Chapter 1 Closing Call
The very skies burned red from the flames from the untold number of fires, entire cities burned as well as thousands of ships of sizes and millions of people. These fire where not limited to just one place the entire United Nation Space Command planet of Reach was burning from the attack of the steamily unstoppable alien alliance known simply as the Covenant. Standing near the remains of a dry dock for the UNSC War Ships stood an eight foot tall walking tank, a Spartan super soldier. This Spartan was possibly the last surviving member of his team, a team that had discovered the covenant infestation of Reach. He was Spartan B312 better known as Noble Six. He had made entire militia groups disappear but not even he was strong enough to stop the covenant takeover of Reach, however he had passed on the AI construct that may hold the key to Earth and the human race survive to captain Key's of the Pillar of Autumn. He had protected its launch from an enemy cruiser at the cost of his own life. Now he had only one mission left survive.
As he looked around the war torn landscape two covenant ground support aircraft or Banshee's flew overhead. Slowly he looked at his Designated Marksman Rifle or DMR he was down to only two and a half clips of ammo and it took around half a clip to take down a Zealot class Elite which he knew the covenant would send to kill him. His shotgun which was located on his back was down to less than three shells. He had already used the five shells he had stored on his wrist; on his right shoulder blade was the pouch holding extra sniper rounds, that was still full however he didn't have a sniper. The tactical pack he kept on his chest was empty apart from a single fragmentation graded and his extra pack on his left leg apart from two clips of pistol ammo was also empty. This magnum pistol located on his right hip was the weapon of last resort when it came to an elite and that was likely going to be the last weapon he held.
"Looks like I am in a horrible spot." thought Noble six as he closed his eyes for a moment behind his blue visor as he heard a Covenant transport, a phantom by the sound of it fly over his head. Suddenly his eyes snapped open as he heard the sound of landing troops nearby his mark five helmet with UA/Hul attachments meant he could hear the enemy coming, grunts as well as a group of elites. Noble six eyes snapped opened as he raised his DMR"Well I am going to take as many of those covenant bastards with me to hell."
He scanned the smoke filled battlefield waiting for a sign of his enemy a sign of his doom however suddenly a voice came over the communication link.
"This is Captain Reed calling on all UNSC soldiers and civilians within the sound of my voice. We are at the Aszod ship-breaking yards dock five we have getting the troop transport ship Gates of Valhalla up and running. If we can hold the covenant off long enough we can get away." said the Captain's voice in Noble six ear "Please if you can make it to our ship please do so, we need everyone we can to protect the citizens we have onboard…please…we need help."
Noble six looked toward the dock; through the smoke was another ship. It was only two docks down from him. All he had to do was cross over the abounded dock where the Pillar of Autumn used to be and pass another dock and he would reach the transport.
Before he could make his move the sound of nearby gunfire caused him to look to his right just in time to see an large door came down as a ranger elite came stumbling out of the smoke. Bullets bouncing off his shields. Reacting like any Spartan would he raised his DMR striking the Elite Ranger in the head just as the shield went down. The bullet ripped though the elite's head killing him. The moment the Elite fell to the ground a group of ODST's came out of the room.
"I hope you burn in fucking hell!" yelled an ODST as he shot a few more shots from his Assault rifle into his enemy.
"Save your ammo." ordered another ODST "We have a long way to go to get to the ship."
"Sir." said another ODST as he noticed Noble Six standing on the remains of the platform
"A Spartan?" asked the lead ODST as Noble Six headed up the remains of the staircase to the team of ODST, there was only five of them and one of them had his arm in a large sling.
"Please tell me you are not alone?" asked one who had shot into the dead ranger
"I am all that remains of my squad." said Noble Six as the sound of a covenant drop ship came from overhead "Second Lieutenant, we need to get to that ship."
"Yes, of course." said the second Lieutenant "Sir you are the higher rank what are your orders."
"What is your condition?" asked Noble six
"We are so fucked up that we don't know the difference between up and down." whispered an ODST as they entered catwalks above the remains of a steal factory. The bodies of dead UNSC soldiers and civilians could be seen littering the floor of the factory a few seemed to be still be alive as teams of jackals moved around them killing the few they found alive. The ODSTs and Noble six didn't engaged instead they kept moving.
"We are down to half a clip each and not much more than that." answered the second Lieutenant as he trained his DMR on the Jackal's head as they passed by them.
"Same here, we need ammo." Said Noble six as he spotted thought a window the remains of a weapon stash flipped over inside a mangers office at the end of the catwalk.
"Looks like luck is with us." said the hurt ODST reviling that the injured ODST and judging from the voice he was actually a she.
"I don't believe in luck." answered the first ODST as he opened the door scanning the room with his DMR. "Clear."
"Take everything you can." ordered the second lieutenant as the ODSTs and Noble six began to load up on weapons.
"Give me those shotgun shells." ordered Noble six as the nearest ODST handed him the last box full of shells.
"Airman Special Blake Adrime." stated the ODST as he loaded his assault rifle "I have a name just because you are a Spartan doesn't make you better than me."
"Yes, it does." said the ODST who didn't believe in luck as he loaded his DMR however instead of loading another weapon the ODST picked up the remains of a needle rifle from dead elite that lied on the ground.
"You are not trained for that." said Noble Six as he placed his pistol on his side before picking up his DMR.
"Yes, I am." stated the ODST as he put the needle rifle down before picking up a covenant energy sword which had been hidden by the dead elite "Until my entire unite was whipped off the face of Reach I was the covenant tech expert. Sergeant Major Alec Fagaly at your servus, until we all turn into a three course meal for some Jackal or Brute."
"I am Chief Medical Officer Laura Adrime." said the wounded ODST as she tried to pick up as much ammo as she could. Instantly Blake as at her side helping her with her weapons
"In some strange twist of fate she ended finding her husband in this twisted mess." said the Second Lieutenant "I am in charge of this misfit outfit, Second Lieutenant Ian Taylor of the 176th ODST squad."
"And the man holding the giant rocket launcher is Crazii." said Alec as Noble six looked at the one ODST who hadn't talked yet. "True Crazii is just a nickname we gave him when we found him a week ago, officially his name is Michael Moreton but he is just crazy, so we call him Crazii."
"Aren't you wondering why we call him Crazii?" asked Ian
"No." answered Noble Six as he placed his shotgun on his back before taking up his DMR and headed toward the exit "We need to get moving."
"Noble Six is right we need to get moving." said Crazii as they started down the catwalks toward their only means of escape. To their surprise they came across almost no Covenant forces as the passed though the dock which had only a few minutes ago held the Pillar of Autumn.
"Where are they?" asked Blake as they opened a door only to see a large open field which was used for truck bring up supplies for the ships however now it was full of covenant forces including four Wraith and a landed Phantom transport. The Covenant forces were walking around as if they belonged on Reach. They could see the large UNSC ship the Gates of Valhalla taking hits from Covenant plasma mortars as the sound of gun fire filled the air. Suddenly the roar of engines filled the air.
"They are taking off." said Ian
"How do we get though that?" asked Alec as they looked around the area, there was no clear way to get around the Covenant.
"Follow me." ordered Noble Six as he moved down a large walkway until they reached the ground.
"Great we found a crazy Spartan." said Ian
"Is there any other form?" asked Alec
"It still doesn't top Crazii's stunt." said Blake
"Nothing can top that." said Ian as the ODSTs followed suit as they took cover behind a large stack of steel beams.
"What is your plan?" asked Ian
"Get a ride." answered Noble Six as he moved from behind cover and moved toward the Phantom.
"Works for me." said Blake as they moved unseen by the covenant forces.
"Can you fly this?" asked Ian as he looked toward the covenant expert.
"Hell no." answered Alec
"I can." answered Noble Six as an Elite walked out of the cockpit. The Elite didn't hear it coming as Noble Six moved up onto the deck of the Phantom and moved behind him. With one quick movement Noble Six ran his blade across the Elites neck almost taking it off sending his purple blood all over the place.
"When I take off shot the plasma tanks beside the Wraith." ordered Six as he moved toward the cockpit. In sat down as he began to power up the systems, as the Phantom lifted off the ground the Covenant forces turned to look at it. The sound caused an Elite looked up and pointed toward the ODST.
"Make it count." said Ian
"I will." answered Crazy as he fired his rocket start toward the plasma tanks which exploded in a giant fireball. At that very moment the Gates of Valhalla lifted off the ground powered by its lift rockets. The Gates of Valhalla was a little smaller then the Pillar of Autumn but it was still a military transport. It's self protection anti air and anti ship armaments where firing like mad at the covenant ground forces and the air forces as Banshees dive bombed on the armored haul of the ship.
"This is Spartan B312 Noble Six on path to the Gates of Valhalla in a hijacked Covenant Phantom. We require the hanger bays to open." said Noble Six
"This is Gates of Valhalla hanger control we have covenant up our ass we don't have time to open the hanger doors." snapped a nameless voice over the radio
"Listen buddy open the fucking door or else we will blow it open!" yelled Ian
"This is Captain Reeds open the hanger." said another nameless voice as the hanger doors on the side of the ship started to open.
"You have twenty seconds." said the hanger control the huge metal doors of the hanger doors opened up on the Gates of Valhalla.
Meanwhile on the bridge of the Ohio class transport ship was in a state of confusion as the mix mashed crew rushed around making sure that everything was ready so that they would have a chance even if it was a slim chance of getting off Reach alive. Standing in the center of the storm watching everything was Captain Elizabeth Reed a 35 year veteran of the UNSC Navy. Her slightly graying red hair was hidden under her hat. Her arm was currently in a sling from a Brute Spiker round that hand landed in her shoulder. Over 5500 souls where onboard her ship only a third of those souls where UNSC armed forces, the rest was a mixture of ground crews from the ship breaking yard and civilians. So many man, woman and children where now depending on her.
"All stations are we sealed?" asked Elizabeth Reed in a calm yet determined voice.
"All but the hanger bay." reported an officer. "They are waiting until the Spartan is onboard.
"Good." said Elizabeth
"Captain three new contacts large tonnage." reported a new voice as a small holographic figure appeared at a computer control.
"Ed what is out there?" asked Elizabeth as she looked at her smart AI.
"Two covenant cruiser and a super carrier are closing on our position we cannot escape from them." stated Ed in a cold unfeeling voice as he looked out at the humans though a pair of holographic glasses.
"Power up the Slip space drive." ordered Elizabeth as the crew looked at her.
"Slip Space in atmosphere?" asked an aid
"Do you have a better idea?" asked Elizabeth "It's not like the wake will hurt any humans, the wake may kill a few covenant."
"Captain we have word that the last transport is onboard." said another officer
"Good, then we will have a Spartan where ever we are going." added Captain Reed as she sat down in her chair before hitting a ship wide speaker system.
"This is Captain Reed we will be entering slip space so hang on." Said the captain's voice thought out the ship including the hanger bay where Noble Six and the ODST stepped off the Phantom. All around the hanger mixed in with the Pelicans and Longsword fighters were marines and civilians most where bloody and wounded but they still looked at Noble Six in a mix of ah and stunned silence.
"Lock all stations!" yelled a mechanic as crew members rushed around to lock the stations down.
"Slip space in atmosphere she must be crazy." said a crew member
"Or that desperate." said another as the slip space drive powered up. The entire ship shock as energy gathered in the bow of the ship as a blow portal opened up.
"ETA to Slip Space 15 seconds." reported an officer as the engines of the Gates of Valhalla powered the multiple ton ship toward the portal.
"Incoming fire." stated the smart AI Ed as three covenant energy projector the weapons that could glass entire planets hit the ship and the slip space portal the moment the ship entered the portal. The Gates of Valhalla shook like mad as the screams from the civilians filled the air as the ship entered slip space much faster than any human ship had ever gone. In the hanger unstrapped crates began to fall. The wake of the Slip space drive was super charged by the weapon fire from the covenant weapon creating an explosion with the force of 14 of the UNSC nuclear weapons. The shipyards along with the covenant forces around the area disappeared in a flash of light. The three covenant ships that had only moments ago been out to destroy the last human ship on Reach had their bows blown off as they crashed onto the surface of Reach.
Well this is the first chapter of my latest story, I saw that there was no Halo Reach Battlestar Galactica story, so I think I am the first. Also as some may guess the ODST are based off my friends. Now I hope you liked this chapter. Now thanks for reading. Wilkins75.