Ch. 1: A new beginning
"Come on we're going to be late! Kassondra what are you doing we're going to be late for school!"
"I'm coming! Why do you have to be an asshole all the time?"
"You make me one, Moms outside now let's go."
"Mike?" I said.
"What's taking you two to long? You're going to be late."
"Whatever. Kassondra let's go," Mike said.
"Mike," Mom said as she held his arm, "Don't make this harder on her. This is her last day."
"Wait what?" I asked curiously.
"Nothing," she said smiling, "Now let's get you two to school."
We got into the car and it went quiet. Was she worried about the war? She is the single mother of two children, one 15 and me 13. My phone started ringing. I looked at it. It was one of my friends. I looked at Mike, He shook his head in disapproval then he looked at mom. Not now call it back later.
When we got to the school Mike grabbed my arm and pulled me to the side.
"What was that about this morning?" I asked.
"I really hate being the one to tell you this, but this is your last day of a normal life. You are a, military experiment, for the war. That's why you and Susan do not look alike. That's why you have light brown hair and blue eyes, while she has red hair and green eyes," he paused, "You're not my sister either"
"Then who is my mother and who's my father? I'm an experiment for the war? Made in a dish and raised by another woman and to be trained to kill?" I couldn't believe it.
"At 3:00 soldiers will come to take you to a base to be trained along with other kids. Today you will meet your father. I bet he will love you as I do. Now give your big bro a hug."
I hugged him thinking that this was the last time I will ever hug him. I shed a tear. He grabbed my arm and pulled me in front of him. I was about to cry, he wiped my face.
"No crying. You can cry when get home, but not now," he said.
The minutes passed by slowly. It hard knowing that it was your last day of your normal life. To be taken away forever. That you were made in a dish with one woman's egg and a man's sperm. I don't even know who they are or if they were dead.
The day ended. I looked at my phone 2:30. Only a half hour left. My "Mom", Susan, picked me up. Mike had football. I knew if he didn't show it would look bad.
"So kiddo how was school?" she asked.
"Mike told me. He told me everything that at three people are going to take away. To be trained to kill and fight in the war."
"I'm sorry I couldn't tell sweetie. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Whatever, I won't have to deal with you much longer any ways. I'll be out of your life and you can forget about me."
"Kassondra I could never forget about you. You are the sunshine in my life. I tried to get the government to not take you, but I would go to jail if I asked one more time. I wish this wasn't going to happen, but fate took its toll."
The car pulled up to drive way. We got out 2:50; she came over to me and gave me a hug. I made up my mind, I was going to fight. They weren't going to take me without a good fight. Maybe, just maybe, I'll get away.
"Are you going to wait for them out here or are you going to come inside to take a walk around the house?" Mom asked.
I went into the house. I took a deep smell, home. I may never step in this lovely home where I was raised again. Never again, but I might come back a few years from now, if I was still alive. I looked at the clock 2:55.
I ran to my room. I shed a tear, the first thing I saw was a picture projected of my family. The only family I've know forever. I held the two corners in my hands. I made it smaller, and put it in my pocket. I also put a small little stuffed purple monster with a clip attached to it, Mike bought it for me.
I looked at my phone, 2:59. Time to go outside, I walked outside there were military cars. Solders were holding my Mom like they were arresting her. I was furious. I ran towards the solder my fist pulled back ready to hit him.
The punch landed on his face. How was I doing that? Another man came up to me, I punched him too. He fell back stunned, He decided to try and hit me. I blocked it and socked him in the stomach; the solder fell to the ground. More solders came and tried to grab me. I took out about four or five until they finally held me down.
"Finally a Spartan who puts up a fight. We can use that," a man wearing green armor spoke out, "Spartan 243, name Kassondra, and the planet Sargasso. Father Spartan 117, mother 087. You're the mini chief everybody is talking about."
I looked up at him furiously.
"I'll explain on the way. Well you come'n or not?"
I knew I had no chose but to go. The solders escorted me to the truck, and gestured towards the seat. I sat down, and the solders left. The man in green armor sat down in front of me. He took his helmet off. I analyzed his face closely; he had blue eyes and he was bald. He was at least in his late 20s.
"My name is Mac. I am Spartan 146; I'm one of your 4 possible mentors. I specialize in close combat. I have to say I'm impressed with your abilities already. Unlike the others they've made me deal with."
I just sat there and looked at him in disbelief. He just took me from the only home I've known, and he expected me to talk to him in a friendly matter? My mentor? So now I'm not only a "Spartan", but I have a mentor?
"Do you ever talk? Look I know this is hard for, but if you don't do this everything you know will be destroyed. The covenant is destroying the outer colonies as we speak. You will be part of a specially trained team of solders called the Spartan2s."
"Yes I do talk. Why did you call me 'mini chief'?" I asked Mac.
"The reason I called you mini chief is that you're the biolocial daughter of Master Chief; Spartan 117. His real name is John."
"Will I ever meet him?"
"Yes you'll meet him when we get to the Frigit."
"Frigit, I thought those were only used for space travel, not for the military."
"How do you think the military will get solders across the galaxy?"
"Point," I started, "Do you know where my mother is?"
Mac looked away and took a deep breath, "Your mother is dead Kassondra. She died during a hopeless battle. They were cornered; the covenant just kept coming and coming. Her whole platoon was dead. It was her against a whole army."
There was a pause in the truck. The truck came to a stop. Mac looked at me, and gestured towards the door.
"Frigit time. They're going to search you. You know search your clothes and body," Mac said
The truck door opened, and I saw more solders. Mac grabbed my arm. He escorted me off the truck. The soldiers were shoulder to shoulder line up straight to the doorway.
A woman was standing in the doorway. She was wearing the same armor as Mac, but it was orange. She was tall, and she had red hair with blue eyes.
"A new Spartan for me to train?" she asked.
"Right to the point like always, Mia?" Mac said.
"What's her name?"
"Mia this is Kassondra. Kassondra say hi."
I didn't anything I just stood there, and stared. Her face was scared from years of fighting. I started to think about my father.
"Do you know my father? His number is 117," I asked impatiently.
"Slow down, and yes I do know your father. Why do you ask?" she answered.
"Can you tell me about him?"
"You'll see him later. You can ask him when you see him tomorrow. We have to go inside and prep for the trip to the Frigit."
We walked into the building, and my clothes were scanned. I was afraid they would confiscate my picture and my stuffed monster, but they didn't. All I had to do was recite emergency drills.
"Look all you have to do is get in and hold on. Got it?" Mac said to try and speed the process up.
When we finally got into the pelican, I was escorted to my seat. Solders were on both sides of me. Mac and Mia were in front of me. When we first took off it wasn't that much turbulence, but when went through the atmosphere. It was really bumpy.
When the Frigit came into view, I was stunned. I had never seen a ship so big. I learned that it could hold an occupancy of over a thousand people. I started to wonder what my dad might look like. I bet he would be wearing the same armor as Mac