New Team, New Mission.
"Nobles be prepared. We have a recruit coming." Carter, Noble one, the leader of Noble Team walks over to a comms table.
"This soon?" That was Emile.
"Yes. We need the team up to full capacity. Especially for our next missions." Emile just grunts and continue sharpening his knife. Carter faces the comms table and opens transmission.
"Colonel Holland."
'Noble one. I have a mission for your team.'
"Wha... Herk."
"Ha that thing dead." I look over to the driver and back at my helmet. I put it on as we reach our destination. I jump off of the warthog but the driver stops me.
"Hey I'll be honest, there's a reason they asked for a new member. The last guy blew himself up." I look back at him and he moves back a little.
"Not saying you will. I mean you're a pretty good fighter, right?" I just turn around and walk away. I look over to a guy in a falcon loading his sniper. I walk up to the door and see a man scraping his armor with a knife. I go to walk into the room but I'm stopped by a mechanical arm. It belongs to a girl with short cut hair and a scar on her face.
'Damn. She's kinda hot. Wait, I'm going to be working with her. It's against regulation.'
"Commander." The leader, I presume, turns around and looks at me. The bigger of the four looks from me to the leader.
"So that's our new number six." I walk into the room and look around.
"Kat, you read his file?" 'Read my file? No one can read...'
"Only the parts that weren't covered in black ink." 'That explains it.' I can feel the look she's giving me and I walk closer to the leader. He looks back to the comms table.
"Anyone claim responsibility, sir?"
'ONI thinks it might be the local insurrection. Five months ago they pulled a similar job on Harmony, hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears then stole two freighters from Dry Dock. That cannot happen here, Reach is too damn important. I want that relay back online, Noble One.'
"Sir, consider it done."
'Then I'll see you on the other side. Holland out.' After he finishes the transmission he turns back to me.
"Lieutenant." I look at him and he gives me a very curious look, but shakes it off. I guess the team start to move because I can hear their footsteps.
"I'm Carter, Noble Team's leader. That's Kat, Noble Two. Emile and Jorge, Four and Five. You're riding with me Noble Six." We head towards the falcon right behind the others.
"I'm not gonna lie to you, Lieutenant. You're stepping in some shoes the rest of the team would rather leave unfilled. Me, I'm just happy to have Noble Team back up to full strength." We step into the falcon and I see the green armored sniper.
"One more thing. I've read your file. Even the parts the ONI sensors didn't want me to see. I'm glad to have your skill set, but this is a team. That lone wolf stuff stays behind. Got it?"
"Yes sir." I guess he wasn't expecting that, because he just looked at me with a surprised expression.
"Welcome to Reach." I nod and we start leaving.
We fly above what looks to be the relay and I see something flash. I guess Carter saw it too because he looks at the pilot.
"Set us down over there." We land and he jumps out.
"Come on Six." I get out and start walking around the compound. However what I see I don't like.
"Plasma burns." I quickly turn around to see Emile. I nod and he walks over to the wall. I see something flash and clear my throat. He turns and looks to where I'm pointing.
"Man you're quiet. I respect that." He walks over to the pile of wood and then finds a beacon.
"Kat." She looks at it and then I hear something. I aim my gun at the source of the noise, only to see it's one of the local animals.
"Sir, I think Six is on to something." I keep my gun up and look down the mountain.
"Six what did you find?" I look at him and jerk my head over to the plasma burns.
"Wait you think..." I nod my head and jerk my thumb over my shoulder.
"Alright. Nobles let's move fan out and see what you can find." We start moving and head down the mountain. We come up to another compound but this time Jun finds something from above.
"Sir I'm getting heat signatures from inside the building." The door opens and we all aim our guns.
"Get down, get down now!" I walk in front of Emile and look at the farmers.
"They're farmers."
"Big whoop, Jorge. That doesn't explain anything." I walk right up to the male and he looks at me in fear.
"Mit kerestek itt?"
"Csak nem akartunk meghalni."
"Six, what did he say?" Before I could answer Jorge does for me.
"They were hiding."
"How does Six know how to speak their language?"
"Don't ask me."
"Kat?" She just shrugs and I keep talking to him.
"Valami megölte a fiamat."
"Something?" Jorge looks at me and I raise my pistol. Jorge tells Carter what he said and I ram my shoulder into an Elite.
"What the?" Luckily I missed Kat when I took that thing down.
"You fight well demon. You will die a warrior."
"I won't be dying today." I duck away from the swing of his blade and I shoot his leg causing him to scream. I take my knife and stab his back before it quickly shoot him in the head effectively killing him.
"Sir we need to move now."
"Alright let's move." Kat looks at me and gives me a look that says thanks, before she runs after the team. I get the farmers into the house and run after them.
"Kat we need that door shut now!"
"I'm working on it."
"Six cover her." I nod and step right behind her. I start firing off rounds and she hits my knee.
"Six I need an extra pair of hands." I kneel down and look at what she needs.
"Hold these wires here." She reroutes the power supply to the wires I'm holding and she then nods to me. I grab her shoulder and shoot the elite in the head before he shoots her.
"That's two you owe him, Kat." She glares at Emile and I shake my head.
"Don't worry about it." She looks at me but I know she didn't hear it. It was two quiet. We walk into the complex and I see a body. I wait for Carter to give us the all clear and I start searching the body.
"Damn. Plasma damage." 'Well that's an eye full. Wait stop!' I look back down from looking at Kat's backside and see a data file.
"Got something." I hold it up and throw it to Kat.
"Thanks Six. I'll take care of this."
"Got a live one over here." I look at Jorge and see the girl. 'It can't be.' As soon as I see the girl, three elites come out and start attacking. I take my knife out and get in a fight with one of them. He gets on top of me and tries to stab me but I shoot him through the mouth. I look up to see Carter kick my gun over to me and I grab it. I see the elites holding a wounded soldier and I look at Carter.
"Sir he won't make it."
"It doesn't matter Six. We have to help him."
"Sir, I'm going to do it."
"Six don't." I look at my ammo counter and see I have one bullet left. I aim it and fire my gun. Unlike what both elites and the rest of the team believed, the bullet pierced through the elite's head. The blood splatters on both the soldier and the other elite. The elite roars and wipes the blood off only to have my knife split it's skull in two pieces. I twist my knife in its face before ripping it out. I look at Jorge and he nods. The girl starts screaming and Kat walks over to her.
"Two handle her. Five, Six, clear the hole." We walk out of the room and I arm my DMR.
"Alright Six. Let's clear these things out." I nod and Jorge cuts down the grunts while I take the jackals. I jump on one's shield and take a grenade to the leg. I fly back but manage to stick one on the shield. I hit the wall and hear gun fire.
"Six! Are you okay?" I nod and get up. Sparks start flying from my leg and I quickly cover it up.
"Come on, Six. Let's clear the rest out."
We clear all the covenant before Carter calls us.
"Five, Six. I've got a new objective for you. Kat needs a junction reset. Do it and get back here." I reset the junction and look back at Jorge who I giving me a skeptical look.
"Does your leg normally spark?" I look down at my leg and see it's still sparking.
"Sometimes." I don't know what it is with this team but every time I speak they look at me like I have two heads. We walk back to the team and Jorge goes to the girl.
"Six." I face Carter and he takes off his helmet.
"How did you know the soldier wouldn't make it?" I point to the wound on his chest. He nods and Jorge calls me.
"Hey Six. I need some help." I walk over to him and the girl and he explains the situation.
"You speak Hungarian better than me. I need you to speak to her." I nod and the girl looks at me.
"Ismerősnek tűnsz."
"Hogy hívnak?" She looks at me and she realizes I can understand her.
"Sára."
"Én Six. Ő Jorge." She looks at me and then down.
"Apád Feltételezem?"
"Yes." I realize that she speaks English, then look at Jorge.
"It's going to be alright. Everything will be alright." She looks at me with fury and I know why.
"How would you know? How would any of you know? I've lost my father and the only other person in your family."
"Nem igaz. Bátyád itt."
"Az, hogy Alex?"
"Én vagyok az." I take my helmet off and she hugs me. Jorge laughs and looks at us.
"Cute." She looks at me and smiles.
"We'll get you out of here and someplace safe. I'm sorry about what happened to dad. I told him not to drag you into this." I stand up and put my helmet on while Jorge tells Carter that we need a transport to get her out of here.
"Alex, tud vigyen?"
"Te túl öreg ehhez." I lean down and pick her up completely avoiding the gaze from both Emile and Kat. I walk out of the room but not before I hear the conversation between Jorge, Kat and Emile.
"What's up with those two?"
"Jealous much Kat?"
"Don't worry Kat. That was his little sister."
"Wait that means..."
"Poor Six." I walk out of the room and set Sara down. I walk back into the room and see Carter standing by a communicator.
"Six come here."
'... barely getting you. What's the situation Noble."
"Noble Actual, this is Sierra B312. The covenant are on reach, respond."
'Come again Noble Six. Did you say the Covenant?'
"Sir this is Carter. Confirm, it's the Winter Contingency."
'May god have mercy on our soul. Get back to base and we'll work from there.'
"Yes sir." Carter looks at me and then nods to the door.
"Come on Six. Let's go."