Spartan III: Wasp's Awakening

Wasp awoke three days later in a concrete room. He was alone. A single window overlooked an urban community. He walked to the window and looked down on all the people going about their business. "Where am I?" he thought.

"You're in the UNSC world headquarters. Chicago to be exact."

Wasp turned around to see a man in a suit standing behind him. "How did you get in here? There is no door." Wasp inquired.

"I have ways… Sit down." The man pointed to a table with one chair. Wasp sat down.

The man reached into his jacket and pulled out a black folder.

He read, "Jack Desman, born 2/28/38, parents killed in 2743, black hair, black eyes, Caucasian male. Charged with 951 accounts of murder in the first degree, 475 accounts of breaking and entering, 42 of burglary, 208 of robbery and 1 of disturbing the peace…

You are a real badass, huh?"

"I do what I can.", Wasp said.

"What was the disturbing the peace for?", asked the man.

"Wild party…" Wasp answered.

"If you're such a bad ass, why didn't you help your parents when they were being tortured till their death? Huh? How could you let them die painfully like that?", the man said calmly..

Images of his mother being cut up filled his mind.

"Shut up. You don't know me…", said Wasp angrily, "…you don't know what I'll do to you."

"Oh yeah? Do it!", the man said raising his voice.

Wasp then grabbed the leg of the wooden table and snapped it off. He raised it above his head and was about to strike when he saw a .9-millimeter staring him in the face.

"Put it down now.", the man said.

Wasp didn't move. He just stared into the man's face. "I know you want out of this place. Listen to what I have to offer and you might just get it.", the man said. He lowered his gun and Wasp lowered his table leg. "The government needs you Wasp. All those charges will be dropped if you just do what I say."

" I don't even know your name.", said Wasp.

" Carl.", the man said.

"Continue Carl.", Wasp growled.

"Have you ever heard of the Spartan II project, Jack?", Carl inquired.

"Some failure that was. Only one of them lived to see the end of the war.", said Wasp.

"Looks like you've been doing you're homework Jack.", Carl said.

"Those bitchy teachers made me study it in school.", said Wasp.

"Well you're the next Spartan. The government fears you yet needs you. The Covenant are back and we need you to fight. After seeing all those crimes you committed we need someone with your magnitude of violence. The Covenant must be stopped quickly. Please help.", said Carl.

"If it gets me outta jail…sure.", Wasp replied.

"Good. Follow me.", said Carl.

The man walked towards the wall and knocked on it in a weird tune. It sounded like Oly - Oly - Oxen – Free. A hidden door opened and revealed a long hallway with men and woman wearing lab coats. They traveled down it and everyone stared at Wasp. And he stared back. After walking for a long 10 minutes they finally reached a room that had the words "authorized personal only" on the door. They walked through the door and what Wasp saw would change his life forever. On the table in the room was a suit that was constantly shifting colors between black, blue and green. It had a 50-caliber sniper rifle next to it. It was the suit of the famed Spartans of legend. One scientist came up to him and said, "Wasp, this is your new home."

Carl, Wasp and the scientist circled the table staring at the armor."This is the new MJOLNIR II type armor…", the scientist was saying. "It was originally created for Spartan 117 Master Chief but construction was halted after his tragic death. We picked up on it again when Roctus V disappeared off the intergalactic space charts. We knew the Covenant would be back…anyway it is changing colors because of the new camouflage system we installed into it. We knew you had a thing for sniping so it should come in handy. Speaking of snipers, this sniper will be your pride and joy." The scientist picked the rifle up like a new born baby. "It has a mechanism that melts metal inside of it into the shape of bullets."

"So…", Wasp asked.

"You never have to reload! It automatically reloads for you with the bullets it makes.", the scientist finished.

"When do I get to test this baby out?", Wasp asked as he grabbed the sniper rifle.

"The first mission isn't for a few more weeks but we do have a training simulator over there.", Carl said.

"Good. Lets crack some Covenant skulls."

To Be Continued in Spartan III: A Hero Returns