Halo Future: Forerunner

Act Two, Part Three: Tell Me About Yourself

July 14, 1138 Hours (Military Time), UNSC Med Room, New Jersey

Jason lay in a fetal position, his eyes drooping. It had been nearly three weeks since he attacked that girl, who now became known as Claire, with his arm. Since then, she had been hooked up to trillions of monitors, nanites injected into her skin every fifteen minutes to heal the burn. Jason had been cooped up in that test room, doctors asking him questions about his skin, if he had any diseases.

"How's he doing?" Kevin asked.

He, Garth, Alex, Henry, and Otto stood beside Dr. Halsey, watching him from the other side of the barrier.

"He usually just sits there, only stopping to go to the bathroom or eat. He even sleeps like that." Halsey said.

"What about Claire?" Alex inquired.

"The nanites aren't able to repair the internal damage. We might have to… let her go."

"That won't happen!" Garth yelled.

"I won't let her get hurt."

"Can we talk to him for a while? See if we can pry some answers from him?" Otto questioned.

"Sure, just make sure to be careful. You've got ten minutes before ONI comes in here."

Halsey opened the door; the five kids stepped inside before it sealed around them, locking them and Jason inside.

Jason looked up at his friends. He ran up and got them all in a bear hug, crying.

"Guys! Oh, I never thought I'd be so glad to see any of you! You have no idea what they've been doing to me, trying to pry at my brain and sending their ONI jerks to skin-rape me." Jason growled.

His skin began to turn blue, and his left hand started to glow green.

"Whoa, big guy, calm down. We've only got a few minutes." Henry said.

Jason let them go, his skin turning to normal.

"I suppose that you wanna know about how I did that stuff, right?" Jason asked bluntly.

"Not to be rude, but yeah." Alex said.

"Okay, well listen up."

The kids crowded around Jason, looking with interest.

"Twelve years ago, my parents got married at the age of nineteen. My sister was, so they say, the result of a dance during their first four months of dating each other. Anyway, once my sis turned ten, they decided to start getting real jobs; apparently, boxing and waitressing weren't good enough for them. As my sister got older, a rift between my parents started growing until they eventually divorced. A month later, while my mom was walking home from work, a massive Covenant invasion force happened to be occurring near where she lived. Some Brutes, Hunters, and Grunts kidnapped her. Rather than killing her, they decided to let one Hunter have his way with her."

Jason started to breathe heavily.

"I can hear her screams… every night, I can hear the sound of that sick freak raping my mother, his eyes reeled back in pleasure and his accomplices watching in amazement and grinning at her misfortune."

"After I was born, doctors found some weird sort of… anomaly in me. Apparently, the Hunter left some of his DNA in me, which means that I'm half alien and can transform from Human to Hunter during times of extreme stress. I'm also gifted with this somewhat useful left arm."

Before Jason could continue with his story, the Arbiter walked in, along with three men in strange uniforms.

"That one there, in the center?" the first one asked.

The Arbiter nodded grimly, his eyes down to the floor. The other two men puts shock cuffs on Jason and took him out of the cell.

"Who are you guys?" Otto asked.

"ONI. We're here to apprehend this… creature." The first one said.

"That creature has a name, and he belongs with us!" Kevin yelled.

"Not anymore."

The ONI guys left, leaving the kids there with Arbiter.

"Where are they taking him?" Henry asked.

"To a prison, on one of your colony planets. For testing." Arbiter said.

"We need to help him. Get him out of there—"

"And then what?! We have no time to worry about him; we must train you to fight our new enemy! Think, human!" Arbiter snapped.

Henry grimaced. The Elite was right; they'd get Jason back, but now they had bigger Grunts to use as cannon fodder.

Outside, the three ONI men threw Jason into their transport. The second one took a look at the boy before sneering.

"After all these years, you humans haven't evolved at all. Makes me glad I'm infected." He joked.

The ONI men started to glow before showing their true forms. They were men, with sick green skin and short hair, with yellow slits, wearing ancient body armor.

"So what do we do with the kid now, Laryx?" the second man asked.

"Patience, Lacunas. All in time." The first man grunted.

"Turin, how are our human guests doing?"

The third man grinned, several teeth missing and bugs crawling out.

"I'm sure that their well… in my stomach!" Turin laughed.

Lacunas didn't look amused.

"Great, fatty, now can we get this one to the boss and leave?" he fumed.

"What's the matter? The human making you wish to be with our old brothers?" Laryx taunted.

"Of course not! I'm just… getting a funny feeling about this human. Whatever, let's go."

The three men stepped into the transport and took off. Soon, no one would be safe. The Darkness would consume all.

Well, there's the origins of Jason and the intro to three of the Dark Forerunners: Laryx, Lacunas, and Turin. This chapter took way too long, and for those who were waiting, I'm sorry. Next time: Kopak and his crew come face to face with a challenge the even Ossoona cannot rise up to: his past. And what happens when the new Spartans have the training grounds to themselves? You'll have to see in: "Letting Go of The Past!".

In other news, my new upcoming story, "Ultimate Heroes", has begun development. It'll be a crossover story, so… here's the team roster and what show they're from:

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Huey Freeman (The Boondocks)

Riley Freeman (The Boondocks)

Aang (Avatar)

Katara (Avatar)

Zuko (Avatar)

Toph (Avatar)

Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Kiba (Naruto)

Shino (Naruto)

Naruto (Naruto)….

Plus eight other, as of yet, unrevealed heroes, which brings the total to nineteen heroes.

I'm hoping that the story will be on the site by late March, at the least. PM me for any additional info, and I'll get to you as soon as I can. Read and review!