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Kelly is one of John's closest friends and the longest one to have worked as part of a team with him.<ref name="HTFOR4">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> After decades spent together, he knows her well enough to know when she is worried without even needing to see her face; just a tiny slump of her shoulders is enough.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 32''</ref> Kelly is known to routinely make sarcastic jokes at John's expense, often teasing him about his looks, his intelligence, his awkwardness, his overprotectiveness, and his penchant for "hogging all the fun" during combat engagements.<ref name="HSS3">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 5''</ref><ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 8''</ref> John usually relies on Kelly to articulate sentiments he struggles to convey himself.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Kelly is a recurring subject of John's dreams.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref><ref name="HFORI">''Halo: Fall of Reach'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''</ref> | Kelly is one of John's closest friends and the longest one to have worked as part of a team with him.<ref name="HTFOR4">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> After decades spent together, he knows her well enough to know when she is worried without even needing to see her face; just a tiny slump of her shoulders is enough.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 32''</ref> Kelly is known to routinely make sarcastic jokes at John's expense, often teasing him about his looks, his intelligence, his awkwardness, his overprotectiveness, and his penchant for "hogging all the fun" during combat engagements.<ref name="HSS3">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 5''</ref><ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 8''</ref> John usually relies on Kelly to articulate sentiments he struggles to convey himself.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Kelly is a recurring subject of John's dreams.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref><ref name="HFORI">''Halo: Fall of Reach'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''</ref> | ||
John's relationship with Kelly began with him stealing crackers from her while she wasn't looking during their first day as trainees in the Spartan-II program.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Later that day, the two were put on a team with [[Samuel-034]] based on three lines the children were instructed to form. Kelly was clearly unhappy to be grouped with John. She introduced herself after Sam did so first, but John said nothing to either and believed that she would slow down their team. As such, he raced ahead of his teammates during their first attempt at "[[Ring the Bell]]" and though he finished first, Sam and Kelly got stuck in a line as everyone bunched up at the end and were the last two to cross the finish line. This elicited a glare from Kelly, but John could only shrug. After learning that his team lost despite his early finish, however, John became furious with | John's relationship with Kelly began with him stealing crackers from her while she wasn't looking during their first day as trainees in the Spartan-II program.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Later that day, the two were put on a team with [[Samuel-034]] based on three lines the children were instructed to form. Kelly was clearly unhappy to be grouped with John. She introduced herself after Sam did so first, but John said nothing to either and believed that she would slow down their team. As such, he raced ahead of his teammates during their first attempt at "[[Ring the Bell]]" and though he finished first, Sam and Kelly got stuck in a line as everyone bunched up at the end and were the last two to cross the finish line. This elicited a glare from Kelly, but John could only shrug. After learning that his team lost despite his early finish, however, John became furious with her and Sam, thinking of ways to get even with them for messing up his victory. He avoided both in the classroom the next day, but when the time came to play Ring the Bell once more Sam threatened to push him off of a raised platform if he didn't help them, with Kelly adding that she would jump on top of him. John agreed to work together as long as they didn't slow him down, and when Kelly pointed out that she was very fast he told her she could sprint ahead and hold a spot for them at a basket which would carry them to the bell. When she took off, John was struck that he had never seen anyone move like her, thinking her similar to [[Wikipedia:Wolf|wolve]]s he'd seen footage of, her feet seeming to barely touch the ground. And though their team only came in third this time, they worked together to make that happen and decided to be friends once they were finished.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Around one year and ten months later, John, Kelly, and Sam were still a unit and he had come to think of the two of them, along with the seventy-two other trainees, as his family.<ref name="HTFOR5">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>During an exercise in [[Reach]]'s [[Highland Mountains]] in July of [[2519]] Kelly was the first to speak up when John asked for a rabbit, meaning someone fast who could be chased after to lure enemies to a location. Right before she could do just that as part of the plan John had concocted, he offered to be the rabbit instead, which earned him a slug on the shoulder for giving the impression that he doubted her. John, nursing his shoulder, took the suggestion back. A short time later, he didn't even ask when he needed someone to be the rabbit again; he just told Kelly the role was hers.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} | ||
[[File:FOR ComicKellyJohn.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Kelly and John.]] | [[File:FOR ComicKellyJohn.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Kelly and John.]] | ||
Following [[Project ASTER|the series of surgeries]] which augmented their fourteen-year-old bodies in [[2525]], Kelly took the longest to recover of the members of [[Blue Team]].<ref name="HTFOR9">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> There had been a point where John had even worried she might not survive. When she did pull through, John was glad to see that her face had retained its rough, angular beauty and her body its long slender frame. He was forced to admit to himself that she scared him a little now, for though she had been fast before, now nobody could touch her if she didn't allow it.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR9}} ''En route'' to their [[Operation: TALON|first real mission]] as Spartans John dreamed that he saw Kelly, her face bloodied and bruised, and that she asked him where he had been when they needed him.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}} When John was shot in the side during that operation, Kelly was the one to peel back his [[Black body suit|suit]] to inspect the damage, biting her lip upon confirming that the bullet was still inside and causing lots of internal bleeding.<ref name="HTFOR10">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 10''</ref> She then proceeded to administer [[biofoam]] to the wound, cautioning that it might sting a little, and help him back to his feet. As they were returning from the mission with Kelly piloting a stolen [[Pelican]], John's grunting and wincing in pain made Kelly ask how the foam was holding up and if something else was bothering him. To that, John squeezed her shoulder and claimed nothing was wrong.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR10}} Later that year, the [[Spartan]]s suffered their first loss from combat when Sam was forced to stay behind on a [[Unrelenting|doomed Covenant ship]] due to an armor breach that wouldn't allow him to make the transition to the vacuum of space.<ref name="HTFOR14">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> John had to grab Kelly's arm as they said goodbye to Sam, urging her to not look back. When the ship exploded behind them, Kelly clung to John and he consoled her.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR14}}<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''</ref> Months later, Kelly suffered a compound rib fracture during [[Skirmish over Netherop|a boarding operation]], which made John's gut clench.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS3}} He immediately ordered [[Frederic-104]] to move her out of the [[gravity lift]] which had injured her. Kelly protested that she didn't need a babysitter and that John was being ''overprotective'' (which John could tell meant ''being a jerk'') but he countered by saying he didn't need an argument.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS3}} In March of [[2526]] John was attempting to reason with a large group of captured [[insurrectionist]]s and one of them, [[Petora Zoyas|a woman]], attempted to distract him by calling him flattering names and suggesting that he lose his armor so she could get a better look at him. This elicited a choice statement from Kelly in which she made sure John knew her flirting wasn't real.<ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> In [[2544]] Blue Team was sent [[Operation: WARM BLANKET|to rescue]] Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] from [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence|a]] Covenant fleet.<ref name="HLTP">''[[Halo Legends]]'', ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''</ref> As the Spartans moved through [[Resplendent Fervor|the fleet's flagship]] its [[shipmaster]] elected to [[Modular Dispersal Technology|dismantle]] the carrier into sections to halt their advance. This led to Kelly, who had outpaced John and found herself between two large portions of the ship, grabbed his hand and swung him about, using the momentum to send him flying all the way to the next section. This caused John to shout her name then, but upon landing within the ship once more, he paused to face the direction he had come and this time whisper it, plainly worried about her.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTP}} | Following [[Project ASTER|the series of surgeries]] which augmented their fourteen-year-old bodies in [[2525]], Kelly took the longest to recover of the members of [[Blue Team]].<ref name="HTFOR9">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> There had been a point where John had even worried she might not survive. When she did pull through, John was glad to see that her face had retained its rough, angular beauty and her body its long slender frame. He was forced to admit to himself that she scared him a little now, for though she had been fast before, now nobody could touch her if she didn't allow it.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR9}} ''En route'' to their [[Operation: TALON|first real mission]] as Spartans John dreamed that he saw Kelly, her face bloodied and bruised, and that she asked him where he had been when they needed him.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}} When John was shot in the side during that operation, Kelly was the one to peel back his [[Black body suit|suit]] to inspect the damage, biting her lip upon confirming that the bullet was still inside and causing lots of internal bleeding.<ref name="HTFOR10">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 10''</ref> She then proceeded to administer [[biofoam]] to the wound, cautioning that it might sting a little, and help him back to his feet. As they were returning from the mission with Kelly piloting a stolen [[Pelican]], John's grunting and wincing in pain made Kelly ask how the foam was holding up and if something else was bothering him. To that, John squeezed her shoulder and claimed nothing was wrong.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR10}} Later that year, the [[Spartan]]s suffered their first loss from combat when Sam was forced to stay behind on a [[Unrelenting|doomed Covenant ship]] due to an armor breach that wouldn't allow him to make the transition to the vacuum of space.<ref name="HTFOR14">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> John had to grab Kelly's arm as they said goodbye to Sam, urging her to not look back. When the ship exploded behind them, Kelly clung to John and he consoled her.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR14}}<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''</ref> Months later, Kelly suffered a compound rib fracture during [[Skirmish over Netherop|a boarding operation]], which made John's gut clench.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS3}} He immediately ordered [[Frederic-104]] to move her out of the [[gravity lift]] which had injured her. Kelly protested that she didn't need a babysitter and that John was being ''overprotective'' (which John could tell meant ''being a jerk'') but he countered by saying he didn't need an argument.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS3}} In March of [[2526]] John was attempting to reason with a large group of captured [[insurrectionist]]s and one of them, [[Petora Zoyas|a woman]], attempted to distract him by calling him flattering names and suggesting that he lose his armor so she could get a better look at him. This elicited a choice statement from Kelly in which she made sure John knew her flirting wasn't real.<ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> In [[2544]] Blue Team was sent [[Operation: WARM BLANKET|to rescue]] Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] from [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence|a]] Covenant fleet.<ref name="HLTP">''[[Halo Legends]]'', ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''</ref> As the Spartans moved through [[Resplendent Fervor|the fleet's flagship]] its [[shipmaster]] elected to [[Modular Dispersal Technology|dismantle]] the carrier into sections to halt their advance. This led to Kelly, who had outpaced John and found herself between two large portions of the ship, grabbed his hand and swung him about, using the momentum to send him flying all the way to the next section. This caused John to shout her name then, but upon landing within the ship once more, he paused to face the direction he had come and this time whisper it, plainly worried about her.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTP}} | ||