<strong>Name:</strong>Jonathan Gates<br/><strong>Rank:</strong>PFC<br/><strong>Branch:</strong>UNSC Army<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Falaknuma Ship Docks<br/><em>"Enemies to the End"</em><br/><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c0/Vasili_Avatar.jpg)</div><br/>As Jonathan walked away from the Ohana booth he casually did his normal rounds.<br/>No, not the one's set for him by the UNSC Army. The rounds he made for himself, which took him past every facility on the docks. Whether they be Shops, Dock Procedure Facilities, nearby Slums, etc.<br/>Everyone either stayed away or approached him.<br/>Black and White.<br/>There was no Gray. No punks kissing up to him. No Black Market merchants trying to suck up to him. No Crime Lords trying to talk down on him.<br/><br/>Then...<br/>Life seemed to just stop.<br/>Everyone who was out on the streets ran in and locked their doors. Those unfortunate to be caught outside sat in corners and stared at the wall.<br/>No one made a sound.<br/>No one dared to look.<br/><br/>Up ahead, there was another Soldier walking the same alley as Gates.<br/>An Army Captain.<br/>The tension in the air went from laxed to Mach 3 heavy, and got heavier and heavier with each step the men took.<br/><br/>Jonathan Gates had no real problems with anyone else...except this one.<br/>This one got his blood running to the point of pre-mature hard on.<br/>But not the type where he'd want to desire him as a partner.<br/>A strong, a very strong desire to Kill.<br/>These two men knew each other from the War.<br/>These two men were of opposite sides of the same coin.<br/>Jonathan Gates was an ODST and a true frontline soldier.<br/>Captain Locke Itur was a child-soldier from the day he was born until the age of eight where he was taken in by Rebels and trained to be a no-nonsense-do-your-job-or-die Agent. At the age of 17 he began his career as a UNSC Army Officer who received special Training and Missions from the Office of Naval Intelligence.<br/>The type of missions that required there to be no witnesses.<br/><br/><hr/><strong>Name:</strong>Locke Itur<br/><strong>Rank:</strong>Captain<br/><strong>Branch:</strong>UNSC Army<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Falaknuma Ship Docks - A few minutes earlier<br/><br/>Locke Itur.<br/>Captain was just a Rank.<br/>Something to show for on paper.<br/>Truthfully, ONI should have done away with him the second they heard of him.<br/>But they didn't.<br/>And now he had share air with specks of dirt like Gates.<br/><em>Spartan</em>Gates.<br/>Spartan was just a Title.<br/>Something to show for on paper.<br/><br/>During the War Itur had run across countless of Humanity's precious Spartans.<br/>Spartan IIs & IIIs.<br/>Some of them he let live because of...circumstances.<br/>Others he killed.<br/>Some gave him a fair fight and didn't die right away.<br/>But he survived them all only to be done in by some regular cannon fodder Trooper by the name of Jonathan Gates.<br/><br/>Back then he was just some one out of a million Soldier.<br/>Just some regular guy whom he'd killed hundreds of thousands of millions of times in hundreds of thousands of millions of ways.<br/>And yet, here was...<br/>Years later, walking before him.<br/><br/>In the blink of an eye, Itur could remember the day Gates became a constant thorn in his side.<br/>PFC Jon Gates' first assignment as an ODST was not to Gunny Bucks Fire Team, but to another Unit completely separate of Bucks, but stationed on a Ship docked at Reach.<br/>There were rumors of a Covenant Invasion making its way around and Itur had been assigned the mission of keeping it hidden until it was confirmed by Noble Team.<br/>On the same night of Noble Teams Infiltration Mission, a Squad of ODSTs reinforcing an Army Unit, who were down a few Squads due to a Food Poisoning, followed signs of conflict from an emptied out Locals village to an old abandoned Military Structure.<br/>There they split up to search the entire building as a whole.<br/>Gates was separated from his Fire Team when part of a stairway collapsed.<br/>Minus Gates, the Squad regrouped in a large room in the center of the building where they were ambushed by what little Covenant Itur had yet to eliminate.<br/>Before they could link up with the UNSC Battle Net and report anything, Itur swooped in and killed them all.<br/>Gates showed up for the last of it.<br/>For the next five minutes the Marine tried his best to take down Itur. If not kill him, then at least restrain him and get Justice. But every time he tried, he failed. Locke Itur was just that much better in Skill.<br/>Gates had more luck. He used his Sergeants Pistol to put a round into Itur's chest. Through his heart.<br/><br/>After the fact Gates ran to get back up, but upon return all that was left were the bodies of his ODST squad. Itur nor the Covenant were nowhere to be found.<br/>The same night he had lost his Squad he was about to be thrown into the Brig for something he didn't do, was the same night an alert was posted for all UNSC Forces on, near, and beyond the Planet.<br/>The Covenant was on Reach.<br/>Gates was thrown into Gunny Bucks Fire Team in the chaos of getting ready for the Fight.<br/><br/>Since then, it seemed to be destiny that Itur and Gates would constantly fight against the other. Or just miss the other in the opportunity to end it.<br/><br/>And then the war ended.<br/>And then the two went their separate ways.<br/>ONI allowed Itur to live and stay with the Army in case they needed him again.<br/>Gates...well...you know...<br/>On arrival Gates' first contact was Itur.<br/>Itur thought that was too perfect. That he was going to be able to torture his true Enemy before finally putting the dog down, until he was given the no-kill order.<br/>At the same time, Gates, who, over the years, uncovered Itur to be an ONI Spook, knew he couldn't do a thing to Itur without the finger being immediately pointed to him.<br/>They both were just waiting for the right time to do it.<br/><hr/><br/>The two men remained calm as if passing by any other Trooper.<br/>Hands still on their weapons. No fidgeting. No sweating.<br/>Their eyes locked forward as if not even noticing the other man.<br/>But the tension remained.<br/>It grew.<br/>The heavy feeling spread like the Flood, growing heavier and heavier, and became its heaviest right when the two men passed each other.<br/>When their backs were to the other, it seemed as if the tension manifesting from the two would form into something physical give a grin and then implode.<br/><br/>However, the tension started to dissipate and lighten as the two simply did nothing but walk past the other and continue walking in opposite directions.<br/><br/>And then the two stopped walking when they were of certain distance away.<br/>The heavy tension came down like a ton of bricks, but added to it was a dash of madness, and a little bit of...<br/>It was as if their thoughts were linked to the others.<br/><br/>"Gates."<br/>"Itur."<br/><br/>They both said to the other at the same time.<br/><br/>"You better watch your back."<br/><br/>...a little bit of...what would be the best way to say it?<br/><br/>"All I need is Chaos."<br/><br/>Something like...<br/><br/>"And then I'll End this."<br/><br/>Killing Intent.<br/><br/><br/>Once again, the two began to walk their separate ways.<br/>When they were far enough from each other the tension no longer lingered and people came out of hiding.<br/>Those who were close enough to hear hoped they would be on a different planet somewhere when that time came.