Seth groaned as he walked to the showers. He didn't feel like walking to his room, and he had already trained with the others, so he didn't really care about not showering in his room. He took off his black and white armor, and set down beside the showers.

He stepped under the shower head, and turned the heat up full blast. That lockdown paint hurt like a bitch. He stood under the hot water for a good, twenty minutes. He shut off the water and stepped out of the shower. He put on a black pair of pants, and was about to put his shirt on, when somebody interrupted him.

"Where did you get those burns?" Seth turned and saw Wash, dripping wet, behind him. Seth thought about the grenades, the explosion, the heat, the pain. He began to shake, and felt his heart rate quicken.

"I-I have to go." Seth stuttered, before bolting out of the showers. He sprinted down the hall, oblivious to the marines he was knocking over. He ran into his room, and closed the door. He sat against a wall, and just sat there. What had just happened to him? He felt like he was going to pass out.

He caught his breath, and tried to calm down. He stood up, and sat on his bed. He wondered why he had just freaked out like that. It was then, that he realized he left his armor by the showers. Seth walked out of his room, and started slowly walking back. He was still a little shaken by what had just unfolded.

He stopped at the entrance and voices. He could pick out Wash, York and North.

"Wait, what happened?' York asked Wash.

"I told you! I came to get a shower, and Pen was already in here. He was changing, and saw some burns on his shoulder. I asked about them, and he got all nervous, and ran out. He even left his armor."

"That definitely is strange." North said, thinking.

"Yeah, I wonder where he did get them." York said to them both.

It was then that Seth noticed somebody behind him. He turned and a very large man wearing E.V.A. armor. It was agent Maine. He shoved Seth into the room, and growled,

"You can ask him yourselves." He said to the other three agents.

"Were you eavesdropping on us?" Wash asked him.

"Yeah, I came back to get my armor, and you guys were talking about me." He replied to Wash.

"So what did happen?" York asked him.

"I don't wanna talk about it." Seth said, before moving away from Maine, to his armor. He bent over to pick it up, when his shirt slid. He was wearing a very loose shirt, and it slid just enough to give a view of his shoulder.

"Those look like grenade burns…." North trailed off, when they noticed Seth freeze.

The word grenade, triggered a memory. A very certain, unpleasant memory. He could almost feel the explosion. Seth began to shake. He couldn't help it. The memories, they felt so, real. Seth tried to walk over to one of the benches, but stumbled and almost fell, because he was shaking so bad. Before he hit the ground though, he was caught by Maine.

Maine set him down on the bench. Seth was sweating, and visibly shaking. The memories were so vivid, he could feel the pain, over and over.

"Pen, are you okay man?" Wash asked him.

Seth tried to say something, but nothing came out of his mouth. The other agents looked worriedly to each other. Seth remembered the heat hitting his shoulder, the loud noise of rushing air. Seth felt a burning in his shoulder, before passing out.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Seth woke up to voices. He was laying on his bed. He could make out Wash, York, North, someone else he didn't recognize. Wash and York were arguing about what to do.

"We have to take him to the med bay!" Wash exclaimed.

"Wash, we can't." York replied.

"Why not.?!"

"If we do, then the Director would know he was with us. You heard him earlier. He said the Director told him not to be with us. If we take him to the med bay, were screwing him." York said.

"What if something is seriously wrong with him?" Seth didn't recognize this voice, but it was familiar. It was defiantly female.

"South does make an excellent point, statistics show-"

"D, logoff." York said to another unknown voice. So the female was South, great. Seth opened his eyes, and saw the agents standing in his room. He tried to sit up, but his head said different. It felt like he had been run over by a truck. He inhaled sharply, before laying back down. The other agents looked at him.

"How ya feeling?" York asked Seth.

"Like shit." Seth said, grinning. "What happened to me anyways?"

"You don't remember?" Wash asked him.

"No, I don't." Seth said, nervously.

"You passed out." York told him.

"Why? What happened?"

"Were not sure, but it happened when we said-"

"York!" York was cut off by Wash.

"when they said grenade." South finished. Seth felt the color drain from his face.

"SOUTH!" North yelled at his sister. Seth began to shake, ever so slightly.

"It's ok." Wash said, trying to comfort him. Seth took a couple of deep breaths, and stopped shaking.

"Okay, let's not say that word again." Wash said, looking at South.

"Agent Pennsylvania please report to the Directors office immediately." F.I.L.L.S. said over the speakers.

"Shit….." Seth mumbled. Feeling better, he slowly stood up. He walked to the door, and said thanks to the others. As he left, he thought he heard South say something to him. It sounded almost like….sorry.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Seth walked into the Directors office, and stood at attention.

"At ease Pennsylvania." The Director said in his southern drawl. Seth relaxed and looked at the man in front of him.

"I see you have disobeyed my orders, you were reported training with the other agents." The Director looked at Seth.

"I'm sorry Sir." Seth said, expecting punishment.

"It is all right. You are now allowed to be with them when you want, and train when you want." The Director said to him.

"Thank you sir." Seth said, relieved, and over joyed.

"But, that is not the reason I asked you to be here." He said, causing Seth's stomach to drop.

"You have been selected to be implanted with an AI." He said.

"An, AI, Sir?" Seth asked confused.

"Yes, an AI. It's an artificial intelligence, used to help you in combat. Agents New York, North Dakota, Carolina, and Texas, already have AIs." He replied to Seth's question. "Your AIs name, is Omicron, your implantation will be tomorrow. That is all, you are dismissed.

Seth left, and walked back to his room. He was getting an AI? Already? He lay down in his bed. What did the Director mean by, Implantation? These thoughts drifted, until he fell asleep.