The Ark: Outside the Citadel
Cpl. Joseph Mandrel
I pressed the pedal of the 'Hog to the floor, speeding away from the scarab that was about to blow. Shockingly no one got their vehicle jammed underneath the scarab when it went down so the chief was able to take it down right then right there. No casualties that I know of. I pulled the e-brake sliding to a stop and hopped out to provide cover to a over flipped warthog when the chief landed his hornet right next to it providing cover with the MG's it held. They were just barely under the scarabs gun and the scarab was trying to maneuver to get a shot. It wasn't even focused on me or my gunner. I kept shooting at the side gunners on the scarab. the other hornet strafed the side I was shooting at, had gotten a pair of rockets into the shielding in the back collapsing the the scarab for self repair, then strafed the other side knocking out both gunners before it went after the secondary cannon on top. But the chief took this chance to get aboard
I was running back to the warthog at full speed, away from the scarab. The Chief had just climbed aboard to take it down, I had driven my hog twenty yards away from the scarab to pick up The Chief. I had gotten out again to shoot at the brutes on the scarab and had wandered about ten feet away from the hog when The Chief jumped down. He had already hopped in the driver seat and was waiting on me to get in. Private Christopher Gonzala was covering me with the gauss. Ya wanna know what happens when I'm about to hop in to the warthog? The scarab fucking explodes!
Throwing me a good twenty feet into the air. I could see the warthog flip over and the chief climb out from the drivers position as I spun in the air. Thankfully I landed in snow and on my back my right arm above my head turning slightly to where my hand is directly above my forehead. My left arm laid on my stomach, I came out relatively unscathed. The Chief walked over with my BR in his left hand and an MA5C in his right. He gave me my gun and hoisted me up.
"Marine get in the hog, and rally with the others."
"Sir." I replied as I looked over to my banged up vehicle. It was probably ready to explode. I hopped in and drove back to the other forces, that were stationed at the top hill where The Chief had gotten into one of the two hornets. Another gauss warthog was lifted away while its crew waited for the next bird to pick them up. Two marines and a fuel rod wielding elite minor. The next pelican hovered over the edge of the bluff. The pilot lowered the hatched and we climbed onto the pelican, I was the last one before the hatch was shut and the pilot picked up my hog, and we then lifted off.