On a small hill hidden under a ghillie suit in the trees was a lone sniper wearing his custom Spartan armor, Mjolnir. He was one of the few Spartan II's that was hidden from everyone for the fact is that he is a black ops sniper sent on long distance recon and assassin missions with low chances of getting out alive but he like Master Chief Spartan 117 he also was very lucky. He was called by the techs and others by the Spartan number 298 but to his squad mates he is Kinz or Specter by a few people who got freaked out at his ability to snipe and sneak. Only one other of the Spartan II's was able to do better than him and that was Linda. He was still more of a lone wolf then a team worker. He never heard that they lost the war because he was still on Harvest when most of the ally forces pulled out running a black ops mission for Section 3 of ONI. He was tracking a few major Covenant Leaders with a proto-type Mjolnir armor that has a reactive camo-plate on it. He has been on their ships with only the standard MRE's in a ruck sack with a lot of ammo for a hold out if he need to he also has an M-7 SMG for rapid fire but if he need any more than that he'd just loot from his enemies use their weapons against themselves. He slowly checked the range of the just less than two miles. He sighed and started talking himself "Man I really hate these kind of shots I can't say I'll hit it or not." He laid there check the distance again when his comm. System started up and going "Spartan 298 this is Captain Silver of the UNSC Silver Rage come in Over!" Kinz laid there checking to see if it was real and then he did what he didn't do for the first time in years "This is Spartan 298 Captain what can I do for you Sir?" The captain laughed over the comm. and he then spoke "Well well we thought we lost you when they burned Harvest Spartan we have a pick up site for you finish your job there and meet us there we have only a small window before they find us and destroy my ship." Kinz sighed thinking to himself now they want to pick me up great "Roger Sir Spartan 298 out I'll be there in 15." He quickly lines up his shot and fires hearing the round ripping through the air and smiles as he sees his target hit the ground. He gathered his equipment and moved quickly towards the evac. He stepped out from hiding as the drop ship landed and then he quickly climbed into so that could get out of here quickly "Do you pilots know the Spartan II count as of now?" The crew chief looked at him "There's about I think only 12 of you guys left." Kinz nodded a little to himself figuring that was about right for their numbers because everyone wanting them to do the impossible, he then allowed his thoughts to drift off to his younger sister Katie the last time he saw her was when he was six years old and she was 2 "I wonder what she has been up." The Sergeant looked at him "What was the Lt?" Kinz looked over at him and shook his head "Nothing just talking to myself I haven't had any contact with another human in the last 2 years so I tend to do that." The sergeant nodded a little "I get that sir if you need anything let me know I'll try to get it for you the supply on the ship has a friend of mine in it." Kinz nodded a little "Thanks I'll let you know if I need anything and is there any word on the next-gen of Spartans?" A commander sitting across from him nodded "Yes there is but they are called the Spartan III's and I'm with ONI Spartan 298, I've come to tell you something that you are not going to like son." Kinz kept his helmet on as he looked at the commander "And sir that would be what?" He looked at Kinz and sighed "Son we lost your home planet and we've lost contact with Lt. Commander Katie Yuri Spartan B304." Kinz sat there looking at the commander "You made my sister into a Spartan Sir with all due respect what the fucking hell were you thinking?" He sat there and nodded to himself "I figured I'd get that out of you son, but we didn't have a choice in the matter. If it was up to me I'd never had anyone go with what you and your squad mates went through but I was over ruled by the brass at ONI Section 3 and a few others that wanted more Spartans." Kinz sighs and looks at his rifle and then back to the commander "Why did you have to tell me that my sister is now a Spartan?" The commander just sat there looking at the floor of the troop part of the drop ship "I'm sorry but I was order to son." Kinz just nods and looks at a Spartan roster wondering what happened to all the others that disappeared over last 2 years, his mind drifted back to the training that he was put through to be one of the best soldiers that the UNSC could make him "So where was the last place you heard from her at?" The commander started to talk "We had her on a small base on Reach we don't know why they were hit by some brutes and about 200 grunts, she had around 400 marines but from what we gathered they also had a few hunters there but her squad that she was in charge has disappeared as well." Kinz just sat there trying to figure it out marines were worth about 2 grunts apiece, in mass numbers the marines always beat brutes but the hunters were the problem that he always had "Well, were they just marines or ODST's?" The Sergeant looked at them and then looked away "Sir, my brother was there he was a ODST." Kinz looked at him and nodded "I see and I'm sorry for your brother's death Sergeant if you need anything of a follow soldier let me know I'll try my damnest to get it done I know a few back channels to go if you want to join me in the mission I think they have planned for me." The Sergeant smiled to him "Hell ya Sir, if you ever need a spotter let me know I'm not that bad of a shot for a normal guy." Kinz looked at him and shook his head "No one is normal in these times my friend and this goes only as far as us you can call me Kinz only my friends and squad mates can call me by my name." The Sergeant looked at him and nodded "Roger Kinz you can call me Mike." Kinz held out his hand to Mike and then shook his hand "Pleasure to meet any service member in this type of war we need all good men and women we can get that isn't being made to fight." He directed that towards the Commander as he looked over at him "Son I understand your mad at me, I don't want you to be mad at me for something I tried like hell to stop I told the brass we don't need anymore Spartans but they said, "Commander you will keep you mouth shut or you will be back to the rank of Seaman and working on a ship" ." Kinz nodded "Sorry, Sir its just I did this so my sister didn't have to join the fight I was hoping that she would never have to see the blood shed of friends and enemies."

A few moments later they landed on the ship and got out of the drop ship. Kinz first looking around having his ghillie suit still hooked to his suit "Hmm nothing like 3 hots and a nice shower to make life seem better." Mike laughed at that and jumped out of the ship "I agree with you there Sir but need a hand with that gear?" As the Sergeant stood there looking at Kinz someone else that knew Kinz moved over to him "Well, I'll be you crazy son of a bitch how you been?" Kinz quickly turned looking Alex right in the face "Holy shit, Alex I thought you were dead." Alex laughed at that "Takes more then the Covenant army to kill the likes of us ODST's, HOORAH." All over the deck marines and ODST's all shouted "HOORAH." Kinz laughed and noticed his new rank "Sergeant Major now, good god they must be pressed for Sergeant Major's now." Alex looked at him and put a hand over his heart "You wound me Sir." Kinz and Alex both laugh then say their goodbyes as the Captain of the ship came forward and held out his hand "Pleasure to finally meet someone that doesn't exist Spartan 298." Kinz shook his hand and then looked at him "Always a pleasure to meet someone Sir been alone for 2 years does things to people even a Spartan." The captain nodded his head "I can understand that son been there myself not the Spartan part but I was once a Black Ops operative for ONI as the Commander can tell you but then you probably just looked that up." Kinz nodded his head a little "Yes Sir, sorry I tend to do that when dealing with people I try to get as much knowledge of the person I'm doing stuff with just like Sergeant Mike over there I looked up what he has done and what he did to the covenant fighting forces, I like the one about charging a group of elites on his own with only an assault rifle because his squad was pinned down and couldn't get up to fire back." The captain looked at the Sergeant "Really, I never dug that deep into people's past because of a problem with people not liking you doing that. But for you I understand your a sniper and don't have much to do in down time but son I'm saying this if you want to get with one of the female this marines or sailors on my boat for a few hours of fun be my guest I'm not like everyone else and say you shouldn't love." Kinz looked around a saw a few lookers among the marine females not many in the sailors "Roger sir will do but can I get a few hours of rest first I've been running ops for the last couple of days and haven't had a wink of sleep since then." The captain just nodded to him and then pointed the way to the barracks of the ship "Get some sleep and then come see me afterward we have a lot of mission data to get you up to speed on." Kinz nodded and did what he always did started walking away his armor blending in at first and then the camo plates turned off so people wouldn't walk into him as he walked to the barracks thinking to himself as he went. He got there in no time flat getting out of his armor once he reached his room and changing into Pt's then he climbed into the bed going to sleep figured he take a shower when he woke up.