1700 hours, November 26, 2525
En route to Chi Ceti system, UNSC Paris-class Heavy Frigate, Commonwealth
As the cryo-pod lid opened, Aedan gasped for air, wearing his black bodysuit. A technician helped him up. "Sorry for the quick wake-up, sir. Your pod malfunctioned," the technician said.
"It's ok. What is the date? Are we there yet?" Aedan asked, thinking, 'Damn, this is shit happened again.'
"It's November twenty-sixth, sir. We're still a day away from the Chi Ceti system."
"Alright, you need to run tests on me?" Aedan inquired, and the technician nodded.
After the tests, Aedan headed to the barracks, found his locker, and changed into his fatigues. He looked at the wrist bag Chief Mendez had given him when he had first arrived on Reach.
"At least I'll have something to remember him" Aedan said under his breath and soon went over to his bunk and laid down and tried to fall asleep.
1745 hours, November 27, 2525
Chi Ceti system, Chi Ceti IV, UNSC Paris-class Heavy frigate, Commonwealth
Aedan woke to see Cal about to nudge him awake.
"I see I didn't have to wake you," Cal said with a small smile. "John was called to the bridge; he wants us ready."
"Got it," Aedan replied, heading towards the lockers with Cal. 'It's happening now,' he thought, spotting other Spartans preparing their gear. Suddenly, red alarms blared, and flashing lights activated. John's voice came over the intercom.
"Sam, muster teams in bay alpha. I want that pelican loaded and ready to drop in fifteen minutes."
"We'll do it in ten," Sam replied. "Faster if those longsword pilots clear out."
"Okay, you heard him," Kelly stated. "Let's move!"
The Spartans promptly doubled their efforts on the equipment and began exiting the area. Kelly and Aedan were the last ones remaining, with Kelly waiting for Aedan.
"You can proceed, Kelly; I will follow shortly," Aedan stated as he collected his equipment. Kelly observed him briefly, showing reluctance, but she nodded and left the room.
A minute later, Aedan completed gathering his equipment and proceeded towards hanger bay alpha. However, just as he approached the door, an explosion shook the ship, and the hallway was suddenly engulfed in flames.
Aedan quickly took cover just as the flames attempted to enter the room but were thwarted by the safety door sealing shut, enclosing him inside.
"Of course this would happen to me," Aedan muttered. He decided to take the long way around and opened the other door. As he stepped out, he saw the ship's hallways were empty.
"It feels like a ghost town here," Aedan thought as he began to sprint, hoping not to be late. Upon entering Hangar Bay Alpha, he observed that the Pelicans were already loaded, with some of them departing. "This must be a joke," Aedan thought, but was quickly brought back to reality when someone tapped his shoulder. Turning around, he saw Doctor Halsey standing behind him.
"It appears that someone is running late," Halsey remarked.
"Indeed, it seems so," Aedan responded. "May I accompany you, Doctor?"
"Certainly," Halsey replied as both she and Aedan boarded the Pelican, which promptly closed its hatch and began its departure from the Commonwealth.
1845 hours, November 27, 2525
Chi Ceti system, Chi Ceti IV, Damascus Materials Testing Facility
Aedan stood next to Kelly and John alongside the other Spartans, all waiting to see what Project: MJOLNIR was about. They were inside a well-lit hangar with an obstacle course at the far end, featuring walls, trenches, dummy targets, and barbed wires.
Three technicians and at least a dozen AI figures were working in the center of the room. Doctor Halsey cleared her throat, causing the technicians to turn and the AIs to disappear.
In front of them were thirty-two Plexiglass mannequins arranged in rows. Each mannequin had a suit of Mjolnir MK IV armor, all colored olive green with the same shape, design, and orange-golden visored helmet.
"Project MJOLNIR or the Mjolnir MK IV Power armor," Dr. Halsey said, snapping her fingers to display a holographic schematic of the armor.
"The shell is a strong multilayer alloy with a refractive coating to disperse weapon attacks," she pointed inside the schematic. "Each suit has a gel layer for temperature regulation that changes density reactively, a moisture-absorbing cloth suit against the skin, and bio-monitors to adjust temperature and fit instantly. There's also an onboard computer interface with your neural implant."
She collapsed the schematic to show only the outer layers. "Most importantly," Halsey said, "the inner structure is made of reactive metal liquid crystal, doubling strength and increasing reaction speed fivefold."
She waved her hand through the hologram. "There is one issue. The system is so reactive that our previous test with unaugmented volunteers was unsuccessful. Normal humans lack the reaction time or strength needed to operate this system," she explained. "However, your enhanced musculature and the metal and ceramic layers bonded to your skeleton should enable you to utilize the armor's power. There has been insufficient computer modeling, so there will be some risks. You will need to move slowly and deliberately until you become familiar with the armor and its functions. It cannot be powered down, nor can the response be scaled back. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Ma'am," the Spartans answered.
"Any questions?" she asked. John raised his hand. "When do we get to try them on, Doctor?"
"Immediately," Halsey said. "Volunteers?" Every Spartan raised their hands.
"You've always been lucky, John," Halsey said, "Let's proceed."
John stepped forward as the technicians began fitting him with the MJOLNIR system, under the watchful eyes of Aedan and the other Spartans.
"Please breathe normally," Dr. Halsey instructed, "but remain absolutely still."
John complied, holding himself as motionless as possible. The helmet was then placed over his head.
"Listen carefully, John," Dr. Halsey said. "I want you to only think about moving your arm up to chest level. Stay relaxed."
John's hand and forearm moved swiftly to chest level. Dr. Halsey inquired, "How do you feel?"
"It feels like it was made for me," John responded.
"Excellent. Petty Officer, proceed to run through the obstacle course," Dr. Halsey directed. "We will begin fitting the other Spartans shortly. We have limited time remaining."
John saluted and his hand bounced off his helmet.
"Carefully, Petty Officer very carefully, please" Halsey said "Yes, Ma'am" he said
After 30 minutes, all the Spartans were fitted with their Mjolnir armor and stood at attention, except Aedan.
"Uh…Doctor, what about me?" Aedan asked, drawing everyone's attention.
"Ah, saving the best for last," Halsey said, snapping her fingers. Another set of armor was brought in, distinct from the others. It was all black with thrusters on the back and a helmet with a comically large visor, colored blazing red.
'Oh yeah, that looks fucking awesome!' Aedan thought as he laid eyes on his MJOLNIR armor.
"This is the new prototype for the EVA or Extra Vehicular activity variant of the Mjolnir MK IV armor" Halsey explained. "It's a specialized variant specifically designed to be used for space activities and can allow the wearer to be able to freely move in Zero G. Recently it was fitted with a total of 8 thrusters which are powered by a power core which recharges automatically after being depleted. The thrusters if used all at once can last about ten minutes before the power core needs to recharge" Halsey explained.
"Holy shit." Sam who was standing next to Aedan muttered, while Kelly simply bumped into him lightly.
"Looks like someone's getting their own special armor" Kelly said playfully, probably with a gin under that helmet. "Jealous?" Aedan asked. "Maybe" she said.
"Now Aedan, if you may," Halsey said as Aedan stepped forward. Technicians began fitting him with his armor piece by piece. Once his helmet was on, he could see just how much better he could see because of the massive visor.
"Try moving your arm, Aedan. Very slowly," Halsey instructed. Aedan complied, touching his visor with each hand before lowering them.
"How does it feel?" Halsey asked.
"Like I'm wearing normal clothes," Aedan replied, making Halsey smile. "But why is it Black?"
"They ran out of paint; this was all that was left," she explained.
"I guess I'll have to make do. Should I try the obstacle course?" Aedan asked.
"No need. Aside from the capabilities in Zero G, it's the same as normal MJOLNIR," Halsey said. Aedan nodded and joined the blue team.
Suddenly Captain Wallace's voice broke over the COM channels. "We have contact with the covenant ship, Ma'am. Extreme range, their slip space engines must still be damaged. They are moving towards us via normal space."
"Your repair status?" Halsey asked.
"Long-range communications inoperable. Slipstream generators offline. MAC system destroyed. We have fusion missiles and twenty Archer missile pods intact. Armor plating is at twenty percent," the static hissed. "If you need more time… I can draw them away."
"No, Captain," Halsey responded. "We'll fight... and we must win this time."
"Spartans, let's go," John ordered, as they left the room, except Aedan.
"You know your mission, Aedan," Halsey said.
"Yes," Aedan replied. "Make sure you don't die trying," Halsey added.
"I won't, Doctor," Aedan assured, making Halsey smile. "But what are we to do if our suits are breached?"
"Ah… good question," Halsey said, bringing over a briefcase with metallic spheres. Handing one to Aedan, she explained, "These Prototype Vacuum seals for Mjolnir armor dissolve into solid tungsten to cover breaches, lasting one to three hours for small breaches or 30 minutes for medium ones."
"Eh…if it works it works" Aedan said as he took about six of them.
"What prompted you to ask this?" Halsey asked.
"Let's just say Chief Mendez's lesson of always expecting the unexpected has taken root in my heart" Aedan said as he strapped the spherical seals on his waist and looked at Halsey.
Halsey's eyes widened for a bit before going back to normal. "That's…alright make sure to give me some feedback so that I can improve it in the future." She responded.
"Yes ma'am," Aedan said as he left the room.
Inside the back of the Pelican Aedan sat at one of the seats, with him locked and loading his DMR, his M6D on his waist and a pair of combat knives on the thighs, he also had two frag grenades. Next to him was Sam who was examining his MA5B. Kelly sat opposite him checking her MA5B, while also giving Aedan occasional stares. The other Spartans did similar things.
"You know, your helmet makes you look like an egghead." Sam said as he got up from his seat
"What? You don't like it" Aedan said, pretending to be offended.
"I do, but your helmet makes you look a bit funny if you ask me." Sam replied.
"Good, at least the covenant would have a laugh before they have a bullet to their face" Aedan said as he put his DMR on his back. To which Sam snorted a laugh.
John soon came out of the cockpit, "We'll get only one shot at this" he said, "Plot an intercept trajectory and fire your thrusters at max burn. If the target changes course, you'll have to make a best guess correction on the fly. If you make it, we will regroup outside the hole, if you miss, we'll pick you up after we're done"
Aedan didn't listen to the rest and instead he moved towards the hatch and when John was finished with his pep talk, he joined Aedan near the hatch as well.
"Are you nervous?" John asked. "Not really," Aedan replied.
"I sometimes wish I had your confidence," John said. Aedan responded with a laugh.
"What do you think we will encounter inside?" John inquired.
"Quite possibly ugly aliens," Aedan speculated. John nodded and then turned to everyone else.
"Is everyone ready?" John asked.
There was a chorus of "Yes sir" but Aedan, being himself only gave him a thumbs up. "I'll be going first since my armor is best fitted for these types of missions." he said to which John nodded.
Soon, the hatch to the pelican opened, and Aedan activated all eight of his thrusters, moving at a high speed.
Aedan felt an exhilarating sensation akin to Icarus soaring through the air as he skillfully evaded pulse lasers, maneuvering in space with precision. He directed himself toward the rear of the ship and successfully slipped under the shields, quickly contacting the hull. "Let's proceed inside," Aedan stated as he navigated across the hull of the Covenant ship and approached the opening.
Sam soon joined him, and Aedan assisted him in moving closer. "Thank you, Aedan,"
Sam remarked as he observed the interior of the ship. "There's certainly a lot of purple," he noted.
"Indeed," Aedan replied. Shortly thereafter, Kelly and John joined them.
"Are there anymore?" Aedan inquired.
"No, I believe we are the only ones who made it," Kelly responded.
"In that case, let's proceed," Aedan said. "We wouldn't want to keep the Covenant waiting."
John led the way through the breach and collapsed on the first deck as he entered the ship's gravity field.
"Gravity?" he asked.
"Must be artificial," Aedan replied, moving down the deck with Kelly and Sam behind him.
"Weapons check," John ordered.
They examined their rifles, relieved to see they were intact. Aedan took out his DMR and said, "I'll check the path," before cautiously advancing through the corridors. Once he confirmed there were no hostiles, he reported, "Clear," through COM. John, Sam, and Kelly joined him, and they continued until they reached a turn.
As Aedan peaked a little through the corner, he saw two small aliens with a weird cone on their back just standing there. 'Damn, these are some ugly little things.' Aedan thought as he noticed that they were grunts and he turned towards John who was behind him. "Two hostiles right around the corner, we could sneak past them if you want." he said.
"Stealth option seems better," John said.
"Go ahead first I'll keep an eye on them." Aedan said and John nodded moving across the corner to the other side without being noticed, followed by Sam and then Kelly, when it was Aedan's turn one of the Grunts suddenly turned around towards him and saw him, the grunt squeaked in fear and started aiming his plasma pistol but Aedan was a quick draw simultaneously throwing a knife and firing his M6D, killing both of them.
"Damn that feels good to kick some alien ass." Aedan said as he looked at the dead grunts. He approached them and grabbed a plasma pistol. 'This should probably be enough for ONI to be satisfied' Aedan thought as he put the plasma pistol on his hip and grabbed his knife before he started heading towards where John and the others went.
As Aedan reached the doors of what he thought was the reactor room, the doors opened and it revealed John, Sam and Kelly standing near the core, as Aedan looked around, he saw a bunch of dead jackals. He joined John and the others. "What's the situation?" he asked.
"Well…my suits breached" Sam said grimly. "I'll have to stay behind and hold the room until the bomb takes care of the ship" As Aedan turned his head he saw the breach on Sam's left chest, it had blackened the area with a medium size hole in it.
"Well…it was nice knowing you Aed-" As Sam was about to finish when Aedan walked up to him and slammed the metallic sphere where the breach was located. As Doctor Halsey said the sphere dissolved into a solidified layer of Tungsten. Sam's face, although hidden by his helmet, looked surprised by Aedan's action and the fact that the breach had sealed up. "What did you-"
"Vacuum seals, got it from Doctor Halsey before we left" Aedan answered. "You got thirty minutes to get back to the Pelican so you better hurry."
Sam simply laughs. "Guess I won't be dying after all" he said as he gave Aedan a fist bump. "Well, we better hurry then, wouldn't want to immediately die after Aedan worked so hard to save my ass." he said jokingly.
"Yeah, yeah whatever, now hand me the bomb, I'll set the timer." Aedan said and Sam handed him the bomb. He then looked at John and Kelly. "You guys should get going, I'll be right behind you." he said, and John nodded and started walking towards the exit followed by Sam. Kelly, however, stayed behind. "You should go, Kelly"
"No, what if you get killed here, Sam nearly got killed as you just saw." She said her voice pleadingly.
"I'll be fine, plus I am just as fast as you if not more so…. I will be out in no time." Aedan reassured her and Kelly hesitantly leaves the room giving Aedan one last glance before running off.
"Alright now, fifteen minutes should give me and them enough time to get out and hopefully make it back to the Pelican." Aedan said. Suddenly the other door to the engine room opened and as Aedan looked up to see what it was his blood froze at what he saw…an Elite Zealot… at least he thought, the golden armor reminded him of a Zealot.
'Ah fuck, is this a Zealot or is it the Shipmaster?' Aedan thought as he placed the bomb down and aimed his DMR at the Zealot. The Elite then ignited his energy sword and got into a stance ready to attack.
'Either I die here, or I blow up here, either way I die.' Aedan thought, soon the zealot charged him, and Aedan fired 5 shots off his DMR which ricocheted off the Elite's shields. 'Fuck' he thought and soon slide down and dodged the initial slash. Aedan dropped his DMR and took out his combat knives.
"Alright motherfucker, it's time to dance." Aedan said as he took a position with his knives held in front of his body, the Elite did the same, both stood at opposite sides their blades drawn. The Elite was the first to charge and Aedan followed suit and as they neared each other, the zealot went for a side slash aiming for his head which Aedan dodged again, this time by jumping above him doing a flip midair and with the Elite's back turned, he stabbed his knife into the back of his neck. As Aedan landed, he turned and saw the elite roaring in pain and soon stumbled over and fell dead.
'Holy shit, that was close' Aedan thought as he went over to the dead elite and took his knife out of his neck, the knife now covered with its purple blood.
'Damn, this looks like purple goo.' he thought, Aedan's eyes were currently eyeing the energy sword which the Elite had dropped upon his death. He went over and picked it up and as he held it in his hand, he accidentally activated it igniting it.
"Fuck yeah! This looks cool as hell." Aedan said as glanced over the sword. As he prepared to leave, he heard more noise behind him and as he turned around, he saw two more elites… spec ops.
"You have got to be kidding me" he said as he got his knife and the energy sword ready. The two Elites ignited their energy swords as well and charged in an instant.
Aedan did the same and as he closed the distance he threw his combat knife directly into the eye of the elite on the left side, it screamed in pain and stumbled dropping its sword while Aedan clashed his sword with the other elite from the right, he noticed the dropped energy sword and grabbed it in one swift motion igniting the second energy sword and stabbed it through the chest of the second Elite.
As Aedan removed the elite off of his sword, time seemed to have slowed to a halt, as he noticed the first Elite did not die from the stab in the eye and had raised his weapon to aim, but just as they fired off two shots, Aedan started to dodge and roll when he was skimmed on the front on his visor scratching it when he then shot up to his feet and accelerated towards the Elite like a lightning strike and stabbed him with his own energy sword from under his jaw and through his head.
As Aedan checked the room one last time, he saw the two dead elites and went over and grabbed his knife from the dead Elite. He noticed a plasma grenade as well and decided to grab it for his other mission as well. As he looked at the bomb it showed '6 minutes remaining' "Fuck." he said sprinting towards the exit that he came in through.
As Aedan sprinted through the corridors of the covenant ship, he held his knives in hand and as he passed by multiple grunts and Jackals, who reacted too slowly to hit Aedan, had their necks sliced as he ran. Aedan had never run this fast; it was almost as If he were running at 90 km/hr.
Aedan finally saw the hole they had entered through and jumped into space, activating his thrusters. As he cleared the Covenant ship, it exploded in flames. "Hell yeah," Aedan said, meeting John, Sam, and Kelly outside. "Sorry I'm late, ran into some guests."
"At least you're alive," John replied, floating towards him. "Glad you're okay."
"I won't die today," Aedan said, glancing at Kelly. "I just got my armor after all… unlike Sam."
"Hey! At least I made it out" Sam retorted
"Thanks to Aedan, that is" John corrected.
"Well…I'll give him that" Sam said as he floated towards Aedan as well and gave him a small head bump. "Thanks for saving my ass."
"Anytime." Aedan said.
2020 hours, November 27, 2525
Chi Ceti system, Chi Ceti IV, UNSC Paris-class Heavy frigate, Commonwealth
Inside the hangar of the Commonwealth, Dr. Halsey, along with the Spartan who had been rescued in space, awaited the arrival of the last Pelican which finally landed. As the hatch opened, four individuals emerged, one distinctly noticeable due to his sleek visor and unique coloration. John, Sam, Kelly, and Aedan exited the Pelican and promptly saluted.
"Mission accomplished, Ma'am," John reported as he lowered his arm, followed by the others.
"I can see that," Dr. Halsey acknowledged. "Excellent work, Petty Officer."
"Ma'am, I must attribute the success to Aedan," John stated, prompting Dr. Halsey to regard Aedan, who merely shrugged, before turning back to John. "He was the last to leave the ship, and it is because of him that we did not lose a Spartan today."
Halsey's eyes widened briefly before returning to normal. She noticed the charred area on Sam's armor and looked at Aedan, who nodded. "I see… Get some rest, all of you deserve it," she said, as the Spartans, including John, Sam, and Kelly, left. Aedan stayed behind to talk with Halsey. "Well, Aedan," she said, looking at him, "let's talk in my office." Aedan complied, and once inside her office, Halsey sat behind her desk while Aedan just stood.
"When you said you were expecting the unexpected, I didn't think the one possibility affected would be… well… Sam." Halsey said.
"Like they say, prepare for every eventuality." Aedan said.
"So…did you...?" she asked
"I got three." Aedan said as he pulled the Plasma pistol, Plasma grenade, and one of the energy swords and placed them all on the table.
"The blue looking ball is a plasma grenade; it sticks onto things before it blows up so it's quite deadly"
"And this" Halsey points towards the plasma pistol.
"This is a Plasma pistol, one of the main frontline weapons of the covenant; it fires a heated bolt of green plasma which can easily melt through titanium as you saw with Sam's armor"
"Fascinating…good work, Aedan" Halsey said engrossed in the weapons that Aedan had managed to bring. "Now what about the last one? That does not really look like a weapon."
"I call it an energy sword; these were only used by the bipedal horse-like aliens that we call Elites." Aedan asked. "Wow…interesting, excellent work Aedan." Halsey said
"So, what is next?" Aedan asked.
Halsey sighed, "Command has decided to split most of you up, they believe one Spartan is more than enough to change the tide of battle on a single planet." she said, the annoyance was clear on her face.
"You will be transferred to the UNSC Macron; I have talked with Captain Wallace. The Commonwealth will rendezvous with the Macron somewhere near the Zufor system." she continued.
"Well, I guess that's my luck then…and blue team?" Aedan asked.
"I'll be going with them and most of the Spartans will be coming along, the UNSC Persian Gate will arrive here soon to pick us up" She said. "It will take time for you to be reassigned to blue team…possibly years even."
Aedan nodded. While a small photo holder on her table caught his eye, it was the picture of a baby with Halsey holding her.
"Is that?" Aedan said as he looked at the picture.
"My daughter, yes" Halsey said as she looked at the picture as well. "She was born on reach on February twenty-eighth; legally she would be your little sister since I did adopt you as my child… Her name is Miranda"
"Who's the father?" Aedan asked already having a guess.
"You already know…or do you not?" She said to which Aedan slowly shook his head. "Well then it was Lieutenant Jacob Keyes now Captain Keyes"
Aedan looked at her for a moment before joking, "So I have Dad who has his own ship?"
"I do not think it classifies as 'His' ship." Halsey said with a small smile on her face. "I hope that you will not be reckless and will make sure to stay safe while you are out there."
"I promise, I won-" Aedan said before getting cut off by Halsey.
"Don't make a girl a promise, if you know you can't keep it" she said as she raised her hand motioning Aedan to stop.
"I… promise I won't do something stupid… you can trust me in that." Aedan reaffirms to which Halsey gives him an actual smile.
"Go now, you should take some rest after your eventful day." Halsey said as she started working on her data pad.
Aedan nodded and soon walked out of her office and went towards the barracks. As he reached the barracks, he did not see anyone surprisingly. 'Most are probably with John and the others' Aedan thought as he sat on his bunk, the bunk surprisingly being able to handle the weight of the MJOLNIR. As he sat there, he thought about the close call he had with the Elite inside the engine room and took off his helmet to inspect the scratch. He noticed that the scratch reminded him of Halo: Reach and the character Emile-A239 and decided to take a page out of his book from what he did to the helmet when he had a moment.
"Mind if I sit with you." Aedan looked up to see Kelly standing next to him.
"Not at all." he said, and Kelly sat on his bunk, next to him. "I spoke with Halsey not too long ago…I'll be shipping out soon."
"I heard John saying the same." She spoke.
"It'll be a while before I get reassigned back to Blue team." Aedan said while staring at the wall. What happened next kind of surprised him, Kelly who was still wearing her armor and helmet rested her head on his shoulder.
"We, almost lost Sam today." She said in a quiet and remorseful tone. "I…was too slow to prevent him from getting hit."
Aedan wraps his arm around her and comforts her. "Hey, it's alright now, Sam made it out either way." he said. "Everyone makes mistakes; it's our job from then on to learn from those mistakes."
As Aedan awaited Kelly's answer, he was surprised when he didn't get any, so he turned his head to look at her he realized that she had fallen asleep, 'Am I that boring.' Aedan thought.
As he continued staring into the wall another group of three Spartans entered the barracks and approached Aedan. He recognized them as Jai, Adriana, and Mike.
"Quite the fun you guys had inside that ship." Adriana said jokingly.
"Yeah, it was quite the party, Sam nearly died because of how amazing it was." Aedan jested, joining in on the fun.
"So…what were they like?" Jai asked.
"What you would expect aliens to be, uglies." Aedan said. "The small ones were about 5 and a half feet tall, had a hunch back type body and used some kind of tank to survive, there were birdlike ones as well with humanoid bodies, they were about 6.2 to 6.8 feet tall"
"Any idea what type of weapons they used" Mike asked.
"Plasma, they mostly used a weapon that shoots green plasma, it's deadly and can melt through Titanium as you saw wit Sam's armor."
"Wonderful, exactly what we needed our new alien friends to have." Adriana sarcastically said.
"So, where are you guys being shipped off to." Aedan asked.
"ONI wants us for specialized missions, so most probably we'll be somewhere on Earth or Reach maybe? Or sent on some reconnaissance missions." Jai answered.
"Nice, well I'll be shipped off to the Macron once the commonwealth leaves Chi Ceti, probably solo ops for a while." Aedan said.
"Good luck to you." Jai said, "Hey if you ever need a team to be a part of… Gray team has an open spot for you."
"I'll think-" before Aedan could finish Kelly suddenly woke up and spoke.
"Back off Jai, he's with Blue team." Kelly hissed at him.
"No fair Kelly, can't we share." Jai said
"No!" she reaffirms.
"Aw, but hey the offer still stands if you ever consider it." Jai said before leaving the barracks with Adriana and Mike.
"Jerk." Kelly said under her breath.
Aedan chuckled. "Aren't you being a bit too hard on him only for teasing you" he said.
"Hmph, he deserves it" Kelly reaffirms.
"So…I'll still be a part of blue team?" Aedan asked.
"Of course, you will your spot will remain untaken in blue team." Kelly said.
Aedan smiled under his helmet. "Thanks Kelly." he said as he hugged her, to which she hugged back.
'This feeling again' Kelly thought.
Meanwhile unknown to both, Sam was watching through the corner, 'Yep…those two are going to be couple one day' Sam thought as he leaned against the wall and smiled under his helmet which morphed into a grin.
'No need to worry Aedan, I'll make sure to hook you up with Kelly, it's the least I can do for you saving my life' Sam thought as he watched the two still hugging.