Fallen Spartans Halo ( Book #2)

A Reunion Cut Too Short

Leonidas watched as his father used the computers around them, pulling pieces of code from each.

"Leo, get me a quantum fabricator from the tools." Mark said, not looking up. Leo jumped to his feet, and ran over to a table set with tools, most he had never seen before. "That one Leo." Brittany helped, lighting up a portion of the table, on top of which was a strange looking tool, it looked almost like a staple or glue gun. Leo rushed it over to Mark who smiled and accepted it. The process repeated itself. Mark was as silent as the night, except for a few curses here and there.

"Come on, come on." He hissed. He ordered Leo to grab a different tool, and Brittany helped him find it. Every time he returned the tool to his father, he looked more and more stressed.

Finally, after hours, Mark looked over to Leo. "Come here Leo, I want to teach you something." Mark said, Leo walked over, and Mark moved aside.

"This is the Model X A.I. Containment Unit. This, my son, is what people will kill for." Mark said, showing the strange device to Leo.

"Come on, grab that Nanogenic Accentuator (I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT THE FUCK IM TALKING ABOUT!) And Help me put the final touches on him." Mark said, Leo grabbed the tool his father motioned too, and followed where Mark instructed, Leo asked what it was doing, and his father smiled.

"The problem with the old models is the materials are short term, ten years or so. But with these new seals for the precious materials, they can last much longer. Before I invented the material for the seal, everything would react with the precious metals, causing distortion and breakdown. You, Leo, just put the seal on the first ever Model X containment. You just made history." Mark said, placing a hand on Leo's shoulder. Then, Mark turned back. "Move over here please." Mark asked, Leo followed his fathers wishes, and watched as Mark pulled out a chip from a different machine, and inserted it into the Model X, which was about the size of a stick of gum. At first, nothing happened, the Model X remained the same, Leo looked away, sure that it had failed, when a strange purple light caught his eye. The Model X had started to emit a purple light. Clear as day. Then, a figure appeared. Leo didn't believe his eyes, it was a figure his father had told him about as a child. His greatest companion.

"Alpha." Mark said with a laugh, Leo turned back and saw his father was tearing up, there was a deep connection between these two. The figure slowly looked around, confused. Then it turned, and caught sight of Mark.

"M-Mark? What, what happened?" The figure asked.

"You've been gone a long time Alpha." Mark laughed. Alpha looked down at himself.

"I must have,you look old." Alpha laughed. Mark nodded.

"So, Kept you waiting, huh?" Alpha laughed.

"Sure did buddy, come on, lets test this out." Mark said, he took off his bracelet, and laid it down, then he walked over, to the Archangel model armor, he pressed a few buttons and the armor disappeared, and reappeared into another bracelet. Mark grabbed the bracelet and twisted one of the beads, the armor reappeared on him.

"Thats Archangel! You got it working!" Alpha laughed. Mark nodded, and walked back to the Model X. He picked it up, and set it into the slot in the back of the helmet.

"Comfy being back in here." Leo heard Alpha say.

"Good, it works, alright then, this can be your armor... for now." Mark said, then he pressed on his armor, it disappeared for a second, Mark took off the bracelet and threw it into the air, the Armor reappeared, and this time, Alpha was in control.

The armor looked around, seeming satisfied. Then it spotted Leonidas. "You made a clone?" Alpha asked. Mark laughed, looping his original bracelet over his wrist.