Chapter 10 is here at last! Enjoy and keep on reviewing!

The Return of Max

Max had just returned to the red team, or the remainder of, and had possessed an elite's body. It is now the next morning and everyone slept in late. Jake got up and ran onto the roof to contact command yet again.

"Corporal Jake to command! Come in!" said Jake over the radio.

"What's your situation Jake?" responded command. "Did you get the flag back yesterday?"

"No! We didn't!"

"Well then, get it again! Command ou……."

"NO! WAIT! That's not what I called about!"

"What else is there to talk about? You failed at getting the flag again! You must really suck at this!"

"Yea, we know. NOW we…….."

"Maybe, we should pull you two out and get some Spartans down there who could do it no problem."

Jake thought for a minute and continued. "Alright!"

"What?"

"Sure! Get us out of here! I don't mind."

"…..Well, just for that, you must be punished by staying down there! Unless you quit."

"OK!"

"And, now you can't quit! HA! TAKE THAT"

Jake rolled his eyes. "Can I please finish?"

"Fine!"

"Ok, Kevin and eye had just failed getting the flag, again, when we found something weird!"

"What is it?"

"Max is back."

"Impossible! You guys must be going nuts!"

"No, seriously! He's an elite now….Well, actually, he's a ghost or spirit that has possessed an elite's body."

"……That's it?"

"Do you think you could send down red armor that would fit him so we could identify him?"

"Fine! Luckily, we just stole some red armor from an elite two days ago!"

"Not like I care, but why did you steal elite armor two days ago?"

"Just in case you decided that you wanted to put Max, who had possessed an elite, in the armor so you could identify him………..Anyway, the armor will be delivered within the next shipment. Command out………."

Jake just stared out into space, wondering. Kevin and Max got up and ran to the top of the base with Jake.

"What did command want?" asked Max.

"I just called them to get you some new red armor sir." said Jake.

"New red armor? I don't need red armor!"

"But you said yesterday that you did!"

"That doesn't sound like me!"

Kevin interrupted. "What do we do about Bill?"

Jake turns to Kevin. "What about Bill?"

"His body is still out there!"

"……Why do you even care Kevin? He was a jerk who didn't respect you or me! Well, I don't respect you either but he didn't respect my leadership and that is always the worst part."

"Yea, it's always is the worst part!"

Jake turned back to Max. "What exactly happened since you died? And how were you able to possess that elite? And if you came back, not that I care or anything, shouldn't Chris have come back too?"

"Negative!" said Max.

"Why not?"

"I told him not to! He screwed up the mission before, so I thought what are the odds that he'll do it again!"

"That's true!"

"I didn't know him very well anyway." said Kevin.

"I don't think anyone did." said Jake. "I had just met him as soon as I got here and he died later that day. Anyway, continue on with your story, Max."

"I hadn't even begun!" said Max.

"Whatever."

"Ok, so it's like this, and Kevin don't wander off!"

"It's ok." said Kevin. "I'm starting to take classes."

"Or." said Jake. "You could just not wander off! Save those classes for everything else that's wrong with you!"

"THERE IS NOTHING ELSE!"

"AS I was saying." interrupted Max.

Both of them turn to Max. "Sorry Max, please continue." said Jake.

"It's not much of a long story but…..."

"Thank goodness!"

"It was just after I died when I went into this spirit-like-form or a ghost if you will. I saw you guys fail the first time and so I decided not to come back for a little while because I didn't want to be involved for the moment."

"Sounds reasonable!"

"I saw that you got a new recruit and I somehow new that something was going to go horribly wrong, seeing as how he was a jerk anyway! So, when you decided to go out with the plan, I was going to posses…….name?"

"Bill!"

"BILL'S body and take over as sergeant once more."

"I would have let you, so what stopped you?"

"Well, I was going to but as soon as I got down there, he had already died! So I just grabbed this elite's body instead."

"Did the other elites notice?"

"Let's hope not. In fact, I think not because as soon as I got back up, they asked if I was ok. I said I was ok and that I was going to kill you." So, I ran up the ledge and through the cave when I had heard that you two had the flag. I looked back down to see FOUR ghosts behind you."

"Wait, four? There were three!"

"Three that got by me! I sniped at one of them and he came after me as the other ones ran after you. I threw a plasma grenade at him and he jumped out of the now destroyed ghost. He fired his dual plasma rifles at me and I answered him with my carbine. After battling out with him for a while, I finally killed him and ran to where you guys were after you two one against the other two ghosts. Then, I said hi to you, then you both freaked out, then I…"

"Yea Yea." Interrupted Jake. "We know that part!"

"Oh, sorry!"

"Anyway, some of that with you fighting one of the ghosts seemed a little hard to believe! No offence!"

"WHAT? Of course I did."

"But when you told it, you seemed…"

"I SAID I KILLED AN ELITE IN A GHOST!" Max interrupted.

Jake rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say, sir!"

Max looked around. "Where's KEVIN!"

"Don't worry, I'm used to him disappearing now!"

Kevin walked back up onto the base with a package. "Package here!"

"Your armor's here sir." said Jake.

"Excellent!" said Max. "Kevin did you hear any of my story?"

"…….Some of it!" said Kevin.

"Want me to tell it again?"

Jake and Kevin looked at each other and then back at Max. "NO!"

"Well then! It's time to form our next plan!"

"What is it?" asked Kevin.

"I don't know yet! THAT'S WHY I SAID LET'S FORM OUR NEXT PLAN! DON'T YOU LISTEN?"

"…….Sometimes!"

Max shook his head in disbelief and asked himself. "Why did I come back?"

What will happen to Max, Jake, and Kevin? I will need at least 1 more review to continue! Thank you!