Let's jump into the backstory of this new spartan. We're going to see a familiar faces from the Halo games. This is an important person in the Halo universe, so get hyped!

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Scott's Narration

I can remember how this started. Decades ago, when I was four years old, my family went on a trip to another planet. An insurrectionist attack caused the ship to crash land. I got sent off the ship on an emergency shuttle. The rest of my family didn't make it. They keep telling me I was lucky, but I never believed it.

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Where it all began.

Scott's POV

Obviously, I'm the one that got in trouble. If that one prick didn't touch my stuff, I wouldn't have had to break any of their teeth. But I get detention, while they get to sit around in the nurses office. They're probably sucking on some lollipops right now.

"I heard you got into a fight earlier." A woman walked into the room. I have no idea who she is. Looks like a teacher, but I've never seen her before. "It wasn't my fault." I noted. The woman sat down. "I've heard this happens very often." She said. Why is she interested? "I don't like it when people mess with me." I replied. I don't start fights, but I always finish them.

"Fair enough. Do you know why you're the only one here?" She asked. "Because after I beat up some kids that were messing with me, I got in trouble. Meanwhile, they get to sit around with the nurse." I answered. "Oh, so that's what you think they're doing." What's she talking about? "The other children you were fighting. They aren't at the nurse. They're in the hospital." What? "Why?" I asked. "Because of you." She answered. I sent them to the hospital?

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Scott's Narration

I never saw the big picture until I looked back at it. A lot of my life was like that. Things I'm looking for, right under my nose, right there in front of me and I don't realize until it's too late. I didn't realize I injured those pricks so badly they had to go to the hospital while I was getting in trouble.

I also failed to notice that the woman had been testing me while we were talking. But that talk made start looking back. Start thinking more about what I missed than what's going on. And soon, I became more concerned with what went on around me.

I decided to run away sometime later because of some issues with my adoptive parents. The same day, I was abducted into the Spartan Program.

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Scott's POV

I have no idea where I am, or how I got here, but I don't like any of this. Everyones following that military looking guy, but I don't like this. "Where do you think you're going?" Another one. His badges look real. I think these are really the UNSC. "The rest are going over there." He seems to want me to follow everyone else.

They all had their hair shaved into identical crew cuts. I checked, and mine was shaved as well. Everyone looked almost the same. Which means that whoevers behind this is stripping us of our identities. I don't like this at all.

"Move!" The soldier zapped me with an electrical stun weapon. I followed the others. "Have a seat, all of you." It's her. The woman that spoke with me at my school. She's dressed diffrently. She has a white coat, she's not military, but she's important somehow.

"According to naval code 45812, you are hereby conscipted into UNSC's special project codenamed ORION II. Also know as Spartan II." So when she saw me, it was for this? Why me? I have so many questions, but I don't think I'm getting any answered.

"Your parents are gone." Is it because no one would know if I disappeared after I ran away? "The planet Reach is your new home." Did they plan on that? "Your fellow trainees are your new family." Have they done similar things to the others before us? "Each of you has been hand selected and called to serve." How long have they been planning this?

"Your bodies are already faster and stronger than other children." Is that why I fight so good? What would happen if I fought with one of the other trainees? "And we are going to make them even better." Why do they need to do this? What do they have planned for me?

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Have you tried rebooting?

Leroy's POV

So far, we've found a lot of stairs. And now we're in a room similar to the place where I found my new grande launcher. "Me and Arnold are going to see if we can plug in MACSS. You and Leslie check for security turrets incase it tries to go Skynet on us." James ordered.

"But what if the Covenant decides to follow us down here? Wouldn't keeping those extra guns online be a smart idea?" I asked. "You want to get shot when it turns on us?" James asked? I don't think it would be that hard to take care of. "The probability MACSS will turn on us is 32%." Arnold noted. So those are good odds.

"Bringing the AI back online now." James said. "Multi-Autonomous-Complex-Security-System online." Looks like it's active. "Scanning for hostiles." Aw shit. It's pulling down the wall turrets. "No hostile targets present. Locking down the perimeter. And now the doors closing. But at least the AI isn't trying to kill us.

"MACSS, we need to find the location of all active Scepter Corp facilities after the Covenant invaded." James asked. "Level Two clearance is required. Please identify yourself." Shit, we don't have the Spartan with us. "I am Corperal Arnold—" The cyborg cut off. "He keeps doing that when we ask his name." Leslie noted. Weird.

"Authority Recognized. Level Two clearance granted." The AI seems to be less glitchy now. What was up with it before? Maybe it just needed a reset. Unplugging it and plugging it back in probably fixed the thing.

"Checking data on other facilities activities: No data found within the past 5 years." That can't be good. "So we got nothing? We went all the way out here and you don't know anything?" James asked.

"Is Scepter even alive?" I asked. "I am unable to answer these questions." MACSS replied. Well shit. He's probably dead. "Warning: Security network may be compromised by classification 1337 hacker." What? I don't know what that means. "Who is hacking the security network." Arnold asked.

The annoucement speakers are acting up. "I would like to let you know it has been five years since our last security breach." That's not MACSS. Not an AI, or alien. That's a human's voice. Okay, this is getting wierd.

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Daddy, can I keep him?

Ash's POV

God damn it! If I knew that Richard was going to just run off and make me catch up with him, I would have had Huan come with us. I'm not a Spartan, dammit! I can't keep up with you people! Richard already found the other one.

"Okay, who's the old guy?" I asked. He doesn't look anything like Richard. His armors completely different from what Richard used to have, and he has no helmet. "A Spartan II." Richard's replied. That doesn't explain why the two look different.

"Well, we need to get those evac logs and leave." I said. "Already did that. Scepter's wasn't here. He's on the planet somewhere." That's good to know. "Huan, we need evac. We're bringing an extra passenger with us." I reported. "Roger that. I'm headed your way." Huan responded. This went well. Found a Spartan. Scepter is still on the planet somewhere.

And the tower is shaking. "What's going on?" I asked. "Covenant are trying to blow up the tower. They have lots of air support firing. You need to get out of there." Huan reported over the radio.

"Any way out of here without being spotted?" Richard asked. "We would need to go underwater. And I don't have a helmet." The other spartan answered. "And my suits fireproof, not waterproof." I added. If we're not too heavy to swim, we'll be spotted once we come up for air.

"We can't afford to leave anyone behind. We're going to have to risk rushing back out." Richard said. "You realize if my pelican is destroyed, I die? We don't have replacements for either of us." Huan reminded. "I'll distract the air support. Keep them focused near the roof while you leave by the entrance." Richard explained his plan. Send us out one end while he keeps them on the other. "Once you two are out, I'll jump into the water and request pickup at the city." Richard explained.

"Got it!" Huan said. Me and the other Spartan went back the way I came. Richard grabbed a rocket launcher as he left. Now I have to run back the same way I went the first time. I should have just waited outside. God damn it.

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Huan landed inside the lobby. At least the building being sideways makes it easy to land inside of it. The Spartan grabbed the rear turret while I sat down. Suddenly, loud jet explosions replaced by the plasma explosions shaking the building. "What's going on up there?" Richard asked. "F-99 drones. They're flying into the Covenants air support." Huan explained. What the hell? Who's launching drones to help us?

"Richard, we're coming to pick you up." Huan ordered. I got up to look outside. Those things are flying into them. We barely have the men to operate one of those things without an AI. These drones are striking fast and accurately. That would take a lot more people than the planet has left. What the hell is going on? Who's doing this?

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James POV

"MACSS, what was that?" I asked. "An announcement made my Nathaniel Scepter several years ago. It appears to have been played remotely." MACSS answered. "Scepter is alive?" Arnold asked. "Data not found." MACSS replied.

"I'm getting tired of playing 21 questions with the AI. We need to find out where we can get level one access, now!" Leroy yelled. I agree. This isn't getting us much further than we started. "Level one access is reserved for the chief executive of Scepter Corp." MACSS said. This stupid peice of trash is just repeating the stuff it says while it's not in the system now.

"Wait, we don't need Scepter! We just need someone with his access." Leroy exclaimed. Holy shit! "He's right. Even if Scepter's not on Olympus, we just need to figure out who's replacing him off the planet, and bring them here." I said. So how do we do that?

"MACSS, is it possible to establish off-world communications." Arnold asked. "Attempting to contact off-world Scepter Corp facilities. Error: Off-world communcations can not be established." Don't tell me the company shut down after Olympus got taken over. "Why?" Arnold asked. "Off-world communications can not be established." MACSS repeated. "Why?" Arnold repeated. Oh for fucks sake. "What's preventing Off-world communications?" I asked.

"All interstellar communications facilities have been disabled." Fuck, the Covenant. I forgot they took them out before they invaded. God damn it. It's like they know how to make a problem before it starts.

"Uh guys. Where did Leslie go?" Leroy asked. Shit.