentinel]]s, sardonically asking where they had been moments earlier. To this Spark then claimed Flood activity had caused a failure in the drone control system and that backup units required his attention, but that John should continue onward regardless. John began to argue but the monitor had already vanished again just as quickly as it had arrived. The few sentinels that were present proved to be of enormous benefit to the Chief, however. He allowed them to do most of the work of fighting off the Flood from then on, until 343 Guilty Spark finally returned and admonished him for the slower pace this more cautious strategy had forced him to move at.{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}}
John dispatched the last of them just as the doors began to part and followed the monitor through, only to be told that they had crossed the first of ten such thresholds which lay between them and Index.{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}} A familiar pattern emerged thereafter in which Spark would unwittingly lead the Spartan into Flood ambushes whilst he worked his way through galleries and subfloor maintenance tunnels in pursuit of it. Soon he began to receive assistance in the form of the [[Aggressor Sentinel|robotic drone]]s he'd first seen back in the swamp. John was content to let the [[sentinel]]s do the heavy lifting after that, lending a hand only when he thought it appropriate. The stench of cooked flesh which filtered through his helmet thanks to their [[Sentinel beam|energy weaponry]] made him gag as the fight through the facility proceeded. John finally reached an enormous circular platform which turned out to be an elevator to take him to the next level of the Library above. Once it jerked to a halt there was only a short walk through a narrow passageway to another gallery beyond before the Flood attacked again. With no threat at his back John was able to retreat and funnel them through the passage while he fired until the forms no longer posed any danger. Within the next section of the complex he followed a grouping of [[sentinel]]s, sardonically asking where they had been moments earlier. To this Spark then claimed Flood activity had caused a failure in the drone control system and that backup units required his attention, but that John should continue onward regardless. John began to argue but the monitor had already vanished again just as quickly as it had arrived. The few sentinels that were present proved to be of enormous benefit to the Chief, however. He allowed them to do most of the work of fighting off the Flood from then on, until 343 Guilty Spark finally returned and admonished him for the slower pace this more cautious strategy had forced him to move at.{{Ref/Reuse|HTF9}}

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