Rusty, Yankee, Hollywood, Snipes, and Blondie are nicknames
I was in an escape pod hurtling toward the planet reach. My squad leader Rusty was trying to get the pod under control. The pod was turning a bright red like a burner on a stove top. Then I blacked out.
I woke up to Snipes shooting an elite in the head and Rusty plowing down some grunts with his chain gun. Yankee was trying to arm a sticky grenade (he sucks with alien tech). I looked around and saw we wear in a forest the pod came down and tore through 3 trees and made a crater in a bolder. My squad secured the perimeter. "Hay kid u ok" Hollywood asked. I nodded.
We packed up and looked for some way of transportation. Hopefully a Spartan squad left a jeep ling around or something. Then Rusty's two way radio crackled on. It was some guy named David 302 supposedly Spartan. "We have some bad news. The bomb in your area is will go off in 1 day and we are unable to send help but if u can make it to the pelican (small human space craft) west of your position then you may be able to make it of that rock" Dave said. The radio crackled of and we headed west.
About three hours later we came across a warthog (human combat vehicle). "It's got a half a tank of gas and the chain guns almost out but it will have to do" Rusty said. Rusty got on the chain gun, I took shot gun, and Yankee drove, Hollywood and Snipes hopped in the back.
We went on for 4 hours without much trouble. At around sundown we started to hear some chatter but we didn't think much of it. About 3 minutes later we heard a large vehicle power up and all of a sudden a scarab (large insect like alien combat vehicle) burst out of the trees to our left and started to run after us. Despite its size it was fast, really fast. Rusty aimed the chain gun at the one large eye and started shooting. I armed a sticky grenade and threw it at the scarab's leg. It went off and when the blue cloud of smoke cleared the knee cap was missing. I told Snipes to target the wires on the knee. Some grunts were in front of us shooting with plasma pistils. I remembered that the plasma pistil can shut down vehicles so I snatched the weapon out of a grunts hand and set it on full charge. I shot the scarab in the leg and saw sparks fly from the joints but nothing else. It still charged at us at full speed, and was closing in fast. I saw the eye light up and glow an electric blue. Then a devastating laser came out of the eye and tore down several trees.
All of a sudden my sight became blurry and I felt as if I was hit in the stomach by an elephant. My vision came into focus and I could see what the plasma had done. I had a big gash in my armor and under that was the worst third degree burn I have ever seen, in fact they were so bad they could be considered forth degree burns. I covered up the wound with some torn cloth from my back pack and got up. I armed a sticky grenade and stuck it to the exposed cords on the now stationary scarab. The blue lights on the side flashed red and the robot started to tumble. It fell down with a thud and the aliens in side and started to pore out. I then new what I had to do I ran to the back of the robot and climbed in the opining in the back. I picked up a Covenant Carbine and fired at some grunts, and almost instantly elites came down and started to shoot. I ran past them as fast as I could and made it to the core of the behemoth. I shot at the plasma battery and it started to glow bright read. Then small explosions took place on the walls and the scarab started to fall apart. I ran for the exit and jumped of the side of the bot.
My squad who had recovered quite fast was waiting for me. "RUN" I yelled and my squad bolted for the rock next to them. We took cover as the scarab exploded. "We're not out of the woods yet" Rusty said.
We headed west and found the ship…..on top of a plateau. Now this wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that we only had 20 minuets before the bomb goes off. "Well this is just perfect, how the heck are we suppose to get up there" Hollywood said. "We climb" Rusty replied.
We finally made it to the top and we have 1 minuet to get the ship off the ground. Thank god it had ¾ of its power supply.
(From now on its present tense)
"Hay what do ya think you're doing the bombs going of in 1 minute and you're just sitting there". "Sorry Rusty". "Ya you better be sorry, now get circuit board fixed". "Ok".
"Circuit boards fixed wear ready to go Rusty". The ships turbines spin and the ship starts to lift I can see a bright blue cloud of plasma in the back round and its closing in fast. Rusty guns the engine and we launch into space.
"This is O.D.S.T. squad 352 requesting landing" Rusty says. The radio comes on and the voice replies "welcome back you gave us quite a scare". As soon as we step on the mother ship we were bombarded with questions. A man steps out of the crowd and says "settle down settle down let them rest".