ONI had ordered Phoenix to assassinate the general, they would be held responsible if anybody knew, everything ONI had ever done would be compromised. But the rules of the mission were not to kill any UNSC personnel, or civilians, unless absolutely necessary. The Dream Team had never had a member killed, they were ONIs personal ODST squad, so they never had any missions dangerous enough to get them killed, sure they were still some of the best ODSTs in the UNSC, but ONI never sent them places that they couldn't handle.
"How do you know we did it? Maybe a rebel found him after we let him go?"
"Vozi saw Derv kill Excision, Derv made a point of making sure Vozi watched it."
Derv stood up and walked over to the ONI officer. "They kidnapped one of us, tortured him, and they were going to kill us when we rescued him."
"You don't have to tell me, I'm not here to arrest you, I'm here to warn your team, get off the planet, ONI are sending their best to get you."
"Dream are their best aren't they?" Liam was confused, if Dream was coming for them, they were screwed, Dream would just kill them. Dan however knew better, Dan knew that ONI had another team, one they didn't publicize, he stood up, he had a job to do.
"I thought it was strange that you had sent us a second Spartan¸ especially Camo, the rules were that I can't work with him unless it was Agent business. Now I see that it is Agent business, Agent 4 and 5 reporting for duty sir." Both Spartans stood up and saluted the ONI officer.
"I need you to arrest Derv, however, there was a sniper shot fired, it took out the engine of an ODST warthog. If it was a rebel, it would have been fired on the ODSTs in it, so I have to assume it was a member of Phoenix, somebody skilled with a sniper rifle."
Sam stood up before anyone could say anything. "I fired the shot, that's why I didn't take out any of Dream, because I couldn't kill a former team member. Derv needed me to navigate his way around the ship anyway." Only Karl, Osci, Derv and Chris knew what happened on the mission, however Sam was happy to take the fall for what they did. Karl no longer had a reason not to trust Sam, ONI may execute them for this.
"I was under the impression that it was the team sniper, Osci."
"Osci was shot in the arm in our last mission. He can barely hold a sniper rifle, let alone fire one, I offered to help Derv when he questioned me."
"Ok then, I assume that you plan to come quietly? Rather than try to fight two Spartans. Liam too, the team leader is responsible for the actions of their team, he will need to be questioned."
