CHAPTER ONE
Disclaimer: I do not own Halo. I send my thanks to sergeant peace he contributed to this. Also to Kool Killer who contributed to this.
An army of Covenant Warriors had attacked the prospering plant of Tejinti. They destroyed everything in their path, only leaving a small boy in the wake of the chaos. The boy's name was Kain . Kain was only 10 years old and he had gone through so much in his life already. Kain was chosen by the covenant to be used as a test subject. Kain had been captured a while back and brought aboard a covenant phantom. He was now at the mercy of his captors. Kain had been stared at rather continuously by the massive aliens. He had been bound in rather large seat next to the elite who had captured him. Kain averted his gaze from the elite and looked down at the ground. Memories of what had happened came pouring into his brain. He could smell the smoke of charred flesh and feel the heat from the fires that engulfed everything he once knew. The voices of men, women and children could be heard screaming for mercy, god, or anyone that would listen. Their words fell on deaf ears as the elites cut them down in a hail of plasma. Kains' family was vacationing at Tajeita lake, half way around the planet, but they were gone now, just like his elite sitting across from Kain was clad in bronze and silver armor. The big elite looked at him with disgust.
"Is this a pet?" the monstrous beast growled.
"You could say that," A human female's voice replied. She looked at the elite sitting across from the boy. "He's a resource we plan on using,"
"That thing is vermin "The elite growled, "It should have died with the others!"
"You're talking to a member of the research division, what we plan on doing to the boy is none of your concern," another elite cladded in blue and purple armor spoke up for the child. The other elite sneered. "My apologies," The elite that had taunted Kain stood up and walked over to the far side of the phantom.
The woman looked at the passing elite and sighed. It was rare that the covenant kept humans but, she was just too useful to the covenant. She was the brains behind the whole operation after all.
"It's ok kid, what's your name?" the human female asked with sincerity. Before the Child could answer her, two elites sitting next to the boy voiced their own opinions.
"Vermin," the blue and purple elites spoke together, "it doesn't deserve a name,"
"Hush, let the boy speak,"she hissed. She had full protection till the day she died from the prophets. The reason why she was important was because the covenant couldn't get the great Catherine Halsey, she thought bitterly. The elites knew better than to continue to challenge the human female. Since she was under the prophet's protection, they could be killed if she mentioned their disobedience. They growled and walked away from them in disgust. She looked expectantly at the boy. "Well my name is Jenny Rain." Jenny extended her hand to Kain. Kain looked at her suspiciously before shaking her hand. Kain did not tell Jenny his name. Instead he looked at her warily.
Jenny was about to engage Kain in a conversation to try to get him to open up, but she was interrupted. Another elite in gold armor looking rather old walked over.
"A little human?" He said curiously," what do we need this little one for?" The old warrior questioned Jenny.
"If you don't have the clearance, you don't need to know," she snapped.
"My apologies, I was sent here by the prophets," he said nervously, not knowing why Jenny had such an intimidating effect. The older elite paused for a second or two before continuing "The hierarchs said they needed me to...'teach' a new recruit,"
"Well he isn't here," she said shifting her gaze to the boy," you will look somewhere else for your friend," The older elite caught her meaning and walked away.
The rest of the trip back to the main ship was quiet except for the hum of the engines and scuffling of feet. Jenny kept a strong hold of Kain as they exited the ship. She didn't want a blood thirsty, over egger new elite trying to kill the boy.
"Come with me, I will show where you will be staying," she said with a forced smile. The odd pair walked down the corridor of A- section of the ship. "Here we are," Jenny announced as she typed a code of some sort into a keypad on the right of the metal door. Jenny and Kain walked through the thresh hold of the room. As the door shut behind them Kain observed the room he would be staying in. The room was simple; it had blue walls, a small bed, a dresser and a single door leading to the bathroom that consisted of a toilet, sink and shower.
"Well I'll just leave you now, there are cloths in the dresser," Jenny said while getting her eyes scanned by a device that would confirm her ID and open the door.
"My name is Kain, Kain Rudolph," said the young boy speaking for the first time.
"We know," was the only reply he got before darkness engulfed the room. It was almost completely dark except for a small hole in the door which light trickled through.