Shadownet: Part I

[Kazimeras Dusanek]

"Commander Satoshi," spoke one of the guards. "We'll take him from here."

Satoshi nodded, lets Kaz go, and activated her suit's camouflage. "Take him back to his room, and restrain him, and put two guards at his door." She ordered them, and quickly left to chase after the other one who tried to escape.

'Commander?' thought Kaz curiously.

A couple of armed guard roughly picked him up after handcuffing him, and took him back to the hospital.

[The Golden Sentinal]

Still Pinned, I slowly stop my struggling, and then calmly ask her. "Are you responsible for whats happening to me?"

"No, I am here to facilitate your recovery for now. although I didn't expect you to run away." replied the woman.

"What is your name?" I ask, just one of many burning questions raging through my mind.

"Satoshi, but until you earn my respect, you will call me Commander." replied the woman, her voice hard and kurt. "Take this man back to his room, and restrain him."

As she said this, 4 guards came and snatched me, carrying me by my limbs with me screaming "YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME!!"

[Kazimeras Dusanek]

They took him back all right, but they didn't exactly take him back to his room. They took off the handcuffs and pushed him into a holding cell, and shut the thick steel door behind him. He staggered forward and fell to his hands and knees. Breathing heavily, he stayed there in that position for a minute, and then slowly stood up and looked around. There was nothing here, except for a chair in the middle, facing where there was a large clear window to another room. A bright light came on above him, and a voice ordered him to sit.

Reluctantly, he obeyed and sat down on the chair.

The woman, Commander Satoshi entered the room that was seperated by the window, and sat in a more comfortable chair. She looked at him squarely in the eyes, and spoke through an intercom.

"I understand how you are feeling about all of this," she began, "Being forcefully taken by ONI, and placed into the Shadownet Project without your consent."

"You...don't understand..how I feel, Commander," Kaz said in disgust. He frowned at her. "Why was I taken?"

"I will get to it, Sergeant Major Dusanek -"

"No. Tell me NOW!" He stood up quickly, knocking the chair on its side. "You people took me and did this shit to me, and I WANT SOME ANSWERS!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. Rage building inside of him.

Two guards entered the room quickly, guns drawn. Satoshi looked at them and raised her hand.

"It wasn't me who did this," she mentioned, "I'm only here to help those who survived. You were selected by top ranking ONI personal who are the heads of this project, due to your abilities, skill, and leadership in combat."

Kaz narrowed his eyes. "How many of us did you people take?"

"Twenty. Only you and the other have been successful so far."

"Only two...?"

"Yes," she said. "It's a unfortunate risk the Shadownet Project is, but there are more threats out there to worry about than the Covenant, and the fact that the Covenant is weakened, new threats are coming up...or will."

"Why not use the Spartans instead?" he asked.

"Because...the Shadownet Project has more of an advantage than the Spartans..." she went on, "An example would be stealth, as you can recall what happened to you outside with me."

He looked at her, but said nothing.

"If you don't have any more questions, then I will leave to talk to the other young man."

Kaz slowly rubbed his goatee, and shook his head. "No, Commander."

"Very well." And with that, she left.