-1Fan Fiction Novel
"Memoirs from Team Vega"
Chapter One
111 Tauri System, Duran 67B
December 3, 2552 0949 hours [/Military Calendar
Spartan-G036 blinked, and recovered, lifting himself off the ground he looked around, His drop pod leaned against an asiac tree, its twisted steel door ripped open. He accessed his TACMAP, right where he wanted to be, 3 miles from his objective. He checked the team rosters, all of his team mates had survived the entry and impact from deep space.
He tapped his COM, "Kevin you there?"
The other end of line came to life, "Affirmative Ryan, I have your 20," Kevin whispered.
Ryan turned slightly and caught sight of Kevin, barely before he came upon Ryan. He leaned against a tree, his SPI armor shielding him, making him look like he was apart of the tree.
Ryan spoke up, "Got a position on the rest of Vega?
Before Kevin, or Spartan-G003 could respond another shadow appeared behind him, and Spartan-G078 Alexis, formed, her armor taking shape to her surroundings. Next came Devon, Spartan-G893, and lastly Spartan-G234, Eric. They were Team Vega, 2nd platoon, Gladius Company. The Spartan-III's had been launched from the Destroyer [b[IPegasus[/b[/I, enduring the two hour trip from slip space then on to the atmosphere of planet GY9N Sol. Fifty Six hadn't made it, either shot down by covenant scouts, or burned alive on the deadly trip from deep space.
Gladius company had been sent on a mission to capture forerunner technology. All the Spartan-III's knew was that ONI, had intel of Covenant technology in the Eradani system, other relics had been discovered, plus with the forerunner technology discovered in the caves of Reach, more had been found. Ryan had to get to work, a good bit of Gladius had been wiped out, and he wondered if his fellow Spartan teams had any success.
Ryan lead team Vega through the shrubbery until they reached a clearing, he saw team Rainbow on the horizon, they were running, and very fast, unusually fast, and then Ryan knew why they were running, over a cliff dove two Banshee fliers, following close behind. Two Spartans turned, firing two rounds of their M19 SAM missiles, the first round found its target, smashing into the closest flier, flames erupting from its bow, the second round clipped the second banshees wing, making it dip radically, the pilot tried to recover, but before he could, the bow of the flier slammed into the ground, plasma spilling from inside.
Team Rainbow continued, along with Teams, Theodore, Omega, along with dozens of other Spartans, forming in their SPI suits. Before long 200 or so Spartans were running forward, as fast as they could, out running possible incoming banshees. And in the horizon formed their objective, a forerunner temple. Though Ryan was afraid he would have to fight his way through to get to his real objective, the forerunner technology. The temple was massive in a way, standing 30 stories high. Team Vega reached their checkpoint, a cluster of cliff, providing good cover from air and ground support.
Alexis took the rear, her sniper rifle raised, ready to fight. Team Vega took advantage of the cliffs cover, hugging the walls, and settling in.
Ryan turned to Devon for their report, " Bravo team was lost during the entry, but other than that the roster is full, Devon said.
His sentence was cut off short by the sound of air support coming down on them, Vega took cover, blue plasma burning away the rock formations, making some boulders chip away. Kevin peeked through his optics, getting a positive location on the fliers, he turned to his M19 and looked through the scope. He fired, two missiles shrieked across the sky, its FOF tag system identifying its target and catching up with it. The Fliers tried to out fly the incoming rounds, but were both overwhelmed by the speed of the 102MM rockets.
Team Vega pushed forward, moving from boulder to boulder, their SPI armor making them virtually invisible. They were 100 meters from the temple, statues appeared on pedestals. Forerunner symbols engulfed the entire building. But he knew what awaited him and Vega, he upholstered his Sniper rifle and looked through the sights. As he suspected, jackal snipers appeared over head, taking good cover among the statues and walls of the temple.
He tapped his TEAMCOM, " Be advised Gladuis, snipers over head, proceed with caution."
Gladius responded, all teams taking good cover among the boulders and cliff. Ryan turned to his team, giving hand signals, gesturing the danger, and to take immediate action. Devon, and Alexis advanced towards Ryan and took cover with their S2AM Sniper rifles raised and positioned on the rocks. Both Spartans squeezed their triggers simultaneously, Jackals falling from the enemy fire. Ryan took out his MA4K, a cut down version and more accurate than the MA5B. He advanced, followed by his teammates, running fast as they could, sweat pouring inside his helmet. Enemy sniper fire erupting around him, burning up the earth on which he ran.
He reached the walls first, followed by Kevin, then Devon and Alexis, still taking shots with their rifles. Several other teams followed suite, hugging the sides of the temple walls. Team Vega advanced towards the entrance, a huge groove in the temple wall it seemed instead of a "door". Vega met up with Team Theodore, and Omega. Theodore took point, and Ryan and Vega took the rear, the rest of Gladius Company would secure the area, making sure no enemy rainforests got inside.
The Inside of the temple was massive, forerunner symbols filled the room with shades of dark blue and gold. Ryan felt along the walls, his fingers gently touching the grooves the symbols made. These symbols seemed strikingly familiar to the hieroglyphics that their A.I teacher on Onyx had taught them about. For a moment, Ryan compared the forerunners of Halo, to the pharaohs of Egypt, they didn't seem very different to him.
The Company entered an entirely different room, a chasm more than a room. Ryan felt a chill as he noticed snowflakes, floating down from the ceiling six stories high. He couldn't believe what he saw, snow, inside the temple? This all seemed so wrong to him, but so wonderful at the same time. Devon walked aside, his hand catching some snow, and letting it fall from his hand, he sighed and regrouped with the rest of his team mates.
The walls seemed to slope down as the company came upon a grav lift, Team Theodore went first, the lift taking them down deeper into the temple, when the lift came up again, Omega took lead, they reloaded for safety, and they disappeared into the darkness below. The Lift rose for Vega, Ryan took lead, then Kevin, Alexis, and Devon, and Eric. The felt quirky as the lift descended down further. But Ryan felt something, this seemed to easy, he had a feeling something was wrong, he held two fingers up, signaling to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
They descended further, Ryan caught the sound of gun fire, they reached the bottom, Theodore and Omega already engaging the enemy, Vega advanced to assist, Ryan triggering a perfect 6 round burst into the mass of enemy covenant, they were being ambushed, this whole thing was a trap…