Lucifer Thornton: UNSC Chapter 1

He woke up on his 11th birthday, and threw his clothes on. He had been waiting for this moment every day for 5 years, motivated by the death of his parents. His grandfather and him had already packed his things, ready to enlist, and so when Lucifer ran down the stairs to talk to his grandfather, John was waiting there, ready to take him. Lucifer and his grandad set off on the walk to the UNSC enlistment centre. It was solidly far away, and so they journeyed through the English Countryside. Eventually, they made it to a small town, and got on the train to the nearest city centre. Manchester.
On the train there, Lucifer could hardly sit still, thinking about all the new friends he would make and the places he would see. And, of course, all the "Split-Lips" he would slaughter. He would get his mother and father revenge. At all costs. The train was only 20 minutes, and it soon began blaring that it would be arriving at Piccadilly any minute. With a screech, the train stopped, and Lucifer jumped off, his grandfather chasing behind, and ran to the enlistment centre. They made him run the 100 metre sprint, which he completed in 6.98 seconds. They then made him hold the gun and see if he could carry it, which he could, easily. They then made him wear armour, which was his second favourite part of the day, and carry all the necessary gear, whilst once again doing the 100 metre sprint. He did it in 9.34 seconds this time, which was still extremely fast. Their last test was too check his ability to run an operation, by coming up with plans to infiltrate behind enemy lines and wipe the covenant out from behind, which he did better than 67% of generals could. He was immediately accepted into their ranks, being his favourite part of the day. He said goodbye to his grandfather one last time and gave him a hug before running into the centre, followed by two stone faced Marines, wishing they could have his joy back. Wishing they could warn him of the horrors to come