My name is Jack Cooper. My wife, was named Mika, pronounced kinda like the rock. She was the one who got me into playing Titanfall, and Titanfall 2 when it came out.

She was a big gamer, and got me into it. She also pushed me to join the military though. She loved to see me come home.

Shortly after the launch of Titanfall 2, she had bought me a keychain of BT, the titan companion from the story. I put it on my gun. Because protocol 3.

We would play the game together, and would play Attrition to no end. I would always play with the Monarch, with a particle wall pilot. My loadouts would varry.

When my wife died, I was sent home for the funeral, and a month after, went back to the Marines.

Four months later, when I heard the call for a volunteer mission of high risk, I didn't even have to think. I was the first, and surprisingly only, volunteer.

I entered the warehouse that I had been flown out to, and was greeted with a sight. It was made into an obstacle course.

It had high walls, training dummies, and other areas. I internally groaned.

There was a few scientists in the room, and they saw me enter. Calling me over, I went.

"Are you Staff Sergeant Jack 'Pilot' Cooper?" One of them asked. I looked for rank insignia, and saw the eagle of a Colonel. I salute.

By the way, funny thing is, my name is the main characters, but my voice is the same as Isaac Clarke's, from Dead Space 2 and 3.

"Sir, yes sir. I am here for the volunteer mission I signed up to do." The colonel nods.

"Yes son, I know. However, you wont be here just yet. If you follow us, we need to do some stuff, then we can get you suited up for the mission. By the way, I'm Colonel Potter." I just nod, and follow.

We exit the warehouse, and go to another building. When we enter, I see that it is a hospital. And it only has one bed. The colonel turns to me.

"I need you to get into your skivvies, and lye on your back on the table." I nod, and do so.

I was starting to get confused. What was happening? What where they going to do to me?

As I lay on the table, one of the scientists moved to a little cart in the corner, and pulled it over. As he did, I saw what was on it. It had a syringe and a bottle on it, and some band-aids. That was it. The scientist spoke to me.

"We need you to relax as much as you can. Also, breath deeply, and don't panic. If you feel any pain, any at all, tell us." I nod, and he does the same. The scientist then turns to the table, and grabs th syringe. Sticking it in a bottle and drawing out some fluid, he turns to me.

I lye still, waiting for the needle. As the man moved towards me, I saw the liquid inside was a very diluted blue color.

After he stuck me, the area that was injected started to tingle. I had to resist the urge to scratch it. After a minute, my whole body tingles, and I had to really resist the urge to scratch. The colonel asked me.

"You okay Cooper?" I nod, responding.

"Yes sir. It just tingles all over." He chuckles and says.

"Yeah, I was told that might be a side affect. Just hang on for a moment, your body will take some time too adjust to the injection."

And after that, I was told to dress in the clothing provided.

As I got off the table, I noticed that I seemed to be moving more fluidly, if that was right.

I stood up, and the doctor that had been the same size as me before, was an inch or two shorter now.

My muscles felt tight, like they needed to move. I eventually said something.

"Sir, am I supposed to be feeling funny? My body feels different, and I know I am taller." The colonel nods.

"That means everything is fine. The sho. you were just given enhances your skeletal structure, increases muscle mass, and gives a permanent boost to your stamina. All because of nanomachines. Don't worry about it much, it won't kill you. It will take some time to get used to the enhanced musculature. If you will follow me and the scientists, we can start getting everything ready." I just sigh, nod, and follow them back to the warehouse from earlier.

As we enter the building, we head to a side room. Laid out inside, across several tables, was what you would expect of pilot gear from Titanfall. I was getting confused. The colonel saw this, and nodded.

"What you see is real Cooper. Titanfall was a successful game. And the tech in it, was phenomenal. The only thing we couldnt yet create, was the titan. This here is experimental technology, that you are going to be learning to use. We have a year, to train you, and perfect your equipment, before we send you off on your mission. With that said, let's get you geared up Pilot."

I look at him when he says this, and he just laughs. One of the doctors comes over, and hands me a suit. It was a one piece set of clothes. I moved over to the changing room pointed out to me, and proceeded to put it on.

After I had, I came out, and had the pilot gear undersuit on. One of the doctors in the room came over, and handed me a vest, which I put on. After I had, I looked down to see it was a bulletproof vest.

"This vest was made with our best and newest methods of bulletproof armor. It isnt even out of testing. It is made of a semi new metal, that is ten times stronger than iron, and as light as a soda can. The metal doesnt even have a name yet. It is supposed to disperse the kinetic motion of a bullet across the body, so it feels more like a punch than a bullet." The colonel says. I nod. Sounds good.

The scientist directs me over to the next table. On it, I see a harness, like for zip lining, and a familiar contraption.

"This is the jump kit. You might be familiar with the design, but we had to do some fixing up of the innards. Inside the device, it will take oxygen from the air, and then burn it for propellant. The nitrogen and other elements in the air, will be used to power the rest of your equipment." The scientist says. He then grabs the harness, and he tells me to take off the vest.

I do so, and he helps me strap on the harness over my chest and legs. After that, he picks up the jump kit, and attaches it to the back of my harness, near the waste.

"It will take some time to get calibrated to your weight, and movement, but once it does, the game will become real. You will be able to run on walls, double jump, and fall from heights you would normally die from. Now, lets move on to the equipment."

We moved on to the third table, and I saw a bunch of things on it. One of the objects was a disk, about 5 inches in diameter. I pick it up. The scientist sees, and tells me what it is.

"That is the particle wall. It takes light, and then makes the light into a solid wall. I won't go into specifics on how it works now, but I can give you a book on it later. It will protect you as if you are behind cover, but unlike the game, we couldnt find a way to fire through it, without messing with the integrity of the protection. So it acts as deployable cover for now. We have a year though to make it shoot through able."

"It still is better than what I would have thought. I didnt even know till today that science could do this with light. It's amazing." The scientist nods in agreement, and picks up an arm mounted pack.

"This is connected to the jump kits energy reactor. It is your pulse blades. There is three in this arm pouch, and it goes on the upper arm of your non dominant hand. That way, you can reach and throw them." I move my left arm over to put it on, and he plugs in a small cord into the harness, and then attaches the pouch.

"The blades work by sending out a radar like pulse that travels through walls. It then is relayed back to the knife, and then to the helmet." I nod, and move on. I pick up the hack knife next.

"The knife works like a regular knife, and a hacking device. It plugs into any type of data device to download it. It has the latest in speed decryption. It can hack anything in seconds, and download in 30 seconds. It's sheathed in the jump kit, right here." He then points to a spot, and I slip the knife in. It was in an easy to grab location, that could be reached quickly.

The next item was a glove like device. The scientist started to tell me about it.

"The phase shift. It is still very expirimental, so we will really need to work out the kinks, but it works close to what it is supposed to. It allows you to phase out of our reality, into a small subspace that is just like our reality, and slip out to get the tactical advantage on an enemy." The colonel speaks up.

"This is it. We still havent been able to figure out cloak, which I find funny, as we can slip back and forth out of our dimension, but we cant be invisible. Still, you have one piece of equipment left." And the colonel points to the last object on the table.

The helmet. It looked like the helmet from the campaign.

"All of the suit is air tight, and has an experimental system in it that blocks radiation of any kind. Though, it only works for about 2 minutes before you'll start to feel the first effects of radiation. Now, we get to the real weapons." Said the colonel. We walked to another table.

On it, sat three weapons, and lot of ammo. I recognized the guns and everything.

"The Flatline, the stinger, and the RE-45." The colonel nodded. The scientist with us picked up the Flatline.

"As you said, this is the Flatline. It fires .30-06 caliber bullets at an affective range of 65 to 70 meters, with varrying amounts of accuracy." He picks up the RE-45 next.

"This is the RE-45. It fires .9mm bullets, with an affective range of 35 to 40 meters." He sets it down, and picks up the rocket launcher.

"And the Stinger. It's been slimmed down so it doesn't weigh you down to much. It fires the standard rocket for an anti aircraft portable launcher. These will be you weapons for the next month, while we train you." He points to Colonel Potter.

The colonel speaks.

"Son, you have been chosen for a special mission. You are going to be going behind enemy lines with this equipment, and you will cause as much havoc as you can for two months. At the end of that time, we will send a helicopter to a specified point, and pick you up. If you die, we will know, and have killswitches in place to destroy the equipment so the enemies cant get it. You'll pretty much get an acid bath. Understand son, it's because this tech, cant get into any enemies hands. You will be regarded a hero, no matter what happens. Now, with all the grim shit out the way, lets get your helmet on, and get you on the course." I nod.

I understood what he said. And also, there was an unspoken message, one that he hadn't said, but I saw and heard from a mile away.

If I am in danger of getting caught, I was probably supposed to off myself.

I grabbed the helmet, and the scientist that had been talking to us, pulled one more gadget out his pocket.

"Wait, Pilot. This is yours. It acts as a signal amplifier, a video communication device, and an MP3. Here, just put it in the left leg drop bag." I do, and we head out to the course.

I look at the course, and when I walked in to the warehouse the course was set in, I had to admit, it looked terrifying. Now, with my new equipment, it looked totally different. Cooper was right, pilots see the world differently. I could already see five diferent ways to move through, thinking like a Pilot.

I had a year to truly become one. Learn about how to use my equipment, and train my body and mind to think in three dimensions. I grinned and put on my helmet.

Better get started.

Author's Note

New story guys. This isn't displaced, and it is going to take some pieces from other Titanfall stories, but I will be using world building pieces for the most part. So yeah, stand by for Titanfall.