Gears of War: The End Begins
Death and blood fill the morning air. "Jesus, Dom what have we done?" asks a battered and wounded Marcus Fenix. "We did our job Marcus. Nothing more." Replied Dominic Santiago as he crawled up to his comrade. The war against the locust had taken many years of bloodshed but eventually it came to a horrific conclusion. When the locust had finally conquered all the human cites the horde turned its full attention to Jacinto. The city, once thought to have been a safe haven from the horde was no more. The locusts made a full frontal assault, and when the city could not be taken back, it was blown to hell. There were no known survivors after what was called "Harvest Day". Even when the locust lost, they won. Marcus and Dom had been with the rest of delta squad in the outskirts of the city trying to stop the locust from invading, but when they could not the Harvest, a giant particle beam laser, the largest weapon in the COG's fleet, was fired. It burned the city down from the inside out. Marcus saw the blast and ordered the squad out but only he and Dom made it far away enough from the blast to not be killed. And now they were all that was left.
"So what now?" Dom asked. They stared out at the derelict, burning city as the sun rose higher into the sky. The once beautiful city was turned to a destroyed work of art during the war, but at least it had been safe from the threat of the horde's malevolent, destructive grip. But after Harvest day the city was nothing more. No longer a place of solitude and security, there was nothing left for survivors to salvage, that is if there were any survivors besides the last two members of Delta squad.
"We hope we can get to where we need to go, before we get killed by the Locust. Come on." And with that the two friends leapt over the sand bank they were hiding behind and back into a large battle between them and a group of ravenous Locust. Full automatic Lancer fire echoed through the humid midday air. All around them, growls and shrieks could be heard as one after another, slowly but surely, the Horde's numbers dwindled. Marcus felt the ground begin to tremble and shake as he looked towards an Emergence Hole that was rising from beneath the sand. "Dom, grenade!" shouted Marcus. Dom heard him and ran towards his comrade when a Locust drone, the basic infantry of the Horde, jumped from its bullet riddled cover at him. Thinking fast, Dom revved the chainsaw on his lancer and took a swing at his enemy. The swing connected with the drone's mid section and carved straight through it. With the locust's upper half still twitching on the ground, Dom raised his right foot and said "go to hell you locust son of a bitch!". With that he crushed the drone's head under his foot, with a sickening crack.
Dom left the mangled corpse of the drone and sprinted to Marcus's position. He unhooked a grenade from his belt and slid across the dirt towards Marcus. The grenade reached his hand just as the first Locust, a sniper, stuck his head out of the hole. Marcus swung the grenade around like a slingshot and threw it straight towards the hole. It landed about an inch from the sniper's head. Before the sniper could scream to the ten other locust beneath him to retreat, the grenade detonated with a resonating bang and sent thousands of pieces of shrapnel flying out in all directions, shredding the sniper's face to meaty, gore drenched ribbons. The resulting tremor from the grenade's explosion caused the hole to cave in, closing up the hole and killing the Locust within it. "Hell yeah!" Marcus yelled as he saw the grenade blow up the unlucky locust. Marcus reloaded his Lancer and Dom switched to his Hammerburst, a semi automatic assault rifle. They cautiously peered over the edge of the low concrete wall to see ten Locust drones waiting for them. They ducked back to safety as a chorus of bullets erupted from the Locust's weapons and tore into the hill behind Marcus and Dom's position. Marcus took his Longshot sniper rifle from his back and put away his Lancer. "Dom flank right while I distract them. And good luck." Marcus said as he leveled his sights on the closest drone's head. Marcus pulled the trigger and watched as the drone's head exploded in a shower of blood and gore. "GO!!" Marcus yelled as he aimed for a second Locust. Dom sprinted from cover towards the enemy's right, hoping not to be seen. He succeeded and reached cover in the form of a half destroyed concrete bunker. He looked around the side of the bunker and fired at the sheltering Locust. The bullets caught them by surprise, causing them to stand up and into the sights of Marcus and his Longshot. One by one Marcus felled his opponents with headshot after headshot. When all the Locust were killed Dom stood and beckoned for Marcus to approach. Marcus slung his Longshot over his shoulder and ran towards his friend. When they were together they took out their Lancers and walked towards the Gates of Jacinto. "Knock Knock." Said Marcus.