"um..."
He looked down at himself and noticed that he was still wearing his pajamas.
"I took a shower already though seriously! I just couldn't find anything to wear cause they were... am I in trouble?"
He put his head down and the rest of the kids scattered off in all directions to get away from the adult.
Halsley ignored his question and turned to lead him away from the other children. She made sure they were an earshot away from any adult before kneeling down to speak with her subject.
"Don't worry Wise. You're not in any sort of trouble at all. I just wanted to speak with you for a bit if it's not to much trouble." Halsley smiled and reached for what appeared to be a timer.
"You like to run, dont you?" She said, holding up the timer. "Well, let's see how fast you can run over to those tree's over there. Run all the way to the tree's then turn around and hold up one hand to signal you've finished. Sound fun?"
Corporal Rodriguez stood patiently behind one of the trees, waiting for the subject. He was amazed by the small boy's speed. It was almost as if it was unnatural.
There was barely a moment to spare for the corporal to baffle over the childs speed. Just as 041 was about to turn around, Rodriguez grabbed hold of him and jerked him behind the tree, covering his mouth to keep him quite.
Halsley had already begun to make her way back towards the dropship. She strode past the boy and the corporal as if the situation was an everyday ordeal.
"Get him inside and calm him down." She ordered as she marched up the pelican's ramp.
Rodriguez struggled to keep the boy still as he carried him into the drop ship. Once the two were inside he strapped the boy to a bench as he reached for a large needle.
At the same time, Halsley had ushered the clone out of the back of the pelican, and gently shoved him towards the orphanage. The identical replica of 041 sluggishly made his way back to his "friends"
Back inside the pelican, the corporal injected 041 with the sedative and waited for the boy to doze off before heading back to the cockpit and starting up the engines. Their next stop was Reach. The spartans were about to get a first glimpse of their future.
"Heeeelp!!!!!! Len!!! heeelp!"
his cries for help became more silent and weaker by the second.
"he.... lp"
His vision began blurring as he tried to fight off the dosage to stay awake, his head slowly cocked to the side and he quickly jerked it back and almost within the same speed of a heartbeat he fell asleep his mouth mouthing the words, 'somebody save me'.
[] lol just about I'll post your guy's getting there []
Lt. Forest and Private Lee sat slouched over in the cockpit of their transport pelican. They had been sitting for atleast 12 hours now and we're only a half hour away from the planet Reach. They had three spartans stored in Cryo sleep, and we're ready to meet them up with the other 72 Spartans that would be waiting for them at Reach.
"Lee, ETA is 20 minutes. Start bringing around those kids. They'll probably be a little disturbed, so try not to scare them too much." Forest said, yawning.
Lee forced his tired body to stand and make it's way into the small cryo storage room in the back of the pelican. He staggered over to the controls and started to punch in varies codes and passwords. Alex's tube was the first to start to thaw. Seconds later was Ray's, followed by Zeke's.
An hour later and the pelican holding Camilla and Joshua was on it's way to Reach.
"No need to store him, Corporal." Halsley replied as she noticed him staring at the sleeping boy. "Reach isn't that far off. He'll be fine the way he is. But do unfreeze 110."
The Corporal left the pilots seat, and Halsley replaced it. She watched as Rodriguez disappeared behind the door to the Cryo storage room and waited for him to finish his work.
Ten minutes passed and Halsley nearly started to doze off. She was immediately reminded of the other Spartans. The doctor pinched the nose of her glasses, and in return a set of files flashed into place across the lenses. She quickly accessed her email to make sure the other pelican's were on schedule. She read through a few letters and thankfully everything was running according to plan.
"The girl's coming around." The corporal said from behind her.
She turned and pressed her glasses up higher on her nose. "Good. Now monitor the boy untill he wakes up. And don't forget to unseal 110's tube once she's thawed."
"ETA four minutes." Siddhartha warned. Reach could be seen through the front of the pelican. The SPARTAN project had started.
Pvt. Lee Caught the furious boy in his arms. He was surprisingly strong for such a small boy, and Lee struggled to hold him still.
"Knock it off!" He screamed, shoving the boy to the floor and pinning him down with one of his boots.
"Now look here kid. Either we do this the easy way or the hard way." Lee said, reaching for the boy's clothes. "Get dressed and don't ask any questions. Another outburst like that will be your last." He threatened, throwing Alex's clothes onto the floor next to him.
"As for you." Lee said, staring at Zeke. "Your questions will be answered soon enough." The private handed Zeke his clothes and turned his back on the three children.
[]heh excuse the double post lol. Slow poster >_<[]