John sprinted through the canyon towards the wraith, side stepping plasma shots as the elite in the turret of the alien tank shot at him.
"Now, Crimson One!" John shouted over the com.
A loud crack was heard in the distance, as John watched the head of the elite in the turret split open as it's brains flew out onto the wraith. The gunner was down so now John had a clear and easy sprint to the large purple tank. He leaped high in the air and landed on the front end of the wraith with a loud clank. The dents he made in the metal kept him steady as he whooped out a plasma grenade and jammed into the wraith's metal. John jumped off the wraith and began to sprint for cover behind a large rock on the side of the canyon wall but he was just a little too late. Blue flames erupted from the wraith as it exploded and the force of the explosion sent John flying into the rocky canyon wall.
"Still with us Chief?" Crismon leader said over the com. No response.
"Shit…"he said to himself. Crimson Leader ran to where John had hit the canyon wall. He was on his stomach not and not moving. Crimson Leader lifted John's left arm up away from his face. He knocked on John's helmet.
"Chief?" he said again.
John woke up. He was delirious and his vision was blurry. He slowly pushed himself up to an upright position.
"Thank God, I thought you died on us" Crimson leader said.
"Argh…" John shook his head fast to try and get himself together. He looked up to see a giant, red, armored figure kneeling next to him. "Spartans never die Sanchez. At least not in this kind of armor"
Sanchez laughed. "We can still get knocked the hell out though"
Petty Officer Nick Sanchez was a fairly new Spartan. He was the leader of Fire Team Crimson, and was a likeable but very adequate leader, and a hell of a soldier. He wore red MJOLNIR armor, just like the rest of Crimson, He grabbed John's hand a pulled him upwards.
"Beautiful shot by the way" John remarked.
"Thank you, Sir." Sanchez replied. He turned on his com "Pelican should be here any minute team. Grab the artifact like Commander Palmer said so we can bring in back to Infinity."
Three green lights winked on his heads up display, indicating that their orders were understood. The pelican that was to take them back to Infinity swooped down into the canyon. Sanchez and John entered the pelican as the other three Spartans loaded about a 3ft by 5ft Forerunner looking artifact onto the pelican and they left the planet Reqiuem, all they could talk about was what kind of food they were going eat when they got back.
The pelican landed in the larger hangar bay of the UNSC ship Infinity. Crimson Two, Three, and Four unloaded the Forerunner artifact from the pelican, John and Sanchez stepped out after them. As they exited the pelican, Commander Sarah Palmer was standing next the exit waiting for them.
"Hell of a job Crimson, you never cease to amaze me" Palmer remarked.
"Thank you Ma'am" Sanchez replied.
Palmer walked closer to him, and Sanchez' heart began fasten in pace. "you know Petty Officer you're really proving yourself out there to be real leader" she said quietly." keep up the good work "
"I know I will Ma'am" said Sanchez, who tanner skin was now bright red. Palmer gave him a slight smile of approval and then turned to look at John.
"Well I guess all missions are successful when you got the great Master Chief with you" Palmer said extremely sarcastically. John just turned and looked at her, but inside his dark-green MJOLNIR helmet he was giving her a look of absolute disgust.
This always made Nick wonder…why had Commander Palmer always been rude to the Master Chief. Was it jealously, or something else? John was a very quiet and modest dude, very well respected not only by enlisted members of the UNSC, but as well as officers.
Sanchez had always liked Commander Palmer, maybe a little too much. Not only did he find her attractive but she always seemed pleased with his work which made him feel good. To other Spartans she came off as kind of a bitch who just needed to get fucked. This part of his life he kept a secret. Even though his fellow Spartans joke around and called Palmer 'his girl', Sanchez never would admit it. He couldn't imagine how awkward it would be if somehow Palmer, his Commander, found out that he liked her. He, John and the rest of Crimson walked out of the hangar to the armor bay to remove their MJOLNIR armor.