Chapter 2: Recruits and Missing Entries: Confusing
AN: So I think I should add this each chapter since I see so many people doing it... I don't own anything Halo, Vocaloid. I only own OC's
Also, I'm going to add a First Person's Perspective here
UNSC Midnight Spear
Heavily Modified Marathon-Class Cruiser
1510 Hours January 024, 2565
Deck 5, Port side, Main Passageway
3rd Person
"Wow… This ship is big…" Rin said, trying to piece the ship parts together, "So… The science deck is two decks above and to the stern of the cruiser by the engine room... And the main bay is?"
"Just a few sections in front of us, then you should see it" Jacobs said, looking at the walls "By the way, you should always keep that pistol and SMG with you at all times, in case of a boarding or whatever. You should have spare ammo clips magnetically attached to the sides, but in case you don't" Jacobs walked over to one of the walls. He hit the wall the wall opened up and an ammo cache showed up on the other side of the wall "Small ammo caches are all over the ship. There are about 20 per deck, 30 by the key places around the ship and quarters"
"Didn't expect that coming" Len said, looking in the cache
"Whole bunch of stuff about this ship that weren't in the listing. You guys would have had the ship's specifications in your programming, but we didn't have time for that. We will make some listings for future upgrades, but we have other priorities. It should be faster just to teach you this stuff than to program some upgrades" Jacobs informed them, hitting the cache, and then kept walking
"Wouldn't it be easier to take the ones from previous AI?" Miku asked, following Jacobs
"It would if you didn't have completely different programming than others" Jacobs said "The lead programmers had to make your programs from scratch. It works very differently than the others"
"Okay…" Miku said, looking behind herself
Len checked the cache, then looked at his pistol
"Come on, Len!" Rin yelled back at her brother
"Gimme a sec" Len ran behind them
"Right about here is the Main Bay" Jacobs said, the door opening in front of them
[MAIN DOCKING BAY]
"Incoming Albatrosses please clear parking lots 7-12." Zeta said through the loudspeaker of the bay
All five of the dropships landed and opened the bay doors. Several marines in-training squads came out of three and several ODST's and Marine squads came out of the others.
"All recruit marines, please wait for Commander Markus to arrive. Marines and ODST's, please report to your posts assigned beforehand" Zeta said to the squads
Other people unloaded crates of weapons, armor, and ammo. Len looked around and saw heavily armed ODST's, one of them holding a flamethrower
"What. The. Hell." Len said, looking at the huge gun, then at the guy's overkill visor. It was red with teeth markings on it
"What? The flamethrower or the helmet?" Jacobs asked him
"I'm guessing he's asking about both…" Rin said, looking around at the different soldiers
"The flamethrower is just plain awesome. The helmet is for… Actually, I never found out about that. The Director told me about that squad, Red-Delta. He never went into detail" Jacobs replied
"Well I think we can guess why…" Rin muttered, walking over to her brother.
"The Director told me about his hatred to hammers… I really don't know why." Jacobs said, heading over to the albatrosses.
"All Recruit marines edit order. Please follow posted signs toward Deck 7, Tactical Training starts at 1530" Zeta announced through the loudspeakers
"Damn it…" Jacobs said "We just passed that… Well, I guess it's time for more tours…" Jacobs headed for the door, the other three following
5 minutes passed, and more questions surfaced about the ship
"Okay, okay. Deck 4 has the bay; decks 7 and 8 are training. The bow half deck 7-8 is a training room with CQB and Paintball scenarios. Got it?"
"Kinda…" Rin said, looking at Jacobs "We might need a map…"
"Yeah, probably…" Len agreed, "Wait. Paintball?"
"We have refitted pistols that shoot lockdown paint. It pretty much makes you immobile until the paint wears off" Jacobs opened another door "Just head into the room two doors ahead"
"Okay, thanks" Miku said, running over to the room. The other two followed her. The door in front of them opened
1st Person Perspective: Thomas Dakota.
5 Minutes earlier
I looked over at the other recruits as they talked about the possibilities about the roster. Ours and the whole new training teams'. I looked down at the page. All of our names were there. I checked the bottom of the list. There were three slots labeled "ENTRY MISSING". I looked around at the others "Anyone figured what the hell this means?" I asked, pointing to the bottom
"You've asked that 5 times in the last few minutes, Tom… Just wait and I'm pretty sure we'll find out soon enough" Haley said to me. Naturally, I ignored her, looking over at some other guys
"I kinda think she's right, Tom. Besides, if it's not shown, it's probably not there for a reason" Jake told me. I really never pay attention to last names. Unless it's for a CO or something like that, I just don't pay attention.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah" I responded "It's not like anyone else is being an $$hole to me about this, besides her"
"Hey, come on… Give him a break" Someone from the back of the room said
"Well thanks, Alison. Glad to see someone doesn't want to put so much pressure on me…" I said, looking at her "What do you think about it?"
"Probably some classified tech or something about that. Maybe some experiments like the old SPARTANS" Alison answered. I looked at her
"I thought most of the Spartan programs were scrapped? It's illegal for anyone from the UNSC to make any program like that?" Jake said to Alison
"It's illegal for anyone to make a program like the S-II's or III's…" Alison replied, emphasizing the II and III.
"Whatever… Smartass…" Jake muttered the last part, and then looking at me "Did you convince this crap to her or something?
"Not at all… Not at all…" I replied, and then looked at the sheet
"You still are looking at that? Seriously?" Haley looked at me "Come on… Just wait. I'm sure our new CO is going to come in right through that door with some form of explanation"
So then I looked out the door and waited. In the next few seconds, three people walk in.
"Uh…" I said, looking at them. They looked a lot younger than most of us, by about 5 years or so. I'm guessing their like 17-18 or so. "Who the hell are you?"
"We were told to come here… Is this the wrong place?" The girl the yellow outfit asked someone. I'm guessing her brother or cousin or something like that. Then there was this girl with blue-ish hair.
"Not sure, Rin… Jacobs said right here…" Len poked his head out the door, then back in
At this point I notice something. 1: Why the heck do they already have weapons? 2: What's up with their voices…? It seemed robotic or something like that. Sounded slightly auto tuned or… My thoughts are interrupted by Alison tapping me on the shoulder. I look back "Yeah?"
"Three of 'em…" She whispered to me "I think they're it…"
"Are you kidding me?" I turn around, whispering to her "They're like, 18 or something…"
"Could be" Alison said, sitting down "Not worth rejecting"
"I'm sorry, did we interrupt?" The girl in blue asked us
"No, no… Not really" I said, looking over at them "Exactly where were you told to go"
"Right about here…" The only male in that group said to us
"Okay… Who told you to come here?" I asked them
"The Director's assistant… Jacobs, I believe." He responded "If we're in the wrong place, we can just g-"He was elbowed in the gut by his sister
"Len, come on…" His sister said
"What the heck did I do?" He asked. "Seriously, what, Rin"
"Quit making this harder than it needs to be," She turned around to him
Len shrugged, then looked at the people around me
Alison whispered to me "The best way to get information… Let them give it to you" She winked and then looked at the others
Jake walked up to them "Okay, okay… So you were told by some people from the science lab to come over here…"
"Pretty much" The girl in blue said "Yeah, also just ignore the two"
"Miku…" Len said to her "You're not gonna say anything about this?"
"Nope…"
"Anyway…" Jake said to them "You're sure that they told you to come here…"
"Yes…" Rin responded
"I'm guessing you guys might have been misled. See, this is a room for training purposes, like basic combat procedures" Jake pushed Rin over to the door "So I think you should lea-"
He was interrupted by Len punching him square in the face
"OW! What the f***?!" Jake yelled, backing up "What was that?"
"Don't touch my sister, $$hole" Len said, standing in front of her
"Wow, I'm starting to like these guys" I said to them, getting up
"I'm just going to stand behind them… Y'know… For safety reasons…" Miku said, backing up to the door
The loudspeaker turned on, and Zeta was heard from the other side "I really think the Director should have warned you about this, though your Sergeant will. For your sake I hope you do not excessively anger anyone currently in this room. It is for your safety. Once again, your sergeant will explain all about this. Thank you"
What the heck was that all about that? Nevermind… I looked at Jake "Well, you heard him"
"Shut it, Thomas…" He yelled at me
"Hey, you did start it by pushing his sister" I pointed out. I can tell he's not really going to have a good relationship with those… New guys…
"Anyway…" Alison interrupted the conversation, "I'm Alison, this guy is Thomas" She pointed to me with her thumb "That jerk is Jake. Haley is the other girl here, and the guy in the back is… Actually he never introduced himself…"
To think of it, I never noticed him. He's been quiet all this time.
"Michael" He said to us. I looked at him, then asked
"Okay… How the hell didn't we know you were there?"
"Probably because you were busy arguing with the two about random crap."
"Okay, okay…" Miku interrupted us "I'm guessing you already heard out names"
"Definitely" Alison answered, looking at Jake "And I'm guessing Jake learned a bit more than he bargained for" She laughed a bit
I joined in. And for some reason I think I heard Haley laugh just a bit. Jake, of course thought it'd be okay to ether punch me or the wall… Instead, he walked up to Rin, but was cut off by Len glaring at him
I could guess that we'd end up as a great squad... It's a longshot, but it's possible