"Sniper Team Two counts twelve individuals, all heavily armed."
"Rules of Engagement, sir?"
"...Crew expendable."
"Roger that. Weapons hot."
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In no less that five seconds, all the Brutes surrounding the Phantom Dropship collapsed, dead. Blue blood spewed forth from their decapitated heads as three humans in shaped black armor stepped over their lifesless corpses, silver faceplates gleaming in the light of the three moons in the sky.
In front of them, the once-majestic half-corpse of a UNSC Command Frigate lay, black smoke rolling up to the giant Covenant Separatist Assault Carrier hanging in the sky. Rings of purple shone back down towards the earth;Grav lifts, no doubt ferrying Brutes between the Carrier and the ground.
The team leader raised his faceplate, staring at the ruin of the ship.
"Hang on," he said, more to himself than to anyone else, "We're coming. And we'll get you out of there if it's the last thing we do."
"This is ST-2. We're moving up along the ridge, gonna provide you a bit of lookout."
"Bravo Faceplate One is setting up right now."
"Beta Squad acknowledges, moving further forward."
The sergeant keyed his intercom. "Acknowledged and understood. We're moving out."
And with that, they marched off, fading into the dark...
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Something new that I'm looking at. Don't bother checking out Aftershock, That'll be dead for another few weeks before I have the time to get back into writing, which I most definitely will after my mid-year exams and after I aquire Halo 2 on my PC tomorrow! I'm quite excited!
¬Jè§t许 (My current Halo Trial Online name, lol. You can usually find me on the ~[PI]~ servers.