Authors Notes:
Hello Guys and girls. I promised you a long chapter and here it is. Well sort of a longish chapter really, but let me know what you think. Now let's get back to the story at hand shall we?
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Colorado opened his eyes and was blinded by the lights hanging over his bed. He turned his head to the side and almost immediately a wave pain shot up his body.
"Ow" he grunted
"Doctor" He heard someone say "I think he's waking up!"
He was immediately rushed by people in white scrubs.
"Damn it I'm fine!" he yelled as he swatted them away
"Like hell your fine" A man's voice said
He turned to see York, Washington, North, and Carolina standing in the door way.
"You gave us quiet a scare there" North said as he took off his helmet
"How do you feel?" Wash asked
"Like someone used my head as their own personal battering ram" Colorado grunted as he shook his head
York chuckled and walked forward.
"Is Texas alright?" Colorado asked
York was throw off by this question "Uhh…yeah she's fine"
Colorado nodded.
"Unfortunately your armor locked down when you passed out, and we haven't been able to treat some of your minor wounds" Carolina said
Colorado nodded "Well I'm up now, might as well get this over with"
He reached for his helmet and the pressurized seals released with a hiss.
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Carolina cocked and eyebrow. As Colorado showed his face she couldn't help but admire the detail. He had a very strong jawline and piercing sea green eyes. He had short black buzz cut hair with barely visible streaks of grey. His face was covered in dozens of knife scars, most notably was the one running form the tip of his right eye down to his chin. But most shocking of all was his skin. It looked like the man had never been out in the sun in his life.
"Is there something wrong agent Carolina?" Colorado asked
Carolina realized that she was staring at him and shook her head.
"No I…uhh…I was just looking at your armor" Carolina said blushing
Colorado shrugged and turned to York.
"Man I'm hungry, how long have I been out?" Colorado asked
"Well let's see, today is Tuesday day so….10 days" York said
"What!" Colorado yelled jumping up "OH I'm going to kill him!"
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C.T got her lunch and walk over to her fellow freelancers. Wyoming, South, and Maine were sitting at the table already.
"Did you hear that the new guy is still out?" Wyoming asked in his British accent
"Damn" South cursed "I really wanted to shake the hand of the man who kick the crap out of little miss perfect"
Wyoming just looked at her "You tore the hanger apart because he said hello to you"
"So" South shrugged
"Well I just-" before C.T could finish her sentence a man barged in with his armor half off. York, Wash, and Carolina where right behind him
"Hell no!" he yelled
"Come on you need you get back" Pleaded Wash
"NO, I have not eaten in 10 days and I'm not eating that damn hospital food!" Colorado said as he walked up to the sever
"Hey excuse me ma'am, umm…can I have some mash potatoes please and umm…some green beans, a glass of chocolate milk, and uhh you know those chips and cheese, yeah just the cheese please"
C.T walked over to Wash
"Who's this?" She asked
"This is a very pissed off Colorado" Wash said
C.T looked back at the man raiding the food line and cocked an eyebrow. She had no idea that Colorado would be so… attractive.
"Finally!" Colorado exclaimed as he got his tray of food, sat down and started stuffing food in his mouth like it was going out of style.
"I have to say" South started "I like what you did to Texas"
"What do you mean?" Asked Colorado between bites
"Well I mean, fighting the top ranked agent on your first day. That takes some serious guts" Wyoming said
Colorado paused mid-chew "What?! She was the top ranked?!"
Wyoming nodded "Yes…didn't you know that?"
"What, hell no!" yelled Colorado "I thought that the list was randomized!"
Before anyone else could say a word the loud speaker activated.
"Agent Colorado" The director's voice blared over the COMM "report to the briefing room immediately"
Colorado sighed, got up, and turned around, cursing the entire way. Just then Origen, California, Arizona, and the other new freelancers walked in.
California walked up to C.T
"What was that all about?" she asked
C.T shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, but let's find out"
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It took Colorado a while to find the briefing room and usually found his way to the barracks or the washroom. Being in a coma for ten days will do that for a person. He had now changed back into his old armor minus the dents.
Damn he thought 10 days here and I've already destroyed two suites
After fifteen minutes of running around he finally came to the wright door. Colorado stepped forward and the door slid open reviling the room behind it.
Inside were three people standing around the holographic projector. One of them was the Councilor; another one was the director, and the final one was a woman he had never seen before. She had blue Scout armor on with red trim.
"Sir!" he said as he gave a crisp military salute "Agent Colorado reporting as ordered, sir!"
"At ease" the director said waving him off
Colorado dropped his salute and walked over to the other agent.
"Agent Colorado, meet Agent Nevada" The Councilor said
Nevada turned to him and took off her helmet. She had short cropped blonde hair and several brown highlights. Her skin was an olive complexion and her eyes were a golden brown color.
"Ahh, The infamous Colorado" She said with an Australian accent
Colorado shook his head "Ma'am"
The director cleared his throat "I've called you both here because we've decided to put you both on your first assignment"
Nevada and Colorado looked at each other then back at the director. The holographic table in the middle of the room shifted to an Arial view of a ship yard.
"We have reason to believe that the insurrectionists are building a weapon of some kind, we don't know exactly what it is but that where you come in"
The picture zoomed in and Colorado could see more detail.
"Your objective is to infiltrate the compound and find out anything you can about this new weapon and destroy it. The use of lethal force is authorized. And let me be clear this is a joint operation, I expect both you to follow protocol to the letter, understood?"
"Yes sir" they both shouted
"Dismissed"
Nevada sealed her helmet back on and walked out of the room. Colorado stayed.
"Sir, Permission to speak freely" Colorado said
The director cocked an eyebrow and set his data pad down
"Alright Commander, Permission granted"
"Sir, I just feel that my skills would be of better use fighting the covenant"
The director stepped forward.
"Commander, may I remind you that Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood handpicked you for this assignment and that your cooperation is of the most vital importance. If our two programs are ever going to coexist your presence here is crucial, is that clear?!"
"Yes sir!" Colorado said
"Good, dismissed"
Colorado saluted, turned on his heel and marched out of the room.
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C.T was had heard everything. Everything to the briefing from the little chat the director had with Colorado afterword.
"C.T?" California asked "Why was the director calling him Commander?"
"I don't know" C.T muttered under her breath "but one thing is for sure, things are going to get a lot more interesting"
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Colorado entered into the hanger of the Mother of intervention. It had changed since he had been here last. Manly the scaffolding and machinery over by the place he had that encounter with South. He shuttered and kept walking. He spotted Nevada talking to their pilot, Four Seven Niner.
"Finally!" Nevada exclaimed "Where in the hell were you?!"
Colorado put his hands up in defense "Hey this ship is big alright, I got lost"
Nevada rolled her eyes "Incompetent basket case"
Colorado Growled and followed her onto the pelican.
"Alright people" said Four Seven Niner "Buckle up; we'll be flying into an insurrectionist no fly zone. This ride is going to get bumpy"
The pelicans engines started and it drifted out of the freelancer Frigate.
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The entire first half of ride to the L.Z was silent. After that Four Seven Niner kept humming random songs that he didn't recognize so he decided to turn down the external volume in his helmet. After about twenty minutes of awkward silence, Colorado deciding to unsheathed one of his knifes and sharped it on his forearm guard. After all one of his trainer always used to tell him: Keep your weapon ready Boot, you never know when you might need to use it. He glanced up at Nevada. She had her helmet off and was reading a copy of Two thousand leagues under the sea. After about 10 minutes he decided that his knife was sharp enough and sheathed it. He laid his head back on his seat and sighed. With help from the ships rumbling engines and the silence of his helmet he slowly drifted off into sleep.
Authors Notes:
Well I'm glad that over. Let me know what you think! Also, I'm getting pretty sick and tired of writing Colorado's name out, so if you have any suggestions please feel free to share them. Cause I need them…Badly.
