Welcome to Gaia! ::

In a mostly foreign system deep within the bowels of space floats a planet, orbiting only 1000 miles from the sun that lights its mountains and terrain. The extremelly harsh climate of the planet and the unbearable heat makes the planet a hard place to live and traveling between worlds becomes harder.

However, the surface of the planet becomes engulfed in extreme heat and flame as the sun peeks over the horizon. Volcanoes spout magma from deep within the planets core. Any green life that had once live upon the planet was either dead or fossilised by the incredible rise in temperature.

The baren planet was completely devoid of life except for those who dwelled underneath. Deep within the bowels of the volcanic planet lies a classified operation called Operation Shadow King, code named SPARTAN-III. Many children ranging from the age of 5-13 were taken by the UNSCDF and put into a program.

These children had gotten to know each other through deaths among friends and love. Each of them had come to know each other well. They were the next generation of SPARTAN's who would rid the universe of the covenant. And the newly discovered Halo Universe.

The children were genetically modified and given armor with enhancements to make them the perfect super-soldier. Even more so than the last group of SPARTANs. They had dedicated themselves to the UNSC and had declared war against the covenant. There job was to get in as stealth like as possible, and then blow them all to hell. Little did they all know that the rest of humanity would rest upon their soldiers in the last battle.

The greatest battle.

Deep within the catacombs of the planet that was once found by the UNSC and then forgotten about lied a supernatural force key to the covenants destruction... or victory. It's upto them to find this key before the covenant do. And their key to that is the one and only, Dr. Halsey.

As Spartan-087 continued following both Dr. Halsey and Admiral James Helghast down the bleak hallway toward a room that contained all twelve of the SPARTAN-III's. Kelly had remained silent as all three of them kept on walking further down the hallway, her eyes were looking around in every direction while the doctor and the admiral continued speaking to one another. But after hearing Dr. Halsey mention her name, Kelly stopped looking at their surroundings and her attention focused upon the back of Dr. Halsey just as all three of them came to a stop infront of a door that had the same matching color as the walls around the three of them.

After watching Admiral Helghast kiss the doctor lightly on the lips and then allowed himself to listen to what Dr. Halsey said to him, before he vanished through the open doorway only to have the doors close a second later. Kelly then looked toward the doctor as she spun around so that they both were looking at one another, she listened to what Dr. Halsey had to say to her and there was a slight pause before the Spartan started speaking.

"This place seems to be somewhat dull inside and aside from the people living here underneath the surface, it is obviously a very life lacking planet on the surface." Kelly said in return to what Dr. Halsey had said to her, her statement of course was exactly what the doctor had asked to hear: an honest opinion straight from the spartan's mouth. Kelly then looked away from Dr. Halsey and took another look at the bleak surroundings again, before speaking. "But I suppose if we continue to stay here long enough, then I will become used to these surroundings." The spartan said outloud again as she looked back toward the doctor, only to start waiting patiently for whatever her response was going to be.

Kelly's eyes blinked quickly after hearing Dr. Halsey question about recieving the newest armor, she was just about to say something to the doctor just as the door slid open for the second time. But the person who appeared out from the door wasn't Admiral Helghast but instead it was one of the new Spartan's clad in the newest form of the MJOLINER armor. Kelly was impressed with the appearance of the new armor, even though it looked the same as the old MJOLINER armor with the exception of the gloves, the visor, and even the bulge on the back was now smoothed out to an extent.

Spartan-087 was still looking at the light shade of black armor when the sound of the Spartan's voice caused her to look at his helmet covered face just as he raised his right hand to his helmet, only to have the doctor wave off the gesture since she wasn't a fan of gestures such as saluting someone. Just as Dr. Halsey started introducing her to this new Spartan standing infront of them, Kelly immediatly stood up straight out of respect for both Spartan-287 and the doctor.

"It's a pleasure to meet you sir, it will also be an honor to work with you and the rest of your team." Kelly said to Spartan-287 as she continued to stand perfectly straight. Sure, she had yet to see these new Spartan's in action yet, but simply judging by the way that herself and the rest of the Spartan-II's acted in the middle of a firefight with the covenant or in completing a training exercise. Kelly assumed that seeing the Spartan-III's in action would surely be a exciting sight to see with her own eyes.

Lieutenant Commander SPARTAN-287 smiled behind his mirrored visor. And then he spoke again in his good ol'calm collected voice, "it will be a pleasure to work with a veteran SPARTAN. I hope you can find our..." He paused for a moment looking for the right word. "..our strategies and tactics die-hard. Your aproval would be most gracious" he said. Well, he was the most literate SPARTAN out of the SPARTAN-III program. He raised a hand silently to the right side of his helmet and pressed a button listening in. A green light had been displayed upon his HUD for a moment and it began to blink franticaly. He bowed his head and listened to his comrades, "sir, requesting order omega in the battleroom. We're pinned down by covenant carriers, I repeat, pinned down." Michael sighed and then talked back into the mic. "You have permission to execute order omega. Fireteam Foxtrot, take point and move quick. Fireteam India, take up the rear. I'll be following you with my NavCom. Atreyu, set a NAV point at reactor core bravo for Fireteam Foxtrot and a NAV point for Fireteam India at reactor core charlie. I'll take reactor core alpha. All fireteams, execute and then head for the back ocean. Don't stop running, even after you hit the water." Michael brought his hand down from his helmet and brought his head back up to full level. "Dr. Halsey, please enjoy your stay but if you don't mind, I'd like to take SPARTAN-087 with me to the battleroom to watch the SPARTAN-III's" he said at last to Dr. Halsey. She nodded her head and waved her hand, "If she feels upto it." Dr. Halsey looked over at a couple of ODSTs and then headed over to them to strike up a convorsation. Michael watched her go and then set his gaze upon SPARTAN-087. "Well, shall we?" he asked her with slight anticipation and impatience.

Michael turned on his heels and walked to the door. It hissed opened and they both walked inside. He followed the corridor for about twenty minutes making their way deeper and deeper into the planet and underground facility. As Michael and SPARTAN-087 came to a halt, Michael spoke up, "This is the battle room entrance." In front of them were two exceedingly large metallic doors that looked to be a few meters thick. Michael turned to his left and walked over to a door the size of the one they walked into the corridor through. It hissed open as well and they bothed walked into what seemed like an extremely large camera room. Well, that's just what it was. On the screen were the SPARTAN-III's executing their mission given to them by the AI, Atreyu. Fireteam Foxtrot made their way deeper into a forerunner facility as quickly as they could while Fireteam India split up onto a seperate track. The covenant were there in the battleroom it seemed. The SPARTAN-III's would dispatch them easily and would continue on. Only once did they stop and that was because a Hunter tried to plow its way through their squad. They soon made their way to the reactor core where they began to set explosives. "The SPARTAN-III's have been trained extensively since we were of about 4-6 years old and are trained in using covenant technology when we need to" he said while watching Fireteam India overcome a trio of Hunters and four elites. One of the SPARTAN's was caught in a hand-to-hand fight with one of the Hunters and was seemingly winning. Michael continued with his little speech, "we've been looking forward to having a genuine SPARTAN-II come and help us in unlocking our true abilities."

"SPARTAN-232" he barked over the COM set in the camera room, "flank the Elites by giving two of your fireteam covering fire. You must make it to the reactor, now go!" Spartan-287 turned to the Ensign next to him and told him to give him the AI. When the Ensign refused Spartan-287 turned to him and told him of his orders. Spartan-287 was to assume control of "Artificial Intelligence #ATU-30478 Atreyu" until told to hand over the AI. Atreyu was no normal AI, but something far smarter, creative, and all around better. One that even surpassed Cortana. Michael recieved Atreyu quickly after he told the Ensign of his orders and he plugged the crystal chip into the side of his helmet. A tingling sensation occured, sweeping over his entire body as Atreyu became part of him. -Hello Mihaii, it's good be back in this armour again- said Atreyu in her majestic and soothing voice. "It's good to have you back" he said. And it was good. A large part of him had seemingly come back to him. Michael turned back to the COM set for the battleroom. "Fireteam India, get to the reactor, you have 2 minutes before you're considered MIA and Fireteam Foxtrot, and Delta will execute order Gamma" he said booming into the COM set. Order Gamma was get the hell out of their as fast as you possibly can. No looking back. Those who are behind, stay behind. A last priority order.

The Lieutenant Commander looked at the timer. It ran down to one minute thirty seconds. "Lieutenant, you've got 1:30 seconds to blow that reactor!" he yelled over the COM set. He looked at one of the screens and saw that Fireteam Foxtrot and Delta had already blown their reactors and were waiting for further instructions.