The Worst of the Worst
Author's Note: Alex Denton is the protagonist of the video game Dues Ex: Invisible War. The game can be found on Xbox or PC. If you are a fan of first person shooters or RPGs, this is both combined, so I strongly suggest you try it. It is truly a brilliant game. Alex is a clone of the original character of the Dues Ex game, JC Denton. He is biomodified to have certain special abilities, such as cloaking or thermal masking, regeneration, robot domination or neural interface (hacking into computers) among other special abilities.
Chapter 3: The Saviour
The Chief landed in North Seattle in the year 2052, 500 years before the events of Halo and the breaking point of the Human-Covenant war. It was also twenty years after the Collapse, an economic breakdown on Earth caused by one hacker, JC Denton. The man he was looking for was Alex Denton, a clone of JC's who was able to stop JC from causing yet another catastrophe. The chief glimpsed through Alex's file. Apparently, he had a wide range of weaponry skills, and he was also 'biomodified' into having special skills. The Master Chief knew Biomodification was declared illegal and all projects concerning it was cancelled in the early 2100s because it was found to cause a fatal form of cancer in which when the subject reaches the age of forty the subject's body slowly disintegrates and dies within the year. The chief went to his last known whereabouts in Seattle, which was located in the Emerald Suites in North Seattle. Alex answered the door, looked confused, but welcomed the Master Chief inside.
"So, who are you?" Alex asked.
"I am the Master Chief of the UNSC."
"And the UNSC is?"
"United Nations Space Command. It's a part of the military and space programs. They haven't even began comprehending the UNSC yet in this time." The Master Chief explained.
"What do you mean 'in this time'?" Alex questioned.
"I come from the year 2555. We discovered time travelling just a few years ago. There was an alien race trying to wipe out mankind so I was required to recruit a number of elite characters in history to fight the alien infestation. Though we did lose a few members...the team was successful in our mission and we managed to destroy the home planet of the aliens known as the Covenant. That was three years ago...now, there is a new threat and I have been recruited once again to travel through time to pick up the best of the best and fight against the new threat to save the future of our race. You, Alex Denton, are among the best of the best."
"Interesting." Alex commented. "But why me?"
"You have more then the required weaponry skills needed to be on the team. You also prevented another Collapse from occurring by fending off your clone brother, JC Denton. You arethe saviour of your time.We would love to have you on board."
"Well, I have always been up for new adventures. Sure, I'll come along. Just as long as I have first pick of the weapons."
"Oh..." The Master Chief said, "I think you'll be enjoying some of the weapons we have in the future."
The Master Chief and Alex Denton left Emerald Suites and headed outside into Upper Seattle. When they got outside, there were three Templar soldiers waiting for Denton to come outside. They drew their weapons as if to shoot him, but Denton, at lightening-quick speed, drew his Red Greasel Hunter pistol. He quickly put two bullets into the foreheads of two of the Templars. The Master Chief was impressed, he decided to step back and see how Denton would handle the third. The Templar fired his SMG at Denton, but he rolled out of the way, unsheathing his knife in the process. He charged at the Templar, grabbed him around the neck and slit his throat.
"I believe you belong on the team." The Master Chief said, after witnessing Denton's performance.
"That's not all." Denton said, as he activated some sort of leech drone by pressing a button on his side. The drone broke down and disintegrated the bodies of the Templars, then it had seemed to give their energy to Alex.
"It's a biomodification." Denton explained. "One of my many. I'm sure they'll come in handy when battling off against these aliens."
"You know, they eventually find out that biomodification slowly destroys your cells." The chief told Denton.
"Oh well." Alex replied, "I'm having fun now." He smiled.
"Who were those people?" The Master Chief asked.
"Renegade Templars. These religious freaks who believe if you're biomodified, your soul is impure, and you need to purify yourself and join them or die. I killed their leader, and now the leftovers are after me. They're just a bunch of pushovers."
The two of them got back to the time travelling machine. When they arrived back in 2555, the Master Chief introduced Alex to Samus, Dr. Dufraime, and Gunther. The tiny little grunt was actually enjoying his stay, even though he is surrounded by humans. Samus had no problem adjusting to Sector M-9 once again. Alex was pleased with the variety of munitions Sector M-9 had to offer. He stuck with his Red Greasel Hunter and knife, but seemed to have an affinity for the Battle Rifle. Denton grabbed one of the many lying around and went to go test it out in the shooting range.
The Master Chief glanced through his list of recruits. One of them, however, caught his eye.
Nick Scryer.
Apparently, Nick was a Psi Agent in the year 2137, and fought against a huge criminal organization known as the Movement. Scryer has telepathic abilities, as well as pyrokinesis, mind control and other psychic abilities which would make him a strong asset to the team. The chief set the co-ordinates in the time travelling machine.
"Where to now, MC?" Alex asked the Master Chief.
"To go pick up our new recruit. I'll return promptly." The Master Chief answered. "Take a look around, Denton. You might see some things you like."
"Oh, I'm sure I will." Alex replied, tightly grasping his battle rifle. He had just planted a number of rounds in the heads of each target at the shooting range.
Samus approached the Master Chief and asked, "Does this remind you of last time?"
"Yes." He said, "but this time, the threat can be even more dangerous. I'm not sure. When I have brought back all of the recruits, we will explain the situation to you all."
"Alright."
"Samus, could you do me a favor?" The chief asked.
"What is it, Master Chief?"
"Keep an eye out on Gunther for me."
The tiny grunt was sitting in the corner, quietly napping. The chief was used to bashing his rifle into those little creatures when they didn't suspect it, but the chief started feeling differently about himself and his methods of battle. He always thought mercy and remorse were signs of weakness, but in turn, he also found out that those were signs of becoming a human being, and human beings sometimes show weakness. The Master Chief turned to face Dr. Dufraime.
"Punch in 2137, Doc. Nick Scryer, the Psi Agent." The chief said. "This should be interesting."