Epilogue 4:Imps to Demons

Medbay, UNSC Frigate Phalanx, Airspace of Colony Kinist, January 30 2556, 0630 hours

The mission was a great success, usually we would have gone down to the ship bar to celebrate and be wasted by now, but all of us were in the Medbay because of the Skiff flipping. We still had our own little celebration, complimenting each other on our feats during the OP. We were in high spirits, and then the doctor said Ihad a visitor.I got up with my crutches and walked over to the next room. a man in an expensive suit walked in, he was bald and had a tattoo of a hand clutching arrows on his head.

"You must be Gunnery Sergeant Adams." He says.

"Thats me."

"I'm from the Office of Naval Intelligence."

What did ONI want with me?

"My name Is Jun, you and your squad have caught my eye. Your latest mission had you setting charges in a Brute base, correct?"

"Yes sir." I respond.

"Then why was the detonation of the base much bigger than anticipated?"

Was I in trouble?

"I found another ODST on my way to meet my team, he had lost his squad and knew a lot about Covenant tech, he saw the core and knew that the model would destroy the base faster and more efficiently than setting them at structural points in the building."

"Interesting. What else happened in the mission?"

"We made our escape, Brutes hit me and one of my lieutenants, but neither killed us. We made it to a garage, our new Covenant expert drove a Skiff as we escaped. Brutes gave chase but they were held back until we were out of range of the explosion, but the shockwave flipped us."

"So let me get this straight, you took another ODST with you, Disobeyed protocol, had two of your squad injured, and all of them injured after you escaped?"

I gulped.

"Yes Sir."

I was ready for a Court Martial on my ass. But something else happened, Jun started laughing.

"Um.. Sir?" I ask.

"Sorry sorry," he says catching his breath from laughing too hard," Sergeant, you and your team did phenomenally. I've already reviewed your helmet cam footage but could barely believe it."

I was relieved at that.

"I would like to ask you something Sergeant."

"What would that be sir?"

"Do you know what a Spartan is?"

Medbay, UNSC Frigate Phalanx, Airspace of Colony Kinist, January 30 2556, 0635 hours

I walk back into the main Medbay room.

"What was that about?" Ask Declan.

"We've all been accepted into the Spartan IV program..."

A silence filled the room.

"WHAT!" They all screamed in unison.

"Spartan? As in giant super soldier Spartan!" Said Sarah.

"How is that even possible?" Asked Marco.

"Who cares? We're gonna be Spartans!" Shouted Declan.

"When do we start Sarge?" Asked Andre.

"Once we are all recovered we will be shipped off to training for it, you as well Lowery."

"What?" Asked Marco

"You're officially part of our team now."I respond.

"Wow, this is so much!" Says Micheal.

"Don't get too excited, you'll heal slower that way."

I had a feeling this was only the start to our journey as a team.

Pelican En Route to UNSC Frigate Phalanx, July 10, 2556, 0935 hours

Over 5 months had passed since we were inducted into the Spartan IV program. We were heading back to the Phalanx, but we were all different from when we left. For starters we were all taller than when we left, our bones and muscles were stronger, our eyesight was better, we could survive for longer without food or water, and we were wearing the most advanced armor this side of the universe. We all had uniform Crimson armor with silver highlights. Sarah had a Raijin helmet with scout chest-plate, Declan had a Strider helmet and Enforcer body, Andre had an Oceanic helmet with Aviator chest and Soldier Shoulder Pads, Micheal had Enforcer helmet with Recruit chest and Orbital shoulders, Marco had Aviator helmet a Orbital chest-plate and Recruit shoulders, and I had a Scout helmet with Venator chest and Scout shoulders. We got off the Pelican to meet the and Officer and another Spartan with custom orange Mark VI armor with a new helmet and shoulders with knives in them.

"Fireteam Leader Phineas Adams reporting sir!"

"Greetings Spartans, I'm Commander Ronan Richardson, and this is Spartan commander Leo B112." he says gesturing to the Spartan at his side.

"That's a Spartan III number." I say

"That's right Fireteam leader, you've done your homework." Said Leo in a gruff voice.

"Fireteam Inferno at the ready sir!" I say.

"Let's get to it Spartans!"

"SIR YES SIR!" We all say in unison.

The End

Fireteam Inferno's story will continue in Halo: UNSC Phalanx

It's me! The Author! Wow, my first ever fic is complete (well almost) it took a lot longer than I expected, I intended for this to be a short intro to Phineas leading into Phalanx, but as I kept writing it became the first chapter rather than an intro. I had a ton of fun writing this and hope to start writing Phalanx soon. But in the meantime I'm going to upload one last chapter, a character bios and notes chapter that will have some facts about the characters and the original plans for this fic. I hope to see you there. Reviews always appreciated