This is my first fanfic, reviews would be appreciated. (I'm sorry if there's any errors, this is an older story of mine that I'm trying to touch up.) Anyways, time for the ever popular disclaimer! I don't own anything related to Halo, Bungie does. But, the original characters are mine, so, nyeh!

It was the year 2540, and on the planet Reach, a new group of Spartans were being developed. Even more advanced than the first two groups. It was secret to everyone, the only one who knew was Dr. Halsey and some of the people that worked with her. She knew if word got out about her augmentingmore humansto be used as weapons of war, humanitarians would be pounding at her door. But, the Covenant were growing stronger and the Spartan's needed help. But there were only four people who qualified, and they were all children. No matter, this was for the sake of themselves, even if they weren't aware of what is going on.

Dr. Halsey watched the kid. From what she saw he was loyal to his friends, probably had a good family, it was sad that this must be done. She called out the boy's name. His head perked up from a bench and he looked at her. The boy exchanged looks with his friends and reluctantly got up and walked to the woman.

The boy's name was Delano About five foot tall, with brown hair that with a week or two more of growing would go past his eyes. At the moment though his sharp blue eyes were fixated on her. From what she had been told about him, he was a very cheerful person, just from the warm smile on the little boy's face she could tell that he was. Delano stepped up to her and greeted her hello.

"My name is Dr. Halsey, what's yours?"

"I'm Delano, nice to meet you." He held out his hand for her to shake and she shook hands with the boy who's life was about to be forever changed by herself.

"Is there something you wanted, Miss Halsey?" She nodded.

"You and you're friends. They are, shall I say, special?" He snapped his head back to look at them. Even more curious but also now concerned about himself and his friends. He inched closer to her face.

"How did you find out? What do you want from us?"

"Calm down," she kneeled down to look him in the eyes, "have you ever heard of the Marines?"

"Yeah, I was thinking about joining up when I got older. Why?"

"I work for them and lead a special project to create the best-of-the-best Marines, and we need you and your friends. You all have qualites that the UNSC finds desirable." He stared her in the eyes and she stared back into his. He suddenly averted his attention downward to a small portable computer. The boy had managed to grab her personal computer and she hadn't even noticed. Clever young boy.

"You check out. But, I can't. I won't put their lives on the line. I'll be happy to go with you to the Marines, but they stay here." She smiled at him and reached in her pocket and pulled out a needle. He sighed, almost knowing what was about to happen.

"We'll just settle for you then, now, let me see your arm." He rolled up his sleeve and felt a prick. A chillingsensation went through him and made his body go numb. Out of the corner of his eye he could see large men running towards his friends.The woman had lied to him, with all the strength left in his body he tried to move. He couldn't though, and felt his legs give under his own weight.

Screams had now erupted throughout the playground theywere at.The teacher's there had rushed over but then backed off when they found out that it was the Marines. Delano's eyes were almost shut but he could still make out the scene of his friends struggling to break free of the men's grasp and then being injected and falling asleep. The image was the last one he saw before it all faded to black.

Dr. Halsey sat in her chair. It wasn't right to have to resort to such barbaric tactics on children. They were all about nine years old, so young. She opened the files of the four kids. The names: Delano, Sarah, Sam, and Michael all lined up in a row on her screen. Then images of each child appeared and information scrolled beside it. They had obtained the kids just in time. The colony they were living on was invaded by the Covenantjust a few hours ago, there were no survivors, and the colony was destroyed.If she believed in it, she would have thanked God.

Well, that's it for the first chapter. Hope you liked it. I'll add more to it soon if anyone does wish for me to add.