The Kappa Chronicles (TDC 3)

Chapter 3: Freckly Donuts

Location: Chorus, Crash Site Bravo

Arizona walked around the canyon. He couldn't believe it. He actually missed the other Freelancers! His thoughts were interrupted by Caboose saying "Ahem?"

"Oh gosh. What now, Cab-oose? What the heck is that?"

Caboose grinned. "Meet Freckles! The most huggable best friend ever!"

'Freckles' was a Mantis-class exo-walker. It was anything BUT a best friend. It was a killing machine.

"Uh, Caboose? That's a-"

Kappa appeared. "Yeah... He just thinks that 'Freckles' is his new best friend."

Arizona face-palmed. "Great. Now on top of 5 idiots in colored armor and an insane AI, I have to deal with a stupid frikkin' idiotic killin' machine!"

Freckles turned his guns on Arizona.

"Er... I mean.. Great! I get to hang out with a... cuddly... little... ..."

Arizona walked away slowly and Freckles spoke in his deep, threatening voice: "Caboose, Agent Arizona has been designated as a threat. He will be eliminated."

Kappa's holographic eyes widened. "There's no need for that, Freckles!"

Freckles turned his guns on Kappa. "Artificial Intelligence Program Kappa. You are an AI, but may be harmed because you are made up of hard-light. If shot, you would shatter painfully and it would take you quite a while to recreate your form. Do not threaten me."

Kappa narrowed his eyes, and created a hard-light rocket launcher in his hands. "Now listen to me, Freckles. I helped create you, I know how to destroy you. Shoot me, and I lose my form, but I'm still a very powerful AI. Mess with my friends, and I will delete you."

Caboose, oblivious to this, spoke up. "Look! there is Admiral Butter Crust!"

"What? oh! DONUT!"

The reds and blues were already there when the others arrived. Donut was talking. "Hey guys! How are you?"

Simmons spoke. "Wait.. new age? OH GOSH NO! THAT MEANS-"

the annoying voice of Doc spoke up. "Hey, guys."

Arizona said a string of rather nasty words that I would rather not mention here, and Doc said, "And I brought Lopez!"

"Saludar, Kappa."

"Greetings to you too, Lopez!"

"You habla Espanol?"

"Si, lo bien"

Sarge angrily yelled, "SHUT UP, MEXICAN ROBOTS!"

Kappa and Lopez spoke at the same time: "ROJO IDIOTA!"

Lopez and Kappa walked off to discuss something in Spanish, while Arizona and Caboose argued about leadership.

"WELL WHY DON'T YOU TRY LEADING?!?!"

Freckles would be grinning if he were human. "Confirmed. Caboose is now the leader of Blue team."

"Wait a minute!"

"There is no waiting. Captain Caboose is the leader."

Simmons, who was talking to Tucker about him joining Blue Team, said, "Wait- I don't want to join anymore!"

Freckles turned to Simmons. "Private Simmons. Desertion is a crime punishable by death."

"meep!"

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Location: Chorus, Mount Song

Washington worked on a radio he had found. It was tedious work, but if he fixed it, then they could warn the reds and blues!

Carolina and Epsilon sat on a boulder calculating the possibility of Wash fixing the radio. They had come to the conclusion that there was a 95.2% chance of Wash giving up.

Vermont and Theta were on top of the mountain training. Theta was creating hard-light targets that Vermont was destroying rapidly. They only stopped when they heard Wash yell "EUREKA! I'VE DONE IT!"

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Location: Chorus, Team Alpha Landing Zone

Oregon, Gold, and Silver sat in the back of a UNSC Pelican 23 miles from Chorus. They had about 20 minutes to get ready to go. Silver grabbed a Spartan Laser and a Battle Rifle, Gold grabbed two SMGs and a Gravity Hammer, and Oregon grabbed a DMR and an Assault rifle. The Pelican landed and Oregon and his team stepped onto Chorus. The Pelican flew away, and the team walked off into the distance.

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Location: Chorus, Felix and Locus' Super Secret Base of Base-ness!

Locus and Felix looked over their three best recruits. "Well, well, well! Three guys that don't suck! Locus, what're their names?"

"Bismarck, Johnson, and Barber? Seriously? Barber?"

"Aw, cmon Locus, don't tease him. So, you three! You are in charge of finding the guys hacking into our radio transmissions. You will be right by us when we catch these fools! So, are you in?"

Bismarck grinned. "Yes sir, but I'm going to need a bowl of mac and cheese first."

Felix groaned. "Don't joke around like that."

"What? Don't like Mac and cheese?"

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Location: Chorus, Mount Song

Carolina's eyes went wide. "That's great Wash, but we have a major problem! Control is sending troops here! They're going to kill us! We need to move!"

Vermont growled. "YOU HEARD HER! MOVE, GUYS! RUN!!!"

But it was too late. They were surrounded by troops, and a Pelican shone a spotlight on the Freelancers. Vermont, Carolina, Washington, Epsilon, and Theta looked at each other in despair. They were doomed.