"There's nothing worse than becoming one of them…"
Sergeant Jacob Altman, 167th UNSC Marine Regiment. We were on Earth, doing an important mission. It had to be important if the Master Chief was involved. His mission was to destroy Covenant Anti-Air, Ours, was to Defend and secure the town of Voi. Hours after we secured Voi, a Covenant Cruiser crashed right into it…
I was with one other Marine. "What was that?" He asked. "It was a Covenant Cruiser, crashed right into Voi." I replied.
"Why would it-" He was cut off, by the most horrible sound ever. It was definitely NOT human, and I've never heard any Covenant make a noise like that. It seemed like a distorted scream. I clutched my Assault Rifle tightly in my hands. I was afraid for my life. Then I saw something moving in the corner of my eye. I looked and saw these, things, scuttling along the street. My first response? Shoot. I shot at them, the sound of my gun echoing across the town. It only took one bullet to kill each one, causing them to blow up, parts of them scattering around. There weren't even that many of them. I had only 12 bullets left in my gun, so I reloaded, letting the old clip clatter to the ground…