Seth walked into the mess hall that morning, without his armor on. As he got some breakfast, he noticed that South and Carolina were arguing, again. It really did happen a lot. Seth walked over and sat down by Wash. Carolina stormed off, which left South laughing.

"Hey Pen." Wash said as Seth sat down beside him.

"Mornin Wash."

"Why no armor?" York asked him. Seth wasn't sure if he should tell them. Sure, York and North already had one, but he wasn't sure. Seth sighed, and decided it would be best to just tell them.

"I have implantation today." He told them. The whole table gawked at him.

"You're getting an AI?" North asked.

"Yeah"

"But you're still a recruit?" Wash said.

"Yeah , a recruit that could probably kick your ass Wash." York joked.

"Hey! I'm not that bad!" Wash exclaimed. Seth gave Wash a questioning look.

"I didn't mean- I just-it's not-"

" It's okay Wash, I was joking." Seth said, grinning. Then South spoke up.

"Why does he get an AI?!" She screamed. "He's a fucking recruit, and he gets a fucking AI? Unfucking believable!" South flipped over some poor marines table in her rage.

"Hey! South calm down!" Seth told her.

"Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down when you get an AI, while I've been waiting weeks?" She said, extremely pissed.

"I'll make you deal, when I get this AI, if he's any good, ill make sure to beat the shit out of Mrs. Bitch, Carolina." Seth Said. South smiled slightly at the idea of Carolina being beat up.

"Deal." She said before walking off.

"Holy shit. You just calmed South out of one of her fits." York said, amazed.

"Yeah, only North has ever been able to do that!" Wash added.

"It's true." North put in."It's even hard for me to do that!" North added, also amazed.

"Anyway, whens your implantation?" Wash asked.

" I'm not sure. The Director didn't say. So I guess it could be anytime."

"Wow, must be nerve racking not knowing when it's going to happen." York said.

"What do you mean?" Seth asked, curious.

"AIs are implanted into your head. That means intensive surgery." York told him.

"Yeah, and you have to be awake during the process." North added.

"Well, I did not know that." Seth said, his voice slightly cracking.

"It's ok, it doesn't hurt too badly." York reassured him.

"York, we have training with Wyoming and Carolina in twenty." North told his friend.

"Guess that means we gotta go get ready." York sighed.

"You can come to pass the time, Pen." Wash told him.

"Sure, I guess." Seth responded. They got up and walked out of the mess hall. They had only walked for about a minute, when they heard somebody laugh. They turned to see a man, with black hair, wearing brown pants, and a green shirt.

"Hawaii." North said, looking the other agent up, and down.

"Hey North, Wash, York." Hawaii said to them. "I heard that some, recruit, is gonna get an AI before me." He said, taking a step towards Seth.

"Whoa, take it easy." North said to him.

"Yeah." York said, Backing North up.

"C'mon guys, I just wanted to see if the new guy really deserved an AI." Hawaii said, still getting closer to Seth.

"Seriously Hawaii, back up." North told him. He didn't listen, and shoved Seth's back against the wall.

"You listen to me." He growled in Seth's ear. "You're gonna tell the Director that you don't want the AI, and that you would like agent Hawaii to have it. You got that?" Hawaii said, threateningly.

"No." Seth simply said.

"Excuse me?" Hawaii said, in disbelief.

"You heard me. No." Seth said again. Hawaii's eyes could've drilled holes into Seth's skin.

"Now, if wouldn't mind, please get off of me." Seth told him. Hawaii held him still. Then he drew his fist back.

Seth hit the man's hand off his chest, and ducked. The punch, that had been aimed at his head, narrowly missed. The fist hit the metal wall with a thud. Seth rolled, and was now behind Hawaii. He kicked the back of Hawaii's left knee, causing him to fall to the ground. Then he punched the back of his head, knocking him out.

"Wow." York said, looking at Hawaii, who was laying, unconscious, on the floor.

"Hey, he started it." Seth replied.

"He has a point." Wash stated.

""Let's go, were going to be late for training." North said.

Seth walked onto the observation deck, as York and North entered the training floor. Wash and Maine were there too, along with South, and C.T.

"What took you guys so long?" South asked. Maine growled, wanting to know too.

"Hawaii was being a dick." Wash responded

"What happened?" South asked.

"Ask Pen." Wash replied. South turned to him.

"He was pissed that I'm getting an AI. He tried to catch me off guard."

"Considering you look good, I'm guessing he lost?"

"He looks good South?" Wash said, joking.

" Shut up Wash." South mumbled.

"Anyway, yeah, he's currently unconscious on the floor somewhere." Seth said, grinning.

"Nice, he is a total dick." South said, also grinning.

"Agent Pennsylvania please report to the medical bay." F.I.L.L.S. chirped over the loud speakers.

"Well. I gotta go." Seth said to them.

"Good luck." South said, before he left, and headed for the med bay.

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Seth was led to a special surgery room. He was told to lay down on the table. They hooked him up to different machines, before the Director came in.

"Pennsylvania." The Director said. "You are going to be implanted with the AI fragment of courage. The surgery will only take an hour." He said, with a southern drawl. Then, he left. Leaving Seth with the doctors.

Artificial gravity was disengaged, and Seth was positioned accordingly. He saw a mechanical arm with a very long, and extremely sharp needle on the end. Then there was an oval purplish object with lights down the sides.

Seth recognized it immediately. It was the object he retrieved before he entered the project. But, that was rescued from the insurrectionists. Seth no longer felt good about this implantation. The arm positioned itself over Seth's neck. Then arms came from the sides, and held his head in place.

The needle plunged in the back of his skull, causing a grunt of pain to escape his lips. He felt it, a presence in his head. It was vague at first, but it began to grow. It was angry about something. It kept saying non audible words. Then it began screaming.

Seth felt like his head was going to explode. It just kept screaming, tearing at Seth's sanity. Seth could feel himself slipping into darkness. But even after he passed out, the voice stayed. It kept screaming. Seth wanted to tear his brain out, to make it stop. He couldn't bear it, the shrieks of anger. He lost himself in his own head. Then, he could finally tell what it was screaming. It kept screaming it over, and over, one word. Allison.