CHAPTER 7

MYSTERIOUS

Darkness was around the prisoner. She was held tightly by sustained her arms were stretched out. She was lifted. Held on above the ground.

Her armor was gone. Her hoodie was taken off. She short boy hair cut was shown. She opened her eyes. Staring as she laughed.

Seeing Ares standing in front of her. He stared at her angered and closely noticing her words.

"Well now, Ares it has been a while"said Adela

"Adela what have you done?!"said Ares

"Ares, come now please what haven't we done is the main question isn't it?"she said smiling towards him and looking down at his feet

Ares looked away seeing the distant darkness of the sealed room. Adela wasn't stupid as she studied the room and her lock.

"What Ares? What do you want from me? The truth?"said Adela

"Killing those people, menacing the Human race?!"said Ares

"Why would you care? You never cared about anything since you abandoned your people, making yourself an enemy to Samuel or did you forget?"asked Adela

Ares stopped as he remembered. Samuel had given him a chance of being good. Yet being a friend even after what he had done before.

"What have you told him? What have you given him Adela?!"said Ares looking at her with one eye

"Everything Ares, you and I both know that child is more than what he is and he must know it!"yelled Adela

Ares looked away. Heading towards the hologram images of what Adela did and what happened when she was captured.

"Ares, don't you dare keep him away from it!"yelled Adela

"You suddenly care for what this child is now?! Before you would have killed him! You saw him as a enemy since his birth!"yelled Ares as he looked back

Adela looked down at her feet again. Closing her eyes feeling ashamed of what happened many years ago.

"I know I wanted to because of what he is, but this isn't right keeping it from him even with the Sphere! He has to know about his father"said Adela

"What will you do?! What will you do when the day comes and earth or even Josh is gone!? What then huh!?"yelled Adela

Ares looked away angered and disgusted. Feeling the heavy guilt within himself. Thinking what he could do. What can he do.

"I don't know but I'm sure as hell not going to let you take him over and use him as a weapon!"yelled Ares

"Loyalty?! To what Ares! Samuel's gone! What happens now was what he tried to stop many years ago! If he couldn't then how could his son!?"she yelled

Ares looked at his holograms and scans of a distant Halo Ring. A Lonesome Halo Ring that shouldn't be ventured to.

"I'll deal with it Adela, nothing more than that, But know this"said Ares as he looked again towards Adela

She stared at him. Sensing his anger and rage.

"As your friend, you can be forgiven, as an enemy you will die, and I will not allow him to die for the sake of discovering who he really is"said Ares

"What does he mean to you? A promise? A destiny? What is he to you now Ares?!"she yelled frustrated

"A Nephew...Adela that's what he is to me my Nephew of a family that once was whole but now it's missing more than what should be"said Ares

Adela stared at him. Shocked hearing these words. Hearing words that she never thought he would end up saying. Ares walked away and out of the cell.

Adela looked down again. Having herself to blame. To blame for many mistakes.

CHANGE OF VIEW...

Ares stopped walking as other ODST's walked passed him. Hailey waited beside the door. She stared at the back of Ares.

Wondering what the hell was going on. What was so important with this one single capture. Besides that she was once another Exile member.

"Ares tell me the truth"said Hailey

Ares looked back towards her. Seeing her walking towards him slowly. He stared wondering what to say.

"I need to know the truth as much as Josh"said Hailey

"What can I say? Exiles are mostly Psychopaths, but when chosen correctly"said Ares

Hailey stared at him. Standing in a woman position with her arms crossed. Staring at him until e gives her something.

"What is it then Hailey ask away"said Ares as he walked passed her

Both walked side by side. Heading towards the elevator.

"Clone, Josh's recruitment into the UNSC and then into the "Black net" data base and now into the EXILES DIVISION within Black Net?! Why?"asked Hailey

Both entered into the elevator and went up. Heading towards Deka's main floor. Heading towards another source of answers.

"Ares?"asked Hailey again

"Yes Josh is a clone which by now must be irrelevant and I'm surprised that he hasn't came towards me with that"said Ares

"Where is he by the way?"asked Ares

"He went off into the lab and back out towards his room"said Hailey

"What happened to Samuel?"asked Hailey

"You received the report didn't you? He died that's it end of it"said Ares

"No that's not it is it? Samuel is lost isn't he?"asked Hailey

Ares sighed. Looking at his right hand. Seeing the massive chunk of a scar within his palm.

"We had lost him, somewhere between the Halo Ring within a sector that shouldn't go towards, and something else"said Ares

"Could he still be alive?!"yelled Hailey

Doors opened as Deka looked back towards Hailey and Ares. Both walked into the room. Noticing the monitors and holograms.

All showing various footage of the conversation with Adela and Ares. Deka sighed looking at Hailey.

"I'm guessing you want to know why Josh is who he is?"asked Deka

"Why? I mean I know he's the last son of Samuel Voltera but why keep him away from what he should know"asked Hailey

Deka looked towards Hailey and images of pictures shown. Images of the percentage of Josh's body.

Showing what parts were cloned and what other's were something else.

"What?! No?! How? How can this be? What are you trying to tell me?! I've known him my whole life! He can't be"said Hailey

Ares looked at the ground. Deka looked at her.

"Josh isn't Human at all..."said Deka

CHANGE OF VIEW...

Images again went through Josh's mind. Josh looked away thinking this is what mattered most to his father.

Being born and breaded as a soldier didn't have much meaning for a life.

Josh looked away as he noticed the images and video stopping. Switching to another event. Another event in the Life of his father.

Turning around he could see a massive burned ground. The dead tree's were gone. Nothing stood. At the distance was a walking man. His father.

Bloodied and battered. On his shoulders he carried Ares. Samuel dropped to his knees feeling the pain. His breathing was low.

Trying to catch his breath he looked back seeing no one else. Fog was coming around.

"No..."said Josh

Ships came from behind him. Elites became visible as Samuel stopped breathing quickly and looked angered forward.

Seeing another Elite standing in front of him. He looked towards him.

"Samuel...hand over the artifact now and we will allow you to live"said the Arbiter

"I'd rather die if I hand it over to you"said Samuel

"As you wish"said The Elite

Josh stared shocked seeing this. Thinking was this the way he died? What happened to his Father?!