#rkar

BANG! (Flash) 

When your assigned to a job that requires you to sacrifice your life every waking moment, would you do it? Or would you back down?

I was given THE assignment to take out someone I knew, someone I trusted, a friend from my past training. Sure he was an asshole, all trainers were, with the exception of Rkar. My origin story began here. Standing here once again on Harvest... it just felt wrong. Im not a hit man, but my training, my blood was trained to take out the most dangerous men and women in the universe. Rkar never assists with these missions, he's ONI, I am ODST. I feel more like a mercenary with these assignments. 

Anyway my target was my old Commander from training, the one before Rkar. Anthony Orbvus (Or-be-vo-us) He was a 3rd class infinity during the contact wars on earth, today he's a rogue agent working for the Covenant. How they recruited him is unknown. But none the less he needed to be dealt with. 

Tanking it back to how it got here, Rkar and I were cabined at a Hotel off of Broadway and 5th (the new broadway in CA) back on earth. Out of the blue we were surrounded by his men. I think he had some deal with Rkar. Anyway, because Rkar is ONI the military flagged all nearby representatives of the UNSCDF, doesn't take long for response when your constantly dogged by operatives on earth. It was complete madness. Rkar and I were on a honeymoon, just last month I proposed to him with a trinket I carried, had it made into a necklace for him since he doesn’t like rings. 

The battle caused the city to go under lockdown, UNSC and Mercs were going at it throughout the night. I have no clue of the end result, but Anthony got away from the attack. Rkar was escorted back to Mars and I was left to solve this issue. 

I stand over my target and radio mission success, am I sane to assassinate the man who brought me Rkar in the first place? 

No... I protect whom I love,. (Places gun in holster.) 

"I don't kill valuable assets.”

Anthony: “Why save my sorry ass?”

Kragith: “So you can serve time dickhead.” 

Anthony: “Sure, they will decorate me.”

Kragith: “Who said the UNSC is arresting you, you fucked with ONI, you fucked with me.”

Anthony: “Shit” 

HCM: “HCM GET DOWN” 

Rkar: “You didn't think I would let you do all the work”

Our mission to Sangheilios was rather traitorous. Many miles past the city of Vadam we found ourselves viewing a deserted city. Unnamed, unmapped. It was from our own wars.

The watch tower glistened in our dusty sky as the sun shined upon it. I saw no devastation, only the watchtower looked damaged, the city was clean, pure, and untouched. I remember venturing to this tower with Kragith. I checked my holopad... Still no transmissions coming from the city, were my people at war? 

The ground began to shake below us, the sky was darkened by a giant metal object, it was forerunner. I heard screaming coming from the city as we neared it, trying to escape. But than, all was silent. Like a void opened above me, everything was gone and I was but in the middle of rubble while Kragith lie near me with a iron girder across his chest. I dug myself out than him out.

Our missions was to recover any forerunner artifacts, we must of triggered a failsafe, but how... how could we? 

ZOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!! (Banshees flying by) 

Startled by what I saw, I carried Kragith to a dugout just below where the towers use to be. Thats when the explosions started. 

I patched Kragith up the best I could. Tough son of a bitch took a beating, I knew he could, but not like this. “We have to fight our way out of this mess and make it...” Bezooommmmm (Portal) “A Portal! MOVE!” Promethians began pouring out all around us. “Engage the enemy!” I shouted. 

I notified my AI Rhal to bring the shuttle us as soon as possible. I don't think I have ever had such a tight extraction to my ship before. We had to depart. I began watching my planet burn the wake of the promethium soldiers.

Bastards, some would say this to be ironic, my peoples past coming back to haunt us for what my kind did to humanity. I grew loyal to ONI, they saved me when they could have killed me, they gave me the chance to make amends and prove my worth. They gave me him. I felt his arms around my waist... And I embraced him. Closing the bay door to the cargo port Rhal set the ship for departure. Slip space is rather subtle...