A guest tried to point out a few things in the comments and I decided I might as well reply. First, I am well aware of what the insurrection is exactly, however at the point in time that Noble enters the fray they are still called the insurrection, no one knows they are a private security force. Second of all, at this point in time Project Freelancer wasn't rogue, or at least it wasn't considered to be. It was only around season six, a long way away in the time line, when any member of the project would be considered a criminal. I am also well aware that neither side is good, but Noble isn't aware of any of this, at all. Thank you for the feedback however.
Insurrection facility
Noble 6 POV
I had just gotten up after taking a proper nap, being unconscious and in a cryo tube isn't exactly very rejuvenating, when Alarms started blaring throughout the facility.
When I heard the alarms go off I quickly got back into my armor, making sure I had Emiles Kukri sheathed on my chest before I walked out of my room and into the hallway. Soldiers started running to and from the armory, those who had already armed themselves running outside. I quickly made my way down the hall to the armory, I looked over the poorly kept weapons and felt less than impressed but I knew now wasn't the time to worry about whether they were poorly kept or not, so I quickly grabbed a battle rifle and an assault rifle.
I ran out of the armory and started to make my way outside, most of the men in the base were outside fighting whoever was attacking the facility, most likely the freelancers.
However, when I got outside I couldn't help but feel shock at what I saw.
Outside, fighting the marines and ODSTs who were trying to defend the facility, were soldiers dressed in armor that was suspicously similar to spartan armor.
Their armor looked similar to the Mark VI armor that was meant to be an improved spartan armor. But it didn't seem to have that same shimmer over it that would show that the armor has shields. It might've been a recreated version of it, or possibly the original blue-prints for the armor was lost and this was the best they could come up with.
Either way, it was very clear that they were the threat, and that they were mopping the floor with the people who were trying to stop them.
Now I did find it very strange that these freelancers had such good equipment, even thought they are supposed to be insurrectionists, while this UNSC black ops facility somehow had poor equipment.
Something wasn't right here. But for the moment, there was a threat, and it needed to be taken out.
I took out my battle rifle, deciding it was the best weapon to use at the moment, and took aim at a strange rectangular object that I saw in the air with a beeping light, however right as I was about to fire I hesitated. Something told me that it was best to just let this happen.
The strange piece of equipmrnt landed on the same roof top that the snipers were all on, a poor idea to place every one of your marksman in the same place. For a moment the men inside looked around the shield before one idiot took out an SMG and fired off a few shots. The bullets ricocheted around the shield killing first the person who shoy before the shield was painted red. When the shield went down, everyone that was trapped inside the shield was dead, with one man standing for a moment before he collapsed.
I couldn't help but feel a slight amount of guilt over the soldiers deaths. I let them die when I could have at least tried to save them, even though something was telling me I did the right thing. I knew something was off.
I looked over to my right and noticed that Girly and Muscles were both engaged in combat with a woman in aqua armor.(Big muscle dude who shot maine, couldn't find what he was called so I just gave him a name). I was going to go over and help them when an ODST pod dropped down, letting out a giant in white armor. At first I stared at the giant soldier, as big as a spartan II he was armed with a large weapon that had a giant blade on the end.
I couldn't help but feel this guy was overcompensating with the huge weapon.
I shook off those thoughts and ran forward to engage the soldier, knowing that I was probably the only one who had a chance of beating him even in my weakened state.
The guy with a robot arm, I decided to just call him Cyborg, it was quicker, was able to break one of the aqua girls Plasma rifles before Girly threw a knife into the other.
As the big guy in white was about to take out Muscles I tackled him, bringing him down to the ground. As soon as I tackled him down I managed to get off one punch, two punches, three punches in the face before he finally kicked me off. He grabbed my leg while I was down and swung me around, before finally swinging me into Muscles.
I felt dazed for a moment but I quicjly shook it off, I noticed Muscles hadn't gotten back up yet and I shook my head. I looked back at the big guy and noticed he had gotten close to me, I jumped back tried to kick him, mainly to just put some distance between us. However right as my kick landed he grabbed my leg, he then proceded to toss me into the wall of the cement building the two girls were fighting on.
I got up just in time to see Muscles kneeling on the ground, his fist being crushed in the big guys grip before he reached back with his left arm and punched him so hard his helmet went flying. The big guy quickly moved on, getting on top of the cement building, most likely to help his comrade.
I was surprised that the big guy had simply forgot about me but I decided now wasn't the time to think of what my enemy was doing.
I walked over to Muscles and quickly noticed the odd angle his neck was turned. I sighed as I realized that his neck was broken and that he was dead.
'I'm turning out to be completely useless here.' I looked over at the roof where everyone was fighting and started towards it, intending to help my comrades fight off the freelancers.
However before I even got the chance to go and help them the commander of the facility came on my comms and contacted me, "Noble, you need to get back here NOW! The others are going to go down anyway, all your doing to do is slow down the process, get to me and Connie so we can set up a suitable defense until we can get out of here. GET MOVING!" I hesitated for a second before running back inside the giant warehouse. I caught up with the commander and Connie as Frowny Face and Smiley Face stood guard. Frowny and Smiley were big guys with very thick armor, each one wielding a detached turret gun. They were both pretty creepy and I couldn't help but feel like they were insane. I followed Connie and the commander into the command center, the sentry turrets deploying from the ceiling when they were activated.
I silently listened to the two argue about whether they should leave or not before Connie said something that caught my attention, "If you wont let me leave me and Alex will leave without you!" Alex...I had nearly forgotten. Back in the spartan III program we were given numbers, and when I joined Noble team I was simply known as Noble 6.
My birth name, however...I hadn't heard in a very long time. Only things that had my real name would be ONI and my dog tags...She read my tags. But why would she leave her boyfriend(I'm assuming thats as far as they got) for someone she barely knew, "This is the first chance I get to meet my older brother and I'm not gonna let you take that away from me. Whether you like it or not, were leaving." He seemed shocked, but he wasn't nearly as shocked as I was. I know that I didn't have a sister when I joined the program, or parents for that matter, so how could she be my sister?
However before anything else was said the door opened. Yet they hadn't noticed, the two girls in black and aqua seemed content to listen for now.
Then Connie turned to me, cutting off her boyfriend, "He lied to you, he just wanted to use you to level the playing field with the freelancers. The freelancers are a part of a project that was authorized by the UNSC, THIS is the insurrection..." I stared at her in shock and silence for a moment before I turned my attention to the leader.
It was then I decided to speak, "Connie, step aside. Let me deal with him." She nods and steps aside, but before she does I grab her arm, "I want to talk with you later, am I understood?" After I made sure she understood I turned to the freelancers, "If you two touch her, I'll kill you along with this asshole." The two freelancers looked at each other and shrugged.
Without warning I took out Emile's kukri and lunged forward, going low to avoid the tomohawk that I was sure would be there to counter. I stepped to the mans right, my right foot making a C motion to put me in a better position as I dragged the blade across his stomach. He spun around me though before I could cut him open and slammed another tomohawk into my back, making me yell out in pain. He took another tomohawk and slammed it into my side.
I looked at him and took out my combat knife, I stared at his visor as I flipped the knife in the air, catching it by its blade before I threw it, hitting him in the shoulder. Before he could pull it out and try to counter with it, I ran up to him and slammed Emile's kukri into his stomach, deep enough for the point of the knife to come out the other side. I could feel his shock as he looked at me, the life slowly leaving his body as the blood poured from his wounds.
He fell back, becoming weaker as I rippes my combat knife out of his shoulder, putting it back on the small sheath on my right shoulder before putting Emile's kukri on my left.
I ripped out his tomohawks with a grunt and spun them, making them collapse on themselves before I attached one to each of my legs. I only had time to turn to Connie and the freelancers before my vision went dark...
I was very reluctant to release this chapter, both here and on Wattpad. Now, this is an improved version if the chapter, but I knew the sibling thing might catch people off guard. Tell me what you all think, and I hope you enjoyed!
