Chapter 1: Giant Hula-Hoop

Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson grunted as he prepared his Marines for the jump to hyperspace. One of the Marines was trembling in fear as another one of the Covenant's RAPTOR bombs hit the surface of the Pillar Of Autumn. "All right this is it" he said to himself as he prepared to give his marines a Pep-Talk. He drew a Deep Breath and began walking among the Warthogs and Scorpions.

"Men, we led those dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep 'em from gettin' their filthy claws on Earth. But, we stumbled onto somethin' they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own personal anti-son-of-a-bitch machine, or a giant hula hoop, we're not gonna let 'em have it! What we will let 'em have is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in!, Am I right, Marines?!" Johnson shouted

"Sir Yes Sir!" came the reply as all the marines reached for their Assault Rifles.

"Uh-huh. Damn right I am. Now move it out! Double time!" Johnson finished as he drew his own Assault Rifle and headed for the bridge.

"Attention: We are reengaging the enemy." Cortana's voice came over the ships speakers

"All you Greenhorns who wanted to see the Covenant up close, This is gonna be your lucky day." He lit one of his famous Cigars and left the Hangar bay Jophnson took a sharp left turn and met up with Fire Team Charlie.

"Hey Avery, nice speach!" shouted Sergeant Lorez as his team got armed.

"Shut up." Johnson replied as he reached for the new 90 water resistant SMGs.

"Fire teams Alpha through Sierra: Sensors show inbound Covenant boarding craft. Stand by to repel boarders." Cortana said over the intercom as another blow sent the Pillar of Autumn rocking back and forth.

"All Right you heard the lady, Fire Team Charlie your with me!" Johnson shouted as another hit blew the Pillar Of Autumn zig-zagging.

"Fire Team Foxtrot Let's go!" Lorez shouted as he pressed a new clip into his Assault Rifle.

"Hey Mordane, Stick close to Mendez and you'll be alright." Johnson said to his team's rookie, Mordane was too terified to speak so he merely nodded and walked over to Mendez and Jenkins.

"Hey, I hear you passed your Marine Tests with flyin-LOOK OUT!" Whatever Jenkins was going to say was abruptly stopped as a hole blew into the wall next to them and twenty grunts appeared followed closely by Two Red Elites.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Jenkins shouted as he chucked a grenade into the Hole-Like interior of the Covenant boarding craft and it promptly exploded killing those inside one of them but more took it's place.. After what seemeed like hours of fighting they managed to get into a room with a black ramp to get to the higher levels of the ship. The blast door slid closed

"Combat teams on decks five through nine, fall back to secondary defensive positions." Keyes said through the ship's on-board intercom.

"Hey Foehammer hadn't you and your Pilot-Buddies get to your Pelicans?" Johnson asked of the Beautiful woman with cropped Strawberry-Blonde hair nearby.

"What do you think we are TRYING to do!? BAKE COOKIES!?" She shouted as she drew her pistol and fired at three of the closest grunts each hit met it's mark with a sickining crunch as their heads exploded

"Nice Shots Foehammer!" Johnson complimented as his Assault Rifle blazed away killing whatever stood in his way.

"Hey Johnson sir!, isn't that the Master Chief?" Jenkins shouted which promptly made Johnson turn around to see that there was indeed a green Battle-Armour suit nearby, Foehammer had already left the room the way Johnson had come.

"Yes it is Son." Johnson said as the Master chief blazed into the Doorway

"Ops personnel on decks nine through twelve, report to evac stations now." Keyes continued over the loud speakers as Johnson's group continued to fight against the oncoming Covenant

"AHHHHH!" the scream pierced everyone's ears as Johnson saw Mordane go down by a blast from an Elites Plasma rifle.

"Mordane! NO!" he said as he killed the Elite and ran over to the Fallen Private.

"It's my fault sir, I should have stayed with Mende-" The rest of the sentence was left as his eyes rolled back into hid head, Dead.

"All hands. This is the Captain. Prepare to abandon ship. Combat teams, repel boarders until Ops personnel are away. Good luck. Keyes out." Keyes's last report finished as Johnson stood there, The Master Chief and Foehammer had ong-since left.

"Sir? Sir what should we do?" Mendez said as he saw his Brother's corpse on the ground.

"What do Ya think we should do?! MAKE DAISY CHAINES! Come on, Let's get to the Lifepods!" and with that Johnson left the room. once they got into the Lifepod Johnson did a head count.

"Hey, has anyone seen Sanders?" he said as he strapped himself in.

"N-No sir." said one of the group who was wearing a Bandana hence the nickname Bandana.

"Come on already close the door!" The pilot wheezed from the front, aware that the slightest misstimeing on his part would lead to certain death.

"Combat teams Sierra through Victor, prepare for evac." Keyes said over the radio as Private first-class Sanders saw Charlie Team's life pod departing

"Aww... Come on! Do I have all the bad luck or what!" He said as he got ready to run to another Life Pod.

"All combat personnel, fall back to tertiary defensive positions." Keyes said as he prepared for a fight on the Bridge.

"Combat teams, fall back to secondary defensive positions." Sanders was now oblivious to Keyes's calls as he ran towards a Life-Pod and tripped over.

"Oh no...oh no!" He screamed as he tripped over was this the end?. Suddenley a hand grabbed him and threw him into the Life pod

"WHOA!" he said as he almost collided with the wall scrambled into a seat and buckled up. he looked around to see that it was the Last SPARTAN II who had thrown him to the ground.

"Punch it." the master Chief said as he closed the back door of the pod.

"Aye aye Sir!" said the pilot before starting to launch the pod.

"We're disengaged. Goin' fer minimum safe distance." the Pilot said as she pressed a number of buttons to try and ensure a safe landing.

"We're gonna make it, aren't we, Sir? I don't wanna die out here!" Sanders said in complete terror of what could happen, and then the Master Chief patted him on the shoulder! he had actually had the Master Chief hero of thousands of victories Comfort him!

"Look." The Master Chief said in his normally calm voice. Sanders saw A ring so beautiful and yet so delicate out of the front So that's the Hula Hoop? he thought as he remembered Johnson's speech.

"What is that thing, Lieutenant?" The sergeant of this group called to the front.

"Hell if I know. But we're landin' on it." said the Pilot as they began their descent to the ring.

"The Autumn! She's been hit!" Sanders said in a panick as he watched the hulk of the Pillar of Autumn have a large chunk taken out.

"Heads-up everyone, this is it. We're entering the ring's atmosphere in five..." called the pilot from the front.

"We'll be fine." said the Master Chief to all the Marine's confusion. Sanders passed out.