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Chapter One
"Spartans you are now to report two Lecture Hall 1A for a special lesson." A voice over the intercom said. It was after dinner and we got in line to march across the campus to the lecture hall. When we got their we took our assigned seating.
"Hello Spartans." Dr. Halsey said walking into the room followed by Petty Officer Mendez. We all focused on them and the large cases they were carrying. "Today is a special day for all of you. Today is the day we will introduce each of you to all the weapons the UNSC has. And tomorrow each of you will get to hold and test all of these weapons on targets." She announced. "Alright let's get started."
"First," Mendez said opening a brief case. "Is the M6 Pistol. This is the standard sidearm for our units 12 shots per clip with 2x scope." He replaced it and pulled out another weapon. "This is the MA5B assault rifle." He said showing us. "Automatic with 60 shots per clip, but no zoom because it is more of a mid range weapon." He replaced that weapon also and closed the brief case.
Dr. Halsey opened another briefcase. "This is the M90 shotgun pure close range, 12 shots per clip no zoom. And this is the sniper rifle, only 4 shots per clip, with a 10X tactical scope!" She exclaimed. She put both weapons back as Mendez pulled out another case.
"This is the M19 Rocket Launcher." He said having trouble holding up the huge weapon. "This weapon holds two explosive shots at a time with a 2x zoom." He replaced it and Halsey opened the last case.
"This final weapon," she said. "Is M7057 flamethrower very close range weapon. No zoom and has 100 units per canister. Alright that's it we will practice tomorrow and with that good night." She said as they left the room. We lined up and marched off to our beds.
The next morning we our wake up call went off at 4:45. We pulled on our uniforms and marched to training hall 3C as directed. Jai and I were whispering together as were other people in the unit. "Are you excited?" I asked. "This will probably be the best day ever!"
"Yea I know I can't wait to try out the rocket launcher." He said with a mischievous grin on his face.
"The guy on my right, Li-008, said. "This is what we've been training for, because we're supposed to fight aren't we." We reached the trading building at 5:00. It was huge with many tables set up each had an assault rifle and a pistol.
"Hello Spartans." Officer Mendez said. "Line up in groups of three or four behind a table." He instructed I stepped up as the first for one table. Jai and Li stepped up behind me. Li was whispering to the girl to our right, Kelly-087. In front of here was a quiet kid, Samuel-034 and first in their line was John-117.
From the beck of the room Mendez instructed, "Alright the first person in line pick up the pistol." I did what he said. It felt kind of heavy I needed both hands to support it. Next to him Dr. Halsey activated something from her holo-pad.
In front of every table a holographic image appeared of an Insurrectionist with an assault rifle in his hand. The one in front of me looked over. He waited a second the lifted his rifle pointing it at my head. His finger was about to squeeze the trigger when I shot him.
It went through his forehead and the figure disappeared. I looked around everyone was staring at me and the kid next to me John, then I realized we were the only ones who shot. All the holograms did the same thing, but we we the only ones who shot.
From the back of the room Mendez walked over to me and John. He stared at me for a second. "Why, why uh?" He paused.
"Alex?" Dr. Halsey offered from the back.
"Yes. Why Alex did you shoot? Did I order you to shoot?" He asked. I shook my head. "What was that?" He asked.
"No sir!" I said. I knew this was turning south.
"Well then if I didn't order you to, why did you shoot?" He asked.
"Because, sir. It was going to shoot me." I answered. "It was reflex. Kill or be killed, sir." I answered looking down. He patted me on the shoulder. I looked up and he was smiling.
"Ha kill or be killed." He said. "I like it! There may be hope for you yet. Uh John why did YOU shoot?
"Same reason, sir. Self-defense against the insurrectionists." John replied. He was usually quiet but he looked determined.
"Now I have a question for the rest of you. Why didn't you shoot? All of them pointed their guns at you and shot. Why didn't you shoot them?" Mendez asked. Now it was their turn to look down.
"Alright now. We will begin we will have holograms for you to shoot. This is just target practice, each of you will shoot an entire clip, reload, and pass it to the next person. Understand?" Mendez said.
"Yes, sir." We said in unison.
"Alright let's begin." He said. "And Alex, John here, you can start with a fresh clip." He handed me a new clip. I set the old one on the table and loaded it with the new one. "And Alex. Nice shot." He said with a smile.
"Thank you, sir." I said. Jai patted me on the back and gave me a thumbs up and a grin. I smiled back. I started shooting. I had mostly good shots only missing two. Once it was empty I reloaded and set it on the table for Jai.
Once everyone had gone. Mendez told us to use the assault rifle now. I picked it up. It was much heavier and I had to use my shoulder to hold it. It fired different from the pistol. It had more of an automatic firing. I still had some good shots but like everyone else the weight threw a lot off.
Once we finished with the assault rifle we headed to the mess hall for breakfast. On our way to breakfast I could feel a lot of people staring at me. I looked around for John but I couldn't see him.
When we got to the mess hall we stood in line to get our breakfast. Afterwards I went and sat next to John, Sam, and Kelly. "Uh hi." I said. "Can we sit here."
"Sure." John said. Jai followed me and sat next to me. I looked around. People were suddenly giving our table some angry glares. They were mad that John and I were praised. None of the Spartans talked much so we ate in silence until it was time to go back.
"Now Spartans." Mendez was saying. "You will get to use the shotgun and sniper rifle. For the shotgun the targets will be closer than before and for the sniper they will be much further. You may begin.
The shotgun was also very heavy. I shot it at the target and it was hit in several different places. It shattered as a new one came up. I pumped it and shot again. I shot a total of 12 times.
The next weapon was the sniper. I pulled it up to my eye and looked down the barrel. I lined up the sights on the targets head and bam. The kickback startled me as it was flung up into the air by the force of the bullet. I aimed and fired again this time I was ready for the kickback and I stopped it.
After lunch we ran through a training obstacle course. We had to do it as fast as we could and the person with the lowest time had to go without dinner. Soon it was my turn I sprinted across the field. I jumped over the wall turned around and crawled through the mud under the barbed wire.
I reached the bar six feet in the air. I pulled myself up and walked across it carefully balancing myself. I hopped down. I ran to the rope I swung myself across the mud pit and jumped off the rope on the other side.
The final challenge we had to climb a rope and ring the bell 15 feet in the air. I started pulling myself up it was slow and tough work. I pulled up and inched my legs farther up the rope. I made sure not to look down. Around 10 feet I was aware of how high I was and I was getting nervous and tired. I kept climbing until I finally rang the bell signaling for the instructor to stop the timer.
It was finally dinner time and we went to the mess hall to eat. The food was tasted bad but we were used to it. We ate army rations with a glass of water. There was also a pile of mush that no one knew what it was. The kid who came in last was pulled out of the mess hall by the instructor who made him do push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks until dinner was over.
We went back to the training facility for the final two weapons. We began immediately with the flamethrower. Flames came out if the end only traveling a few feet. After everyone had gone we began the weapon that everyone was waiting for.
I picked up the rocket launcher it was so heavy, it almost weighed as much as me. I rested it on top of my shoulder and aimed at the target. I fired as instructed. I missile launched out and when it hit the target it exploded. I fell back from the power of the missile. I shot once more then reloaded and handed it to Jai.
After we finished we marched off to bed. The end of our exhausting day.
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