Date:December 1, 2552

Location: 50-100 miles north of Old Chicago, Illinois (A.K.A. Lincolnshire, Illinois )

Time: 0720 hours

After the Covenant landed on Earth they started what became known as the "Great Covenant Landings." That what the data books says. I call it "The Lucky Findings of Earth."

They landed on Africa, they took New Mombasa, and now they were heading eastward towards the U.S.A.

27 years before this they moved the US capital the the central of the country Chicago, Illinois. The Gov't says that they wanted to move it because of the threat of the Covenant. If they landed on either sides of us we put all our forces there on the attack. That all sounded a good idea to my gramps when he was an adult and the whole country. Then a lot more stuff came into city. Army's HQ, Marine HQ, Navy HQ, CIA, FBI, ONI Earth HQ, UNSC Earth HQ, UN, The Galactic Union, ETC. Soon the city was growing at a intense rate. 5 years later the city was expanding at a alarming rate that they made another city just for the government folk. It was located in the capital of the city "Springfield" they renamed it to New Chicago. The one near the Lake was dubbed Old Chicago.

Then Covenant came. They came by the hundreds-thousands, maybe even millions. Thats when the world changed. I saw the battle of New Mombasa like the rest of the world. Everyone of them saw how the Covenant REALLY are. The government just soften the news on the war for years now and we were finally paying the price for it. They all saw the blood shed of soldiers, adults and even kids. They saw just how a big city was turned into ashes in a matter of seconds. Panic then started to arise.

Well its been a couple of months after that. The Covenant went eastward taking over the eastern side of the states. Kids still go to school but in armored buses and it was the same as teens. People still go to work; it was like any other day before they invaded. But all of us still had that thought in the back of our heads if we were gonna live the next day.

As for me I go to Adlai E. Stevenson High School. I'm Chung and this is my story.

It was a normal day, the sun was just peaking over the houses as I looked out the window. I was still shock from yesterday though. As the covenant became closer to New Chicago tensions became high. The Covenant were breathing down our necks but we just couldn't see them. I still couldn't believe that we had to go to school. Also I've been a pointed "leader" of the bus I was on. Being leader didn't seem hard. All you need to do is take attendance after everyone thats supposed to be on is on. You get paid, but not much. And you need to protect the lives of everyone on the bus. To help you was a MA5C Standard Assault Rifle that gave the enemy about 32 rounds of hell. That was my anti-son-of-a-bitch machine right here.

I'm still a normal kid, that goes to school, does homework, has crushes, is shy, funny, and sometimes lazy. I was as normal as any other kid in this bus. To the exception of my family history.

Since the 21 century and now my family from my 200th something generation grandpa to my dad. They all have served in the military. They were all respected officers to the Army, Marines, AirForce, and the Navy. And maybe just maybe they appointed me as leader because of that.

The bus then came to a stop, we were here.

Welcome to Adlai E. Stevenson High School