A/N: I don't own anything from halo or rvb.

Prologue

Three figures dropped down from the ceiling above. They were silent as they moved swiftly through the hallways of the facility. The figure in the lead checked the map on its HUD to be sure they were still going the right way. The lead figure stopped them checking that the door was the right one. The figure nodded its head and a second figure moved forward to the electrical lock on the side of the door. Figure one and three took up watch as figure two went to work on the lock.

"Damn this lock isn't what I expected." Figure two cursed trying to figure out how to break though the lock.

"You better hurry and figure out how to open it. I don't know how long the others can keep people from noticing." Figure three muttered eyes still sweeping the area in front of him.

"You guys got the target yet?" A voice asked over the radio. Gun fire could be heard over the channel followed by the voice cursing.

"We've hit a snag. The locks different from what we expected. Mich is having a bit of trouble with getting it open." Figure one replied.

"Bite me Vermont." Michigan snapped at the other freelancer as he worked. "Pi can you crack the last part of the code?"

"I'm working on it." Pi replied as it went to work on the lock. "It's some new algorithm. I don't have quite the right programs to work out the last three digits of the code."

"Just guess." Vermont suggested. "Chi has picked up five guards coming our way. We only have about ten minutes at the moment."

"Guess, you have to be kidding me. If I mess this up then the system will lock down and we will not only be found but we won't be able to make a second attempt." Michigan pointed out.

"Well if they find us then we won't get a second attempt any way since they'll just kill us." Texas pointed out. "Which way are the guards coming from?"

"They are coming down my way." Vermont answered. "According to Chi they have basic level armor. We don't have the kind of cover that we need to take on that kind of power."

"I only need a few more minutes." Michigan informed them. "There it's open." He thumbed the lock and the door slid open. The three freelances slipped into the room just as the guards rounded the corner. They passed right past the room heading toward the firefight outside. "See I knew we could do it." Michigan said triumphantly.

"Next time don't cut it so close you two." Vermont snapped looking around the room for any form of security. "Damn, not even a camera in here, they must really not think that people would get this far."

"Dude, get off my back. This wouldn't have been as big of a problem if Wyoming hadn't killed York, he was always better with the locks then anyone." Michigan shot back.

"They always did underestimate how well they taught us." Chi pointed out appearing as a human in deep blue EVA armor. "So this is really it?"

"Yeah, that should be it." Vermont said walking up to the center case which held only one thing, A data matrix. "Let's just grab it and go."

Michigan did a little work and the case powered down the glass doors opening to allow him to grab the matrix. He slipped it into a pouch and nodded. "Target has been obtained."

"Chi, we clear in the hall?" Vermont asked getting moving over to the door. The AI had been watching the facility even trying to cause more trouble for guards trying to get out to the firefight outside.

"You are clear for now. Everyone's attention is outside. It seems that the girls found some mines." Chi reported.

"Alright, let's get moving." Vermont said opening the door. He slipped out into the hall with the others and they boosted up Texas who then dropped down the line to both of them who pulled themselves up into the vents. It was a very cramped way around but it was much safer then trying to make their way through the halls. They moved as quickly as they could coming out near the rear of the facility. "Rhody, we've moving out. You guys take the north and we'll move out the south." Vermont ordered.

"Rodger that Ver, we're making our escape. Ohio, set off those explosives, Cali toss the flashes." Rhode Island ordered.

"Alright, the girls are leaving. Let's do the same." Vermont ordered. The three freelancers dashed across the open field and our pass the sensors. Vermont lept into the driver's seat of the warthog they had hidden out with the advanced camouflage they'd stolen from Maine. Texas took the machine gun while Michigan took shoot gun. Vermont gunned it bouncing off over the grass and as far away from the facility as he could get.

"We're clear, did you get him?" Rhode Island asked at ease in the shotgun of her team's warthog. "I don't want to have made that robot for no reason."

"We got it don't you worry about that." Vermont assured her. "I don't think that Chi, Pi, or Tau would have let us leave without it, and would you stop calling it him?"

"He would consider himself a him so it would be proper to refer to him as him." Chi stated. "You must remember that like us he has a personality but he is more human."

"I hope that he was worth it." Vermont said glancing over at the matrix that Michigan was holding. "You drop that and I not only kick you out of this hog but I run you over and let Texas pump you full of lead."

"Damn that really does sound rather gay." Michigan said tucking the matrix away. "I'm not going to loose it. I didn't risk my ass for nothing." He assured the other freelancer. "So what now?"

"We put him in the robot and we decide where to go from there." Vermont replied. "The director is gone, we don't get orders from him. We'll just have to see what he decides he wants us to do."

"I still don't feel very comfortable taking orders from an AI. I mean it's one thing to work with them another to let them make all the decisions."

"Alpha is and always will be our leader." Tau stated. "Whatever he wants to do we will do. I hope that it leads us to some things that we can blow up."

"You and me Tau, you and me both." Texas said leaning forward onto the gun and watching the world pass them by.

End prologue

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the start. Please tell me if you like this or not. I'l lput out the first chapter on Saturday. I would like feed back though even telling me if you are or are not interested in reading more.