<strong>Name:</strong>Jonathan Gates<br/><strong>Rank:</strong>PFC<br/><strong>Branch:</strong>UNSC Army<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Ohana Booth<br/><em>"Go For Broke"</em><br/><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c0/Vasili_Avatar.jpg)</div><br/>Unlike the other Spartan he did not get to see in action, Gates didn't hold back.<br/>He didn't have to.<br/>Not to the Army, not to the Ohana crew Members nor to anyone else.<br/>His movements from a casual stand still with LMG in hand to a full sprint was, in lack of a better word, Explosive.<br/><br/>He didn't have to think about the two Training Rounds fired at him. He could've given his LMG to Ressaw and instructed her to use the entire magazine, in the attempt to<em>try</em>and hit him and he wouldn't have flinched under fire, he would have simply found a way to complete the course without getting hit and/or dying.<br/>As a Soldier does.<br/>Hitting the first wall...<br/>The Wall was made to stand over anyone of any height, and yet Gates ran up to it, jumped high enough for his right hand to grab onto the top, then with that one hand pull the rest of his body over as if he were jumping standard chain-link fence.<br/>His speed didn't slow down when he hit the Tires. Unlike some others who throw up their knee, when raised to get through the course, and wait for it to come down before taking some control of it, Gates had complete control over his legs making them look more like Steel & Oil Machines than Flesh & Bone.<br/>The First Training Round was fired at the end of the Tire course. It whizzed right past his head, and where most people would flinch, duck down, or roll, or what have you, Gates simply kept going.<br/>The next wall was much taller than the first.<br/>There was no way he'd be able to get up it with just one jump. Scrambling up was also out of the question. Though Ressaw never gave him any rules, he was sure going through it wasn't what they were thinking when they came up with the idea of a giant wall.<br/>So he improvised.<br/>Reaching behind him he gripped the hilt of his Custom Combat Knife, pulled it out, and flung it at the wall in one motion. The knife became embedded into the wall, though not as deep as Gates wanted.<br/>This was when the second round was fired.<br/>This time, Gates did move, but on purpose.<br/>His quick side step on the run allowed the Training Round to miss his back and hit his knife.<br/>Right on the button.<br/><br/>The knife sunk in even deeper.<br/>As Gates approached the wall, his speed quickened momentarily before he lifted his foot up on top of the Knife, using it as a step, before jumping the rest of the wall. His left hand, this time, grabbed the top, and he heaved his body up and over like he had with the first.<br/>But he didn't stop moving.<br/>He saw the Rope at a glance, saw the disturbed dirt where everyone else had landed from using it, and kept going.<br/>The ex-Spartan IV ran off the wall, executed a Combat Roll as soon as he hit the ground to soften his impact and lessen his momentum, then came to a stop standing.<br/>He wasn't sweating, he wasn't breathing hard. He was just...fine.<br/>Gates walked to the Wall where his knife was embedded and yanked it out with one hand.<br/>He inspected it, checking for bends, cracks, or other damages. None were found. Truly a High Quality Blade.<br/>The ODST symbol was stamped into the blade on one side, while the other had the Symbols of all the Units he had served with, and one could see that for the moment it took him to look it over before putting it away.<br/><br/>As Gates made his way back to Ressaw, passing by Colby and the woman from earlier, an idea of leaving the Army and joining them crossed his mind.<br/>Could it be done?<br/>Would they take him in?<br/>Just by looking at Ressaw and Colby he could tell they weren't stupid. He was sure they would do a background check, and would get rid of him the moment they found out he used to be a Spartan IV. In one way or another.<br/>And, of course, Gates himself wasn't stupid either. He knew that they would be taking on jobs that was opposite of the Justice System.<br/>The "bad" side.<br/>But what did it matter? Which side of the Law he was on.<br/>He was like a Fish out of Water, here with the Army. At least with Ohana, he'd be on a Ship.<br/><br/>Even with thinking through the Pros and the Cons. The Rights and the Wrongs.<br/>Gates knew there'd be no way he could sneak away and the UNSC wouldn't care.<br/>After all, he still had their implants, Time, and Money.<br/>As he passed by Ressaw he only said a few words without stopping. "The Course is adequate for your average person. Stay outta trouble, will ya?"