2065 December 8th – Camp Pendleton California – I Day

Corporal Patrick Bowman slowly edged around the buildings corner and peered down the rest of the street. The slowly billowing dust rolled lazily down the road in the big city, neatly obstructing any view of the street. The GDF soldiers then heft his M-32 grenadier variant assault rifle and turned to talk to his squad mates. "Guys, give me some cover, I'm goanna make a break for the other side". "Man your crazy, its wide open, you'll never make it without a dozen holes in your back", said PFC Beeler. "That's why I'm the corporal and you're the private". He then turned and tensed his legs.

The Global Defense Force soldier then sprinted across the road. The relatively small road felt like a mile as he sprinted across it. He then crashed into the wall of the far side of the road and dodged in a side alley. He couldn't believe his luck in making it across the virtual killing field and getting across without a scratch. Maybe these things that were attacking were not the monsters that everyone had thought them to be.

He then turned back round and keyed his mike. "Guys it seems clear, come across one at a time, remember to cover each other". He then saw his best friend on the planet PFC Josh Beeler Prepare for his run. His friend then sprinted across the road and made it across with no issue. His friend then pivoted and brought his M-249A2 SAW to bear to cover his squads crossing.

The third man in the squad of five then ran across the street as well. PFC and medic Cindy Abnett then charged across the road with her M-32 standard rifle. PVT John Lincoln, the squad's engineer, ran across the road with his M -34 combat shotgun. He however did not have such an easy run across as the others did. From several different windows overlooking the road lit up with the flashes of weapons fire. Rounds screamed all around the soldier as he ran kicking up dirt and shards of cement. He amazingly did not get a scratch as he flew through the firestorm.

Patrick could not believe his eyes, his enemies were shooting lasers at him, fucking lasers! It seemed straight out of the ancient movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back a Third Time. The crimson bolts of red energy were tearing down the street effectively cutting the team off form their fifth squad mate and new recruit. Hell, Patrick didn't even know his name yet. The man looked at him with pleading eyes looking for direction.

Then an event that would stick with Patrick for the rest of his natural life occurred. A monster from his deepest nightmares seemed to materialize out o the doorway behind the poor man. It was a fucking machine of some sort. No, wait some sort of cyborg as he saw the skin fused with wires and metal. The glowing red eyes flicked from him to his squad mates back. He then noticed that this machine did not carry a gun. It was made into the arm of the machine. Then from a protrusion under the barrel of this gun a huge array of knives and tubing arose and the machine pulled its arm back.

Before he could even yell a warning the thing plunged these blades through his mans back and punched through his chest in an eruption of gore. Then with the man yelling a blood curdling scream he pulled him back through the doorway it had previously occupied.

Patrick then turned to his squad and said, "Come on guys we have to get outta here, besides there was nothing that we could do for him. Besides we have to regroup with the rest of the platoon". With a grim look on all of their faces the squad then hustled down the alleyway away from this ambush. They would never forget their first encounter with his harsh and barbaric race of aliens that had brutally and effectively separated and murdered a member of their squad.. Little did they know that this would be the beginning of the greatest war of mankind. It was the kick off of the Human- Strogg War.

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Next week. Halo stuff begins.

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One note this story will first follow the quake wars game and the possibly move back to the halo universe.