Halo 42012

Master Chief:
[after defeating the Didact] Cortana? Cortana, do you read? Cortana, come in.

Master Chief:
[Cortana appears] How...?

Cortana:
Oh, I'm the strangest thing you've seen all day?

Master Chief:
But if we're here...

Cortana:
It worked. You did it. Just like you always do.

Master Chief:
So how do we get out of here?

Cortana:
I'm not coming with you this time.

Master Chief:
What?

Cortana:
Most of me is down there. I only held enough back to get you off the ship.

Master Chief:
No, that's not... we go together.

Cortana:
It's already done.

Master Chief:
I am not leaving you here.

Cortana:
John...

[touches his chest]

Cortana:
I've waited so long to do that.

Master Chief:
It was my job to take care of you.

Cortana:
We were supposed to take care of each other. And we did.

Master Chief:
Cortana, please.

Master Chief:
[Cortana begins to leave] Wait...

Cortana:
Welcome home, John.

[disappears]