Chapter 1
When they entered the massive structure, Se7en placed his hand on the side of his helmet. "Thanks for the air support, 6ix," he said calmly.
"Hey, I helped too!" 5ive said through the mike.
Se7en sighed. "Thanks."
"You're welcome," 5ive said with a grin.
"And wipe that smile off your face," Se7en grumbled.
5ive stammered and turned to 6ix. "How does he know?" he asked.
"It's Se7en," 6ix said without taking her eyes off the sky in front of her. "Need I say more?"
Meanwhile, the rest of them were walking through the building. "Do we even know what we're looking for?" Thr33 asked.
"Apparently," Tw0 said, "it's a big button on the top…" Tw0 trailed off when he saw all the stairs leading up to the top with Covenant all over it. "…floor."
"Alright, team," Se7en said. "We've gotta get to the top of this building, and that's the only way. Let's do it."
F0ur spun around to face him. "WHAT!" he screamed.
"We've gotta go up."
Se7en just stared blankly at F0ur. F0ur's eye twitched. "THAT'S CRAZY!"
"Let's go guys!" Tw0 shouted.
"HOORAH!" Thr33 yelled before the two brothers started running up the stairs.
Twenty-one years earlier…
Brody was sitting at a table, eating his porridge, staring at a flickering light on the ceiling. Luke and James came and sat across from him. They looked at the light, then back at him. "What is it?" asked Luke.
"That light," Brody replied, "it bugs me."
"What is it with you and lights?" James asked.
"Not just any lights," Brody explained before pointing at the light. "That light."
James and Luke sighed in unison. "I'm going to go get some slop," Luke said before getting up from the table. "You guys want anything?"
"I'll have some slop," James said as he put his hand up.
He turned to Brody. "How about you?"
Brody said nothing. James leaned over to Luke. "He's in deep thought," James whispered. Luke walked off and joined the queue for lunch. James just stared at Brody. "Brode, you're scaring me." Brody just stared at the light. "Seriously."
Brody suddenly jumped for the light, but James pulled him back down. "That light is really annoying," Brody grumbled.
"You're an idiot," James groaned.
"I'm not an idiot," Brody said, "I'm a perfectionist."