Cole Protocol - Spartan Strength 4

The first sign for Keyes that something was happening were the shouts from the guards who had been walking the corridor outside. Two of them ran full tilt past Keyes's cell. Keyes walked over to the bars as the guards dogged shut the thick, metal door leading to the corridor. They pulled out handguns and stepped back from the door.

"Faison?" Keyes shouted down the row of cells. "What's going on?" "Don't know," came the response.

 The guard on the left side of the door looked back at them. "Quiet!"

Keyes pressed his face against the bars to get a better look. As he did, the large metal door exploded inward between the two guards and bounced down the corridor. A heavy cloud of dust hung in the air, making everything hazy.

Something large and gray blurred through the door. The guards shot at it, but not before it smacked into them, knocking them both out with quick blows to the head.

- Halo: The Cole Protocol, Chapter 39