Hey guys, I'm writing this right after the last chapter so if you have commented it will be answered in the next chapter, also I would recommend checking out the trilogy call Silent Gulch made by firerwolf, that trilogy is so good they should make a movie/video game about it, no joke.

The stun gun fire blast over church's head Church narrowly ducking the shots, he rolled to the side and fired three shots hitting three different bots, one in the shoulder, one in the chest and another in the head disabling all three of them, he changed to his side arm putting his sniper on his back and pulling up the M6S putting the other bots in his sights, he fired five shots hitting a few of the bots in the legs sending them to the floor but not disabling them, the bots behind fell over there fallen companions scrambling to get back up, the limited cover was going to be a problem, he could only dodge for so long, he scanned the room while the bots were detracted and his eyes rested on the ammo chest, sure it held ammo but it was bullet proof so it had to be stun gun proof, Church made a run for the chest sliding to a stop behind it and reaching up for a pulse grenade, there was only one and Church wasn't about to waist it, he peered around the chest and saw the bots moving in on his position, a sniper as much as he loved it, wasn't the gun for close quarter combat, Church dropped the sniper and held to his M6S and pulled the combat knife from its holster on his chest, as the bots came closer Church made his move, as a bot moved around the chest Church jumped to action grabbing the bot and stabbing it in the back of the head disabling it, he then used its body as cover as he moved towards the gun rack, the stun rounds peppered the bots body, but just as church reached the gun rack a shot hit his foot disabling that part of his armour, he flinched at the slight pain and used the pain to spur him on as he reached the gun rack.

He put one hand behind him while holding the bot up in front of him, it was now church realised just how strong the armour made him, the bots were very heavy and would take four normal men to carry just one bot, once Church had the shotgun he waited for a second to make sure it was fully loaded before throwing the bots body at the other bots knocking them over like bowling pins, he then ran at the bots firing shot after shot at the bots using the spread of the shotgun at such close range to take out many bots in a matter of seconds, there were now only 5 bots left, church raised his shotgun and pulled the trigger and frowned as the sound of doom emanated from the weapon, the clicking of an empty gun, Church reached up for his combat knife and found it to be missing, he then remembered it was still in the head of the disabled bot from earlier, he pulled up his pistol and fired the remaining two shots hitting the bots in the legs knocking them over into the other bots, Church ran back to his combat knife and pulled it out of the bots head then turned back to the bots, they were still trying to figure out what had happened, it was now Church was glad the bots weren't the smartest of enemy's, if they were, his forgetting to retrieve the knife would most probably have gotten him killed in a real battle, he ran forwards and stabbed the three bots still standing crushing the two bots that lay on the ground, a sudden stamp of metal vibrated threw the room and Church turned his head in its direction, there stood another Bot, one of its legs and looked only half functional, but, it held a very functional stun gun and it was aiming at church's head.

Church rolled out the way the stun shots inches from his visor was they wised past, he stood and threw the knife hitting the gun out of the bots hands, he then picked up the sniper and used its last shot to shot the bot in the head fully disabling it. "son...of...a...bitch" he muttered as he caught his breath.

"good work corporal, it seemed I have a skilled second in command, please return to the viewing platform" Shepard said.

Church picked up his combat knife and placed it back into its holster, he then reloaded his pistol and sniper and placed them in there holsters, it was now he remembered he had the pulse grenade "im a fucking idiot" he muttered to himself knowing the grenade would have made it easier, he then walked back up to the viewing platform his helmet held against his hip, the door opened automatically and Church walked through smiling, the others stared at him there mouths wide open.

"what?" Church asked

"you were only supposed to fight ten, but someone hit the wrong button" Jones said.

"hey they need to properly show what button means what" Alessa said looking away slightly.

"I don't mind, it was a good work out" Church replied sending a warm smile to Alessa.

"ok well its Alessa next" the sarge said and Alessa walked out. She had purple armour with cobalt trim, she had an E.O.D helmet with a C.Q.B chest and E.O.D shoulders she walked through he door putting on her helmet as she did.

Church stood watching the training floor feeling the armour around his foot release, the armour will stay locked after being shot for a short time after leaving the training room.

"so what button did she press" Church asked

"that one" the Sarge said pointing to the blue button the command console.

Church lifted his hand and held it above the button but first turned his head towards Shepard and smirked, Shepard smirked back and Church pressed the button watching as Alessa fought off the thirty bots being hit in the left arm and right leg as the final bot fell, she walked back up and looked at Church half angry and half smirking.

"you...did that...on purpose" she moaned sitting down on the bench waiting for her armour to unlock.

"yeah maybe" Church replied smiling as Jason walked up to the door putting on his helmet.

"wish me luck, and do me a favor and press that button again, it would be unfair for me to have less targets to shoot" he said walking down towards the training floor.

As the sarge pressed the button Church looked at Jason's armour, it was white with cobalt trim again, Church was starting to see a pattern here, he looked at his arms examining the cobalt armour, Jason had an E.V.A helmet with security shoulders and a Hayabusa chest plate, he fought off the bots getting hit three times all of them could have been avoided, from what church could tell Jason was skilled but cocky and was to focused on a singular target and not on the hole group of enemy's since most of the hits were on the back of his legs and one on his left arm, he walked back up and was slightly happy but also annoyed he had been hit so much, he stepped over to a bench and started to chat to Alessa, next was Alana who had a light purple armour with cobalt details, Church guessed they had the cobalt details for a reason maybe so they could recognize each other easier, as she stood church got a good look at her armour.

She had a scout helmet with Hayabusa shoulders and a Recon chest plate it disturbed Church they were both sisters and had very similar armour colours, memory's of North and South popped into his mind and he decided to have a talk with Wash after this training mission, she stepped onto the training floor and fought well only being his twice both in the left arm, once all the enemy's were dealt with she returned and now it was Joneses turn, and everyone was looking forward to see how the private did, Church tapped him on the back as he walked past, the bots came and fell quickly and easily as Jones took full advantage of the assault rifles many uses from the butt of the gun to the fully automatic firing capability's, he was only hit once and that was in the left hand, he used the rifle with one hand after the shot and still defeated the bots.

"he's actually pretty good" Jason muttered

"told you so" Church said smiling

Jones walked back in and smiled fist bumping Church happy with how he had fought, last up was Ashley, she walked out the door and into the training room picking up two smg's as she went and attached them to her thighs and putting a DMR on her back, she had steel armour with once again cobalt detail, she had a normal mark IV helmet, chest and shoulders, as she used her duel smg's Church couldn't stop the images of Tex filling his mind, before he had noticed Ashley was finished and was walking up the stairs her helmet against her hip and sly grin on her face, as she was the only one who hadn't been hit.

After some words from the Sarge the group was given a partner and told to fight using only your hands, Church had originally been put with Jones but they had knew each others moved and weren't getting anywhere they just kept blocking each others punches, so Church had been Put with Ashley and Jones with Jason who he beat easily, when Church and Ashley fought it had been very close but church had won by a small amount since he had connected the most punches when the time limit ended, the group was then dismissed and told to roam the ship, go eat just do something for two hours while a pelican was being prepared to take them to a forest to work on strategy's and tactics.

Church went right to find Wash and found him in a conference room with the chairmen, wash seemed to be the Chairmen's assistant or adviser in this project or at least when Church were connected to anything, he walked in and the two turned to look at him, the more church had though about the situation the more agitated he had gotten.

"what the hell it going on" he blurted out and then realized he was talking to a superior officer. "urr Sir" Church said saluting.

"what's the problem corporal" asked the chairmen making an emphasis on the word Corporal.

"Sir, I know what this ship used to be, what project it used to be used by, and the two sisters in my squad seem a lot like North and South with the same armour colour and all" church stated.

"I had a feeling this would come up" Wash began "the base idea for project freelancer was a good one, train soldier and use them to do what normal soldiers couldn't achieve, but the man behind it was corrupt as you know, so when this ship was brought back a few years ago, the U.N.S.C had it repaired and decided to have there own version of project freelancer but with less hassle, no AI, no state names and less operatives, just one squad that they would deploy to different mission to help the U.N.S.C when needed, as to the sisters being like South and North, well we had the two colours and though they could have them, it has nothing to do with them being related like it did with the Dakota's" Wash finished and took a sip of water from a glass on the table.

"you seem to know a lot about all this" Church commented.

"well I should, the chairmen has put me as this projects version of the director, I will be who the U.N.S.C will contact to use your squad and will be in charge of you squad when on this ship, thou I dough you will be here much" Wash replied

"why is that" Church asked

"well, once you leave on your first mission you wont come straight back each time a mission is accomplished, mainly because you stay on a local ship or planet until another mission comes up which will be very often since the project has been of great interest to the rest of the U.N.S.C" Wash replied

"ok well, ok...and wash, why does everybody have a cobalt detail on there armour" Church asked

"just a coincidence I guess" Wash said smiling

"I hate coincidences" Church muttered as he walked out.

Church ended up sitting in the vehicle bay helping with the repairs on a warthog, in training they had been giving some knowledge of vehicles, as he worked he saw the steel armored soldier Ashley standing in front of him, her helmet was off and sitting on the passenger seat of the hog, she was simply standing there watching him.

"hey Ash, nice job in the training floor earlier" Church said doing up a bolt with a ratchet.

"thanks you weren't to bad yourself, and why did you call me Ash" she asked

"its a nick name, take it or leave it" church said smiling

"eh, I'll take it, besides I kinda like it" she said leaning against the hog.

Church continued to work and chat with Ash and even after he finished working they chatted until the pelican was ready to take them to the plant's forests below, Church liked Ash, she was nice but also able to be a badass and wasn't afraid to show it, she reminded Church of Tex but not as much as before, Ash was kinder and from what Church could tell, she like him to, so just in that respect she must be the complete opposite of Tex, then again back in Blood Gulch before Tex died they would some times hold hands on top of blue base and look up at the stars, since they were in robot body's they didn't sleep and Tex became more docile at night.

Church was brought back to the real world as the pelican landed in the thick shrubbery of the forest. As the pelican landed and the soldiers walked out they saw there playing field, it was a huge opening with a base at ether end with barricades and towers scattered in between them, Church looked out at the bases and smiled images of Blood Gulch scattering in front of his eyes, he saw a red and Blue flag in each base and knew what was going to come next.

"capture the flag, you will, steal the enemy's flag and return it to your teams base without loosing your teams flag, the winning team get a cookie" the Sarge said.

"what kind of cookie" Jason asked

"chocolate chip" Shepard replied smiling, Church liked the man, he had an interesting personality, he was strict but only when he needed to be.

"oh you guys are so going down, you should know, never get in the way of a women and her chocolate" Alessa said smiling

"she has a point Jason, women get very protective of the stuff, also makes a very good present" Church chuckled

"your not wrong" Ash said laughing.

"ok then, corporal church please pick your team mates, you'll be blue team" Shepard stated

"ok urrr, Ash, and Gav your with me" Church said picking his team mates and walking towards blue base.

The paint they were using was combat pain and worked much the same as stun guns except it hurt more, like a lot more, Church's team loaded there weapons and got positioned in blue base, Ash and Gavin listened intently as Church laid out the plan, it was what Tex had use against him and his team in Blood Gulch, Church sat up in a Tree with the Blue base entrance in his sites as well as the battle field, he had his sniper and would protect Blue base and help give cover to Ash and Gavin who would be advancing towards the Red base, Gavin would keep them busy while Ash sneaked in and stole the flag, they all nodded and moved to there positions, Church sitting in his tree while Ash and Gavin moved to the front of the base ready to move once the Sarge gave the go ahead, suddenly a shot rang out and a bunch of birds flew from the loud noise, "begin" Shepard shouted stepping back into the shadows he had been hiding in.

within seconds there was paint hitting around the walls and door way of blue base, Church followed the trail of pink paint flying threw the air and found Jason just outside red base, assault rifle in hand, suddenly Ash's voice crackled through church's head-set.

"Church, we can't even get out of the base, can you get a line of site on the shooter" she shouted over the noise.

Church looked again and saw he had a perfect shot on Jason's weapon but not much else. "ok I'm gunna shot his weapon out of his hands, it wont give you much time so on my mark run for it" Church replied and both Ash and Jones agreed, "go" Church shouted and fired one shot hitting the tip of Jason's gun sending the gun spinning threw the air and to the ground the paint jamming in the end of the barrel disabling the gun.

Church looked down and saw Ash move up with Gav giving her cover, the plan was going well, Church moved his position to a near by tree so he could see the hole Battle field, Ash and Gav had advanced to around the middle of the battle area, from the look of it Red team were playing the defensive hoping to kill off blue team and win by elimination, which could make sneaking into Red base harder for Ash, Church zoomed in through the sniper and Saw, Alessa with Jason both keeping up fire on Ash and Gav's position, but ware was Alana, Church wandered if she was sneaking into Blue base, but he would have seen her, she must be in Red base protecting the flag, so Church opened up his comm to Ash and Gav.

"ok Guys from the look of it Alana is in Red base protecting the flag, so when you go in Ash, proceed with caution" Church said thinking of a way to take out the two soldiers out front with out giving away his position to the other.

"ok got, it" she Replied

"can you give us a hand here, every time we get a reload time for Jason, Alessa steps in, it a good tactic but is fucking annoying" Gav reloading.

"hmmm, I think I have an idea" Church said smiling under his helmet.

The two were standing side by side with Jason on Alessa's left, and like Gav said, Alessa would fire when Jason was reloading, so Jason's attention would be on his weapon not the fight, church raised his sniper and aimed for Alessa's left arm, he waited for Jason to begin reloading and Alessa to shoot, as they made the switch he fired hitting Alessa in the arm, her hands clenched and moved her right hand to the paint covering her left arm, because she was clenched she was still firing and shot Jason in the chest multiple times locking his armour completely and putting him out of the game, just as Alessa realized what had happened Gav shot up from his cover and fired hitting her in the chest and helmet knocker her out of the game also, now it was just Alana, and should be easy with two against one, Church watched as Ash cautiously went into the base and left church's field of view, after a few seconds she re-emerge with the Red flag in hand.

"she wasn't there" Ash said through Church's head-set.

"then ware is, ahhh" Gav was cut off by a shot to the back of his head and his back, knocking him out of the game,

Church looked down and saw Alana running out of Blue base Flag in hand, "wow she is good at stealth" church though making a mental note, he aimed down with his sniper but pink paint covered the weapon and church dropped it to the ground, "son of a bitch" he shouted, he looked back and saw Alana now running towards Red base and Ash, Ash saw her coming but was to far away from both the base and barricades to get sufficient cover, she was in the open, Church pulled out his M6S and aimed, she was running very fast so church aimed a little ahead of her and fired, she shot hit Alana in the left leg and she fell to the ground, Ash took the opportunity and ran up picking up the Blue flag as well as the Red one and ran back to Blue base wining the game.

Church got down and picked up his sniper taking out the cleanser, he sprayed the cleaner on the gun and the paint dissolved leaving no trace of it, he put his pistol back on his thigh and walked to the middle of the battle field ware Shepard stood cleaning the pain off of Alana, she stood up as Church walked up.

"ok I'll admit, I though I had it when I got your sniper, I wasn't expecting you to be such a good shot with that pistol" she said smiling as she took off her helmet.

"well I doubt I can pull off that kinda shot again" Church replied smiling

as they spoke Alessa and Jason walked up, and Alessa had that look of anger and laughter again "you knew that would happen didn't you" she asked.

"yeah, kinda" church replied

As everyone else walked up Shepard began to talk "good job Blue team, that's one point, lets see how thing go in round two" they all moved back to there bases and revised there plans before starting again.

They were in the forest for most of the day, and the score had ended up with Blue team having seven points and Red team with three points, they were now sitting in the long hall they were going to be sleeping in for the night since they were shipping out the next day to help in a sweep and clear op to eliminate some lingering Brutes, Grunts and Jackles, Church sat up now only wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a cobalt top, with some red converse, he walked out and down the hall towards the old locker rooms, it was strange to him that he knew his way around, he knew it was only because he had been here before he was tortured but it still creeped him out, he let the large automatic door open and close behind him despite the crash the room had been fully refurbished, except the old state names were still on the lockers, the closest one on the right caught Church's attention then again it had been the reason he came to the locker room to begin with, the name the locker had was Tex, but it had used to be Texas, from what church could tell the name tag had been snapped or broken because there was a jagged edge ware the "as" should have been, Church sat down and looked over the name plate smiling, he though Tex would at least be a bit proud of him now he was a proper soldier, even following in her foot steps a little, he ran his fingers over the name when he heard foot steps coming closer and closer, he didn't want anyone in his squad to know he had any connection to the old project and defiantly didn't want anyone to know he was an AI, he was happy to let that info stay with Wash the Chairmen and Gavin.

Church quickly put the name tag in his back pocket and took a more relaxed sitting position like he was just enjoying the peace and quiet, then, the foot steps stopped and Church turned his head to see Ash standing there, she smiled and came to sit next to Church.

"why are you all the way in here, we've all been looking for you" she asked concerned

"I-I just wanted some quiet, the engines are less noise in here" Church replied telling a half truth, the engines were quieter in there. "why were you looking for me"

"the Sarge told us the name of our Squad" Ash replied smiling more

"ok what is it" Church asked sitting up

"wolfpack" Ash said smiling

"wolfpack huh, I would have though it would have been more elegant especially from the Chairmen but, I kinda like it" Church replied smiling back, "was there anything else"

"actually yeah, Jason found an old pool table in an office, and moved it into our living quarters, wanna come join" she asked.

Church was standing up and walking towards the door in an instant, "is that a trick question"

Ash jumped up and ran after him. "hey wait for me".

Sup guys, I hope your enjoying the story, also after the next chapter I'll be uploading an OC list, just to give a little back ground to the characters, but i will be adding the next chapter at the same time so you wont have to wait any longer then you have to, Church out