Remember this doesn't belong to me, this character actually belongs to microsoft, and 343! And your welcome for the update on the story!
We finally arrived and I awoke without being hit by someone for once, I then gathered my equipment to follow Kuhe through the base we were at. The base had tall walls with lush green jungles outside of them, and the base was maybe three or five floors tall from where I was standing. In the distance I could see forerunner structures, we were then stopped by someone who introduced us to where we were at., "Hello Kuhe and welcome to Reach, we have re-terraformed the planet to its former glory! Currently we are in a jungle region that use to house some top secret activities held here by ONI, but I can't guarantee that. Oh and everyone else do get some rest by following this soldier next to me. I also forgot my name is Victoria Alexandra, i'll be the one to help you know anything about the base and the geology around here!"
"Thank you Victoria," Kuhe said in response of all the information put in front of her.
"You can go with them spartan," Victoria said looking at me.
"Uh ma'am i'm no spartan, and i'm kuhe's bodyguard."
"We can make you into a spartan in just a couple of days if that's okay with you."
They can do that here, I wondered if I should take the chance now and try to do this for the first time but I made my mind the first time before so why change now.
"Uh… sorry no."
"Well that's to bad, okay now follow me to where you'll be staying at Kuhe," she said impatiently. This woman obviously was a burst of energy and excited to have us here. What she said earlier thought threw me off guard, being able to become spartan at any moment at this base seemed weird. We walked through a doorway into a well lit grey hallway. What is up with having grey hallways in unsc bases anyway? We continued through multiple halls going left, right, left, it felt like nascar until we reached a door. "Welcome to your suite kuhe," Victoria said excitingly, it was something exciting to see. Everything looked exotic and cultural, kuhe surprised said, "How did you-" Victoria rudely interrupted kuhe with, "We have many things from Sangheili culture and hope that you feel just right at home!" So this is what the elite's culture looks like, it was all interesting to look at but once I looked at the bed I noticed that it was just like any other bed.
After all the things I have seen their was one thing in common we had with other alien species and that was we shared the same bed. A place that is soft and comfortable, I always believed the covenant aliens sleeped on rocks or flat surfaces but this looked really nice. Being a soldier you never see a nice comfy bed or a couch in that matter. But when I pushed down on the bed it felt alien to me, the ground seemed more comfortable than anything in this room. Have I really been away from home this long. This thought made me wake up to the sick reality of cryogenic sleep and the life of being a marine.
"Uhh ODST? Am I correct," asked Victoria.
"Yes ma'am," I responded formally.
"I've been told to give you this as a way of knowing what your schedule is for the remainder your time here."
"I have a schedule?"
"It's from the higher ups."
"Right…." When was the last time I had to take night or day shift to complete an objective. Victoria handed Kuhe her schedule for what she would be teaching the spartans and then soon left. "Wake me up when they bring dinner Helljumper," My first orders from Kuhe was to awake her when her dinner comes…. That's a first, at least it's easier then assassinating an entire camp of Covenant. I examined Kuhe by the couch, this is what an female elite looks like up close? I thought to myself, but as I thought I also found myself looking at her for too long. I put down my gear and helmet to finally be able to relax after a eventful day.
I couldn't help but look through the window most the afternoon and think about what Victoria said about ONI, I know that ONI has done some sketchy things like the spartan II's in the past but, what could be here and what do they want of Kuhe? Could they be wanting more from her than what they initially told us? Never the less I looked out the window to see the mysterious forerunner architecture and admire its beauty. A bell range out of nowhere, I then walked towards the door to see who or what it might be. It was of course the food Kuhe was talking about. "Sorry for the wait, let me put this inside," the soldier said with a surprised look. "I'll take it from here marine."
"Thank you sir."
I brought the cart to a table facing towards the door, I then slowly walked to Kuhe and began to shake her. "Kuhe wake up please," she slowly moved and arose in front of me and moved towards the cart were the food was. She examined the food and examined a note, "Your name was," she asked, and in response I said, "O'brien ma'am."
She laughed and said, "Such good manners, they even brought you food to eat."
"That's weird, I guess they wanted me to stick close to you till we depart."
"Maybe, by the way you won't be having to keep watch of me in the morning i'll be making some educational weapon, videos?"
"Yes videos, they're used for entertainment, advertisment, or educational purposes."
"Hhmmm…. Interesting this is," she sat down at the table and brought her food in front of her. I moved closer to look at what I would be eating, I was going to be eating white rice with moa meat. I grabbed the plate to then move it infront of Kuhe's plate and take off my helmet and chow down on my food. "What is it like being the only marine in a spartan squad," Kuhe asked unexpectedly. I chewed down the food in my mouth and swallowed to answer her question, "It's weird honestly, Georgie, and Sasha seem okay with me yet Jethro is kinda hostile when near me. The only one who seems to act in between is Dalina who seems to have an interest in me strangely." Kuhe looked at me and studied my face for a moment till she finally said, "You do look alot like the spartan who died from what I read in some files." What does she mean by I look alot like the dead spartan? The thought went through my mind in a race swirling in my brain but I continued to listen to what Kuhe had to say, "He had slightly reddish hair and blue eyes like yours but he was eight foot nine from the file." Six foot eight was my height, maybe i'll get tall like him if I do that spartan transformation process.
Even more thoughts and ideas circled my brain from everything Kuhe said, and if it's true could Dalina had a relationship with the dead spartan?It was nine o'clock and Kuhe was past asleep, I felt like I should too but the sleep I got from the ride here kept me up all night long till morning came, I did nothing but examine Kuhe's physical shape. Male elites are large and have no hair but reptilian skin, kuhe has all but one of these, she's smaller than an average elite. She also has hair witch makes me wonder why I don't see hair on the elites, could Jackals be the wives of the elites? One thing is for sure she is one heck of a thick elite, she has curves all over her waist and her legs. I then stopped myself since she was an alien yet she was after all my type, so I looked out the window listening for any sign of someone entering the room passing time with looking at different things outside till I was bored.
The morning came and kuhe slowly got up from her deep slumber and jokingly asked, "Well hello O'Brien, did I sleep well?"
"Yes ma'am and glad I didn't have to deal with any assassins yet," I said jokingly back.
"Hopefully you won't ever, and please do act more leaner with me, that's an order of course."
"Alright Kuhe, i'll be resting in here bye the wall till I have to come over and guard you again."
"Oh my you don't have to sleep by the wall, I should clean up the bed and allow you to sleep on it!"
"It's alright Kuhe, i'm used to the floor and sometimes I prefer it."
"Alright if you say so…"
Kuhe began to exit the room but before departure she said, "Cal told me to tell you, become a spartan…. O'Brien." What?
Thank you all for reading again, I won't be updating the story quickly but expect at least an update once a week since it's the summer. Stay tuned for more.
