A/N: Hey guys this will be my first fanfiction, so being thus I an open to any criticism you may have, but try not to be extremely rude. SO for starters I am going to address some of the things you might and will see in this fanfiction so you won't wonder what the hell I'm talking about. First off I will use "(words)" for dialogue obviously. If something's italicised then that means that it is what the person the view of the story is in's thoughts. Basically it's the focus character's thoughts if that was too hard to understand. If something is in '(word)' then that mean's that the person is emphasising that word like they spat it out. I will also make each chapter have four to six pages (a page is when you see the breakline) and make this hopefully as long as a book, and I will make them long for all you dwellers. Now then finally I have to put up a warning so to make it stand out it will be in all caps. DISCLAIMER: THIS IS RATED M. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 DO NOT CONTINUE READING THIS, IT WILL NOT END PRETTY AND YOU CAN'T BLAME ME WHEN YOU CUSS YOUR SIBLINGS OUT FROM WORDS IN THIS FANFICTION. I ALSO DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE HALO SERIES IT ALL BELONGS TO 343 INDUSTRIES AND BUNGIE (Even though I would love to own halo :( I wish) ALSO THIS WILL NOT BE ON THE HALO STORYLINE FOR YOU HALO GEEKS (Such as myself) AND I WILL MAKE IT AS FACTUAL TO THE HALO LORE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. /A/N
Chapter One: The Slip Up.
Lily had walked down the hall into the pelican. She had been transferred to another base after she got out on the infirmary. She walked into the pelican. Sitting down on one of it's rough seats, which obviously were designed for survival not comfort, she remembered when she was first deployed, into the chaos of the Human-Covenant War. Placed onto Reach she barely escaped when her CO was let onto a Frigate, when the base was about to be glassed. She shook her head trying to snap out of it. Too many friends. All died for some stupid planet that was doomed to fall anyways. Lily had always hated ONI for making them defend that waste of a planet. Ever since that planet, she had made sure she was careful of her friends after that incident.
It had always seemed everyone in Lily's life went KIA or MIA and never found. SHe was jerked from her thoughts when the pelican's engines roared to life, shaking the metal cube into life. She settled down, realising she forgot to pull the safety bar down, she quickly whipped it down and clicked it into place as she blanked out for the journey down to Ganymede, at a research station to study jupiter further. She was tasked at the safety of the scientists because of numerous pirate attacks. She touched down after what felt like an eternity and got up to stretch her legs. Once the bay door opened, she felt the cold air reaching out, seemingly covering her. Lily jumped out, and the pelican left her alone. Leaving the biodome, it flew off. Now then, let's see what we have here. She strode into the entrance, where she was checked for any illegal goods. Once clear she proceeded into the camp. The first thing that caught her eye was that it was like a military installation on the moon. She went over to the barracks, seeing that it was nearly night, and found her CO. She recognised him from his file she was given.
"OK MARINES, GIVE ME FIVE LAPS AROUND THE DOME NOW! I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THIS BEHAVIOUR!" Lily could swear she say steam coming out of his ears. The officer turning around, saw Lily as she snapped into attention.
"Private grade 2: Lily Clyne Ready to kick some serious ass, Sir!" She stood facing the way the officer was, until he moved around inspecting Lily. He finally made it back to where he stood before and Waved off Lily's salute.
"I am Major Tommy Henderson Division 7. Call me Tom. That's not a request it's an order. Dinner's in 2 hours, get yourself settled and ready. Here's a map of the area and you will be staying in room E107. Dismissed." And as that Lily walked away to her new room. The Room had one desk, with some plants already growing in the further left corner. On the right was her bed, and storage. There was also a door which lead into a washroom. She sat her things down and quickly showered then changed with some downtime before dinner. She went to her desk and searched up any and all history on this facility. The place only had one article, which was heavily decoded. Lily only found on thing out. The name of the facility. Apparently it was called Fort Garthson and that was it. Strange. Better not even worry 'bout it, just do your job. Lily got ready and followed her map to find the mess hall. It wasn't that big, it was actually quite small in comparison to the rest of the fort. she went into the place and saw that there were tables in rows, some neatly cleaned and others were dirty. She looked around and saw that she arrived too late, because the line was very long.
She went to the end of the line, and patiently waited for her food. After blanking out for a moment she realised that everyone was looking away from the front of the line. What's going on? Lily looked over and saw a 6"10' human in black and red trimmed armor. Upon further inspection she realised that he was a spartan! WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL! Lily silently screamed. A FUCKING SPARTAN! DAMN! Lily almost blacked out, but became petrified when she realised the spartan had been looking at her, or near her because she couldn't see past his pitch black visor. then she felt a little nudge on he back. She whipped around to see a man looking her dead in the eyes. she looked into his green eyes and only saw concern.
"Don't look at him. He's really hot headed." The marine whispered so low she could barely hear.
"Why? I'm doing nothing to him, why should he be mad at me?"
"We don't know, but the last guy to do that was send to Earth because the doctors here couldn't help him." His eyes flashed melancholy and despair for an instant, then he focused again.
"Why didn't they court-martial him then?"
"They need him. We need him, he's saved our asses too many times to put onto a calculator. They can't do anything to him or else he'll leave and pirates will control this place."
"Thanks, what's your name? Mine's Lily Clyne"
"Tim Koten Division 7, and no problem. Can't have a greenhorn die on their first day without the 'Inauguration'" Tim said that last part as if he were teasing her.
"What do you mean by Ina-" Lily was cut short by realising she was holding up the line. Blushing of her carelessness, she got her food and sat down in the corner of the room. Expecting Tim to sit by her, she waited a few minutes, after finding him sitting with some others, friends probably because of how much they're laughing. Feeling alone, she quickly ate her meal and headed back to her room to sleep. While she was walking, she noticed that Tim was at E108, next to her room and was obviously struggling to open his door. Wanting to tease him she said "Having trouble trying to rob a poor soul?" She was leaning against her door, arms across her chest and a slight grin on her face.
"Yeah, hey can I see your card for a second. If you use a wrong card on the door it sometimes fixes the system, and I sleep here thank you very much for noticing." He was still trying to open the door. He finally looked at Lily when she agreed to lend him her card, and started blushing, then grinned evilly. He moved over to Lily's door and opened it up, sending her crashing onto the ground inside her room.
"Hey! what the fuck was that about!" Getting up and going to kick Tim's head in like a turtle, she stopped when he wasn't there anymore. She saw his room door close. Damn. Lily thought. Then she realised that Tim still had her card. Cheeky bastard. She went outside and knocked on Tim's door so hard it made a small dent in it. She waited two minutes, then went back to her room, only to find it was closed and she was locked out. She went over to Tim's room and yelled "TIM GIVE MY MY FUCKING CARD YOU BITCH!" The door slid up suddenly, and Lily was so surprised at the immediate action that she fell square on her butt, hurting her tailbone.
Tim jolted out and put one arm around her neck and the other over her mouth. "Shut the hell up! do you want us to be on patrol duty for a month?!" Tim whispered. Lily, trying to take in everything that just happened, nodded her head not even remembering what he asked. Tim went on rambling about this one time he and a friend yelled at night and went on patrol duty for 3 months, but she didn't listen. She felt her head resting on his strong chest. His body warmth radiated into Lily and she started to blush. She looked at his arm, and saw numerous scars, and on the left arm, a huge plasma burn. Being in his hands, just felt ... right. Somehow she felt like a little child, being cradled by her mother. He's so... strong. Tim let go of Lily and threw her card at her, and he walked into his room. No, Don't go! Come back! she silently wished. No Lily, you can't get attached, he'll just die like the rest. just let him go. Eventually he closed the door and Lily went into her room. Shoving that memory back into her head, she fell asleep, not knowing what she'd do tomorrow.
Lily woke up at the bright and sudden flash of light turning on in her room. She got up, and groggily went into the shower to wash up. She stepped out, and got dressed, then put her hair in a high ponytail. She walked out the door and saw Tim, walking over to her door.
"Hey, Tim!" Lily waved at him, and he smiled waving back at her.
"Hey, come on, breakfast is starting soon. We can't be late, again" Lily joined him and Tim explained how their division worked while they made their way to the mess hall. AS they walked in, Lily noticed a little symbol on the floor. It was like a cursive lower case i but the top was bent over to the right.
"Tim, What's that symbol on the floor?" Tim looked to where she was pointing, then looked back at her yellow eyes.
"That? That's a symbol the scientists found in the dust when we first came here. We don't know what it means, but that's why they're studying jupiter." Lily looked back down at it. Have I seen that before? Lily spaced out thinking about it.
-Flashback!-Lily woke up, rubbing her eye's. She waddled down the stairs and went into the living room. She was her mother looking into her telescope.
"Mommy!" Lily ran to her, and her mom picked her up and twirled her around before setting her down.
"Hi Jitter Bug! what are yo-" She was cut short as there was someone knocking at the door. "Ok, hold on mommy has to get this." Lily heard shouting and a loud bang. She rushed to the door and looked out. Two men in black suits towered over the small child. She looked over at the pin on his vest. It was a cursive lower case i but the top was bent over to the right.
-End flashback-Lily felt light headed, remembering that symbol and what happened to her mom. A shiver went up her spine, and almost cried until Tim looked over at her and saw her face.
"Hey, you alright? You look like a ghost!" He began chuckling at her face, until he saw her eyes. Filled with sorrow and rage, her eyes pierced right through Tim's gaze, and he quickly apologised, then got his food. He waited for Lily, then she followed him to where he sat last night. She sat diagonal of him, and started talking with the rest. The person opposite of him was Grant, and apparently Tim's favorite, besides Madeleine who sat across from Lily. Tim and Madeleine obviously were in love because of how close they sat and more obvious them kissing. The sight made Lily cringe for some reason, followed by envy but she swallowed the feeling. Next to Grant was G.S. He seemed like the one that would let anyone say anything about him, but something about his friends and you're dead. Next to Tim, opposite Madeleine, was Adam. He was the smallest, but not by that much. Lily talked with Madeleine most of the time, and she told embarrassing stories of Tim. Lily's favorite was when Tim was on his first day here, and someone went into his room while he was showering and took something. Tim chased him until they bumped, and literally bumped into Admiral Hood. They were about to salute when Admiral Hood told Tim not to because his hand was holding up his Towel. Everyone laughed at this, but Tim only transformed into a tomato.
Once Breakfast was finished Lily went to the training ground. They were split into two groups. Lily's group went on the track following the entire dome, which was 2.5 km in diameter. Tim's group went to the range for target practice. Lily Wandered off the track because she leered at Tim's figure, shooting at the target. She regained consciousness and tripped over a rock, and woke up in a bed with no memory of what happened.
A/N That's it! I revised it to make sure that not EVERYTHING happened in this chapter. I know it's kinda short, but it'll do for now. If you liked it, please review it, and i am always open to suggestions. Thanks for your time and I'll try to upload every 2-3 days! /A/N