A/N: After years of reading from this site, I have finally gathered both the courage and idea to create a fanfic of my own. In other words, this is my first time writing to this or any other fanfic site. I'll appreciate any CONSTRUCTIVE criticism to the story, which I know is far from perfect. With that being said, here's the first chapter, and please leave a comment about how you feel about it!

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Spartan-103 Alpha Company

"Why am I considered MIA?" S-103 was utterly confused in regards to what he was seeing. "Also, what does me being listed as MIA have to do with the Shaw-Fujikawa engine?"

The ONI agent before him said nothing. Instead, S-103 found a holo-pad thrust under his nose.

"The holo-console should explain everything. Report at the designated location midnight tomorrow." Turning on his heel, the agent walked off briskly. Within seconds, he had been swallowed in the darkness. Even to 103's trained ears, the whirr of the engine was barely visible as the ONI officer drove off.

Sighing, the diminutive Spartan V slumped down onto his bunk. Disinterested eyes scanned through the mission briefing carelessly. He'd memorize all of the details anyway. He always did.

The sudden orders were nothing new for the UNSC Marine Corps' deadliest Spartan. Indeed, his reputation was well earned. In typical UNSC fashion, S-103 found himself thrown at an entire division with no backup for his first mission. Evidently, ONI felt that wiping out the entire Army Group instead of just the division did not match up to typical Spartan behavior. As a result, the number of missions had only increased. Within a month, he'd become the UNSC's personal nuke, devastating anything his superiors dropped him on.

"If only I hadn't run into that armored division during my extraction," S-103 sighed as he finished the last of the report. "I'd be just a normal Spartan in a regular Spartan team."

Then his brain finished processing what he'd been absentmindedly reading.

Slowly, he raised the holo-pad back to his eyes and began to re-read the information. This was not something he'd expected at all. The ONI agent had spoken the truth. Everything did make sense to him now. But did they really have to make him MIA for this? Couldn't they just give him a mission with a timeline of "indefinite"? Seriously. ONI had a terrible grasp on the meaning of "MIA" to a Spartan.