Chapter 1: Sons of plunder
261, know as backlash to his team members, stared off into the vastness of space through the window. He could imagine it all how human kind is being killed and destroyed only, because we are thought to some sort of disease to them, the covenant. Backlash, he is the only spartan II on this team and the most experienced with the covenant.
A door open behind him "sir, spartan 713 has arrived in dock bay 4." 261 turned around and saw a staff member and the nodded at him. He then left and Backlash walked out to the hallway and walk toward the dock bay. Soon he arrived up on one of the catwalks above everything he looked to his right and saw his whole team and walked over to them. Shyde, their close combat specialist, saw him and said "Backlash you've come see our wonderful new member, huh?" Backlash looked back at him, but before he could say anything a pelican comes in and lands. They all watch carefully as the hatch slowly comes down.
Spartan 713, one of the few surviving spartan 4s, watched the hatch go down to the floor and walked down. He arrived at the space station Omega 7 around some star out in the middle of space. He looked around him and saw soldiers standing in a row waiting for him he stepped down from the pelican.
They all saluted him, and he started thinking "am I really this special that I need troops saluting me? I guess I'm one of man last hope or something like John 117. oh well". Then he looked up and saw 6 Spartans standing on a catwalk near the ceiling. 5 spartan 3s and a spartan 2 "I guess that my new team. They don't look to pleased with my arrive. They'll get over it". He walked down the row of soldiers and then a man in gray suit walked up to him and said "hello spartan 713 I welcome you aboard the Omega space station, I am captain Tyler."
Up on the catwalk the sons of plunder watched a spartan walk out. His armor had more plates on it, almost to the point where he looked like he had no joints. He walked on, then he stopped and looked up at them.
Shyde blurted out "is he wearing a fucking ODST helmet?"
Harpie, their sniper and long range expert, replyed "well that would work, cause I heard he was a hell 'crasher' before he was a spartan 4."
Skullcrusher, their explosives expert, said "as long as he doesn't blow up like the rest then he's fine with me." They all watched him walk on and start talking to captain Tyler.
Shyde then said "I heard that he's good."
Backlash said "he better be good, cause we've wasted a shit ton of time waiting for his experimental ass."
Regen,the medic officer on the team,turn to him "isn't that a like harsh, backlash?"
Backlash stood up straight and said "I think its time for some practice, how about guys?" and he walk away.
713 followed captain Tyler down a long hallway but they are stopped by one of the spartans from the catwalk. He has close combat equipment on, his shoulder plates are kinda bulky and on his left one he has some symbol scratched into it. And on his helmet, which is a E.V.A., he has another symbol.
He walks up to 713 and says "hello, I'm Shyde, the close combat man of the team."
713 looks at him and says "hello Shyde, I'm spartan 713." he reach his hand out for a hand shake, but Shyde only looked at his hand and said
"Sorry I don't do hand shakes and as for the whole 'spartan 713' crap your not a number whats your real name?" 713 with drew his hand looked down. He never had a 'real name'.
He looked up at Shyde and said "um they only called me 713 while I was in train."
Shyde looked at him and then said "weren't you an ODST before you were a spartan?" 713 looked down again he wasn't anything before he was a spartan.
Shyde then said "we heard you were an ODST and because your wearing their helmet"
713 looked up at him and said "I wear the helmet cause I like how it looks." 713 could tell Shyde had a weird look on under his helmet.
Quickly 713 said "well whats with the symbols you craved into your armor?"
Shyde stood up almost proudly "these well the one on my shoulder means death and this one" he point at his helmet "means warrior and honor in the covenant language, but I'm not here to talk to you I'm here to take you to the training room Backlash wants to see what your made of, now come on." Shyde walked down the hallway. 713 swallowed and followed he hated fighting other spartans.
713 followed Shyde to a big open room. It looked like he was in a hanger, but there was scratches, bullet holes, and black scorch marks.
713 started to think "this must be the training and practice room hopefully I impress the leader of the team."
Shyde stood out in the middle of the room and then said "first, Backlash wants to test your close combat skills so your up against me."
Then a computer voice over head then speaks "First test: hand-to-hand combat."
713 looked up and then said "wait, hand to hand?" Then something smashes into his gut and he sees Shyde standing there with his fist deep in his gut. 713 hits the floor, but not even for a second hes up. He sprints at Shyde and hits him before he realizes that he was up already. 713 hits him in the gut and then smashes Shyde's head down into his knee and he heads a loud crack and then Shyde drops to the floor like a rag doll.
713 looked around him and saw glass on the floor. He must have bashed Shyde's helmet open with his knee. He heard the door behind him open. He turned around to see a tall spartan wearing standard armor, maybe the mark IV. He had the number 261 printed on his chest then he spoke
"Hello 713, I'm Backlash spartan 261, the leader and only spartan 2 on this team." 713 looked at him then at Shyde on the floor.
Backlash spoke again "oh don't worry hes been through worse, but you did a number on him. I've never seen someone take him out with only 2 hits that is quite impressive, but now are you good with a gun?" He pulls out a battle rifle and throws it at him. 713 catches and checked it.
Its loaded with live ammo and then Backlash spoke again "hit the targets as best as possible." He steps out and then targets shaped as covenant popped up and 713 hit one in the head with one shot easily. But then a target of a marine pops up 713 stops, but then he turned into a flood and so do the rest of the targets. Out of pure instinct 713 pulls out his 2 energy swords and starts to slash and cut each one up not stopping once.
Backlash and the whole team rushed in. But 713 turns around and sees them as flood and runs at them. They dodge his slash and Enigma, Backlash, and Skullcrusher grab him and pin him to the floor as Regen and Harpie take the energy swords away from him. He slowly calms down, but he passes out.
Everyone looks at each other and Regen is the first to say something "Um bring to the medical wing please after this little episode I need to check a few things." Backlash picks him up and follows Regen to the medical wing and into a room.
He lays 713 down on a table and sits down in the nearest chair and says "What do you think caused him to act like that all of a sudden?"
Regen walks over to the counter and starts looking through some medical equipment and says "well it happened when the marine turned into the flood, so its just a guess, but I think while he was training he had a bad moment with the flood or something of the sort." She grabs some things and walks over to 713.
Backlash watch and said "But with the flood, huh? he probably has seen somethings no man should see." Regen then took off his helmet. She dropped when she looked at his face. Backlash stood up and saw a face covered in scars. There where so many scars it almost seemed that he shouldn't be alive. Then 713 opened his eyes and one eye was blood red the other black as the night. He quickly grabbed his helmet and put back on.
Backlash and Regen looked at him in shock.
He then said "Sorry, I haven't had the greatest past."
Backlash shook his head and said "No, its okay 713. None of us have." 713 looks down at the floor, the Regen puts a hand on his shoulder and says "you know what will heal this?." he looks at her "what?" She takes off her helmet. She has long black hair, one of her eyes are blue the other green. She has slim features. She smiles at him and says "talking about it."
713 looks back at the floor. "I..I don't know."
Regen lifts his head up so he can see her "well it'll be alright only me and Backlash will know and we won't tell." She smiles again.
713 sighs and says "alright I'll tell my story but lock that door." Backlash gets up shuts and locks the door.