Daniel-109

Petty Officer First Class Daniel-109 is a SPARTAN-II supersoldier of the UNSC. He served in many Battles of the Human Covenant war, and went on to serve in the UNSC Post War. Even though he isn't as recognized as the John-117 and other IIs, Daniel has his fair share of recognition.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Daniel Naldo was born in New Mexic City, Mexico, on Earth on September 12th, 2512. He found his fun mostly playing in the streets as a young boy. Daniel preferred to be alone most of the time, being rather shy towards others. He didn't have many friends, and usually only had the company as his Mother and Father. 
When he was a child living in New Mexico Daniel was quite pale, and had messy black hair. He had a few noticeable scars along his face, most likely from exploring abandoned parts of the city and getting hurt while playing by himself in the streets.
===Conscription===
In 2517, when Daniel was only 5 years old, Catherine Halsey selected him to be the the Spartan II program. He was very fit for his age, which was a major factor of him being selected. Daniel Naldo was kidnapped and replaced with a flash clone in his home of New Mexico, which died shortly later. This brought his parents to grief, seeing as their child had apparently just passed away. 
Daniel and the rest of the children chosen for the SPARTAN-II program were then brought to the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex. It was to be their new home for the next few years. There, Dr. Halsey told the children of their new purpose, that they were destined to become protectors of Earth and all its colonies. Daniel at this time was confused. He wished to return to his family, not knowing what was happening or where he was.
===Training===
He had a hard time adjusting into his new life. Now with the name of Daniel-109, everything was starting to change. Daniel was put in a group with Kate-146, and Charles-023. Charles was mean to Daniel, while Kate was friendly to him. At this time, another Spartan II, Malinda-107, bullied Daniel because of his performance.
Daniel certainly was not the best in training, and sometimes seemed to be one of the worst candidates. Although, he slowly got better as the Spartan Training continued over time. 
He eventually placed in Ember Team with Charles-24, who was the Team Leader, Sarah-120, and Kate-146. 
===Augmentations===
At 13 years of Age in 2525 Daniel-109, among all the other Spartan IIs, were augmented. Many died in this process, Daniel almost being one of them. He was left brutally injured, but not enough that he would be disabled. Dr. Catherine Halsey decided to keep Daniel, and fix him up to the best of their ability. 109 eventually recovered fully, now as a fully augmented human, and a quite large one at that.
Daniel and the other IIs would later attend a funeral for all those that died in the augmentation process. 
=== Chi Ceti IV ===
Daniel-109 and the other Spartans were briefed on the massacre that took place on Harvest shortly after the first contact with the Covenant. Afterwards, the UNSC Commonwealth, under the command of Captain Wallace, brought the Spartans and Dr. Halsey to the Damascus Testing Facility at Chi Ceti IV, where they received their first suits of Mjolnir powered armor. Daniel wore a standard Mark IV armor set, which brought him up to about 7'6 feet tall. 
Shortly after the Covenant CCS Class Battlecruiser known as the Unrelenting, attacked the Commonwealth. The Spartan-IIs took part in their first engagement with the Covenant. Daniel wasn't much involved with the battle itself, as it ended soon enough. From then Daniel-109 would start his fight against the Covenant alongside Amber Team.
=== Early Human Covenant War ===
After Chi Ceti IV Daniel-109 and Ember Team were sent on numerous missions, including multiple battles on the surface of Harvest. Daniel fought valiantly, even though he had no true reason to fight for the UNSC after what they had done to him. Now it was nothing but killing. That was all that mattered. 
Daniel and Ember participated in many battles protecting facilities and structures on the surface of Harvest. By 2528, when Daniel was 17, his team started moving around the galaxy more often, defending colonies from threats by the Covenant. In this time, watching the Covenant rip their worlds to shreds and killing so many, a hatred for them grew within Daniel-109. This would only worsen in the near future. 
Through this time, Daniels relationship with Kate-146 grew. They soon started to like eachother beyond friends, but weren't to open about it. 
=== Ameta III ===
In Late 2531 Ember team were deployed on a colony under attack by the Covenant named Ameta III. They were sent to one of its major cities after a few Covenant carriers infiltrated the Orbital Defense Grid. Daniel-109 and Ember helped clear the city of Covenant forces, but only a few hours into the battle and even larger Covenant fleet arrived, destroying the Orbital Defense Grid and starting to glass the surface of the planet.
Ember and some marines were ordered to hold off Covenant forces so Pelicans could pick up civilians and wounded. The Marines were killed, leaving Ember to fight. Soon enough they were swept into the battle, and they were forced to abandon their mission. All they could do was try to survive.
One by one, members of Ember Team were killed. First was Charles-024, who was killed by an Sangheili Zealot who struck him in the chest. Sarah-120 was killed next by Kig Yar puncturing her chest with blamite crystals.
Kate-146 and Daniel-109 were the last ones alive. 109 tried to save Kate from being killed, but he failed. 146 was brutally murdered by a Brute Chieftain, leaving her body a bloodied mess. Daniel, who was now heartbroken by the death of the one he cherished most, along with the rest of his team being killed, tried to fight onward... And die on the battlefield.
Although he failed. Daniel was injured by the Jiralhanae Chieftain, but was left alive. The Spartan II got himself into a destroyed building when the city was starting to be glassed, and cried with himself, all alone. His armor was beaten and charred black. His visor was shattered, his face now covered with scars and plasma burns. Daniel-109 did think this would be the end for him, but after a few days of sitting there not yet dying, a Pelican Dropship rescued Daniel from the rubble. The UNSC had won the battle without him even realizing, and had located his IFF tag. Daniel-109 was brought to safety aboard a Halycon-Class Cruiser. There he was healed.