Mexico walked with Nevada happily. She was glad to have another member of her very large family back. Seriously though, what was it with the Director recruiting Spartans though? It didn't make sense.
"So how's Nira?" she asked.
"Good from what I heard from her last" Nev answered. She laughed. "She's busy but still get's time to talk. What's so funny?" he asked.
"You two were inseparable when we were younger. What was that nickname that went around camp? Romeo?" she asked laughing.
"What about yours?" he asked.
"Oh no! I may be a hacker but being called that will give you a death wish Gabe! Who calls a person Techna" She threatened. "It sounds like a magical pixy"
"I ran into Dr Halsey as well by the way. She told me your position in the ODST commando program" Nev said bringing it up.
Mexico sighed. "I love the job. And their not that bad once you get to know them, hell they even know I was raised as a Spartan and don't treat me any different. I just...remember what I said I wanted to always do in boot?" she asked.
"Drop straight into hell with a composite bow that Halsey designed for you, I never got why you like those things. And shoot the crap out of everything because you were so in love with the boldness of a ODST" He remembered.
"Hey they are fun. It's a shotgun and sniper in a bow! Who wouldn't like that?" she asked amazed. "You can snipe and fight at close range when you want to by pressing a button and it switches the barrel!"
"Anyway I saw Halsey. She wanted to give you this" he handed her a chip.
"What I don't get fancy surgery like the rest?" Mexico joked. It was high-tech, then again Halsey always knew she loved a challenge. It was her gift. Like John's luck and Kurt's instincts, they all had something.
"No she said something about having a spartan mind could either make you a genius or give you a freakish psychotic episode. Anyway his name is Reconnaissance and for some reason sounds almost exactly like the one on the Spirit Of Fire's AI. Serena was it? Except his voice is male and his appearance is a wolf. Apparently he's her 'brother' AI. And she also is having your bow transferred here as soon as the UNSC approve of it as a suitable weapon design." Nev answered.
"Oh yeah? I can't wait until I get my baby back! Nev, one last thing. Don't do Jericho Seven on me again? That really freaked me out" Mexico requested,
"How do you know about that? I didn't think you were there" He questioned giving her the spartan smile.
"I was pulled in last-minute to do a drop. ODST armor white and yellow, I stood out the most on the ground" she said.
"Ah well too late did it earlier before I found you sparring with Wash" he admitted.
Mexico laughed and pulled back one of her blonde bangs. "So how's Jorge and Kurt?"
"Jorge is working on a team called NOBLE last I heard and Kurt is MIA. But actually MIA so you don't worry" she smiled thinking her brothers were at least still fighting.
Nev said goodbye something about reporting to the Director. Who she was pretty sure she heard him mutter what a dick that guy was. Mexico nearly skipped along to the hanger where Colorado was working. She wanted to ask if he would help her with the designed weapon Halsey was sending ehr and tell him about Gabe.
'I wonder if he knows yet?' She though She peeked in like a child checking if Santa was in the next room.
"Collie! You in here" she gave him a new nickname for when she was bored.
Mexico looked in and saw in shuddering at a holographic image of a zealot classed élite. He couldn't look at it and she saw the one thing that she hadn't seen in her fellow Spartans in years. Being Afraid.
"Kale?" she asked.
He flinched as she entered looking at the red élite. "Fillis end projection. override code seven five two delta bravado" she called out. Colorado snapped out of it, and saw her there. He was about to say something before having to run off to the side and puking in a bin.
"Kale?" she asked again gently making her way over to him.
He sat up feeling and looking better now that the image was gone. "Hey Mexico. Sorry you had to see that" he apologised.
"The memories still got you huh?" she asked sitting on one of his empty work benches. There was stuff everywhere a complete hacker's dream set of computers as well. She made a mental note to steal one of them later on.
Scythe appeared in a portable holo-projector. "Agent New Mexico, or Cemmi?" he asked.
"Mexico, I uh, also have a favour to ask Scythe. How do I implant Rico into my head?" Mexico asked.
"Who?" Colorado and Scythe both asked.
She held up the chip. "My AI from ODST training had a split off copy. In other words another cloned brain they put into cryogen to see if it would come in use later on. I was found a lot easier to teach and manage with that AI so they or Halsey most likely gave me the cryogenic copy of them. This is Reco as I am calling him for short or Reconnaissance." She introduced.
"What's his personality like?" Colorado asked as she chucked the chip to him to look at.
"Sarcastic witty and a breath of fresh air. Also probably has a training instructions book on how to make salads out of insurrection" She smiled making him laugh. She was glad her brother got her sense of humour. "Hey did you know Gabe's here?" she asked.
"Saw him earlier after he did-" she finished the sentence for him getting the idea.
"Jericho Seven manoeuvre" She ended. "Who taught him that!? I knew we were supposed to be crazy but that's just plain nuts!"
"Is there a reason your here? Other than the AI?" he asked her.
"Yes, I am getting a composite bow. It's like a shotgun and a sniper riffle inside a bow, lot's of fun if you don't get shot in the foot with it. Can you help me set it up when I get it?" she asked nicely.
"Sure thing Mexico. Just let me..." he trailed off to fiddle with a machine and it broke down making smoke splat everywhere.. Mexico laughed and ran out before he caught her.
'Why did he freak out at the elite? He's faced them millions of times before.' She thought
"Agents New Mexico, Wyoming and Florida please report to the bridge" came the voiceover.
"On my way Phillis" She said running to the main part of the ship. Slowness and sloppiness was appalled by the Director and something no one could afford.
"Sir" she entered and saluted at attention before joining the others.
"Agents we are approaching a insurrection base on the planet below. We have been called in to serve as a rescue party you have ben chosen to raid the base for anything that may give us our next lead. Dismissed" the Director ordered.
"That was possibly the quickest debrief of my life/ He called us up here for one sentence!?" Mexico said aloud when they were out of earshot.
Heading to the hanger where 479er was arguing with another pilot on where something was supposed to be. She was tapped on the shoulder and handed a rather large box by someone. She read the top of it and smiled. Wyoming looked at her as she practically tore the metal box apart trying to get it open, in the end she grabbed out her knife that was attached to her armor and began stabbing the thing to death. Florida grabbed the box of her before she destroyed it completely and pulled off the lid with ease.
"Thank's Flo" she said.
"Flo?" he asked her. "I'd prefer something like cappy" he suggested.
"Cappy? What the hell? And second I prefer Flo otherwise it's Flowers" Mexico responded. She grabbed out the composite bow laughing like a maniac after adjusting the shooting and firing range on it.
"Now I can end the world!" She said smiling at her bow.
"Dear god chap! Is this a bad thing?" Wyoming asked Florida.
"We're dropping into hell!" she said climbing onto the pelican.