ODST Red Alert
Part 1
Gun fire everywhere. Plasma scorched rubble. Delta. Elites, Grunts Jackals, Hunters everywhere. Delta. Comrades dead. Nowhere to hind. Delta! Inevitable death. DELTA!
Delta felt something hit him on the face, bringing him back to reality. He woke up to find that everyone else was already geared up for disembarking. "Who hit me?" he asked his squad.
"I did Lieutenant." The Captain told him. "The same nightmare?"
"Yeah, only this time it felt like they saw me and were preparing to attack." Delta said. "I can't believe my dad survived for that long."
It had been 5 months since the covenant was defeated and man-kind was concerned what other races would try and wipe them out with the Halo rings, so, the top scientists in the world were trying to re-open the portal that led to the Arc. Once there they would try to use what was left of it to find the other rings and destroy them. 1 man, Professor Crow, the head researcher on forerunner technology, had discovered something in some ruins near the crater that was New Mombasa. He took it into space to analyse it properly. 2 days ago the UNSC lost contact with him. The next day, the Orbital Elevator that he was stationed at sent out a distress signal. So HELLFIRE was called in. It consisted of the best ODSTs the UNSC had, and now that Reach had been retaken, they had customized SPARTAN VI armours. In this detachment was the Captain, code named IRISH, the Lieutenant, code named DELTA, Spec Ops officer THEA, Weapon specialists, ASSRAK and Marco, also known as HUNTER, and the Medic, PASAGOA. Their numbers are always going but only a few of Hellfire was needed for this mission. Along with other high ranking ODST squads ALPHA, OMEGA and ECHO we were tasked with entering the Orbital Elevator, securing the Professor's research, and if possible the Professor himself and call for a pick up. However, ALPHA, OMEGA and ECHO had to make the station safe so upon landing, HELLFIRE would split up from them. Easy enough in theory but even the best laid plans could go wrong, and this was a perfect example.
As the airlock closed behind them, and the chamber had stabilized, that was when it hit them. "Awe, what is that stench?" Pasagoa asked.
"Yea, what died in here?" Thea exclaimed.
"Hay, do you want to jinx us?" someone from ALPHA asked.
"Right, pack it in, the lot of you!" Irish ordered. "Right ALPHA, OMEGA and ECHO, I want you to download the stations map from the terminals over there and head to the lower levels, try and see if you can find those damn terrorists. HELLFIRE, we are going to push to the Control room and set up a secure communications grid. We'll get our maps there, now move out!"
"SIR!" they all said in unison. HELLFIRE was the smallest squad out of the four on the station but that was because their job was the shortest and they worked better in smaller numbers...well, outside of a war anyway. They reached the door leading to the Control room but it was sealed tight. "Looks like someone wanted this to stay secure," Thea said, "I see no way to open it without a lot of explosives which we currently don't have."
"Hey, guys!" Delta called. "There's a service vent here. I'll see if I can get into it and open the door from the inside."
"Alright, but be careful. We don't want to lose you in there." Irish told him. After a couple of minutes later, the door started to open. However the scene that greeted them was horrific. There was blood everywhere, corpses in different positions, on the ground, hanging from the ceiling, some were even dismembered. "Sorry that took so long guys, but I think you'll forgive me." Delta explained.
"No need to explain Delta," Irish told him. "I probably would have had to close my eyes and do it. Right, let's get this com. grid up." After it was up, they restored the power to the rest of the facility, allowing the other squads to descend faster. Delta checked the last recorded surveillance footage, but all he saw was the station guards firing at someone, or something, heard them scream and then the camera went dead. "Which level was that on?" Irish asked him.
"B2."
"ALPHA come in this is Captain Irish. ALPHA come in!"
"This is ALPHA 01 what is it Irish?"
"Be warned we have reason to believe that hostiles are in your area and they may not be human, I repeat hostiles may be in your area and they may NOT be human."
"Thanks for the heads up, we'll..." he was interrupted by a defining roar. "What the! APLHA PULL BACK! I REPEAT PULL BACK!" Alpha 01 ordered over the gunfire.
"ALPHA 01 respond. ALPHA 01 please respond!" Irish ordered. All he heard was screaming and then the signal was lost. "We have to hurry up and find the Professor and get out of here." Irish said with a hint of panic in his voice.
"What did the Professor find down there?" Delta asked, now realising that their mission had just escalated. BIG time...