Manitica

In the year 2545, on the planet Manitica, UNSC 23rd Combat Force’s leader, Sergeant Major Brian Hernandez said, “Welcome to Manitica everyone. This is a planet where our first mission is. Our mission is to get to the Great White Outpost and hold it till the UNSC 1st Technical Division arrives. Do you understand me?”

Everyone answered, “Yessir.”

Brian looked at the Legion member of his crew and he nodded and Brian said, “Alrighty then. Let’s get a move on it then.”

Private Michael Dick asked, “Who is he anyway? He never shows his face. He never even speaks.”

Brian said, “All I know about him is that he’s a mute.”

Private Third Class Tyrone Giblet asked, “What the hell does “mute” mean?”

Brian answered, “It means that he can’t speak. And the reason why he never shows his face is unknown.”

Corporal Helena Cyle asked, “Why is he with us?”

Brian answered, “He graduated at the top of his class. The doctor that created the Legions, asked him to be a part of this unit. By the way, what is your name, Legion?”

He heard that and then his AI, Carlena said, “Thomas-00000.”

Helena said, “It’s a girl. That's pretty fuckin cool.”

Carlena said, “No, I’m his AI, Carlena. Thomas-00000 is a man. And he’s been a mute ever since the project.”

Brian looked forward and then said, “Halt.”

They stopped and then Brian looked ahead and said, “I believe that it’s a little too silent.”

Helena said, “Maybe there was a miscalculation with the coordinates.”

Carlena said, “Nope. The enemy is here. Just hiding.”

Michael heard that and said, “So you are going to speak now and not in our training?”

Carlena answered, “Well, it wasn’t a battlefield. This is a battlefield.”

Brian looked ahead and saw movement and said, “She’s right. They are just hiding. Let’s move forward quietly and slowly.”

They heard that and then walked forward slowly and without saying a word. After 20 seconds of silence, Specialist Islam Caine stepped on a branch and then the Grugs heard that and stopped moving behind the containers and then Brian said, “Shit. Who was that?”

Everyone pointed at each other and Brian sighed and said, “We’ll talk about that later.”

Islam screeched and said, “Sorry.”

Brian heard that and said, “Caine, shit. I thought that I taught you stealth.”

Islam said, “You did, sir.”

A Grylyn appeared with a Plasma Spitter and started shooting at them and then Thomas-00000 stepped forward and Helena saw that and he shot at them and Islam said, “Damn. 20 years of training for him is nothing compared to us.”

Carlena said, “Please don’t compare yourself with him.”

Brian said, “I agree. Legion could whoop your ass any day.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Brian looked at him and then Brian said, “Forward.”

They started moving forward again and then Thomas-00000 saw a sniper and it was aimed at Brian and Thomas-00000 shoved him out of the way and the bullet hit the ground and Brian saw that and Thomas-00000 aimed his gun up and Brian looked at him and then Helena said, “He just saved the cap.”

Islam said, “He’s got balls to push him out of the way.”

Brian smiled and said, “Don’t let him have all of the fun now soldiers.”

Michael smiled and then Specialist Kane Michaels said, “I actually think that he’s enjoying this.”

Tyrone said, “Man, I thought that I made him happy.”

Brian said, “Shut up and protect your brothers and sisters in arms.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “That’s what we do.”

Tyrone said, “She’s right.”

Thomas-00000 located the sniper and pointed up ahead and Brian saw that and said, “Corporal Hogan.”

Corporal Lilian Hogan asked, “What is it sir?”

Brian answered, “Legion here has found the sniper that tried killing me. Follow him finger and snipe him with you M21 Shark Bullet.”

Lilian said, “Yessir.”

Lilian aimed the M21 up at where his finger was pointing and saw the Fratser and said, “Found it.”

She pulled the trigger and then the bullet flew into its head and Thomas-00000 put his thumbs up and Lilian said, “Thank you.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then they ran forward and enemies started to pop up from behind the containers and then they hid where other containers were and Thomas-00000 went to the edge and then went to peek at where the enemy was and then a Grylyn shot at him with a Type-014 Energy Iglit and he went back into cover and Sergeant Vinny Ziggler said, “What are we going to do now sir?”

Brian answered, “When I give the signal, we all shoot. Understood.”

Carlena answered, “Thomas-00000 and I understand.”

Everyone else said, “Understood sir.”

Thomas-00000 looked at Brian and Brian looked at him and they nodded at each other and they went out and Brian said, “Now.”

Everyone popped out and started shooting at them. Carlena said, “One at your 3.”

Thomas-00000 turned and shot the Semitar in the head and then looked forward and then Master Sergeant Joe Pickerel said, “So, our first stop is up ahead, correct?”

Brian answered, “Nope. We need to go further up. This is Omega-84’s Facility. It seems to have fallen into Grug hands. Carlena, contact base and see if they’d like us to take it back.”

Carlena said, “Yessir. UNSC Los Angeles, this is Carlena of the UNSC 23rd Combat Force. Do you read?”

Captain Kristi Lockwood asked, “Did you guys make it to the Great White Outpost yet?”

Carlena answered, “Nope. We located Omega-84’s Facility. And it is overrun by the Grug. Would you like us to take it back?”

Kristi said, “Hold up.”

Carlena waited and 3 minutes later, she appeared and said, “Yes. Any territory that we lost to the Grugs, take it back.”

Carlena said, “Yes ma’am.”

Kristi said, “UNSC Los Angeles out.”

Carlena said, “Everything that has been overtaken by the Grugs, we must take back they say.”

Brian said, “Alright. Let’s take out the Grugs.”

2: Take Back Omega-84's Facility
Take Back Omega-84's Facility

Everyone started to run forward and then Brian appeared by the door and said, “Legion, break the door down.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then charged into the door with his A19 Jaguar Rifle in hand and then it shattered into many pieces and the Grugs heard that and then started shooting at him and Brian saw the bullets and kept his hand up and then Thomas-00000 started shooting at them and they all started running to cover and then Brian said, “Move in.”

Thomas-00000 moved forward to the stairs and everyone split up and then Brian said, “They are hiding in here. So stay on guard.”

Thomas-00000 hid himself behind the wall where the top of the stairs is and then looked down and saw a couple soldiers waiting and then looked behind the wall and saw them looking at the container and put his hand up and brought his hand back and forth and they ran up and Thomas-00000 walked out and then they appeared behind him and Thomas-00000 pointed to the left and half of them went to the left and the other half followed him and Carlena said, “Fire whenever ready men.”

Sergeant Third Class Zack Zed said, “Sure thing.”

They moved into battle formation and then started shooting at the enemy and Brian heard that and then looked forward and enemies appeared and then Brian started shooting along with the men down there with him and said, “Let’s go.”

Private Second Class Lisa Ribbons asked, “How many floors are in this place Carlena?”

Carlena answered, “5. And they are all infested with Grug.”

Michael sighed and said, “It seems that you don’t want to go any further.”

Lisa said, “It’s not that I don’t want to move forward. It’s just that I didn’t get much sleep on the ride here.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Don’t think about it, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and sighed and everyone laughed and then they ran around the building killing everything in their path and then a Sniper Fratser appeared from inside a container on the second floor and then shot one of the soldiers and Vinny saw that and Thomas-00000 turned around and shot it in the head and it fell down Brian saw that and looked up and saw nothing there and smiled and then appeared in front of a door with a code on it and screeched and tapped a button and then the AI of the building said, “Welcome Sergeant Major Hernandez to the Omega Laboratory.”

Brian opened the door and said, “Come on.”

They ran inside and checked it out and Vinny said, “Clear.”

Brian ran into the room and saw that there was a door in the room and went to open it, but the door was locked and Brian asked, “Is there anyone in there? This is the UNSC 23rd Combat Force.”

The people in the room heard that and then one of the doctors opened the door and saw the soldiers and Brian saw that the soldiers were there and asked, “Are there any other doctors in here?”

The doctor answered, “We’re all in here. That survived the onslaught. Why are the UNSC here?”

Brian answered, “We’re going to the Great White Outpost. But we’re taking out all of the Grug before we get there.”

The doctors heard that and said, “Well, the base is overrun by Grug. Semitars, Fratsers, and Grylyns. You’ll have a hard time with the Grug. I’m the lead researcher here at Omega-84’s Facility, Dr. Ultear Grzej. Also one of the main researchers for the Legion Project.”

Brian heard that and asked, “If that’s the case, do you know a soldier known as Thomas-00000?”

Ultear answered, “Yes. He was a failure of a subject. But survived losing a lot of his features. One, he lost his speech. That is actually a good thing, he loved to talk shit about people.”

Everyone laughed and then Ultear said, “Two, he lost the feeling in his body. So if you touched him, he would feel it.”

Brian said, “That is pretty dangerous.”

Ultear said, “Yes it is. And lastly, Thomas-00000 stopped sleeping. He hasn’t slept for 24 years. Thomas-00000 is our best Legion, but with loads of flaws. His AI chose him because of this. Carlena is an AI that changed him from wanting to kill everyone to a man worthy of working well with others. Oh wait, there is a fourth thing. He never takes his helmet off because of the scars on his face. He has one over his left eye and a deep cut on his right cheek forming the symbol of what the Underworld use.”

Vinny heard that and Ultear said, “Yes, Thomas-00000 was kidnapped by the Underworld and tortured to near death.”

Brian said, “Oh damn. I feel sorry for him.”

Vinny said, “I agree. He went through a lot.”

Ultear said, “Without Carlena, Thomas-00000 would have been a huge threat to humanity. And he would have probably joined the Underworld forces in destroying the UNSC. Why do you ask about him?”

Brian answered, “He’s up stairs.”

Ultear heard that and sighed and said, “Alright, before you leave, I’d like a word with him.”

Brian said, “Sure thing, doc. Let’s help them up there.”

Thomas-00000’s group was on the 5th floor and then saw a Semitar Elite and Sergeant First Class Steve Buckley said, “It’s a Semitar Elite.”

Private First Class Robert Douglas Jr. said, “He also has a Energy Sword.”

Type-025 Energy Sword was swung at them and they jumped back, but it hit one of the soldiers with him and Thomas-00000 saw that and then charged at him and the Semitar Elite saw that and then shouldered him into the wall and then Thomas-00000 aimed his M9 Victarious Shot at him and shot him in the head and then he collapsed after getting shot 6 times and then Thomas-00000 pointed at the door and Helena grabbed the doorknob and Thomas-00000 and Michael nodded and Helena opened it and then they charged into the room and then looked around and then they ran in and Thomas-00000 put his hand on the doorknob and went to turn it, but it was locked and Thomas-00000 knocked and Carlena asked, “Is there anyone in here? This is the UNSC 23rd Combat Force.”

No one answered and then Brian appeared and saw the door and Thomas-00000 knocked again and no answer again and then Brian said, “Break it down.”

Thomas-00000 punched a hole through the door and then looked for the doorknob and then turned the latch on it and then opened the door and then looked inside of the room and walked into it and a Semitar appeared running him into the wall and then Brian started shooting at it and so did Helena and the Semitar collapsed and Thomas-00000 looked at the room and saw the Omega Project and then Carlena said, “The Omega Project.”

Brian looked at him and then Carlena said, “This is the project that saved his life.”

Thomas-00000 turned around and saw a doctor laying on the ground and walked over to him and checked for a pulse and Carlena said, “He’s still alive. He’s just knocked out.”

Thomas-00000 lifted him up and then walked out of the room and Brian looked at him and Carlena said, “He’s the only survivor that we found.”

Brian said, “There are more downstairs. Take him down to the first floor.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then they followed him and then as soon as he got to the bottom floor, Ultear looked at him and said, “Hello, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then turned his head slowly and saw her and Carlena said, “Hello again doc.”

Ultear asked, “Is that you saying that, or Thomas?”

Carlena answered, “Thomas.”

Ultear said, “I see. He's a survivor as well.”

Carlena answered, “Yes. Knocked out in the Omega Lab on the 5th floor.”

Ultear said, “You met the doctor that saved your life from death. Good for you.”

Thomas-00000 put him down and then pointed his M9 at the door and shot the Stealth Semitar and it collapsed afterwards and Ultear looked at him and said, “You really haven’t changed much from our last meeting.”

Carlena said, “Of course I have. You changed more though.”

Ultear said, “That’s because I’m an old woman now kiddo. You remember the Gunsmith, correct?”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and nodded and Ultear said, “Well, follow him.”

Thomas-00000 did and he took him to his office and said, “Thomas, I’ve been waiting for the day we met again. I created something just for you. It’s a Battle Rifle that shoots 3 bullets at a time. U824 Colosseum Vident. Here are 5 clips of 60 bullets each. By the way, do you remember my name?”

Carlena answered, “Dr. Tatsuya Chiba, he says.”

Tatsuya smiled and said, “That’s good. Because I remember last time that you had a terrible memory calling me Jutsaya, Suya, Suyama, and Asuyasa.”

Carlena started laughing and said, “That is him laughing. Thomas figured out a way to remember people's names. Show him, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 took out a card and handed it to him and Tatsuya said, “Oh, you create this card to memorize a person. Nice. You know, if we worked on you a little more, we might be capable of making you the most dominant Legion out there by far.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena said, “Nope. I’m good.”

Tatsuya said, “You aren’t understanding what I’m getting at Thomas. If you use cards to remember us by. You can create your own weapons and people by using cards as well.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “He’s listening now.”

Tatsuya said, “It might take me a couple years to make it happen, but if we change the way your cards react to you. And what they mean to you, I might be capable of creating a summoning sequence with a new set of Tyrfing Specialized Combat Assault Armor. To yours of course.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “If you could make that happen, I’d appreciate that. Thank you doc.”

Tatsuya said, “No problem. I’ll get straight to work.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and walked away and then Ultear asked, “Do you like the weapon?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Ultear said, “Well, you have a mission to complete. Get going.”

Brian smiled and then said, “Let’s go.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

3: Get to Astral-42
Get to Astral-42

After they left Omega-84’s Facility, Brian asked, “How do you feel about meeting them again, Legion?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena answered, “Happy.”

Tyrone laughed and said, “Well, you seem to have been enjoying yourself.”

Carlena said, “I guess that I was.”

Steve said, “You don’t like to admit the truth, do you?”

Carlena answered, “Don’t know what you are talking about.”

Brian said, “Don’t worry about them, let’s stay focused on the mission.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Islam said, “So, what’s the next area?”

Brian answered, “We’re going to Astral-42 next.”

Carlena said, “Astral-42 is a former technology building site that created the deadly weapon Aquifer to destroy the Grugs planet to end the war against them. Also is abandoned. A great place for the Grug to hide.”

Robert asked, “Was that Thomas speaking or you?”

Carlena answered, “Thomas is retarded. So I am smart and an AI.”

Michael said, “That’s harsh.”

Islam said, “Yeah, you just called him a dumbass.”

Carlena said, “It’s true, he says.”

Lilian yelled, “Don’t admit it.”

Carlena asked, “Is that a bad thing?”

Zack answered, “Yeah, it just makes you look like more of an idiot.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena laughed and said, “Oh. I’m an idiot.”

Vinny said, “Stop admitting it dammit.”

Carlena said, “Sorry.”

Brian said, “Shut up already.”

Energy blasts flew passed them and then Thomas-00000 saw that and then aimed his weapon ahead of him and started shooting at them and the 3 bullets hit the enemies and they collapsed. Brian yelled, “Fire. Kill them all so we could continue to Astral-42.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

They ran forward and then shot as they ran and more soldiers on both sides started to fall and Helena saw that and looked ahead and Thomas-00000 walked toward the enemy domain and then turned around and shot the Flatzoid in the head and it collapsed and Lisa looked back and saw Thomas-00000 protecting them from behind and said, “Hm, we have Grug behind us as well.”

Joe said, “Most likely an ambush.”

Kane said, “They knew that we were coming.”

Vinny said, “Nice, let’s keep moving and protect our hinds as well.”

Thomas-00000 ran backwards to catch up with the team and then Joe, Helena, and Vinny turned around and helped Thomas-00000 take out the enemy behind them. Brian said, “Keep it up men. We’re almost out of this hell hole of a place.”

Carlena said, “This is the perfect place to ambush a group of people, sir.”

Brian asked, “Why is that?”

Carlena answered, “Look around you. Trees, containers, bushes that are higher than us. It hides the enemies from existence and then they’d appear out of nowhere like this. It’s perfect.”

Brian said, “You gotta be kidding me. They really knew that we were coming.”

Helena said, “Someone must have alerted them.”

Thomas-00000 shot at them and Joe said, “Well, they did a good job planning this.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Michael said, “Oh well.”

Tyrone said, “We lost a lot of men.”

Carlena said, “You shouldn’t have ran in like that. It results in the death of comrades, he says.”

Brian said, “He’s right. We were too careless.”

Vinny said, “That’s why you stayed behind.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “You never know when you could get attacked from behind you.”

Brian screeched and said, “Shit. You are a fucking tactician. And you call him a dumbass.”

Carlena screeched and said, “He told me to say it.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and shook his head and then Carlena said, “OK. You always say dumb things.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then looked up and saw a Flatzoid Flyer and pointed his gun up and shot it out of the sky and then it landed on one of the Grylyns and killed it with its head and then Brian said, “All clear.”

Everyone heard that and then Vinny said, “Clear back here as well.”

They turned around and then walked forward slowly again and Brian said, “Slowly now. We can’t afford to lose anymore men.”

They said, “Yessir.”

Carlena said, “Just like the beginning.”

Brian said, “Yeah, just like the beginning.”

They continued to walk forward and then got 1000 feet away from the Astral-42 building and then Grylyns and Fratsers were everywhere and Carlena said, “Just passed these Grug is Astral-42 everyone.”

Brian said, “Exactly as she said it. Kill all of the Grug and then we enter the base and take it back from the enemy. And then we get to the Great White Outpost.”

Carlena said, “Actually, there is one more stop before our destination, sir.”

Brian said, “There is? Then our intel is wrong.”

Carlena said, “There is a newly built facility known as Epsilon-21. So of course it wouldn’t be recorded.”

Brian said, “Oh. Really?”

Carlena answered, “Yep.”

Sergeant Second Class Chelsea Branch said, “Actually she’s right. I heard about the newly built research facility on this planet. It came out like a week ago, right?”

Carlena answered, “Yes. It took you guys 8 months to build it. It finished just a week ago. No one works there yet, so lucky them.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then looked around and then looked at his clip in his gun and saw that there was only three bullets left and then aimed it at the enemy and Brian said, “Fire.”

Thomas-00000 pulled the clip out and dropped it and then put a new clip in there and then continued shooting with them and everyone saw that and said, “He’s so fast with it.”

Brian said, “That’s 20 years of hard work for ya. Keep shooting.”

Everyone did and then a Semitar Elite appeared and swung at a soldier and Thomas-00000 grabbed him and pulled him back and then put his gun up to its head and shot him twice with his gun and then he collapsed and Staff Sergeant Henry James Roberts said, “Thank you.”

Carlena said, “No problem, he says.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then turned back and shot the one in front of him and Brian said, “There are a lot more Semitar Elites here than back there.”

Carlena said, “Yes. It means that we’re getting closer to our destination. Let’s go.”

They pushed forward and then Chelsea said, “So, what to do?”

Thomas-00000 pointed at the containers and Brian asked, “What’s over there, Thomas?”

Carlena answered, “Enemies might be hiding. So take caution.”

Everyone heard that and then they started walking slowly and then a Fratser appeared from above and Lilian sniped the Fratser and he flew back and Brian said, “Nice shot.”

Lilian said, “Thanks.”

Thomas-00000 stepped forward and then turned his head to the right and saw a Semitar Elite running toward him and Michael shot at it and Thomas-00000 nodded and then walked further up and everyone followed Thomas-00000 and Brian and Brian said, “So Thomas, what made you take the Legion Project?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and everyone looked at him and Carlena answered, “No comment.”

He shot the Fratser that appeared from the container in front of them and then they started to appear from all over and then they started making a circle and protected each other by shooting at the enemy. And when a soldier fell, they closed the gap so they could protect the man behind the man that got shot. Michael said, “You really won’t tell us?”

Carlena answered, “Nope. I won’t.”

Chelsea said, “Don’t worry about it, Private Dick.” Brian said, “Dick, you are an ass for wanting to know that.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and then appeared beside the containers and looked in them and saw that they were empty and then looked beyond them and saw a Semitar with a Type-06 Energy Blaster Rifle and was about to shoot at them, but Lilian sniped him in the head and Carlena said, “Clear.”

Brian said, “Clear over here.”

Michael said, “Clear.”

Steve shot the last one behind them and said, “Clear.”

Brian said, “OK. Let’s take Astral-42 back.”

Everyone said, “Aye, sir.”

4: Astral-42 Destroyed
Astral-42 Destroyed

Carlena said, “Clear.”

Brian said, “Clear over here.”

Michael said, “Clear.”

Steve shot the last one behind them and said, “Clear.”

Brian said, “OK. Let’s take Astral-42 back.”

Everyone said, “Aye, sir.”

They ran toward the abandoned Astral-42 and Brian asked, “Do you think that the new research facility is the real base of the Grug?”

Carlena answered, “It’s a high possibility because right now, it’s abandoned. And it is close to the Great White Outpost. If we make it to Epsilon-21, we might be about 2500 feet away from our primary objective. Right now, we’re only at our secondary objective. Erase the Grug from our facilities.”

Michael said, “You have a lot to say about this shit.”

Chelsea said, “Of course she does idiot. She’s an AI.”

Michael said, “Sorry.”

Carlena said, “Please don’t insult my intelligence.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and Brian said, “Or I’ll him to kick your ass and make him look like an ally to the enemy.”

Michael said, “Sorry. I’m really, really sorry.”

Carlena said, “Tell me when, sir. I’ll beat the shit out of him for you.”

Brian said, “If he makes another smartass comment about her, you can have your fun.”

Michael screeched and Carlena started laughing and said, “That was him laughing.”

Michael said, “I take everything back about what I said about you.”

Thomas-00000 walked to the door and Michael and Helena aimed their M68 Combat Vident at the door and said, “We’re ready.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then forced the door open and they started shooting at the enemies inside of the base and then as soon as they went to reload, everyone entered the base and then shot every sniper out of the second floor, which is the top floor of the building. Thomas-00000 kept his eyes on the ground floor and shot a Semitar and he moved forward and Lilian sniped him for the kill and Thomas-00000 nodded and then Steve asked, “What is that thing?”

Everyone looked up and saw a spider looking creature and said, “Oh my god. It’s a spider. What the hell is that thing doing here? Is that even a Grug?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “Yes it is. It is known as the Spydernaut. It was given that name because of the size of the spider. And it’s a being from Grug Mythology. So it’s rare to see one of them in real life.”

Spydernaut screeched and then shot webs out at them and then they jumped out of the way and started shooting up and Thomas-00000 looked around for a way to bring it down and Carlena said, “My, my. You are actually looking for a way to defeat that thing.”

Thomas-00000 found a J777 Jaguar Sticky Grenade and smiled and pulled the latch out and tossed it at the Spydernaut and saw the webs and jumped out of the way and the rest of them blew up and Thomas-00000 screeched and the sticky grenade landed on the Spydernaut and Michael said, “It’s stuck.”

Lilian said, “Please work.”

Steve said, “Blow up.”

Thomas-00000 crossed his fingers and then it blew up and the Grugs below it started running away screaming and Thomas-00000 started shooting the Grugs that were hiding and then saw the roof coming down with the Spydernaut and Brian yelled, “Fall back. The roof is collapsing.”

Everyone started to fall back and Carlena said, “Thomas, there’s a human in the room over there. You should save him.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then ran toward the door and busted it down and saw the human and Carlena asked, “Are you ok?”

A Semitar appeared by the door and then aimed its Type-011 Energy Cutter at him and then a boulder hit him and crushed him and the doctor said, “I’m alright. Can you take me back to Omega-84’s Facility?”

Carlena said, “There’s a safe route to go, sir. But let’s get you out of here before the place falls down on us.”

He said, “Alright.”

Thomas-00000 lifted him up and then started to run out of there and then Brian asked, “Is everyone out of there?”

Michael asked, “Where’s Legion?”

Everyone heard that and then a shadow appeared through all of the smoke and then Lilian pointed at the building and said, “He’s got a human.”

Chelsea said, “I thought that it was abandoned.”

Tyrone said, “Must be one of the construction workers that never got out.”

Brian yelled, “Hurry up, soldier. You don’t have much time left.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then saw the boulder and screeched and stopped and the boulder hit the ground before they could exit and Brian grinned and said, “He was a good soldier.”

Thomas-00000 jumped on top of the rock and then started jumping up on the debris and that helped him get out to the top of the building and then the sides started to come down and then Thomas-00000 had to jump and the doctor screamed and yelled, “I’m going to die.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Please don’t say that. You’ll bring shame to the Legions. And we can’t allow that.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then landed on the ground and then Brian said, “We need to move now. Before any of the Grug catch wind to us. Let’s move.”

Chelsea said, “Rest in peace sir.”

Everyone prayed before leaving and then started to move to Epsilon-21. While they were walking, two shadows appeared and Private Sammy Santos asked, “Who the hell is that?”

5: Save Epsilon-21
Save Epsilon-21

Brian yelled, “Hurry up, soldier. You don’t have much time left.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then saw the boulder and screeched and stopped and the boulder hit the ground before they could exit and Brian grinned and said, “He was a good soldier.”

Thomas-00000 jumped on top of the rock and then started jumping up on the debris and that helped him get out to the top of the building and then the sides started to come down and then Thomas-00000 had to jump and the doctor screamed and yelled, “I’m going to die.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Please don’t say that. You’ll bring shame to the Legions. And we can’t allow that.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then landed on the ground and then Brian said, “We need to move now. Before any of the Grug catch wind to us. Let’s move.”

Chelsea said, “Rest in peace sir.”

Everyone prayed before leaving and then started to move to Epsilon-21. While they were walking, two shadows appeared and Private Sammy Santos asked, “Who the hell is that?”

Thomas-00000 walked forward with the doctor next to him and he asked, “Do you know how I get back to Omega-84’s Facility?”

Carlena answered, “Yep. You see the line of corpses ahead of us.”

He answered, “Yeah, what about them?”

Carlena answered, “Follow them to the facility. But tell me this, how the hell did you end up there?”

The doctor answered, “Good question actually. We were eating lunch yesterday when we heard explosions. Everyone started running, I just got the hell out of there thinking that I would be safer in Astral-42. I was totally wrong because 30 minutes later, they appeared guns blazing and I just locked myself in there waiting for help.”

Carlena said, “I see. There is no safe place when the Grug are around, doc. But if you take that path, you’ll get to Omega-84’s Facility. I guarantee it.”

Lilian started chuckling and said, “My god. He survived.”

Brian heard that and said, “He survived?”

Lilian answered, “Yep. Use your binoculars.”

Brian did and saw them and smiled and they started running toward them and Thomas-00000 saw that and Carlena said, “Here comes the cavalry.”

The doctor screeched and then Michael said, “We thought that you were a goner.”

The doctor said, “Likewise. He’s insane.”

Carlena said, “You might want to start running now. We plan on angering the Grug.”

The doctor started running and then Kane asked, “Who was that?”

Carlena answered, “That is a doctor from Omega-84’s Facility. He thought that it would have been safe to just run away. But 30 minutes later, the Grug appeared guns blazing and he locked himself up in there.”

Chief Sergeant Vivian Vale said, “I think that he lost his mind, sir.”

Brian said, “He definitely did.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and then saw the M631 Magma Pistol in his pocket and Carlena said, “He had a M631 Magma Pistol in his pocket. That was Dr. Chiba’s gun.”

Brian heard that and then said, “Kane, Michael, Helena, and Vivian, chase him down. The rest of us will push forward. And keep an eye on him. Make sure that he doesn’t try to kill any of them.”

They said, “Yessir.”

The 4 of them started to chase him and then Carlena said, “Hm, you ready for some ass whooping.”

Everyone started cheering and then they started to move toward Epsilon-21. Sammy said, “Do you think that he stole his gun on purpose?”

Carlena answered, “It was Dr. Chiba’s first gun that he created. He fought in the Battle of Saptonian 23 years ago, along with the Legions with it. It’s a memento to him.”

Chelsea said, “They better get the gun back.”

Carlena said, “All they need to do is escort him. Make sure that he doesn’t do anything stupid.”

They appeared in an alley and Lilian asked, “What is this?”

Brian answered, “This is the Alley of Pastian. Created by the first set of humans that landed here 230 years ago. It is the path to the next building.”

Carlena said, “That would be Epsilon-21. And then the path continues to the Great White Outpost.”

Zack asked, “Are you sure about that?”

Tyrone answered, “She’s an AI.”

Carlena said, “It’s ok.”

Lilian said, “Let’s just move slowly.”

Brian said, “Yes, move forward slowly.”

They moved slowly and then found the building and then plasma beams were shot at them and Thomas-00000 grabbed Brian and pulled him back and it flew right passed Lilian and she said, “Oh shit.”

She aimed her sniper and started shooting at them and Thomas-00000 looked ahead and took his U824 out and started shooting at the ground forces and everyone followed him slowly and then a Semitar said, “Don’t let them through.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and took off and appeared beside one of the containers and then looked at the other side and saw 5 of them and appeared and started shooting at them and the 5 Grylyns collapsed and then a Major Grylyn appeared in front of him and Thomas-00000 shot him and then he flew back and then ran forward and started shuffling across the battlefield and shooting from a distance and took out all of the enemies within a minute and then Brian saw that all of them collapsed and then Henry said, “Damn.”

Tyrone said, “Legion took them all out.”

Islam said, “He’s definitely making us look bad.”

Vinny said, “Nah, he’s just showing you that he cares about us idiot.”

Joe said, “Well now, he’s proven that you can count on the Legions.”

Zack said, “You could say that again.”

Lilian said, “Let’s keep moving.”

Joe said, “I agree. If we stand here, we’ll never get this new base back.”

Lisa said, “What she said.”

Steve said, “Shut up and move.”

Brian said, “Let’s move out now.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 appeared by the door and waited for them and then saw a Semitar Elite holding a Type-413 Keklier Bomb Show and then started shooting at it and then Brian heard that and then looked up and Lilian sniped him in the head and said, “Clear.”

Brian said, “Faster.”

Everyone ran faster and then Henry got to the door first and broke it down and Thomas-00000 appeared and started shooting to protect him and then Chelsea said, “Damn he’s fast.”

Robert said, “Don’t let him have all of the fun.”

Brian said, “That’s something that I would say.”

Henry said, “Well, you did say it.”

Brian laughed and then everyone ran in and Thomas-00000 was about to go up the stairs, but then the door opened and a group of human construction workers appeared and Thomas-00000 appeared by them and Carlena asked, “Who are you?”

They answered, “We’re the construction workers that were still working on the building.”

Carlena said, “I thought that you finished it a week ago.”

They said, “No, we’re not even half way done with it yet.”

Brian heard that and said, “Someone gave a false report on this structure.”

Carlena asked, “How many floors are in this building so far?”

They answered, “3. But it’s supposed to be 7.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Brian said, “Let’s clear out the enemy. Do you need a way out of here?”

The construction workers answered, “Yes.”

Brian said, “Then we’ll take you to the Great White Outpost. As soon as we clear it out. We’ll be entering the Great White Outpost and a couple ships will be appearing. We’ll ask to bring some escort ships here to get you out.”

The soldiers ran up the stairs and then started the attack and Thomas-00000 was with Brian and Brian said, “I think that you are going a little too fast, Thomas. Slow down a bit.”

Thomas-0000 heard that and Carlena said, “Thomas knows that, sir. And he’s deeply sorry.”

Thomas-00000 looked up and then Brian said, “Stay in there till we come back.”

Gunshots were fired and then they ran up the stairs and the construction workers closed the door and then the Thomas-00000 looked around and saw that the soldiers were standing there and then Chelsea asked, “Did we kill it?”

Thomas-00000 sighed and then appeared and shot it in the head 5 times and Carlena said, “It’s dead. Stop wasting your damn ammo on it.”

Brian heard that and said, “Thomas, calm down.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “That’s the reason why it was a good thing that he was silenced sir. He has an attitude.”

Thomas-00000 walked away and then Brian said, “Get to the third floor and stop wasting your ammo on just one Semitar.”

Sammy said, “It wasn’t going down. Private Jones and Colohan died because of it.”

Brian said, “OK. Thomas has a point though as well. You run out of ammo, how will you complete the mission.”

They screeched and said, “Sorry sir.”

Thomas-00000 sat down against the wall and Carlena said, “Cheer up, Thomas. It’s not your fault that you are different from the rest.”

Thomas-00000 looked up and then Carlena said, “Of course I’m trying to make you feel better sir. Slow down, lose your attitude, and you’ll be just fine.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and inhaled the air and then took a deep breath and then walked forward and Brian looked at him and they walked up the stairs together and then looked around and saw the soldiers shooting at the Spydernaut and Thomas-00000 looked at Brian and Brian nodded and they ran forward and started shooting at the Spydernauts and then Sammy asked, “Are you feeling better sir?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Carlena said, “He just lost his head a little. He’ll be fine.”

Thomas-00000 looked at its legs and Carlena said, “There seems to be a weakness on there legs.”

Everyone heard that and then webs appeared and then they jumped out of the way and said, “Alright. Aim for its legs.”

They started shooting at their legs and then Carlena asked, “Are these floors sturdy to hold them?”

Brian answered, “They should be. They are made from the toughest of steel. And they are capable of withholding 20 million lbs. Why do you ask?”

Carlena answered, “They’ll be hitting the floor hard. Probably 4000 lbs of pressure.”

Brian said, “We’ll be good. This is the toughest steel in the world right now. Let’s do this.”

The first leg tore off and it started screeching and then Henry said, “Let’s keep shooting.”

Carlena said, “As soon as it falls down, aim for the belly to kill it.”

Everyone heard that and then 7 clips later, the Spydernauts fell down and then everyone saw that and then Thomas-00000 jumped up and started shooting at its belly and then everyone started doing the same and then they exploded and then Carlena said, “We win. On to the next place.”

Everyone asked, “Are we taking the construction workers? They’ll slow us down.”

Brian looked at Thomas-00000 and answered, “Yes, we’ll be taking them. And who cares if they are going to slow us down or not. Thomas here, will be leading the attack, while some stay back about 300 feet to stay away from the battlefield to protect the workers.”

Everyone heard that and said, “Yessir.”

6: Get the Weapon Back to Dr. Chiba; Get to the End of Alley of Pastian
Get the Weapon Back to Dr. Chiba; Get to the End of Alley of Pastian

While they were getting into the 2 groups, Kane, Michael, Helena, and Vivian caught up with the doctor and said, “Hello doc. We’re going to help you get back to Omega-84’s Facility.”

He said, “Thank you very much. That means a lot to me.”

Vivian heard that and saw his hand move to his back left pocket and aimed her weapon at him and said, “Stop.”

He saw the gun and put his hands up and Kane took the gun out of his back left pocket and asked, “Where’d you get this?”

He answered, “I borrowed it from a friend.”

Vivian said, “According to your friends student, he recognized it right away. And says that it’s Dr. Chiba’s most cherished creation and he wouldn’t give it to anyone.”

He heard that and asked, “Are you sure about that?”

Helena asked, “Are you trying to say that he’s a liar. You know what, just walk straight.”

He sighed and said, “Yes ma’am.”

They walked toward Omega-84’s Facility and then saw that there weren’t any enemies left and then appeared in the research facility and Tatsuya saw them aiming their weapons at him and asked, “Why are you holding your weapons to Dr. Morgan’s head?”

Kane took out his weapon and said, “We found this in his back left pocket. Thomas recognized it to be your most valuable possession.”

Tatsuya heard that and said, “It is. How’d you get my gun? I’ve been searching for it. And I didn’t let anyone in my office except for them when the attack happened.”

Dr. Calvin Morgan answered, “I entered your office before the attack. Plus, do you think that I would do something rash to you?”

Michael said, “You were in quite the hurry to get here. And Thomas sure thought that you had evil intentions.”

Ultear heard that and said, “If that’s the case, let’s use the truth serum to find that out.”

Calvin heard that and asked, “Do you really have to go that far? I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Ultear said, “Put him on the table.”

They did and Kane handed him his weapon and Tatsuya said, “Thank you.”

They said, “Thank Thomas.”

They strapped him down on to the table and then Ultear looked at him and said, “If I put this in the wrong vein, you will die. So start squirming around.”

Calvin said, “Please, I’ll speak.”

Ultear looked at him and then punched him in the face and then injected it into him and he felt that and grinned and then she took it out and then Kane said, “Thomas would have loved that.”

Ultear said, “Yes he would have. But he might start changing soon. He’ll get more aggressive and have anger issues. So he might have killed him.”

Calvin was calmed down and then Ultear asked, “Why’d you have Dr. Chiba’s gun?”

Calvin answered, “To kill all of you.”

Ultear heard that and asked, “Why?”

Calvin answered, “You are all friends with the Legions. Especially Dr. Chiba. He fought in the great war with all of the Legions.”

Ultear heard that and said, “I see. So where would you go after killing us?”

Calvin answered, “Well, I was asked by the Grug’s Commander, Supreme Commander Joh ‘Vande to kill you all. But I seemed to have failed my conquest. Hahahahaha.”

Michael punched him and knocked him out and Ultear taped it and said, “We’ll take care of him. You just back to your team and take back the Great White Outpost.”

Kane heard that and Vivian said, “Let’s go then. They should be there soon.”

Helena said, “Yep, let’s catch up before all of the fun is over.”

Michael said, “It might be over already.”

Kane said, “Nah, it ain’t over till they say it’s over.”

Vivian said, “Yep.”

They started running after them and Tatsuya and Ultear laughed and said, “Thomas-00000, eh. He seemed to have improved from the last time we met him. I agree. Well, I gotta get back to work now. Now that I’m not worried about my weapon. I can start on Thomas’ new armor.”

Ultear smiled and said, “OK. Get to work then. If you need anything, just ask.”

Tatsuya said, “I think that you got your hands full here.”

Ultear said, “Yes I do. To bring the Legion-II Project to life.”

Tatsuya smiled and said, “Get permission first.”

Ultear said, “I will.”

She contacted the UNSC Security Council, while Tatsuya got to work on his next set of armor. And while he was doing that, the 4 soldiers that were running said, “My god. They’ve gotten pretty far. How much farther do we have to go to catch up with them?”

Helena saw footprints and said, “Let’s follow the footprints. It’ll take us to them.”

Vivian said, “Good enough.”

Michael said, “OK.”

Kane said, “Let’s push forward.”

They continued to run and then in the front lines, Thomas-00000 looked around and Lilian asked, “Don’t you think that it’s weird?”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and Carlena asked, “How so?”

Lilian answered, “There hasn’t been any enemies since Epsilon-21.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Zack said, “Yeah, I just realized that myself.”

Carlena said, “That might just mean that everyone is at the Great White Outpost.”

Tyrone asked, “Are you sure about that?”

Specialist David Connors answered, “Actually, I believe him.”

Carlena said, “That was me speaking, not him. He’s totally out of it right now.”

David screeched and said, “Seriously?”

Carlena said, “Yeah, I’m kinda taking over his body.”

Tyrone said, “Not cool.”

Carlena said, “I’m not as lenient as Thomas. So say something that hurts me, I’ll shoot you in an instant.”

Tyrone said, “Sorry.”

As soon as she said that, she saw movement up ahead and said, “Hm, enemies up ahead.”

Everyone put their weapons in front of them and then walked slowly and Carlena saw that and then the shadow was getting bigger and then looked ahead and saw them and said, “Here we are, everyone. This is Great White Outpost.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and started shaking his head and Carlena said, “You are finally back with us.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “You’ve been out for awhile now.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then turned his head and saw Michael appearing with the others and nodded and Carlena asked, “How’d it go?”

Michael answered, “He betrayed the human race.”

Kane said, “His goal was to kill them for being friends with the Legions.”

Helena said, “He was working for the Grug.”

Vivian said, “A Commander known as Supreme Commander Joh ‘Vande ordered him to kill them.”

They said, “But failed because we spoiled his plans.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “Good. He’s under the truth serum, correct?”

Vivian answered, “Yep. Michael knocked him out though.”

Carlena said, “Good. Welcome to the main combat force. Get into formation. We’re about to start the Battle of Great White.”

They heard that and said, “Yessir.”

7: The Battle of Great White Outpost Part 1
The Battle of Great White Outpost Part 1

The 4 of them entered formation and Carlena said, “Slow and steady. Always wins the race. But most of all, always stay behind cover when the enemy starts shooting.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 started moving and then they followed and then Michael said, “You guys found some construction workers. What are they doing here?”

Sammy answered, “Someone lied about Epsilon-21 being complete. It’s not even half way complete.”

Lilian said, “That seems to be the case.”

Carlena said, “We need to find that person before people start coming here to work.”

Brian said, “I’ll contact them, Thomas.”

Carlena said, “Go ahead. You got all the time in the world to do so.”

Brian said, “Understood.”

He turned his radio on and said, “UNSC Los Angeles, this is Sergeant Major Hernandez of the UNSC 23rd Combat Force, do you read me?”

Colonel Frank Bacher answered, “Yes, UNSC Los Angeles hears you, Sergeant Major Hernandez. What can we do for you?”

Brian answered, “We found the construction workers that were working on Epsilon-21. They aren’t done with the building.”

Frank asked, “Are you sure about that? The team came back a week ago.”

Brian said, “No they didn’t. We’re protecting them right now. Epsilon-21 is supposed to be 7 floors, not 3. Keep the citizens away from Manitica. The Grug are still here. And Epsilon-21 isn’t finished. We’re going to need a ship for them because they are too scared to work. And we need the rechargeable serum for Thomas-00000.”

Frank said, “Understood. We’ll hand it over to the UNSC 1st Technical Division. They’ll inject it into him. Talk to you when you get back here Sergeant Major. And protect those workers. We need to speak with them.”

Brian said, “Understood sir.”

Frank said, “UNSC Los Angeles out.”

Brian said, “It’s all set, Thomas. They’ll be coming, but when we give the ok.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “OK. Let’s begin.”

Everyone appeared out of hiding and then started shooting at them enemies out there. The Grug turned around and started shooting at them and then Lilian sniped the snipers out of the building and Carlena said, “Nice shot.”

Lilian smiled and said, “Thanks.”

A grenade appeared and Michael yelled, “Grenade.”

Everyone jumped out of the way of the grenade and then Thomas-00000 looked up and Corporal Nicholas Linen asked, “Why did they throw a grenade so early? Are they that desperate to keep Great White Outpost?”

Michael said, “It’s not like the Grug.”

Carlena said, “That’s because it wasn’t a Grug. It was a human.”

Everyone heard that and Brian asked, “Did you just say human?”

Carlena answered, “Yes. It seems to be one of the guards from Great White Outpost.”

Lilian said, “He’s right, sir. There is a human helping the Grug.”

Brian said, “Hold up. Don’t kill him yet.”

Lilian heard that and said, “Sir, he’s an enemy. He tossed a grenade at us.”

Brian said, “We need to know what to do with an enemy human that joined the Grug.”

Frank heard that and asked, “Why not say who you are first?”

Brian said, “I don’t have time for that. My men are on the front lines on Manitica and a human is trying to kill us.”

Frank sighed and said, “Ah, what the hell. Kill it.”

Brian said, “UNSC 23rd Combat Force out.”

Frank heard that and Brian said, “Kill it.”

Lilian shot him in the head and said, “Job done.”

Michael said, “Now we’re killing our own. Everyone back home is going to hate us.”

Carlena said, “I’m ok with that. As long as I’m alive, I’m happy soldier. Let’s just complete this job and get it over with.”

Master Sergeant Eleanor Barnett said, “Thomas is right. Let’s go all-out men.”

Everyone split up and then shot at the enemy. Thomas-00000 ran out of ammo and reloaded his gun and went back to attacking in an instant and then Joh ‘Vande saw the humans coming in and said, “Damn, they got way too close. Snipers, kill them.”

Lilian took cover behind the very first container and looked at the building and then saw that more Sniper Fratsers were appearing and started sniping them out of the building again and then reloaded her weapon and then Michael looked at the Semitar Elites and then a Minor Grylyn appeared and Michael shot him and he flew out and then a Stealth Semitar appeared beside him and Michael said, “Whoo. Let’s do this.”

Thomas-00000 shot the Stealth Semitar beside him and then it collapsed next to him and he heard that and looked and screeched and said, “A Stealth Semitar. I hate those.”

Helena said, “Don’t we all.”

Tyrone said, “Definitely a pain in the ass.”

Kane said, “Michael, you complain about everything. No wonder why you are still a Private.”

Carlena said, “So is Thomas.”

Kane said, “Sorry. I didn’t mean anything about you, sir.”

Carlena said, “Thomas accepts your apology.”

Kane said, “Thank you.”

Carlena said, “No need to thank me.”

Thomas-00000 took off and pushed forward and then hid behind the next container and looked into the one he was just behind and saw that nothing was in there and then another human appeared and then Kane turned toward him and shot at him and then he collapsed and then said, “You shoot like a girl.”

Kane stomped his head into the ground and then got to the next container and Brian asked, “How are you guys doing?”

David answered, “Almost at the building.”

Lilian said, “There are a lot of snipers inside. Third to fifth floor. But there aren’t that many on the sixth to seventh floor.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Zack said, “Oh well, seems like we’re gonna have a lot of fun.”

Vivian appeared beside Thomas-00000 and said, “Damn, this is one hell of a battle, right sir?”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and nodded and moved his fingers and Vivian nodded and then Thomas-00000 nodded and they ran forward and shot the enemies in front of them and then David said, “I’m at the door. Just waiting for you.”

Carlena said, “I’ll be there in about 5 containers.”

Vivian said, “Same.”

Lilian said, “I’m sniping, so I’ll be staying here.”

Michael said, “3 containers away.”

Zack said, “A container away.”

Kane said, “I’m here already.”

Thomas-00000 took off and then shot every enemy that was ahead of him and then Vivian followed behind him and a sniper appeared and shot her in her leg and she started screaming and Thomas-00000 turned around and Carlena said, “Shit.”

He grabbed her and then pulled her behind a container and Vivian said, “Sorry about stopping you sir. I got shot in the leg.”

Thomas-00000 put his finger to where his mouth would be and Vivian said, “Get going. I’ll protect you from here.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and shook his head and Vivian said, “Leave me here Thomas. I’ll just slow you down.”

Brian heard that and said, “Son of a bitch. Thomas, don’t listen to her and get her into that building.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Yessir. Provide cover fire.”

Vivian grinned and said, “Just leave me here.”

Thomas-00000 lifted her up like a Princess and then started running and the sniper saw that and then Lilian shot it out of the building and said, “Not today you don’t.”

Zack and David appeared and started shooting the enemies blocking his path and then Thomas-00000 shoulder tackled 5 Grylyns and then appeared by the building and Carlena asked, “How is everyone else doing?”

Everyone started to appear and then Lilian said, “Take care of the snipers so we could get inside.”

Carlena said, “You heard her everyone. Let’s take care of the snipers.”

They entered the building and then Thomas-00000 put Vivian down by the door and said, “Protect our asses.”

Vivian said, “With pleasure sir.”

They charged forward and then Zack said, “Let’s go up.”

Michael said, “Kill all of the enemies.”

Eleanor said, “Sir, I got a question for you. What made you become a soldier?”

Carlena answered, “I just wanted to make a difference in the world. That’s all.”

Eleanor said, “Makes sense.”

Thomas-00000 appeared by the stairs and then walked up slowly and then everyone followed slowly and then Thomas-00000 took a peek and then saw a small group of enemies and then walked up quietly and then as soon as 5 of them got up, they started shooting at them and as soon as one turned around, one died. Making no time for the enemy to strike back. So they ran to the next stairwell and walked up slowly and Lilian looked and saw a sniper and shot it and then Thomas-00000 peeked and saw the amount of enemies and then Carlena whispered, “Slowly. We got a lot of enemies up ahead. Including humans.”

Everyone heard that and nodded and then Thomas-00000 started to move and then everyone followed and then went into two small teams and then started to shoot them and Michael said, “Fall down bitch.”

Zack said, “This is for turning on humankind.”

Kane said, “Unforgivable.”

Vivian smiled and saw an enemy enter the building and then shot it in the head and said, “Just stay outside and get sniped.”

Lilian laughed and said, “I’m busy sniping the snipers.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Michael said, “Stay focused, will ya?”

Vivian said, “Sorry about that. Being injured su....”

8: The Battle of Great White Outpost Part 2
The Battle of Great White Outpost Part 2

Vivian smiled and saw an enemy enter the building and then shot it in the head and said, “Just stay outside and get sniped.”

Lilian laughed and said, “I’m busy sniping the snipers.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Michael said, “Stay focused, will ya?”

Vivian said, “Sorry about that. Being injured su....”

A plasma beam hit her in the head and Brian said, “Chief Sergeant Vale. Are you ok?”

Zack asked, “Should one of us go back and check on her?”

Carlena answered, “Yes.”

Eleanor said, “I’m closest to the stairs. So I’ll go.”

Michael said, “I’ll protect you.”

Eleanor nodded and then Michael jumped out and shot 5 Sniper Fratsers and 3 Semitar Elites before running out of ammo and Eleanor ran down the steps and saw a Grylyn there and shot it and then as soon as she got to the door, Vivian was laying on the ground and she checked on her and said, “Shit. She’s dead.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “Don’t blame yourself. She wanted to die.”

Brian said, “Shit.”

Sammy said, “She actually passed away before me. Damn you Vivian.”

Thomas-00000 looked to see how many enemies there were and then put his gun out and started shooting at random and Eleanor said, “I’ll stay down here and protect you from behind.”

Carlena said, “Please do that.”

Eleanor said, “Yessir.”

She sat down in the corner and then shot every enemy that came at her. Thomas-00000 reloaded and then saw that he only had one clip after that new one and sighed and then Michael said, “Clear on this side, sir.”

Kane said, “Clear on our side as well.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “To the 4th floor. They might be more prepared than the first 3 floors.”

Everyone heard that and Carlena said, “Meaning that it’s time to play it safe.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Everyone ran to the stairs and as soon as they got close, they started walking and Thomas-00000 appeared and looked and saw them standing there and then switched his U824 with the A19 then walked forward and shot at the Sniper Fratser and he fell backwards and then he started climbing the stairs and more started to appear and everyone backed Thomas-00000 up and then Thomas-00000 shot at the Semitar Elite in the back and then a Semitar Elite appeared beside them, but Michael shot it dead and then Kane jumped up and shot the Fratser in front of Thomas-00000 and Thomas-00000 moved behind the wall with speed and then everyone saw that and then said, “Damn. He’s really fast.”

Zack looked up and then Thomas-00000 saw that and then went out and started shooting to help them out and then the Sniper Fratsers started to fall out of the window and then Brian asked, “How much longer in there?”

Carlena answered, “There are a lot of enemies in here, sir. And we’re only on the 4th floor of a probable 8 floors.”

Everyone started running up and then looked and said, “Clear.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then ran forward and saw the stairs and they were infested with Grug and then looked up and everyone started shooting at the stairs and then the bullets started hitting them and then Michael and his team appeared and attacked the distracted enemy and said, “Nice distraction.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then ran up the stairs and saw the snipers and shot at them and saw that they were lining up still and Carlena said, “Corporal Hogan, shoot the snipers on the fifth floor.”

Lilian said, “Yessir.”

She went out of cover and then started sniping them and then Thomas-00000 looked to his side and then saw a Grylyn aiming at him with a Type-333 Energy Xcert and shot him with a bullet and he flew outside and Thomas-00000 sighed and then Eleanor said, “So many enemies appearing down here.”

Michael said, “You can hold them, right?”

Eleanor answered, “Yeah, I got plenty of ammo. This is easier compared to what you guys have.”

Carlena laughed and said, “That’s for damn sure.”

Kane said, “Let’s keep moving.”

Helena said, “Yeah.”

Helena peaked and then shot at the Sniper Fratsers and said, “Let’s get this over with.”

Everyone got up and shot at the snipers and then Thomas-00000 moved to the other side and looked and saw that there was only one enemy there and shot at the Semitar Captain and shot at him 15 times before the shield shut down and then 5 more times after that. Carlena said, “Clear over here.”

Helena charged forward a little bit and then David followed Thomas-00000 and then looked at the stairs and looked to see if their were any enemies there and David asked, “How are we doing?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then started walking toward the stairs and David saw a Stealth Semitar and shot it and it collapsed down the steps and then Kane said, “Get behind them.”

Thomas-00000 climbed the stairs and as soon as he got to the top, all of the enemies were killed already and then Kane asked, “What happened here?”

Tyrone said, “All of the Grug are dead up the sixth floor.”

Thomas-00000 ran over to the other side and looked up and Michael said, “No signs of other humans.”

Carlena said, “Move to the seventh floor.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

They ran up the stairs and saw that there weren’t any Grug up their either and Lilian said, “No more snipers. Did you get them all, sir?”

Thomas-00000 looked around and Helena said, “Two floors without Grug. What the hell is going on here?”

Joh ‘Vande sighed and said, “They’ll be coming soon men.”

Sammy said, “This isn’t looking good.”

Michael said, “Don’t say that.”

Sammy said, “I just did.”

Thomas-00000 walked to the stairs and everyone followed him and then Joh ‘Vande said, “Shoot for the kill men.”

Everyone aimed their weapons at them and Thomas-00000 climbed the stairs slowly and then took out a J429 Frag Grenade and pulled the pin and then tossed it to the back and then Joh ‘Vande saw that and then ran forward and then the grenade went off and Thomas-00000 ran up and started shooting at the enemies and then everyone else followed him and hid behind the walls and Joh ‘Vande said, “I never thought that they’d be this smart. To cause such a distraction pisses me off. Kill them now.”

Everyone took out their J429’s and pulled their pins and tossed it to both sides and then covered their ears and then loads of explosions occurred and then they put there sensory goggles on and then looked at the Grug and shot them all and then Joh ‘Vande ran back behind the wall and then Carlena said, “All clear on this side.”

Sammy said, “All clear over here as well.”

Thomas-00000 appeared by the back wall and saw Joh ‘Vande and put his A19 away and took out his U824 and then Joh ‘Vande heard that and said, “Shit. They found me.”

Thomas-00000 started shooting at him and then everyone heard that and then ran toward him and Joh ‘Vande appeared in front of him and grabbed Thomas-00000’s gun and tossed it outside and then Thomas-00000 saw that and started swinging at him, but Joh ‘Vande blocked everything and punched Thomas-00000 in the face and Thomas-00000 appeared by the wall and Carlena said, “Oh shit.”

Everyone started shooting at him and then Joh ‘Vande punched him and Thomas-00000 fell out of the window and then started to hang on to the edge with his fingers and grunted and then Joh ‘Vande appeared to look and smiled and then Thomas-00000 let go with one of his hands and took out his M9 and started shooting it in the face and then his shield was down and then Joh ‘Vande said, “Farewell, Legion.”

He punched his fingers and then Michael shoulder tackled Joh ‘Vande out of the window as well and Thomas-00000 smiled and then took out a J777 and tossed it at him and then it stuck to him and Joh ‘Vande yelled, “You bastard.”

Thomas-00000 hit the ground and then laid there and Joh ‘Vande blew up close to him and Michael yelled, “Thomas, are you ok?”

He didn’t answer and then Lilian stepped out and started sniping the enemies on the ground and Eleanor exited the building and helped out and they killed the last enemies and said, “All clear sir. You can bring them in now.”

Brian said, “UNSC Los Angeles, this is Sergeant Major Hernandez of the UNSC 23rd Combat Force.”

Frank asked, “Did you get the base under control?”

Brian answered, “Yes. We’re ready for them to come.”

Frank said, “Understood. They will be there shortly. Just hang tight.”

Brian said, “Yessir.”

Frank said, “Keep the base clear of enemies.”

Brian said, “We got it sir.”

Lilian and Eleanor ran to the smoke and then used their sensory goggles and saw him and grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the smoke and saw the cracks in his armor and said, “My god. That was an insane fall sir.”

Neither of them answered and then Lilian said, “Sir.”

9: UNSC 1st Technical Division
UNSC 1st Technical Division

Lilian and Eleanor ran to the smoke and then used their sensory goggles and saw him and grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the smoke and saw the cracks in his armor and said, “My god. That was an insane fall sir.”

Neither of them answered and then Lilian said, “Sir.”

As soon as Brian’s group got to them, they saw Thomas-00000 laying on the ground and then grabbed him and dragged him into the building and said, “Protect this place till the UNSC 1st Technical Division arrives here.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Brian said, “Shit. Bring him to the top floor to keep him safe.”

Everyone started running upstairs with him and Kane looked at him and saw that he was out of it and then back at Los Angeles Base, Frank looked at his girlfriend and said, “Ms. Ruiz, you need to stop coming here uninvited.”

Thomas-00000’s girlfriend, Cassandra Ruiz said, “Sorry about that. But can’t I worry about my boyfriend.”

Frank sighed and said, “OK. But I’m telling you that he’s fine.”

Cassandra said, “If that is so, contact him.”

Frank said, “I will.”

He grabbed the radio and said, “Thomas-00000, come in.”

Thomas-00000 hear that because he was out cold and then Frank waited and then Cassandra looked at him and Frank screeched and said, “Uh, Sergeant Major Hernandez, come in.”

Brian said, “Now’s not the right time, sir.”

Frank said, “Well, Thomas’ girlfriend is about to kill me.”

Brian laughed and said, “Sorry about this Ms. Ruiz. But he’s not available at the moment.”

Cassandra asked, “When will he be available?”

Brian answered, “I don’t know. How long have we been gone?”

Frank answered, “A full 3 days. And she’s been coming here uninvited everyday.”

Brian said, “That’s because she’s a General in the Army. Also a the head of the UNSC. So do as she says.”

Frank said, “Oh shit. My bad, General.”

Cassandra said, “Thank you for explaining it to him, Sergeant Major Hernandez. How much longer do you think that you’ll be gone with him?”

Brian answered, “Unknown. I have a feeling that one day hasn’t even passed here on this planet yet. The sun has never come down.”

Kane said, “That’s because it still is the first day. There are 5 Earth days on Manitica’s 1st day.”

Brian said, “Seriously.”

Kane said, “I do my research sir.”

Brian said, “So, when is the UNSC 1st Technical Division arriving?”

Frank answered, “Should be there in about 3 hours.”

Brian said, “That just means that we need to hold them off for 3 hours everyone. Grab the Type-835 Energy Rifles. And shoot the hell out of the Grug. Thomas had one hell of a time defeating the Supreme Commander Joh ‘Vande all by himself. So we need to bust our asses as well.”

Thomas-00000 opened his eyes and saw all of the cracks in his visor and Cassandra sighed and said, “Keep an eye on Thomas for me, will ya?”

Carlena said, “I’m back. How much did I miss?”

Brian smiled and said, “Grab a weapon boy.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “I’ll be back. I gotta get the docs weapon that was tossed outside.”

Brian heard that and asked, “How do you intend on doing that?”

Thomas-00000 ran toward the window and then Brian yelled, “Don’t jump out of the window. You’ll get incapacitated again.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then jumped out of the window and Carlena said, “Hello General. Long time no hear.”

Cassandra asked, “Why’d you jump out of a building?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena answered, “Because I said so.”

He landed on his feet and an explosion occurred on the ground and the Grug started to appear and Thomas-00000 took out his M9 and started shooting at them and then he started searching for his U824 and Cassandra said, “Make sure that you don’t die out there.”

Carlena said, “I’ll try.”

Brian yelled, “Shoot the Grug. They are appearing faster than anticipated.”

While they were attacking the Grug, the UNSC 1st Technical Division was on its way to Manitica in a Manticov along with 2 Rescue Ocloids. Command Chief Master Sergeant Rebecca Cruz said, “Everyone, we’re headed to Manitica. Mostly the Great White Outpost. The UNSC 23rd Combat Force is holding the fort for us. Objective 1, inject this into the Legion that is totally out of control. Objective 2, we take all of the intel out of the computer and move on to the next objective on this planet with the 23rd. Any questions.”

Technical Sergeant Junior Lopez asked, “What if they can’t hold the fort?”

Rebecca answered, “They’ll hold it. If I know the 23rd correctly, they successfully took down a Supreme Commander of the Grug.”

Everyone heard that and then Airman Oliver Davidson asked, “Does anyone know anyone on that team?”

Rebecca answered, “The commanding officer of the 23rd, Sergeant Major Hernandez.”

Everyone else stayed quiet and then Airman Basic Vince McQueen asked, “Isn’t this Legion that we’re helping the failure that the doctors hold up in an exclusive tent just for him and then he leaves.”

Rebecca sighed and answered, “Yes. But he’s a great asset to the 23rd. Plus, he participated in one of the most famous battles in history. Along with the rest of the Legions.”

Master Sergeant Walter Felix asked, “What if he’s not who we think he is?”

The person in the dark continued to listen and then Rebecca said, “He’s still an ally no matter. Failure or not. The doctors trust him, we need to as well. That’s what this is for. Right Cortez?”

Legion Cortez-00035 answered, “Yes. That is exactly what the serum is for. To calm him down. He has anger issues. So with this, he’ll be fine and a valuable asset to the assault that we plan on creating. And if you make fun of my brother again, I will kill you myself.”

Everyone heard that and said, “Sorry.”

Cortez-00035 stayed in the darkness. While they were about 20 minutes away, the pilot, Captain Kenny Pilote said, “UNSC 23rd Combat Force, we’re 20 minutes away from your position, copy?”

Brian said, “Alright. Thomas, you hear that right. Protect the fort down there while we protect it up here.”

Carlena said, “With pleasure.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and saw a Viracle and Carlena said, “Oh fuck me.”

Brian asked, “What’s wrong?”

Carlena answered, “It’s a Viracle.”

Kenny said, “We can’t land with a Viracle on the ground.”

Everyone on the Manticov heard that and Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “I’ll distract it while you shoot at its back.”

They said, “Sure thing. Turn it around.”

Thomas-00000 ran toward it and then everyone saw that and then a high plasma bolt was shot at him and then Thomas-00000 moved to the side and it exploded on the ground and then Thomas-00000 looked up and saw the Manticov and Rescue Ocloids and then jumped over the Viracle and started shooting at its back and then landed on his hand and he pushed himself off of the ground and landed on his feet with an explosion occurring where he had his hand last and then the team above him started shooting at the Viracles back and then looked at him and then turned around and Thomas-00000 started shooting at its back and the Viracle continued to do that till it collapsed without getting another shot out of the Type-255 Energy Bolt and Carlena said, “Clear. It’s safe to land now.”

Kenny heard that and Thomas-00000 shot the Grylyn and it flew back and Kenny landed the Manticov and then the Rescue Ocloids appeared and Thomas-00000 nodded and then Carlena said, “OK. Bring out the construction workers.”

Brian said, “Follow us.”

They said, “Yessir.”

Cassandra smiled and then sat down and waited and then they started to appear and the hatches opened and the construction workers entered the Rescue Ocloids and then Kenny opened the hatch and said, “Good luck with your mission.”

Rebecca said, “Let’s move out.”

Everyone ran out of the Manticov and then Kenny said, “Just call the base when your done.”

Rebecca said, “We will.”

10: Getting the Data
Getting the Data

Cassandra smiled and then sat down and waited and then they started to appear and the hatches opened and the construction workers entered the Rescue Ocloids and then Kenny opened the hatch and said, “Good luck with your mission.”

Rebecca said, “Let’s move out.”

Everyone ran out of the Manticov and then Kenny said, “Just call the base when your done.”

Rebecca said, “We will.”

Cortez-00035 looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “Long time no see, Thomas-00000.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Carlena asked, “Where’s Michael?”

Kane answered, “Right behind me.”

He looked and saw that he wasn’t there and yelled, “He’s gone.”

Brian said, “Private Dick, where are you?”

Michael answered, “I’m coming out now.”

Cortez-00035 heard that and then Thomas-00000 activated his heat signature rays in the visor and saw something off about him and then walked to Cortez-00035 and Carlena whispered, “Check your heat signature on him. I think that he’s hiding something. My armor is all fucked up.”

Cortez-00035 looked at it and said, “You’re right. It is all fucked up.”

She looked at Michael and saw that there was a red spot in his back right pocket and then whispered, “You’re right. There is something definitely there.”

Rebecca said, “Let’s get to the roof.”

Thomas-00000 walked toward him and Carlena said, “Let’s go up there with them, Michael.”

Michael heard that and then said, “Sure thing.”

Carlena said, “Lead the way for them.”

Michael did and then Thomas-00000 took the data drive out of his pocket and then put it away and then Michael said, “I’ll take you to the computer.”

Rebecca said, “Thank you.”

Cortez-00035 asked, “Do you have it?”

Thomas-00000 took it out and Cortez-00035 smiled and said, “Put it away.”

Carlena said, “Protect the outside. We’ll protect from in here.”

Kane said, “No need, Thomas. We got this.”

Lilian said, “Leave it to us, Thomas. Help them out.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Cortez-00035 said, “You got them to trust you finally.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then they appeared at the top and then Rebecca said, “Technical Sergeant Reyes, get to work. We need everything off of that computer.”

Technical Sergeant Xerxes Reyes said, “Yes ma’am.”

He ran to the computer and put the flash drive in the computer and then turned it on and then checked all of the folders and saw that it was empty and said, “It’s empty.”

Rebecca asked, “Are you sure?”

Cortez-00035 heard that and looked at Michael and Michael smiled and then Xerxes answered, “Yeah. Take a look.”

Rebecca did and looked through all of the files and Carlena asked, “Why were you up here all by yourself, Michael?”

Everyone heard that and Michael asked, “Why do you think that it was me, Thomas? I really liked you.”

Cassandra asked, “What are you doing?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Actually, Thomas and I saw something in your back right pocket.”

Michael heard that and then said, “Oh, that was just a dog tag of Vivian.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and took it out and Michael saw that and checked his pockets and then said, “No. No. No, how’d you get that?”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena answered, “Stealth skills.”

Cortez-00035 said, “This is the intel that was on that computer.”

Thomas-00000 walked over to the computer and Michael aimed his weapon at Thomas-00000 and said, “Give me that data drive, Thomas. I don’t want to shoot you for just a stupid drive.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and then put the data drive into the computer and Michael was about to shoot him, but Cortez shot him first and said, “I’m not allowing you to hurt my brother.”

Michael screamed and the gun fell out of his hand and then said, “God damn it.”

Xerxes said, “Oh shit. This is the intel that they asked us to bring back. It’s got the plans of the futuristic weapons that the Grug are planning of creating. If we get this to the weapons expert on Nubel, he might be able to create weapons like these and change the design a little.”

Michael looked at Thomas-00000 and ran toward him and Thomas-00000 saw that and punched him in the face and he hit the ground hard and was knocked out and Carlena said, “Thomas is very disappointed in you.”

Cassandra heard that and Cortez-00035 said, “It’s good to be back together, right Thomas?”

Thomas-00000 smiled and then Rebecca said, “Sir, we have the data on the Grug Weapons Blueprints. Now we’re headed to Delta-33.”

Frank said, “Good job. Tell the UNSC 23rd Combat Force the objective and then get moving.”

Rebecca said, “Yessir. UNSC 1st Technical Division out.”

Thomas-00000 lifted Michael up and then walked outside of the base and Rebecca said, “We got what we were after. Now it’s time for the second part of the job.”

Everyone heard that and Brian asked, “What second part? We were only told to get you here and protect you.”

Cassandra said, “The council has added a new part to the mission, Sergeant Major Hernandez. But inject the serum into him first, Cortez-00035.”

Cortez-00035 said, “Yes ma’am.”

Cortez-00035 grabbed the serum from Rebecca and then said, “Let’s go Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Cortez-00035 said, “You follow, you get shot like him.”

Brian screeched and everyone said, “Yes ma’am.”

Carlena said, “You certainly haven’t changed.”

They appeared in Great White Outpost and then Cortez-00035 said, “You know what to do.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and started to take off his armor and then Cortez-00035 saw the bruises on his body and then he lifted his arm up and Cortez-00035 said, “This might hurt a bit.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Cortez-00035 stabbed it into his vein and then Thomas-00000 felt that and screamed and Carlena yelled, “Don’t fucking stab me with it dammit. Just inject it.”

Cortez-00035 laughed and said, “Sorry. I just love listening to you scream like a girl. It cheers me up.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then put his armor back on and then Cassandra laughed and said, “Sounds like her.”

They walked out of the building and then Cortez-00035 said, “He’s ready.”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then Carlena said, “Never stab me with that shit again. Gently stick it into the vein and get it over with.”

Michael woke up and asked, “What happened to me?”

Cortez-00035 kicked him in the face and knocked him out again and Thomas-00000 lifted him up again and Carlena said, “Let’s go.”

11: Move to Delta-33
Move to Delta-33

Brian said, “Before we leave, why the hell did you knock him out?”

Carlena answered, “He stole the data of of the terminal that they needed.”

Brian said, “Private Dick did? OK, that makes sense. He’s been acting suspicious for a while now.”

Lilian said, “Thomas, why is he bleeding?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “I shot him before he could shoot Thomas.”

Kane said, “Damn traitor. Too many humans have betrayed our kind.”

Cortez-00035 heard that and Rebecca asked, “What do you mean by that?”

Brian answered, “We have encountered the workers here. And they joined forces with the Grug to kill us. So we were ordered to kill them. But what about him?”

Cassandra smiled and said, “It’s up to you. Bring him in for questioning. Or give him to Ultear for something special. Or shoot him for betraying his people.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and then Rebecca said, “Damn. Alright. The hard choice to make here.”

Tyrone grabbed his gun and then Thomas-00000 saw that and then Rebecca said, “Oh well, we’ll take him with us. Now for the mission ahead of us. We got contact from the UNSC 6th Intel Team at Delta-33. They have intel that we could use. And then we have to take it to Alpha-90 where we’ll get picked up. Are there any enemies that we should be worried about?”

Carlena answered, “The Spydernauts.”

Brian said, “Definitely, the Spydernauts.”

Staff Sergeant Lucas Graves asked, “What the hell is a Spydernaut?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Is a giant spider that weighs 1000 lbs? As soon as it lands, you’ll feel a total of 4000 lbs of pressure hit the ground.”

Rebecca asked, “How the hell do you know all of this?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Thomas and I were in the Battle of Saptonian. It was the UNSC vs. the Grug. The UNSC lost till the Legions were put into the battle. And we saved Saptonian from the Grug in just 5 days. The Spydernauts were there. And they are big and strong.”

Rebecca heard that and said, “Oh, you two are badasses.”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then Carlena said, “She’s still a terrible shot.”

Cortez-00035 said, “So are you?”

Everyone heard that and then Rebecca said, “Let’s move out then.”

Carlena said, “Agreed.”

Brian said, “Let’s move out men. And rest in peace Vivian.”

They prayed for her and then walked away and they charged ahead and then slowly walked through the Alley of Limbus and then a Major Grylyn appeared and Thomas-00000 looked at it and then Nicholas asked, “Should we get closer before we shoot?”

Brian answered, “Yes. Causes less casualties. And move slowly. We rush, we might lose more men like earlier.”

Rebecca looked at them and then Thomas-00000 moved to the left and his team did as well and then Helena smiled and said, “We’re going first.”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then Carlena answered, “Nah. We’re going to take our time enjoying this.”

They heard that and Kane looked at him and Michael started to wake up and Thomas-00000 sighed and then Kane punched him and Carlena said, “Thank you.”

He took his U824 out and then aimed it at the Grug and Brian nodded and said, “Let’s begin, everyone.”

They started to move into formation and started shooting at the Grug and then the UNSC 6th Intel Team saw them appear and said, “There they are sir. They are finally here.”

Ensign Louis James said, “Good. Took them long enough to get here.”

They moved forward and then took out all of the Grug and Cortez-00035 said, “I take that back. He’s a great shot.”

Senior Airman Quintina Frances said, “You thought that you knew him.”

Cortez-00035 said, “It’s been 20 years since then. Oh well.”

Rebecca said, “Well, we’re here to help out. So let’s help out.”

Cortez-00035 took out her M204 Y4 Default Rifle and shot a Grylyn in the head and Thomas-00000 moved forward and then a Semitar Elite appeared and swung at him, but he ducked and then aimed his M9 at his neck and started shooting at it and then it collapsed and Thomas-00000 kept moving along with everyone else and Rebecca ran forward and shot at them and then everyone saw that and then the Grug were all down and then they ran toward the base and then Thomas-00000 looked around and then put his gun down and Sammy said, “That easier than expected.”

Brian said, “A little too easy.”

Cortez-00035 looked around and then Thomas-00000 looked up and saw something big coming down and pointed his weapon up and started shooting at it and then everyone saw that and shot at it as well and Carlena said, “Now that’s a Spydernaut.”

They started running toward the building and shot the belly of it and then a minute later, it exploded and the goo inside of it flew out and then landed on the ground and they were in the base already and Crewman George Franco said, “You must be the 23rd and 1st. Ensign James is waiting for you just up the stairs.”

Rebecca said, “Thank.”

Cortez-00035 looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “You have certainly gotten better with a gun, Thomas.”

Carlena said, “Likewise, Cortez.”

Then Legion Daniel-00022 said, “Stop with that lovey dovey shit.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Eleanor asked, “Do you 3 know each other?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Yeah, Daniel-00022 is his name. But we hate him.”

Daniel said, “You guys are so mean to me.”

Carlena said, “I know right.”

Cortez-00035 sighed and Daniel-00022 said, “Well, it’s nice to finally meet some friendly faces for once.”

Louis saw Brian and Rebecca and said, “Here’s the computer. You’ll need to take the datalog of Dr. Tomasu Yotsuba to Alpha-90 where you’ll get picked up. The 6th Intel Team of the UNSC Thor will be staying behind to kill the rest of the Grug on this planet. You’ll meet up with another team known as UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division. They are the best of the best on the UNSC Thor. They are protecting Dr. Yotsuba as we speak. You’ll be taking him to Los Angeles Base with you. And that is the end of your mission.”

Rebecca heard that and said, “Technical Sergeant Reyes, get the data out of there.”

Xerxes planted the flash drive into the computer and then put everything into the flash drive and Louis looked at them and said, “There’s one more terminal.”

Xerxes heard that and then walked over to it with the flash drive and put it in there and put the data in the flash drive and Louis said, “Well, get going men. We got work to do.”

Brian said, “Sure thing.”

While they were running down the stairs, Daniel-00022 said, “It seems that this is where we part.”

Cortez-00035 said, “Have fun with your mission.”

Daniel-00022 said, “Likewise.”

Tyrone said, “Let’s go ladies.”

Carlena said, “Sure thing.”

They ran outside and Brian said, “To Alpha-90.”

12: Arrive at Alpha-90
Arrive at Alpha-90

While they were running to Alpha-90 through the Alley of Limbus, the Grug started charging toward them and then Rebecca saw that and then plasma beams started hitting them and Eleanor said, “Oh shit.”

Carlena said, “No wonder why it was so easy. It’s a damn ambush.”

They started to enter a circle and started shooting at the Grug to stay alive. Rebecca looked around and saw that Junior and Oliver was dead and said, “Shit.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and then shot at the Semitar Elite in front of him and then Junior Airman Wendy Reeves used her M432 Shot Put on a Semitar Master and blew its head off. Quintina said, “This is insane.”

Rebecca asked, “What do you expect? It’s an ambush.”

Brian said, “It’s not the first time we were ambushed.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Cortez-00035 said, “Let’s work hard together to survive.”

Helena said, “Yep.”

Kane said, “This is a lot more difficult than the last one.”

Carlena said, “Yep.”

Henry screamed and collapsed and Eleanor yelled, “Close the gap.”

They did and then Sammy said, “So, do you think that we’re going to make it?”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then Carlena said, “Be more positive about this. And you’ll see the end result.”

Michael woke up and saw that they were surrounded by the enemy and said, “Shit. We’re screwed.”

Thomas-00000 tossed him at them and then Rebecca said, “Thank god.”

Thomas-00000 shot him in the head and Helena said, “That’s what you get for betraying us.”

Islam said, “We need a damn grenade.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Cortez-00035 looked at Thomas-00000 and asked, “What the hell are you planning?”

Thomas-00000 grabbed a J258 Concussion Grenade from Cortez-00035 and then pulled the pin and tossed it at them and then they started running backwards and then everyone in the front lines jumped forward so they wouldn’t get blinded and then it went off and they were screaming and then Thomas-00000 stood up and Carlena yelled, “Fire now.”

Rebecca yelled, “A little warning next time before you get any other crazy ideas.”

Carlena said, “Sorry.”

Cortez-00035 said, “Don’t be using my weapons, dammit.”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then everyone shot at the enemy and they all collapsed and then they ran forward and Airman Third Class Raymond White said, “Nice tactics there, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Nicholas said, “Now we could move forward.”

Brian said, “Yes. Move forward to Alpha-90.”

Vinny asked, “What about the dead?”

They prayed and then Brian said, “Amen.”

Everyone said “Amen,”

afterwards and then continued running and Thomas-00000 looked up ahead and stopped running and everyone ran into him and made Thomas-00000 trip over his own feet and then landed on the ground and everyone said, “We’re sorry.”

The Grug heard that and then turned around and then Supreme Commander Foh ‘Grane said, “Brother Joh ‘Vande failed to kill the humans. Shit. Get the doctor already.”

Foh ‘Grane ran forward with half of his men and then the other Grug ran toward them and Thomas-00000 sighed and Rebecca said, “Here they come.”

Thomas-00000 pointed up and then 15 Flatzoid Flyers appeared and Vinny started shooting at them and Joe helped out and then Thomas-00000 got up and Cortez-00035 backed them up with her nice sniping skills and Lilian said, “Fire at the Grug.”

Semitar Elites, Semitar Masters, Semitar Captains, and Flatzoids started the attack and they all started moving around and then Zack said, “Yo, you think that the Grug are after Dr. Yotsuba.”

Lisa answered, “They definitely are if this large of a force is here.”

Lucas said, “We can’t let them get to Alpha-90.”

Carlena said, “Too late.”

Cortez-00035’s AI, Iglit said, “Carlena’s right. The main Grug force is at the base already. We need to get there and fast.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “So, I was right.”

Iglit answered, “Yes.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and saw that Steve, Robert, Chelsea, David, Walter, and Lucas on the ground and Rebecca said, “Shit. We’re not going to have many men left at the end of this mission.”

Brian said, “Dammit.”

Thomas-00000 shot at them and Kane said, “We’re not doing too well, are we?”

Carlena answered, “No, we’re not.”

Cortez-00035 said, “But we’ll make it.”

Xerxes said, “Easy for you two to say that.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and then Lilian shot the last one and Brian said, “Slowly.”

Everyone started to walk slowly and then Quintina said, “We’ll survive this.”

They saw the ending of the Alley of Limbus and the huge force of Grug there with another Supreme Commander and said, “You gotta be fucking kidding me.”

The UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division saw them and then said, “Hm, there they are.”

13: Help Out UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division
Help Out UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division

Lilian shot the last one and Brian said, “Slowly.”

Everyone started to walk slowly and then Quintina said, “We’ll survive this.”

They saw the ending of the Alley of Limbus and the huge force of Grug there with another Supreme Commander and said, “You gotta be fucking kidding me.”

The UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division saw them and then said, “Hm, there they are.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and Brian said, “Everyone, this might be our final moments together. Any last words.”

Rebecca said, “Hell, it’s been a great 20 years with all of you. Especially you, Cortez. You made this shit happen. You brought us together as one big family. Now there are only 13 of us left. Well, 13 out of 17 ain’t that bad.”

Brian said, “In the beginning, everyone despised you, Thomas. But you changed their hearts and made everyone love you. But hell, you may be a failure, but you are our protector. We made it thus far because of you. Now only 14 of us is left of 100. We better not let them die in vain. So, we need to do this for our fallen brethren. We are one, we are a team, and we are going to kill them. If we don’t make it, that just means that we weren’t strong enough. Our objective is on the other side of those Grug. Let’s do this men. One last hoorah.”

Rebecca heard that and then everyone yelled, “Hoorah.”

They aimed their weapons at them and Cortez-00035 said, “Let’s get this over with brothers and sisters.”

Lilian said, “Tell me when.”

Foh ‘Grane looked at the fort and said, “Give us the doctor and we’ll let you live peacefully.”

The CO of the 3rd Nightmare Division, Colonel Patrick Ruest said, “No. We can’t do that.”

Foh ‘Grane said, “You have one more chance before we started shooting.”

Thomas-00000 looked at Brian and Brian looked at him and Cortez-00035 looked at Rebecca and Rebecca looked her and they yelled, “Charge.”

Foh ‘Grane heard that and grinned and said, “Kill them.”

They turned around and started shooting at them and the all-out war began and Patrick yelled, “Shoot at them and help the 23rd and 1st.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Foh ‘Grane looked at them and then Lisa said, “Shit.”

Lilian said, “This is a lot harder than I thought.”

Cortez-00035 asked, “How are you doing, Thomas?”

Carlena answered, “Great. You?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Amazing.”

Rebecca said, “Go all-out.”

Xerxes tripped over his own foot and then Thomas-00000 stopped and helped him up and Carlena said, “We can’t stop here soldier.”

Xerxes took out the drives and handed them to him and said, “If I don’t make it, take them to the doc.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then they started charging forward and then Thomas-00000 ran out of ammo in his U824 and then took out his A19 looked at his clip and sighed and Carlena said, “Not good.”

He shot at the Semitar Elite in front of him and it took all of his ammo to take it down and then it forced him down to his last resort. The M9 and then he started shooting at them and Foh ‘Grane looked at them and said, “Kill the one that keeps switching his weapons. He must be running low on fumes.”

Everyone heard that and then the Grylyns started charging toward Thomas-00000 and Thomas-00000 saw that and shot them all with just one bullet each and then reloaded and then continued his hunt and Lisa said, “Let’s go.”

Kane said, “We’re almost there.”

Tyrone was shot in the head and Thomas-00000 saw that and then stepped over his body and then put the next clip into his weapon and then Vince said, “This is intense.”

Vinny said, “I agr....”

He was shot in the head and Brian said, “My god.”

Rebecca said, “This is hell.”

Cortez-00035 looked at Thomas-00000 and then Thomas-00000 reloaded one last time and Carlena said, “Oh well. Let’s see how this is going to end.”

Nicholas said, “This isn’t looking good for us. We’re running low on ammo.”

Kane said, “Damn, he’s right.”

Xerxes looked at Thomas-00000 and then he ran out of ammo and put the gun away and then shoulder tackled a Semitar Elite and grabbed his Type-025 Energy Sword and then stabbed him with it and then continued his charge and then Carlena said, “Once you run out of ammo, grab an enemy's weapon and kill them all.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Lilian sniped another Flatzoid and then they just kept coming and Foh ‘Grane saw that and then the Energy Sword stopped working and Thomas-00000 sighed and then Thomas-00000 punched a Flatzoid and grabbed its Type-026 Energy Splat and started shooting at them with it and Cortez-00035 saw that a Stealth Semitar was behind him and Thomas-00000 stabbed it in the head with his T2 Combat Knife and it collapsed and Thomas-00000 looked ahead at Foh ‘Grane and Foh ‘Grane sighed and then said, “Son of a bitch. You really are pissing me off human.”

He aimed his Type-148 Energy Light Beam at Thomas-00000 and then he pulled the trigger and Thomas-00000 grabbed a Semitar Captain and moved to the side and it went right through him and Thomas-00000 saw that and screeched and then Foh ‘Grane said, “My god. This human just doesn’t want to fall.”

Captain Avelaine Lapierre said, “Sir, this man is a bloody monster. That Legion over there.”

Patrick heard that and said, “Yo Kate, do you know that man over there?”

Legion Kate-00089 looked out of the window and saw Thomas-00000 shooting at them and then answered, “Yeah, I know him. His name is Thomas-00000. He was the very first Legion and is also a failure. But he is also the very best and different in many ways.”

Islam collapsed along with Joe, Zack, Lisa, Wendy, Raymond, and Quintina. Thomas-00000 saw that and then Cortez-00035 sighed and said, “Not that many of us left.”

Sammy said, “Oh shit. He’s loading that thing up again.”

Foh ‘Grane shot Nicholas and tore him apart and Xerxes said, “Damn.”

Rebecca said, “That thing is dangerous.”

Brian said, “Just eleven of us left.”

Thomas-00000 tried shooting at him, but he was out of ammo and then Sammy ran toward him and then Foh ‘Grane cut his head off with his nails and Thomas-00000 saw that and Cortez-00035 said, “Oh my god.”

Kate-00089 said, “That thing is a monster.”

Thomas-00000 looked at it and then Brian said, “Thomas, do something about that thing.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and saw a J693 Optoid Grenade and smiled and ran over to it and Xerxes asked, “What the hell are you planning now?”

Carlena asked, “Who knows?”

Patrick looked at Thomas-00000 and Kate-00089 asked, “What are you going to do, Thomas?”

Thomas lifted up the strap of J693’s and then wrapped it around his waist and then Cortez-00035 looked at him and then Thomas-00000 took one out and then as soon as he was about to shoot, Thomas-00000 pulled the clip out and tossed it at him and then did it another 2 times and then Thomas-00000 ran forward and the 3 grenades went off and massive sound barrier appeared around him and he started screaming and dropped the gun and Thomas-00000 grabbed the gun and jumped back and then activated it and then shot him with his own weapon and then Foh ‘Grane felt that and looked at him and said, “You defeated me. Just like you defeated my brother.”

Thomas-00000 took a J825 Supersonic Grenade and pulled the pin and then shoved it down his throat and kicked him back and then it blew up and then his entire body shattered into pieces and Thomas-00000 looked at them and then Carlena heard a noise behind them and said, “I heard something hit the ground over there.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and walked over there and saw a flash drive.

14: Get Dr. Yotsuba to Lily Factory
Get Dr. Yotsuba to Lily Factory

Thomas-00000 took one out and then as soon as he was about to shoot, Thomas-00000 pulled the clip out and tossed it at him and then did it another 2 times and then Thomas-00000 ran forward and the 3 grenades went off and massive sound barrier appeared around him and he started screaming and dropped the gun and Thomas-00000 grabbed the gun and jumped back and then activated it and then shot him with his own weapon and then Foh ‘Grane felt that and looked at him and said, “You defeated me. Just like you defeated my brother.”

Thomas-00000 took a J825 Supersonic Grenade and pulled the pin and then shoved it down his throat and kicked him back and then it blew up and then his entire body shattered into pieces and Thomas-00000 looked at them and then Carlena heard a noise behind them and said, “I heard something hit the ground over there.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and walked over there and saw a flash drive and everyone appeared by the building and then Third Lieutenant Lindsay Vale opened the door and then they ran in and then Thomas-00000 ran inside and then looked around and saw that Vince wasn’t around and sighed and then walked up the stairs and then Patrick saw them and then Kate-00089 hugged Thomas-00000 and said, “I’m so glad that you are ok.”

Patrick smiled and then Tomasu saw him and said, “You must be Thomas-00000.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “And you are Dr. Yotsuba.”

Tomasu said, “Correct. I heard a lot of good things about you. But I never expected you to be that insane.”

Carlena asked, “What makes you say that?”

Tomasu answered, “Because of what you did out there. Single handedly took down a Supreme Commander with ease.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then Carlena said, “That wasn’t easy. That fucking weapon was heavy as hell.”

Kane looked at him and said, “Uh, are you going to let go of him?”

Kate-00089 heard that and answered, “No.”

Cassandra said, “Get off of him now.”

Kate-00089 heard that and Cassandra said, “I lead the UNSC, so you might want to get off of my boyfriend.”

Kate-00089 heard that and screeched and got off of him and Thomas-00000 looked at Xerxes and Carlena said, “Xerxes, I have a flash drive here. I found it where the Supreme Commander exploded. Do you have anyway to check what is on it?”

Xerxes answered, “Yeah, I always bring a laptop with me.”

Thomas-00000 took the flash drive out and then Xerxes took his laptop out and then put it down and then Patrick looked at them and then Kate-00089 asked, “When did you get a girlfriend, Thomas?”

Carlena answered, “5 years ago.”

He turned it on and then said, “The flash drive.”

Thomas-00000 handed it to him and Xerxes put it into his laptop and opened it and then Thomas-00000 looked at it and Tomasu asked, “What is on the flash drive?”

Xerxes answered, “It looks like battle plans.”

Brian looked at them and then said, “These are Grug battle plans. They plan on taking a huge assault team to Noctis, I think that says. Anyone else know how to speak Semitar?”

Kate-00089 answered, “Yeah, I can speak it quite well.”

Brian said, “Help us translate this.”

Kate-00089 walked forward and said, “Battle plans for a huge assault on Noctis. To end humanity on that planet, we will send 3,000 Grugurants and Lotus Ships to destroy everything. And then send a total of 9 million Grug to the planet for the annihilation of the human race on Noctis. We will not fail. No human colonization is going to be capable of defeating this massive army. Not even the Legions. So you better watch out humans, we’re planning on taking you out, planet by planet. Also, there will be one hell of a badass that hasn’t been seen for over 7 aeons.”

Kate-00089 looked at Thomas-00000 and Carlena said, “The Kelilunker.”

Everyone heard that and then Xerxes asked, “What the hell is a Kelilunker?”

Carlena answered, “The father of all Grug. Meaning the very first Grug in history. The first sighting was on Jasrind V. There sworn enemies were the Infected. To defeat the Kelilunker, you need an bloody army of super soldiers. Meaning the 7200 Legions aren’t enough.”

Kate-00089 said, “During the Battle of Saptonian, we faced that thing. It took us 5 days just to defeat it. That thing is trouble.”

Cortez-00035 said, “And it’s really scary. It’s about the same size as a 10 story building. It has no weakness. We threw everything that we had at it. But nothing seemed to have worked.”

Eleanor said, “Not cool.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “If they are summoning that beast again, you’ll need an army that knows how to fight.”

Lilian said, “My god.”

Kate-00089 said, “The battle will take place in 4 months.”

Tomasu said, “My god. You can’t be serious.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and Carlena said, “Oh, we’re serious. They really plan on taking out the human race.”

Cortez-00035 said, “We should take this to the council.”

Carlena said, “My girlfriend is the council.”

Cassandra heard that and then Rebecca said, “We’re only going to need one Manticov to get out of here, ma’am.”

Cassandra said, “Hm, send a Firebird instead.”

Frank said, “Yes ma’am.”

Thomas-00000 looked at Cortez-00035 and then Helena said, “Oh well. A lot of shit has gone down.”

Kane said, “Yep.”

Lilian said, “We survived.”

Xerxes scrolled down and then Kate-00089 saw that and said, “Oh my god. This is worse than we thought.”

Everyone heard that and looked at her and then Kate-00089 looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “Take a look at this, Thomas. You could read Kelilunker.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and walked over to the screen and Carlena said, “To the first Legion that was ever created, I, Dani Ysuu ‘Fande have put up a challenge for you. You defeat my strongest warrior, Joh Usui ‘Quin, I’ll lower the amount of soldiers sent to Noctis. You are the only one that can read this. Anyone joins you in this battle against Joh Usui ‘Quin, I’ll double the 9 million troops to 18 million and put 5 Kelilunkers there to kill you. And if you are reading this, you defeated the Supreme Commander Foh ‘Grane. Your battle against Joh Usui ‘Quin will be at Jasrind V, I’ll be watching this battle. So you better come soon. Sincerely, Dani Ysuu ‘Fande.” Anything else on there.”

Xerxes looked and scrolled down and answered, “Yeah, there is some type of weapon here.”

Thomas-00000 looked at it and Carlena said, “The very first weapon of the Grug, Race-9258 Rampant Shot. I wouldn’t even mess with that shit.”

Everyone heard that and then a Firebird appeared and the hatch opened and Captain Ryuuya Fujimoto appeared and said, “Get on.”

They entered the ship and Thomas-00000 took the laptop and looked at it and Xerxes sat next to him and then asked, “Are you planning on going there?”

Carlena answered, “Yes. To make it easier on the people.”

Patrick said, “Dr. Yotsuba, go on with them. We have a job to do here.”

Kate-00089 looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “Don’t go, Thomas. You’ll die.”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then the hatch closed and Xerxes scrolled down and said, “There’s still more.”

Thomas-00000 looked and Carlena said, “They are just weapons. I can handle the rest.”

Xerxes said, “OK.”

Carlena looked at them and said, “Race-5376 Rampant Plight. Race-9526 Rampant Russalt. Race-1947 Never Winter. Race-2507 Rampant Fire. Race-5325 Rampant Electricity. Race-7280 Tally Rock. And Race-9999 Rampant Gatling. Alright. This is going to be one hell of a....”

Xerxes scrolled down to the bottom and Thomas-00000 saw the weapons and Kane asked, “What’s wrong?”

Carlena answered, “The Race-2500 Death Sword and Race-1000 Death Hammer.”

Cortez-00035 said, “Those are dangerous. Leslie got hit by one of them, right?”

Carlena answered, “Yeah. She almost died, too.”

Brian said, “And you plan on challenging a Kelilunker.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Ryuuya asked, “Where are we headed?”

Rebecca answered, “Lily Factory. Then Los Angeles Base.”

Tomasu looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “With that armor, you won’t stand a chance against it.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and took his helmet off and Carlena said, “He knows that. I know that.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the AI chip in his helmet and then Carlena said, “Xerxes, did you give the doctor his research.”

Xerxes heard that and said, “Oh yes. His research.”

Brian looked at his face and said, “My god. You really do have a symbol from the Underworld on your cheek.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Tomasu said, “Scary.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “That’s why I keep my helmet on. But hell, can’t keep hiding it.”

Cassandra smiled and then 3 hours later, they appeared in Lily Factory and then the head researcher appeared and Thomas-00000 opened the hatch and put his helmet back on and then Tomasu said, “Thank you for everything guys.”

Xerxes said, “No problem.”

Kane said, “Anything to help.”

Lilian said, “If you need anything, give us a call.”

Carlena said, “They are always there for your support.”

Tomasu said, “It’s suicide, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “Get out of here and let me deal with the way I die.”

Tomasu said, “OK.”

He walked off and then said, “Talk to you later.”

They said, “See you later.”

Thomas-00000 closed the hatch and then Ryuuya took off to Los Angeles Base and then got there in 5 minutes and said, “Here you go.”

They got off of the Firebird and then Cassandra appeared and hugged Thomas-00000 and Thomas-00000 hugged her back and Cassandra said, “Thank god, you are alright.”

She lifted him up and slammed him into the ground and Thomas-00000 grinned and she turned him over and put cuffs on him and said, “Put him in a cell so that he can’t do anything harsh.”

Brian heard that and said, “You can’t be serious.”

Xerxes said, “To save lives he’s going to go on a suicide mission.”

Cassandra said, “No he’s not. Anyone that tries to free him will get court marshalled.”

They heard that and then looked at each other and then soldiers took him to a prison cell and every prisoner saw that and started laughing and said, “One of the Legions are finally locked up here. What did he do? Go rogue or something?”

Carlena said, “They really are assholes. Do we really belong in here?”

Frank said, “She says whatever she wants.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and then Carlena said, “OK.”

He put him in there and said, “As soon as the war is over, we’ll release you, Thomas.”

Carlena yelled, “You need me out there. You aren’t going to win this war. You are jeopardising every soldier here.”

Frank said, “Not my call, Thomas.”

Carlena grinned and he locked the cell door and then walked away and Thomas-00000 punched the wall.

15: Thomas-00000 Escapes
Thomas-00000 Escapes

Soldiers took him to a prison cell and every prisoner saw that and started laughing and said, “One of the Legions are finally locked up here. What did he do? Go rogue or something?”

Carlena said, “They really are assholes. Do we really belong in here?”

Frank said, “She says whatever she wants.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and then Carlena said, “OK.”

He put him in there and said, “As soon as the war is over, we’ll release you, Thomas.”

Carlena yelled, “You need me out there. You aren’t going to win this war. You are jeopardising every soldier here.”

Frank said, “Not my call, Thomas.”

Carlena grinned and he locked the cell door and then walked away and Thomas-00000 punched the wall. Thomas-00000 sat against the wall the entire time he was there and then a guard appeared and said, “Here’s something to eat.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and the guard looked at him and then screeched and said, “Come on. She says that you have to eat.”

Thomas-00000 walked over to him and then shoved the tray into his stomach and then walked back to the wall and sat down and the guard sighed and then walked away and everyone started laughing at him and then said, “Oh, I’m loving this Legion. He’s gone insane.”

Cassandra saw that and walked in toward Thomas-00000’s cell and said, “Hello honey.”

Thomas-00000 turned around and faced the wall and Cassandra said, “Thomas, I can’t allow you to go on that suicide mission. I can’t lose you like I lost my first love.”

Thomas-00000 stuck his middle finger up at her and Cassandra said, “Thomas, look at me when I speak to you.”

Carlena said, “No.”

Cassandra punched the wall and a loud noise appeared and Thomas-00000 heard that and Cassandra yelled, “Look at me when I speak to you.”

Thomas-00000 turned around slowly and saw her face and then Cassandra said, “You will obey me. If not, I’ll keep you in here for the rest of your life.”

Thomas-00000 took his helmet off and Carlena said, “Fuck you.”

Cassandra grinned and turned around and started crying and walked out and then Brian saw her walk out with tears coming out of her eyes and asked, “Would you like me to try to convince him to stop, ma’am?”

Cassandra heard that and answered, “Yes. Please do. But wear this. I want to hear everything.”

Brian said, “Sure thing.”

Brian walked toward his cell and then said, “Thomas, how are you feeling?”

Carlena answered, “She put you up to this. She even gave you a wire. Yeah, I know her.”

Brian said, “Thomas, I’ll get to the point. We think that you shouldn’t go on this suicide mission. Especially not alone.”

Carlena said, “Sorry, I don’t take orders from you anymore. I might be in here for the rest of my life.”

Brian said, “Don’t listen to her, listen to me. After this war is over, I promise you that I’ll get you out even if it means for me to get court marshalled.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena laughed and said, “You are an idiot. Getting court marshalled is the last thing that you want, am I correct? You listen to me and tell Cassandra this. Wait, she’s listening to us, I forgot about the bug. I’m sorry.”

Cassandra smiled and said, “I knew that you could do it.”

Brian said, “Thank you.”

Thomas-00000 stood up and grabbed him and slammed him into his cell 5 times and said, “For this.”

The guards appeared and aimed their M69 Cobolt Rifle’s at him and then said, “Stop.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and tossed him away from the door and asked, “Are you ok, sir?”

Brian answered, “No I’m not fine. He just attacked me.”

The guards looked at him and walked him out of there and then Thomas-00000 smiled and then walked back to the wall and then the other inmates started laughing and said, "3 in a row. Hahahaha. You really are funny, Legion.”

Carlena asked, “Are you sure that you want to be doing this to your friends, Thomas? You are hurting them. You are making yourself look like a worthless piece of shit.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Yes, you are. You hurt your girlfriend's feelings. You beat up your commanding officer. Now you’ll never get out of this cell and enjoy your life.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Yes, Thomas. You made her cry.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the guards and then Carlena said, “It’s too late to apologise, Thomas. He left.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and turned around putting his head down and then a week later, a guard appeared and said, “You have a phone call, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and stood up and then they put cuffs on him and then took him to the phone and then Thomas-00000 picked it up and Carlena said, “Hello.”

Cassandra said, “Hello, Thomas. So have you thought about what we talked about a week ago?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “Goodbye.”

He hung up and then walked back to his cell and Cassandra said, “You gotta be kidding me. He won’t even talk to me now. Am I really going to lose him for wanting to save the universe from the Grug?”

Another council member said, “You put him in jail to protect him. But he’ll find a way to escape sooner or later.”

Another one said, “You can’t stop Thomas-00000 from doing what he wants. He always finds a way to do it.”

Cassandra heard that and then looked at the phone and then called back and the guard said, “Thomas, phone.”

Thomas-00000 turned around and walked to the phone and grabbed it and Carlena said, “Hello.”

Cassandra said, “Before you hang up. Allow me to apologise in advance.”

Carlena said, “No need. We’re through.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Please don’t say that.”

Carlena said, “Sorry, Thomas made up his mind. Farewell. Oh, don’t call me again.”

He hung up and then walked back to his cell and Carlena said, “If Cassandra calls again, tell her that I’m no longer available.”

The guards said, “Sure thing.”

Thomas-00000 closed his cell and then looked at the wall and sat down in front of it. 3 days later, Kate-00089 appeared and said, “Hello Thomas.”

Carlena said, “Kate.”

Kate-00089 asked, “What did you do to deserve to be in here?”

Carlena answered, “Wanting to take on that Kelilunker by myself.”

Kate-00089 said, “Get that idea out of your head. 7200 Legions could barely defeat one. What makes you think that you could defeat it all by yourself?”

Thomas-00000 turned around and looked at her and Kate-00089 saw that and Carlena answered, “I don’t think that I could, Kate. All I plan on doing is try to lower the enemy forces.”

Kate-00089 said, “Thomas, do you need your serum?”

He heard that and nodded and Kate-00089 tossed it in there and said, “They said that I could give it to you. So inject it into yourself and then hand the syringe back to me.”

Thomas-00000 took his armor off and then she saw all of the wounds and asked, “What did the Underworld do to you?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and shook his head and then put into his vein and then pushed the lever down and then Thomas-00000 felt better and Carlena said, “Thank you. I probably needed that.”

Kate-00089 said, “Let Cassandra call you one more time.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Kate-00089 said, “Alright. It’s a go then.”

Cassandra called and then Thomas-00000 put his armor back on and then the guard opened up and said, “The phone.”

Thomas-00000 walked to the phone and Carlena said, “Hello.”

Cassandra said, “Hey honey. How are you feeling?”

Carlena answered, “I feel better now. And yeah, I’ve been thinking about it. My mind hasn’t changed. It will never change. I’m sorry.”

Cassandra said, “But we’re still a thing right.”

Carlena answered, “Yeah. When you decide to get me out of here, I might come back to you. Or I might just go to one of the spaceships out there.”

Cassandra said, “The council decides where you go, Thomas. And you belong in Los Angeles.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Well, Thomas doesn’t care about what the council says. He does what he wants, when he wants.”

Cassandra said, “Thomas, you better start listening to the council. You might just get fined.”

Carlena said, “I’m ok with that.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “I’m not. You are the only man that I love. Just promise me that you’ll forget about going on this suicide mission.”

Carlena said, “No promise can be made. Sorry. Gotta go now.”

Cassandra said, “Wait, just tell me what I have to do to get you to change your mind.”

Carlena said, “You can’t change my mind. I’m sorry.”

He hung up and then walked away and Kate-00089 smiled and said, “There is no changing your mind.”

Carlena said, “Not at all.”

He sat by the wall again and then waited. 4 nights later, at midnight, everyone was asleep except for Thomas-00000. The Grug grabbed Xerxes’ laptop along with the flash drive that was theres and then ran into the prison and the soldiers saw them and then went to press the alarm, but they attacked them with their sword and then they collapsed against the cells making a lot of noise and then the inmates woke up and asked, “What’s going on here?”

The guards ran down the stairs to get to Thomas-00000 before the Grug did, but they released him and Thomas-00000 had a M95 Rampant Atlas in his hands and Thomas-00000 shot them all and then Carlena said, “Thank you for freeing me.”

The Grug said, “No problem. We are the Swords of Jasrind. Get what you need and fast. It’ll be morning soon.”

Thomas-00000 walked toward the staff room and grabbed the video tape and then put it in his pocket and then ran back down the stairs and Carlena said, “We’re going to need to rob the armory for weapons.”

They heard that and said, “OK. Let’s do it.”

They ran to the armory and then picked up more than ¾’s of the weapons out of there and then ran to the Grugurant and the Supreme Commander Rhel ‘Vadai said, “Well, you are going to use all of these against Joh Usui ‘Quin?”

Carlena answered, “Yes. If you guys are going to let me use your weapons as well, then I’ll use them as well.”

Rhel smiled and said, “Alright. I like you. You got a lot of guts. The Kelilunkers are insanely powerful.”

Carlena said, “I know.”

16: The Disturbance
The Disturbance

While the Grugurant was headed to Jasrind V, the next morning, Xerxes woke up and did his daily hygiene and then walked to his desk and went to open his laptop, but then noticed that it wasn’t there and asked, “Have you seen my laptop, Cortez?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Nope. Last place I saw it was on the desk over there where you are sitting. Why do you ask?”

Xerxes answered, “It’s gone.”

Cortez-00035 heard that and then Kate-00089 appeared in front of Frank and said, “Sir, I think that we have a situation on our hands.”

Frank asked, “What is it this time, Kate?”

Kate-00089 answered, “Follow me and I’ll show you the problem.”

Frank said, “Alright.”

Kate-00089 took him to the prison and then saw bodies of the guards and said, “Oh my god. Get in there and make sure that Thomas is still in there.”

Kate-00089 ran in and then the inmates laughed and said, “If you are looking for your pretty boy back there, some unknown people broke in and took him killing all of the guards. They also took the video footage so you wouldn’t know where they were taking him. They also seemed to have a laptop.”

Kate-00089 heard that and said, “How many people broke Thomas out of here?”

They answered, “Unknown. It was too dark to see. There were a lot of them.”

Kate-00089 grinned and Cassandra appeared and grabbed Frank and yelled, “What the hell happened here?”

Frank screeched and answered, “A group of people broke into our prison and took Thomas away.”

Cassandra asked, “Do the prisoners know anything, Kate?”

Kate-00089 walked out and answered, “Nope. All they know is that they were unknown. They took the video footage and some type of laptop.”

Xerxes heard that and asked, “Did you say that they had some type of laptop?”

Kate-00089 answered, “Yes.”

Xerxes said, “No wonder why it’s missing.”

Cortez-00035 appeared and saw Kate-00089 and asked, “Why are you here, Kate?”

Kate-00089 answered, “To visit Thomas. You?”

Cassandra answered, “She’s stationed here along with Thomas.”

Cortez-00035 looked at the corpses and said, “It seem like someone had a party in there last night. Because yesterday, everyone was alive.”

Kate-00089 said, “We know that, Cortez.”

Captain Elizabeth Getz opened the armory and looked up and yelled, “What the hell happened to all of the weapons?”

Cassandra heard that and asked, “How many are missing?”

Elizabeth answered, “More than ¾’s. Someone was really in a hurry.”

Cassandra asked, “Who took Thomas?”

Everyone looked at each other and then Frank asked, “What about the Underworld? They took him once before. They might have him again.”

Kate-00089 said, “Not likely. They use guns only. This was guns and slashes.”

Cortez-00035 said, “Actually, just two days ago, the UNSC Ymir found out that there was a member of the Underworld that does slash. They called it Reaper.”

Cassandra said, “She’s right. It could be anyone. Grug, Underworld, not Infected. Kelorat, I can go on. But there are so many possibilities.”

Brian asked, “What’s going on here?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “It seems that a group of people broke Thomas loose.”

Brian said, “Oh, is that so?”

Cassandra answered, “Yep.”

Lilian said, “The only thing I know about it that I saw a ship take off immediately.”

Brian heard that and asked, “Did you see Thomas among them?”

Lilian answered, “No, I only saw the ship fly off. I was wondering what all the noise was. So I woke up and saw a light and then saw a ship. Then the ship took off and that’s all.”

Cassandra said, “Dammit.”

Helena said, “Hm, what’s all of the commotion?”

Elizabeth asked, “What are we going to do about the missing weapons?”

Cassandra answered, “I’ll have some more weapons shipped here.”

Helena asked, “Is anyone going to answer me?”

Lilian asked, “Do you know anything about Thomas’ disappearance?”

Helena asked, “Why would I? I was asleep all night.”

Lilian said, “Well, someone took Thomas out of his cell.”

Kane heard that and said, “It was just a matter of time before someone decided to break him out. You all knew that. Everyone thinks of him as an admiration. And because of his violent attacks in the prison, the other inmates might act more aggressively than before.”

Rebecca said, “You could say that again.”

Brian said, “It seems like everyone is here now.”

Eleanor asked, “Are you forgetting about me, sir?”

Brian sighed and said, “Sorry, Master Sergeant Barnett. I’m still tired.”

Eleanor said, “It’s ok. So Thomas finally got out after 2 weeks of not eating.”

Cassandra said, “I’m afraid so.”

Lilian said, “We need to find him before he does something stupid.”

Cortez-00035 heard that and said, “Something stupid.”

Kate-00089 said, “Don’t tell me.”

Cassandra said, “The Grug took him, didn’t they?”

They nodded and then said, “It seems to be the case.”

A soldier appeared and said, “I heard gunshots last night. Lots of them too.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Private O’Brien, did you see if any of them had a gun?”

Private Randy O’Brien answered, “Yes, it was Thomas.”

Cassandra sighed and Kate-00089 said, “It’s too late to save him.”

Cassandra said, “Damn, now I wish that I never found out about this.”

Cortez-00035 asked, “Are we going to treat him like a traitor? Or under the Grugs influence?”

Cassandra answered, “Neither. We’re going to pretend that this never happened. And we’re not going to help him against the Kelilunker.”

Kate-00089 said, “OK. It’s all up to him.”

Cortez-00035 said, “The way he wanted it.”

Xerxes sighed and said, “It seems that he also has the flash drive telling him the location of the battlefield.”

Cassandra said, “Goddamnit.”

Lilian said, “They really are smart.”

Eleanor said, “Yep, in a very bad way.”

Kane asked, “Whose idea was it to steal all of the weapons?”

Helena answered, “Probably Thomas’ because the Grug would always hand out weapons to help out fight the enemy in a challenge. Well, that’s what I heard.”

Rebecca said, “It’s true.”

Brian said, “Xerxes, do you have a tracker in your laptop?”

Xerxes answered, “Yes. But it was destroyed by the Grug.”

Kate-00089 said, “No, it was Thomas. He doesn’t want to be found. He’s willing to sacrifice himself for his people.”

Cortez-00035 said, “That just makes this situation known as the biggest Disturbance on Earth yet.”

Cassandra covered her face with her hands and said, “Please come back safely.”

Brian said, “I definitely forgive you for attacking me.”

Kane said, “Well, he was out of control. He needed the serum, right Kate?”

Kate-00089 answered, “Yes.”

Brian said, “See. I knew that.”

Rebecca said, “No you didn’t.”

Cassandra laughed and said, “I love you guys. Now get back to work.”

They said, “Yes ma’am.”

They all went back to work and then Cassandra said, “Colonel, I’d like a report about this.”

Frank said, “Seriously.”

Cassandra answered, “Yeah.”

Frank said, “Shit. I’m on it.”

He walked back to his desk and then started writing the report. Cassandra said, “Good luck with whatever you are trying to do, Thomas.”

17: The Battle Between Legion and Kelilunker Begins
The Battle Between Legion and Kelilunker Begins

The Grugurant was almost to their destination and Rhel asked, “Are they able to track us, Legion?”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena answered, “Nope. I took the video footage out of the system. We killed the guards. The inmates ain’t gonna tell them shit. They fucking love me. We took the weapons. This computer had a tracker chip in it, but I destroyed it. And I got this flash drive that told me about this challenge.”

Rhel said, “I see. Well, we should be there soon.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “They are almost here.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and said, “I get to kill this human, right?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “No. We can’t kill him. We want to make him watch his people suffer in front of his eyes.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Oh, that makes sense.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Yes it does. Am I right everyone?”

Everyone started cheering and then the Grugurant appeared and then opened the bottom and all of the weapons and Thomas-00000 fell out and then he landed on the ground and then looked up and saw both of them and Carlena said, “Oh shit.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin asked, “Are you getting second thoughts?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena answered, “Nah, it’s just been so long since I last saw a Kelilunker.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “You are right about that Thomas-00000.”

He heard that and saw him and Carlena said, “I thought that you died.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “I played dead. And you look like shit.”

Carlena said, “Played dead, eh. That shit works still. Nice.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “It won’t work here.”

Carlena said, “I know that sir.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande asked, “Did you bring the timer, Rhel?”

Rhel answered, “Yessir. Activate it for us, Legion.”

Thomas-00000 did and then Carlena asked, “What is the timer for?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande asked, “Did you really think that I’d let you fight in one place all the time. Hell no. We’ll be going to other planets around the universe until either one of you quit.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and looked at the weapons in his hands and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande asked, “Any questions?”

Carlena asked, “How much time on the timer?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “2 hours.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and put 2 hours up and then hit the checkmark for repetitively and then Carlena asked, “Isn’t it the challenger's choice of rules?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Yes, you’ve done your homework.”

Carlena said, “Well, first one to give up loses. But let’s get the terms straight. I win, you will not send 9 million troops to Noctis. You’ll send 500,000. And 50 Grugurants and Lotus. And if I win, you’ll also leave humanity alone afterwards. If you win, which is a 99.99% chance of that happening. I’ll help you fight against your arch-nemesis, the Infected. You just have to give me a call. And I’ll be there. You like the terms?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande looked at him and said, “Hm, you really know how to negotiate, kid. I may be old, but I accept your terms. Hand Rhel the timer.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and tossed it to him and Rhel caught the laptop and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “No weapons in hand.”

Everyone heard that and then Thomas-00000 dropped his B82 DTR and Joh Usui ‘Quin dropped everything and then the ground started shaking and Thomas-00000 felt that and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande asked, “Are you not used to there being any earthquakes?”

Carlena answered, “Not at all. Just haven’t been in one in a while.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande heard that and then said, “OK. Begin.”

Rhel hit the "Start Timer" button and then Thomas-00000 picked up the B82 and then started shooting at him and as soon as Joh Usui ‘Quin picked up the Race-9258, Thomas-00000 looked at it and sighed and then he started shooting at him and Thomas-00000 ran out of the way. He continued shooting at him with a 3 bullet burst coming out of the weapon and then reloaded the clips and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande saw that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin turned really quick and then Thomas-00000 stopped and jumped back and then ran the other way and Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “This kid is fast.”

He dropped the weapon and then lifted up the Race-2500 and Thomas-00000 looked at it and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him and Thomas-00000 bent his body back and the sword went right over his body and then everyone saw that and then Semitar Captain, Yuma ‘Jadae said, “My god. This kid is flexible.”

Supreme Commander Well ‘Mdame said, “He’s insane. Is that why you chose him sir?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “Yes it is, everyone. Watch how insane this kid is.”

Everyone heard that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung downwards and then Thomas-00000 moved back and shot at his hand and then reloaded his weapon again and then it went up again and then Thomas-00000 looked at it and then started shooting at his hand and then he swung at him, but lowered it and Thomas-00000 jumped over it and landed on the sword and started shooting at his hand and Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and said, “Get off of me.”

He started swinging it all over the place and Thomas-00000 held on for dear life and then jumped up and aimed at his head and started shooting at him and he felt that and then he went to swing at him with the sword, but Thomas-00000 brought his body back and then kicked the sword upwards and then Joh Usui ‘Quin felt that and Thomas-00000 landed on the ground and then laid there for awhile and then Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and said, “Got you.”

He swung downwards toward him, but as soon as it got close to him, Thomas rolled to the side and then got on his feet and punched the sword and started shooting its handle and Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and lifted it up and looked at the light and said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Thomas-00000 ran out of ammo with that weapon and tossed it away and then picked up the R06 Rampant Viper and Carlena said, “Here we go. This might help me a little bit.”

Thomas-00000 started shooting at him and then he saw that and then dropped the sword and lifted up the Race-9999 and said, “Take this.”

He started shooting at him and then they started moving to the side and then Rhel smiled and said, “This kid is good.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande asked, “The time remaining?”

Rhel answered, “An hour and 21 minutes, sir.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “You survived the longest out of all of the people we Kelilunkers challenged alone on a 1 on 1 battle.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Stop moving.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and then Carlena said, “It wouldn’t be a fight without movement. So it’s more fun this way.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “You fight too well for a human.”

Carlena said, “Well, Legions are super soldiers after all.”

Thomas-00000 needed to reload and then looked at that gun and saw that it didn’t need to reload yet and then dropped it and then grabbed a J296 Needle Grenade and then pulled the pin and then tossed it up toward him and then he saw that and then swung at it and then it exploded on his arm and needles flew out and hit the barrier and him and Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Nice try.”

Thomas-00000 lifted up a Q844 Puma Launcher and then Carlena said, “This should do a little something.”

He pulled the trigger and then 4 rockets flew out and hit him and smoke appeared and Thomas-00000 waited for the smoke to disappear, but then a shadow appeared.

18: Getting Hit By the Hammer
Getting Hit By the Hammer

Thomas-00000 lifted up a Q844 Puma Launcher and then Carlena said, “This should do a little something.”

He pulled the trigger and then 4 rockets flew out and hit him and smoke appeared and Thomas-00000 waited for the smoke to disappear, but then a shadow appeared. A hammer appeared and then Thomas-00000 saw that and jumped up and then it barely touched it and Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and said, “You are too fast for me.”

Thomas-00000 reloaded it and then shot at him again and then 4 more hit him and then another explosion occurred and Thomas-00000 tossed it away and then picked up the G910 Rumpart Luander and aimed it at him and then started shooting at him and the grenades blew up as soon as they hit Joh Usui ‘Quin and then he reloaded the weapon and then the hammer appeared and hit him and Thomas-00000 felt that and Carlena screamed and Thomas-00000 flew into the barrier and then he bounced back and then he was bringing the hammer down and then Thomas-00000 saw that and then looked at him and then turned around and started shooting the hammer with the G910 and then Joh Usui ‘Quin lost control of it and it flew out of his hands and Thomas-00000 pushed himself up with his hands and then Thomas-00000 dropped the gun and ran forward and grabbed the hammer and then everyone saw that and Carlena roared and then brought the hammer across from him and then hit Joh Usui ‘Quin and he flew into the barrier and bounced back and then Thomas-00000 swung downwards and then hit his chest and then a massive explosion occurred where he landed and then all of the weapons that were on the ground flew up and the grenades pins came out and Thomas-00000 took off and grabbed each one and tossed them at him before they damaged any of his weapons and then 20 minutes later, he saved all of the weapons by tossing them all at him and Joh Usui ‘Quin stood up slowly and then Thomas-00000 saw that and Carlena said, “Oh, I really hate Kelilunkers. They are way too strong. No offense.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “No problem. This is actually quite intriguing. Who is winning?”

Rhel answered, “The Legion has been getting all the good shots. But Joh Usui ‘Quin has weakened him a little with that one hit with the hammer. So I believe that Joh Usui ‘Quin is still winning, sir.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande asked, “What does everyone else think?”

Everyone started cheering and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande smiled and said, “Hm, they are all on Dani Ysuu ‘Fande’s side. Well, I’m on the Legions side because he’s lasting longer than all of the rest.”

Rhel said, “You have a point. But he hasn’t done any massive damage to him yet.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin grabbed the hammer and Carlena said, “Oh come on.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and then swung at him again and then Thomas-00000 jumped up, over it and then he grinned and then Thomas-00000 lifted up a Type-345 Energy Serpent and Carlena stared at him and held the trigger and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung the hammer down toward him and then Thomas-00000 let go of the trigger and then an energy beam flew toward him and hit him causing an explosion and then the hammer hit the ground next to him and Thomas-00000 flew up a little and moved to the left a little as well and Carlena said, “It saved my ass.”

He shot at him again, but didn’t see the hammer and it hit the other side of his body and then he flew into the barrier again and then shook his head and then Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “I got you this time, boy.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then as soon as the hammer got close to him, Thomas-00000 lifted his hands up and stopped the hammer from actually hitting his body, but it still pushed him into the ground and then Thomas-00000 himself up and then kicked the hammer up and then shot at the hammer and as soon as the beam hit the hammer, it flew back into Joh Usui ‘Quin and then he flew back into the barrier and it pushed him forward and then he landed on the hammer and then it pushed him up again and Carlena said, “Here we go.”

Thomas-00000 ran toward the hammer and then lifted it up hitting him in the back with it causing him to fly up and then hit barrier making him fly down incredibly fast and then Thomas-00000 jumped up and brought the hammer down on him causing a massive explosion on the ground again and then everyone screeched and then Joh Usui ‘Quin looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “Perish, human.”

He punched him along with the hammer and Thomas-00000 flew back into the barrier and Joh Usui ‘Quin grabbed the hammer again and swung at him with immeasurable force and then he took off into the barrier again and flew back screaming and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung downwards and crushed him into the ground and everyone saw that and said, “Damn, he really pissed Joh Usui ‘Quin off.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin walked away from him and then smiled and said, “Start counting.”

Thomas-00000 had a Type-094 Energy Sticky Grenade attached to the bottom of the hammer to push it back and Carlena said, “Kaboom.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin heard that and laughed and said, “He’s delusional.”

The grenade went off and then Thomas-00000 stood up slowly and because of the explosion, the hammer hit his head and then Joh Usui ‘Quin flew back into the barrier and Thomas-00000 walked away slowly and lifted up the E259 Armored Hammer and then started playing around with it like he knows how to use it and then ran toward him and swung upward into the hammer and both hammers collided and then a massive explosion occurred and then Joh Usui ‘Quin asked, “What the hell is this?”

Carlena said, “So beautiful. Now this is a sight for sore eyes.”

Both hammers bounced back at them and hit them both in the head and Thomas-00000’s helmet had more cracks on it and then they both flew into the barrier and flew back and then Carlena said, “Here we go.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin looked at him and swung at Thomas-00000, but Thomas-00000 swung as well and another explosion occurred and Thomas-00000 spun in circles, but Joh Usui ‘Quin just swung at him again and hit the back of his armor and then he flew into the barrier and then flew back and Joh Usui ‘Quin hit him hard as hell again and then Thomas-00000 laid there and Rhel looked at the timer and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “2 minutes.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and then lifted Thomas-00000 up and let go and swung the hammer downwards on him causing the biggest explosion so far and then walked away and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “1.”

19: The Next World, Pexsia N7
The Next World, Pexsia N7

Thomas-00000 walked away slowly and lifted up the E259 Armored Hammer and then started playing around with it like he knows how to use it and then ran toward him and swung upward into the hammer and both hammers collided and then a massive explosion occurred and then Joh Usui ‘Quin asked, “What the hell is this?”

Carlena said, “So beautiful. Now this is a sight for sore eyes.”

Both hammers bounced back at them and hit them both in the head and Thomas-00000’s helmet had more cracks on it and then they both flew into the barrier and flew back and then Carlena said, “Here we go.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin looked at him and swung at Thomas-00000, but Thomas-00000 swung as well and another explosion occurred and Thomas-00000 spun in circles, but Joh Usui ‘Quin just swung at him again and hit the back of his armor and then he flew into the barrier and then flew back and Joh Usui ‘Quin hit him hard as hell again and then Thomas-00000 laid there and Rhel looked at the timer and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “2 minutes.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and then lifted Thomas-00000 up and let go and swung the hammer downwards on him causing the biggest explosion so far and then walked away and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “1.”

Rhel said, “Get up. You plan on surviving this, don’t you?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then everyone asked, “Are you just going to give up, human? Is that what humans do? Give up.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande smiled and said, “7.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Just stay down kid. Or give up.”

Thomas-00000 turned over and pushed himself up and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Continue.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin grinned and then Carlena said, “Don’t underestimate us Legions.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande laughed and said, “Alright. This has turned into one hell of a battle.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and then lifted up a S230 Triple Burst Shot and then he started shooting at him and Rhel said, “2 seconds.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande smiled and teleported them to the next world and Thomas-00000 looked around and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Welcome to Pexsia N7. Right now, my twin brother, Toxi Grup ‘Fande, which loves destruction is attacking Pexsia Station. The UNSC 6th Intel Team is fighting them right now to keep them at bay. You might remember them from your last mission. And we’re in the middle of the battlefield. So enjoy yourselves.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then continued to shoot at Joh Usui ‘Quin and he felt that and then swung the hammer at him, but Thomas-00000 ducked and shot at his hand and then Semitar Admiral Isla ‘Filia said, “He seems to be in trouble.”

Rhel looked at him and then the 6th Intel Team saw the large amount of Grug not moving or looking at them and saw someone else and said, “Huh, isn’t that the traitor?”

Daniel-00022 heard that and looked at the group of people and then Thomas-00000 jumped up and landed on top of the hammer and Joh Usui ‘Quin lifted it up and Daniel-00022 said, “My god, those things are dangerous. Do not go near them.”

Everyone heard that and Louis asked, “Are you sure? Are enemy is right there?”

Daniel-00022 answered, “Yes. We interfere, we’ll die. Those things nearly destroyed us Legions 20+ years ago.”

Petty Officer Fifth Class Camille Lebel said, “So you are most likely saying that if we get close to them, we’ll die.”

Daniel-00022 answered, “Yes. You guys never versed a Kelilunker. They are strong beings that are totally unbeatable unless you have an army. And I literally mean an army. Thomas-00000 is insane for challenging it all by himself. Let him die. Plus, this will be our chance to regroup.”

Louis said, “Daniel’s right everyone. I was actually there at the Battle of Saptonian before our CO said to retreat because of the strength of the Kelilunker. That thing is too powerful for us small soldiers.”

Daniel-00022 looked at him and asked, “What are you planning, Thomas?”

Thomas-00000 flew toward the barrier, while aiming his gun at him and then Thomas-00000 put his feet against the barrier and pushed himself toward him and tossed his gun away and then headbutted the handle of the hammer and made him lose the grip of it and then Joh Usui ‘Quin grinned and the hammer hit the ground and the ground started shaking and everyone felt that and said, “An earthquake.”

Louis said, “Don’t worry. It’s the battle with the Legion and the Kelilunker that caused that.”

As soon as Thomas-00000 was going to lift up the hammer, Grylyn Ultra Kyg-Yar Vars said, “Look at what we got here. Toxi Grup ‘Fande’s brother. And a Legion. Hm, maybe we should join forces against him for this once.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and looked at them and then Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Oh, you gotta be kidding me.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “This is a battle between the Legion and the Kelilunker. Leave peacefully and I won’t attack you.”

Kyg-Yar Vars said, “No, I do as I please.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the hammer and then Carlena said, “If you come near me, I will kill you.”

They heard that and laughed and asked, “With what? That small ass weapon. You are weaker than the Grug.”

Carlena said, “You are testing me, right?”

Kyg-Yar Vars answered, “Yes. Are you ready to meet your demise?”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and said, “Bring it on.”

Kyg-Yar Vars laughed and said, “Kill him.”

Everyone charged forward and Joh Usui ‘Quin went to grab the hammer, but Thomas-00000 lifted it up and swung at them and they all flew back into the barrier and then bounced forward and Thomas-00000 brought the hammer downwards crushing their bodies into the ground and Kyg-Yar Vars screeched and said, “OK. You took them out.”

Rhel appeared behind him and kicked him in there and then Joh Usui ‘Quin caught him and asked, “Are you ready, Legion?”

Thomas-00000 turned around and then brought the hammer behind him like a baseball bat and then Daniel-00022 said, “Impossible. Those things weigh over 10000 lbs.”

Crewman Apprentice Sophie Fredrichs asked, “What weighs that much?”

Daniel-00022 answered, “That weapon that Thomas is holding. It’s known as the Race-1000 Death Hammer. It’s very dangerous. It almost killed one of the Legions in the Battle of Saptonian.”

Louis said, “Thomas is stronger than you, hahahahaha. I thought that you were strong when you tossed an entire damaged Firehawk out of the way.”

Daniel-00022 said, “Well, he was the first and the failure. But I never expected him to be this strong after 20 years.”

Sophie said, “He’s in the Army, we’re in the Navy.”

Daniel-00022 said, “All 4 branches of the UNSC do the same workouts. Thomas probably just goes overboard.”

George said, “That makes sense. Don’t you think so sir?”

Louis answered, “Yes.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Tell me when.”

Thomas-00000 closed his eyes and then Kyg-Yar Vars said, “Wait, I take back everything that I said. Please forgive me. I’ll do anything you want.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Sorry. You angered the Legion. And your demise is all but certain.”

Kyg-Yar Vars started to scream and then Carlena said, “Now.”

He threw him down toward the ground and then Thomas swung the hammer like a baseball bat and then sparks occurred and Kyg-Yar Vars voice stopped and then flew into the barrier and bounced back with immeasurable speed and then Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “I have the honors, right?”

Carlena answered, “Sure thing.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and then punched him into the ground and squashed him like a bug, turning him into paper and the entire planet started shaking and then Rhel said, “We have an hour and thirty minutes left on Pexsia N7.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Well now, we helped the humans defend Pexsia Station. Don’t you feel proud.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “I won’t let another human die on my watch, sir.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Good enough resolve. Keep the match going.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin punched his entire body and Thomas-00000 flew back and then Joh Usui ‘Quin grabbed the hammer and Thomas-00000 saw that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 moved his body upwards and then Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and said, “Impossible.”

20: Thomas-00000's Armor Shatters
Thomas-00000's Armor Shatters

Carlena said, “I won’t let another human die on my watch, sir.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Good enough resolve. Keep the match going.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin punched his entire body and Thomas-00000 flew back and then Joh Usui ‘Quin grabbed the hammer and Thomas-00000 saw that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 moved his body upwards and then Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and said, “Impossible.”

Thomas-00000 landed on the ground and lifted up the A19 and started shooting at him and then Daniel-00022 said, “UNSC Los Angeles, this is Legion Daniel-00022 of the UNSC 6th Intel Team, please respond.”

Frank heard that and said, “This is UNSC Los Angeles, how may I help you Legion?”

Daniel-00022 answered, “I found your soldier that you are looking for. Thomas-00000, he’s on Pexsia N7. Fighting an army of Grug.”

Frank heard that and looked at Cassandra and asked, “Are you sure about that?”

Daniel-00022 answered, “Yes. I don’t know how long they’ll be here for. But if you want him, he’s right here in front of us.”

Frank said, “Thank you. Keep an eye on him.”

Daniel-00022 said, “Yessir.”

Frank said, “UNSC Los Angeles out.”

Daniel-00022 said, “Alright, hopefully they get here before this fight is over.”

Frank stood up and walked passed her and Cassandra asked, “Where are you going, Colonel?”

Frank answered, “Oh yes, I was just about to come find you. I just got a report from UNSC 6th Intel Team that Thomas-00000 is on Pexsia N7 fighting an army of Grug.”

Cassandra said, “Shit, he’s been fighting for more than a day. Almost 2 days, to be exact.”

Frank said, “Well, he’s there, but they don’t know how long that he’ll be staying.”

Cassandra said, “Hm, get a team to Pexsia N7 to retrieve Thomas, now.”

Frank said, “Already on it ma’am.”

Rebecca and Brian’s team appeared and said, “You asked for us, sir.”

Frank said, “We’re giving you a mission. Retrieve Thomas-00000 and bring him home. He’s currently on Pexsia N7, but we don’t know for how long. Get going. There’s a Firehawk ready for you. Use it to get to your location.”

They said, “Yessir.”

Cassandra said, “Come back alive now.”

They said, “Yes ma’am.”

They grabbed their weapons and clips and then ran on to the Firehawk and said, “Take off to Pexsia Station.”

Vice-Captain Yector Vince said, “Understood. We’ll be there in about an hour.”

They said, “OK.”

The hatch closed and then the Firehawk took off and then on Pexsia N7, Thomas-00000 stared at the hammer and then it was coming down at him, but Thomas-00000 jumped forward and then started shooting at his hand again and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “40 minutes remaining.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “You survived longer than most.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “We found that out on Jasrind V, Joh. He’s the strongest human alive.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin looked at him move and then Thomas-00000 ran out of ammo and tossed the weapon away and picked up the Mace-5826 Heavy Sword and then looked at him and smiled and Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him and then Thomas-00000 put the sword up and it blocked the hammer and Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Impossible. A lousy sword blocked the attack.”

Carlena answered, “Yes. If you know how to use it. Then you are capable of doing a lot.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin sighed and said, “You son of a bitch. I’m going to kill you.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena said, “Nah, you won’t.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “He’s right. I won’t let you kill him.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin asked, “Why not?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “We could use him to help us fight against the Infected. Or maybe have them attack my brother for instance.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin heard that and said, “Oh, I like that.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then went to attack him, but then Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and pushed Thomas-00000 back with the hammer and he planted his feet into the ground and stopped himself from hitting the barrier and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 ducked and then ran toward him again and then jumped up and started swinging at his stomach and Joh Usui ‘Quin felt that and then punched him into the ground and then he bounced up and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung the hammer at him and hit his back and then Carlena screamed and then flew into the barrier and bounced back and Joh Usui ‘Quin smiled and put all of his might into that swing and then Thomas-00000 was on the ground and his armor shattered after that last hit and then he laid there for a while and then Joh Usui ‘Quin laughed and then backed away and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “1.”

The Firehawk appeared then Brian’s new team appeared and then landed on the ground and Daniel-00022 smiled and said, “Took you guys long enough.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “5.”

Thomas-00000 started moving and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande saw them and then Brian looked at them and Cortez-00035 screeched and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “6.”

Thomas pushed himself up and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “15 seconds.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande smiled and said, “You guys are too late to save him.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and shook his head and then Cortez-00035 yelled, “Come back home with us, Thomas. We won’t interfere because we already know the consequence. Just come home with us. All of the charges will be dropped.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then they disappeared and Cortez-00035 said, “God damn it. We were too late.”

21: Ywarti
Ywarti

The Firehawk appeared then Brian’s new team appeared and then landed on the ground and Daniel-00022 smiled and said, “Took you guys long enough.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “5.”

Thomas-00000 started moving and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande saw them and then Brian looked at them and Cortez-00035 screeched and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “6.”

Thomas pushed himself up and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “15 seconds.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande smiled and said, “You guys are too late to save him.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and shook his head and then Cortez-00035 yelled, “Come back home with us, Thomas. We won’t interfere because we already know the consequence. Just come home with us. All of the charges will be dropped.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then they disappeared and Cortez-00035 said, “God damn it. We were too late.”

Daniel-00022 said, “They appear out of nowhere and now disappear out of nowhere. Damn they are good.”

Louis said, “This is no time to be enthused, Daniel. We just watched a criminal escape.”

Brian asked, “Do you know where they went?”

Xerxes answered, “No, his armor isn’t picking up any readings.”

Rebecca asked, “What does that mean?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “It means that his armor was destroyed. And now he’s fighting without protection. And that is dangerous.”

Lilian said, “We need to find him again.”

Cassandra said, “All units, I need to know if you see a Legion of the name, Thomas-00000. He is wanted for treason. You find him, give the UNSC 23rd Combat Force a call.”

Everyone said, “Yes ma’am.”

The council members heard that and said, “She finally agreed to that. It must be rough for her. She deeply loves him. It was the only thing left that she could do. Thomas-00000 has become a threat to all of the human race.”

All of the Legions heard that report and then said, “Thomas-00000 becoming a traitor, I don’t think that the leader of the Legions would do such a thing. Thomas is a good man. This must be a mistake. I’m not hunting my boss. Fuck it, I’m out. Keep me out of this.”

Cassandra said, “One more thing, he might be surrounded by Grug. Don’t engage the Grug. Or all sorts of chaos will embroil.”

Everyone heard that and then on the planet Ywarti, the group of Grug and Thomas-00000 appeared in the Ice Chamber. Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Nice choice, Legion. You are still fighting and standing after your gear shattered into millions of pieces. Well, this is Ywarti, an ice planet with not that many citizens on it. This is the Ice Chamber where the most dangerous criminal from Earth is being held. The guards might shoot at us, but we’ll be freeing him.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then looked at him and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Don’t worry about a thing, Legion. You are already a traitor. The UNSC 6th Intel Team said so. And every other station is thinks so as well. This will just make you an even more vicious criminal.”

Thomas-00000 grinned and then grabbed the E259 and then Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and then swung at him, but Thomas-00000 blocked it and the massive explosion occurred and then Thomas-00000 was spinning around in circles and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 hit the hammer that time and stopped it from hitting him and Joh Usui ‘Quin spun around once and then saw Thomas-00000 close to his body and saw the scar on his cheek and then Thomas-00000 swung his hammer at him and Joh Usui ‘Quin flew back and the guards started to appear and shot at the Grug and Thomas-00000 swung downwards and then he hit the ground hard and then the Ice Chamber started to shake and Thomas-00000 felt that and then said to himself, “No. No. No, it can’t be.”

A guard said, “This is the Imperial Guard on Ywarti. Thomas-00000 is here trying to break John Camilton out of jail.”

Everyone heard that and then Cassandra heard the gunfire and said, “Shit.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande started laughing and Thomas-00000 growled and Carlena said, “Thomas, you need to defeat them before the ice breaks. If you can’t, then John Camilton, the worst human criminal will be reborn.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and nodded and continued to attack Joh Usui ‘Quin and then he grabbed Thomas-00000’s body and tossed him into the barrier and then he flew back and Joh Usui ‘Quin punched him in the face and Thomas-00000 started flipping all the way toward the barrier and then the Firehawk appeared and looked at them and Thomas-00000 hit the barrier and flew back and Joh Usui ‘Quin punched him toward the ground and then he hit the ground hard causing a massive explosion and then Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “Sir, you see that scar on his cheek.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande looked and saw the symbol of the Underworld and said, “Yes. It can’t be. He’s the one that we saved in Underworld Territory.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin nodded and said, “Yes. It’s him.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande heard that and then said, “He’s got that scar over his eye, right?”

Joh Usui ‘Quin answered, “Yes.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “I see.”

Thomas-00000 turned himself over and started breathing heavily and then Cortez-00035 said, “Thomas, listen to me. If you continue this, you’ll become a vicious criminal.”

Thomas-00000 stood up and then turned toward Joh Usui ‘Quin and he said, “Hm, you don’t seem to remember us, Legion-00000.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Cortez-00035 asked, “What are you people talking about?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “23 years ago, Thomas-00000 was kidnapped by the Underworld and was tortured to near death. The Grug saved him from the annihilation by the Underworld. Then you Legions appeared and we dipped.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and then lifted up the M43 Combat Battle Rifle and then started shooting shooting at him again and then Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “You don’t seem to believe us.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and Carlena said, “It’s true, Thomas. They saved you just before the Legions appeared.”

Thomas-00000 shrugged his shoulders and then Lilian said, “Thomas, whatever you do, do not let another explosion occur.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 jumped over the hammer and then Brian said, “Thomas, just give up. Is it that important for you to do this? You’ll die.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “I will not kill Thomas. Thomas will live as a Grug from now on.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then ran forward and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 dodged the attack and then appeared appeared underneath him and then shot at him and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “An hour left.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande nodded and then looked at the ice and then Joh Usui ‘Quin turned around and swung at him, but Thomas-00000 jumped up and the hammer hit the barrier.

22: John Camilton Is Freed
John Camilton Is Freed

Brian said, “Thomas, just give up. Is it that important for you to do this? You’ll die.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “I will not kill Thomas. Thomas will live as a Grug from now on.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then ran forward and then Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, but Thomas-00000 dodged the attack and then appeared appeared underneath him and then shot at him and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Time?”

Rhel answered, “An hour left.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande nodded and then looked at the ice and then Joh Usui ‘Quin turned around and swung at him, but Thomas-00000 jumped up and the hammer hit the barrier. As soon as the hammer hit the barrier, Joh Usui ‘Quin started to fall backwards and then everyone saw that and then Thomas-00000 sighed and then landed on his feet and took off and appeared underneath him and then put his hands up and then Joh Usui ‘Quin fell on top of him, but he held him up and then the hammer hit him in his head and then he collapsed on top of Thomas-00000 causing a massive explosion on the ground causing the ice to crack even more than it already was and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande saw that and said, “All of that effort for nothing. Damn, Thomas. We really were hoping for this to continue. How much time was left?”

Rhel answered, “50 minutes.”

Carlena said, “Thomas, if you can hear me, say something to yourself.”

Thomas-00000 didn’t say anything and then 49 minutes later, John Camilton’s cell shattered and then he was freed and John looked up and saw the Grug and the guards saw that and said, “Oh shit. He’s free.”

Cassandra said, “God damn it, Thomas. I thought that you were on our side.”

John looked at the Grug and then ran in there and the guards shot at him before that though and then Joh Usui ‘Quin rolled off of him and then Thomas-00000 laid there and then John lifted up one of the weapons and aimed it at Thomas-00000 and said, “Farewell, Legion.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and grabbed his leg and pulled it and then he collapsed and Thomas-00000 grabbed the gun and aimed it at him and Carlena said, “You should be thankful. I might have put you in there, but I got you out.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin said, “He never gives up.”

John grinned and then Cortez-00035 yelled, “What the hell are you doing, Thomas? You are a human on our side. You need to stop this. You’ll tear us apart.”

Kane said, “Thomas, you are a soldier in the UNSC. You better stop this.”

Thomas-00000 looked at John and then Rhel grabbed him and pulled him out of there and then Thomas-00000 walked around limping all over the place and Joh Usui ‘Quin saw that and said, “That weakened him. Alright, time to finish this.”

Rhel said, “2 seconds.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande laughed and then they took off to the next world. Lilian yelled, “They got away again. Goddamn it. What the hell is he trying to prove?”

The guards said, “You need to catch him before he does anything else.”

Rebecca said, “Sir, we might as well find another way to locate him. We can’t keep disappearing and appearing like that. It’s taking up too much fuel.”

Xerxes said, “I might have a plan to reduce the fuel cost.”

Brian said, “We’re listening.”

Xerxes said, “The Firehawk flies on waterized gasoline, correct?”

Cortez-00035 answered, “Yeah, but what about it?”

Xerxes answered, “If we use water coolants to cool down the engine, we might save a little bit of gas when we travel in space.”

Brian said, “Actually, it’s good to have a brilliant mind in the team for once. Even though Thomas was the mastermind behind all of the strategic formations and shit like that.”

Cortez-00035 said, “That’s why he was the leader of the UNSC Legion Corps.”

Brian sighed and then Cassandra said, “Come on back. Come on back. There is no need to save him now. He just became the most wanted criminal in the universe.”

Brian said, “Wait, he tried to stop the escape. But then he got crushed by the Kelilunker.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Sorry. I say what happens. He’s a criminal and there is no changing that fact. Come back now.”

Frank heard that and saw that she was crying and then on Jetbula, John looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “You freed me, why?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “He works for us now.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “It’s not over yet.”

John said, “What’s not over?”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande answered, “Thomas-00000 is facing this Kelilunker. And that freed you.”

John said, “Nice. A human has guts to challenge a Kelilunker. Nice indeed. It’ll be nice working with you, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and then Joh Usui ‘Quin started to attack him again.

23: Jetbula
Jetbula

As soon as Joh Usui ‘Quin swung at him, Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Welcome to Jetbula. This is where the UNSC 9th Survey Corps is looking for new minerals to use for their weapons and gear. But they ran into the Underworld forces. And are now under attack. But we are also in the middle of the battlefield.”

Legion Alexa-00005 saw Thomas-00000 and Carlena said, “I will defeat you and then I’ll leave.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande laughed and said, “Don’t be so paranoid. You can’t defeat him, you know it.”

Thomas-00000 jumped over the hammer and then appeared on top of it with a Q214 Heat Cinquer and ran toward him and then Joh Usui ‘Quin asked, “What do you think that you are doing boy?”

Thomas-00000 jumped up and started running up his body and then 200 feet later, he lost his balance and jumped off and then shot 6 rockets at his head and then he flew toward the ground and Alexa-00005 said, “I found the traitor.”

Everyone heard that and then a Dreadnought appeared and ran through the barrier and the rockets hit Joh Usui ‘Quin in the face and then he screamed and then Thomas-00000 smiled and then Joh Usui ‘Quin started to fall down and then Thomas-00000 saw that and then ran away from the impact and reloaded his weapon and then put it down and picked up the Mace-0268 Long Bicep and waited for him to start moving again. Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Well now, he just squashed a Dreadnought. Hahahahaha.”

Everyone started laughing and then John smiled and said, “Wait, he just took down a Kelilunker.”

Everyone heard that and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “3.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “You skipped 1 and 2.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Well, he was down for a while now. So it’s 4 now. But hey, you really did a number on him to weaken him this much.”

While he was counting down, Cassandra said, “He’s been gone for 12 Earth days already. This is bloody insane. I’m surprised that he survived this long by himself.”

Frank said, “Stop talking about him, ma’am.”

Cassandra said, “I can’t get him out of my mind. I still love him.”

Frank sighed and then Brian’s team appeared and said, “We could still go after him.”

Frank said, “The 9th Survey Corps has spotted Thomas on Jetbula.”

Cassandra heard that and asked, “What the hell are they after?”

Brian asked, “Are we still going after Thomas, or not?”

Cassandra answered, “Nope.”

Brian asked, “Why?”

Cassandra looked at him and then answered, “We have no choice but to leave him be. This is what Thomas wanted.”

Cortez-00035 said, “I’m not giving up on him. Thomas is trying his best to stop them from getting what they want and fails every time. You need to believe that fact as well.”

Cassandra heard that and then Carlena contacted base and said, “Hello Los Angeles Base, this is Thomas-00000. Can you hear this?”

Frank heard that and answered, “Yes, we’re listening.”

Carlena said, “Good. I have weakened the Kelilunker and almost defeated it. I got the Grug leader to reduce its troops to 500,000 men instead of 9 million men. That is only if I win. And 50 attack ships. Just pray for my victory.”

Cassandra asked, “Why should we listen to you?”

Carlena answered, “Because, I’m coming home soon.”

Cassandra heard that and then said, “You’ll be treated as a criminal.”

Carlena laughed and said, “I don’t care. To defeat a Kelilunker, you need to aim for the face. Aim for their face with a rocket launcher, grenade launcher, or missile launcher.”

Cassandra asked, “How can we trust you?”

Carlena answered, “Ask Alexa-00005 of the UNSC 9th Survey Corps. She saw me take it down.”

Alexa-00005 heard that and said, “It’s true. He did take it down. But he’s getting back up slowly.”

Carlena said, “One more thing before I go, General. I’m sorry for killing those guards. I’m sorry for accepting this challenge. And I’m sorry for betraying this universe. I gotta go. Oh yeah, one more thing. Tell them about who really saved me that day I was kidnapped and tortured by the Underworld.”

Everyone heard that and Cortez-00035 sighed and said, “The Grug saved him.”

Cassandra grinned and asked, “How do you know that?”

Rebecca answered, “The leader of the Grug group said so. They recognized the Underworld symbol on his cheek and the scar over his eye.”

Cassandra looked at her and then grinned and Carlena said, “Gotta go now. Bye.”

Joh Usui ‘Quin got up on his feet at the count of 9 and said, “Oh, that was good.”

He started trembling and then Thomas-00000 dropped the Mace-0268 and picked up the Q214 and aimed at his head again and pulled the trigger with the 6 rockets flying out of the gun again.

24: Thomas-00000 Defeats Joh Usui 'Quin
Thomas-00000 Defeats Joh Usui 'Quin

Joh Usui ‘Quin got up on his feet at the count of 9 and said, “Oh, that was good.”

He started trembling and then Thomas-00000 dropped the Mace-0268 and picked up the Q214 and aimed at his head again and pulled the trigger with the 6 rockets flying out of the gun again. Joh Usui ‘Quin looked around and then the rockets hit his head again and then he collapsed and Thomas-00000 smiled and then Carlena said, “KO’ed.”

Everyone heard that and then a small knife appeared and sliced his eye and Thomas-00000 felt that and then Carlena screamed and yelled, “My eye.”

Thomas-00000 covered his eye and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “1....2....3....4....5.”

Everyone looked at Joh Usui ‘Quin and saw that he wasn’t moving and said, “Damn. Get up man. You are the strongest member here.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and then Rhel looked at the timer and said, “Interesting. 3 seconds.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “9....10. The match is over. Thomas-00000 wins.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then they disappeared and appeared back in Jasrind V and Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Thomas-00000, you have defeated my strongest member fair and square. Because you are the most wanted criminal, what will you do?”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena answered, “Take my chances on the road. You better keep your end of the bargain.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “500,000 troops and 50 attack ships to Noctis. I understand Thomas. It’s been nice meeting you again.”

Carlena said, “I guess so. If you need me for anything, give me a call.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Alright, Thomas. Good luck on your journey. Need any help getting out of here.”

Carlena answered, “Nah, I’m good. I’ll get home on my own. Wait, I need a ship.”

Thomas-00000 walked over to his shattered armor and then grabbed his AI chip and John said, “Thanks Legion. Being free means a lot to me.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and Carlena said, “Enjoy your freedom while you can. One day, someone will be out to kill you. It might even be me.”

John said, “Good enough.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and then John put his hand out and said, “A truce till the day we meet again.”

Thomas-00000 shook his hand and Carlena said, “Agreed.”

Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “Get my boy here a ship. I have a report from an unknown contact in LA, California on Earth. There are Infected inside of Ranchos Los Amigos Hospital. Take them out with this the ship. It’s all yours.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Dani Ysuu ‘Fande said, “When we hear about the Infected, we’ll call you.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then the Sebbonnaut appeared and Thomas-00000 saw the massive ship and then Fratser Lieutenant Uterio Realis appeared and said, “The ship is all yours sir.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Thomas-00000 walked in and then closed the hatch and then went to the control room and hit auto-pilot and Carlena said, “Might as well check out the ship before crashing.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then walked around the ship and then saw a door and Carlena said, “This door is locked shut with a code or handprint.”

Thomas-00000 placed his hand on the doorknob and the AI in the ship, Kellar said, “Welcome to the Sebbonnaut, Master Thomas-00000. This room is where the Grug put the women they kidnapped. Would you like to enter this room?”

Carlena answered, “Yes.”

Kellar said, “OK then. Opening the door.”

The lock unlocked itself and then the women heard that and then Thomas-00000 opened the door slowly and then looked at them all and Carlena asked, “Are you all ok?”

They screamed and then Carlena said, “I’m not here to hurt you.”

A Semitar Guard appeared and said, “Master Thomas-00000, would you like to rape one of the women here?”

They looked at him and Thomas-00000 held a Z1 Attack Knife in his hand and then Carlena answered, “Nah, just checking them out. Maybe later.”

The Semitar Guard said, “Oh, ok.”

He turned around and Thomas-00000 turned around and stabbed him in the back of his head and then looked at him and saw the keys and then grabbed them and then they saw that and Thomas-00000 walked over to the cell doors and then a girl asked, “Why are you doing this?”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and Carlena answered, “I know what it’s like to be kidnapped. It sucks. This scar on my cheek is a result of it. You had it rough. And I’m sorry that you went through it all.”

He unlocked the door and then opened it and then walked away and the other Semitar Guard saw that and then Thomas-00000 saw that and he asked, “What have you done, sir? You freed the women.”

Thomas-00000 tossed the knife at his head and it flew right through his armor and then Thomas-00000 grabbed his knife and pulled it out and then walked back to the control room and asked, “How long till we get to Earth?”

Kellar answered, “If we slipstream now, 2 minutes. If we fly like this the entire time, about 5 days.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Slipstream to Los Angeles, California. To the Ranchos Los Amigos Hospital.”

Kellar heard that and said, “But that place is infested with Infected sir.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “I’m sorry, but this ship is going to sacrifice itself to save many lives on Earth.”

Kellar said, “But we just met.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Don’t worry. I’ll be taking you with me.”

Kellar heard that and said, “Really?”

Carlena answered, “Yes.”

The women appeared and asked, “Where are we going?”

Carlena answered, “The same place. We’re all jumping off of the ship.”

They heard that and said, “You can’t be serious.”

Carlena said, “I am. It won’t hurt, I promise.”

The ship appeared close to Earth and then the UNSC Thor and Cavalier saw the ship and Kellar said, “Enemy ships up ahead.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Leave the UNSC alone.”

It flew down to Earth and then they saw that and then Kate-00089 asked, “Why is that ship ignoring us?”

Carlena answered, “Because I’m piloting it. I need you to get a ship close to this one. I have prisoners of war in here.”

Admiral Ronald Menace heard that and said, “Alright. How many?”

Thomas-00000 looked and counted and Carlena answered, “50 girls. That were tortured by the Grug.”

Ronald said, “Alright. Get 5 ships over there.”

They said, “Yessir.”

5 ships started flying toward the Sebbonnaut and Kate-00089 opened the hatch and then Thomas-00000 walked to the back and Carlena said, “Hurry.”

They heard that and said, “I thought that we were jumping.”

Carlena said, “I lied.”

He opened the hatch and then Kate-00089 saw Thomas-00000 and Carlena yelled, “Get on. We don’t have much time.”

Kate-00089 asked, “For what?”

Carlena answered, “Someone’s going to need to pilot this ship manually into Ranchos Los Amigos Hospital.”

Kate-00089 heard that and asked, “Why?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena answered, “It’s infested with the Infected. So I plan on ending there parade on Earth.”

Kate-00089 said, “Thomas, you need to stop. Now you are about to do terrorism.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Well, if it’s to save the nation, then I’m willing to risk it all.”

The next ship appeared and then Carlena said, “Keep moving.”

He did that 3 more times and then Kate-00089 looked at the ship and then Captain Margaret Eclipse asked, “Are you sure that you want to stay on board here? You can be with Thomas if you want.”

Kate-00089 said, “Nah, we got what we came for. He’s going on another suicide mission.”

Ronald heard that and said, “UNSC Los Angeles, this is UNSC Thor, report back.”

Cassandra heard that and Frank said, “This is UNSC Los Angeles. What’s wrong UNSC Thor.”

Ronald answered, “Legion Thomas-00000 just freed 50 female prisoners of the Grug. And now is about to crash the Sebbonnaut in the Ranchos Los Amigos Hospital because it’s full of Infected.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Oh my god.”

Ronald said, “He has to fly the ship manually into the building. Just wanted you guys to know where you could find him.”

Frank said, “Thank you UNSC Thor.”

Ronald said, “No problem. UNSC Thor, out.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the building and said, “Full throttle.”

Kellar said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 looked at how close they were and then grabbed the AI chip out of the system and then ran to the hatch and then looked at it and then the Infected looked at the ship and then tilted their heads and Thomas-00000 jumped out of the ship and then the ship crashed into the building and then it self-detonated and then the entire building blew up along with the Infected and all Thomas-00000 heard was the screams and screeches of the Infected and then the Leopards appeared and Cassandra looked at him and then Thomas-00000 smiled and then raised his hands and they aimed their weapons at him and then Thomas-00000 turned around and Carlena said, “Uh, I’m back.”

Cassandra said, “You are under arrest for betrayal, murder, helping a fugitive escape, and breaking out of jail.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “Good enough for me. Get it over with.”

Brian arrested him and then brought him back to the base and appeared in his old cell again and Cassandra said, “This time, there is no bail. You won’t be leaving here for 6 years.”

Thomas-00000 sat back in his corner and Carlena said, “See you later honey.”

Cassandra heard that and then Brian said, “He’s gone insane.”

Carlena asked, “How are the women doing?”

Cassandra heard that and asked, “Are you worried about them Carlena?”

Carlena answered, “Thomas is, not me.”

Cassandra looked at him and answered, “They are on the UNSC Thor. They’ll be fine.”

Carlena said, “Thank you.”

Thomas-00000 put his head against the wall and then Cassandra walked away and Brian said, “I think that something is wrong with Thomas.”

Cassandra said, “Definitely. He’s all happy.”

Brian said, “Oh well.”

Frank said, “General Ruiz, Dr. Grzej wants to speak with you.”

Cassandra heard that and then walked over to the panel and said, “Dr. Grzej, how may I help you?”

Ultear said, “I just realized something strange happen with Thomas-00000’s life signature. It seems like he’s overly excited.”

Cassandra said, “I noticed that, doc.”

Ultear said, “But more importantly, on December 25, which is today, the Legion-II Project has been completed. Along with new armor for the Legions to wear. Put Thomas on.”

They heard that and Cassandra said, “You didn’t hear?”

Ultear asked, “Hear about what?”

Cassandra answered, “Thomas went rogue and is now in prison for his crimes.”

Ultear heard that and said, “No, you can’t do that to him. He won’t eat the food in that state.”

Cassandra said, “He won’t eat the food in general. So, how many Legion-II’s are there?”

Ultear answered, “10,000. 5,000 died in the process.”

Cassandra said, “Sorry about that.”

Ultear sighed and said, “Tatsuya will be sad.”

Cassandra said, “Tell him to wait 6 years.”

Ultear said, “6 years. He’ll be dead by then.”

Cassandra said, “Well, he should have thought of that before going on a suicide mission to take out a Kelilunker.”

Ultear heard that and said, “No, he wouldn’t.”

Cassandra said, “Singlehandedly.”

Ultear said, “Thomas wouldn’t do that.”

Cassandra said, “Freed the most wanted criminal in the universe.”

Ultear said, “Thomas didn’t do it.”

Cassandra said, “We have witnesses here. It’s too late for him.”

Tatsuya heard that and then Ultear said, “You know that he’ll hate you for this, right?”

Cassandra said, “I’m ok with that. If it helps him get better, then I’ll be happy.”

Tatsuya said, “Imprisoning Thomas is a death sentence to all Legions.”

Ultear heard that and Cassandra asked, “Why do you say that?”

Tatsuya answered, “He’s the leader of the Legions. You might as well just kill him.”

Cassandra heard that and then Tatsuya walked away and Ultear said, “The Legions are being separated into teams. Talk to you later.”

Cassandra heard that and then Ultear disappeared and Cassandra said, “Today is Christmas Day.”

Frank said, “Yep.”

Cassandra looked at the prison entrance and then sighed and walked away and said, “I’ll be heading back to Washington D.C. Talk to you later.”

Frank said, “OK.”

25: Legion-II's
Legion-II's

While Thomas-00000 was in prison, 4 Legion-II’s appeared in the Los Angeles Base a week later and were known as Gray Team and Legion Eclair Ester said, “Hm, this is Los Angeles Base, correct?”

Legion Marcus Collins said, “Yep. It’s as beautiful as they say.”

Legion Olivia Sanchez asked, “Are you sure that Legion Thomas-00000 worked here?”

Legion Carlos Montos said, “Yeah, he worked here.”

Frank saw them and then said, “Oh yes, you 4 must be Gray Team that’ll be helping us out.”

Eclair answered, “Yes. What do you need us to do?”

Frank answered, “Follow me.”

They said, “Yessir.”

Frank started to take them to Thomas-00000’s cell and said, “I’m your commanding officer here. If you ever need anything, just ask me or my assistant, Captain Lockwood. It’ll either be me or her on the radio when you check in.”

Marcus said, “So, where are we going?”

Frank answered, “You’ll see when we get there.”

Kate-00089 appeared and Frank said, “Kate, what brings you down to Earth?”

Kate-00089 answered, “To tell you that the ship holding the prisoners that Thomas freed was destroyed yesterday.”

Frank said, “You gotta be kidding me. Thomas put a lot of effort to do some good before getting locked away to just get them killed.”

Eclair said, “It wasn’t his doing. He wanted to save them.”

Olivia said, “Yes, it seems that someone had a grudge on the UNSC.”

Carlos said, “And a real big one, too.”

Frank looked at them and said, “We know that Thomas didn’t do anything. He’s been locked up for a week now.”

Marcus heard that and Kate-00089 said, “Oh, you 4 are the new blood here.”

Marcus said, “Yes. Legion Marcus Collins.”

Kate-00089 heard that and said, “Huh.”

Frank said, “Legion-II Project.”

Kate-00089 looked at him and said, “Seriously.”

Frank answered, “Yes.”

Kate-00089 said, “Oh, it’s nice to meet you then, Legions. Colonel, I gotta go back to the UNSC Thor. My squad is about to move out on our next mission.”

Frank said, “Good luck, Kate.”

Kate said, “I’ll be fine.”

Frank appeared in front of the prison and then said, “Welcome to the prison.”

Eclair heard that and Frank said, “Let’s keep moving forward.”

A guard appeared and said, “Here you go, traitor.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “Please get away from me.”

The guard said, “You are going to need to eat something.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena said, “Nah, I’m good. One week ain’t gonna kill me.”

The guard said, “Sir, eat. You won’t survive in here if you defy to eat.”

Carlena said, “My death is on Cassandra’s hands.”

The guard said, “You gotta be kidding me. Just eat dammit.”

Frank said, “Leave us.”

The guard heard that and said, “Sir, he won’t eat anything that we give him. It’s been a week without food.”

Carlos heard that and Thomas-00000 saw him and Carlena said, “Oh, Colonel. You finally brought some guests here to visit me. I was getting bored by myself and two AI’s.”

Frank heard that and asked, “Did you say two AI’s?”

Carlena answered, “Yes. One from the Sebbonnaut that I crashed into the Ranchos Los Amigos Hospital to kill the Infected. And the other chose me.”

Frank said, “Not happening. Hand over one of them.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then walked toward the cell door and grabbed the tray and tossed it at the guard and Carlena said, “I will not eat prison food. If you make me food that was cooked by a professional cook, then I’ll eat. Now that you are here before me, speak your peace.”

Frank said, “Thomas-00000, you need to stop tossing the food at the guards. You need to get ready for your meeting with the council.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena laughed and said, “The council? What the hell do they want with me? Especially Cassandra?”

Frank said, “Sir, you need to watch your tone.”

Carlena said, “I do as I please, remember Colonel.”

Frank sighed and said, “Meet your escorts. 4 new Legions of the Legion-II Project.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “I see.”

Frank said, “Oh yeah, one more thing before they take you there.”

Carlena said, “I’m listening.”

Frank said, “The girls that you saved are dead.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena asked, “Are you lying to me?”

Frank answered, “Nope, Kate told me.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “The Grug just made a big mistake. Even after our agreement.”

Frank heard that and then said, “So you did betray us.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and Carlena said, “If I betrayed you, why would I be so insane to challenge one of the most dangerous figures in the world by myself just to save Noctis. But it seems like he isn’t keeping his end of the bargain.”

Frank heard that and then Thomas-00000 walked to the wall and headbutted it and then turned back and Frank said, “Thomas, you need to calm down.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “I am calm sir. Uh, you might want to get the serum ready.”

Frank said, “You will no longer get any of the serum.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Sir, you know that I need that serum to survive.”

Frank said, “The council's decision.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “Colonel, you need to give me that serum.”

Frank said, “We don’t take orders from you.”

Xerxes appeared and then said, “Thomas, am I ever going to get a new laptop?”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena answered, “Yes. I pre-ordered a laptop a month ago knowing that something terrible would happen to it. It’ll be a lot better than your last laptop. I guarantee it.”

Frank said, “Technical Sergeant Reyes, please leave.”

Xerxes said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and then Carlena said, “Take me away.”

They heard that and Frank said, “Open his cell.”

The guard did and then Thomas-00000 turned around and then put his hands behind his back and then put the cuffs on him and Frank said, “He’s all yours Gray Team.”

Eclair said, “Yessir.”

26: The Ambush
The Ambush

Carlena said, “Take me away.”

They heard that and Frank said, “Open his cell.”

The guard did and then Thomas-00000 turned around and then put his hands behind his back and then put the cuffs on him and Frank said, “He’s all yours Gray Team.”

Eclair said, “Yessir.”

They started walking out of the prison and the inmates said, “You are totally screwed, Legion. The council aren’t too lenient on people that betray their own kind.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “I know.”

They appeared outside of the prison and Thomas-00000 looked at the light and Carlena said, “The light feels so good on my skin. Don’t you think so as well.”

Eclair said, “Shut up.”

Carlena sighed and said, “Don’t be so mean.”

Marcus said, “If she says shut up, you better shut up.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and Carlena said, “OK.”

Frank said, “The Dread is just up ahead.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena asked, “What’s a Dread?”

Frank answered, “You don’t need to know that.”

Thomas-00000 took out Kellar’s AI chip and then dropped it and Kellar said, “Sir, I thought that we were going to stay together forever.”

Carlena said, “Sorry, you were driving me to the brink of death. Now someone get me my goddamn serum.”

Frank heard that and asked, “What the hell?”

Carlos asked, “What’s wrong sir?”

Frank said, “Hold up. Thomas, hold this.”

Carlena asked, “Why?”

Frank put it in his hands and then he smiled Frank said, “Newbies, go in front of him and tell me if his expression changes.”

They did and then Frank took the chip out of his hands and his smile disappeared and went into a grin and then put it back on and the smile reappeared and Olivia said, “Yeah, it keeps changing.”

Frank said, “My god. He really does need the serum.”

Eclair asked, “What serum?”

Frank answered, “Thomas is the only failure that survived. So he has to take a serum to regain his self-control. But because of our orders, we can’t give it to him. So get to the council. They’ll know what to do with him.”

They said, “Yessir.”

They entered the Dread and then Eclair entered the seat and then took off and Carlena said, “You don’t need a pilot to fly one of these things?”

Marcus answered, “Nope. We’re all self-trained.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “That’s cool.”

Olivia asked, “Why’d you betray your nation?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena smiled and answered, “I did what I needed to do to stop 9 million Grug troops from getting to Noctis. Because of the tradition in Grug culture, the challenger gets to choose the rules and the way things end up. I asked him to lower his forces on Noctis. The attack will take place in about three and a half months. I want to warn you though, the Grug don’t mess around. Neither do any of your enemies. Freeing the most wanted criminal wasn’t my doing. The damn Kelilunker weighs too damn much and squashed me like a damn bug. I’m not as bad as people say that I am ladies.”

Carlos asked, “Why give yourself up? You could have just roamed the universe and be a free man.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena answered, “Oh, I thought about it. But then I’d only be a wanted criminal on the run. Killing my own kind for no reason at all. That ain’t my style.”

Eclair looked back there and then an explosion occurred and Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlos asked, “Were you expecting any company?”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena answered, “I don’t even know anyone that would know about me being in prison except for all of the soldiers in the UNSC.”

They heard that and said, “Then this is an ambush to get you off of this ship.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Eclair saw that and Carlena said, “They are here to destroy your ship and probably take me away. So please don’t let that happen.”

Marcus said, “We won’t. We can’t afford to fail our first mission.”

Olivia said, “Marcus is right.”

Eclair said, “We’ll get you to Washington D.C.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and then looked around and saw the ship and Carlena said, “It’s a Firehawk from the UNSC Eclipse.”

Carlos asked, “How do you know that sir?”

Thomas-00000 pointed at the symbol on it and then Eclair said, “That symbol. Contact it.”

Marcus said, “I don’t know how to use a Dread.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and Carlena said, “UNSC Eclipse Firehawk 43, this is the UNSC Los Angeles Dread, please respond?”

Everyone heard that and then Colonel Sally Kellar said, “This is Colonel Sally Kellar, Thomas-00000, you are coming with us to the Grug Base for our boss, John Camilton.”

Everyone heard that and then Carlena said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Sally said, “Thomas-00000, we’ve been spying on you and your men for the passed 20 years. John was very upset when you saved him. Now that we’re allies, he has asked us to save you.”

Eclair looked at Thomas-00000 and he shook his head and Carlena said, “OK then. If that’s the case, then please leave me be. I want to be left alone to see my girl one last time. Then you can kill me.”

Sally said, “We kill you, the Grug leader will kill us. We need you alive to keep our alliance with them.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and then Sally said, “They need your help with the Infected threat on the UNSC Wipeout.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then looked at Marcus and Carlena said, “Well, I can’t help you now.”

She said, “Well, sorry. We’re taking the ship from you.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and wrote down, “Let me help you. I know John’s men. They kill for a living.”

Carlos saw that and grabbed the message and said, “He wrote down “Let me help you. I know John’s men. They kill for a living.” What do you think?”

Eclair said, “They are going to take the ship. We’ll protect it. Thomas, we’ll protect you.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and then sighed and took his Z4 Invisible Knife out and started moving his hands around and the men entered the hole in the Dread and then they grabbed their H92 Attack Rifles and then aimed at the them and then a Sally flew away as soon as everyone got on to the ship and said, “Good luck men.”

They said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 continued to unlock the cuffs and Eclair looked at him and then said, “Protect me while I fly the ship.”

A bullet hit her back and then she hit autopilot and then grabbed her gun and ran next to her men and then a stealth soldier appeared behind them and then Thomas-00000 was out of his cuffs and then stabbed him in the head and then they heard the person hit the ground and Marcus turned his head.

27: They Arrive In Washington D.C.
They Arrive In Washington D.C.

A bullet hit her back and then she hit autopilot and then grabbed her gun and ran next to her men and then a stealth soldier appeared behind them and then Thomas-00000 was out of his cuffs and then stabbed him in the head and then they heard the person hit the ground and Marcus turned his head. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Thomas-00000 standing behind them and saw that he was free from his cuffs and said, “Huh.”

Eclair asked, “What’s wrong?”

Marcus answered, “Thomas is free.”

Everyone heard that and the men saw that and said, “Come along now. The boss is waiting for you.”

Carlena asked, “Do you really think that I broke free just to join the Grug? You really thought wrong. I just saved my Legion pals from one of your stealth officers. Anyone else willing to try anything?”

They heard that and then lifted up a M20 Jet Gatling and Thomas-00000 saw that and Carlos laughed and then said, “Run, right?”

Eclair shot him in the head and then the gun hit the ship and pushed it up and then everyone felt that and then the soldiers fell backwards and Thomas-00000 appeared by the wall and stood there and Marcus saw that and Carlos said, “Hm, perfect opportunity to throw them off of our ship.”

Olivia said, “I agree.”

Marcus said, “It would lighten the load.”

Eclair looked at Thomas-00000 and said, “Dump them.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then they did and Eclair said, “Put the cuffs back on.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and then put his hands behind his back and then Eclair put them on him and put him back on the table and the AI of their Dread, Vincent said, “Incoming channel from the UNSC HQ.”

Eclair said, “Play it.”

Vincent hit play and then Cassandra looked around and said, “Change of plans. It seems that the UNSC is tearing itself apart slowly because of John Camilton’s release. We have new coordinates for you to head to.”

Eclair said, “We’re listening ma’am.”

Cassandra said, “The original meeting place was in the Council building in Tokyo, Japan. But now it’s being held in the UNSC HQ Base.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena asked, “Is that a secure line?”

Cassandra answered, “No, why do you ask?”

Eclair answered, “John Camilton is after Thomas. He already sent his goons after him and we took care of them.”

Cassandra said, “Alright. That’s not good. That means that they are listening in on this.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “Yep. I always told you to use secure lines, but you never believe me.”

Cassandra said, “Thomas, we don’t have to listen to you anymore. You are no longer the leader of the UNSC Legion Corps.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “OK. I’m not the leader anymore. But I know that you don’t want me to get loose. And I know that if they hear this, they’ll come after me again.”

Cassandra said, “We’ll take our chances.”

Eclair said, “Uh ma’am, he’s actually right. They are stronger than they look.”

Cassandra said, “We know that. We just witnessed an entire team lifted up a tank. Listen, bring him there and we’ll deal with the consequences.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and walked away and Marcus saw that and then Vincent said, “So to the UNSC HQ.”

Eclair answered, “Yep.”

Olivia said, “Sit back down.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the wall and sat there and stared at the wall and Olivia said, “Not there idiot. On the table where we can see you.”

Thomas-00000 didn’t speak and then Olivia went to grab him, but then Thomas-00000 didn’t budge and Eclair asked, “How hard is it to move him?”

Olivia answered, “He won’t budge.”

Marcus and Carlos ran over to them and tried lifting him up and then Thomas-00000 stood up and shrugged them off of him and walked back to the table and crawled to the end where the wall was and continued to face it and Eclair asked, “How the hell do people get along with you?”

Kate-00089’s ship appeared in front of them and then took off and then Patrick said, “UNSC HQ, this is Colonel Patrick Ruest of the UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division, respond.”

Captain Harley Link heard that and said, “UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division, this is UNSC HQ. You have permission to land. Land on dock bay 7.”

Patrick said, “Thank you.”

Harley saw the Dread and then said, “Unidentified Dread, tell us who you are.”

Eclair said, “This is Gray Team and we’re here with the prisoner Thomas-00000. The council meeting is being held here.”

Harley said, “Oh yes, Docking Bay 1. It’s all set for you.”

Eclair said, “Thank you.”

The ship flew toward the base and then an explosion occurred and Eclair felt that and Thomas-00000 looked around and then looked outside and saw a fire and then Carlena said, “The ship is on fire.”

Eclair yelled, “I noticed. Damage report.”

Vincent said, “Engine failure. Transmission ruptured. We land, the Dread is going to explode.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then another Firehawk ship appeared and then Eclair grinned and then Eclair said, “Son of a bitch. We’re not going to land as expected, are we?”

Vincent answered, “Nope. We’re not capable of landing in the base because we’ll be endangering the people.”

Carlena said, “There’s a place in Washington D.C. not that far from here that we could land her. It’s abandoned and no one will get hurt.”

Vincent said, “I was reading the exact same thing. But that would be vandalism.”

Carlena said, “If it’s to save lives, I’d risk it.”

Eclair said, “He’s right. We’re crashing.”

Vincent said, “Alright.”

The men appeared and then the Firehawk took off and then one of the soldiers appeared next to Thomas-00000 and grabbed him and tossed him off of the table and everyone saw that and Eclair said, “Uh, UNSC HQ, I’m afraid that we can’t land.”

Cassandra asked, “Why not?”

Eclair answered, “We land, the ship explodes. We can’t allow that, so we’re going to land on the abandoned building close to the base. And we’ll walk to your location from there.”

A M9 was pointed at Thomas-00000’s head and Thomas-00000 felt that and Cassandra said, “Don’t you dare blow it up.”

Eclair heard that and said, “There is no other way for us to get off of here and survive.”

Carlos yelled, “Put your gun down.”

The man said, “I’m sorry, John says his regards.”

Marcus said, “Lower your weapon now.”

He said, “No.”

Olivia said, “Put the gun away from Thomas-00000’s head.”

Eclair heard that and said, “Son of a bitch.”

Cassandra said, “Don’t let him die.”

The man said, “Farewell.”

They jumped out of the Dread and then Eclair yelled, “Son of a bitch. He took Thomas.”

Cassandra said, “Go after them.”

Eclair said, “That’s the thing, we don’t have parachutes.”

Marcus looked at her and then Cassandra said, “Dammit. Alright, listen carefully. Lower the ship to the ground and then lift the steering lever up and then jump out so that the ship goes up and then never comes back down."

 Eclair heard that and said, “OK.”

While they did that, Thomas-00000 was on the ground with the rest of the enemy and then he said, “Hm, are you alright?”

They uncuffed him and Thomas-00000 started moving his arm around and asked, “Do you have any weapons for me?”

He answered, “Yessir. Here, its a newly made weapon from the Grug to you. A Yeti-96 Light Cinquer. It’s an 3 burst battle rifle that kills instantly. We tested it out already, it’s a nice piece of machinery.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and smiled and he handed him the weapon and Carlena said, “Thank you.”

Thomas-00000 aimed it at them and started shooting at them one by one and then Eclair heard that and asked, “What was that?”

28: The Underworld Appears
The Underworld Appears

Thomas-00000 was on the ground with the rest of the enemy and then he said, “Hm, are you alright?”

They uncuffed him and Thomas-00000 started moving his arm around and asked, “Do you have any weapons for me?”

He answered, “Yessir. Here, its a newly made weapon from the Grug to you. A Yeti-96 Light Cinquer. It’s an 3 burst battle rifle that kills instantly. We tested it out already, it’s a nice piece of machinery.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and smiled and he handed him the weapon and Carlena said, “Thank you.”

Thomas-00000 aimed it at them and started shooting at them one by one and then Eclair heard that and asked, “What was that?”

Marcus said, “I don’t know.”

Carlos said, “We need to hurry and get back to Thomas. He might be in trouble.”

Olivia said, “He’s always in trouble.”

Eclair said, “Here we go. We’re landing here.”

She lifted the lever all of the way up and then the ship was flying upwards and then she let go and then Eclair grabbed the AI chip and said, “Let’s jump now.”

They said, “Yes ma’am.”

They ran toward the back of the ship which is now the bottom of the ship where the hole is and then Marcus jumped out first and then Olivia, after that was Carlos and lastly was Eclair. As soon as they landed on the ground, they took out there H92’s and said, “OK. We have landed in Washington D.C. and the ship is flying up into space.”

Cassandra said, “Good. Find Thomas-00000 and bring him to the UNSC HQ. Understood.”

They answered, “Yes ma’am.”

They all started running and then where Thomas-00000 was, all of John’s men were dead on the ground and Carlena said, “That takes care of them. Now to get to the UNSC HQ Base.”

He started to walk forward and kept his gun held high and Carlena said, “It’s possible, sir.”

He heard that and then Carlena said, “Sure thing.”

She got into the frequency of the UNSC HQ Base and said, “UNSC HQ, this is Carlena, Thomas-00000’s AI. Please respond.”

Cassandra heard that and Harley said, “This is UNSC HQ, where are you?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena answered, “We’re headed to the UNSC HQ Base for the council meeting. Uh, we took out the soldiers that tried taking him to the Grug.”

Harley said, “Wait for Gray Team to retrieve you. Give me your current location.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena said, “Sorry, Thomas doesn’t want to stand around and wait for them. If they want him, they’ll find him at the UNSC HQ.”

Cassandra heard that and Harley said, “Carlena, I’m sorry, but that’ll be another threat added to his record.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “We’re ok with that. Just here to tell you that we’re fine and that Thomas misses everyone.”

Cassandra heard that and tears flowed out of her eyes again and then walked away and Harley asked, “Are you ok ma’am?”

Cassandra nodded and Harley said, “You just made her cry.”

Carlena said, “That’s to be expected. She had to accept that her boyfriend was a criminal.”

Harley heard that and said, “Oh, that’s not cool.”

Carlena said, “I know right.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Farewell.”

Harley heard that and said, “Where are you?”

She turned the comms off and then Harley said, “Shit. Gray Team, we just got confirmation that Thomas-00000 is alright. He won’t tell us his destination, but he said to meet up at the UNSC HQ Base.”

Eclair asked, “Why does he not want to be found?”

Harley answered, “Unknown. Just get here.”

Olivia said, “I guess that there is nothing that we can do about it.”

Marcus said, “Thomas-00000 really is a hard man to read.”

Carlos said, “You’re right about that. I thought that Eclair was difficult to read. Thomas-00000 is on a completely different level.”

Eclair said, “You could say that again. What is Thomas-00000 planning to do?”

While they were walking toward the base, the Underworld forces started to appear in front of them and then Eclair said, “The Underworld. What are they doing here on Earth?”

Marcus answered, “I don’t know.”

Eclair said, “Vincent, do you think that you could contact, Thomas?”

Vincent answered, “Nope. He doesn’t have his armor anymore and his AI is completely different from the rest. She can hack into everything that she wants. There is no way to contact them.”

A Leviatan appeared in front of them and then Marcus said, “Let’s just shoot all of them and get this over with.”

Eclair said, “I agree. Fire for the kill.”

They did and then while they were shooting at the Underworld forces by them, the Underworld forces appeared in front of Thomas-00000 and Carlena said, “You gotta be kidding me. What are the Underworld doing here?”

Thomas-00000 looked around and then saw that there were Domons, Leviatans, Oveloids, and Yetopsies there and Carlena said, “This isn’t good.”

Prime General Vosomar walked forward and said, “Master Thomas-00000, we meet yet again.”

29: Gray Team and Thomas-00000 Take a Detour
Gray Team and Thomas-00000 Take a Detour

They started shooting at the Underworld. While they were shooting at the Underworld forces by them, the Underworld forces appeared in front of Thomas-00000 and Carlena said, “You gotta be kidding me. What are the Underworld doing here?”

Thomas-00000 looked around and then saw that there were Domons, Leviatans, Oveloids, and Yetopsies there and Carlena said, “This isn’t good.”

Prime General Vosomar walked forward and said, “Master Thomas-00000, we meet yet again.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena asked, “Who are you?”

Vosomar answered, “I’m Prime General Vosomar and these are my men. We aren’t here to harm you, we are here to take you back to the Underworld. That is where you belong, not here with the humans.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then aimed his weapon at him and then everyone lifted up there weapons and said, “Calm down, will ya? I’m not as mean as I used to be 20 or so years ago.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Carlena said, “Leave me alone.”

Vosomar said, “Thomas-00000, you have become the criminal of the universe. Let us help you be free. Free once again like you always were.”

Thomas-00000 started shooting at them and then ran through the drive thru of McDonalds and the Underworld sighed and appeared and started shooting at him and then everyone started screaming and hid themselves and Thomas-00000 heard that and then a beam hit a Leviatan and then another took his place using a Death Caster and said, “Don’t let him leave. We need him.”

The Leviatan pulled the trigger and a Domon appeared in front of him and then Thomas-00000 turned his head back in front of him and saw that he was in front of him and Thomas-00000 shoulder tackled him and the Domon flew up and Thomas-00000 grabbed its Danger Fang and shot him with it and the Domon died and the Leviatan with the Death Caster continued to shoot at the ground in front of him and the Domons appeared and Thomas-00000 started shooting them and Carlena said, “You need to kill the summoner.”

Thomas-00000 turned sideways and switch the guns and started shooting at both sides and then ran out of ammo for both and tossed the guns up and took a clip and put them into the weapon and then aimed his Yeti-96 at the Leviatan with the Death Caster and three light beams hit him destroying the gun as well and the Leviatan screamed and then Vosomar said, “Hm, he actually destroyed that weapon. Damn, he’s good.”

While he was running toward the Daniel Webster Statue, Carlos looked around and said, “They just keep coming.”

Eclair sighed and said, “We’re going to have to take a detour.”

High Baron Cluisor said, “You 4 will not get to Master Thomas-00000. Thomas-00000 will not be going to the UNSC HQ Base. Thomas-00000 will not go back to prison. Thomas-00000 will be coming home once again to where he belongs. With the Underworld.”

Marcus said, “Master Thomas-00000. What the hell are you people talking about?”

Cluisor answered, “You never heard about what happened to him, did you?”

Olivia asked, “What are you talking about?”

Cluisor answered, “20 or so years ago, the Underworld has kidnapped Thomas-00000 and tortured him. But he never died each time we tried to. But after carving the Underworld symbol on his cheek, the Grug appeared and stopped us from torturing him. And then the Grug took off after the other Legions appeared and saved him.”

Eclair said, “Well, Thomas-00000 is not going with you. He’s going with us.”

Cluisor heard that and said, “You 4 are really funny. Thinking that you have any say in this conversation. Thomas-00000 has been chosen by the demonic AI, Carlena to do her bidding. You can’t stop her.”

Carlos heard that and then said, “We need to get that AI away from him.”

Olivia said, “Yep. We need to find him.”

Eclair said, “Let’s move out.”

They started to run away to the National Museum of Natural History and then Cluisor said, “You can run, but you can’t hide.”

Eclair grinned and said, “You gotta be kidding me. Where can we hide?”

Carlos answered, “There isn’t any hiding, remember?”

Olivia said, “Where is Thomas when you need him?”

Marcus asked, “What are we going to do about the UNSC HQ? They are probably wondering where we are right now.”

Eclair said, “I’ll contact them.”

Cluisor whispered, “Carlena, disable all communications and connect them with Thomas-00000.”

Carlena did and then Eclair said, “Gray Team to the UNSC HQ Base, come in.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena asked, “Why are you connected to my frequency?”

Eclair answered, “This is the UNSC HQ Base frequency, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Carlena said, “Oh, my frequency switched.”

Eclair said, “You need to get rid of that AI.”

Carlena asked, “What are you talking about?”

Eclair answered, “It’s controlling you. It’s from the Underworld.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and looked at the chip and saw the Underworld symbol on it and then dropped it and Carlena asked, “What’s wrong, sir?”

Thomas-00000 ran away and then she appeared as a hologram and Vosomar started laughing and Eclair heard that and Vosomar said, “Playing Thomas-00000 since the beginning. Hahahaha. You did a great job, Carlena.”

Carlena said, “Thank you, sir. Now what about, Thomas?”

Vosomar answered, “Take him back to the Underworld where he belongs. And finish what we started 20+ years ago.”

Carlena smiled and disappeared and then Vosomar picked the chip up and said, “Get after him.”

30: Gray Team Meets Up With Thomas-00000
Gray Team Meets Up With Thomas-00000

Eclair said, “UNSC HQ Base, this is Gray Team.”

Carlena said, “Sorry, but they can no longer hear you. I disabled the communications all over Washington D.C. So you can only contact Thomas. But he can’t speak now, hahahaha. You lose.”

Marcus heard that and said, “My god, this entire thing was a trap from the beginning.”

Olivia said, “Thomas-00000, where are you?”

Thomas-00000 tapped his chest in code and Carlos heard it and said, “It’s some type of code.”

Olivia heard that and said, “It’s like after each letter, he pauses to make it easy for us to understand.”

Eclair noticed that he finished and said, “He’s headed to Daniel Webster Statue. We’ll meet you there.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and they ran there. Carlena said, “They are headed to the Daniel Webster Statue.”

Vosomar said, “Good job, Carlena. Cluisor, get to the Daniel Webster Statue.”

Cluisor said, “Yessir. Is that where they are headed?”

Vosomar answered, “Yes.”

Cluisor said, “OK. Let’s go.”

Cluisor smiled and then a Leviatan appeared with a Death Caster and started shooting the ground in front of them and the Domons appeared and then Eclair and Olivia faced forward shooting the Domons and Marcus and Carlos turned around and started shooting at the Underworld to stop the attacks. But they kept missing the actual person that keeps summoning the Domons ahead of them and then Eclair said, “Switch.”

They did and then Eclair shot at the Leviatan with the Death Caster and it collapsed and then Cluisor sighed and the next Leviatan picked it up and then Thomas-00000 tapped his chest and Eclair said, “Destroy the Death Caster. Are you sure that’ll work?”

Thomas-00000 tapped his chest and Eclair said, “OK.”

They started shooting at the weapon and then Cluisor sighed and said, “Thomas-00000 is still a threat without Carlena. He’s using some type of code.”

Vosomar said, “Don’t worry about it. He won’t get anywhere anytime soon because he’s coming with us. The boss wants him. And she loves him more than anything in the universe.”

Carlena nodded and then Vosomar looked at the Leviatan behind him and said, “Here, take this Blind Net and shoot him with it. Make sure you get him.”

The Leviatan said, “Yessir.”

He charged forward and then Vosomar said, “Protect him.”

They started running forward and then appeared ahead of him and then Thomas-00000 turned his head toward them and said to himself, “My god, this is worse than fighting the Kelilunker. They are more aggressive.”

He saw the large group of Underworld after him and then started shooting at him while running and Eclair heard the gunshots and Thomas-00000 looked forward and started tapping his chest while shooting the Underworld soldiers. Eclair said, “He’s at the statue already. We’re almost there, Thomas. Just hang in there.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and nodded and then the Leviatan with the Blind Net appeared and shot him with it and the net appeared around his legs and Thomas-00000 started struggling to get out and then Vosomar appeared and said, “Hello again, Thomas-00000. Our leader is waiting for your presence again. She deeply missed you. And she’s willing to do anything to get you back.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and looked at him and then Thomas-00000 turned to his right side and then took his invisible knife and started to cut the net and then Vosomar created a portal and then a bullet grazed his cheek and Vosomar felt that and said, “You humans really are pissing me off.”

Cluisor said, “Damn it. We’re together.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then started tapping his chest and then Eclair smiled and nodded and shot the soldiers that were weaker than them and then Vosomar lifted Thomas-00000 up and was about to throw him into the portal and then Thomas-00000 was completely free and stabbed him in his neck and then Vosomar dropped him and he was falling backwards and then Marcus appeared and tackled him to the ground and the portal disappeared and the boss saw that and asked, “What is the meaning of this, Vosomar.”

Vosomar didn’t answer and then collapsed and Cluisor said, “Brother, what’s wrong?”

There was no answer and then Marcus asked, “Are you ok?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and grabbed the AI chip and Carlena saw that and said, “You think that I’ll speak for you again, loser.”

Thomas-00000 shrugged his shoulders and then Eclair said, “So, who is this boss that he was talking about?”

Thomas-00000 shrugged his shoulders and then Carlena answered, “Her name is Camrin, Queen Camrin of Trosliv. Also the girl that you’ll fall in love with in the future.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and then Cluisor said, “Don’t ignore me.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and put Carlena in his pocket and then speared him into the ground and stabbed him in his head and then the other Underworld forces saw that and started to fall back, but Eclair said, “Don’t let any of them escape.”

They said, “Yes ma’am.”

Thomas-00000 started shooting at them and then as soon as all of the Underworld were defeated, Thomas-00000 took Carlena out and looked at her with an angry look and screeched and said, “OK. I’ll be your voice again.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “Turning the comms back on.”

They were turned back on and then Carlena said, “Try it now.”

31: The Infected Attack
The Infected Attack

Thomas-00000 took Carlena out and looked at her with an angry look and screeched and said, “OK. I’ll be your voice again.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “Turning the comms back on.”

They were turned back on and then Carlena said, “Try it now.”

Eclair said, “UNSC HQ Base, this is Gray Team, please respond.”

Harley heard that and said, “Gray Team, neither of you have arrived yet. What the hell is going on?”

Eclair answered, “We found the real reason why Thomas-00000 betrayed his nation. He was being controlled.”

All of the UNSC stations heard that and the council looked at Cassandra and said, “You were right to trust him. But he still needs to do that hard time for letting that criminal escape.”

Cassandra said, “I know. Where are you guys?”

Carlena answered, “Daniel Webster Statue. We’re on our way to you now.”

They took off and then Cassandra asked, “Why so sad, Carlena?”

Carlena answered, “They found out that I was the reason why Thomas-00000 betrayed the universe.”

Cassandra heard that and then said, “Thomas, we’ll talk soon.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “It’s good to see that you finally believe me.”

Cassandra said, “You made me cry earlier, Thomas. You really are mean.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Was that really me?”

Eclair said, “Ma’am, I think that was us that made you cry ma’am. It was an accident.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Cassandra said, “Yeah, it’s all good. See you all soon.”

Carlena asked, “Why’d they have to tell you?”

Thomas-00000 smiled and then Carlos said, “Stop bitching about the past. And be present about your future.”

Olivia said, “Yep.”

Marcus said, “It’s gonna be one hell of a future. That’s all that I can say about it.”

Eclair said, “Time to get to the meeting.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena said, “We’re actually not that far from the base. It’s just 5 blocks away.”

Carlos asked, “Are you sure?”

Carlena answered, “Yeah, I’ve been here before. I met my girlfriend here.”

Marcus said, “Lucky you.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Carlena said, “I know right. Follow me. And hopefully no one else comes to attack us.”

Olivia said, “I agree.”

Carlos said, “Let’s go.”

Eclair said, “Lead the way, sir.”

Thomas-00000 started charging forward and then Marcus saw a girl with a big ass and said, “Daaammmnnn.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Marcus said, “She got a big ass.”

The girl heard that and Thomas-00000 heard that and then she said, “Gross.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena laughed and said, “Damn, that’s cold.”

Eclair said, “I said the same thing when he said that to me.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and continued running and Carlena asked, “Weren’t you a pervert in the beginning of our journey together, Thomas?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and nodded and Carlena said, “I’m afraid so. It was one hell of an experience. I learned my lesson so many times, it wasn’t even funny.”

Carlos asked, “How many times?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena answered, “My first 15 years as a soldier. Then I met my girlfriend and we’re still dating. I think that we’re still dating. So about 5478 times. 1 girl a day. Got slapped each time.”

Everyone laughed and then a groan appeared and Thomas-00000 lifted his fist up and they stopped and Carlena said, “Listen.”

The groan appeared again and Carlos asked, “What is that?”

Olivia answered, “An Infected, right?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Carlos asked, “What the hell is Infected?”

Eclair answered, “1 of many enemies of the humans. Actually, every other race in the universe is evil. Right Thomas?”

Carlena answered, “Actually, Elves and Cat-eared people are our allies. But they haven’t been seen for over 200 years.”

Marcus said, “Wow, we learn something new everyday.”

Thomas-00000 looked at them and then up and saw a ship appear and pointed up and then the Infected started running out of the building toward them and Carlena yelled, “Fall back.”

Everyone started running backwards and then the Parasite jumped up and Thomas-00000 shot it in the head and it fell backwards and Carlena said, “Not today bitch.”

Eclair laughed and then Olivia said, “I really despise Parasites.”

Eclair said, “You get scratched or bit by one, you turn into a Zombie, correct?”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Carlena answered, “Yep.”

A Zombie appeared and then they just coming out of the building and Thomas-00000 saw that and then the ship hit the building causing a massive explosion and then everyone inside the buildings heard that and looked out of the window and saw the smoke and asked, “Isn’t that where the Gregory Foundation of Jewelry was. Yeah. What the hell just happened?”

Carlena said, “Uh, I think that you Dread just crashed on the Infected home base.”

Eclair nodded and Carlos said, “Damn.”

Cassandra asked, “What the hell was that explosion?”

Eclair said, “I thought that you said that the Dread would stay out in space.”

Cassandra said, “It should still be in space.”

Eclair said, “It just came down and exploded on an Infected base.”

Thomas-00000 looked around and then the Parasites broke through the windows and attacked the citizens and screams were occurring everywhere on the street that they were on and Thomas-00000 started shooting and Carlena yelled, “Protect the citizens from the Infected.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “They got out of the building.”

Olivia answered, “Yep. They seem to have seen the ship coming down, making them come out.”

Everyone started shooting and then Carlos said, “If they attack all of the citizens in this street, wouldn’t that be a bad thing?”

Olivia answered, “Yeah, it would be put on us.”

Marcus asked, “Do you ever use your brain, Carlos?”

Eclair said, “Stay focused idiots.”

The Parasites were done killing the people inside of the Bank of America and the Dollar Tree and appeared outside and then charged at the 5 of them.

32: Council Meeting
Council Meeting

Thomas-00000 looked around and then the Parasites broke through the windows and attacked the citizens and screams were occurring everywhere on the street that they were on and Thomas-00000 started shooting and Carlena yelled, “Protect the citizens from the Infected.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “They got out of the building.”

Olivia answered, “Yep. They seem to have seen the ship coming down, making them come out.”

Everyone started shooting and then Carlos said, “If they attack all of the citizens in this street, wouldn’t that be a bad thing?”

Olivia answered, “Yeah, it would be put on us.”

Marcus asked, “Do you ever use your brain, Carlos?”

Eclair said, “Stay focused idiots.”

The Parasites were done killing the people inside of the Bank of America and the Dollar Tree and appeared outside and then charged at the 5 of them. Marcus looked around and said, “Oh my god. That’s about 200 people.”

Carlos said, “And we’re so close to the base.”

Carlena said, “We’re going to need to take a detour. The street is being blocked by the ship.”

Olivia said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Don’t forget to aim for the heads only.”

Cassandra looked outside and saw the smoke and said, “They really are close by.”

A councilman said, “But we can’t leave because of the Infected.”

A Councilwoman said, “He’s right. They’ll be fine. They were given the task to bring Thomas-00000 here alive. And they’ll do that.”

Carlena said, “Trust them. They are strong people. I like Gray Team.”

She heard that and Cassandra said, “Really?”

Carlena answered, “Yeah. I’m serious.”

As soon as one got close to them, Thomas-00000 stabbed it with his invisible knife and Olivia asked, “How’d it die? You don’t have anything in your hand.”

Carlena answered, “It’s a Z4 Invisible Knife. Let’s just say that it was the reason why I got out of my cuffs the first time.”

Cassandra said, “You broke free.”

Marcus said, “He saved us from getting attacked from behind.”

The councilman heard that and then looked at Cassandra and said, “Hm, Thomas-00000 seems to be a good guy.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and then Carlos said, “We’ll talk about Thomas-00000 being a good guy when we get him to the base. Oh, and we’re going to need extra cuffs.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Cassandra heard that and Carlena said, “Nah, I got the original cuffs with me still. It’s in my back pocket. So no need for new cuffs.”

Olivia said, “Thomas-00000, why do you fight?”

Cassandra heard that and Thomas-00000 looked at her while shooting at them and then Carlena answered, “I fight to protect my family. And my family is the UNSC and the citizens of all planets that hold humans, elves, and cats.”

Eclair looked ahead and asked, “Isn’t that Michael Tanner? The famous football player in Philadelphia.”

Carlos said, “You’re right. He’s a Zombie now.”

Thomas-00000 shot him in the head and Carlena said, “Rest in peace my brotha.”

They continued to shoot and then they started getting closer, slowly and they were being forced to back up and then grinned and Carlos said, “Just 75 more.”

Olivia said, “About 75 more, you mean.”

Carlos said, “Whatever.”

Marcus said, “It seems that Thomas-00000 isn’t too happy about this.”

Carlena said, “Of course he isn’t. He hates to watch people die in front of him.”

Eclair said, “I can’t disagree with that.”

Olivia said, “I see.”

Thomas-00000 saw a Zombie trying to enter a building and shot it in the head and then Eclair shot about 35 of them ahead of her. Marcus got about 20 of them. Olivia got 15, Carlos got 5. Lastly, Thomas-00000 got a total of 47 headshots and Carlena said, “It’s time to take that detour now. If the base is straight that way 5 blocks and turn right and walk about a block to the base. They we turn right here in the alleyway of the store.”

Eclair said, “You would be right about that.”

Carlos asked, “What if it’s a dead end?”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and heard one groan and then aimed it down at the ground and shot the Zombie in the head and Carlena said, “We improvise. That’s what we soldiers do. We improvise.”

Marcus said, “Yes we do.”

Carlos said, “Well, I’m new at this shit. So calm down.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “Well, get some years on you and you’ll be a natural like the rest. I guarantee it.”

Thomas-00000 started running down the alleyway and Marcus said, “So Thomas-00000, if you ever had to join a faction that is against us humans, who would you choose?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena answered, “All of them.”

Cassandra asked, “Why?”

Carlena answered, “To start the biggest war in history and wipe out most of the enemy population.”

Everyone said, “Oh, that makes sense. You would literally go that far to save humanity.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena answered, “Hell yeah. I defeated the Kelilunker, didn’t I?”

Cassandra said, “Yes you did, Thomas. Yes you did. Without anyone’s consent.”

Carlena said, “Well, no one would let me.”

Cassandra said, “That’s because it was a suicide mission.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Carlena said, “That’s what we Legions are for. Suicide missions.”

Cassandra sighed and then a wall appeared blocking their path and Carlos said, “Dead end. What now?”

Thomas-00000 jumped up and grabbed a hold on to the top of the wall and pulled himself up and then looked up and saw all of the corpses and tilted his head and jumped down and Carlena said, “Jump over and take a look at this.”

Everyone heard that and then Carlos jumped over first and saw all of the corpses and said, “Oh my god. What could do this?”

The other 3 jumped over at the same time and saw all of the corpses and Thomas-00000 looked at them all and checked if they had any pulses or if they were breathing and noticed that there was no signs of life in any of them and Carlena said, “Now this is creepy.”

Eclair said, “Let’s just get out of here before whatever did this to them returns.”

Carlos said, “Too late.”

The man saw them and said, “You 5 found my secret stash of corpses, a total of 200 females to be exact. The name is Ronnie King, your worst nightmare.”

Carlena said, “Damn. We should arrest him for murder.”

Eclair said, “Yeah.”

Ronnie said, “I’m not going to jail till all you pretty bitches die.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Ronnie took out a axe and ran toward them and then Olivia asked, “Are we really going to arrest this psychopath?”

Eclair answered, “Yes. He’s killed all of these women. We might be next, Olivia.”

Marcus speared him into the ground making him drop the axe and Thomas-00000 walked over to the axe and Carlena said, “Kill him, Thomas.”

Cassandra heard that and then Thomas-00000 stopped and handed Marcus the cuffs and Carlena said, “We need new cuffs.”

Cassandra said, “Good for you.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Marcus said, “Thanks.”

Ronnie said, “Dammit. I lost to a damn UNSC officer.”

Thomas-00000 lifted him up and then they started running toward the base again and then they got to the end of the alleyway and then Carlos looked to their left and saw the base and said, “Let’s go.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and they took off and then a minute later, they appeared in front of the base and then the guards appeared and said, “Legion Thomas-00000, the councilmen/women are waiting for you to appear.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then put Ronnie down and then kicked him and Thomas-00000 didn’t feel it and then Thomas-00000 punched him in the face and turned around putting his hands behind his back and the guard put the cuffs on him and then the guards took them to the council room and then as soon as they entered the council room, the guards left and Thomas-00000 was on his knees and his back was up against a metal board and everyone sat down and then Cassandra said, “Gray Team, you have completed the first part of your mission. That was getting him here. We’ll tell you the second part after this meeting.”

They said, “Yes ma’am.”

A councilman, Admiral Ichiya Watanabe said, “Thomas-00000, you have proven that you can still be trusted. But because of one minor incident, you’ll be going to prison.”

A councilwoman, Major General Maaya Shitakone said, “You will be sentenced just for helping in the escape of the most wanted criminal in the universe.”

A councilman, Lieutenant General Donald Roland said, “You’ll only be serving 6 years in prison.”

A councilwoman, Colonel Margaret Wyatt said, “You’ll be going to the UNSC Asylum. Where all of the dangerous prisoners go.”

Cassandra said, “You already know about the prison, correct Thomas?”

Carlena answered, “Yep. It’s a prison where fighting to the death is allowed.”

Cassandra said, “Yes. If you survive your 6 years in that prison, you’ll be good as new. And you’ll start a good life without any problems. Now, tell us about why he betrayed us again.”

Thomas-00000 took out the AI chip and Carlena screeched and said, “I controlled his mind. And made him want to do a lot of things that no normal person should be capable of doing.”

Cassandra said, “All this time, he was being controlled by an AI.”

Carlena answered, “Yes. The Underworld wanted to make sure that he did their bidding. So I possessed his body to make it look like the humans attacked the Grug.”

Ichiya said, “So you are saying that he angered the Grug by defeating the Kelilunker?”

Carlena answered, “Correct?”

Cassandra said, “We’re going to need to get you a new AI that’ll speak for you, Thomas. That’s for damn sure.”

Carlena said, “Wait, I can still be his voice. Just give me a second chance.”

Thomas-00000 shook his head and Cassandra said, “I’m sorry, but you were built by the Underworld. We can’t have you destroy anymore lives.”

Carlena said, “No, wait, I promise you that I’ll stop.”

Thomas-00000 put the chip down and then Carlena appeared behind him and then Thomas-00000 lifted his head back and saw her and his jaw dropped and started tapping his side and Cassandra asked, “What are you doing?”

Eclair answered, “He’s saying that she’s sexy as hell, for an AI.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Thomas, look forward.”

Thomas-00000 did and then Cassandra said, “You already have me, Thomas. You don’t need her.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Carlena said, “Thomas, don’t forget that the Queen of Trosliv will find you. And she will get what she wants no matter what.”

Maaya said, “Camrin.”

Margaret said, “You know of him.”

Maaya answered, “He’s a she. And yeah, she is the one that had you kidnapped.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then Cassandra looked at him and then took out the serum and Thomas-00000 saw that and smiled and Cassandra said, “You’ll get this one last time, Thomas. Then you’ll no longer need us to give it to you.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and tilted his head and then Tatsuya appeared with his armor and said, “Hello Thomas, as I promised. A set of armor just for you. This is the Durendal Combat Assault Armor Mark V. I hope that you enjoy it.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the design of it and then Cassandra injected it into him and then Carlena smiled and then Cassandra grabbed the chip and said, “Dr. Chiba, destroy this chip. It made him betray his nation and was about to make him kill our new prisoner friend over there. He’ll also be going to UNSC Asylum.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and smiled and Tatsuya said, “You asked me to make a new AI for him. I did, this time, she’ll never take over your mind or body. She’ll be your intel operator and your speech.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and the AI said, “Really?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then the AI said, “I’m Zurie, your new AI.”

Carlena said, “I won’t be erased.”

Zurie said, “Erasing memories of Carlena, the AI. 20%.”

Everyone heard that and then Zurie said, “55%.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the armor and Zurie said, “90%.”

Cassandra smiled and said, “Damn.”

Zurie said, “100%. Erase complete. Carlena no longer exists in the UNSC database. She is 200% erasable now.”

Tatsuya said, “Good job Zurie. Now take care of my favorite, Legion.”

Zurie said, “I will sir.”

Tatsuya looked at him and then took out the cards that he had and then put the in his pocket and said, “It’s all there. And Thomas, enjoy your armor and weaponry.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Zurie said, “Thank you.”

Tatsuya said, “No problem, Thomas. See you in 6 years.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Zurie said, “See you in 6 years doc.”

Cassandra said, “Now that you have that new armor, don’t do anything crazy. Like challenge a Kelilunker.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Zurie said, “I know that. I promise that I won’t challenge any dangerous being by myself ever again. I’ll have a team next time.”

33: Escort Gray Team to UNSC Asylum
Escort Gray Team to UNSC Asylum

Tatsuya appeared with his armor and said, “Hello Thomas, as I promised. A set of armor just for you. This is the Durendal Combat Assault Armor Mark V. I hope that you enjoy it.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the design of it and then Cassandra injected it into him and then Carlena smiled and then Cassandra grabbed the chip and said, “Dr. Chiba, destroy this chip. It made him betray his nation and was about to make him kill our new prisoner friend over there. He’ll also be going to UNSC Asylum.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and smiled and Tatsuya said, “You asked me to make a new AI for him. I did, this time, she’ll never take over your mind or body. She’ll be your intel operator and your speech.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and the AI said, “Really?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then the AI said, “I’m Zurie, your new AI.”

Carlena said, “I won’t be erased.”

Zurie said, “Erasing memories of Carlena, the AI. 20%.”

Everyone heard that and then Zurie said, “55%.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the armor and Zurie said, “90%.”

Cassandra smiled and said, “Damn.”

Zurie said, “100%. Erase complete. Carlena no longer exists in the UNSC database. She is 200% erasable now.”

Tatsuya said, “Good job Zurie. Now take care of my favorite, Legion.”

Zurie said, “I will sir.”

Tatsuya looked at him and then took out the cards that he had and then put the in his pocket and said, “It’s all there. And Thomas, enjoy your armor and weaponry.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Zurie said, “Thank you.”

Tatsuya said, “No problem, Thomas. See you in 6 years.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and Zurie said, “See you in 6 years doc.”

Cassandra said, “Now that you have that new armor, don’t do anything crazy. Like challenge a Kelilunker.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and Zurie said, “I know that. I promise that I won’t challenge any dangerous being by myself ever again. I’ll have a team next time.”

Kate-00089 walked in and said, “You wanted to see us.”

Cassandra heard that and said, “Nice timing.”

Thomas-00000 sighed and Zurie said, “Here comes the cavalry.”

Everyone laughed and Patrick said, “Hello, Generals and Colonel.”

Maaya said, “Your squad has a job to do. You’ll be escorting their ship to the UNSC Asylum.”

Kate-00089 heard that and asked, “Who is going there?”

Ronnie said, “I’ll kill you all.”

Kate-00089 heard that and Patrick said, “Damn. He’s a feisty one.”

Eclair said, “We have to listen to his annoying ass again.”

Thomas-00000 broke free and stood up and Ronnie saw that and Thomas-00000 turned around and swung at him and Zurie said, “Shut up.”

Marcus said, “That’s one way to shut him up.”

Carlos said, “Hell yeah.”

Thomas-00000 walked over to his armor and then Tatsuya smiled and said, “Made with the newest mineral in the universe and the most sturdy of all. Asbment is the strongest type of steel that was found by the UNSC 9th Survey Corps. Your palm on your left hand can read people's names, summaries of them, etc. It’s just a scanner that allows you to find out what they are like. Your right hand is where all the good shit happens, Thomas. That is where your weapons and people could be summoned. Of course, there’ll be more to come. I guarantee you that. Plus, you could create your own people and weapons. It’s all up to you, my friend.”

Everyone heard that and Cassandra asked, “What about ammo?”

Tatsuya said, “I’d like you to test that out because I made it so that you’d get infinite ammo.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and nodded and then Zurie said, “I’d love to.”

Tatsuya said, “Come to the back of the armor.”

Thomas-00000 walked to the back of it and then looked around and Zurie asked, “What do I do?”

Tatsuya answered, “There is a button on your right shoulder blade.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then pressed all around it and then a click happened and then Thomas-00000 stepped back a little and then the back of it started to open and then Ultear appeared and hugged Thomas-00000 and said, “Well, this might be my last time seeing you, Thomas. I’m old, you know.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then Thomas-00000 entered the back of his armor and then it closed up and Thomas-00000 put his legs into the leg hole and put his arms through the arm hole and then put his head where the head goes and then Zurie said, “Welcome inside of the Durendal Armor, sir.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and then said, “Hm, this is awesome.”

He heard that and everyone asked, “Who spoke?”

Ultear answered, “Thomas did. I added a voice modulator for him. So he won’t need anyone else to speak for him. He loses this armor, it’ll be hard to get new armor.”

Thomas-00000 said, “This is cool.”

Kate-00089 said, “Now he has a voice. Shit.”

Thomas-00000 laughed and said, “Really funny, Kate. What were we doing?”

Tatsuya answered, “Testing out the weapons ammo.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then took out the card that said “M59 Combat Savage Rifle” and put it in his right hand and then it appeared in his hands and Thomas-00000 saw that and said, “Cool.”

Zurie said, “Yes it is. That is a M59 Combat Savage Rifle. It’s a Submachine Gun that holds a total of 50 bullets a clip.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Thank you, Zurie. What do I shoot at?”

Tatsuya took out a Asbment board out and said, “Here you go, Thomas. Shoot at this very long board.”

Thomas-00000 aimed it at the board and then started shooting at it and then as soon as he ran out of ammo, he asked, “What now?”

Tatsuya answered, “Take the clip out and put it back in.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and said, “That simple. Nothing is ever simple.”

Tatsuya said, “Do it already.”

Thomas-00000 took out the cartridge and then put it back in and then pulled the trigger again and then bullets started flying out again and said, “Oh my god. It actually reloads with the same clip.”

Tatsuya said, “Yep.”

Cassandra said, “We’ve wasted enough time. Now we need to get them to the UNSC Asylum.”

Eclair stood up and then took the cuffs and Thomas-00000 put his hands behind his back and then she put the cuffs on him and Thomas-00000 smiled and said, “Thank you doc. See you in the future.”

They took him away and then Kate-00089 said, “You know, I wasn’t expecting you to be the reason why I was here, Thomas.”

Thomas-00000 asked, “Why is that?”

Patrick answered, “You successfully saved Dr. Yotsuba.”

Tatsuya heard that and looked at Thomas-00000 and then Thomas-00000 said, “I had a team at the time.”

Lindsay asked, “Have you heard from Vivian? Vivian Vale.”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Yes, she died on Manitica. I’m sorry.”

Lindsay sighed and said, “She died before her older sister. Shit. Well, that’s what she gets for pushing too hard.”

Thomas-00000 looked at her and then Marcus said, “Thomas-00000, how do you and Kate know each other exactly?”

Kate-00089 answered, “We’re both Legions of the Legion-I Project.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Yep.”

As soon as they got to the exit, Sally appeared and then Patrick said, “Board your ships and take off immediately.”

Everyone did and then Eclair piloted the ship and said, “Now.”

Patrick said, “Fly after them. We’re protecting them.”

Sally and her new team took off after them and then Thomas-00000 turned his head and Carlos said, “To the UNSC Asylum.”

Everyone said, “Yep.”

50 minutes later, Sally’s ship appeared in front of them and Patrick said, “Attack that ship.”

Zurie said, “Enemy ship up ahead.”

Eclair said, “She’s all yours, sir.”

Patrick said, “Kate, take the primary gunner. I’ll take the secondary gunner. Everyone else, just use the missiles to take that ship down.”

Sally said, “Thomas-00000, I know that you are on this ship. Come with us peacefully and John won’t kill your new friends.”

Kate-00089 heard that and started shooting at the ship and then Zurie said, “The UNSC Asylum is 2 minutes away. We must get rid of the ship before we land.”

They said, “We got this.”

Cassandra looked up and then Eclair turned the ship to the left and Patrick smiled and then said, “Fire.”

They shot the missiles at the ship and Sally said, “Oh shit.”

The missiles hit the ship while the bullets hit the engine causing two explosions and then Eclair flew toward the UNSC Asylum again. As soon as they arrived, the Warden William Morin appeared and said, “This must be the prisoner ship that is bringing us two new prisoners.”

Olivia opened the hatch and then Ronnie woke up and Thomas-00000 looked at him and Ronnie walked forward and then Thomas-00000 after him and William said, “Thomas-00000 and Ronnie King for killing 200 female ladies. Damn. Welcome to your new home. The UNSC Asylum.”

Thomas-00000 nodded and said, “OK.”

Eclair took off and then Patrick said, “Let’s go.”

They took off and then William walked Ronnie to his cell first and then took Thomas-00000 to his cell and said, “I hear that you only have 6 years in the joint. For what reason.”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Allowing the most wanted criminal to escape.”

William laughed and said, “Damn, let me guess. You were tired of the UNSC.”

Thomas-00000 said, “I was possessed by an evil AI.”

William said, “Even worse than having enough of the UNSC. Sorry.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Don’t be. I’ll do my time and leave.”

William said, “If you live long enough, Thomas-00000. Your first match will be 2 months from now. You’ll be facing Ronnie King.”

Thomas-00000 smiled and said, “Good. I get to kill that annoying piece of shit.”

William took his cuffs off and said, “You try to leave, I will have you shot, Thomas. I definitely will.”

Thomas-00000 said, “I don’t plan to.”

William walked away and said, “Good.”

While he was walking away, Gray Team appeared back in Los Angeles Base and Frank saw them and asked, “How’d it go?”

Eclair answered, “Not easy at all. We faced humans, Underworld, and Infected just to complete our mission. With Thomas-00000’s help of course.”

Marcus said, “He won’t be coming back for another 6 years.”

Olivia said, “Unless they exile him from entering the US.”

Carlos said, “That would suck.”

Frank said, “Yes it would. Well, get some rest. You’ll need it before your next mission.”

They said, “Yessir.”

They walked to the barracks and then took their gear off and then went to bed.

34: Water Team
Water Team

A week after Thomas-00000’s imprisonment in the UNSC Asylum, Camrin appeared in Tromitea. Camrin said, “Attack the UNSC soldiers to get info about my beloved, Thomas-00000. I want to be with him forever.”

Everyone heard that and started charging toward the base and then a soldier said, “The Underworld. Why are they here?”

A Leviatan appeared and then started shooting at the ground behind them and then the Domons appeared and started attacking the soldiers and then left them alive for Camrin to talk to them. Domons ran forward and attacked the rest of the soldiers knocking them down and injuring them badly. Camrin and the others walked forward and they looked at them and aimed there weapons at Camrin and then the Leviatans pointed at there heads and said, “Stop trying to kill the Queen.”

Everyone screeched and dropped there guns and but one pulled the trigger and Camrin moved to the side and said, “You’ll be perfect to answer my question.”

He heard that and then screeched and the Leviatan lifted him up and Camrin said, “I’m searching for a man known as Thomas-00000. I hear that he’s being held somewhere secure. But I don’t know where. The two of us love each other and I owe him a lot. Please tell me where he is.”

The soldier said, “I’m sorry. I can’t help you.”

Camrin said, “Thomas-00000’s location.”

He looked at her and said, “Can’t tell you.”

Camrin heard that and then asked, “Are you sure about that?”

He answered, “Yes.”

Camrin sighed and said, “I came to this world to find answers on how to find my beloved. But it seems that I was wrong.”

Camrin punched a hole through his chest and then said, “You should have just gave me the correct answer.”

Everyone else screeched and Camrin said, “Someone tell me where Thomas-00000 is.”

Everyone didn’t speak and then Camrin said, “Oh come on. Just speak.”

They looked at each other and then Camrin said, “I’ll give you to 3 to tell me where he is. After each 3, one of you will get executed.”

They looked at them and said, “We aren’t going to tell you where he’s at. It was a private meeting that everyone knew about in the UNSC.”

Camrin asked, “Do you know where we can find him?”

They answered, “Nope, they were attacked by the Infected and we lost contact with everyone in Washington D.C. We still can’t reach them.”

Camrin heard that and said, “Carlena, you overdid yourself. You better still be with him.”

Harley contacted them and said, “Hello, this is to all channels. If you can here me, Thomas-00000 will no longer be helping the UNSC till his 6 years are up. Till that day, he will not be able to have any visitors. Thomas-00000 is going to be going to the UNSC Eclipse as soon as he’s also going to have his own team. Fireteam Eclipse. Colonel Sally Kellar and her men betrayed her nation and joined the Grug. Trying to take Thomas-00000 away from his destination. But her team has been eliminated by the UNSC 3rd Nightmare Division. A lot of our human allies have been working for the most wanted criminal in the universe, John Camilton. Our target till he is freed is John Camilton’s men. Get your squads together and start hunting the people that betrayed our nation. Thomas-00000 and his team will face John Camilton and kill him. We’re not letting him go back to jail.”

Everyone heard that and Camrin asked, “Where is Thomas-00000? Tell me now.”

Harley said, “One more thing, Thomas-00000 will be a different person when he gets out of the joint. Thomas-00000 is going to be stronger and better than ever. Good luck, everyone. Thomas-00000 is depending on us to fulfill our duties as soldiers of the UNSC and protect the people. We also need a confirmation of all of the soldiers willing to help us fight the Grug on Noctis. An army vs. an army. Start sending it to your CO’s and they’ll send it to us. We need a lot of soldiers to fight the Kelilunkers that we’re all afraid of.”

Camrin heard that and was about to kill one of the soldiers that were still alive and said, “A Kelilunker. They still exist, huh. And I thought that the Infected killed them all.”

Harley said, “Thomas-00000 has found a way to defeat them. So please help us fight the Grug and protect Noctis. A highly dense planet that has a lot of humanity on it. We lose that, we are doing bad in Thomas-00000’s name.”

Camrin killed the soldiers and left one and asked, “Are you sure that you don’t want to tell me?”

He shook his head and then she said, “You stubborn asshole.”

Camrin was about to attack him, but then she looked at him and said, “You know what, I’m not going to kill you. Just because I find you entertaining. Farewell.”

He heard that and then Camrin disappeared with her men and the soldier saw that and grabbed the radio and said, “UNSC HQ, this is Master Chief Petty Officer Sammy Apple. Please respond.”

Camrin smiled and said, “Just as planned.”

Harley heard that and said, “This is UNSC HQ. You don’t seem to be well.”

Sammy said, “Well, I’m not well sir.”

A bullet hit his back and he screamed and then a bullet hit his head and Harley said, “Master Chief Petty Officer Apple, you there.”

The Keplar said, “Peace out bitch.”

Harley said, “Master Chief Petty Officer Apple, come in.”

Maaya appeared and asked, “What’s wrong, Captain?”

Harley answered, “We just got a distress call from Tromitea Base. And then he just disappeared.”

Maaya said, “Get one of the new teams out there and check it out.”

Harley said, “I know just the team, sir.”

Maaya said, “Good. Get them to work.”

Harley said, “UNSC Dandelion, this is UNSC HQ.”

Maaya heard that and then Hellion General Guerin Patenaude said, “This is UNSC Dandelion, how can I help you UNSC HQ?”

Harley answered, “We have a job for your Water Team.”

Guerin heard that and said, “For Water Team, huh. If that’s the case, then I got nothing else to say. They could use some experience on the field.”

Harley said, “There is a UNSC base on Tromitea, I need the Water Team to investigate the whereabouts of the soldiers there.”

Guerin heard that and said, “Understood, sir. I’ll have them sent there immediately.”

Harley said, “Thank you.”

Guerin said, “UNSC Dandelion out.”

Guerin looked at the Firehawk and grabbed the radio and said, “Water Team, please come to the bridge.”

They heard that and then walked there and said, “You asked for us sir.”

Guerin answered, “Yes I did. I’m sending you out on the field. There is a mission for you, coming straight from UNSC HQ. There is a UNSC base on Tromitea. It seems like the soldiers went missing after contacting HQ. You objective is to get to the base and investigate there disappearance.”

Legion Eliot Meunier asked, “Are we taking the Firebird or Firehawk, sir?”

Guerin answered, “You’ll be taking the Firehawk. Get going.”

They said, “Yessir.”

They ran to the ship and then Legion Mark Reuben said, “I think that this is a trap. Don’t you think so?”

Legion Ulrike Nadel said, “Well, I don’t know what to think till we get there.”

Legion Annett Luft said, “Well, let’s get this shit over with. This is our first mission after all.”

They entered the Firehawk and then Annett flew it out of there.

35: Tromitea
Tromitea

While they are flying toward Tromitea, Thomas-00000 was in the gym training himself for his match. A prisoner walked in and saw Thomas-00000 looking at the weights and then shoved Thomas-00000 out of the way and said, “Move loser.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and Zurie was about to speak and Thomas-00000 said, “Let it slide. Let it slide.”

The prisoner laughed and said, “Pussy.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then lifted up a 50 pounder with one hand and he saw that and Thomas-00000 was about to toss it at him, but a guard appeared and said, “What are you about to do with that plate?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Put it on the barbell, sir.”

He put it on there and the prisoner nodded and looked at Thomas-00000 and whispered, “Smart move. That’s the toughest guard in this joint. You get off on the wrong foot with him, you go straight to hell. Meaning tortured.”

Thomas-00000 screeched and then said, “Oh yeah, I already went to hell once. I’m not going back.”

He heard that and asked, “What the hell are you talking about?”

Thomas-00000 took his helmet off and then he saw the scar on his eye and cheek and said, “Oh shit. By the way, I’m Trevor Donovan. I’ve been here for 15 years for 17 different murders. You?”

Thomas-00000 said, “I’m Thomas-00000. I’m here for helping the most wanted criminal escape.”

Trevor laughed and said, “Nice. You are crazier than I.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Yes I am.”

Thomas-00000 put a total of 550 lbs on to a 55 lb barbell and then put his helmet back on and started benchpressing it and Trevor said, “You are insanely strong as well.”

Thomas-00000 said, “I know.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the door and then Ronnie appeared and smiled and said, “I’m coming for you boy.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Of course you are.”

Ronnie walked away and the guard appeared again and said, “Keep it up. I hear that you plan on saving the universe when you get out of here, Thomas-00000.”

Thomas-00000 said, “I don’t plan on saving anything. I just plan on doing my job.”

The guard said, “Well, you got a phone call. Take and and continue what you were doing.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 walked away and then took the phone and said, “Hello.”

Cassandra asked, “How are you doing?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Well, my first match is in 1.75 months.”

Cassandra said, “Good. So, make any friends?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Nah. How is it out there?”

Cassandra answered, “I don’t know. We got a distress call from Tromitea Base. But then the person just stopped speaking. So we sent a Legion-II team to check it out.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Like those newbies that helped me out.”

Cassandra said, “Yes. Like those four. This team is of the legendary UNSC Dandelion. You remember when I took you there 5 years ago.”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Yeah, I remember. I attacked the commanding officer on the ship for calling you a whore.”

Cassandra said, “I know. That was probably our best moment together.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Probably was.”

Cassandra kept her hand on her belly and then Cassandra said, “Well, as soon as you get out, we decided that every Legion will have a team of four. And you’ll be leading one of them.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and said, “I see.”

He looked at the hallway and then Cassandra said, “Well, talk to you later.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Talk to you later.”

Cassandra hung up and then an inmate grabbed Thomas-00000’s head and slammed it into the phone and Thomas-00000 looked at him and went to elbow him in the face, but he moved back and then kicked Thomas-00000’s leg and Thomas-00000 grinned and turned around punched him in his crotch and then he felt that and collapsed and said, “A low blow. You bitch.”

Thomas-00000 looked at him and said, “Don’t touch me.”

A guard appeared and grabbed Thomas-00000 and slammed him into the ground and said, “Again. Shit.”

She put cuffs on him and brought him to the hot box and said, “A month in the hot box shall do you no harm.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and then took the cuffs off and tossed him into the hot box and locked it up and Thomas-00000 said, “Son of a bitch. What did I do to deserve this?”

While he was suffering in the hot box, Water Team was almost at there destination and then Annett said, “We’ll be at our destination in about 20 minutes.”

Ulrike said, “It’s good to get out finally.”

Mark said, “Our first mission is on its way.”

Eliot said, “Yes it is. I wonder what is happening to the Tromitea’s soldiers.”

Annett said, “You are wondering that yourself as well. Well, according to the landscape. We can’t land her. So we’ll have to keep her in the air.”

Eliot said, “OK. So we’ll be jumping here.”

Annett answered, “I’m afraid so, sir.”

Eliot said, “Alright. Gear up.”

Everyone grabbed their helmets and put them on and then grabbed their weapons and then Eliot said, “Let’s move.”

Everyone jumped out of the Firehawk and then flew down with their boosters on the back of their armor and then as soon as they got close to the ground, they used the boosters to help get a safe landing and then looked ahead of them and saw Domons in front of them and Annett said, “It seems like the Underworld is here.”

Eliot said, “UNSC Dandelion, this is Water Team, come in.”

Captain Isabelle Chambers said, “This is UNSC Dandelion, what’s wrong Water Team?”

Eliot answered, “We just arrived on Tromitea. We’re heading toward the base now.”

Isabelle said, “Thank you. Contact us when you get info about the soldiers of the base.”

Eliot said, “We will ma’am. Water Team out.”

They started walking forward slowly and then Ulrike said, “So we’re on our own with these Y85 Sharp Shooters, E94 Sharp Rifle, U074 Mighty Rifle, and L025 Atlas Burst. And a R68 UNSC Revolvers. Shit.”

Mark said, “Don’t complain about our weapons. They may suck, but we got weapons to kick ass.”

Eliot said, “We’re going to do what we all do best. Kick some ass.”

Everyone heard that and said, “Yessir.”

36: First Legion Death
First Legion Death

They started walking forward slowly and then Ulrike said, “So we’re on our own with these Y85 Sharp Shooters, E94 Sharp Rifle, U074 Mighty Rifle, and L025 Atlas Burst. And a R68 UNSC Revolvers. Shit.”

Mark said, “Don’t complain about our weapons. They may suck, but we got weapons to kick ass.”

Eliot said, “We’re going to do what we all do best. Kick some ass.”

Everyone heard that and said, “Yessir.”

They started moving forward a little faster and then as soon as they got close to the Domons, Eliot took out his V73 Atlas Knife and stabbed the Domon in front of him and then shot at the Domons ahead of him and Ulrike turned around and saw the Leviatan and shot it in the head and it fell down and a Beta Keplar appeared in the middle of them and Mark stabbed it in the back of the head and then a Stealth Leviatan stayed hidden and summoned Domons in front of them and then Annett looked around asked, “Where are they coming from Santos?”

Her AI, Santos answered, “At your 5 o’clock. Hidden by the trees.”

Annett heard that and then they circled around till Annett got to the trees and said, “You got this. By the way, what type of fucking weapon is that? It’s a Death Caster. It summons Domons wherever the gun is aimed.”

Annett saw the Stealth Leviatan and shot it in the gun and it hit its chest and it collapsed and died. Mark asked, “Did you kill it?”

Annett answered, “Yeah. We could kill the rest of the Domons and move forward.”

Mark said, “OK. We’re going to need to protect our asses.”

Eliot said, “Yep.”

They attacked the Underworld and then an Ultimate General Domon appeared and took its Aba-36 King Shot out and put it in front of himself and started shooting at them, but they jumped out of the way of the bullets and then Mark sniped him in the head and he flew back and the gun flew up and then a Domon appeared and grabbed it, but Annett shot it and then Mark said, “Clear.”

Eliot looked around and said, “Clear.”

Ulrike said, “Clear.”

Annett looked around and saw a Domon running away and shot it and said, “Clear.”

Eliot said, “Everyone is clear, meaning that we move out now. Let’s move forward.”

Everyone started walking forward and then Annett said, “So, when do you think that Thomas-00000 is getting out of jail?”

Mark answered, “According to HQ, 6 years. And it’s only been 2 weeks. So he’s got a long way to go.”

Ulrike said, “Man, do you always listen in to the HQ’s transmissions?”

Eliot answered, “Yes we do.”

Mark said, “It’s to know what we’re up against. Like the day he was put in prison, a building blew up in LA. A week later, another building blew up causing the Infected to take over Washington D.C. Thomas-00000 is a troublemaker and brings misfortune to wherever he goes.”

Eliot said, “That’s for damn sure. And about 2 weeks before he was arrested, he was in jail to stay away from the Kelilunker. But because of him being freed by the Grug, he was able to face the Kelilunker and find its weakness. So that’s a positive.”

Mark said, “The only negative about the battle was that he freed the most wanted criminal in the world.”

Ulrike heard that and said, “We all know about that.”

Annett said, “Yep, I’m just wondering when he’s getting out so he could continue helping to protect this universe.”

Mark said, “Actually, I think that it’s good that he’s in there. He’s a monster.”

Eliot heard that and said, “I have no comment on that. But all I can say is that we have enemies ahead of us.”

Annett heard that and then aimed his gun at them and Mark said, “Well, shit happens.”

Ulrike said, “I don’t think that he deserves it. He’s done a lot of good for this universe already.”

Mark said, “Only two things. That’s not many.”

Ulrike sighed and said, “Still, Thomas-00000 is our boss. He’s the leader of the Legions.”

Mark said, “He isn’t my boss. I only take orders from HQ.”

Annett said, “So does Thomas-00000. Plus, he’s a part of the council.”

Eliot said, “Yeah, his girlfriend is the head of us. Making him a valuable asset to our cause.”

Mark heard that and said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Eliot said, “I’m not.”

Mark looked at them and then Annett started shooting at the Underworld soldiers and then they heard that and half of them turned around and started shooting at them and Mark said, “Only half of them turned around.”

Ulrike said, “Someone else is fighting them.”

Annett looked and saw a Legion and said, “It’s one of the Legion-I’s. Our seniors.”

Eliot said, “Let’s help the Legion out then.”

They started shooting and then Legion William-00392 saw the bullets fly through the Underworld and smiled and said, “It seems that it’s almost time for me to pass.”

He continued to shoot at them while staying behind cover and then a Stealth Leviatan appeared in front of him and swung its Aba-000 Abaddon Sword at him and then it hit him and William-00392 screamed and shot the Stealth Leviatan in the head and then stood up and shot the enemy with anger and then yelled, “Die you sons of a bitches.”

They heard that and the Underworld forces started to collapse and then Mark said, “He’s pushing himself way too hard, sir.”

Eliot said, “I know that, Mark.”

Annett shot the Underworld soldier behind William-00392 in the head and William-00392 heard the crash on the ground and looked behind him and saw the enemy and then a bullet hit his right shoulder and grunted and then he went back into cover and started shooting the Underworld forces that were coming at him and Annett said, “Almost done.”

Ulrike said, “That is good.”

Eliot said, “Yes it is.”

Santos said, “Enemy behind you.”

Annett turned around and shot the Domon in the head and Eliot smiled and said, “Let’s move forward while killing them.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Eliot reloaded his weapon and then Annett turned around and shot at the Domon that was about to shoot at Eliot and then a Sniper Oveloid appeared and Annett saw that and then shot it in the head and more started to appear and then William-00392 screeched and went on to the other side of the wall and then and the snipers started to hit the wall and William-00392 said, “Son of a bitch. Snipers now.”

Annett shot them all out of the trees and then Eliot saw that all of the enemies ahead of them were defeated and then said, “Move to the Legion.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

They all ran toward him and William-00392 saw that and then smiled and said, “It seems like my lucky day.”

Eliot appeared next to him and said, “Protect us.”

They said, “Yessir.”

They all ran forward and ran behind the trees to take cover and started shooting at them and William-00392 said, “Thank you for coming.”

Eliot said, “No problem. Why are you here?”

William-00392 answered, “I’m stranded on this world. The rest of my group is dead already. And I’m almost with them. The name is William-00392 of the UNSC Eclipse. I was on a mission to gain intel from a team on Trosliv. We looked at the topics that were on the terminal and saw that it had something to do with Thomas-00000 being possessed by an AI. Take this to the council.”

Eliot heard that and William-00392 said, “Oh yeah, make sure that you don’t let Queen Camrin or Queen Davatis near him. They are two leaders of the Underworld that want Thomas-00000 for pleasure. Plus, these guys are from Queen Davatis’ Faction. Good luck with your mission. It was....nice....meeting you.”

He collapsed and then Eliot saw that and took the flash drive out of his hand and said, “HQ, this is Water Team, come in.”

Cassandra said, “This is HQ. How is your first mission going?”

Eliot answered, “We found a Legion-I soldier named William-00392 on this island. He was stranded on Tromitea. He had intel from Trosliv and has just passed away.”

Cassandra said, “William-00392 passed away.”

Eliot said, “Yes. He just did.”

Cassandra said, “Well, now that you have that intel, you are going to need to bring it to us. That is added to your mission log.”

Eliot said, “Yes ma’am.”

Cassandra heard that and then Maaya said, “Thomas-00000 was just put in the hot box.”

Cassandra heard that and asked, “What the hell did he do?”

Maaya answered, “He broke a man's penis with one punch. He’ll be there for a month.”

Cassandra grinned and said, “Damn, you never change.”

Eliot said, “Water Team out.”

Cassandra said, “OK.”

Eliot stood up and took his dog tag and then Thomas-00000 felt a pain in his chest and looked at his cards and then took out William-00392’s card and then words started to appear on the bottom of his summary saying “Deceased” and Thomas-00000 looked at that and asked, “How’d he die?”

Zurie answered, “The Underworld killed him sir. He was stranded on the planet Tromitea. He’s been there for 3 weeks and had intel from Trosliv. Water Team found him.”

Thomas-00000 said, “I see. That’s good to know.”

37: Get Through Everett Forest
Get Through Everett Forest

He collapsed and then Eliot saw that and took the flash drive out of his hand and said, “HQ, this is Water Team, come in.”

Cassandra said, “This is HQ. How is your first mission going?”

Eliot answered, “We found a Legion-I soldier named William-00392 on this island. He was stranded on Tromitea. He had intel from Trosliv and has just passed away.”

Cassandra said, “William-00392 passed away.”

Eliot said, “Yes. He just did.”

Cassandra said, “Well, now that you have that intel, you are going to need to bring it to us. That is added to your mission log.”

Eliot said, “Yes ma’am.”

Cassandra heard that and then Maaya said, “Thomas-00000 was just put in the hot box.”

Cassandra heard that and asked, “What the hell did he do?”

Maaya answered, “He broke a man's testicles with one punch. He’ll be there for a month.”

Cassandra grinned and said, “Damn, you never change.”

Eliot said, “Water Team out.”

Cassandra said, “OK.”

Eliot stood up and took his dog tag and then Thomas-00000 felt a pain in his chest and looked at his cards and then took out William-00392’s card and then words started to appear on the bottom of his summary saying “Deceased” and Thomas-00000 looked at that and asked, “How’d he die?”

Zurie answered, “The Underworld killed him sir. He was stranded on the planet Tromitea. He’s been there for 3 weeks and had intel from Trosliv. Water Team found him.”

Thomas-00000 said, “I see. That’s good to know.”

Thomas-00000 put the card in his right hand and then William-00392 appeared and said, “Hello, sir. Wait, why the hell is it so hot in here?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “We’re in the hot box right now. I’m in prison.”

William-00392 laughed and said, “Well, you summoned me.”

Thomas-00000 said, “You died. Why?”

William-00392 answered, “Well, our ship was shot out of the sky. We landed in Tromitea. For 3 weeks, we ran around searching for any signs of life. But there weren’t any. So we were ambushed by Queen Davatis’ Faction. They killed all of my men and then I killed them while running. I got ambushed from every side and been stranded in one place for 3 weeks. Then Water Team appeared and helped out. But was too late because I had too much damage accumulated already.”

He took out a flash drive and said, “Here you go sir. This is what I had on me when I died. A flash drive from Trosliv.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Thank you, William. You fought well, my brother.”

William-00392 said, “Good luck with your 6 years.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Thank you. I’ll need it.”

William-00392 said, “Yes you will.”

William-00392 disappeared and then Thomas-00000 said, “Zurie, check out the flash drive for me.”

Zurie said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 put it in his palm and then Zurie activated it and then entered all of the data files and said, “It’s a diary.”

Thomas-00000 heard that and asked, “About what?”

Zurie scrolled through it and answered, “It’s about the time that you spent with the Underworld. You were Test Subject-9350. You are the only one that wouldn’t tell them anything and still live through all of their torture techniques. And on one of the days, you accepted to marry Queen Camrin. What the hell?”

Thomas-00000 heard that and looked at the visor and said, “Oh my god. Did I really accept it?”

Zurie said, “Yes.”

Thomas-00000 screeched and said, “Oh well. Shit happens. Keep reading it.”

Zurie said, “Yes ma’am.”

While she was reading it to Thomas-00000, on Tromitea, Eliot said, “This is Everett Forest. A well known forest on Tromitea. The Battle of Everett Forest took place here. That was 2000 years ago by the Underworld and the Kelorats. The Underworld won, but lost a lot of men. Kelorats had over 200,000 of them fighting 1,000 Underworld soldiers and lost. That is when the Underworld became one of the major powers. Taking the Kelorats out of the picture.”

Mark said, “You know a lot about this place.”

Eliot said, “Well, I do my research.”

Annett said, “We could tell.”

Thomas-00000 contacted them and said, “Water Team, this is your former leader, Thomas-00000. Come in.”

They heard that and asked, “How’d you get in contact with us?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “My hacking abilities are sweet as hell. Listen, there is something in the Everett Forest that you should know about before entering it.”

Mark asked, “Why should we trust you?”

Eliot said, “We’re listening, sir.”

Thomas-00000 said, “It’s Thomas now. Fuck sir. There is a big beast that has been hunting people in that forest. I think that they called it a Gigantica. It’s a rare type of Underworld soldier that hasn’t been seen for a million years. They are similar to a Dreadnought, but there is a major difference.”

Mark heard that and Annett asked, “What would that difference be?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “There is a steel slab on its back protecting it instead of a shield of armor. The steel slab is stronger than the armor and it about twice the size of a Dreadnought. Just a fair warning before entering the forest.”

Ulrike said, “See, he’s a good guy Mark. Trust him.”

Mark said, “I don’t believe it.”

Thomas-00000 said, “It’s right in front of you.”

Mark heard that and looked and said, “Oh my god. How the hell did you know that?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “I’m fucking bored in the goddamn hot box. I want to see some action. So I hacked into your comms and video footage so I could at least help you out. Plus, prison is a bitch. And never mention where I currently am because the enemy has comms as well and can be listening in on us.”

Mark asked, “Why would I care exactly?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Because I’m not going back to get tortured to near death again.”

Eliot said, “Mark, shut up and let’s deal with the Gigantica already.”

Mark said, “Yessir. But if you aren’t the leader anymore, then who is?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “Kate-00089. I believe that she was second-in-command during the Battle of Saptonian. But you are going to have to contact HQ to figure that one out.”

Thomas-00000 looked through the hole and saw a guard walking by and said, “Good luck.”

While Thomas-00000 was sitting back in the hot box chatting with them, Eliot said, “Let’s take that thing out now.”

Mark said, “With pleasure.”

They ran toward it and then Ulrike saw a A93 Atlas Sticky Grenade and said, “This should work perfectly.”

Thomas-00000 said, “An A93 Atlas Sticky Grenade. It should work. Just get it stuck to the steel slab. It’ll blow it off of its back and make it vulnerable. The game plan revolves around you hitting your mark, newbie.”

Ulrike asked, “Why me?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “You picked up the grenades. And that is a smart move. But also dumb because no one was protecting you. You need to say “Protect me, I’m getting something.” Or something like that. And then run toward your target. It’s a lot safer.”

Annett asked, “What is the rest of our jobs?”

Thomas-00000 sighed and said, “One of you is going to have to play the decoy to turn it around. Then the person with the grenade will toss it at the steel slab. The slab will blow off of it and then you guys start shooting at its back.”

Mark said, “That’s bloody suicide.”

Eliot said, “But so true.”

Annett said, “OK. I’m down with it.”

The Gigantica started to charge the Aba-396 Death Bomb up and then Ulrike said, “Run now.”

They started running around and then Thomas-00000 said, “Once your mission is done, I’m leaving you. So the only reason I’m doing this is because my brother died there today.”

Ulrike said, “I’m sorry.”

Eliot said, “He’s talking about the Legion.”

Ulrike said, “Oh.”

Thomas-00000 said, “We all grew up together. So we were brothers and sisters.”

Eliot appeared behind the Gigantica along with Mark and Thomas-00000 saw that and then they started shooting at its back and the Gigantica turned around, but the rocket flew into the trees and causing an explosion and smoke going up and the Gigantica looked at them and Ulrike tossed the grenade at the steel slab, but hit it directly underneath and Thomas-00000 said, “Hm, actually that might work as well. If I’m correct, the grenade landed right underneath the slab. And if the slab pushes up, you’ll be pushing the slab into its skin and kill it like that without needing to do any work. But if I am wrong, shoot the shit out of it before you die.”

They said, “Real convincing.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Stop being sarcastic. I know that already. Just shoot it when the smoke disappears.”

The grenade went off and then the slab flew up and the Gigantica’s head flew down toward Eliot and said, “It’s head came off.”

Thomas-00000 said, “Oh, ok. My prediction was wrong, like always. But it killed it. That’s all that matters.”

Eliot laughed and said, “You are an idiot. You are insane. And you are a bloody tactician. Why the hell aren’t you a commander yet?”

Thomas-00000 answered, “You don’t see my skills very often. The only newbies that saw my skills was Gray Team.”

Annett said, “Thank you for the fair warning about it.”

Thomas-00000 looked at the guard and said, “No problem. Now get passed the Everett Forest to your destination.”

They heard that and Mark said, “Yessir.”

Thomas-00000 said, “It’s just Thomas now. Damn.”