Disclaimer: I do not own Gears of War.

The Winter Assault Helmet is my name for Benjamin Carmine's Helmet.

I hope you enjoy the first part of my story.

"It all changed on Emergence Day when the locust came up. They killed thousands with no mercy. They even killed women and children. We were hardly a match for the locust. We were so desperate; we even destroyed our own cities. A few years later the lightmass bomb was deployed and it wiped the locust out, or at least we thought so. Now the locusts are back, they're stronger than ever and they're advancing. Now we must defend Jacinto, our last refuge, from these vile creatures."

ACT I: RECON

"Lieutenant Carls, This is Control. I'm Dan your new advisor." Dan said over the radio. "What is it Control?" Lt. Carls said firmly. Lieutenant Carls was Caucasian with short brown hair, semi-tan skin and brown eyes.

"I need you and your squad to go on recon in Capermon with Sigma 14. Oh and your getting a new squadmate." Dan said over the radio. A King Raven came in and landed. Three COG Gears came out and one approached Lt. Carls.

"Are you Lieutenant Carls?" He asked. "Yeah." Lt. Carls answered. "I'm Private Brock, your new squadmate." The Gear said. "Follow me so you can meet the rest of the squad." Lt. Carls said.

"Yes, sir!" Private Brock said. Lt. Carls pointed to a COG soldier with a helmet that had a gas mask looking object where his mouth would be "This is Johnson." Lt. Carls said. Johnson lifted his head. "What's with your helmet?" Brock asked. "Its standard issue with a rebreather on it." Johnson said with a deep voice. "I have the winter assault helmet." Brock said.

Lt. Carls pointed to a COG soldier with a standard issue helmet with two claw-like objects on the top diagonal from the big glowing blue eyes. "This is Corporal Charlie." Lt. Carls said. "Hey, new guy!" Charlie said with a higher younger sounding voice than Johnson. "Alright we're going on recon in Capermon with Sigma 14. Any questions?" Lt. Carls said. "No? Let's move out!"

Omega 17 moved to the helipad. There were two King Ravens on the helipads there. "Omega 17, this is KR 4-2. I'll be taking you to Capermon." The pilot said. "Alright." Lt. Carl's replied. As they got in the King Raven they saw the other squad, Sigma 14. "See ya over there!" Charlie waved." The King Ravens took off. "Lieutenant, watch for nemacysts, just in case." KR 4-2 said. "So Corporal what's your first name?" Private Brock asked. "It's Charlie." Charlie said. "Oh, I thought Charlie was your last name." Private Brock said. "No way man!" Charlie yelled.

"Eyes up front, we're almost there so watch for contacts." Johnson said. "Alright we'll be landing in less than a minute, I'll be back to pick you up later." KR 4-2 yelled. "Contacts!" A COG yelled from Sigma 14.

"Someone get on that turret!" Lt. Carls yelled. "Oh yeah action baby!" Private Brock yelled. Private Brock got on the turret. The Charlie, Lieutenant Carls and Sigma 14 were opening fire with their lancers.

Johnson shot a locust drone's head off with his Longshot. "Grahh!" The locust yelled while blood seeped out of his neck. "Back in your hole!" Johnson yelled.

"Yahhh rahh take this!" Private Brock yelled and opened fire with the massive turret. The turret heated up and started spitting out hundreds of bullets. The gunfire from the turret turned two of the locust into pulp. "Yeah!" Private Brock yelled. The rest of the locusts were dead from the others. "Form up on me!" Lt. Carls ordered.