My Shadow of Intent
My Name is Spartan Lieutenant Madeline A-298 I'm... "employed" by ONI Section 4, Given the fact I was an Orphaned child when I was inducted into the Spartan III program. They told us we'd get the Revenge we wanted by being their most lethal weapons. They lied, gave us faulty equipment yet we still got the job done. I was an angry little recruit, a pissed off ball of anger that made me one of the few kids that Section 4 took interest in. my ability to get the job done at a distance or get my hands dirty no matter the cost granted me entrance into the Headhunter program. Equipment was still shitty but it's better than the standard issue most 3s had, Better Gel Later and Metal Plating for sustained fire. The Headhunters were already only a few yet during my first three incursions deep behind Enemy lines I got my Call Sign "Hex".
If you haven't learned what a Witches Hex is somewhere in the last 1000 years then I'll tell you, when a witch casts her Hex on you she is essentially marking you for death. I'm sure you know where I'm going with this, all three of my partners died at the hands of the Covenant while working with me. first it was my twin brother, then my Dino, Then Lucy.... To a civilian they'd have broken by now but the mission always comes first. Success at any cost was the price we agreed to, to get the vengeance we wanted. They taught us how to harness that hate and give it back to the Covenant, it's the best skill I excel at, the mission would be complete with no witnesses and no survivors other than me. Every time two went in I was the only one to make it back to ONI and give them the debriefs they rarely have. My fellow Hunters didn't want to be paired with me, Command cited the word Cursed in several of the refusal statements. So since I was a clear asset to ONI with apparent skills beyond my peers considering I have to complete missions alone, they gave me the final promotion to Lone Wolf Headhunter. My call sign wasn't my name but they saw it fitting to call me "Hex" since no friend or foe ever survives. I'd be given my own Mjolnir armor set like the Spartan 2s along with some more augments to allow me to function alone in the field. They would task me with much of the same missions operatives like Spartan B-312 and Agent Locks went on. Which meant a high chance of no return, but I have held a small bit of Lucy's death out of my report cause it would jeopardize my vengeance. There was one special elite that snuck up on us in perfect silence getting Lucy by the throat before getting away. He was too good to be a normal Spec ops sangheili warrior, I didn't have the knowledge on every hidden rank of the Covenant at the time to guess. But now after years of assignments of Lone Wolf assassinations and Sabotage I saw the name on the ONI Hit List... He was a member of the Silent Shadow, I took the assignment before any other Headhunter could get their Intel. If the Silent Shadow truly do remain than the Hex that Elite has on his head is about to feel the warm sensation of a 50 cal Pierce his skull. Because now the Hunter is the Hunted....
