John was sitting at a table eating when an alarm went off. "All ODST
units to the drop pods, all ODST units to the drop pods!" Immediately
John sprang to his feet and grabbed his helmet. Click. He put it on
and ran to the launching bay. "Move it, move it!" The sergeant yelled
as he ran by. He grabbed his gun and got into his drop pod. He clicked
his gun into the side and the doors closed. The pod turned on and he
got smacked with all the comm. chat. "...we're going down..." He
switched to his squads comm. channel. "Dropping... now!"
His pod lurched and he shot down towards the planet. "John, you and
your squad are landing in..." The comm. filled with a crackling sound
and he peered through the window. The other pods were being blown
up. He braced himself to die. But he didn't. His pod began to shake as
he entered the atmosphere. He braced for impact as the pod neared
the ground. Crash!
His pod slammed into the ground and the door flew off. He grabbed
his gun, a BR, and jumped out of the pod. He looked around at the
area. He checked his navigator. He was in New Alexandria, his birth
place. "Awe S***" He muttered. He was near the center of the city,
though, his coordinates said he was supposed to land outside of the
city. He searched the comm. channels for any nearby soldiers.