Madness: Artifact

Madness: Artifact is an animation by Jsoull showcasing more about the origins of Abaddon. It was released on YouTube on September 20, 2018 and on Newgrounds a day later.
==Summary==
The animation begins with two members of the A.A.M.O riding on hoverbikes going to meet an N51 humvee in the middle of the nevadan wastelands, who have come to exchange a bag with them. The leader of the squad, a Commando, directs one of the Recons to hand over the bag, which the two A.A.M.O operatives open to reveal confidential papers describing the A.A.M.O's "Operation Hell's Gate".
The animation then shifts to the "Hell's Gate" itself, a portal to another dimension known as "the Other Place". Two A.T.P. Engineers activate the portal and enter through it into the Other Place to retrieve a Halo artifact. While they are trekking through the place they are spotted by the spirit of the Auditor, who goes to possess the artifact. The two Engineers are then attacked by several dark, skeleton-like creatures but manage to fend them off. As one of the Engineers goes to claim the artifact however, the other is shown to have apparently been killed and dragged away.
The surviving Engineer is able to backtrack to the entry portal, but the ladder which leads out of the dimension has been destroyed. Prioritizing the mission, the ATP tosses the artifact through the portal, being caught by an A.A.M.O scientist above. Before he himself can go back through the portal with his grappling hook, he is attacked by his partner, now reanimated, and is tackled to the ground and subsequently killed by several strikes to the head.
3 months later, at the A.A.M.O headquarters, the artifact is shown to have been implanted in Abaddon's head. An Engineer talks with an official of A.A.M.O, known only as "Hades", about the finalization of the project and the two decide to test Abaddon out by sending him to "tie up a loose end of his". Abaddon then boots up and downloads information on Kryy, Jack Wernicke, Kelzad Oox and Sokar, with the Auditor briefly flickering in front of the screen as he speeds up the download of Sokar's information file.
The camera then cuts to inside Abaddon's head where The Auditor is located. The Auditor states that little has changed in his absence and then says to Abaddon "LETS PROCEED... PARTNER". Abaddon then awakens and activates his visor as the animation ends.
Category:Animations
Category:A.A.M.O.
Category:Jsoull