Kai goes to give an epic rally cry speech, but their ship is hit by enemy fire and blown to bits. Perez is praying in Spanish until Kai taps her to focus up and trust in her training. This Is Not A Sim – Corporal Talia Perez (Cristina Rodlo) – Is with the Spartan Javelin unit led by Kai-125 (Kate Kennedy) as their unit's ship approaches the Covenant fleet headed for the Halo ring. As Janine is forcibly restrained, we continue to see the cells inside her change and grow cut to Miranda seeing the same on microscope, wondering out loud what it is she's looking at. Janine continues trying to go through the social motions, listening to her colleague prattle on, but another cellular mutation makes her suddenly go feral, strange veins and markings appearing in her skin as she attacks the loudmouth co-worker, stabbing him in the neck with scissors. Shortly thereafter, Janine looks downright feverish while listening to an obnoxious co-worker brag when a concerned friend inquires about her, Janine's arm aggressively smacks the woman away on reflex. Janine denies any wrongdoing, but as the camera follows her walking out of Miranda's labor and into the larger facility, a microscopic close-up shows the invasive spore already mutating her cellular structure. Miranda tries to be patient but grows concerned that overzealous Janine might've tampered with the sample while she was away.

An over-eager lab tech named Janine comes in chatting away about how lucky Miranda was to make such a discovery and plying her for information about being Halsey's daughter and rumors that Halsey is on Onyx. Miranda is concerned about how some seemingly dormant spores on the device casing are suddenly alive and active again. It's Spreading – Cut to the ONI facility on planet Onyx and Commander Miranda Keyes (Olive Gray) is examining the strange device she and her mother Katherine Halsey (Natascha McElhone) stole from the ruins of the advanced ancient city found under the surface of Onyx years ago, which spawned the Spartan program. Chief asks what happened 'down there' and the other party responds that it was 'Death, but not yours.' The conversation eludes to the vast 'facility' they are in containing some 'dark thing' in its depths – something that Chief must face. What Happened Down In the Dark? – The episode opens with the curious interview-style conversation between Master Chief John-117 (Pablo Schreiber) and some other party who is hidden offscreen. Halo Season 2 Episode 8 Recap: 'Halo' (Finale) (Photo: Paramount+)

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