Part 1:
I escaped.
I was brought into the board room. Slash was there with me. When we walked in, the Director was on one side of the table. On the other side were two chairs. We sat down and looked at the Director.
"How could you get captured on an easy mission like that?"
"Sir. There was this ODST. He was too powerful for me. They came with rockets and snipers. I couldn't fight them all off. I didn't know where they were going to take me. But I escaped."
"I know you escaped. You wouldn't be sitting here otherwise. I just wanted to know why you didn't fight them off." He stood up and started to pace around the table. "And who's this?"
"That's someone I met at the prison. Slash, is his name."
"Slash. You seemed like a pretty good soldier."
"Wait. How did you see me?"
"That's none of your business."
"And how did you find me?" I asked.
"That's none of your business either. You seem like a good soldier. How would you like to be part of the Freelancer program?"
"But we already have all the states! We could split Carolina into two separate Carolinas, but I'm sure she won't like that."
"Carolina's dead! She's been dead! We might not of told you, but she took two A.I. programs! And you know what happened to her? She went crazy, and got herself killed! Sorry… she was one of our best Freelancer's at the time."
"Well then give Carolina's place to him."
"Can't do that. People will think that she's back. We could use a territory. Like Guam."
"How about he's just… Slash. He doesn't have to be a Freelancer. Like the Recovery Soldiers. They don't have state names."
"Fine. Welcome to the team Slash. You two may leave now."
We walked out of the room. We started to slowly walk down a hallway. It was silent. Neither of us said a word. Until Slash asked me a question that I didn't know the answer to.
"What ever happened to you? You know? You said something happened to you then you were 'Recovered.' What happened to you?"
I stopped. He stopped as well. I didn't know what to say. It stumped me. I had never asked that question to anyone.
"I don't know. I've heard two different stories, but I'm not sure which one is true. One story was that I died in a battle. Another was that the actual state of Florida was destroyed, and without a Florida, there can't be an Agent Florida."
"Sounds weird. I don't know which one to believe."
I started to think it over. I thought that the second one was correct. For some reason, I just had the feeling that something happened to the state of Florida. I was onto something until…
"Agent Florida and Slash. We need you to in the Hangar ASAP."
We ran down to the Hangar to see a Pelican ready to lift off.
"This Pelican's going to Georgia. There's something you need to do there. These soldiers will fill you in along the way. Get in."
We hopped in the Pelican. Georgia. I heard that Florida was near Georgia. This was the time to investigate. What happened to Florida?
Part 2:
We had no troubles getting down to Georgia. We landed at about 7:30 at night. I was informed that this was to be a secret mission. A night mission. There was a Central Tower that had a lot of Prototype weapons that we wanted. We arrived earlier than we expected, so we just sat around for a few hours.
It was 1:30 in the morning. Slash, two Freelancer Soldiers and I were at the front door of the building.
"We gonna bust our way in?"
"Relax. This is a secret mission. We're going in quiet. We have to climb up to the roof. Here." I pulled out four ropes with harpoons attached to the end of them. I gave them to everyone. "Just throw the Harpoon end up to the roof."
"You kidding me? That's too high!" complained one of the soldiers. "We'll never get it up there!"
"Hey. How bout we get a Hornet to bring these up?"
"Fair enough." A Hornet brought the Harpoon ends up to the roof. We climbed up on top of the roof without anyone noticing. "Good. From here on out, everyone's quiet. You here me?"
"Yes sir!"
"Good." I looked under the crack of a door on the roof. It was all clear. I opened the door quietly and signaled everyone to follow me in. We walked down the stairs and we had two options, a door, or more stairs. I looked at the map of the building I was given. The package was three floors down. We walked down three more flights of stairs quietly. There was another door, and more stairs. I checked under the crack of the stairs. Nothing but an empty hallway. I quietly opened the door up. We walked in silently."Freeze!"
They found us. We stood there. We turned around and there were two Marines behind us. They were on the walls near the door, so I wasn't able to see them through the crack.
"What are you doing here?"
"We're on Guard Duty now."
"Yeah right, Freelancer."
"You know?""Of course I do. We're taking you in."
I pulled up my magnum and aimed at the Marine who was talking. They aimed their guns at me. Slash and the soldiers aimed their magnums up as well. We fired, killing the two Marines.
"So much for going in silent."
Part 3:
The alarm blared. We ran down a long hallway, expecting Marines to come charging out. And they did that exactly. Four Marines with shotguns ran up. We all started shooting at them as soon as we saw them. We heard one say, "We've got Florida."
A tank shot come through the hallway, leaving a huge hole. We jumped over and grabbed onto the edge, then we climbed up. Outside, surrounding the building were a ton of Marines. Our Hornet was outside firing at some Marines. The Scorpion was trying to fire back at the Hornet. "Let's hurry. Forget about them." We kept running down the hallway. We reached a dead end. There were four doors. The back two busted open and two Super ODST's came out of them. They both had machine gun turrets. A knocked over a bookcase and we all used it as cover. We all started to blind fire with our magnums. We could hear footsteps. They were coming over. We heard more people. Marines were coming upstairs. We aimed our magnums at the door. The Marines walked in and we fired at them. An ODST mounted his turret on the bookcase and he aimed down at us. He started to fire. We rolled out of the way and fired our magnums at the two ODST's. I ran up to the back one and punched him in the gut. I backflipped and kicked the other ODST's back in the air. I fired at the back ODST and punched him in the face. Slash pulled out a sniper rifle and fired at the front ODST's head, but the ODST moved his head in time. The bullet still managed to hit his arm. He dropped the turret down. He ran up to Slash and punched him. Slash almost fell off the building, but he was hanging on the edge. I fired my magnum at the ODST that hit him and kicked the back ODST. I disarmed the ODST and shot the turret at him. I then threw the turret at the other ODST. They were both dead. I ran over to Slash and pulled him up. The other soldiers fired at the Marines while I got Slash back up. Once back up, Slash started to snipe some Marines. The Scorpion fired and made the hole bigger. We ran back over to the edge of the hallway.
"Which way leads to the package?"
I checked my map. The door on the right lead to the package. I kicked a dent into the door. I kept kicking until the door opened up. Nobody was there. I could see the weapons on a few tables. I guess the ODST's were the guards. We walked in and looked at the table.
"These weapons. They're amazing."
Part 4:
The package included these weapons: The Fuel Rod Gun, The Spartan Laser, The SMG, The Mauler, The Carbine, The Brute Plasma Rifle, and finally, The Evolved Magnum.
I took the SMG and the Spartan Laser. Slash got The Evolved Magnum and his Sniper Rifle. One soldier got The Brute Plasma Rifle and The Mauler. The other got The Carbine and The Fuel Rod Gun. There was one more part to the package. It was in the garage. We walked back out of the room and looked at the big hole. We weren't able to jump over without losing some weapons, so we went into the door across from the door we went into. There were a flight of stairs that went down. We slowly walked down, ready for an incoming attack. The alarm was still blaring, but nobody was coming. At least, not yet.
We walked all the way down to the garage door. We were very surprised that there weren't any more Marines. I thought it may be another trap. I opened the door slowly, and nothing. Only the vehicle.
The vehicle was the Elephant. A mobile base. We weren't able to take this and make a quick getaway, so we would need some help. Eventually. I opened up the garage, still expecting Marines. Nobody was there. Not even the tank. I thought that the Hornet might have done the job. I stayed on the bottom floor of the Elephant. Slash drove and the two soldiers were on the turrets, only one was detachable, but he didn't detach it. We slowly took off.
We had been driving for over an hour. We arrived at a large landing pad, big enough for the Mother of Invention to land down and pick up the package. I called in the ship. I knew what the Marines were up to at that point. They were waiting for us to call in for a pickup. Right after the call ended, the Scorpion was back. Two Hornets also came in. One soldier detached his turret and fired at the Hornet, while the other aimed at the Scorpion and fired at it. I put the SMG on my side. The Scorpion shot at the Marine. I put the Spartan Laser on my back and ran to the Marine to grab the weapons. I grabbed both weapons and put the Mauler on my side and switched the Plasma Rifle for the Spartan Laser. While I was falling, I charged up the Laser. I fired at the Scorpion, which caused a large explosion. I pulled out the SMG and got back onto the Elephant. Slash was already on the lower level. One Hornet was down. Two Warthogs pulled up. Slash ran outside and fired the magnum at the drivers. He was able to kill a Marine in just one shot. I pulled out my Spartan Laser and started to fire at an incoming enemy Pelican. The Pelican was starting to crash. Slash was on a Guass turret firing at incoming Falcons and Hornets. I started to drive the Elephant out of the way of the crashing Pelican. The Pelican crashed into the street, pushing Slash back into a building. The Pelican exploded, which ended up flipping the Elephant over. It was about to fall off.
"Wait? What? How did you do that?"
I ran up to the crashed Pelican and searched the inside. Nothing. The Mother of Invention was coming in. This had to be quick. A Pelican came down and crashed into the Elephant. The Elephant took major damage. I fired at the Pilot and incoming Marines. The Mother of Invention landed and picked up the Package. We stayed behind. The Mother of Invention safely left the area, back into space.
This mission was done. But I had something else to do. It didn't involve Florida yet, but this mission is pretty important.
The next mission was about to start.
Part 5:
This mission was a little harder. We had to sneak into A. . Articficial Intelligence Incorporated. We were supposed to steal their new prototype A.I, the Delta 2.0. They didn't release a real name for it yet, but stated it would be "something like Delta, but better." The building is heavily guarded. According to the Director, the guards guard every sneaky entrance. We had to go in loud.
When the Mother of Invention landed to pick up The Package, it also dropped us off a Warthog. A normal Machine Gun turret Warthog. I got in the turret, Slash got in the side and the remaining soldier drove. We drove toward the objective but we ran into a few Hornets. I fired at one Hornet while Slash sniped the pilot of the other. Both came crashing down and our Warthog had to swerve out of the way of both Hornets. We kept driving until we finally got to the building. There was nobody there. I knew that they had to be on the inside. There was a Holographic Lock on the front door. I tried to unlock it, but it set off an alarm. We pulled up our guns and I kicked the door open. The door flew through the room and actually hit a Marine. Two Marines that were on both sides of the door ran out with Assault Rifles. I fired my SMG at both of them and they were killed. We ran inside and fired at all the Marines. I opened up the elevator and we walked in. I shot the Marine in the elevator and grabbed his body. When the elevator opened, I threw the Marines body at another Marine. Slash fired his Evolved Magnum at the Marines in the hallway. We ran down the hallway, firing at Marines. Someone had turned on the Emergency Doors. Steel doors started to close down behind us. We were jumping over obstacles and running as fast as we could. The soldier tripped on a book and got trapped behind. Slash and I kept running. I pulled out my Spartan Laser and aimed at the door we were heading for. I fired and we rolled sideways into it. We shot all the Marines inside and walked up to the clear tube that held Delta 2.0. I pressed the button to open the tube, but it didn't open. It set off an alarm instead. Somebody came through the door. It was an ODST. He had a flamethrower.
"But.. How..."
It was the ODST that got me captured. I thought he was dead. How could he still be alive?
The ODST fired.
Part 6:
The ODST fired.
I jumped right over the flame and fired the SMG at him. I landed and slid over behind a table. Slash started to try and snipe the ODST. He started to walk over to my table. He turned and stared at me. I fired and I backflipped. While in the air, I charged up the Spartan Laser. When I landed, I fired the Spartan Laser at the ODST. He flew back to the window. He fell out the window. I took Delta 2.0 and jumped out. Slash stayed. He tried to snipe the ODST while I was fighting him up close. I punched the ODST a few times then jumped on his head. He hit me with his flamethrower and fired at me. He got hit in the arm by Slash. He dropped his flamethrower on the ground. I ran up and kicked him in the gut, which didn't do much. I then picked up his flamethrower. It was heavy. I hardly could carry it. I fired at the ODST. He ran away from the flame and threw a stick grenade at me. I dropped the flamethrower and was pushed back to the outside of the building. The ODST was hit in the arm again by Slash. I ran up to the ODST and kicked him in the gut again. I punched him in the face twice then kicked him in the gut again. He got pushed back a little, but not much. I backflipped and pulled out my Spartan Laser. I charged it up. The ODST ran up to me as fast as he could, which wasn't very fast because of how heavy his armor was.
Please, don't hit me yet...
Just a little longer...
I fired my final Spartan Laser shot. I put it on my back. The ODST was on the ground. I walked over to his body. I had finally killed him. He was dead this time. I put my hand on his chest piece to make sure he was dead.
He was alive.
He grabbed my arm and threw me backwards. I was on the ground. He got up and walked over to me. He picked me up by the neck and was choking me. I was sure I was going to die. Slash jumped out the window and pulled out his Evolved Magnum. He unloaded a whole clip into the ODST and the ODST fell over.
"I'm gonna see if he's dead."
"No. Don't." I was sure that it was going to be another trap.
"Why not? He's gotta be dead. This baby can kill a Spartan in four shots. I unloaded a whole clip into him!"
"Yeah well one Spartan Laser blast kills a Spartan, and I shot him twice. He's still alive even after that."
"I'm going."
"Stop."
"Fine." He finally stopped. The ODST got back up.
"Heh heh heh. You're a smart one Florida. I'll leave. If, you give me the A.I."
"I'm sorry. But I can't do that." I punched his gut and kicked him so hard he fell over. I pulled out my Spartan Laser and tried to charge. "I think I'm out."
"Great."
I threw my Spartan Laser as hard as I could at the ODST. I then walked over to him and stepped on his mask. I pulled his helmet off, and Slash sniped his head. He was definatly dead now. Finally.
"How?"
"What?"
"How did he come back to life?"
"I don't know, Florida. We'll figure it out sooner or later. I can feel it."
"Let's roll out."
Part 7:
I drove. Slash was in the turret. I took off as fast as I could. We had to get to the extraction point. It wasn't the same one as where we delivered the Package.
An enemy Pelican flew above us. It flew ahead of us and dropped off snipers on a nearby building. They fired at us. I swerved out of the way while Slash shot back at the snipers. We killed them. Slash fired at the escaping Pelican. It escaped safely and Slash turned back ahead. In front of us was a Warthog blockade. Behind us was a Mongoose with a Marine on the back. The Marine had a rocket launcher. He fired the rocket launcher. I swerved to the left and the rocket hit the blockade. Slash turned around and fired at the Mongoose. He destroyed the Mongoose and waited until we passed the blockade. Once we passed the blockade he fired at the blockade. I kept driving. I made a sharp left turn and kept going. A Hornet was behind us. The Hornet fired missiles at the Warthog. I drove up a ramp truck and the missiles hit the ramp truck. I kept driving while Slash was shooting at the Hornet. The Hornet crashed and pushed us ahead a little. I turned and Slash and I jumped out of the Warthog. It crashed into a building full of Marines, blocking their exit. We ran across the street to the office building. We climbed up the windows until we got to the roof. We started to jump across the rooftops. I saw an enemy Pelican fly over. It had been shot down by something, but what?
We kept jumping across. A Marine jetpack squad was on the rooftops as well. They shot their battle rifles at us. I fired my SMG while Slash fired his Evolved Magnum. The Marines flew behind us and let us go ahead, so we did. We kept running and running until the Marines returned with Rocket Launchers. I jumped over one shot while Slash jumped over another. I ducked, barely dodging a rocket. We kept firing. We killed two of them. There were still three more. I jumped up on a Marine and took his rockets. I jumped off of him and fired at the other Marine, while Slash killed the Marine I had just jumped off of. The squad was down. We kept jumping.
We arrived at the building across the extraction point. We jumped off and slowly walked over to the harbor. I could see a Pelican. I walked over and a Spartan walked out of the Pelican. It was Agent California. I handed him Delta 2.0.
"Thank you."
Except it wasn't Delta. It was a UNSC Spartan. I had been tricked.
Part 8:
I had been tricked.
I turned around and two Spartans were holding Slash. Slash's weapons were on the ground.
"An Evolved Magnum? Why do you have this?"
"Slash. Hold on. This may hurt a little."
"Shut up, Florida! You're under arrest. This is the same reason we destroyed Florida! You were too good of a Freelancer. We had to get rid of you!"
They really did. Florida was destroyed. But not by the Covenant. By the UNSC themselves. They destroyed their own state just to stop me. I must have been the number one Freelancer. But better than Carolina was? And Tex? I didn't think I was.
"How are you even here? I thought Florida was still destroyed!""Sir. The Freelancer Program reclaimed Florida recently."
"Oh."
I kicked Slash and it pushed back the two Spartans. I grabbed one of them and threw him at the Spartan in the Pelican. He fell over and dropped Delta 2.0. I dived over to catch it. I caught it and put it in front of me. I jumped on the Pelican and kept punching the Spartan. Slash got up and started to beat up the other Spartan that was still up. He picked up his Evolved Magnum and fired at the Spartan on the ground, killing him. I threw the Spartan on the Pelican at Slash. Slash caught the Spartan and hit the other Spartan with him. I ran over to the cockpit and the Pelican lifted off. I grabbed the pilot and shot the glass. I made a hole in the glass. I threw the pilot threw the hole then ran to the back of the Pelican. I jumped off of the Pelican and landed on one of the Spartans. Slash killed the other Spartan with his sniper rifle. I pulled out my empty Spartan Laser and grabbed the Spartan.
"Please. Please Florida! I'll do anything! Anything! I'll polish your boots! I'll polish your helmet! I'll help you out! I'll do anything!"
I threw the Spartan up in the air. When he came back down, I hit him as hard as I could with the Spartan Laser. He fell down all the way. The Pelican fell with him.
"Out of the park."
I walked over to the edge of the landing pad.
"Director. We're ready."
"Good."
I saw a Pelican fly in. It landed on the platform. I handed Agent California Delta 2.0. Slash and I hopped on the Pelican.
Part 9:
I walked into the board room. The Director was standing there. Slash was behind me. I was holding Delta 2.0.
"Hello Agent Florida."
"Hello Sir."
"Hand over the A.I."
I walked over to him. I handed him Delta 2.0 and sat back down.
"Good. Well done Florida, and Slash."
"Thank you sir."
"Now. Did you figure out if they gave this a real name yet?""They didn't Sir. The capsule said Delta 2.0."
"Interesting. Then we will have to give it our own name."
"Yes Sir."
"I'm sure you wouldn't like an A.I., would you?""I would be alright with it Sir."
"Really? Well then, once we go through the A.I. training and we give him a name, then you can have him."
"Thank you sir."
"You are dismissed for now. Go rest up.""Actually Sir, I wanted to ask you something."
"What is it Agent?""I was wondering if Slash and I could go down to Florida soon to figure out some history behind why the UNSC destroyed it."
"They told you?""Yup. One of the Spartans."
"Hm... Sure. Not now though. Go rest up."
"Yes Sir! Come on Slash, let's go."
Slash and I got up and left. We went up to our rooms and rested, like the Director told us to.
"Time for the training."
The Director put Delta 2.0 on the table. We weren't in the room during this.
"Hello."
"Hello. Where am I. Who are you?""Later. But for now, do you know your name?"
"Delta.""Delta what?""Just Delta. Who are you? Where am I?
"Wrong. You are Delta 2.0. Who are you?"
"Delta."
"Delta what?"
"Delta 2.0"
"Correct. Now, say it at the same time. Who are you?"
"Delta 2.0"
"Good."
"Where am I? Who are you?"
"I am the Director. You are in the board room."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Now. You will be assigned to Agent Florida."
"Okay."
"Who are you assigned to?"
"Agent Wyoming."
"Wrong. Agent Florida. Who are you assigned to?"
"Agent Florida."
"Good. Any more questions?"
"No Director."
"Good. We will meet again tomorrow to do this again. We need to make sure you are ready to go out on the field."
"Yes Director."
"Goodbye."
The Director left the room.
