Right I know I'm REALLY straying from established shit in this one but mainly in following chapters
At any rate this will get more halo related in the following chapters and as usual I don't own the story that's Bungie's job
August,24 2027 2:34 AM*
North-Eastern Alberta Canada
Esso rig 347
John Kalinski strained as he pulled the head off the well, fully prepared to have a jet of oil fly up, instead it was nothing. "Looks like we've got another dry well boss" he yelled to the foreman. He allowed a chuckle when his gas metre started to ring. He looked at the digital readout on his arm, he then ran
" all hands, we have a huge buildup of methane down there, it could go at any second GET THE FUCK OFF THE RIG" he yelled into his radio as he put on a SCBA. He breathed in the compressed air and started the company truck. He looked back at his RMMS or Remote Manipulation and Monitoring System and gasped as the system was expecting a 6 kiloton yield if the methane were to detonate "guys, fucking haul ass if this shit goes it'll go with the force of a small nuke!" he yelled over the radio. He saw a man in an Exosuit run over to the truck at 30kph and he got in as the safety officer got in as well. " c'mon, he yelled to the foreman, he heard his voice say " I have to turn off the drill before there's a spark, go without me" with that John backed out of the site and pushed the hydrogen powered engine to it's limit as the lights dimmed away. His RMMS said 21% O2 73% N2. John ripped off his mask and breathed in the pine scented air. Then a flash blinded him, it was followed by an ear-splitting roar. The shockwave threw the truck into a tree and then darkness.
August, 24 2027 2:37 AM
Highway 28, 25 km north of Bonnyville 45km east of rig 347
Highway patrol car*
It had been an uneventful night *so far for Sgt. Will Bates as he drove down the main highway of the region. He had not even gotten a call from dispach which was odd. Then the sky to the west lit like day and a huge blue fireball mushroomed up in the distance. His night had just became more interesting.
August, 24 2027 3:26 AM*
1.2km west of rig 347
Wrecked Esso company truck 036582
Patrick Westcot woke inside his exosuit and saw that it's HUD had a large crack down the centre of his faceplate and that the truck had been decimated, but his seat was intact, save the jammed door which he punched open with his enhanced strength. He stumbled out of the wreck and checked his RMMS, he saw both were flatlined. Patrick unsealed his helmet and took it off. He didn't want to look at the truck, he had worked with this crew for 5 years and he didn't Want to see their bodies. He pondered how he would tell John's wife. He went to get up and walk to the rig when he saw a police car speed up the road, dodging around fallen trees. He waved at the car and it stopped. The sergeant rolled down his window and said " where did it happen" "about a click down the road" " get in"
Esso rig 347
Patrick replaced his helmet and information started to flow into the holographic HUD and he saw the power level in the batteries was still good and amazingly, his suit was still sealed. "Display active life signs" he said "none found" the pleasant female computer voice replied. "shit" Patrick said as he climbed the risen side of the crater and he looked down into the crater. What he saw was... Amazing. Below him were ruins of something... Enormous and not human at all.
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