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Subject: Gray Team episodes 1-3

It's not Hip-Hop, its Electro.... prick.

Episode 1: Prologue
By fist of Rukt

Planet Onyx, Camp Currahee
2534

"Sir, we've recieved a message from ONI Section III. Would you like to read it now?"
"Yeah 'Summer, anything from Section III has gotta' be important" said Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez as the message appeared onto a screen in his office.

"Greetings CPO Mendez, I hope the training is going well out there on Onyx. Things are not so bad here on Earth. But listen Mendez, the reason I sent you this message is because Section III wants something special out of your Spartans. They want another Gray Team Chief, and they want you to pick. They want the best of the best, and you gotta' give it to 'em. After you have made your decision you let me know and I'll send you some more details. Good luck Chief. - Admiral DeAngelo Webber"

"Damn-it...' grumbeled Mendez
"Sir, may I ask why you are stressed about this new order?" A.I. Endless Summer asked
"Nothing 'Summer, I just don't wanna' go through with this again..."

Part Two: Gray Team
Planet Juno, Eastern Continent
2541

Spartan Arthur- A238 held his breath as his HEV plummeted through the atmosphere. After what seemed like an eternity in free fall the pod's parachute finnaly deployed and slowed Arthur's pod down. The HEV hit the ground with a bone-jarring thud. Arthur sat and took one last deep breath inside the dark drop-pod and then violently kicked out the door and sprinted through a barrage of covenent plasma fire to cover. He searched across the sea of HEVs that were now scattered across the grassy field for his squad-mates, his best friends, Spartans Bailey and Randall.
In an instant both of the Spartans sprinted through a cloud of smoke towards Arthur. They both dove into cover beside him and gave him a small nod. Perfectly synchronized, the Spartans stood and sprinted towards the covenant that were firing on them and the ODSTs that were bringing up the rear. As they zig-zagged through the plasma bolts. Arthur and the rest of gray team opened fire. Hundreds of MA5K and sniper rounds tore through the Elites and Grunts who screamed in pain as the bullets tore through their bodies, then were silenced by Randall's SpNkr missiles that struck the ground beneath them.
"Nice work Spartans!" yelled Arthur after his team dove into the now smoldering covenant outpost. "Thats a hell of a good start..."


Episode 2: Games
By fist of Rukt

Planet Juno, Eastern Continent, Suburbs of Vakker City
2532

Part one: Games

A skinny young boy with short brown hair slipped on a pair of aweat pants and winced as they rubbed against a scab on his knee from the day before. He had been playing outside in the street with some of his friends from school and was pushed down by one child that was always very rough when playing sports. They got in a fight and the brown haired boy nearly killed the other boy, but a man in a black suit ran forth and broke them up. Later, he pulled the brown haired boy aside started asking him questions.
"Is your name Arthur?"
"Yeah" the boy replied
How old are you, Arthur?"
"Six and a half"
"Do you like games?" the man asked
"Yes!" The boy replied enthuisiasticly, now with interest in what the man had to say.
"Oh, so do I. Would you like to play a game right now Arthur?"
"Sure, what kind of game?" He asked curiously
"It's a guessing game. See this...?" the man pulled a coin from his pocket and showed it to Arthur. "this, is a coin similar to what they used for money on Earth many years ago. It's part of our game." Arthur observed the shiny circular coin. It had a face on it that Arthur could not really see and a bunch of letters that made words that he ould not quite understand. But nonetheless, the young boy was interested.
"So, here is how the game works. This side, the one with the face on it, is heads... this side, the one with the eagle on it, is tails... I am going to flip it into the air and catch it and if you can pick the side that is face up, I will let you keep the coin. Does that sound good Arthur?"
"Yeah!" Arthur said happily
'Good. Now which side do you think will land heads up?"
'Tails"
"Ok, here we go" The man tossed the coin into the air and caught it, then showed it to Arthur.
"Tails!" Arthur said happily "I win!" "Can I have the coin now?" the boy asked with a smile
"Yes you sure can" The man said with a small grin as he handed Arthur the coin
"Thank you" Arthur said as he ran off to go home and show his parents. The man sighed and smiled to himself as he closed a notebook he had been scribbling notes into.
"The kid's got luck..." He said quietly. "Hes gonna' need it..."

Part two: Last Night of the life God gave him

Arthur slipped on a pair of sweatpants and winced as they rubbed against a scab on his knee. He turned on the light by his bed and grabbed his soft light blue blanket with which he slept every night. The doorknob to his room turned and his mother walked in to wish him good night
'Good night hun', don't let the bed bugs bite!" She said in a calm soothing voice. She kissed Arthur on the forehead and left the room, closing the door softly. Arthur snuggled his blanket close and slowly fell asleep.
The young boy was awakened by a thud from somewhere near his room. He pulled the sheets of his bed up to his his eyes and held his breath. He was scared, he knew something odd was happening in his house. Then, the doorknob slowly turned and opened to reveal a dark sillouette that did not belong to his mom or dad. The person walked in and Arthur hid under his covers and wimpered. A strong hand grabbed tightly onto his sheets and ripped them off of the young boy's bed. Arthur clutched onto his blanket and yelled for his mom. Then, something sharp poked into his left arm and Arthur felt sick and tired. He tried to stay awake but his eyes would just keep closing. The last thing he remembered from that night was trying to hold onto his light blue blanket as the man pulled it from his hands.

  • 04.04.2009 11:17 PM PDT

It's not Hip-Hop, its Electro.... prick.

Episode 3: Spartan
fist of Rukt

Planet Onyx, Camp Currahee
2532

Arthur coughed as he rolled out of his bunk and onto the floor, a large man prodded him again with the electric stick. Arthur got to his feet although every muscle in his body disagreed with this movement, his muscles burned and his stomach turned. This was his second day in this camp, he was pretty sure he was in the military, but how? And he was now a Spartan? What do Spartans do? These were questions Arthur still was yet to have answered. The previous day he had been loaded off of a pelican dropship with hundreds of other kids about his age, then he saw a large man in green armor with a golden faceplate, then he met a man named Mendez who took the children back up in the dropships and forced them to jump out, Arthur still was not sure if this was even real.
He had only slept for a couple of hours, he was sure it wasnt even light out yet. The trainers woke the children up with the electric clubs and herded them outside where they met Mendez again, Arthur also saw the large man again only he was out of his green armor.
"ATTENTION!!!" yelled mendez at the children. They all quickly saluted back. "Let's start with some warmups, 100 pushups!!" The children began. Arthur went with the rest as they counted out loud. He noticed a girls voice coming from a spot near him, he looked around to see who it was. He was surprised to find a tall skinny girl, with straight brown hair that was hanging down in her face and freckles on her nose. He couldnt believe his eyes, this pretty girl was here in this horrible place? Why? This was no place for a skinny little girl. Arthur refocused on his work and he grinded out his last 10 pushups. He slumped to the ground and lay face down in the grass, he had never done this many pushups in his life. Mendez gave the command for 100 sit ups and then 100 jumping jacks. When they finished they were given a short water break and then went on a long run through the woods around the camp. By the time this was over the cool morning sun was just over the horizon, the children relaxed and cought their breathe. Just as Arthur thought it was over Mendez gave the order to gather on his position, Arthur groaned as he pulled himself up to walk towards mendez. Arthur had been thinking about the girl he saw earlier, he wished she was safe, somewhere other than here. As the children all gathered by Mendez he found himself looking for the tall girl, he found her only a few feet from him.
"At ease.." said Mendez as the children let out long breaths. "I've got a mission for you, do you see that obstacle coarse? You have to find a way through it. You will be arranged into teams of five and you will not rest until your entire team has finished the mission, IS THAT CLEAR??"
"Yes sir!" yelled the children. Arthur could barely move his legs, how could he possibly make it through this entire obstacle coarse? He just shook his head in frustration. The trainers began to round up the children into groups of 5, Arthur was shoved in with some other kids near him. He noticed the tall girl was with him, and also a shorter kid with short black hair, Arrthur recognized him from the back of the pelican when they had to jump the day before. Arthur shyly walked over to the boy, he stuck out his hand and said "Hi im Arthur, it's nice to meet you" Arthur knew he sounded like an idiot, but if he is going to be stuck here he might as well make friends. The other boy looked up and stared at Arthur, looking surprised
"Hey, Im Randy. It's nice to meet you too" the boys shook hands and Randy grinned. "Wanna work together?" Randy asked with a smile
"Sure, we can be friends" said Arthur with a now confident
"Yeah, friends" Randy said as he examined the coarse ahead. Arthur was surprised that had worked so well, he almost thought Randy would punch him right in the face for a second. But he was glad to have someone on his side.
"See that?" Randy asked a he tapped Arthur on the shoulder and pointed to a grid of ropes that stretched across a pool of water. "All we gotta do is get across that and climb over the wall and were done" He said with a hopeful voice.
"Yeah I see it, lets go for that" said Arthur
"Yeah" Arthur showed the other 3 kids in his team the spot including the girl who Arthur realized was a whole head and neck taller than him. He asked them their names and they replied. Arthur found out the girls name was Bailey, and the other two boys in his group were named Peter and Saajan. Arthur felt great now, he had friends.
"On your mark! Get set! GO!" Mendez screamed as the startled children ran in different directions. Arthur and Randy kept their team together as they sprinted towards the rope grid. Randy and Peter got there first and began to crawl across, Arthur and the others followed. Towards the end of the ropes Bailey slipped but managed to hold on to the ropes, Arthur grabbed her hand and pulled her back onto the ropes. The whole team made it up and over the wooden wall that stood before them, they all sprinted towards the finish line. Not a single other team was in sight when they finished, the five children collapsed onto the soft grass and caught their breathe.
"Good work guys" Randy said as he still gasped for air. Peter nodded in agreement and high fived Saajan. Randy crawled over to Arthur and put his arm around him "Nice job man" He said with a wide smile
"Yeah, and thanks for helping me up on the ropes, I almost fell" The tall girl named Bailey said with pure blue eyes that locked on to Arthur. Arthur turned around and nodded to her. He was happy they had done so well, his team had finished first. That night the five of them talked and joked in their bunks and then went to sleep. Arthur smiled to himself, "I think I actually might like it here" he thought to himself as he closed his eyes and went to sleep.


[Edited on 04.05.2009 7:00 AM PDT]

  • 04.04.2009 11:21 PM PDT