# Halo -chapter 1

Author: Dukeman
Tags: Abduction, Character Development, Halo, Human, Husky, Sci-Fi

#1 of Halo

This is my first story I hope it's good. It's set halfway in Halo's storyline.

Year 2550

The human-covenant war is raging; humanity is vastly  
outmatched by superior technology and an endless horde of aliens. The UNSC fights  
the covenant, but it is a hopeless war. Dr Catherine Halsey led the Spartan  
project to combat their enemy but to no avail. Her super-soldiers were the best  
fighting force in the UNSC but it was not enough. Halsey's next move was to  
make more Spartans, but different.

 

Planet Modar-

 

Seth swung a punch and it connected with the bully's nose,  
most likely breaking it. Seth was strong for a six year old child but he preferred  
to observe from a distance. Today was different however when his daily bully Bronson  
took it too far. Seth had been eating his lunch far away from everyone else in  
his school as he watched the other kids playing when something wet and sticky  
abruptly coat him. He spun around to see Bronson had tipped orange juice all  
over him. Some distant kids came over to watch the commotion; the embarrassment  
was too much for Seth.

He was considering whether to run away or just cry when  
Bronson pushed him over. The bully jeered at him then bowed to his audience. By  
the time he turned back to Seth, there was a fist in his face. The blow sent  
him staggering back as he held his face in pain, the surrounding children were  
awestruck. Bronson clenched his fists revealing his bloodied face and snarled a  
challenge. Seth launched himself at the bully but was knocked down when Bronson  
shoulder-rammed him. Bronson knelt down and Seth head-butted him, leaving them  
both dazed. They recovered and were about to clash again but a surly voice  
blared through.

"STAND DOWN" A man in a suit eyed them both when an older  
woman came to his side. She spoke with a calm voice, "Relax Palmer, they're  
just children". The reply was submissive and the woman turned to Seth, "Seth Balter,  
I would like to see you". Seth had no idea who this woman was, but she seemed  
nicer than that idiot Bronson. The other children slowly left not wanting to  
get caught up in whatever this was. He cautiously walked over to her with a  
little blood in the corner of his mouth and covered in sticky juice. "My name  
is Catherine Halsey; I would like to ask you some questions".

Seth nodded and she started making small talk, "What were  
you doing over there?" He shifted between his feet, "Fighting" He didn't really  
feel like small talk but she kept at it, "Do you like fighting? Were you  
winning?" Seth replied with as much dignity as a sticky six year old child  
could, "He started it, but I think-". Halsey cut him off, "Would you like to  
win every fight? Win everything?" Seth wasn't sure what this woman was getting  
at, but he replied with a shy nod. "Very good Seth, we need to take some tests  
then we'll come back later maybe"

After half an hour of blood tests, an IQ test and some other  
tests he didn't understand, Halsey and Palmer left Seth to his own will. It was  
getting late so he went home, which luckily wasn't far. He arrived home to see  
his mother cooking dinner and his father reading the daily news on his glasses  
Heads-Up-Display (HUD). "Hey son did you hear? The UNSC found some sort of alien  
life far away from here". Seth considered sharing his story but his parents  
would disprove of him getting into a fight.

They sat down and ate dinner whilst discussing various  
things. Afterwards Seth went upstairs and took a shower, it was pure luck they  
hadn't discovered he was sticky from juice for a couple hours. He came out  
feeling renewed and went to bed. His pet husky 'Jeff' was sleeping on the bed.  
Seth slid into bed and Jeff woke up, the husky yawned then climbed in next to  
Seth and licked him. He chuckled and set his dog down next to him. Seth hugged  
the warm ball of white fur to sleep, and they both quickly dozed off. Seth didn't  
know why, but he really liked huskies, especially Jeff.

 

Seth awoke next morning and started his waking up routine  
for school. He said his goodbyes to his parents, kissing each on the cheek, and  
then he ruffled Jeff's fur and left the safety of his house. About half-way to  
school, he was ambushed from behind. He felt his arms being instantly  
restrained and thought Bronson wanted to go another round, but then a syringe delicately  
inserted into his neck and offloaded the drug. The figure and an unconscious Seth  
faded to the shadows, never to be heard from again.

 

UNSC prowler 'Night Hawk'- travelling away from Modar-

 

Seth awoke in a cot inside a metal room with a few other  
cots inside it each holding another child. He groggily got out and tried to  
recall what was happening when he saw a window. _I could use this to escape_ he thought. His plan was foiled quickly  
when he realised his home planet Modar was outside that window, and shrinking  
steadily. _I'm in space_. Seth started  
to panic and rushed over to the door and slammed on it with his tiny hands.  
This door would obviously not open and the other children seemed to be  
sleeping, so he found little to do but sleep in the cot he awoke in.

 

There were only two people to crew the Night Hawk, excluding  
their cargo children. Palmer set a course to jump and started charging the  
slipspace drive. A couple centuries ago, these drives were invented allowing  
humanity to spread their reach across the stars. The small ships engine let out  
a small hum as Palmer floated across the cockpit in null gravity to check some  
displays. Catherine Halsey sat strapped in her chair to prevent the lack of  
gravity from pulling her away as she was writing into her journal. Palmer  
couldn't see what she was writing; she could even be drawing as far as he knew.  
But his job wasn't to pry at Halsey, just to escort her and assist when  
necessary in her mission, whatever that was. All he knew was that she went  
around collecting data on certain small children then occasionally instructing  
Palmer to abduct them. It seemed creepy.

As Palmer ensured all systems were in check, Halsey stowed  
her journal then asked Palmer, "Have you come to realise the purpose of these  
abductions yet?" Palmer found his chair and strapped himself into it, then gave  
a lie for his answer, not sure of what was expected, "Are we collecting  
children to pit them against each other in a pit-brawl?" Halsey did not see  
humour in that, she just vaguely replied: "This is another Spartan project,  
hopefully more successful than the legendary Spartan twos" He was aware that  
Halsey created humanity's finest soldiers, but he couldn't see how this would  
be any different. "Ma'am, with respect It feels like we're repeating what you  
did". She leaned forward from her chair and activated their set course now that  
their slipspace drive had finished charging. "We are repeating history Palmer,  
at least so far". The prowler vanished into the darkness of space, leaving no  
trace of what had been done to alter the course of humanity.

 

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