This is purely Marines only. There will be some mentions of SPARTANS. These are not the actual feelings I have for them. SPARTANS FTW! Oorah...
"C'mon, let's move it," said Pvt. Harland wearily.
"Where are all the Innies?" said Cpl. Jeffries.
"Probably all in hiding." said Pvt. Sandoval.
There were twenty Marines in total. They were armed with an assortment of MA5B's, SMG's and BR55's. Some were equipped with Jackhammers and sniper rifles. Fifteen of these Marines were green as can be. The rest were battle hardened veterans.
"Where are all the Innies!" grumbled Pvt. Sicklemore.
"Kid, you do not want to ask that." advised Sgt. Jackman.
"Why? We're ready. The Academy trained us." objected Harland.
"You'll learn more in the first five minutes of combat then the whole Academy training. Just duck and shoot, kid." answered Sgt. Jackman.
Everyone was quiet after that. They all contemplated the idea of dying. None of them fancied it very much. The planet of Ashiania was a cold and barren place. Devoid of living things, it was the perfect HQ for ONI. But the base went cold a couple of weeks ago. So the team of Marines were sent. No one thought that it would be a very big threat. It was just that the base was very small.
Everyone trudged on. Suddenly, bursts of fire popped up everywhere. Harland got hit in the neck. Jeffries took cover with Jackman and fired. Sicklemore and Sandoval sighted the targets and squeezed their triggers. But three more men fell. One militant got a fallen Marine's Jackhammer and sighted the Pelican. The Pelican rose, but it was too slow. In a brilliant flash of light, it was gone. With another rocket, another five men went down. With just ten men left, Captain Sanchez gave the order to fall back. More men fell. Finally, the Marines got away. The only men left were Jeffries, Sandoval, Sicklemore, Jackman, Captain Sanchez and just two others.
"What was that?" Sicklemore sobbed.
"That was a well laid example of an ambush." said Jackman.
"That was not good. We lost more than half of our men." said Cpt. Sanchez.
"We're gonna get them back. For Harland and the rest of the lads who fell." said Jackman.
"For everyone who fell." whispered Sandoval.
"OORAH!" chorused everyone.