Chapter 3 Same coat new Armor

Aw Timberland Training grounds a place Six has been in the past before today in his own firearm training during his early Spartan three career to improve his weapon skill even when they said his weapon skill eclipse even seasoned gun experts who spent their entire life learning how to shoot.

Six examine as North shoots the targets a few yards away in different spots to help his student improve their aim and move from one target to the next. He could tell the Older Dakota was very much the type to make sure his shot will land and will double-tap just to be double sure which Six liked to see since most people tend not to do that and with that line of thinking will save you in this line of work.

After North finished his turn in the target practice Wyoming took his turn and Six could tell Wyoming thought highly of his skill and to be fair Six saw he was a good hunter in his youth and has good skill in firearms, but not as good as he thinks he is, at least from Six's perspective.

"Well, Chaps I think that damn fine shooting, without trying too hard to toot my own horn," Wyoming said to the others while complimenting himself as well.

"I think you could slow down a bit to made sure every shot was a kill?" North said to the more seasoned sniper since he saw after the first shot Wyoming waste no time and aimed than fire shortly after for the following targets which cause his aim to get sloppier as it went on.

"Nonsense North each shot if not lethal would surely leave them on the floor in pain. Making them easy picking." The white armor agent's response to the one in purple and green.

"He is not wrong, Wyoming. After your first two shots, each one did not kill but after the fourth one most people would still be able to stand getting hit in those spots." The Spartan explained

Wyoming took Six words more seriously than North's though Six could tell he did not like being schooled by this freak of nature and science. Six also told North he need not take too long with his moving to the next target along with double-tapping, though experience will most likely help in that case. North took the advice to heart.

Six left the two snipers to keep practicing if they so wish or get some rest. The Spartan follow the sound of gunfire that he drew closer to by his natural instinct. He saw CT going through a training tunnel that used to train CQGF aka Close Quarters Gun Fu. he saw that though CT was considered low on the tier was actually really skilled, or maybe Six saw she had more to give than what she had shown. CT cleared it and looked exhausted and South went in to do her turn.

"Not bad Connie." Six words surprise CT as she did not see him coming.

"Mister Six. thanks but please call me CT. It makes me sound like a child." but that is not the only reason she did not like others to use that name. However, Six did not care or picked up on it.

"May I see your gun Connie." as this Sidekick is of a newer gent than the one he used in the past which looks like a smaller and black Magnum.

Connie sighs at him, not going to call her CT and does what he says, and places the pistol into his hand. Six looked it over even aim with it while looking down sight and what he felt was nice and improvement before giving it back to her.

"Aw fuck yeah beat my best time." South was pumped she did it after three tries to do it. her Spartan Teacher was not as excited as her about her "achievement".

"Was every shot a killing blow?" not believing she did an effective job finishing off the targets?

"Of course I did I'm not a fucking child." South did not like how Six was critical of her since he saw her potential but at the same time, she was too impatient for her own good which will defiantly get her killed but most others along the way.

Six head in and examine the targets and saw for some she actually landed a killing blow but they were barely passing as a death blow. Less half were this, the rest were shots that would wound but people could still survive or recover from it pretty easily.

"Do it again and make sure you land a killing shot on each target. I know you are capable of doing that. Stop worrying about doing it at the speed of fucking sound. You are not a fucking hedgehog so stop acting like one." Making it clear there was no debt in this.

"Fine." South reload her Sidekick pistol and got ready to do it again it clicked it her, "Wait? was that fucking Sonic joke?"

Six did not respond as he headed to his next stop which was the Shotgun training exercise which was being run by Maine and York. Maine he saw was good muscle but was not lacking any brains which Six liked to see. As for York, he was a joker which Six did not mind and was good for close quarters and hacking which Six saw a lot of value for the team but the system's Director put in place seems to be against teamwork.

"Hey, couch how was that for a run of the exercise?" York asked, feeling he did pretty well in it but Six saw a flaw in it.

"Should have taken cover while reloading the shotgun before moving on to your next targets." knowing York was from what Six has gleamed over the years was not skilled enough to draw a sidearm to kill anyone approaching him or at least push back people who try to take a clean shot while he reloads his shotgun.

"And mine?" Maine asked and Six only said to pick up his pace as he left the two to continue their training. Clearly, he was wanting to do other things.

Six watches from the top of a hill down at Carolina and Washington shooting targets in a single spot since the exercise is on quick aim and shooting not so much aiming and moving like the others. Carolina hit her targets with ease and double-tapped them like Six taught almost straight drilling into her skull.

Wash was doing pretty well for a less experienced agent. His main issue is with reloading which he takes it slow to make sure he loads it right. Carolina put her rifle down when she finishes the exercise and examines Wash's shooting as he got closer and closer to the end of the exercise while teasing and giving advice to the young black and yellow agent.

"Wash you are being super paranoid with your reloading." As Carolan said it Six was coming down the hill to both get a closer look and give feedback.

"Just want to make sure I don't run into a firefight to realize I did not reload a full clip." Carolina chuckled and understood his worry but that very specific situation to get into.

"Then I say spend some time after finishing shooting to practice your reloading so that you get familiar with it." Six voices cause both to turn to Six wondering what he got to say about what he is seeing.

"I will do that, thank Sir." As Wash went back to finish his target practice.

"What about me?" Carolina couldn't be smugger even if she tried 120%

"Overconfidence makes you careless Carolina. As "leader" you must be level-headed and lead by example." Six words were mostly echoing what Carter said to him on Reach since he was a true leader and one of the few Six work with that earn his respect, though that list is very small.

"I will try to be a better leader. Sir" Carolina did want Six's approval since he was someone she wanted to be, Flawless, Lethal, doesn't need anyone else, a soldier with no regrets.

"No. Do! Or not at all. You can't afford to try Carolina." His tone was very serious as he knew Carolina's biggest weakness was her competitive nature which was a double-edged sword, but one side edge is much sharper than the other.

Carolina simply nodded as Six walked off leaving the two agents to reflect on what the Spartan said.

"Did he quote Star Wars?" Washing was sure he heard it somewhere and that's the first thing that came up.

"Shut up and get back to work," Carolina ordered not wanting to talk about it with Wash of all people.

Six headed into the base and sat down in front of a workshop table since today he decided to work on his weapon to tune-up and keep them in good weapon was his Magnum which he had as a sidearm. The pistol was good for snipping weapons but it's not too good where you don't need a battle rifle or a DMR for range combat.

Six's magnum wasn't his, it was Kat's that he kept when she got snipped in the back of the head killing her. To honor her memory he painted her name on it in the same color of cyan that Kat's armor was.

"Who's Kat? Your girlfriend." Alpha appears on the table examining the gun in the Spartan's hands.

"Not really. Just a fellow Spartan three. She was one of the smartest Spartans I met when relating to tech. Though she was too curious for her own good at points." remembering her brought a smile to Six's face but Alpha could not see it.

"I see. Anything Particular you like about her?" Six glances at Alpha and decide to give some info since he and Alpha are on good terms.

"Me and Kat enjoyed modifying ours and the team's weapon to make them better for the mission at hand, she reminds me a lot of... nevermind" Alpha noted Six end his talk sooner than he originally meant it and wonder if he says who Kat reminds him off or something else, and boy did he got his answer, "She had a nice ass I won't deny."

"I never expected you of all people to be a perv."

"Not my fault it was eye-catching." returning his focus to the pistol as spins the dial which controls the pressure of the shots so you can lower the range and force of the shot but boost its firing speed ever so slightly.

Six aimed it at a target in the room and fired a single shot, the bullet through the air like a charm so he turned the dials back to where they were and where he liked it. Putting the sidearm away and moving to his primary weapon, his Infamous Battle Rifle.

"Custom Made?" Alpha uses references of Battle Rifles in the project and Six's version was very different outside of cosmetic difference. It had red marks on it with a reaper decal that was the same red color.

"It became one over time. Me and a friend spent years tinkering on it. It's probably the best Battle Rifle in the entire universe until a drastic change in a few years." Alpha noted Sic had a lot of pride in his craftsmanship of this weapon.

"I see you have an extended Barrel to boost effective range, the Sentinel scope which a scope uses for more snipping DMRs." That's just all Alpha could see without looking deeper into the Frankenstein rifle.

"I put things in there to boost the fire speed and reduce recoil." Six then aim and fire his personal rifle and as expected it was still as good as the day he got it so long ago.

"Oh before I forget if that's even possible a Miss Forger sends a message saying only, "Its finish" I'm guessing she is talking about the new armor that you had to steal parts from a UNSC storage base" Six answers was just a simple nod as he left the room planning to head one of the Sabre in the base and take It to the great beyond, "Still unsure why the Director hates you so much?"

Six only need to fly for 20 or so minutes to reach Forger's spacecraft and dock inside with ease even for this very fast craft. Six hops out and head to Forger's workplace. When he entered he saw her finish forging what he can only guess was a sword of some kind, like one a knight would use if knights were modern.

"I see the blue fairy inform you pretty quickly." She heard him enter and examine her creation.

"Where is it?" Just getting to why he even came in the first place.

"Put on the tech suit then I will get you your armor." having a small under her helmet due because she knows his reaction will probably be priceless.

Six did as she said enter the bathroom took off all the armor and old tech suit and put on the new one that was waiting inside for he put it on it felt amazing he felt naked in it in a good way. Every limb was flexible, not even a hint of restriction, unlike his last suit which was clunky though it might have been age making that he exited the bathroom the Forger saw his helmetless face which was the first in a long time.

"I see you have been lacking in shaving. Trying to make yourself look older than you are?" her teasing was not amusing Six though he kept it internally.

"Where is the armor?" She did a simple gesture to the crate which Six left with all the material inside for her to make said suit.

Six open the crate and the Forger let out a chuckle silent as a mouse because she can see his reaction or half of it at least.

"What the hell is this?" Clearly annoyed and offended combine at what she made the armor look like.

"What's wrong with it Six? I just use your hair and eyes for references." having the smudgist smile under her helmet right now. Especially due to Six's expense.

"I'm not wearing it. I refuse to be seen in this." being out of characteristically childish which the Forger picked up on.

"Oh come I added a color changer in it so you can pick the color, this just the default one." her words calmed him slightly but he was still annoyed at her as he put the armor on in hopes she was not lying about that color changer.

The armor was slightly heavier than his old armor but it felt less clunky at the same time. Mark six armor was proving to be a drastic upgrade heck the amp to his states are even higher than the old one, better energy shield and better hud, motion tracker among other things.

Though some additions he asked miss Forger to include are built in Cloak which should be at least as good as his old one. Along with a built- in energy dagger which gave her long ago from dead elites which she reverse engineer to include them into his suit.

"This really great work except for-"

"Oh come Nathan what's wrong red and blue?" Personally she found him charming in the color along with his visor being the classic legendary/gold visor.

"Well, one It doesn't fit my style, period. Second I'm a stealth guy so bright as fucking colors kind make it harder." as the Spartan tries to figure out how to change color. Soon he did and changed it into mostly black color with red as a secondary and his visor color.

"Fine. trying to give you a good excuse to abandon your old life." clearly trying to help but being very on the nose about it. Six did not respond as he simply headed to the exit. Because deep down he was not worth saving.

The agents finish training by the time Six was coming back and most enter the ship but York and Carolina stay behind to wait for six to land the Sabre he borrowed and join the rest on the Pelican back to the Mother of Invention.

"So I see you have really gotten close to Six." Carolina just took an annoyed glance at York. his face had a smug smile long with short brown hair and blue eyes. His attire was a yellow shirt with black pants.

"Aw worry you being second fiddle to a Spartan?" Carolina's face said it all with her red hair and emerald eyes to top her smug smile she shot back at him.

"Not a chance. I was curious because it seems Six and Director don't like each other. Remembering that one-time director came in and Six was behind Carolina and it looked like he was pumping her but York even back then knew Six was not very horny, in fact, York would not be surprised if he was a virgin spartan with how focused he is on his job.

"I swore dad almost made my ears bleed from all the yelling he was doing about it. I mean come on I was not going to take being humped by a trainer regardless if they're a spartan or not." had in mind to do her mother's secret technique the nutcracker.

"Yeah, I remember what happened to that one guy the night we met. I think he came became gay because of it." York jokes not really knowing the person who tried to hump her while she and York were dancing at the Errera Club they met in.

Carolina laughs at his pretty low-hanging fruit joke as they see a Sabre land and decide to approach slowly to see if that one held Six inside. When the glass room of the pilot seat lifted up and Six hops out and both were impressed by the armor he has on due to being so damn good.

"Jesus who made you that sexy armor." York's joke got ignored by the spartan 3 as he walked past them figure the couple was on their way to Pelican to leave this planet.

"Oh come on Six you can tell us." Carolina teases him as they follow him to the ship but it was clear Six was not interested in talking to them. Before entering the ship.

"A gal made it for me." Which was the only thing he said as he walked in and all the rest were wowed with it like the two best agents in the Project but Six did not look like he cared. He did slightly enjoy how wowed they were, Forger once again did a fantastic job. He headed into the pilot area and took the co-pilot seat.

"Wow, I never thought it was possible for you to look even more smoking hot," Niner said as she got the Pelican up into the sky and into space. But Six did not respond to her joke. But Niner was not done talking with him. "So how is she doing?" Though I never met her she was curious as to past times.

"She's doing fine." He did not spend much time actually seeing how she was doing recently.

Niner could tell he was not in a mood for talking so the rest of the flight was wordless at least between those two. Six minds wondered about what to work on the Mother of Invention, first one that comes to mind is wrist-mounted SMG as a last effort used for taking out foes.

Following up with that thought he wonders to upgrade the nearly broken grapple hook that he thinks the director got in a fucking flee market than anything made by an actual company hired by the UNSC or ONI to make. After all Six has a feeling that this is just the calm before the storm.