A/N: In this story, my lil' sister's character, Cate-A300 is introduced! She will be having some romance with Emile. Also, I have plans for her to appear in my main fanfic, Forevermore, so keep an eye out!

CHAPTER TWO

"...And that's how you make a pizza in under 30 minutes!" Jun finished.
"Jun, you've told us this story EIGHT TIMES." Carter yelled, clearly fed up. Kat rubbed his arm reassuringly. Carter smiled at her, thankful that she was here. "Uh, Commander," Jorge began. "Did we bring..uh, any food with us?"
Carter seemed to freeze for a moment, before muttering something under his breath. "I forgot." He replied finally.
"Great!" Emile yelled sarcastically. "What are we going to eat now? I get cranky when I don't eat..."
"We need to stop by a mall, anyway, because I need to get more outfits," Six began. "We can just get food then."
"Good idea, Six," Carter replied. "So, uh, where is the nearest mall?..."

After an hour of driving around aimlessly, the Team had finally found a Mall.
"Oh, a mall!" Jun chirped happily, climbing out. "Isn't this exciting?" He asked, poking Emile, who scowled.
"I swear Jun is gay." Six whispered to Kat, who laughed.
"Okay, Kat and Six got get what you need," Carter gave them a credit card. "I'm not sure if it's enough. I don't know the currency, so I put 100,000 cR on, just in case."
Jorge gawped. "Commander, that's more than enough!"
Carter rubbed his head nervously. "Oh..well, get what you want, I guess."
The girls smiled and left, happy to explore the mall.
"Jun and Emile, do whatever," Carter told them, giving them also a credit card.
"Jorge, you'll be with me. We have our own credit card."

"Look at this!" Six squealed, looking at a fluffy pink sweater. "It's soo cute!"
Kat rolled her eyes, looking at a cyan sweater. "I'm thinking of getting this one."
Six looked over. "Oh. Well, it'd suit you!"
"So, uh, are you going to pay for all that now?" Kat asked, gesturing to the pile of clothes and shoes Six had picked up.
"Okay. I'll be right back!" She literally skipped to the counter, where the shop assistant was scowling.
Kat picked up the cyan top, a pair of black boots and some jeans. She figured she already had her training outfit, plus she wasn't that bothered about clothes as Six was. She walked over to the counter was Six was; The shop assistant had to get another assistant just to help her scan the clothes. When Kat put her clothes down, too, the shop assistant scowled even more.
"Oh. Are you paying together, then?" The assistant growled.

"Look, they've got imported olives!" Jun happily cried, pressing his face against the glass of the deli counter.
Emile rolled his eyes. "Yes, can we go now?"
"Wait!" Jun replied. "I'll get some!"
"You don't even like olives!" Emile argued. "You ate one last Christmas when the Commander got some and you hated it."
"Well, it's different this time!" Jun chirped. Emile groaned.
"How can I help you, sir?" The deli manager asked.
"I'll have two cartons of those imported olives." Jun requested.
The manage plastered a fake smile on. "Certainly."

After paying for imported olives and a bunch of other pointless things, Emile finally got his wish - To look at some knives. The only knives they could find were kitchen knives.
"There aren't sharp enough." Emile whined. "And look, they don't look as good as my knife!" He pulled his knife out, waving it around in emphasis. A civilian wandered past and saw this happening, before running off again, screaming bloody murder.
"Huh. Wonder what was wrong with him." Emile mused, turning back to the knives.
Jun had gotten distracted and was now looking at firing pans. "What are these used for?" Jun asked out-loud, receiving a strange look from a passing civilian. Emile looked over, holding a handful of knives. "You fry stuff with that thing." He replied flatly.
"How did you know?" Jun asked, his eyes twinkling.
"I remember from my childhood." Emile muttered, heading for a checkout. He bashed into someone head first. They both fell backwards, falling on their backs. "What the hell?" Emile shouted, getting up. He was pissed. What kind of civilian was this?
But then he stopped. She wasn't a civilian. She was clearly a Spartan, out of armor, and enjoying her vacation, too.
She had shoulder-length glossy black hair, falling over her eyes slightly. Emile had never seen her in his life.
Emile held his hand out, which she grabbed. She smirked slightly.
"A Spartan as well?" She asked, dusting herself down.
"Yep," Emile replied, unable to take his eyes off her. "Emile-A239 of Noble Team. Who are you?"
"Cate-A300." She responded.
"Cate..." Emile muttered. He remembered her vaguely, from training in childhood. He thought she was dead.

"What do you think of these, Jorge?" Carter asked, trying on yet another pair of sunglasses and posing in the mirror.
"Uh, yeah, great, Commander..." Jorge responded, not really paying attention. He wanted to go and buy a new pack of cards so he and Jun could play later.
"Are you even listening?" Carter asked, irritated.
"Sorry, sir, but I'm not really interested. Maybe you should ask Kat or someone."
Carter scoffed and ignored this.
"Can I go and look at cards now?" Jorge requested.
Carter rolled his eyes. "Go for it."
Jorge quietly backed out of the store and rushed to another shop, before Carter could change his mind.

"I still can't believe you brought this much!" Kat complained again, gesturing to the many bags that Six was holding.
"It was worth it!" Six argued back. "I just remembered, anyway..I think I should go and get a sleeping bag. I'll be back soon!"
Kat rolled her eyes as Six left. Guaranteed, it would be yet another pink item.
Kat stopped suddenly as she saw Emile talking to a very pretty looking girl.
Emile talking to a girl? What was happening?
Kat approached Jun, who looked just as confused.
"Who's she?" Kat asked, gesturing to the girl Emile was with.
"Cate-A300." Jun replied.
"No way! Another Spartan on vacation?"
Jun nodded. "I know, eh?" He smiled. "Emile really wants her to join us on our road trip."
"Well, we do have another seat free..." Kat mused. "But it depends what the Commander says."

Six picked out a bright pink fluorescent sleeping bag. She didn't care what Kat thought, it was cute.
She went to the counter to pay, and looked across the store. She saw Jorge, holding up two packs of cards, debating which to buy.
Finally, he shrugged and chucked both packs into the trolley he had with him. Once she had paid, she sneaked up on him and poked him.
"Boo!" She yelled.
"Ah!" Jorge shouted, dropping a pack of cards. He turned around to see Six, who was giggling.
"Oh, Six, you made me jump." He said, chuckling.
"Well, that was the point!" Six replied, still giggling. "What are you up to?"
"Just buying a few packs of cards." Jorge replied. "I figured Jun and I could play later."
Six nodded, smiling. "I could play a game with you." She suggested.
"You know how?" Jorge asked.
"No," Six admitted. "But you could teach me, right?"
Jorge nodded, grinning. "I'd like that. So, what did you get?" He asked, gesturing to the bag she was carrying.
"Oh, a new sleeping bag. I figured I might need it."
Jorge nodded. "Ah, good idea."
Six nodded, picking up a packet of playing cards and examining it. "Are you planning to get anything else?" She asked.
Jorge shrugged. "Probably not. I'll pay, and then we can go find the others."
"I left Kat with Jun, Emile and some random girl. They were looking at kitchen knives in K-Mart."
"Random girl?" Jorge asked, paying for the cards.
"Yeah, I dunno who she is. I think she was a Spartan, too."
"A Spartan?" Jorge mused. "It'll be interesting to see who she is."

Once they arrived back, Emile and Cate had both paid for a bunch of knives.
Jorge mentally face-palmed. Another Emile?
"Jorge, Six, this is Cate-A300." Emile told them, introducing Cate.
"You know her?" Six asked Emile.
"I remember her from training. I thought she died."
"Ah, the grand reunion!" Jun joked, receiving glares from both Cate and Emile. "Just kidding.." He muttered.
"Anyway, we should try and find the Commander." Kat suggested. "Jorge, where was he last?" She asked Jorge.
"He was in a random store trying on different sunglasses," Jorge responded. "I got bored so I left to buy more cards."
Emile sniggered. "Big man loves cards way too much." He whispered to Cate, who giggled.
"Come on then," Kat clasped her hands together. "Let's stick together and find the Commander."
"How did you lose him, anyway?" Cate asked, finding this amusing.
Emile shrugged. "No idea."

Carter finally finished looking at sunglasses, settling on buying at least ten pairs. The shop assistant looked at him as if he were nuts.
Carter stepped outside of the store and looked around.
Where was everyone else?
Then he saw them. They weren't exactly easy to ignore; One incredibly tall man, a bald hyperactive Asian, a guy and a girl obsessed with knives, a girl who loved pink too much; Kat almost seemed to be the only normal one.
"Where have you been?" Carter asked, running a free hand through his hair.
"We spilt up and re-met at K-Mart," Kat responded. "We found another Spartan, too."
"Another Spartan?" Carter questioned skeptically.
Cate stepped forward. "Cate-A300. I'm assuming you're the Commander?"
Carter was speechless. Another Spartan? From Alpha? Who wasn't dead?
"Uh, yes, I'm Carter-A259, Commander of Noble Team," He gestured to the rest of the Team. "That's Catherine-B320, or Kat. Jun-A266, Emile-A239, Jorge-052, and SPARTAN-B312. We just call her Six."
Cate nodded. "Well, it's great to meet you all, then."
"Does that mean she'll be joining us..?" Emile asked. "I mean, you've introduced her to everyone else."
Carter sighed, running his hand through his hair. "I dunno..."
"PLEASE, COMMANDER!" Emile shouted. "Pleaaase!"
Carter groaned. "Ugh, fine! Just please stop complaining!"
Emile nodded. "Sure."
They all wandered out of the mall again, Six carrying about a million bags, Jorge with many packs of cards, Cate and Emile with a collection of knives, Jun with 'exotic' food, Carter with half a dozen sunglasses, and Kat with one outfit.
They filed into the truck; Emile and Cate at the back, whispering about Jorge and giggling; Six and Jorge in front of them, Six telling Jorge not to pay attention to Emile and Cate; Jun in front of Jorge and Six, examining boxes of food, and Carter and Kat at the front, holding hands, Carter driving.