Halo: The Cyber Initiative

by blackcomet1224

"The reason older siblings are born first is to protect the little ones that come after." David's sister was taken and he swore to get her back. Agreeing to have his body modified and enhanced to gain the power to save his sister. Now a Cyber, and he is willing to do anything to protect his sisters and his family, but soon he will fight for his kind's survival. Cover by Pitbottom.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Cyber Initiative

Year: XX/XX/2525

Planet: Unknown

Location: Hidden Space Station

Over an unknown planet lies a Space Station secretly constructed unknown to even ONI, and walking down its halls with haste was a Caucasian woman with black hair and in her early thirties. She was wearing a standard white scrubs, following her were two floating moldy gray bulbous flesh creatures with multiple tentacles and spiky shells. The gunmetal gray walls with support arches and fluorescent lights gave the station a cold and very minimalist feeling. The woman and her group followed the hallway until they reached a heavily armored door. The woman let out a sigh, she did not want to go in the room and see the state of the program's newest recruit. She dug into her pocket and took out her key card, and swiped down the door's card reader.

The armored doors opened with a hiss letting the woman and her group in. The sight made her cringe on the inside, the room was a high-end state-of-the-art medical lab prepped for surgery. There were advance medical equipment in the middle of the room surrounding an operating table with mechanical arms connected the roof above said table, by the table was tool rack and table lined with medical instruments from scalpels to surgical buzzsaws, and some unique items. On the rack by the surgical tools were an assortment of cybernetic implants and four artificial limbs: two arms and two legs. But unlike standard prosthesis used by amputees and war veterans which use motors and hydraulics these artificial limbs use something more effective: Carbon Nano Tubes or CNT arranged similarly to muscle fibers. Carbon nano-tubes were always a better option over the standard motors and hydraulics used in standard limb prosthesis, they were 100x stronger than human muscle fibers and work very like said fibers using electricity to expand and contract, they were a lot more durable 200x stronger than steel also providing better protection, and last a very long time without repair or replacement.

Unfortunately there were drawbacks preventing wide spread use, they were expensive requiring high-tech labs to synthesize (the carbon nano-tube limbs can be sold and the money used to rent a small army.), and expensive to repair in the short-run, but cheap in the long-run. So despite their benefits potential and actual they regulated to limited use.

The woman looked at the prosthesis and implants, then looked in the direction of the operating table at the strangest thing in the room(discounting the floating tentacle blobs following her.). By the operating table was a tall reptilian creature with a serpent-like head and split-jaws, forward bending legs ending in hoofed feet and two hands with two thumbs and two fingers. The creature was obviously female with wide hips, and other features. Her name was Shress'Refum, a Sangehili from a theocratic empire that worship an ancient race called the Forerunners called The Covenant. The Sangheili were a race of reptilian aliens who entire culture center around combat and honor, which was their greatest strength and weakness. So much of their energy was devoted to combat that they were stunted in science and technology. When they joined the Covenant, it only became worst. With their leaders the San'Shyuum aka The Prophets doing all the technological development for them resulting in the Sangheili's complete dependence on the Prophets.

Shress was a scientist for the Covenant(a rarity for her species, which look down on becoming anything, but a warrior.) researching Forerunner technologies, and unlike a lot of her kind she was agnostic(though she kept this to herself.) and had a strong mistrust of the Prophets viewing them as liars and fools, making her very unpopular to put it mildly. Her research was borderline heretical to her associates due to it including trying to improve upon the technologies of their 'gods'. She also questioned the Prophets a lot, which was a big no no in their society. Despite the benefits her research could provide eventually she was put to death after pushing the Prophets too far. She managed to escape, taking most of her findings and research with her including some Hurgrok that worked with her She arrived in the Sol system after using some coordinates she found in one her Forerunner exploration trips. Not too long after she was found by Sarah Enders and their benefactor, the one who funded and provide the technology for the Cyber Initiative. He was simply known as the Grandmaster, Shress and Sarah don't know much about their provider only that he has a lot of connections and resources. Including access to ONI's files on their military projects.

Sarah was a civilian scientist known for her theories on cybernetic enhancement, she was hired by ONI along with her rival Dr. Catherine Halsey for the Orion Gen 2 project aka the Spartan 2 Project. The goal of which was to create super soldiers to fight insurrectionist, and prevent rebellions from going too far.. They butted heads many times particularly in the area of augmentations. Sarah argued for the cybernetic approach stating that it carries the least chance of rejection. Hasley on the other hand argued for bio-augmentations, which carried significant risk, but showed the most promise compared to Sarah's cybernetic-augmentations suggestion, but the requirement to give the bio-augments the highest chance for success.

Children. Hasley suggested the use of the most genetically and mentally six year old children for the project stating the reason the ORION(SPARTAN 1) Project was quite simply the candidates were too old. Their bodies were already fully developed when they received their augmentations resulting in higher risk of rejection, severe side effects and limiting the full effectiveness of the augmentations. Plus their minds were already set with values that UNSC want and others they didn't particularly want such as Insurrectionist sympathies which dveloped in some of the Spartan 1s with more unstable minds resulted in them switching sides. But with children their minds are still developing meaning you can mold them in however you want and they absorb knowledge more readily than adults, which was perfect for the program that would give them advance courses in many subjects needed for war, and the brainwashing and indoctrination that came with.

Sarah was disgusted. She understood that sometimes you have to do unsavory 'things' for the greater good, but taking children and replacing them with flash clones with flash transferred memories… That are doomed to die. Then the suffering that the families would go through after the clones, and the suffering of the clones themselves. Their bodies slowly falling apart like hastily built with the builders cutting corners, and the clones would be in complete agony as their parents watch. Sarah tried everything in her power to convince her superiors of her projects benefits. Though theoretical benefits were very obvious, but her research showed too little results and was beyond budget, so ONI's top brass chose Halsey's plan over Sarah's.

Sarah resigned shortly after, she couldn't be a part of the program anymore. She wanted to blow the whistle, but it was usually a bad idea(and sometimes a fatal one.) to get on ONI's bad side. So she reluctantly kept her mouth shut. A week after her resignation she was contacted by her benefactor, The Grandmaster founder of the PMC(Private Military Company) The Black Vanguards Corporation. he offered her the resources to start her project and much more.

Sarah was suspicious of the Grandmaster's agenda, especially since he called himself 'The Grandmaster', but after explaining his reasoning's Sarah decided to take a risk with him. The Grandmaster believed that humanity will one day face a threat bigger than the insurrectionist, and that humanity can't waste their time fighting each other.

Humanity needed to be united.

Sarah agreed about the Insurrectionists, they have legitimate grievances with the UEG and UNSC, but their terrorist methods were unacceptable. She received more funding and resources than ONI ever provided allowing her to continue research unabated. She many strides with her research including cybernetic implants that increase the user's strength, processing power, reflexes and durability. But she was still a little skeptical on the 'threat bigger than humanity claim thinking it was him being paranoid, that is until they found Shress.

When they found Shress they immediately worked on creating rudimary translation software, and after some test questioned particularly why she was in the Sol System, and how she found them. What they learned worried them, the fact there was a theocratic empire out there who had a history of forcefully recruiting their members, and the fact Shress came to the Sol system based on coordinates she gathered from Forerunner ruins, which means it is very likely the Covenant find them the same way, and it wouldn't be on good terms. So they offered Shress a deal, share her knowledge of Forerunner and Covenant technology with them and help with the Cyber Initiative, and in return they help free her people. She accepted, and thanks to her(and the Hurogks.) contribution the Cyber Initiative went in ways Sarah never thought possible.

Sarah looked at her colleague who was looking at her data pad checking on their recruits vitals. "Is everything?" she asked.

Shress nodded. "Yes, he is ready for cybernization. I just need to put him to sleep-"

"No, not yet." Sarah looked at the young man on the operating table. A shadow of his former self, his neatly trimmed and blond hair now sickly and lanky, his once healthy skin was now covered in 2nd to 3rd degree burn scars. His face was the most scarred, his lips and cheeks were mostly gone replaced by his front and side teeth giving his face an almost skeletal appearance and his eyes were cold and calm, but if one looks closely he/she could see the burning hatred, the raging inferno waiting to be unleashed on a particular target. Multiple IV tubes connected to different parts of his body transferring blood, antibiotics and other chemicals to keep infection at bay. The young man turned his head towards Sarah rasping in and out.

"You sure you want to do this, David? Once this is done you can't go back." Sarah asked.

David narrowed his eyes. "Doctor, you know the answer. My sister was taken, kidnapped. I will do anything to save her." David looked at his stumps then back at Sarah. "Besides look at me, I need life-support to stay alive and I need your help to achieve my goal." David let a rasp sigh. "I will do what you ask as long you maintain your end of the bargain."

Sarah shook her head and let out a sigh. "David, I can help you find your sister, but I don't know if the nano-machine procedure will save her clone. We are talking about massive genetic repair. The nano-machines repair small genetic deficits, but something on this scale… It might work and make her better or it might make her condition worse-"

"I know that, Doctor! But you have to try something! My sister is dying, her body falling apart, and why? Because she was meant to cover up Daisy's kidnapping for some twisted super soldier program." tears of anger welled up in David's eyes. "She maybe a clone replacement, but she is still my sister. She is still family. And she deserve better, and I will go through hell itself for my family. Just please you have to try something."

Sarah nodded. "I can't make any promises, but I will try."

"That's all I ask, Doctor. Thank you." David then look straight up at the ceiling. "I'm ready."

"Your sisters are very fortunate to have a brother like you." She said before channeling the anesthesia into his breathing mask.

David simply nodded before his eyes became heavy as he drifted into a deep sleep.

Shress nodded. "He is fully asleep, Sarah. He is ready for surgery." she reported.

"Alice status."

All equipment are primed and ready to start implantation." said the medical AI

"Alright, lets began." Sarah sighed as activated a recording device.

(BGM for operation scenes: Mortal Kombat legacy Cyrax and Sektor episode OST during the operation scene.)

"Subject: David Ann Spencer. Serial number: Cyber-B7T5. Codename: Pending. David Ann Spencer or Cyber-B7T5 will be one of our most cybernetic augmented Cyber due severe and quality of life reducing injuries received from his accident including loss of all four limbs, damage to the heart, lungs, kidneys and other internal organs. He suffered burns all over his body, which requires him to be on life support.

A huragok, Heavier than Some prepared the artificial limbs for attachment and calibration. "We will replace his missing limbs with CNT muscle fiber versions increasing his strength and running speed. We will replace all his organs with ones we flash cloned and enhanced with cybernetics or completely cybernetic equivalents. We will also insert cybernetic implants that will increase the subject's eyesight, speed, reflexes, agility, endurance, skin durability, processing power in turn intelligence and cell regeneration. Once Phase 1 of the operation is complete we will move on to phase 2: suit attachment. First we will proceed to attach his new limbs."

Alice remote controlled a robotic arm to cut open one of David's shoulder stumps to expose his nerve endings so Sarah could attach the artificial nerves in the CNT limb's to the ones in David's arms. Meanwhile Shress took several blood bag containing a black blood like liquid and replaced the empty blood bags that were connected to David.

"Injecting nanomachines." she said as the black liquid wentt down the plastic tube and into David's body.

As the group began to operate David dreams. Dreaming of the events that led him to this point, and his greatest failure.

(8 years ago.)

Year: 07/18/2517

Planet: Sargasso

Location: City of Fairfields

Walking in the market section of the City of Fairfields were two siblings one was a white 12 year old boy with blond hair and blue eyes David Ann Spencer, and the other was his little sister a recently turned 6 year old girl with matching features Daisy Ann Spencer. It was a day after Daisy's birthday, she just turned 6 and her brother promised he had a special gift for her, and they were in town to pick it up.

The two arrived at Daisy's favorite spot the Majestic fountain in the middle of the Fairfield's Market square. It was a simple fountain with a tower in the middle that spout out water that lands in the pool below. Daisy rain to the edge of the fountain marveling at the simple yet finely crafted fountain. David stood beside Daisy looking at the fountain's tower then at sister smiling at the look of on her face.

"Enjoying yourself?" he asked.

Daisy nodded. "I love coming here. The fountain is my favorite place to play."

David chuckled. "Well you sneak out from your tutoring sessions to come here."

Much like David, Daisy was incredibly gifted learning faster other kids her age and easily go through studies fit for kids years ahead of her receiving private tutoring sessions that fit her intelligence. When she was old enough their plannings were planning to enroll her Holman-Grey Institute for Gifted Children, the same institute her brother was attending. She has the tendency to sneak off into town when no ones looking always tot he Market square fountain.

Her brother, David was also gifted(well to a degree.) receiving tutoring at young age and when he was 8 went to the Holman-Grey Institute to continue his education and to be around other children his age.

Daisy giggled. "Well the tutor should have kept a better eye on me, or maybe I am too sneaky for her."

David shook figuring it was more of the later. He too had Mrs. Robin as a tutor and she had eyes on the back of her head. He tried sneaking off many times failing each time. So it was very likely that his sister had a gift in being very sneaky. "I incline to think its the latter." he said rubbing his sister's head.

"Hey stop it!" she giggled lifting his hand of her head.

Daisy look over the edge of the fountain getting a clearer view of her reflection using the balls of her feet for a boost in height. Unfortunately she leaned in too far was about to fall into the fountain, but before her face it the water a hand grabbed the back of her dress. David pulled Daisy back from the edge placing her back on the ground.

Daisy straighten out her dress. "Thanks for looking out for me."

David smiled. "That what older siblings are for to protect the little ones that come after."

"Well you won't have to worry about me, I can take care of myself." she boasted.

"Well I keep watching out for you just in case, otherwise what use are older siblings, right?" David responded. He looked around and saw the shop where he plans to buy his sister's birthday gift. "Hey, Daisy stay here I got a surprise for you."

Daisy nodded knowing it was her birthday gift. "Alright I will wait here."

David nodded not really worried about leaving his sister at the fountain. The shop was right across from the fountain giving a clear view of her and Fairfields has a very low crime and kidnapping rate. So he walked towards the shop while keeping an eye on his sister. When he arrived at the shop he turned his head to talk to the shopkeeper. Unknowingly to them they were being watched, or more accurately Daisy was being watched by a woman with blond hair and blue eyes wearing a sundress. And while David wasn't looking she approached Daisy.

Daisy spotted the woman approaching, and in response she gave a friendly wave and a trusting innocent smile. "Hey, I never seen you before you must be visiting."

The woman smiled. "Yes, my name is Elizabeth and I am visiting an old friend of mine, and I'm a little lost. Can you help me?"

"Sure!" Daisy said happily as she proceeded to answer any question the woman had.

As Daisy was answering Elizabeth's questions David was talking to the shopkeeper picking up Daisy's gift.

"Here you go, David." The shopkeeper handed David a small box wrapped in red gift wrap Daisy's favorite color.

David took the gift box, and handed the Shopkeeper some credits to pay for it. "Thanks, Mr. Johnson." he said.

"No problem. Tell your sister I said Happy Birthday." said Johnson as he waved.

David nodded, and left the little stand gift in hand. As he walked towards the fountain David saw his sister talking to a woman wearing a Sundress. David quickly walked over to Daisy, Daisy saw her brother and smiled.

"Hey, brother, your back already. Is that my gift?" she asked pointing at the box.

David nodded. "Yes, it is." David looks at the woman. "So who is your friend."

Before she could answer Elizabeth beat her to it. "My name is Elizabeth. I am visiting a friend and lost my way in town. Your helped pointing me in the right direction." Elizabeth smiled. "She is quite intelligent for her age."

"Yeah people say that all time." David checked his chatter for the time. "Well it looks it time for us to go home." he turns towards Daisy. "Let's go, Daisy, We don't want to keep Mom waiting." he said.

But the truth was that it wasn't near for them to go home, but there was something about the woman that David didn't like, his big brother instinct telling him to keep his sister away from her. So he was trying to do that as quickly as possible without seeming rude.

"Ahhh, but we just got here." she whined.

"I know, but you know how Mom can be when we are out too long." which was true Amy Spencer their mother was a bit of a worry wort. "I'm sorry to leave, but we have to go."

"Oh, I understand. It was nice talking to your sister." she said smiling and waving as David left with Daisy following beside him.

When they were a reasonable distance away the smile on Elizabeth's face disappeared as the familiar feeling of guilt formed in the pit of her stomach, and was quickly pushed down as she activated her chatter. "This is Charlie Hotel, the subject has met all requirements," she had to do this for the good of humanity. "Prepare for extraction and replacement." Elizabeth let out a sigh knowing full well that at that moment she just turned an innocent child into government property, and condemned her family to heartache.

David and Daisy were walking down the street heading from the market towards the bridge leading to their home. A thought kept nagging at David, he couldn't get the lady Daisy met at the fountain out of his head. There was something about her he didn't like, and out of all the people in the square she went to her for directions even though she might have no clue on how to give directions. Something didn't add up.

"Daisy, did you and Elizabeth talk about anything else?" David asked curiously.

Daisy looked up in thought. "Well, after I gave her directions she asked me some questions that Mrs. Robin would ask. It was really weird."

"You answered them correctly?"

Daisy nodded. "Yeah, though they were kinda challenging, and she was impressed."

David smiled and rubbed her head. "Well who wouldn't your extremely intelligent." David let out a sigh. "Daisy, next time a stranger go ask you for help come get me first, OK?"

Daisy cocked her head. "Why? She needed help?"

"I know and that was a good thing you did, but there was something off about her. So, keep that mind when someone else ask for help."

Not looking completely convinced simply nodded her head.

"Good. Oh before I forget, and here's your gift." David handed her the red gift box.

Daisy grabbed the gift, and quickly unwrapped opening the box afterward. Inside on a soft gift pillow was a small teddy bear keychain. Daisy lift the keychain out of the box by the chain letting the small teddy bear dangle.

"Wow, thanks, brother. I can add this to my collection." she said

David chuckled. He knew she would love it, teddy bears were her favorite toys after all. "I am glad you love it. Now lets hurry home before Mom goes crazy."

Daisy nodded. "Alright. David, your the best."

David smiled. "And your the best little sister." he said rubbing the top of her head.

And they on their way back unknowing that the next day would be the last time that Daisy would see her family for many years.

The next day Daisy wanted to go back into town to play around the fountain, and since David wanted to pick some stuff up from the market. So after Daisy's tutoring session they went to the Market Square, David was talking to the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson, while Daisy was standing by impatiently waiting for her brother to take her to the fountain. It a sunny day with some clouds in the sky, and there were an unusual amount of people(tourist and locals) in the square that day crowding the place. Which was why David was keeping his sister by his side to keep a closer eye on her to her annoyance.

Seeing her brother busy talking to the shopkeeper a mischievous idea popped in her head, while her brother was distracted she was going to sneak to the fountain by herself. So she sneaked off without her brother knowledge, and headed towards the fountain. Unknowingly their were two men watching her, and when she was far enough from her brother and prying eyes they moved in towards her.

David continued to talk oblivious to what was happened and what was about to happen.

"Thanks for advice, Mr. Johnson. I hate to cut this short, but I promised my sister I take her to the fountain." David explained.

Mr. Johnson waved David off. "Don't worry-" Johnson looked around David. "Hey, wasn't your sister beside you?"

David looked both his sides, and sighed in annoyance. He knew where she went.

"Don't worry. I know where she is. Mom is going have a talk with her when she finds out."

Johnson chuckled. "Well tell her I wish her luck. She is going to need it."

David waved Mr. Johnson goodbye and headed towards the fountain assuming Daisy would be there, but when he arrived she wasn't there. David's stomach dropped, he walked around the fountain calling out his sister's name.

"DAISY!" David continue to search around the fountain his heart pumping faster every second. "DAISY! DAISY!"

He continued to search until he spotted something floating in the fountain that made his heart drop. He quickly scooped up the object out of the water. It was Daisy's teddy bear keychain.

Daisy was kidnapped.

A day has past since Daisy's disappearance, and since a missing child report was sent out and entire search parties were sent out. At the Spencer's home in the family living room Jon Spencer father of David and Daisy, former soldier and businessman and his wife and mother of Daisy and David Amy Spencer were scared and worried sick. Since Daisy's disappearance Jon did nothing, but made calls to every connection he had trying to find his daughter yelling angrily in the phone. Amy was sitting in a chair with a rosary praying constantly for her daughter's safe return.

"I DON'T CARE! I WANT YOU TO FIND MY DAUGHTER YESTERDAY, DETECTIVE!" Jon screamed before hanging up his chatter.

Jon let out a sigh trying to calm his nerves. Ever since his daughter's disappearance his nerves were stretch thin. To the point he yelled at his son, which he instantly regret. He knew his son was taking this the hardest, he was Daisy's older brother and in turn her guardian, and he failed her.

Jon looked in the direction of the living room's fireplace particulars the occupied chair. In the chair was a sullen David staring blankly at the teddy bear keychain in his hands with recently dried sad and angry tears. He was angry at himself for letting his sister out of his sight, and angry at his sister's kidnapper. He clutched is hands tighter.

When he get his hands on whoever took his sister.

David felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned his head and saw his father a tall man with his and his sister's eye and hair color. He had a strong face with with a strong chiseled jaw. He was looking at his son with sympathetic eyes.

"Its not your fault." he said.

David looked down not able to bear looking his father in the eye. "It is my fault! I am her older brother! I was supposed to watch over and I failed her!"

"David, listen blaming yourself won't change a thing." Jon said sternly.

David looked at his father for first time since Daisy's kidnapping. Jon face soften. "Everything's going to be alright. The police will find her."

That is when the door bell ringed. Everybody stopped what they were doing and looked at the front door. Jon walked towards the door with haste. He quickly opened the door and it seem time has froze.

At the door was a police officer and next to him was a confused and crying six year old girl.

It was Daisy.

Amy instantly got up and ran over to hug her daughter kissing her on the forehead and crying. Jon was hugging her as well. David got up from his chair, and quickly walked towards his sister and hugged her in one motion.

"Daisy, I'm sorry. I should have watch over you better. From now on I won't let you out of my sight." he cried.

Daisy looked at him confused, and then as if something clicked she hugged back. And when she hugged back she something felt off to David. He couldn't put his finger on it, but something was wrong with his sister. He quickly dismissed the feeling explaining it away as trauma from the kidnapping.

He then handed the teddy bear keychain to her. She stared at it confused and slowly took it .Alarm bells ringed in David's head. The feeling came back stronger than before, something was wrong, and this time it was harder to dismiss. But he didn't question things. He was just happy that his sister was back, safe and sound just like the rest of his family. Unknowing to the troubles and heartache that was coming.

(Present Day)

Year: XX/XX/2525

Planet: Unknown

Location: Black Vanguard's Medical Space Station

Sweat dripped from Sarah's forehead as she looked through the microscope using advance surgical tools to attach David's nerves to the receptors in the his new right arm, she had to be extremely precise otherwise instead of connecting the arm to the brain the receptors will send pain signals, which would be very uncomfortable.

Sarah finish attaching the arm, and then let out a sigh. "Alright all four limbs attached and calibrated. Now, it is time for the implants and organs."

Shress nodded and signaled one of the Huragok Heavier than Most to bring the implants to Sarah. The Huragok brought a medical with different implants and containers of flashed cloned organs on top.

Sarah turned back on her recording device and spoke. "We are about replace the Subjects organs and surgically install the implants. We have made great improvement in our cybernetic implants particularly the Monocyte breeder increasing cell regeneration by 50%, NEMEAN Sub-Dermal Armor which will infuse the user bones and cells with a special substance similar to Graphene making his bones virtually unbreakable and bolster his cells durability and finally Nociception Regulator will increase his pain tolerance by dulling the most severe pain to a simple ache so he can keep going without lost of performance. In theory he can continue to move even when a sword is stabbed through his chest. We moving on to implantation." Sarah turned off the device, and took a laser scalpel proceeding to cut David open.

She proceed to open up his torso. She proceeded to began the delicate work of replacing damage organs with cybernetically enhance versions and surgical installing of the cybernetic implants. As Sarah worked she couldn't help, but think the first she met him face to face.

(2 weeks ago.)

Year: 07/18/2525

Planet: Sargasso

Location: City of Fairfields, Market Square.

Sarah was sitting at a table outside a small cafe drinking a cup of ice tea. It was a sunny hot summer day a perfect day for such a beverage. Sarah scrolled through the tablet in her lab looking through the list of candidates for her Cyber Initiative most of them were mercenaries or members of the organization she works for that fit her skill and genetic requirements for the program, but there were a few who had no military experience beside some militia work o pay for college or gain experience, and one of them was approaching her table.

He was a young man of slightly above average with blond hair and blue eyes. His face was average not too square, not too narrow, and he was wearing blue jeans with a white shirt. He pulled up a seat and sat down across from Sarah.

"Glad you can come, David." Welcomed Sarah.

David nodded. "You said in your letter that you the answers I want." he said straight to the point.

Shortly after Daisy's reappearance, she suddenly started to become sick, really sick. Her body was literally falling apart like a poorly built house. This devastated the Spencer family, Jon and Amy spent a fortune calling doctors to find a way to save their little girl, but they all gave the same answer. They couldn't do a thing only offer expensive treatment to extend for a few more years before her inevitable premature death. When all this was going on the feeling David had when Daisy reappeared came back stronger than ever and that combined with with 'Daisy's' sickness he knew that the sick girl wasn't Daisy. He didn't know how or why, but he knew the girl wasn't Daisy. That when he started his investigation at first his investigation went nowhere until he went to college using his benefits he acquired from his time in the militia and used his resources more effectively even going to conspiracy sites, but only making marginal progress. At first he kept his distance from his sister's double, but after seeing her suffer and the way she acted. She truly believe she was Daisy, and that's when his big brother instinct kicked in. He concluded long ago that she was some sort of clone, but despite that she was still blood. She was still his sister, and she was a victim.

His new sister was obliviously cloned to cover for Daisy's kidnapping, but for what purpose. He soon realized that Daisy's clone was meant to die so no further questions would be asked. Who would be so cruel to clone a person doomed to die? Who would be so cruel to make them die such an inhumane way? David vowed he would find out and make him or her and whoever she or he works for pay.

Sarah sipped tea. "straight to the point? OK then, I know about your investigation and I have the answers you seek." Sarah chuckled. "In fact I know things that will keep you awake at night. Things will make you angry."

David interest was peaked. He leaned forward. "You have my interest, but whats the catch?" he asked.

Sarah smiled. "Quite simply I work for an organization that is very interested in you and would like to recruit you in a program called the Cyber Initiative." She explained.

"The Cyber Initiative? Sounds like some super soldier program private sector I take it?" he said.

Sarah nodded. "You're right. It is a private super soldier program without government involvement-"

"That's the problem. How can I know I can trust you. You could be working for a criminal organization, or some corrupt corporation. Besides why try to recruit a guy like." David pointed at himself. "I am not exactly soldier material, the only military experience I have is with the Colonial Militia even then it is barely anything like the Army or Marine Corps."

Sarah lifted her hand reassuringly. "I assure you we are completely legal, and to answer your second question you fit the genetic and mental requirements for the program. Pretty much the same reason our government took your sister."

David eyes narrowed. "What do you mean? Are you saying..."

Sarah slide a mini data pad towards David. "To prove I am sincere this device contain files that will be very enlightening."

David took the device not sure how to handle it.

"You should join the Cyber Initiative. You will get the best training and equipment. And acquire abilities beyond your dreams. Plus with our resources we can help you find your sister." Sarah suggested.

David narrowed his eyes skeptically. "I still don't trust you. What's on this device will determine whether I join you or not."

Sarah nodded. "Fair enough, but be warn you look at the UNSC or the UEG the same way again." Sarah got up. "The device will allow you to contact m, but I won't be here long. So decide quickly." She said before leaving David alone with the data pad.

David stared at the Data pad for a few moments before finally turning it on and looking at contents. There was only one folder on the thing's hard-drive. He opened the folder and clicked on the file. A document appeared on the screen, David eyes widen in surprise. It was a government file from ONI, but not just any file, it was some sort of report on his sister Daisy. David read the report with a mixture of disbelief and righteous rage, and the rage part only grew as he continued to read. They spying on his sister watching her, making sure she was a viable candidate based a slew of criteria genetic, mental and physical for something called the 'Spartan II Program', but the reports after Daisy's 'recruitment' made his blood boil to the point he might burst into flames from the sheer anger he was feeling. The reports used language that one would use for an expensive piece of equipment, they were talking about an innocent little girl. They were talking about his sister. Then the reports talking preparing her for augmentation surgery.

David put the tablet down for risk he break in half. Those two words Augmentation surgery sent chills down his spine. What inhumane things were they doing to her for the sake of this program. After calming himself down somewhat he continued to read. When he reached the section on the Flash cloned replacements his heart broke. They were meant to die just he as suspected, but deep down he was hoping it wasn't true. The symptoms the clones were meant to experience were nauseating and heart breaking, and the procedure they used to give the clones the memories of the their originals will cause brain cancer later on.

David's brain was numb as he went to his car and drove to his parents house. What he read kept plaguing his mind. He parked in the driveway by his parent's house, and got out heading straight to the family garden. Once he arrived he saw who he was looking for. In the garden smelling the daises was pale sickly 14 year old girl bound to a wheelchair too weak to walk due her ever increasing cellular breakdown. It was Daisy's clone.

She saw her brother approach. "Brother, your early! How-" David suddenly hugged her tight., and he was crying. This confused the clone.

"Brother, why are you crying?" she asked.

David stopped hugging, and dried his tears looking his sister in the eye. "Daisy," he said with some hesitance. "You know that you're apart of this family, right?"

daisy merely confused at the question.

"And that no matter what you will always be my little sister." he continued.

Daisy nodded in response.

"Good." David he said as he got up. "I have to go inside real quick and make a chatter call," David smiled. "And when I am finish we can do whatever you like today." he said.

A small smile touched the clone's face. "Then can we can plant the Amaranth? I think they would look great by the Daisies." she said happily.

David chuckled. "Alright, when I get done we will start right away."

David then went back inside his parent's house and checked if he was alone. When he was sure there was nobody in the house he took out the data-pad and contacted Sarah.

"Made a decision?" asked Sarah over the data pad.

"Not yet, I want to know one thing before I decide." he said.

"What is it you want to know?" Sarah asked simply.

David let out a sigh hoping for any answer besides no. "Can you cure my sister?"

"The clone?"

"Yes, despite her origins she is still family. She doesn't deserve this." David answered.

Sarah was quiet for a few moments. "Maybe, we have some new technologies that could possible help her, but I guarantee that they will work. But I promise to do everything I can to help your dying sister"

Dsvid nodded, he knew this was the best he could hope for. "Alright, I will join you."

"Good, you have two weeks to pack up and get everything in order. I will send you where to meet me. I suggest first saying goodbye and coming up with a good explanation. You will won't be able to visit for a while." she said before disconnecting.

David let out a sigh. This was it no turning back, and he hoped he made the right decision trusting this woman and her group. David went back out side heading towards the garden wondering what he has gotten himself into.

(Two Weeks later.)

David was ready, he was packed up and he explained his sudden off-world trip as a job opportunity with the government on Earth. Before he departed to the location Sarah provided him he visited his parent's house to check on his sister's clone. She was home alone due to their parents having run errands and worrying about leaving her asked David to babysit her before leaving. David was currently in the family living room heading out the door with a snack for his sister.

"I am not the best cook, but she likes them, or at least tolerate them." he mused as he carried the tray pastries toward the garden.

When he arrived he saw something that made his blood freeze. Standing in the middle of the garden were two 14 year old girls that looking exactly the same both having blond hair and blue eyes. Except one was wheel chair bound, had a paler skin, long hair and was wearing a dress, while the other skin had more complexion, shorter hair and was wearing some sort of red uniform. David dropped the tray attracting the attention of both girls. He knew who the one in the red uniform was.

"Daisy?" he said quietly as slowly moved forward. "Its you, after all these years..."

Daisy looked at her brother feeling a wave of emotion hit her. After the realization she can never return home she sorrowfully and soberly accepted her fate, but seeing her brother, a member of her original family, a piece of her old life made her happy and then afraid.

"Brother, You can't be here. You're not supposed to see any of this." she said.

David stood right in front of Daisy studying her noting her unusually athletic and toned physique that every adult would kill for, the hardness in Daisy's eyes and the most disturbing the scars and Daisy's hands. It was then David remembered the report he read two weeks ago and the mention of augmentations.

"Daisy, what have those government bastards done to you." he said quietly enough that only Daisy with her enhanced hearing could hear him.

"How did you-" before she finished she placed her hand on her left ear where her COMs device was and looked up in the sky. David looked up in her direction and narrowed his eyes They weren't going to take his sister not if he have anything to say about it. He looked back at his sister.

"Daisy, I know about why they took you. I know about the Spartan 2 program." he said.

Daisy's eyes widen. "How?'

"Doesn't matter. Daisy I know they put you through hell. Did things to you that no child should ever go through, and they even played Frankenstein with your body." David hands clenched in anger. "They will pay for what they have done. I promise you that."

Daisy shook her head. "Brother, you seen too much. I don't know what will happen." Daisy look at her clone then her brother. "You to have to keep quiet about this, I don't want ONI to hurt you, mom, dad or my clone." Daisy looked down cursing herself for her stupidity. Thanks to her she put her family at risk. "It is my fault, by coming here I put all you in danger. I am sure Halsey have enough pull to-" she received a call over her COMs. Her eyes widen in shock before she simple nodded and handed te device form her ear and gave it to David.

"Halsey wants to talk to you." she simply said.

David took COMs from Daisy with a sinking feeling that this is the head of the program. He had a few choice words for her.

"Hello." said a voice over the COMs. It was neutral almost cold, but familiar.

David narrowed eyes in disdain. "Halsey I presume."

"Yes, and your Daisy's older brother. I will cut the pleseanties. I have been listening. You seen too much, and somehow know quite a bit about the Spartan 2 program. You got yourself involved in very sensitive government matters, but fortunately I can make sure you and your family are left alone."

David snorted. "Yeah, if I keep my shut and allowed to be watched for the rest of my life, and my sister return to you, right? Well no dice, Halsey. Thanks to you, ONI and whoever approved this my family was violated. My father works extra hard trying his damnedest to find a cure for my sister, my mother cries everyday praying for my sister's recovery, and my sisters… Daisy went through whatever hell and training you and ONI put her through and then you augmented her, played Frankenstein with her body against her will. You took away her childhood! And her clone, my second sister, you cloned her purposely so she just suffer and die to cover your tracks. Me and my family watched her grow weaker everyday! We took to every doctor we can find, but they all said the something even treatment she will die! And you did this to this other families and their children" David clenched his fists. "Listen, Halsey, You will not get back my little sister. She is no longer your plaything or government property. And I will make sure you and whoever else is even remotely invoiced with this project pay even if have to chase you to the most remote colony you will pay." he said the last part with a growl.

"And how will you that? You have no power. Your only option is to return your sister, and keep going like nothing happened,"

"Why you little-" he was cutoff when Daisy spoke up.

"Brother, I have to go." Daisy looked sadly at what was her home. "This place isn't my home anymore." she said solemnly.

David stared at his sister confused. "Daisy, what are you saying."

"I am no longer that little girl that disappeared all those years ago. I have changed. I can no longer have a normal life." Daisy looked at David in the eye. "I am sorry for this."

Faster than David or anyone could react Daisy hit David's gut with a restrained punch. David knelled down covering his gut struggling to remain conscious.

"Daisy… Why…?"he said before losing conscious.

"I am sorry, brother, I have to go to protect you, mom, dad," Daisy looked at her clone. "And my sister."

Daisy's clone who was watching quiet the whole time was surprised. "I am sorry for taking your life." she said finally.

Daisy shook her head. "It's not your fault., and you don't deserve whats happening to you." she said. She truly meant she and her clone shared a bond. A deep connection with each other to the point that her clone have fuzzy memories of Daisy's training. Which the same thing probably happened with Daisy allowing her to maintain fuzzy recollections of her life and remember her last name while her Spartan brothers and sisters barely remember anything of their old life.

On some level it disgusted Daisy how easily most of them accepted their new lives and forgot their old ones. And it always created a sort of gap between her and some of the other Spartans because she tried everything she can think off to remember her old life, while most of the others willingly forget.

"Please, with whatever time you have left. Take care of our brother."

Daisy's clone simply nodded. Daisy walked away across the bridge accepting her fate as a Spartan.

(1 hour later.)

David opened his eyes and closed as the bright light made contact with his eyes. Once his head stopped spinning he got up and checked his surroundings. He was in his parent's living room, and across the room was his mom, dad and his sister.

"Agh, what happened?" he asked.

"We found you in the garden unconscious. Your sister said you suddenly fell over. She called us and we came as fast we can." His father explained.

"We were worried sick. Are you alright?" his mother asked.

"Yes, I am al-" David suddenly sat up remembering what happened. He quickly got off the couch and headed towards the door.

"Brother, wait!" clone Daisy yelled.

"David, honey, you need relax. Where are you going?"David's mom asked fearful of her son's health.

"No time to explain. I have to go." he hastily explained before heading out the door and heading straight towards his 56 hog. David got, started the engine and drove off without buckling up.

David drove through town to the outskirts of the city going over the speed limit trying to get to the one place where somebody would go to be pick up by government agents without suspicion. On the outskirts of the city was an abandoned warehouse. A perfect place meet.

David sped on the road in a heavily forested area outside the city heading towards his destination focused on getting his sister back passing by cars going in the opposite direction. Suddenly a deer like creature suddenly jumped in front of his hog. David causing him brake and swerve out of control hitting a semi truck heading towards town. When two vehicles hit, the truck merely received a crunched up nose, while David's hog was hit on the side and was tossed a few feet away rolling until it hit a tree. It was upside down, and at this point it looked less like a hog and more of a scrapped thin can.

The airbag that protected David deflated, David laying on the ground shook his head, and tried to move his limbs, but feeling an agonizing pain when he moved them. His limbs were broken or worse. It was only the adrenaline flowing through his veins keeping most of the pain away allowing him not to scream in agony. David was trying figure out a way to crawl when smelled and something wet.

David eyes widen in horror when looked towards the source of the smell and saw liquid hydrogen leaking from his gas tank and spare gas tank. And the loose wire crackling with low voltage electricity, but it was enough to ignite the flammable substance causing his Hog to explode.

(Present Day)

Year: XX/XX/2525

Planet: Unknown

Location: Black Vanguard 's Hidden Space Station

The surgery took 12 hour, but it was a success. Sarah and her colleagues checked monitoring device checking David's vitals and how well he was handling the implants.

"His vitals are in the green, and his body is adapting to the implants quite well." Shress reported.

Sarah nodded pleased. "Good, now lets move on to the next phase. Equipping his Cyber Assault suit. Bring the suit in."

On a cart the Cyber Assault suit was brought in. It was separated into pieces, and the helmet had wires sticking out off the top back of its head.

Sarah activated her recording device and began to speak into it. "We are moving on to the next phase: Suit Attachment. We are going equip David tot he Cyber Assault Suit MK 2 and perform flash training. We made great stride the Cyber Assault Suit series. Especially in the armor material. Instead of using all titanium for the outer plates and under-suit we used a Titanium and Graphene composite mixture that is lighter and much stronger than titanium alone. We also worked out the bugs with the Micro-Slipspace generator hopefully it will be more reliable and less prone to mis-jumps. Beginning phase 2." Sarah turned off the device.

The Cyber assault suits were created by Sarah and perfected by Sarah and Shress using technologies from Project MJOLNIR and the technologies Shress brought with her. The Cyber Assault Suit series was designed from(much like the Project it split off from.) to be a suit of armor, and since it was derived from Project MJOLNIR it shares many similar fuctions to it.

The Cyber assault suit's shell is composed of a Graphene and Titanium composite making it stronger than military grade titanium alloy and has been augmented with a refractive coating capable of dispersing a limited amount of Covenant energy weapon strikes, but to cut costs only key areas such as the arms, legs from the knee down and chest were covered with heavy plates, while everything else were covered with lighter plates of the body suit which allow Cybers to move and maneuver at faster speeds at the cost of some physical defense. The suit contains a gel-filled layer underneath a thick black titanium/Graphene armored bodysuit. The gel layer regulates temperature and can reactively change its density. The inner skinsuit is made of a moisture-absorbing synthetic material linked to an environment control computer and the occupant's Black Vanguard's-issue neural interface.

The Cyber assault suit was a sealed system, capable of extra-vehicular activity for a limited amount of time or operations in toxic atmosphere. It is hardened against EMP and radiation, and has filters that are completely effective at removing toxins and bacteria from local atmosphere. Between the external armor and the internal padding is the most devastating weapon the suit carries: a layer of polymerized lithium niobocene, a liquid metal crystal that deforms along a preferred axis when exposed to an electric charge. Woven by molecular tools into a capillary system, this layer is amorphous, yet amplifies force, doubling lifting capability and increasing reaction time by a factor of five. Because the Mjolnir system is so reactive, it can only be worn by a physically augmented human; ordinary people are unable to use the suit without injuring themselves.

One of the Cyber assault suit's greatest advantage, however, was a super-dense optical computer memory. This revolutionary solid-based crystalline layer forms a network within the suit's frame of proper size and capability of housing the types of artificial intelligence usually reserved for starships. Essentially a piggyback system, an AI can be delivered to the suit via a data crystal chip storage device no larger than a personal credit card. The AI's personality and processing matrices can be carried by the armor and in conjunction with the user, can neurally link with a being that has nearly unfettered control over mathematics, information and body control. This also allow the Cyber suit to use it second greatest advantage; the Micro-slipspace generator.

The Micro-slipspace generator is special device based on schematics and reverse-engineering from broken Fore-runner versions(which make the ones made by Shrees and Sarah crude in comparison.) that allow a person wearing the Cyber suits much like a ship to enter slip space and travel short distance from a few feet to a few yards before using up power. This device is one of the Cyber suit's most devastating tool allowing a Cyber to instantly teleport using slip-space to ambush opponents, dodge enemies attacks, escape etc. Though there are flaws it requires a smart AI or a specialized dumb AI to accurately calculate the coordinates otherwise the user could end up anywhere within teleport radius if he or she calculated incorrectly even in rock, the user need visual sites of his destination to send to show where he want to be teleported to. Also there's a low chance that the radiation shielding equip in each suit could fail killing the user.

The functionality of both the Mjolnir system and the Cyber system is unprecedented. Rather than being a traditional suit of body armor, the Mjolnir and Cyber battlesuits works on a biomechanical level, allowing for direct user-controlled movement. Each human being has a molecular fiber network called the nervous system within their brain. Upon induction, all military and Black Vanguard personnel are issued a neural interface, which is implanted at the base of the skull and cannot be removed. Spartan-IIs received a modified version of the neural lace specifically for the Mjolnir armor, while Cybers received modified versions made for the Cyber suits and its Micro-slipspace generator and the flash training prtogram. This neural lace, which consists of two core processor chips which is linked to receptors in the subject's brain, which is connected to an interface connection at the rear of the skull; reads the electrochemical signals sent from the brain and then translates these chemical signals into digital code. As the electrochemical impulse travels down the axon to the muscle, the digital code is routed through the interface connection, to the suit's on board sensors, the input from the sensors is then read by the onboard computer and then like the human body itself sends an electrical impulse through the suit, as the impulse from the motor neuron hits the muscle, the electrical impulse from the suit causes the polymerized lithium niobecene to deform along a preferred axis, overlapping each other more, so that the layer gets shorter and fatter. When the impulses from the suit stop, the polygonal pieces slide back to their original positions. At the same time, as the muscle fibers are responding to the impulses, signals are sent to the suit that this is occurring, as the muscle twitches the force being applied to the suit is accelerated through force-multiplying circuits, which amplify the force of the muscular twitch by a positive feedback loop in the armor. The end result is a fully neurally linked machine, the user's thoughts move the suit and in return the suit moves the user. The synthesis of machine and mind is so fast that it is almost impossible to chart reaction time.

Unique to the Cyber Suit's was flash training, which cut down years of training to a few months even weeks by directly downloading it through a modified neural lace. The flash training works by putting the user in a coma like state downloading training data into his or her brain's subconscious using an algorithm designed to maximumize storage without deletion of the user's memories to make room. Though some physical exercises were still required for the training to take hold more firmly, and there's a risk of minor memories of being forgotten.

Both suits also possesses other features that enhance its wearer's abilities. It has numerous clips, belts, and magnetic holsters for the attachment of additional weapons and ammunition; an advanced heads-up display (HUD), linked to sensors in the gloves which can detects the type of weapons and devices held, and to project shield strength, ammunition count, a targeting reticule, waypoints, a radio uplink for communication, health monitoring and restoration system, regenerative food materials and other helpful data.

The Cyber suits are equip with micro-missile launchers on the shoulders and upper back for crowd control situations, and full of hidden weapons such as wrist blades and arm mounted mini flamethrowers. The suit also possess Photoreactive plates that allow the user to blend in with any environment using a method that chameleons used. Though its very effective it has flaws. The user must move slowly to give the plates time to match it's surroundings, and also it can disrupted by a hard enough hit. Original the suits were going to be equip with Active Cameo used by Shress's people that bend light around the user instead of blending in like a chameleon, and energy shielding, but the suits current specs barely supply enough power to the reactive plates and the Micro-slipspace generator, if the energy shielding was equip and the active cameo replace the photoreactive plate the suit's power supply wouldn't be able to handle it and in short the suit wouldn't be able to function. So until advances are made the equiping of active cameo and shielding was put on hold.

Sarah nodded to Shress, so they began attaching the undersuit and suit parts to David's body. Mechanical arms grabbed Davids body lifting him up holding him like a puppet held by its strings. The armored undersuit was attached first the arms sliding the limbs of the suit over David's form fitting onto his body, then the light plates were attached to the undersuit, then the heavy plates covering the key areas, and finally the helmet was placed on his head with the face mask opened. After a few hours the operation was finally finished. David was lowered back on to the table as the mechanical arms were plugging the wires on the helmet to a device under the table.

"Began flash training. Basic training programs 1-5." Sarah said simply.

"Yes, doctor." said Alice.

The face mask on David's helmet closed together with a hiss, the eye slits on David's helmet began to glow slightly as training material was downloaded through his neural lace into his brain. Sarah then sighed.

"No turning back now, David. Now you are Cyber and many trials and tribulations await for you and everyone I this facility." she said before heading out the room.