Jonesy (Ultakat66)

"Meow."
-JonseyJonesy the cat is a cat from the planet reach. One of the few survivors of the alpha halo event, Jonesy is known for having served aboard the UNSC pillar of autumn. Rescued from alpha halo by Beta-Six, Jonesy lived out his retirement days in Australia alongside Chips Dubbo.
== History ==
=== Birth and early years ===
Born on the planet Reach to breeding cats bubble and frank, Jonesy lived his early life in the breeders house, playing with his siblings until the time came to be sold. Jonesy noted later in his life that that time was "Warm, fuzzy, and smelled of goat milk". When the time came to be sold by the breeder, he was rapidly scooped up by Chips Dubbo, a visiting soldier. Chips and Jonesy were constant companions throughout the following years, as the covenant war raged on. Used as a mouser by Dubbo, Jonesy was invaluable to Dubbo through the years. 
=== Fall of Reach ===
As his master Dubbo was reassigned to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, Jonesy was as well. Jonesy was aboard the ship for the duration of the battle, and eventually got lost in the ships passages. When Dubbo returned to the ship, Jonesy had gone missing. A worried Dubbo put up "Missing" posters for the now three year old cat. As the ship fled the system, Dubbo still could not find the missing cat as his angst grew.
=== Arrival in Soel system ===
As the Pillar of Autumn arrived in the Soel system, Jonesy was still exploring the ships tunnels when it was boarded. As he was chasing a pack of mice, he noticed an interesting creature wandering through said tunnels. Following this creature undetected, he watched it exit into a battle between the Covenant and UNSC marines. Spooked by this battle, he fled back into the tunnels, only to run into a pack of Unngoy. As they began to consider eating him, they were killed by a burst of fire from an MA5B assault rifle. As he turned to see his saviour, he was greeted with the sight of Chips Dubbo, his owner. As a group of Sangheili began exploring those tunnels, Jonesy was placed in Dubbo's service pack, and hurried off to an escape pod. This pod was jettisoned, and Jonesy enjoyed his first real view of space. As the pod was pursued by a group of banshees, Jonesy again hid in Dubbo's service pack, not witnessing the pods crash on Alpha Halo.
=== War for Alpha halo ===
Once the pod crash landed on the mysterious construct, Dubbo left the pod with Jonesy still in his service pack. Dubbo himself was then caught in a firefight between the marine survivors and a curious group of Unngoy. This again startled Jonesy, prompting the cat to dart out of the bag and run. As Dubbo pursued the cat, he noticed that he had jumped into the seat of a minorly damaged warthog. Grabbing Jonesy from the seat, Dubbo then commandeered the hog and used it to defeat the aliens. Afterwards, the group set up a camp that again came under attack by covenant forces. This camp was saved by MCPO John-117, who briefly paused to stroke a purring Jonesy. Jonesy and the group were evacuated to the newly built ALPHA base, and the cat himself became the mascot of Asp Platoon, formed from both the squad survivors, and other rescued marines. Jonesy stayed at ALPHA base during his masters mission to rescue Captain Keyes.
=== Encounter with the Flood and rescue ===
Due to Asp platoon being deployed all over Alpha Halo, it was only a matter of time before they encountered the flood. Deployed in the swamps of the halo, they attempted to investigate rumours of covenant troop sites, but only found sangheili blood splatters, and a crying Unggoy. As the group spread through the mist, something came swarming out of it. Hundreds of Pod Infectors, accompanied by elite combat forms, attacked the helpless marines. Armed with only his claws as a weapon, Jonesy managed to destroy an infection form, as the flood largely ignored him due to his non sentient nature. He was then scooped up by Dubbo, who fled alongside Marcus Stacker. With nowhere to go and the flood closing in, it seemed as if there was no escape. However, a way out presented itself in the form of ODST team Beta-Six. Fleeing to the groups falcon alongside the team, where Richard Bennier was currently battling a trio of combat forms, Beta-Six fled alongside the survivors and captive Unngoy. Jonesy played with a watching Richard Bennier, who showed uncharacteristic emotion seeing him.
=== Escape From Alpha Halo ===
As the falcon continued flying, Jonesy was placed in a backpack carried by the unngoy, who then left the troop transport. As the Unngoy departed alongside the human survivors, Jonesy was horrified by the sight of hundreds of flood combat forms, but knew enough to stay in his bag. As the group kept the growing flood horde back, Jonesy remained quivering in the backpack. After half an hour of brutal combat, the group reached the Condor transport that they were attempting to use to escape the halo. Jonesy was the first to board it, leaping out of the Unngoy's backpack and into the transport. Seconds later, the ramp was raised and the transport left, with Jonesy curling up in a corner for the long flight home.
=== Later Life On Earth ===
Jonesy was not present during his master's journeys throughout the galaxy, remaining on Earth in Australia with Dubbo's cousin. As Dubbo later settled into retirement, Jonesy stayed with him as a companion. As he lived a mundane life, he reflected on his travels. As one of Dubbo's few remaining friends, Jonesy provided an immense level of companionship to the lonely marine. As time went by, he even found love, with another cat that Dubbo bought, named Mews. Their kits, Roly, Poly, and Jeff were born six months later.
=== Escape From Earth ===
As he was living in Australia with Dubbo at the time, Jonesy was present during Dubbo's escape from the planet. It began to happen when Promethean fighters appeared over the horizons. Jonesy was resting outside when the neighbourhood erupted into panic at the sight of the automatons. Dubbo instead disappeared for ten minutes, after which showing up armed with a covenant plasma pistol, M6C Magnum and a BR55 battle rifle. Retrieving Jonesy and his family from the house, Dubbo proceeded to use the weapons, that he had retrieved from a cache, to eliminate the promethean invaders. Boarding the civilian model warthog that served as Dubbo's car, Jonesy noticed that Dubbo spent a large amount of time talking on the phone to an unknown contact, then abruptly hanging up after the words "Thank You". Afterwards, Dubbo's warthog arrived at a private shipyard. Docked there was a 75 Metre Yacht ship, along with thirteen young men and women. This was revealed to be a secretive faction comprised of Spartan-1.1s, who were intending to use the yacht, along with stored supplies, to flee earth. Jonesy boarded the yacht along with his family, and was quickly followed by Dubbo and the thirteen others. As forerunner Guardians began to force major cities into lockdown, the yacht slipped the blockade, with it making a random slipspace jump shortly after. Jonesy settled down once more on the Yacht, serving to keep vermin away from critical areas.
== Personality and Traits ==
Jonesy was widely thought of by Dubbo as a sweet cat, who was extremely affectionate. During his early years Jonesy was incredibly boisterous, known for tearing out of nowhere at high speeds. After his encounter with the flood, Jonesy became less playful, though he was still affectionate, slowing down and enjoying life more. During the escape from earth he stared down a promethean crawler, before it was destroyed by a burst from Dubbo's battle rifle. After the escape, he became hardworking aboard the yacht, possessing surprising hunting skills. Despite this, he still found time for both his family and Dubbo. Jonesy was a male cat with ginger hair, and possessing large back limbs.
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