Halo delta squad
Prolog: Deep Infiltration
June 15th, 2552, 1500 hours, Paris IV, Paris system, New St. Nazaire.
The city was going to hell. Simple as that. A day ago Covenant ships began invading the planet, soon after, they started digging up something under the city.
And that's why we're here at the moment, crouched together inside a half-toppled building. Just the four of us.
My name is Jordan Takeo. Or Jordan D300. Take your pick. I'm a Spartan III. Same as my buddie's here with me. Crouching down looking at a map was a 5'9 18 year old, wearing the prototype "Hayabusa" MJOLNIR armor. Painted primarily woodland green along most of the body, with stripes of brown along the thigh, shoulders, and back. With a Crimson X on the chest.
That was Ryu Hisanaga, Spartan D118. Our squad leader. The guy who could cook up some insane plans, and actually pull them off. Though he likes to be called "Dragon" as a nick-name. Apparently his ancestors were famous warriors from Japan. What are the odds? At the moment, he was armed with a Designated Marksman rifle, or DMR as we call them, a MA37 ICWS assault rifle, a M9G pistol, a Combat knife, and slung on his back was a Katana sword.
"Covenant seems to be guarding that structure up ahead." Ryu said, looking up from the map, and pointing at a white building a few blocks ahead of us. It was one of the few structures that wasn't totally collapsed. And he was right. There were tons of Elites, Grunts, Jackles, you name it, it was there.
"Hell, they even got Hunters!" A feminate voice said, emiting from the 5'5 tall girl wearing a completely black Custom armor. Her helmet was the "Rouge" helmet as it was called, with EVA chest plating. She was currently looking out the window with a Sniper rifle drawn.
Her name was Corrine Leese, Spartan D090. Best damn sniper in the world in our opinion. Quite simply she could kill two Drones with one shot.
"Why are you complaining?" Another, different feminate voice said. "Just more adds to your kill-score." I turned to see a 6'7 woman, wearing K variant Commando-type MJOLNIR armor, painted tan brown.
That was Sarah Lenix, Spartan D100. Though outside combat, she can be shy, but when you put a Rocket launcher in her hands she will cause absolute havoc to anyone who got in our way. She currently had a Rocket launcher slung on her back, and her MA37 drawn out.
"Not complaining, just stating a fact." Corrine said. "But I am complaining about why the hell are we still standing around here?"
I sighed. "We need a plan that doesn't involve drawing the whole fucking Covenant armada our way Corrine." I said.
Corrine chuckled. "He's right Corrine." Ryu said. "Right now, our options are limited. If we wanna get out of this city, we need to get on top of the building for the extraction."
"Why is it always the most heavily fortified positions that we need to bust through to get outta hell?" Sarah complained.
"Meet the Spartans, Sarah." I said sarcastically. "Live with it."
"Alright, here's what we'll do." Ryu said, drawing our attention. "Corrine, take up a sniping position wherever you think is best suit for covering us. Sarah, you focus on those Ghosts. Me and Jordan will push though as a distraction."
"Roger." Corrine said as she activated her Active camo and disappeared. "Affirmative." Sarah said as she followed suit.
Ryu packed up the Map, and pulled out his MA37, and his Katana sword. I drew out my two M6G Pistols. Twirling them as I drew them out like I was from a old western movie. "You love doing that, don't you?" Ryu asked me. "Hell ya!" I replied with a smile.
Ryu shook his head as the two of us Jumped out of the building and sprinted towards the covenant defenses.
Ryu fired off his Assault rifle, running and gunning towards a group of Grunts, taking them out quickly while I fired my two pistols at a pair of Elites. The first few shots dropped their shields, while the last of my clips blasted a hole into their heads.
At this time, the Covenant began to fire back. Grunts mounted inside Shade turrets, only to be killed as a pair of cracks from a sniper rifle echoed in the streets.
"That's two more for me!" Corrine said on the radio, just prior to a large explosion as a pair of ghosts were blown up, followed by a third being Hijacked as Sarah kicked the Grunt off of it. "That's three!" Sarah replied.
"You didn't kill the last one, it doesn't count!" Corrine said.
"Whatever!" Sarah said as she charged the Ghost forward ramming it into Hunter as she jumped off, practically flew over the Hunter, drew out her rocket launcher, and fired at the back of the Hunter turning it into a pile of heated meat.
"Eww!" Sarah said as she complained about the Hunter blood on her Armor. "That'll take months to get off!"
"There's still one more Hunter, Sarah!" I shouted. Sure enough, the second hunter brought it's fuel rod cannon out, and fired a blast of green energy at Sarah, but the Spartan quickly activated her Armor lock, and survived. Ryu then Jumped onto the Hunter's back, raised his sword, and stabbed the beast's back. The Hunter roared in pain, which was ended as Ryu jumped, and sliced it's head off. Orange blood erupted from the Hunter like a fountain. "…Ok now that was bad-ass Ryu." I said as I fired off my own MA37 at a Jackal.
"I do my best!" Ryu replied.
As Corrine sniped the Covenant on the ground in a building not to far from the battle zone, she drew out her Pistol, and fired behind her without looking at what appeared like nothingness, only for an elite to appear and fall to the ground dead.
"Motion tracker, Split-face." She muttered as she continued to snipe Elite after elite.
It was just five minutes until the whole first floor of the area was cleared of Covenant forces. "Well, that was fun!" Sarah chimed in as she walked up to them.
"Reasonably fun." Corrine said as she flew in with her Jet pack. "Not enough Elites for my taste."
"Well, at least their weren't any Brute's." Ryu said as he pulled out his Katana that he though into an Elite's heart earlier. He took out a rag and whipped the purple blood off of it.
"Ya know, we really should have a scoring system." I stated out of the blue as we continued up the stairs. "Ya know, like Grunts are worth 1 point, Jackals 5, Elites 10, Hunters 15, Brutes 20-"
"Brute's 20?" Ryu stated. "Dude, a Hunter could easily take on a Brute!"
"You only see two Hunters at a time, though." I replied. "Brutes, however tend to have far more than that, and they have all of those other weapons. Like those Gravity hammers, Grenade launchers, and those new Plasma repeaters."
"But Hunters have Fuel Rod Cannons, and those indestructible shields." Ryu replied as he checked a room for any covenant.
"only Fuel rod cannons, and those shield." I replied. "they have no way of variety. It's always the same weapons for them. And those shield are not indestructible. A nice Scorpion tank shell goes right through them."
"And how may times do we get to use Scorpions?" Ryu said.
"Doesn't matter, they can still be broken, hence not indestructible." I replied waving my finger around.
"He's got ya there Ryu." Corrine said with a giggle at the end.
As we walked to the top of the building, we found it odd that there were not many covenant inside the building. In a matter of minutes we reached the roof. "Well, that was boring!" Sarah complained.
Ryu then activated the Radio. "This is Delta one to Command, do you read command?" he said. There was a flash of static, "Command here, Delta. What is it?" Came the reply.
"Delta here, Reconnaissance mission complete." Ryu said. "Covenant forces are slowly pulling out, and moving into the center of the city. Requesting pick up."
"Request Approved, Delta." Command said. "Pelican Drop ship inbound to your location in 6 minutes."
"Roger, out." Ryu said. "We got 6 minutes. Guess we have to wait."
"Sir, I've got movement on the Motion tracker!" Corrine informed. "Moving up the building!"
"Delta, take defensive positions!" Ryu barked. "Cover the door!"
I drew out my own DMR, and took cover behind some Crates. Sarah brought out her M246H Heavy Machine Gun, and set it up next to me. Soon, a team of 5 Grunt's ran through the door, and were practically shredded into confetti by Sarah's Machine gun. While Sarah lauphed like a maniac like the Heavy from team fortress 2. "AHAHAHAH!" She screamed. "TASTE THE BURN!"
"Sarah, you scare me sometime." I admitted.
"I know." Sarah admitted as well as she continued mowing the aliens down.
Eventually, Jackals with Energy shields came in with their shields drawn. And even Sarah's barrage of fire couldn't bring them down. "Grenade out!" I shouted as I pulled the pin, and tossed a Frag grenade into the mess. The device detonated, and the Jackal's went flying, most of witch flew right off the building. "Ok that was about 6 Jackals so…" I said counting in my head. "…30 points for me!"
At that moment, a team of 5 Elite Zealot-class warriors with energy swords charged through the door. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me!" Corrine complained as she fired her Sniper rifle at a Elite, only for it to use it's own Armor lock.
"Damnit! Their stealing my tricks!" Sarah complained as she opened up with her machine gun again. I then fired my own DMR, nailing a few shots into a Zealot quickly taking out it's shield. "Quit complaining, and keep shooting!" Corrine shouted as she drew out her Pistol and fired as the Elite's came too close.
Ryu Stabbed a Elite straight into the chest, and then he sliced the Zealot elite in half. Then he ducked missing a swing from another elite's energy sword, and rolled forward. He quickly got back up and faced the Elite.
The alien charged him, and Ryu met the Elite's sword with his own, much to the elite's surprise.
"I'm not your average Human, Split face!" Ryu said as he swang his sword. The elite jumped back, but quickly charged forward again attempting to Stab Ryu, but the Spartan dodged with ease.
The elite swang again, and Ryu's sword got it the way again. "You are a formidable fighter, Human." The elite said in english, to Ryu's surprise. "I'll give you a Honorable death!"
Ryu smiled as he kicked the Elite in the gut. The Elite stepped back, but quickly recovered. But not quick enough as for Ryu stabbed the Elite in the chest. "It seems your getting the Honorable death." He said, as the others finished the remaining Zealot's. "But tell me, who is your commanding officer?"
The elite staired at the Spartan. "Why…do you want…to know?" The elite said, struggling to stay alive. Rui answered by driving the sword in deeper. "Just tell me!" He shouted.
"Kahel…Hanamee…" the Elite said, just before dying. Ryu frowned. Still not him. He thought in anger.
The reason he asked the elite was because he knew the name of the Covenant leader that slaughtered his family personally. The elite made it very clear he wanted Ryu to know who he was before he killed him. But to that bastard's dismay, a group of Marines saved Ryu before the elite could kill him, be he damn well remembers his name.
Thel 'Vadamee. He thought of the name of the elite that killed his family. He then felt a hand on his shoulder, and tuned to face Corrine standing there. "We'll get him John." She said on a private comm link. "We will find the one that killed them."
Ryu smiled, and nodded as the Pelican drop ship came in and the four Spartans of Delta squad boarded the Drop ship.
Once we were all onboard, and the Pelican was well out of Covenant territory on the Planet, we all took of our Helmets. Revealing my short but Shaggy brown hair, and brown eyes, Ryu's short brown hair and his odd eyes (Left: Green with gold flecks Right: Gold with Green Flecks) Corrine's shoulder-length blond hair, and blue eyes, and Sarah's ear-length brown hair, and Brown eyes with gold flecks.
I sighed, and wiped the sweat off of my forehead. "Would it kill O.N.I to give us some Air conditioning in our armor?" I asked, half-serious, half-sarcastic. Ryu chuckled slightly. "I've requested it, but so far, nothing yet." He said.
"Sarah, you alright?" I asked, looking at the brunette. "That was a pretty close call with that fuel-rod cannon." Sarah smiled. "I'm fine Jordan, don't worry." She replied.
"Isn't it sweet how Jordan looks after her Girlfriend?" Corrine said. Causing me and Sarah to both blush. "Corrine, don't embarrass the kids." Ryu said jokingly.
Though, Corrine wasn't that far off. Sure, I do like Sarah…but I don't really know if she likes me that same way (Little to Jordan's Knowledge, Sarah does like him that way, but she, like Jordan, doesn't know if he returns those feelings).
Then, there was a beeping emitting from Ryu's helmet. The said Spartan put his helmet on. "Ryu here." He said. There was a pause. "Yes sir, mission was successful, and I have sent my report to O.N.I." another pause. "Yes sir." Pause. "Roger, I'll tell them."
Ryu took off his helmet. "Looks like we have a field trip boys and girls." He said. "Where are we going?" Sarah asked. "Please tell me it's Crystal cove!" I asked hopfully, wishing to return to the greatest beach in the whole galaxy.
Ryu smiled, but shook his head. "Sorry, kids." He said. "Pack your things, we're going to Reach."