Chapter 3:

Awnsers

We followed the general into a sleek looking room, like the kind a company board would meet in. On the far wall was a large data screen, that looked currently turned off. The general took a seat at the head of the large table and motioned for Trey and I to sit where we pleased. I took a seat on the side of the table opposite of the door, a habit I had developed thanks to the kind of city I lived in where gangs would sometimes randomly come into a room shoot everyone then leave. Trey sat down opposite of me and glanced up, I saw the message in them. Be ready for anything, weather we have to fight or run.

Then a door I previously dismissed opened, in walked a young women in about her low twenties but the only thing that really registered in my mind was her figure. Damn she was hot. With a heart shaped face, blue eyes almost like my own but without the hazy green mine had. I almost forgot to mention she had a set of racks big enough to make my own back hurt and I wasnt even the one who had to lug them around. Again I looked at Trey and whispered "Dibs." He just shook his head and turned back to the screen on the wall which had whirled to life showing us what looked like a suit of armor.

"Hello, I am Rachel as my name tag says. I am in a very bad mood so you two had better keep your eyes on my face and nowhere lower. " she said pointing to Trey and I like she knew exactly where I was really looking.

"Yes ma'am"

we both stuttered out. She nodded looking pleased. "I hope I dont have to remind you of the same thing, general." she said. The general or as I now call him the "Man" merely nodded. "Now the actual reason you two are here is for two reasons. One, to learn of the lives you will lead after I am done with this presentation and two, to learn of the war with the covanent and your job in it." I had heard of the covanent but only really briefly, not much was known about the alien alliance out for humanity other than one thing. They either had to be negotiated with or killed. Those were the only options left.

"First is that you two have been discovered to have above average mental and physical capabilities. Also, lucky for us, your genes look to allow you to become part of the new spartan program. The first batch of spartans known as spartan II's have already been produced and the results are very impressive. However we dont believe they will be enough. You two will undergo extensive training and physical enhancements to become like these spartans. You will first recieve your training then, your augumentations immedietly after." She said almost without taking a breath.

The whole time if felt like hammer after hammer was hitting me as she spoke. " You expect me and my friend to become these "spartans" basically regular soldiers suped up on so many steroids theyre like the fucking hulk with a brain and then expect us to massacre these covanant freaks that are attacking humanity?" I realized this, that lady is fucking. Nuts.

" Yep." she stated like its no big deal.

" Well I'm all for it. Basically your gonna make us like kickass soldiers and then we get to use those new skills on the aliens. Sounds better than trying to live in the ghetto eating ramen noodles everyday for a meal and doing drug runs hoping one of the gangs won't decide to just get rid of us." Trey spoke, for the first time since we had gotten onto the warthogs.

"Well, when you put it that way. I like it." He had changed my mind I thought back to how the thugs would always pick on us before we finally dropped some balls and learned how to fight back but even then these are gangsters. They had guns we didn't and the thought of them seeing me when I came back after the war, shitting themselves, I almost laughed.

"Good." she simply stated, walked back through the door she came in from. Then I turned to the screen that was on the wall earlier, to see it had changed from two suits of armor to a bunch of directions. Looks like they atleast gave us a map of the place.

"Well follow those directions and they'll take you to the pelican that will bring you to your new home for the next three years." He said then proceeded to follow the hot doctor lady out the same door.
All that was said after they left was one sentence from Trey "Dude, shit just got real."