A/N: Aright this is the official first chapter. Note that this was written right before the release of the prologue so I may or may not be able to answer any questions in this one anyway I hopy you enjoy!

Chapter 1: New Arrivals

[Mother of Invention, Hangar Bay]

"What the hell are we doing here..? Is there another delivery or something?" South growled as they had been waiting for a while.

"Dunno but if that's the case then I'm leaving it to Maine." Another freelancer spoke this one wearing a Tanned version of the Mjolnir VI armor. Beside him was a man wearing a white and slight yellow version of the Mark VI EVA armor his golden visor glaring heatedly at the person next to him.

"H-Hey you know I was just joking right Maine..?" York joked nervously. Before gulping when he heard and saw the now named Maine punch his fist into his palm before cracking his knuckles.

"Leave York alone Maine, we don't need him dead." A female said as she approached them this person wore a brown version of the EOD armor she had black hair with a bang to her right side. In her arm right hand, was her helmet and currently she was smirking at the sight before her. Beside her was a man in black and yellow armor. York breathed in relief as the titan of a Freelancer relaxed and felt the Glare main was etching into the back of his head. He then sent the woman a grateful smile. Before that turned into the face of horror after her next words. "Not yet anyways."

"Connie don't even joke about that!" York yelled at the woman now known as Connie.

"Is this always how it's like..?" The man in black asked Maine getting a nod from the Goliath.

Connie however kept a innocent facade as she looked at York with a false sense of hurt on her face as she spoke to him in a pained tone. "York, I'm hurt you'd accuse me of such a thing..." She whined at him. "You know I 'd never hurt you... Much.."

"That's enough C.T we still need York for when there's a lock to pick..." North Joked as he walked in with Carolina side by side. When she walked in her eyes watched curiously at the man in black and yellow

"Who's the new guy C.T?" Carolina asked, getting Connie's attention as she looked him up, making him squirm under her gaze.

"New recruit, The Director told me to show 'em around when F.I.L.S.S announced to come here. What was your name again?" She asked the others looked over to him, making him nervous. As this happened South had entered the room seeming to have calmed down.

"U-Uh Davi! I mean-I mean *Cough* Uh the Director assigned me the name Washington." The guy sputtered as York and North walked over to him inspecting him.

"Washington... Huh?" York said looking at North.

"Names too long. We'll call you Wash." North suggested.

"Huh?!"

" All in on calling him Wash? Raise your hand!" York yelled raising his own hand as every Freelancer in the room raised theirs as well.

"All right welcome to Project Freelancer, I'd give you a proper introduction but I gotta feeling we won't have time right now." North apologized as the two final Agents entered the Hangar.

One of them had their helmet off with a sniper strapped on his back, he had short hair with an Old timer mustache. The other wore a blue version of the ODST armor with two shotgun belts strapped to him with a knife strapped on his left chest.

"So what's this about? I've still got to work on some training? The one in white asked as Carolina snorted at that.

"What training? You were probably trying to figure out new knock knock jokes.." Carolina joked. The other Freelancers all laughed except for Wash because he didn't know Wyoming.

"Someone say Knock Knock Jokes?" Wyoming asked as the others groaned. Wyoming's knock knock jokes were torture, in fact the T&I ward used it all the time to break any High Value Target (HVT) with important information. It hasn't failed ever since it was introduced.

"No, no one wants to hear your knock knock jokes." York groaned. Though he did snicker when one of the soldiers holding supplies seemed to sigh in relief at the denial of knock knock jokes. It seems they're used to keep the soldiers in line as well. He wouldn't lie that's a pretty damn good way to keep them under your command.

Carolina nodded to the freelancer in blue as he walked over to them.

"Florida, haven't seen you in a while." Carolina smirked.

Agent Florida nodded. "The Director assigned me on sidewinder for a month or two. Things went downhill when Private Johnson was killed, apparently he was beaten to death with his own skull." This caused all the Freelancers to look at him with disbelief.

"Alright I'll admit I've heard alotta things in my life but...That just doesn't seem physically possible." York argued.

Florida turned to York before agreeing with his statement. "Yeah I didn't believe it till I actually saw the body."

The Director then walked into the Hangar Bay, the Counselor following him alongside another person.

Said person wore a black version of the Mjolnir VI armor and judging by their slim body was a female.

"Good you're all here and it seems you've helped Agent Washington in fitting in. As you now know Agent Washington is a new rookie, however he isn't the only one. Agent Texas." He announced with what they could hear was pride as the woman in black walked in front of him."Everyone! This is Agent Texas, I expect for all of you to treat her like any other."

The now known Tex analyzed each of them trying to find any faults to any of them. "Just stay outta my way..." She growled out as she crossed her arms instantly getting some hate from the Freelancers as silence ensued.

Realizing how things might go down, the Director immediately stepped in clearing his throat gaining their attention. "Now before you're all dismissed there's one more I'd like to Introduce. She'll be arriving very soon."

As soon as he had said that The doors to the Hangar Bay opened revealing a UNSC Pelican flying and docking into the bay. After Landing the Pelican opened it's ramp then lowered.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to re-introduce one of our greatest Agents yet. Agent Tokyo." He introduced as a woman walked down the ramp wearing the Hayabusa armor with the Mjolnir VI helmet. A katana was strapped to her back and a Kukri on her left breastplate.

"Director, didn't expect an audience." Tokyo mumbled as she stared at the crowd. The ones she paid the most attention to was Florida, South, Wash, Tex & Carolina. Florida nodded at her with respect recognizing who she was; South was staring/glaring at her in both curiosity and slight jealousy due to earlier. Wash was staring at her in interest and awe as he looked at her Hayabusa armor pieces. While Tex & Carolina seemed to be sharing the same expression.

Removing her helmet, revealing her face to the Freelancers,Tokyo smirked as she looked Carolina up. Seeing her nice Feminine physique, which still showed under her armor had some power in them. She saw her short crimson hair with styled to the right side.

'Nice to know you've grown, Carolina.' Tokyo thought. When she had left Project Freelancer Carolina, was in her young teens and was really REALLY clingy back then.

"Been a while Carolina." Tokyo spoke getting the Aqua Freelancer's attention, who smiled at her.

"Yeah, it has been, Tokyo." Carolina replied, making Tokyo frown, which was noted by the others.

"Didn't I tell you to call me Kuren?" Tokyo whined as the others sweat-dropped at the scene. Unknown to them was that Texas' eyes widened in shock at hearing this. Before her fists tightened slightly and placed her full focus on the Freelancer in Black and Red.

'It's her...' Tex thought.

Tokyo then turned her head to look at Tex as said person actually blushed in embarrassment of being caught staring and turned her head away. her eyes stayed on her for a while before turning away. Seeing this, the Director the decided to Re-introduce her.

"Since you weren't here earlier, Tokyo I'd like to introduce you to Agent Texas." He said as Tex stepped forward with a hand out.

"It's... good to meet you." Tex spoke with a lot less overconfidence in her voice. Tex was VERY curious of why she seemed familiar to her. It was like she was a close friend or something. The other Freelancers were slightly shocked at her behavior due to how she had spoken to them earlier.

Tokyo nodded at her as she shook her hand also feeling like Tex. She felt as though she had heard that voice before... but from where..? Suddenly a bright flash emitted in her mind

"Don't say goodbye...I hate goodbyes..." A woman said before the light faded in her mind. Tokyo had managed to keep herself from clutching her head in pain and barely kept the wince that appeared on her face.

"It's good to meet you too Tex."

'The HELL was that?!' Tokyo gasped in her mind as the A.I in her head suddenly popped up within her mind, observing the woman in black. before turning back at Tokyo with a smug response.

'One of your one night stands?'

'Don't joke about that! You of all people should know I don't do one night stands!' Tokyo growled at Elpida. Who just smirked with pride at being able to get that type of response out of the Freelancer.

The Director then took this time to clear his throat once again gaining their attention.

"Now I'm sure some of you are wondering who Agent Tokyo is and why you haven't seen her before." The Director pointed out getting a few nods and grunts of agreement. "Agent Tokyo has been with us almost as long as Project Freelancer had been established. She was one our greatest Agents who could handle almost any mission which was ranked as Suicidal on her own. A few years ago, some UNSC spooks had requested one of our Agents to be assigned on a tour alongside the UNSC Victoria and help out in the war. She volunteered herself. The only Agents I'm certain Recognize her are Florida, Carolina and Texas." He finished.

The Freelancers each responded their own way. Wash was looking at the woman in slight awe and fear for different reasons. Maine was looking at Tokyo with a eagerness to fight. York and North were huddled up in the corner murmuring. C.T was looking at her with respect and what seemed to be some sort of eagerness to speak with her alone. South was again half jealous/ half interested and Tex and Carolina were more than eager to be near her.

"Speaking of... Texas, Carolina I need you two to report to the Observation Deck." The Director getting a nod of compliance from both. "Tokyo like we discussed earlier I'll need you to report to the Observation Deck as well."

"Understood Sir."

The Director then turned to all of them. "You're all dismissed." He said as he walked out, the Freelancers then dispersed going their own separate ways. Wash was walking with C.T continuing their tour, North with his sister South and York to the cafeteria, Wyoming returned to his room. Florida, Texas, Carolina and Tokyo were the only ones who stayed in the Hangar.

"So how was the front-lines huh Tokyo?" Florida asked. To which Tokyo turned somber.

"Well, I was sent to New Mombassa, turns out that the Covenant were either invading or planning on glassing the place." Tokyo mumbled as she tried to remember her tour with the UNSC Victoria. "After that I was assigned to a team called Noble and had to help out in defending Reach. We almost held it off but... They slowly began overwhelming us."

Tokyo then slowly pulled out five dog tags and sat down on a supply crate. "Noble Team had been given the task of destroying a super corvette unfortunately the FTL Drive we were transporting was damaged and... Jorge decided to sacrifice himself detonating the FTL Drive and destroying the Covenant ship. He... He was a good man." She spoke in a quiet tone which held pain. The way she spoke of him was quite fond... fond enough that it had gained their respect.

"His sacrifice was in vein though... As soon as it was blown apart another damn fleet of them came raining down on us." She ground out. Before she felt two hands on her shoulders, looking behind her she saw that it was Carolina and Tex both giving a comforting grip on her.

"Hey... you don't have to talk about it if you want to..." Tex said. While she was curious of who Tokyo was, she didn't want her to be feeling angry or guilty about anything. Seeing her like this tugged on her strings.

"Yeah... You just came back Tokyo, you should be relaxing and resting." Carolina cooed, getting a smile from Tokyo.

"Heh... uh Thanks... I uh guess I rambled on there...huh?" Tokyo laughed bitterly as Carolina, Tex and Florida shook their heads.

Carolina then lifted Tokyo's chin up. "It's fine Kuren, It's alright to break down. We'll all lose someone eventually but... they'll always be with us.. In our hearts.."

Tokyo's eyes softened at that as she felt her mind relax. She was right. No matter what had happened on Reach... Or New Mombssa, no matter what happened to her team.. They'd always be with her. THAT was when her eyes widened and she turned to the red headed Freelancer seeing her slight smirk.

She laughed as she ripped her face out of Carolina's grip much to said persons slight displeasure.

"Can't believe you just used my own words for this.." She grinned, not noticing how Tex was slightly uncomfortable at their closeness.

"Can't believe it worked on you. Come on, the Director's waiting on us." Carolina Teased as she offered another hand, one which Tokyo takes and stands up. Grabbing her helmet and placed it on.

"If... you ever wanna talk about it just let me know..." Tex offered. This made Tokyo raise an eyebrow yet nod nonetheless.

Florida walked forward guilty for bringing in the dark mood. "I'm sorry for bringing in the dark mood everyone."

"It's alright Florida. In a way I needed it." Tokyo grinned as she turned. "Sorry if we couldn't catch up Florida, but Director's orders."

"It's alright... We've got a lot of time to catch up, besides you need some time to get yourself comfortable." Florida shrugged as he walked off.

The last three Freelancers looked at each other before they made their way out of the Hangar and to the Observation Deck.

A/N: Okay I know I kept this chapter in the same setting for the entire thing but I just wanted too introduce all the Freelancers. Also after a few Chapters, this will change from it's current rating which is T to M because I eventually things are gonna head that way.