answers to reviewers questions ot statements:

DannyPhantom619: Oh you have no idea the kinds of hell these two will raise.

Gamerslegacy: There will be one Marvel woman at the moment and we just met her last chapter.

90skid4life: Possibly, I think I have a way for them to actually interact, physically speaking. But it'll be a while till we get to that, like the events of Halo 4 while.

Movienerd74: A few might and Cortana may or may not troll them because of it while one uping them every step of the way.

hadrian le fay: The reason why Carter was flying the Pelican was because Peter was tasked with getting the AI to the Autumn and the skies were too heavily patrolled by the Covenant for them to make it and the Pelican was too heavily damaged, it's not because Carter was a crap pilot, and the Scarabs were hardly the issue. And Kat not moving fast enough wasn't the issue, the issue was that her armor's shields had gone offline because of he radiation spike from the Covenant glassing. And what are the chances that if one of the saber pilots or Marines that was with Six and Five will even survive long enough to set off the bomb, the ship was still filled with Covenant soldiers and would have a higher chance of dying then Jorge did. Several of the women are Spartans and Peter in this is a Spartan, they're gonna be working together a lot because there's gonna be so few left until the end of the war, so I'm not sure how they won't be working together often. And just because Miranda is an un-augmented human doesn't mean she still can't be with Peter, Buck and Veronica are still together and he's a Spartan. And Linda doesn't have a suppressed sex drive, plenty of Spartans have shown romantic feelings to others and just because Cortana is an AI doesn't mean she and Peter can't have a relationship, it wont be physical obviously, but not all romances need physical intimacy.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Halo chracaters seen, mentioned or used.

Reach July 27, 2552, 00:15 hours...

If there's one draw back to the hyper advance Mjolnir armor, aside from the cost, it's weight, bulk and difficulty repairing, it was how long it took to remove after a mission. The process would take even longer if the suit sustained extensive physical damage to the outer and inner layers of the suit, which Peter's had when he was struck by a Hunter on his last mission.

"Are you guys almost done yet?" Peter asked with a sigh as he watched the technicians slowly remove the chest portion of his armor while trying to not agitate his fractured ribs "You guys seem to be taking longer than usual"

"Sorry sir, but parts of the armor caved into your chest and punctured the bodysuit you have underneath. We're worried if we move to fast it could cause even more damage" one of the techs said with a sympathetic expression on his face.

Peter grumbled in annoyance while the rest of Noble Team, all de-armored and outfitted in their own titanium nanocomposite bodysuits, stood by and waited for their teammate to finish up.

"Complaining isn't going to make the process go by any faster Six" Jorge chuckled as he watched the techs try to safely remove the armor from Noble's newest member as fast as they reasonably could.

"Easy for you to say, you've been out of your armor for twenty minutes now" Peter responded as the techs finally began to slowly remove the chest piece while several others behind him began to work on the damaged back piece "And this armor's digging into places that I'd rather not mention in the presence of a lady"

At this, Jorge slapped Emile on the shoulder "Well you heard him Emile. Bests step out for a few minutes so you don't feel uncomfortable when the tech's begin to take the man's armor off"

"Fuck you" Emile said dryly.

Jorge grinned while Carter spoke with the head tech in regards to the time it'll take to repair Peter's armor for their next mission.

"It might take a few days for us to even begin making any sort of repairs sir..." the tech said as he went over the extensive internal damage of Spartan B-312's armor "Command is pushing us to finish the rest of the Mark-V's for the Spartan-II's for an upcoming mission"

"What mission?" Carter asked with a frown, casting a curious glance at Jorge who looked equally perplexed.

"Don't know sir" the tech said with a shrug "All I know is that Doctor Halsey wants the newest suits to be outfitted with a new crystalline layer that will allow a Spartan to support carrying a A.I. for field operations"

Carter quirked a brow at this while Peter spoke up as the chest piece of his armor was finally removed and a few techs and a on scene medic began to asses the damage to his chest while the back portion of his armor was finally removed.

"Wait, how come we aren't getting that kind of upgrade to our armor?" Peter asked.

"Are you willing to wait three weeks for it?" the tech said as he glanced at Peter with a quirked brow.

Peter blinked at this before he sighed "My new armor better have it..."

"We'll be sure to let command know. Maybe if we ask nicely, they'll give us the hand me downs" Kat said dryly as she leaned against a console and watched as the techs began to store Peter's armor away for maintenance at a later date, hopefully before their new mission.

"What's wrong with our current armor?" Jun asked with a snort as he folded his arms across his chest "Isn't our state of the art tech good enough? Or do you prefer the cheap SPI armor with zero energy shielding, less protection then the bodysuits were wearing now and even less fancy gizmos that make us more effective than several squads of ODSTs combined'?"

"Well when you put it like that..." Peter said as he stepped off the fitting station platform while a medic followed him with a pad that showed a X-ray shot of his chest cavity and his slowly healing ribs.

"I'm sure our armors will be fitted with something like that at a later time Peter" Carter said with a grin.

"Assuming we're not sent out on a suicide mission" Emile said in a bored tone.

"Don't jinx us, jackass" Kat said as she slapped the back of the man's head hard enough to cause him to wince in pain.

"What, you know it's true" Emile said as he rubbed his head "Also how the hell does your normal hand hurt more than your prosthetic?"

"Fuck you, that's how" Kat replied with a smirk, causing Peter and Jun to snicker at Emile as he scowled at the woman.

Peter was about to say something before he heard a sound of surprise from the medic following him. He glanced at the shorter man with a raised brow.

"There a problem?" he asked.

The medic blinked up at Peter before he returned his attention to the tablet in his hands "Uh no sir. It's just... well it's just your ribs are already healing at a remarkably fast rate. In fact if I'm reading this right, they could be fully healed in a few hours"

Peter shrugged in response to the medic's baffled expression while the rest of Noble Team looked at Peter with varying degrees of curiosity, minus Kat and Carter. Before Peter could say anything, an announcement was made over the room's intercoms requesting Spartan B-312's presence in the medical wing.

"Oh joy..." Peter said dryly while Carter nodded towards the man.

"Get moving Six"

"Aye sir. Come on doc, you can better examine my miraculous healing while even more doctors poke and prod at me" Peter said with a sigh as he made his way towards the door with the medic right behind him, still reading his vitals.

…

"So tell me Peter, how have you been since we've last met?" Professor Agnes said as she reviewed Peter's medical charts and compared his rate of healing and previous injures to what she was monitoring now.

"Fine" Peter said with a shrug as he sat on a bed while the doctor examined him after he was dropped off here and the medic that accompanied him was sent on his way by the good doctor.

Though Peter thought associating 'good' with Professor Agnes was a bit insulting... for 'good'.

The Spartan-III doesn't know too much about Professor Agnes other than that she was sixty nine but looked ten years older, divorced with no children and used to work on the Spartan-II program, particularly the area that dealt with their biological health and augmentations, before she was reassigned to the Spartan-III's after the eradication of Alpha Company during Operation: PROMETHEUS for the same purpose. After Peter graduated and was reassigned to ONI and underwent further augmentations that mirrored the legendary Project Rebirth, she was assigned to be his personal doctor of sorts. At least, that was the answer that Peter was given when he questioned it.

"That's good to hear" Agnes said as she brought another screen up to examine the state of Peter's ribs "I see your healing is as fast as ever. You should be fine by this afternoon"

"Yippie" Peter said with a dry smile "Cant wait to get back out there and get shot at by genocidal aliens"

The Professor chuckled at this "It could be worse"

"That it could... that it could..." Peter said with a small nod as he leaned back on a pillow on the bed "So Professor, not that I don't mind seeing you, but what brings you all the way back to Reach? I thought you were assigned back to..." Peter trailed off as he tried to think of a way to mention Onyx without actually mentioning it "The other facilities"

Agnes snorted at this as she typed a few notes down on her tablet "ONI is thinking of starting up a third class of Spartan-II's and wanted my medical insight on how to go about doing it since I helped Halsey with the original medical screenings for the first candidates and because of my work on the augmentation procedures for Beta and Gamma company"

Peter frowned at this "Third class? What happened to the Second? Hell, since when was there ever a second class of Spartan-II's?"

"Classified" Agnes said a she glanced at Peter with a look in her eye that said to leave it alone for the time being "But let's just say, ONI had once again underestimated the Covenant"

Peter grimaced at this before he nodded "Roger that..."

A somewhat tense silence settled in the room as Agnes examined more of Peter's charts and asked him a few more questions pertaining to his health that she hadn't already. Was he eating enough, has his appetite changed, is he getting enough sleep, were there any lingering pains or aches from the Rebirth augmentations.

"There something your looking for doc?" Peter asked after Agnes finished her mini integration.

"Peter, your quite possibly the physically most powerful human alive, in history even" Agnes said as she stared at Peter with a serious expression "Your physical strength outside of your armor alone is nearly on par with a Spartan-II in armor, speed too. It's a miracle that you don't tear your armor apart when ever you exert yourself too much"

Peter shrugged at this "Some modifications on my part and months of learning to not use my full speed and strength while wearing it. Though I'm told that the Mark-VI will be able to take my full strength and speed without me having to tinker with it or hold myself back... supposedly"

Agnes nodded at this "Well, let's hope you live long enough to use it"

"You and me both Doc" Peter said with a quiet laugh as Agnes jotted down a few notes before she started to head for the door.

"Now sit here, I have to go and fetch something from my new office. Shouldn't take long" Agnes said before she stopped at the door and turned towards Peter with a frown "And I mean it, stay here. I don't want you roaming around again because you got bored of waiting"

"Yes ma'am..." Peter snorted as he settled on to the bed and waited for the doctor to return.

Several minutes passed as Peter stared up at the ceiling, his mind wandering from one subject to another before he noticed that he wasn't alone in the room. Peter glanced at the doorway and was greeted to the sight of a beautiful red head in a black business suit looking at him with a bemused grin on her face.

"Мой паук…" she chuckled as she entered the room, the door closing behind her before securing.

"Agent Romanoff" Peter said with a nod towards the Russian descent as she approached his bed.

Captain Natasha Romanoff, one of, if not the best of ONI's agents when it comes to espionage, recon, data retrieval or termination and infiltration.

As far as Peter knew, which wasn't all that much when it came to her, she's been working for ONI since the 2490's and that she was inducted into some sort of black ops program called Project Orion back during the days of the Insurrection led by the late Colonel Robert Watts. Even though she looked only to be in her late twenties or very early thirties, she was almost three times that age. All the years she's been in cryo, the numerous added biological augmentations that ONI put her through after she left Project Orion and just generally keeping herself in good shape did wonders for her physique.

"How are your ribs?" she said as she glanced at some of the readings on a nearby screen.

"Fine, they should be fully healed in a few hours" Peter said with a simple shrug "They advise me to avoid getting into a fist fight with a Hunter for the foreseeable future"

"Something tells me your going to ignore that advise B-312" Natasha smirked a little at the young man that outside of his armor almost looked every bit the twenty two year old that he was supposed to be... almost.

"Hey, it's either that or a fuel rod round to the chest. I'll take my chances with a broken rib cage" Peter said with a snort.

The red head hummed as she read more of the medic's findings "So how's your new team?"

Peter quirked a brow at this "Fine, why?"

"No reason, you just seem very friendly with them" the ONI Spook commented.

"Well, their Spartans, why wouldn't I be friendly towards my own kind?" Peter said with a eye roll.

At this, Romanoff gave Peter a blank stare "Peter, I've seen your interactions with other Three's over the years along with Grey Team. You were as sociable and as friendly to them as a Engineer to other species that don't have something for them to tinker with"

Peter scowled at this "No I wasn't"

"Yes, you were" Romanoff said as she fixed Peter with a slightly harder stare "Even by Spartan standards you were highly withdrawn"

Peter adverted his eyes from the red head at this. He didn't think he was that bad, plus working for ONI meant working with ONI personnel and they weren't the most friendly bunch in the UNSC. In fact, Peter was surprised and even baffled by the sheer cut throat environment that it was. It was a wonder anything ever gotten done in the shady organization.

'Can see why so many people up and left them...' Peter thought as memories of several of his 'missions' for ONI came to mind.

"Have you been getting much sleep?" Natasha asked, her gaze on Peter with something that wasn't exactly concern but could still be classified as some sort of relative to it.

"...A little, yeah" Peter said with a small nod.

"Any more nightmares?" she asked gently.

"They come and go. Not as often but their still there" Peter sighed.

Natasha nodded at this before adverting her gaze "I should have gotten you out sooner"

"You did your best" Peter said with a faint grin "Even the infamous 'Black Widow' can't beat the slow agonizing hell that is paperwork. Especially ONI's"

"You'd be surprised by what I can and can't do" Natasha said with a small grin.

"Oh believe me, I know what you can and can't do" Peter said with a chuckle "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were a Spartan yourself"

Natasha smirked a little as she came and sat down on the edge of Peter's bed "ONI is asking me to become the handler for another Spartan. Some kid straight out of Gamma Company"

"They any good?" Peter asked.

"He's good, from what I've seen" Natasha said with a nod before she frowned "But I'm not taking the assignment"

Peter's eyes widened at this "Really, why?"

"I think my days as a handler, as a field agent for ONI, are coming to an end" Natasha said as she ran a hand through her red hair "I'm putting in a transfer back to Earth. Hopefully by November, I'll be back on the mother world"

"Your from Earth, right?" Peter said as he adjusted his seat on the bed "You were born in one of the countries there"

"Russia, Moscow" Natasha said with a grin as she looked at the wall with a distant look on her face "I haven't been back to Earth in almost thirty years. The closest I got was Mars"

"Jesus..." Peter said with a whistle "Bet a lot has changed since you've been gone"

"Most likely" Natasha said in agreement before she turned her attention back to Peter "Perhaps when you get there, I'll give you a tour. Best I can any how"

"What makes you think I'll be going to Earth?" Peter said with amusement and a bit of intrigue in his tone.

Though he's never set foot on Earth, let alone see the homeworld of humanity in person, he doesn't see a reason for him to be sent there. the UNSC would much rather he be out on the front lines, fighting back the Covenant armada as it slowly makes it's way through the Inner Colonies.

"At the rate the Covenant is moving, and the fact they've found Reach, it's only a matter of time until they locate Earth. If the UNSC is smart, which I know Lord Hood and General Hogan and Major General Strauss are, they'll be calling back all surviving Three's and Two's to re-enforce their defenses" Natasha stated.

Peter sighed at this "Not how I hoped my first trip to Earth would be, but beggars can't be choosers in this day and age I guess... still would have preferred to visit Earth because I wanted to, not because I was told to"

"Maybe when this war is over, and if we and Earth survives, you can" Natasha said.

"But would ONI allow it?" Peter said as he looked into Natasha's eye "What's to stop them from dragging me back under their thumb the moment this was is over and no one's looking?"

Natasha's answer, was silence.

...

"Doctor, I think your overreacting a bit too much"

"To think that ONI would actually have the gull to make them without me!" Halsey snapped, barely paying attention to Cortana's words as she studied the information on the data drive that the team of 'Spartans' had recovered "God only knows what short cuts ONI took with their recruitment"

Cortana sighed at this "Doctor-"

"And what's worse, they've outfitted them in the Mark-V!" Halsey said as she turned towards the advance A.I. with a frown "My Spartans armor isn't even ready for field testing yet! How the Hell did ONI not only get several variants manufactured but have them already equipped?"

"Well, ONI did say that they would handle the testing for you before you decided to out fit the Spartans, Doctor" Cortana pointed out as she folded her arms across her holographic chest "Or maybe they've been running a manufacturing of their own Mjolnir armor paced with yours since the beginning. I mean, remember when you found out that they've been supplying ODST squads with that advance set of SPI armor? With the prototype shielding you've spent years developing?"

"Yes..." Halsey said with a sigh as she pinched the ridge of her nose "Though now I'm beginning to think it wasn't ODST's they were outfitting, but this apparent second group of 'Spartans'... I don't see ONI going through that much trouble to outfit a bunch of ODST's that are as valuable to ONI as a paper cup of coffee is to me"

Cortana frowned at the way Halsey said 'Spartans' "You don't think their as good as the Two's? From the recordings we saw, they seemed every bit as capable as the others. The one Spartan, Six, despite his injuries and damage to his armor was able to keep pace with Spartan-052"

"Yes... I noticed" Halsey said as her gaze drifted to another screen that held the recordings of this 'Noble Team' and their actions during the siege of Sword Base. She'll give the 'Spartans' credit, they seemed capable and well trained and from what she saw, Jorge had no qualms working with them and his performance didn't seem to be suffering for it "Doesn't mean I have to like it Cortana..."

"Of course" the advance A.I. said with a nod while internally she was confused by Halsey's distaste for these Spartans 'Dose she dislike them because their ONI's or because she has no control or influence over them like she does her own Spartans?'

Cortana knew better then to voice such things, but she found it hard to believe that Halsey was being this petty over something so trivial. Yes the Spartan-II program was her's, but when it came down to it, the Spartans, which fell under the ORION Project, which in itself was part of the long running Project Phoenix, the successor to the legendary Project Rebirth that created the very first Super Solider, Steve Rogers, belonged to the UNSC and ONI, which in turn belonged to the United Earth Government.

'I hate to say this Doctor, but the only thing you can legitimately claim as yours from the Spartan-II project is the Mjolnir armor' Cortana thought as she watched Halsey return to studying the information retrieved from the relay outpost.

"Have you made a decision yet?" Halsey asked suddenly, causing Cortana to quirk her heat the woman.

"About?"

"Which Spartan you'll be paired with" Halsey said as she glanced at the A.I.

"I've narrowed it down to three possible candidates" Cortana said before she brought up four small holographic images on Halsey's table "Spartan-117, Spartan-104, and Spartan-058"

Halsey nodded at the names "John, Frederic and Linda"

"Out of all of their fellow Spartans, they each posses something rather unique that sets them apart" Cortana said with a nod "Though I think that I may have to cross 058 off my list soon. I don't think she and I would get along too well"

"What makes you say that?" Halsey said with a raised brow.

"She's too quite for my tastes. Even by Spartan standards she's quiet" Cortana said with a smirk "And when has a sniper ever liked someone talking in their ear all the time?"

"A fair point, though I think you underestimate her ability to adapt to working with an A.I. such as yourself" Halsey said before she returned her attention back to her work when her terminal made a sound "Now let's see what we have here..."

Cortana watched as Halsey went back to work before she shut off her holographic projection to continue her research into Fred and John's profiles... and that of the 'other Spartans'. If worse came to worse, she could always plead innocent by arguing that she was instructed to study the Spartans and their various missions to choose a partner and she had no idea that ONI had apparently made a new batch of Spartans, without Halsey's knowledge or influence.

Cortana shook her head at this 'Why does that sound so much better than the reality of when this catches up with me?'

And with that, she began her search on these illusive, unknown Spartans...

...

And done.

Next chapter, Peter and Jun investigate a mysterious dark zone...