"Marines

"Marines! Suppressing fire now!" A blaze of M16A4 fire, along with a few M4A1 Carbines filled the air, the USMC was facing something they have never seen before, what looked like large bugs with backpacks that spewed a blue gas when it was shot.

"Sarge! There's more of them" A Marine said, running up to the sergeant, his face was panic stricken from this encounter.

"Then shoot at them god damnit! We need to get rid of them!" The Sargent responded, slapping a fresh clip into his M16A4. The bugs moved in waves, firing what Marines though was laser beams, it melted anything it hit. The Sergeant screamed into his radio,

"AIRSTRIKE, WE NEED AN AIRSTIKE!"

"Roger that Marines, get to some cover, FA-18's on their way from the aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Regan" The voice sounded to relaxed. He wished that those people knew how bad it was right now. Sergeant John Rosenfeild was a part of the USMC, 33rd Division. This was his second active duty in the Middle East, He was sent back after Alisad's nuke was cleared up, only because there have been 'strange' sightings there. Apparently these things where what had been seen. Rosenfeild and his squad had no idea what they were going to get themselves into, they were only supposed to be a recon force, all they had for support was 20 Men and an old Aircraft Carrier. Then they met the bugs, alone they were easy to kill, but they kept coming like cannon fodder, wave after wave they invaded, Rosenfeild felt that nothing else could go wrong. Overhead, a large 'crack' filled the air, it couldn't be the airstrike, the USS Ronald Regan was miles away. John looked up, what looked like a very large white portal was spewing something that looked like a squid, it was sleek and purple, he saw a fiery red glow on the side of the ship, he knew that was trouble. "Marines, fall back!" John shouted, putting his M16A4 on his back, "Where getting the h—" Overhead another loud crack was heard, this time a brown-ish object appeared. It seemed to know the ship was there, as what looked like a nuke fired upon the ship, along with a salvo of missiles, the purple ship returned fire, the hellish-red released a long string of blue, boiling rope.

"WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS!" one of the Marines shouted.

"I don't know, but where getting the hell outta here!" John shouted, starting to run

"Sir, the bugs—"

"DON'T YOU SEE TWO ALEIN CRAFT IN THE SKY!?"

Ye—"

"THEN WHAT MEANS WHERE LEAVING!" The Marines ran, that's all they could do, the bugs behind them fired their plasma upon the Marines, one by one they fell, dead. "Great…" John though, "Just how I wanted to be remembered, blown up by aliens"

Aboard UNSC Pelican, bound for Earth, from UNSC Destroyer Valley Forge

"Well Marines, this is what where waiting for, Time to kick the covenant back to there scummy little planet for trying to invade Earth, well make them pay for Reach, now, lets move Marines!" This short speech was inspiring, because it was coming from General Mike Smith, who had personally seen the Covenant kill his friends and family on the planet Reach. The Marines all slapped a new clip into their BR55 series rifles, they clicked the stocks in place, and ran out on the field, only to be confronted by humans with outdated rifles, one of them fired and it bounced off one of the UNSC Marine's body armor.

"STAND DOWN MARINES!" General Smith and Sergeant Rosenfeild shouted at once. "I'm the commanding officer!" They both shouted again, looking confused at the others order.

"Sergeant John Rosenfeild, USMC, 33rd division!" John said, wanting to get what seemed like a band of freaks with rifles he never saw before to stand down.

"General Mike Smith, UNSC, Commander of the UNSC Ground Forces of Earth" He finished, watching the sergeant for any sign of emotion, there was fear. "Forget it, DUCK!" Two seconds after that, Elites opened fire with Carbines, melting away half of the Pelican's battleplate. The UNSC and USMC Marines let loose with their guns, The sound of BR55's, M16A4's, M4A1 Carbines filled the air. The Elites fell after their shields were taken down by a combined sniper support of a Barrett .50 Cal and an SRS99C-S2 AMB. John took a moment and looked around, there was purple craft in the air, as well as Grey ones, they hovered and shot missiles and machine guns at each other. There was smoke and fire everywhere, the Purple Space Ship was hurdling towards the ground, the other one hovered about 500 Meters away, the gray ships were rapidly moving towards it.

"Marines! Fall back to the Pelican, the Covenant are jumping!" Gen. Smith shouted, rushing everyone, into the ship and closed the hatch. The Ship rose off the ground and sped towards the brown ship, they landed inside the hanger. Another sonic boom was heard, and the Covenant Ship transitioned into slipspace, the force of 160 Nuclear Weapons ripped throughout the Middle East, Only the UNSC Valley Forge survived the blast with an emergency slipspace jump to follow the Covenant Cruiser.