So I had this written up on my computer and was contemplating on using it. So I'm just putting it up, I may or may not continue it. Let me know what you think. I don't own anything blah blah blah.
Lieutenant SPARTAN-B312, also known as Noble Six, ran for her life. She had stayed behind, given the Pillar of Autumn a fighting chance, but she wasn't about to die if she didn't have to. She was content with dying, she had been raised from the age of four to fight until your last breath leaves you. And she would, when it need be. Just moments after the Pillar of Autumn had departed she had been ambushed by a large squad of Covenant forces, and Noble six fought. Fought until she was on the brink of death, her helmet had fallen off, shattered. As she crumpled to the ground as a strange blue box appeared next to her. Now I really must be dying Six thought as a strange looking man came out.
"Oh dear," He said in a British accent.
"What is it Doctor?" A red-head asked as she joined him.
"Amy get back inside, Rory too." The man, the Doctor, raced to Noble Six's side. "Your going to be fine." He said as he began to pull Six to her feet unsuccessfully.
"I need my equipment." Six said as she pushed herself up.
"Nah, don't worry about it. We'll get you new equipment." She followed him inside the box where she stopped short.
"I know it's bigger on the inside." The Doctor said as he began running around a circular control panel.
"Doctor? Who is she?" Another male asked, who Six assumed must be Rory.
"Who her? She's the one we came for."
"Spartan-B312." The Spartan saluted.
"Oh don't salute." The Doctor said.
"Yes sir."
"And don't call me sir."
"As you wish–" The Blue box lurched forward.
"Alright, our friend needs some new armor and then we'll drop you off where your needed."
"Yes sir."
"Ahh, what did I say about that!" The Doctor said to her as he ran around the console once again. This time Six only nodded. "Good now lets go get that armor." There was a strange sound and a soft 'thump' as the box landed. Noble six did not understand what was going on, she was only happy to live to fight another fight. The Doctor stepped out first, followed by his two companions, who Six concluded were Amy and Rory, Six stepped out last. Reach, just a few short weeks before it's Fall where they had been just moments before.
"How–"
"Time travel." Amy responded quickly. Six frowned slightly but set it aside, as she stepped into the armory and quickly got two weapons technicians to get her a new black suit. Her Mark VI MJOLNIR armor, was completely black aside from the silver and gold eagle and shield emblem. As Six placed the new helmet on her head locking it over her long black hair that was tied in a tight pony tail. The techs handed her a MA5B assault rifle and M6 pistol. The Lieutenant also made a quick trip to visit Halsey. Although the Lieutenant was a Spartan III and had never developed the bond that the Spartan II's and Halsey shared, she had learned to respect Dr. Halsey. As she walked into the compound Dr. Halsey spoke.
"I was wondering when you would come." Dr. Halsey turned to her attention to the Spartan. "You are one of only two people in explored space, I knew you would live. Now, your going to need this." Dr. Halsey handed Noble Six a clear cube of a "unborn" A.I. "She is a ninety eight point eight percent match to you. Made especially for you. Her name is Aliyyah keep her safe, she will be the difference between success and failure."
"Thank you Ma'am."
"You should know that you cannot stop what will happened. The 'Fall of Reach', is a pivotal point in this war. If you inform them of the coming storm you will inadvertently cause only more death. Just ask the Doctor. When you return, seek me out I will help you to understand what you will soon witness. I will not speak the name you bear but know it is fitting of you Spartan. Good luck, and God speed."
Noble six saluted to Dr. Halsey out of respect, although she suspected the doctor would live to fight another battle. Noble six turned on her heel and returned to the blue box.
"Right then off in the TARDIS we go." The Doctor said. Six frowned inside her helmet but did not say anything, with a sudden lurch Six braced herself.
"Hold on tight. Apparently the TARDIS has decided where we are going next."
~0~
Captain Jack Harkness sat in his office at the Hub, finishing off some paperwork from weeks ago that he had been putting off. It had been a quite night and he was contemplating sending the team home. With a sigh Jack walked out of his office. Doctor Owen Harper was down in the autopsy pit, Toshiko Sato sat in front of her array of computer screens, Gwen Cooper sat at her desk looking bored, and Ianto Jones was off doing one of his many duties.
"Looks like a slow –" Jack's words were drowned out by the sirens that indicated rift activity.
"The rift... it's opening!" Tosh yelled over the sirens. "I'll give you directions on the way." The team grabbed their sidearms and raced out of the Hub. Jack sped around the corner causing the SUV to go off on two wheels.
"A sharp left and your there." Tosh's voice spoke over the communication system, Jack turned the wheel sharply spinning around the corner. A large golden portal was just closing as a armored figure stumbled out and collapsed. Owen and Gwen where out of the SUV before Jack could stop the car. Jack left the engine running and followed them.
"Bloody hell!" Owen cursed. "What the hell is he wearing?" He asked as the armored obscured the gender but from it's hight and build Dr. Harper assumed that if it was even human then it was male.
"I've only seen something similar once, and it was never this sophisticated." Jack said.
"But what is it?" Gwen asked.
"Body armor from the twenty-sixth century, used in high combat situations. Rumored to be so powerful it could disfigure humans. We need to get him back to the Hub." Together the three Torchwood members struggled to get the half-ton armored figure into the SUV.
"Bloody hell that thing weights a ton!"
"Owen find out if he's alive in there?" Jack said as he sped off back towards the Hub.
"What is it?" Tosh asked as Jack, Gwen, and Owen struggled to drag the armored figure into the Hub.
"We don't know." Owen said as they set the figure down on the couch, unable to carry it any further. Tosh turned back to her computers as a warning popped up.
WARNING! ARMOR LOCKDOWN DETECTED. DO YOU WISH TO DISENGAGE? YES NO
"Jack?" Tosh asked her commander.
"Disengage."
"On it." Tosh clicked yes and another screen popped up.
LOCKDOWN DISENGAGED. IT MAY TAKE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ALL MARK VI SYSTEMS COME ONLINE. COLE PROTOCOL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS BEEN DISENGAGED.
Mark VI, Cole Protocol, Artificial Intelligence? The unknown words burned in Jack's mind. Suddenly, the armored figure moved slightly and then pushed itself off the couch. Noble Six coughed slightly inside her helmet spraying blood on her heads up display (HUD) as she turned her head to take in her surroundings. What happened? Six thought I was dying, on Reach then some Doctor came in a blue box. What had he called it? And sent me to get new armor and the A.I. That was the last thing Noble six remembered, aside from the cool presence of her new A.I Aliyyah.
"Jack, I think our friend just woke up." Said a woman with dark hair in a Welsh accent. A man in a coat, that Noble Six remembered as a World War II officer's jacket.
Noble Six snapped a salute. "You don't need to salute. I'm Captain Jack Harkness and this is my team, Doctor Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, and Ianto Jones."
"Lieutenant SPARTAN-B312, also known as Noble Six and I am Aliyyah." The A.I said through the Lieutenant's external speakers. The Lieutenant didn't mind, she, like all Spartans were not ones for words.
"Your a woman?" Dr. Own Harper asked quizzically. "From your height and muscle build I would have guessed a male Olympic athlete."
"I assure you she is." Six coughed and stumble forwards.
"She? If you are not her than who are you? And is she alright?" Gwen Cooper asked. The question made Noble Six realize she had not assessed her wounds since Reach. Quickly she had Aliyyah pull up the BIOCOM and realized that she was suffering from extreme blood loss. The biofoam injections had kept her in one piece but they were just a temporary fix.
"All will be explained but I first must insist that my friend receives medical attention." The Spartan followed Owen as she was corralled into the medical bay.
"We'll first things first I need you to remove your armor." Noble Six frowned but unlocked her helmet with a loud hiss. As she removed her helmet her blood plastered raven black hair clung to her creamy perfect skin. Unlike most Spartans she did not have a single injury that left a mark, whether it was because of medical skills or the fact that the Lieutenant was a "hyper lethal". When the Spartan finally managed to get off all her armor she unzipped her black undersuit and allowed the Doctor to do his work. The Spartan was unaffected by the whole team watching as Owen assed her wounds.
"You shouldn't be alive, you know that?" The doctors words were faded as Six began to lose consciousness from the blood loss. Doctor Owen Harper seemed to not notice his patience loss of consciousness as he worked hastily on her many injuries. Only when the loud sirens and beeps rang though the medical bay reporting that the Lieutenant was rapidly dying.
"Are you skilled enough to save her Doctor or shall I?" The A.I said as she rapidly hacked into the Torchwood system that controlled the rift. Aliyyah silently gave thanks to Dr. Halsey's initiative in human A.I forms as she manipulated the Rift Manipulator to work as a "human" holo projector.
"What the bloody hell am I supposed to do!" Owen cried out annoyed as he tried to stabilize the Lieutenant.
"Your more useless than I thought." Aliyyah said as she projected herself into a physical human body. Her human body was almost identical to her avatar, she had long pale strawberry blond hair that fell straight down her back. She wore a sleeveless blouse with a delicate black and white pattern, dark skinny jeans, and tall boots that reached the bottom of her knees, her skin was a delicate cream color, with impossibly blue eyes. Aliyyah pushed past all the Torchwood members to the Lieutenant.
"Bloody hell!" Owen cursed.
"Honestly, and you people claim to hunt aliens." Aliyyah shook her head in disgust as she pulled a med pack from Six's armor. The A.I worked quickly giving the Spartan a double dose of wake up stims and handing a laser scalpel to Dr. Harper.
"Use that." Aliyyah said "Laser nanotechnology will patch up any wound in thirty seconds and leave no scars." The team each held it's own questioning face, it appeared that even Jack didn't know what to think. Without a word Owen picked up Noble six's laser scalpel and in under a minute had patched the Spartan up completely. Dr. Harper turned back to where the A.I had stood to give her back the scalpel but found nothing.
"Where'd she go?" He asked, the other Torchwood members shrugged as if to say I have no idea she just vanished.
Silently the Spartan stood and encased herself in her half-ton armor once again. She placed her hand on one of the computers and Aliyyah transfered herself back into the Spartans neural lace. Immediately the A.I pulled up the BIOCOM to check on Six's progress. Satisfied with the Spartan's vitals she fractured herself to start looking for information about their new location.
"What year is it?" The A.I demanded, the team looked dumbfound. "From the architecture I would venture a guess as early twenty first century around the year 2010."
"Umm... 2009." Gwen answered.
"Europe." The A.I stated rather than asked.
"Cardiff. Cardiff, Whales."
"Well it will have to do, we are obviously needed or else we would not be here."
"You still haven't answered our questions." Jack said.
"Very well, ask your questions. Although you'll have to deal with only me, the Lieutenant isn't one for words."
"Who are you?"
"I am the artificial intelligence program known as Aliyyah."
"Artificial intelligence won't be around for another sixty years, especially not one as advanced as you." Tosh argued. Aliyyah foresaw the difficulties this would present.
"Might I suggest yet another demonstration?" The A.I turned off the external speakers so only the Lieutenant could hear her. The Spartan immediately understood and placed her hand on a nearby piece of technology, transferring Aliyyah back into the Torchwood database.
"Is this real enough for you?" Aliyyah spoke as her blue avatar formed first only a foot tall and then growing to a full hight of six feet. Her avatar consisted of long pale strawberry blond hair that fell straight down her back. She wore a sleeveless blouse with a delicate black and white pattern, dark skinny jeans. and tall boots that reached the bottom of her knees. Just as in her "human" A.I form.
"B- but that's impossible!" The computer whiz stuttered.
"I'm standing right here." The A.I spoke, her angelic voice edged with sarcasm.
"Might I suggest not pissing off the future technology and her no-doubt kick ass buddy." Jack said with a grin.
"Thank you Captain Harkness. Although the Lieutenant will not attack unless attacked first, she is aware of the consequences for disobeying a direct order."
"A direct order from who?"
"I cannot divulge that information."
"Is their anything you can tell us?" Jack asked, his frustration level about go got through the roof.
"Only that we have glimpsed at the darkest secrets in this galaxy, and faced a devastating war, one that we did not ask for. We are here to help, whether you want it or not. We will not turn away, we will not rest until our orders are complete, and you will not get in our way. Is that understood?" The A.I's voice was cold and grim, Jack wanted to protest, yet he had a feeling it would end badly for him. So instead he nodded. "Good. Because if you do, I will not hesitate to remove you. Permanently. Our job is very important, and if we fail, it will be only because of the interference you cause. And millions will die because of it." Noble Six decided it would be a good time to leave. The Spartan turned on her heel and began to walk out of the Hub.
"Where are you going?" Gwen asked.
"Hunting." The Spartan responded.
"Go back to your primitive alien hunting. It will do the future no good, in our experience it's best not to go looking for things you can't defend others against. However, it will keep you out of our hair, but in the case you come across the Covenant contact us. You'll just get yourselves killed." Aliyyah said.
"If we find this 'Covenant' how do we defeat it?" Toshiko asked.
"Simple. You don't. Just run. Run far far away. Eventually it will find us, and the Lieutenant will kill it. Even Torchwood can't screw that up." Aliyyah said as the Spartan left. "Well that when well." The A.I said to Six with a sight.
"You think?" The Spartan held back a smile.
"I'll tell you the story of Torchwood. A secret organization founded on eliminating alien threats to planet Earth and humanity. It's a destructive program that gets innocents killed. They are reckless, untrained, and ill-knowledgeable about their foes, who for the most part are lone aliens searching for refuge among the stars. They will only cause damage to our mission."
"Understood." The Spartan began to hunt through the dark Cardiff allies while Aliyyah gave her a detailed summary about the time they now found themselves in. Explaining more about Torchwood, humanity in general, wars and other global affairs that she would need to know. Also about the lack of 'official' Unified Earth Government, or UEG and United Nations presence. The Spartan quickly realized she was nearly on her own. Their was a small unofficial UNSC forming along with UEG but nothing that could help her if she needed heavy reinforcements.
Captain Jack and the rest of the Torchwood team stood dumbfound for several minutes after the Spartan and A.I companion had left. Finally, Owen broke the silence. "What in god's name was that thing?"
"Twenty-sixth century tech, and two very unknown and head splitting things." Ianto suggested.
"Yeah, got that much. But bloody hell! What are they? And what about that computer chip thing? Sounded like she wanted her buddy, Lieutenant whatever to rip us to shreds."
"B312."
"What?"
"Lieutenant SPARTAN-B312, Noble Six whatever that is." Gwen said.
"Noble Six, it's a code name. Best guess she is or at least was the sixth member of a team, most likely called Noble." Jack said.
"You said you recognized her armor. What is it? Where is it from? It's too advanced to be human." Tosh said.
"It's human all right, twenty sixth century. I've never seen anything quite like that only less sophisticated prototypes. Powerful, damn near unbreakable suits of armor that have shields that can repel bullets, explosions, missiles, you name it. Equipped with special abilities it's literally a life line for those that I suspect are like the Lieutenant. Those who are dropped in highly dangerous situations where the odds of survival are slim to none."
"How do you know that?"
"I met someone like her once. And I gotta tell you, he put the fear in God. Spoke about someone named Six once, only dropped the name 'Six' and the phrase 'hyper-lethal like only one other. Piss one of them off and you might as well torture yourself. Be a hell of a lot less painful then when they catch up to you. And they always win.'"
"What does that mean?" Gwen asked.
"It means we don't let her out of our sight."