Halo 2: Jupiter Chapter 1
Posted By: Chi Zhang<superchink316@hotmail.com>
Date: 16 July 2002, 4:54 pm
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This is the 2nd part of my fan-fic. If you didn't read the first one I suggest you do because you'll be lost on some of the parts. As I said last time, criticism and suggestions would be appreciated. Again my email is SuperChink316@Hotmail.com.
I drifted in and out of consciousness. And everytime that I was conscious, pain would rip through my body. I was too weak and dehydrated to scream and yell. I was sure that I had multiple internal injuries and I also had multiple broken bones. While I laid there drifting in and out, time seemed to stop, just like while I was waiting for Dad. I constantly thought of him and Mom. I hear explosions in the distance. They kept getting louder and closer. I felt the heat from the Havoc missiles. I could only pray and hope I would get out of this alive. Then heat engulfed me. And again a tremendous scream came out of my throat.
When I woke up again, I felt completely numb. The first thought through my head was, "was I paralyzed?". Then I cam e to my senses and realized that it was probably just the drugs. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in a completely white room I saw doctors and scientists around me. I tried to open my mouth and speak but I couldn't.
"Ok. Prepare the nanoprobes."
"Wait, he's awake."
"That doesn't matter, he needs the nanoprobes"
"Ok. 100 mg of nanoprobes coming up"
I kept hearing conversation like this for a few minutes and then I felt groggy. I felt kind of drowsy and sleepy. I close my eyes and fell into a slumber.
When I woke up I was in a standard hospital room. I sat up from the bed and looked around. It was a medium sized room painted in all white. I stood up and walked around. I saw the record of my injuries on the table across from my bed. I had suffered a long list of injuries. 2nd and 3rd degree burns across my whole body. My liver and stomach were severely damaged. All of my lower body bones were broken. Half of my ribs were broken while the other half were fractured. At the end of the list, I had suffered 6 severe concussions, which is why I lost consciousness so many times. Abruptly, a man walked into the room. He gave me some pain relievers, but I said that I didn't have any pain. He looked pretty surprised when I said that. I asked him where they found me. He explained to me that after the bunker collapsed and evac picked up all of the remaining troops, UGD commenced a planetary bombardment. Most of the covenant were extinguished. I was found by one of the patrols and was in very bad condition. He also told me I was on Lunar (the official name for Earth's moon) and was being treated for my injuries. I asked him why I was on Lunar when I could have been brought to any kind of starship for my injuries. He said that all of these questions would be answered shortly and I needed my rest. Pain was beginning to come back to my whole body so I took his advice and went back to sleep after taking 2 of the pain relievers.
My whole body ached...my head hurt...and damn...it felt like my skin was on fire. I really didn't like this feeling. I got up and took 2 more pain relievers. I got up from my bed and walked to the door in my room. I wend outside to see a long hallway with 24 other rooms in addition to mine. A nurse came down the hallway and yelled at me about being up. I asked her what was I doing here. She said that briefing would be at 0800 hours. I looked at her dumbfounded because I had no sense of time since I had been here. And as if she read my mind, she told me it was 0100 hours. She hurried off after telling me to go back to my room. I disobeyed her suggestion because I wanted to know what was going on now. I walked down the hallway and looked into each of the rooms. And in each one there was a person in it. Which wasn't strange, but the strange part was that they each had an emblem tattooed onto their neck. As I continued to walk down the corridor, I saw a large door, which opened up to a large white room. I assumed that this was the operation room because of all the medical supplies and instruments. I looked one of the metal tables when I noticed something strange. There was something tattooed on my neck too. And it was the same symbol I saw on everyone of the other people in this corridor. As I examined it closer I noticed that it was a barcode. I was really confused and I decided to walk back to my room and sleep until 0800.
The alarm went off and I immediately jumped to my feet expecting covenant rushing at me. But I leaped up only to find the same man in my room that had talked to me. He told me the meeting would start in about 15 minutes and pointed to a black jumpsuit. I put it on and went with him. I saw others leave from their rooms with the same black jumpsuit on. We walked to a large door with some kind of security system I had never seen before. He told me to put my head up to a large curvature, which cradled my head perfectly, and a laser shot out and waved across the barcode across my neck. The doors opened I walked into the large room. The first thing I noticed was that there were about 120 other people in the room with the same kind of jumpsuit. Then noticed that the 1st admiral of the UGD was standing on a podium and he began to speak.
"I know many of you want to know what's going on. Immediately following the fall of Reach, Earth and her sister planets had decided to create another Spartan program. This was code named Project: Jupiter. The top scientists from all planets would come to devise this program, but we weren't sure that we would finish in time. Our confidence returned after John 117 came to earth to report about Halo and the destroyed covenant armada. To put in briefly, all of you here are to be trained to be Spartans. You will be the best of the best, and will be trained under the best of the best."
At that point the champion of Earth stepped forward. The olive green armor amazed us all. We just stared in awe like a child meeting his hero.
"John 117 will be training you all so I suggest that you hurry up and eat. Official training will start in 0900 hours....dismissed."
I was in awe...I was in a state of confusing. Me??? A Spartan??? How...why??? I slowly followed everyone else to the mess hall and had a quick breakfast. I just kept thinking...why me...how...I mean I would enjoy having so much power and such...but...how...why...I finally realized that this is just like the Jupiter confusion that I had when I was a child.
For the next week we trained for specialized Spartan activities such as Reconnaissance, Assassination, Assault, and Defense. We were each put in one of these groups to specialize our skills. I was in assault with was probably 1/3 of all the other Spartans. We were fed muscle, growth, and neurological enhancers (which were used to speed up reaction time and hand-eye coordination). During that week we each grew about 3 feet and gained at least 100 pounds in muscle. I was put into Alpha Lance with 4 other Spartans. James 225, Sam 226, June 227, and Luke 228 were all under my command because I was the most qualified to lead the lance. After finished our week of boot camp Spartan style, we were issued our Spartan weapons. These weapons were specifically designed for Spartans. Three members of my group were issued heavy-duty gauss rifles. June was issued a plasma sniper rifle that fired armor piercing bullets that were encased in plasma. Because of my lack of accuracy even after taking neuron drugs, I was issued a chain gun...which was basically a portable LAAG. We reported to a conference on July 2, 2560. We were told that all Spartans are to be sent immediately to the Tarsonis, the main staging ground for UGD forces in the southeastern quadrant. All of us knew that many would give up our lives in defending Humanity. We plan to face our first battle in 2 days. I hope my father is watching over me.
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