Corbulo Academy of Military Science, 24 April 2526.
"Helljumper, Helljumper, where you been?" Senior Cadet Robert Jones yelled as we marched in unison behind him returning from a successful training session against Hastati squad.
"Helljumper, Helljumper, where you been?" We repeated.
"When I die please bury me deep!"
"When I die please bury me deep!"
"Place an MA5 down by my feet!"
"Place an MA5 down by my feet!"
"Don't cry for me, don't shed no tear!"
"Don't cry for me, don't shed no tear!"
"Just pack my box with PT gear!"
"Just pack my box with PT gear!"
"Cuz one early morning 'bout zero-five!"
"Cuz one early morning 'bout zero-five!"
"The ground will rumble, there'll be lightning in the sky!"
"The ground will rumble, there'll be lightning in the sky!"
"Don't you worry, don't come undone."
"Don't you worry, don't come undone."
"It's just my ghost on a PT run!"
"It's just my ghost on a PT run!"
We continued marching around the academy and ended up in our training room where our equipment would be stored.
"Hey," my close friend Nathaniel Mendel tapped my shoulder as we stripped out of our body armour, "Lachlan, we smashed those Hastati idiots by a mile. Again."
"Yeah, that Lasky guy can't listen to orders well can he."
"No he can't."
"Officer on deck!" Rebecca Johnson, the only female in the squad, called out and we snapped to attention at the call.
"Zuma squad. What you done in the past term is impressive. All your results so far, both academic and combat, have been outstanding. Some of the best this academy has seen. I'm sure you six will become some of the best officers the UNSC has ever seen. Axios!"
"Axios!"
"As you were."
"Dimitri," I called over my roommate to the console, "come and look at this."
"What is it comrade?" he asked in a heavy Russian accent.
"Just watch," I started the classified recording that I had been piecing together for the past week.
"Holy shit, what is that?" he exclaimed as an insurrectionist was flung into a wall.
"Keep watching," a marine was stuck under a chunk of concrete and the mystery being reached in and pulled him out with no effort, "there, see that hand."
"That things massive."
"That's not the best bit."
"Why are they fighting with the innies?"
"Wait for it."
"My god, what is that?" the video ended with a frame that showed the being towering over the innies and marines.
"Look at the visor."
We were stunned in silence as we saw the silhouette of some thing that was armed with a glowing blue sword.
"What are you two looking at?" Robert and Rebecca walked into our dorm room and noticed the frozen image.
"What is that?" She asked.
"How would I know? I'm not some UNSC big wig."
"Maybe its some kind of new ODST?" Dimitri suggested.
"No, its too tall. Gotta be a robot." Robert added.
"Then why was it fighting along side innies?" I pointed out.
"Lights out cadets!" Some one shouted down the hall.
"Alright we better get back before they catch us," Rebecca said.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow comrades."