A Spartan and His Twin

Chapter 1: The Beginning

The time had finally come to collect the first group of the Spartans and beginning their training. They would be taken from their homes, flashed cloned and brought to reach. Their families would never know that it was a clone. The clone would grow up just like a normal child, have every one of their memories and behaviors. It was a flawless plan, but they had to get each child out without anybody knowing.

First up: Spartan 117: John

The Spartan project was top secrete and Dr. Elizabeth Halsey was in charge of it all.

Nobody was to know that the Spartans were chosen at a young age and kidnapped from their homes in order to get special training which in time did kill and disable many of the young boys and girls. Some details did come out about the project, but that was many years later. By then, it had been way too late to do anything about it. These chosen children were to receive special training and a surgery which would turn them into what would be super soldiers. It was these super soldiers who would help save what was left of the human race against Aliens who fought to destroy them all.

In the beginning, they children would have no idea how important their training really is….

The ship landed on Eridanus II to pick up the first Spartan. The landing party consists of a small group of men clad only in black who would go in, put the boy in a deep sleep, flash clone him and take him to Reach. The mission seemed like it would be an easy one, what could one boy do?

John's home was just like all the homes that were cramped around it: Dark, but it was pretty early in the morning and the sun was just barely beginning to rise, causing the sky to become a light pink.

On the East side of the house in a small dark room, John slept, unaware of what his future held for him. His room was simple, which held a small bed against one wall. What they didn't expect was a second bed on the opposite side of the room where a small female slept. She looked like a mirror image of John in female form and with longer hair.

They would have to be extra quite so they didn't wake her.

Slowly they slid the window open, being careful not to leave any finger prints on the glass. A warm breeze began to blow, making the curtains twist and turn slightly. Two men very slowly made their way into the the room through the window, being very careful not to make any sound. As soon as their feet hit the cold hardwood floor, they crossed the room in just a few steps and were standing right over the boy.

He looked so innocent, laying there dreaming a dream that pretty much every body dreams. The slow and steady rise and fall of his chest told the men that he was in a deep sleep. Pretty much dead to the world. If they were to make a move, they would have to make it now and keep it quiet. The other child, obviously his sister slept several feet away and they didn't know if she was a light sleeper.

A large hand clamped a damp cloth over his nose and mouth. John never opened his eyes before the chemical that soaked the cloth took effect. The boy would be sleeping for quite some time. Just before their drop ship took off, they would inject him with some medicine that would make sure that he slept soundly the whole way to Reach.

With him now ready for transport, the taller man carefully scooped up the boy and carried him toward the window with the shorter man right on his heels. So far so good. It wouldn't be much longer now before they were back home.

The shorter man climbed out the window without a sound and turned to take the sleeping boy. The taller man reached out to drop the boy in his partner's arms when his foot kicked a toy making an awful clattering sound. His breath caught in his throat, and he knew that the girl had to have heard that.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the girl sit up quickly and stare wide eyed at him. There was no time, he had to keep her from screaming. Quickly he tossed the sleeping boy into his partner's waiting arms and in several quick steps crossed the room once more to the girl and clamped the damp cloth over her nose and mouth. She struggled with all her might, but the man easily over powered her and she lost consciousness.

There was no choice but to take her with them. She had seen their face and saw them taking her brother. There was no way they could leave her behind now. Without a word, he threw her over his shoulder and made his way back to the window and crawled out.

"Wait. We can't…"

"We don't have much choice now. She saw us. She knows."

Both children were taken to a Pelican where they were placed gently in the back and soon it took off to the ship that waited in space to take them back to Reach. Once in that ship, everybody seemed to relax. The hard part was over. They knew that this very moment, other teams were gathering the rest of the Spartans and they would all meet up on Reach where their missions would end.

The first phase of the Spartan project had been achieved without a problem more our less, but that was the easy part. The hard part was what to come. It wasn't going to be hard for the already soldiers, but for the new Spartans. Their training, all that they will learn and many more. As of right now, they all slept peacefully, not aware of what was to come.

Dr. Halsey prepared herself to introduce herself to her Spartans. This was just the beginning for them and she felt terrible for what she had to put them through, but if she didn't, all of mankind would be wiped out.

The girl in her office will have to wait until after she addressed the Spartans. Taking a deep breath, she stepped out of her office, and made her way to the large room where eventually all the children will be learning of their fate.

TBC…

*NOTE*

Yeah so let me know what you think. I've tried to start this story many times, but didn't like how it sounded. It's taken me so many times and so much time to finally get it to somewhat acceptable to post. Hope y'all like it!