User:Matt-256/Necros Specials

This is a collection standalone chapters related to events in the Necros Universe, whether it be holidays or events related to the era itself.

Valentine's Spartan Day
2231 HOURS, FEBRUARY 14, 2605 (MILITARY CALENDAR)/ARCTURAS SYSTEM, CAMP SPARTA, ARCTURAS

David looked behind him in the barely lit hallway. No one there. The hallway was as empty as David’s courage bar, had such a thing existed. He was sweating, his heart beat fast. He was nervous, to the point of shaking. Man up he whispered to himself. This is not how a Spartan should be acting. Being certain nothing but he was in the hallway, he walked quietly towards the exit. He approached the rectangular door, but made sure nothing was watching him before stepping out into the white, snow-covered ground. The sun had set several hours ago, and the stars shone brightly with the lack of clouds on the black sky. The trees were also covered in snow, giving off a whitish glow in the moon and starlight. David suddenly jumped surprisingly as a holographic image of a roman soldier appeared on a pad just beside the opened door. It appeared the blue-hued AI had chosen its avatar to look suspicious this time, although that was its preferred look. "What now, Antonius?" David asked, trying to sound as normal as possible, something he somewhat succeeded in. But his heart was still beating fast. The avatar continued to look suspicious, loitering over its rectangular, slightly curved shield. "I think I should be the one asking you." The AI said, the voice filled with arrogance. "First, you watched your back ever since you left your quarters." David started to feel disgusted. He couldn’t recall any moment when he had hated the AI more, an astonishing achievement, considering it always got on his nerves. But spying on him was a new low. "Second" the AI continued as if nothing had happened "you leave the building during the night, when everyone else is in their quarters. Sounds suspicious; or maybe it’s just me." David knew that what the AI had really meant with its last sentence was 'what are you doing and why, tell me now'. "So what if I want to take a walk in the fresh air?" David replied, remaining calm on the outside, although he was shivering on the inside, and his heart which wouldn’t stop beating... "I think we can both agree on that you wouldn’t leave like this just for a late-night stroll." The AI said, still with the same arrogant tone as before, though the face of the avatar started to look more and more annoyed than arrogant. "What is your real business out of the Omega encampment tonight?" "Even if I was doing something shady, it’s none of your concern" David said with determination, trying to threaten the AI. It appeared to have ignored him, however, as it simply replied to his statement. "It is my business if you’re doing something that breaks regulations." "And I suppose it didn’t appear obvious to you that I haven’t actually broken any regulations yet?" David asked sarcastically, continuing to stare at the AI. The avatar was visibly struggling to hold back an angry look. "I know the regulations!" the AI exclaimed, before its processors calmed it down. "But, I have the right to be suspicious of your behavior. While you are always unpredictable and unstable, this is an abnormality even by your standards, one that is worth reporting." ''Unpredictable? Unstable? Then what was it?'' David angrily thought to himself. "Fine, report me to my CO if that’s what you want, I’m sure that he’ll find it very interesting, so interesting in fact that he would dismiss Omega Company’s training and put the entire Office of Naval Intelligence on investigating why I walked out of my quarters to take a walk outside the dormitory at a beautiful night." Finally, the AI appeared unsecure, unsure of what action to take next, what to say next. It stared at David with deep disrespect for a while, then finally cut off the holographic projection and the avatar disappeared. David, smiling and feeling more secured and satisfied continued his walk through the snow, passing a few trees. He approached several identical buildings to the Omega Company dormitory, each marked with a large yellow-glowing letter signifying the company inhabiting the dormitory. He passed the buildings marked A (Albion Company, lead by the never-serious Lavernius-108), B (Bravo, lead by Ajax-013, a somewhat unstable Spartan skilled in engineering), C (Charlie, lead by Melanie-038, the undisputed stealth expert of the IIs), D (Delta, Fred-104’s company) and E (Easy, lead by Kelly-087, known for being the closest to John-117), until he arrived at the building marked with an F, standing for Fox company, lead by Cassandra-115, the 'Spartan beauty'. He walked past the entrance, searching for the 'elongation' on the building housing the Company commander’s quarters. He turned around a corner and found it. He relaxed as he saw one of the windows were open. He searched his pocket and picked up a crumbled piece of paper. He tossed the ball in through the open window, and he heard the distant sound of something light falling to the room’s floor. He crossed his thumbs and prayed that it didn’t turn out bad. He heard someone moving in the room, judging from the sound sitting up in a bed and picking up something from the floor. Several minutes passed, and David started shivering as it got colder. Finally, the paper ball was thrown out of the window from inside the room. David moved quietly to pick it up. He flattened out the paper to its original state. He was stuck with another wave of anxiousness as he stared on the paper. He flipped the paper to the other side so that he didn’t see the response written on the back of the paper. In an attempt to make himself feel better, he first reread what he had written on the paper first before crumbling it:

Dear Cassie

''How was your day? Any new training methods or drills? Or just the same as the whole week? CO and Antonius (the AI), told me to do the same drills again. I chose to ignore both of them and had the recruits do something new. I think they benefitted greatly from it, but I wonder what CO will say. I don’t expect anything notable to happen however, I’ve taken initiatives on my own before for the benefit of my recruits, and CO haven’t said much. Don’t think it would be different now.''

''Well, I just wanted to check how you had it, seeing as it isn’t just a normal day, but Valentine’s Day. I understand if it carries no meaning to you, but I just want to say Happy Valentine’s Day anyway.''

Your beloved,

David

After reading it, David noticed that the writing was shaky. He realized that she would know that he had been shaking because he was so nervous. He wasn’t sure if he was doing right, or if he was doing something wrong, he had no experience of Valentine’s Day when having a girlfriend (he noted that it sounded so childish to call her that, and corrected it to lover in his mind). He swallowed deep, and then turned the paper around to read Cassandra’s response.

Dear David

''You don’t need to be nervous (I could tell as soon as I read what you wrote), I know this is your first Valentine’s Day with a woman who loves you that you love back, but you shouldn’t make a big deal out of it. The thing with you taking your own initiative? That’s one of many traits you have that makes you into you. And it’s that you that I love, not a nervous wreckage falling apart.''

Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetheart, have a pleasant week.

Your beloved,

Cassie

David sighed with relief. He felt clearly as he got warmer inside and felt happier than he had all week. He hadn’t turned it into a catastrophe at all. Suddenly, it felt like he could do anything. He tore apart the paper in as small pieces as he could and dropped the pieces in the nearest trash can on the way back. Perhaps there was something special with this day David thought to himself.