The lost operative
It was just before the attack on Earth that ONI decided to send a team operatives in a hastily made stealth ship to a planet colonized by the Covenant. This was supposed to be an attempt to gain more information about what was still an highly secretive subject. A team of four people was chosen for the task the leader was an old veteran such operations simply known as Scythe. Not much was known about him except that he was very good at whatever job was asked of him. Then there was Raven a young beautiful woman that looked around twenty years old she was of average height and had short silver hair. She was the long range combat and tech expert meant to carry out the task of getting the info that was asked of the. Yet another member was Delta an ever present brooding young man that had barely turned eighteen. He was just some extra support for Scythe who seemed to be an all-rounder just and he was as skilled as Scythe himself. Though he tended to get a bit cocky when on assignment. And finally we had our resident rookie called Archon the poor kid was lightly above average size. While being the youngest of the bunch at about fifteen years old he had an interesting set of skills. He had learned the languages used by the various races of the covenant and was an acomplished fighter with enough stength to present a slight challenge to a Sangheili. As to how this was possible you could chalk i tup to him living most of his life on a high g world. The four of them were ushered into a small briefing room where there mission was to be clarified. A dark figure in the room began to speak- You have been called here for a very special assignment – he said pausing briefly to clear his throat. You are also to assasinate whatever higher ranked member of the Covenant is present at the planet. This mission is intended to hinder the enemy war effort as well as attempt to gain valuable information about weapons and drive sytems of various vehicles. What's more for this mission you will be given the same surgeries as the spartan threes- he added. Your modifications will be limited but they should be a great improvement on your physical abilities which are quite inadequate for this mission. All of our attenders simply nodded in confirmation and shortly after some minor details were elaborated on these procedures they immediately proceeded to the medical facilities. This was two months before their mission was to begin. After their surgeries only Raven, Scythe and Archon remained Delta had died due to medical complications. The mission had gotten harder because shortly afetr their procedures they were told that the three of them were to complete the mission and that no one else could be chosen due to the time constrains.
Very soon they began to train to get used to their improved bodies. It was not long before their strengthened bones, muscles and senses were accustomed to their new their slightly stronger frames. However they were just slightly improved humans not real spartans. They had another month before them as both Raven and Archon had an interesting conversation with Scythe. This seems far too much effort for the three of us,- said scythe whilst continuing- it looks as though this mission is some last ditch attempt at a long range suicide attempt for anyone as the parameters were not clear. Then Raven said- Tell asu something we don't know old man. Besides three new operatives alongisde a veteran is always going to be a dead giveaway for a sucide mission. What's your opinion on this young blood? Archon simply said- I don't get paid enough to give a damn, but it does seem that thisis something quite strange. Just consider the fact that the guy who briefed us didn's specify which was aour priority for this one. Scythe and raen both gav him a surprised look until scythe asked him- What makes you think that? Then Archon proceedded to explain by sayinf- The guy who briefed us is known for always stating what the mission priorities are. Am I right? Thier looks shifted from surprise to slight amazement seeing how their young acomplice had answered. After a short pause Scythe answered- I gotta say the two of us never expected for you to know the people who do the briefings. But that doesn't change a thing for us cause we don't have a choice in this matter. Two weeks later the three somewhat hesitant operatives were outfitted with three experimental combat survival sets of armor thet were modified for special ops. They were also issued skin suits usually worn only by spartans. But in a few days time they were given a choice of weapons and ordered to launch far sooner than expected. And so as they boarded their hastily constucted stealth ship they predpared for some rather spartan living conditions but they were pleasantly surprised that each of them had their own rooms and plenty of privacy. tHeir ship did not appear to be hastily constructed but upon close inspection it was true. For this new vessel had been constructed from many other ships meant to have similar capabilities though this one seemed like a luxurios version of other similar vessels. It was thirty meters long and had a wingspan of fifteen meters with a set of four powerful main engines and a pair of boosters attached just for good measure. Smaller thrusters lined the sleek outer hull which had six forward facing modified spartan lasers with four more being turreted. Several missile pods were also being installed as they were boarding it. It even had a small yet somewhat unpredictable slipspace drive at the best of times but it would do for this mission. They were given a flight plan which described their route in great detail. They were to drop out of slipspace once to refuel at the halfway point where a seemingly abandoned space station was located. Shortly after being issued a low level military AI they entered their cryosleep chambers. Next time they would wake would be at the half way point. The trip took three days however over this time the team found something strange. One of them didn't wake up, Scythe had died in his pod due to a malfunction. His death was reported and his body left on the station for burial. After refueling they left this time however fully awake because they didn't want to risk going out like Scythe. Over this time period Archon had turned sixteen and had been working on getting closer to Raven. Though he did not know why this was happening he went along with it driven on by hormones of puberty. Whilst Raven contemplated on what they would do if something were to happen between them. The allure of a younger and inexperienced guy was tempting her and Archon was trying to push his luck. For he had never been in a relationship with a girl seeing as how he was picked up by an Oni operative at the age of twelve to be trained for jobs very similar to this one. Shortly after two days their AI, whose name they did not even bother to ask for, informed them tha due to a minor malfunction the trip would for five days instead of three. They had three more days to go and this was going to be interesting. I mean what could go wrong with a teenager being trapped with a hot girl in a stealth ship. Granted age could be a problem but this was to be a covert op and well let's just say not all events need to be reported. While this was somewhat of an inconvenience raven began to tease Archon for a little bit simply because she found his reactions amusing and the fact that it was just another way of passing the time. All the while this grew into somewhat of a hbit as they approached their destination. Soon a very stimulated Archon and Highly amused Raven dropped out of slipspace within reach of their target.