CHAPTER 8

BURNING SUNS

Hailey came walking out of the elevator. Looking down towards her feet. Thinking of what she had gone through. What she had been told about what all this.

What everything was meant to be as it was coming. Hailey didn't know what to think about everything she just learned about.

Hailey stopped as she thought of what to say or tell Josh. Knowing he wasn't human. Either as something else than what she had never thought him to be.

Believing in what she stood for when Samuel was alive. Fighting along side her. As when she almost would do anything for him out of his respect.

Now her mind was changed seen as a different person towards him. The lies he bled them with.

The hidden side of what nature he had. Hailey stopped walking as she thought of it. The very reasons of why Samuel had left the UNSC.

The same exact thing her brother would always said.

"Those of us who care for the many stand side by side one another, and there are those who fight for something else besides people, they fight for there own reasons even if it means to betray there own" remembered Hailey from her brother's words

"Hailey, wait"said Ares

Hailey turned around and looked at Ares. Staring at him as he rushed towards her. Both stared at each other.

"I know Ares, I know you care as much, but you shouldn't keep anything from him like this he lost everything built around it"said Hailey

Ares looked towards her.

"Expose something that I have held onto as this and just spill it out to him, how would I know the way he will end up accepting or denying it?"asked Ares

"By Believing in him as much as you have always done since he was entrusted to you"said Hailey

Ares sighed as he looked down at the ground. Soldiers laughed as they walked by. Heading towards another part of the station.

"Where is he?"asked Ares

"Probably still into that sphere you gave him"said Hailey

"NO! HAILEY! ARES! TO THE HOLDING CELLS NOW!"yelled Deka

CHANGE OF VIEW...

Doors slid open as Josh walked into the cell. Adela looked up towards him. She and Josh stared at each other face to face. Josh slowly walked forward.

"Is it true?"asked Josh

She looked down with her eyes closed. Struggling to look away and not give anything to what he already now knew.

"Why was I cloned? The Truth not the lies anymore, I have looked into my father's memories but they give me answers"said Josh

"You were cloned because you died during the rescue inside the womb of your mother, your mother was killed by no one else besides your MENTOR!"yelled Adela

Josh rushed towards her angered and grabbed her neck. Squeezing it tightly around his grip.

"NOOOO! ARES!? NO!"yelled Josh

She stared towards him gasping for air. She couldn't move within the hovering technology. Within the levitating cell holding her in floating space.

"WHY?! NO! YOUR FUCKING LYING! HE WOULDN'T?! HE-HE?!"struggled Josh as he let go of her neck

She coughed. Breathing desperately. Struggling to gain her breath again. Josh moved back as his hands shook. Shaking.

"Why?! Why do you think you were cloned and planned from birth to be brought back to life! To prevent the return of the FORERUNNERS!"she yelled

Josh looked towards her. Remembering everything. Everything from his early life, to his running escape from the UNSC.

"SAMUEL MADE YOU TO PREVENT THEY'RE COMING, HE FAILED! HE COULDN'T COMPLETE IT, SO NOW YOUR NEXT IN LINE!"yelled Adela

"Why do you think you were even hand picked?! Why ONI wanted you in the first place!? Why your different from the rest of the EXILES!"she yelled

Josh couldn't believe it. Why couldn't his father be honest with him since he was a child. Josh looked towards again as he walked closer.

Rushing towards her until Hailey tackled him into the ground.

"JOSH!STOP!"yelled Hailey struggling to hold him

Josh kicked her off as he jumped back up onto his feet. Ares rushed in trying to grab ahold of him. Josh kicked him into the ground.

Adela stared at the fight. Ares rolled onto his back and ran towards him.

"Josh wait! Understand!"yelled Ares

Josh looked towards him and ran into him both dropped into the ground. Josh rapidly punched Ares again and again.

"YOU LIED TO ME!"yelled Josh Hailey tackled Josh from behind

Both rolled into the ground. Both rolled back up to there feet as Hailey sent a right kick into Josh's chest.

She sent him flying into the wall across the room. He fell onto the ground. Josh struggled getting back up to his feet as he looked towards them.

"Josh! Stop this you can't do this! Please I know your angry and confused!"yelled Hailey

"You knew?! Hailey? Why haven't you told me?! Why keep this from me my whole fucking life hasn't been alive! I'm a tool to all of you!"yelled Josh

"No! Your not!"yelled Ares

"You bastard!"yelled Josh as he ran again towards Ares

Ares and Josh were instantly near each other by 3 feet ready to collide. The station shook. As alarms went off. Sounding.

Ares and Josh along with Hailey fell into the ground. Ares rushed to his feet looking towards Adela. She looked away crying.

"Adela?!"yelled Ares

"I'm sorry, but this was the only way Ares"said Adela

Ares looked towards her as her eyes looked towards his. Josh looked towards the doors as they exploded sending him flying backwards into the ground.

Hailey looked towards the door as Rouge Elites. Josh moved slowly as he struggled. Hailey jumped right as Rogue elites fired they're weapons.

Ares cloaked himself. Ares grabbed ahold of one of the Rogue Elites and used him as a human shield. Returning fire back onto his own.

CHANGE OF VIEW...

Steel doors bursted flying open. Large creatures known as Hunters slammed there shields down into the ground. The holding cell was large.

Yet it only held onto the single man. His worry eyes opened as he stared towards the walking Elite. He smiled seeing him. The Steel armored Elite.

The Elite was named "Lucio Rashne".

"How long has it been my friend?"asked Lucio

"Way too...Long...Have you found it?"asked The Old Man

The Eilte looked back seeing gunfire killing other Elites from the hallways. The Hunters yelled and growled as they killed ODST's. Lucio looked back towards him.

"Yes we have found "Valhalla"said Lucio

"Kill the child, and anyone else in your way"said The Old Man as he was carried out

"Yes I will handle it, DANSUKE/ The Old Man (Introduced in ECHOES 2: SHADOWS LIGHT)" said Lucio