Caboose was sad. Everyone had just received new orders to relocate to a new base and upgrade to a new suit. Church had tried to hide what his orders were from Caboose, which didn't work. When Caboose asked if it was like a game of hide and seek, Church said he was right. Church continued by saying that he was going to hide from Caboose and said that the only way he could win, is if he died without ever seeing Him again. Caboose agreed and Church went off to his new base (as did Tucker, sister was too busy partying to leave), leaving Caboose all alone to upgrade to his new suit and wait for his transport.

Meanwhile...

The Warthog driver was nervous. He had been sent to pick up a Spartan only known as 'Noble six', but he had set off late because he got stuck in the toilet. And because the base where he was picking the Spartan up was on another planet, he been nervous of putting in the wrong coordinates into the Pelican he was using.

However, as 2 bases came into view, he was pretty sure that he had put in the correct coordinates.

He touched down in the middle of the field that separates the 2 bases and drove to the blue one (he knew that Noble six had blue armour) and he saw a blue spartan standing outside the base.

Caboose spotted the Warthog as it parked next to him.

"Get in because your late." The driver ordered.

Caboose was too sad to comment, so he got in and was subsequently taken to the Pelican.

The driver wanted to make sure he got the correct Spartan. "You are 6 Six?" He asked, once they reached the Pelican.

I am way older than six Caboose thought. "Yes."

The driver wanted to double check. "You are Six right?" He asked as he exited the Warthog.

"Yes." Caboose repeated, not understanding why he was asking again and still being sad over not having any friends now that Church had been relocated.

The driver shrugged and went to the cockpit while Caboose sat in the Warthog, just wanting to be left alone and not make anyone else sad.

One journey later...

Caboose was still sad and silent by the time they reached their destination: Reach. When they touched down and almost reached the base where the driver was supposed to deliver 'Six', Caboose's mood shifted from 'sad' to happy'. There was a lot of stuff that Caboose had not seen before, and many people. "This place is so cool!"

The driver was so caught off-guard by the comment, he almost flipped the Warthog over! Fortunately, he was able to recover. "Uh, I guess so?"

"And there's so many people I can be friends with!" Caboose realised.

The driver could not wait to get rid of Caboose. "Uh, sure?"

The driver sped up and only stopped when they reached the base. "You'll find your new friends in there." He said, pointing at a blue building.

The millisecond Caboose got out of the Warthog, the driver sped off, not that Caboose noticed.

There's some stuff! Caboose realised as he walked towards the building and passed by a Falcon. "Touch." Caboose said as he patted it and noticed there was some other stuff. He wanted to investigate, but decided to meet his new friends first.

Inside the blue building, the rest of Noble team were waiting for their new 'Six'. Their number 1 was Carter, their no-nonsense leader who wore light blue armor and carried a black M392 Designated Marksman Rifle.

Their number 2 was Catherine, the curious and intrepid second-in-command with a prosthetic right arm who was also their intelligence specialist. Just like Carter, she also wore light blue armor and carried an M6G Magnum rifle. She carried a black MA37 Assault rifle, but only because regulations demanded everyone have at least 1 primary firearm.

Their number 3 was Jun, the thoughtful sniper. He wore dark green armor and carried a black System 99 Anti-Materiel sniper rifle.

Their number 4 was Emile, the bold and aggressive assault specialist of the team. He carried a black M45 tactical shotgun and his armor colour was a mixture of white, black and dark red.

Their number 5 was Jorge, the heavy-weapons specialist with a 'humane' personality and had black and orange armor. He carried a modified black M247H Heavy Machine Gun, which he named 'Etilka'.

The reason why they were a getting a new number 6, was because the previous number 6 (Thom) had been killed destroying a Covenant CCS-Class battlecruiser a few months earlier during the Battle of Fumirole.

Noble team were starting to get bored, when they got a call. Carter quickly got up and answered it. Colonel Urban Holland was the one calling, and he delivered some bad news.

"Contact with Visegrád Relay was lost last night." Holland explained. "All signals flatlined at twenty-six hundred hours and I responded with trooper fire teams, which have since been declared as MIA.

"And now your sending us." Carter realised.

"The Office of naval intelligence believes deployment of a Spartan team is a gross misallocation of resources, I disagree." Holland replied.

It was here when Caboose entered. "Hello."

All of Noble team turned to face him.

Emile raised his knife (that all of the Spartans had) in an attempt to be intimidating, too bad Caboose is was Caboose he was doing it to.

"You look scary even though you are smiling." Caboose said, attempting to make a new friend.

Jun was flabbergasted. "What!?"

Caboose attempted to step forward, but Cathrine blocked his path with her prosthetic arm. "Hello, nice lady who is also a robot."

"That's our new number six?" Jorge asked in disbelief.

Emile was desperate for an explanation. "Anyone read his file?"

"Only the parts that weren't covered in black ink." Catherine sneered. And based off his behaviour so far, he probably thinks somebody spilt black ink on his file! She thought.

Carter wasn't sure what to think, so he went back to his conversation with Holland. "Anyone claimed responsibility sir?"

"ONI thinks it might be the local insurrection." Holland explained. "Five months ago, they pulled a similar job on Harmony-hit a realy to take out our eyes and ears then stole two freighters from dry-dock. This cannot happen here. Reach is too damn important."

While he was talking, Caboose was thinking of names for his new friends. While he had already thought of 'Scary face' and 'Robot lady', he then came up with 'Leader', 'Not Church' and 'Giant Friend'.

"I want that relay back on-line, Noble One." Holland demanded.

"Consider it done sir." Carter replied.

"Then I'll see you on the other side, Holland out." The call ended.

Carter turned around and saw the rest of the squad running out of the building and towards their raptor, with Caboose about to follow them. "Six?"

Caboose turned around. "Yes?"

Carter introduced himself and the rest of Noble team. "I have to say, your not quite what we were expecting."

Caboose was confused. "What do you mean?"

Carter sighed. "Never mind, come on."

As they exited the building to join the rest of Noble team, Carter spoke up. "I'm not going to lie to you, Lieutenant. You're stepping in shoes the rest of the squad would rather leave unfilled."

"Is it because they stepped in gum? I do that all the time." Caboose replied.

Carter chuckled at this. "I have a feeling that we're going to get along just fine."

They got into the same Raptor that Jun was in, who moved as far away from Caboose as possible.

"I've read your file, and that 'Lone Wolf' ends here, we're a team." Carter said.

Caboose was confused again. "Yeah, I don't know what that means, so I'm just going to nod and say yes. Yes."

Carter sighed and decided to let the matter rest as the Raptor took off.