Hey there everybody, here is chapter 2 of my first fanfic. Enjoy!

Halo is the copyright of Bungie, though these characters, and the story, are my own creation.


Chapter 2: Lone Wolf

February 17, 2550

UNSC Midsummer Night Sim Ready Room

Gunnery Sergeant Jack Price

"This Gentleman, is one thing that makes this ship special. Apart from having one of the best ODST compliments of any ship in the UNSC!" That statement brought a oorah from everybody. "Also has a simulation room for us, and other visiting units, to train in and to set up to simulate certain situations." At that time Captain Davis walking in to see how we were doing before we went out into the Sim Room.

"Attention On DECK!" yelled out Dmitri, as we all scrambled to attention.

"At ease men." replied the captain, "I'm just here to wish you all good luck out there." and then he left, as was usual with the Captain's visits to the ready rooms before a sim.

"That gentlemen is the captain of this ship, Captain Davis. You will find he cares for everybody, Navy and Marines alike, equally. Now down to business, the simulation we are running today is straight up elimination, everybody has one life, you get hit and your armor locks up so that you appear dead. The course will be randomly created by the ship's AI, Mandy, at the start of the day."

"That means that nobody will know of the map layout beforehand, so you better watch so corners and keep your eyes open for potential kill zones." bellowed out Dmitri.

"Alrighty then, let's get going then, don't want to keep everybody waiting."

"Everybody waiting, what do you mean sir?" asked Stein.

"When a sim is going on, almost everybody on the ship watches it from the viewing platform. Sims are fun to watch and can also be used to gain knowledge on how a team operates and maybe gain some new strategies for next time." I replied to the Corporal. At that time we had walked up to the elevator that took us up to the battle area.

"Welcome to the sim room Carnage squad." The ships AI, Mandy, said as she brought up a hologram of the map. "Today's map is large, with long clear views for long range weapons from the two high points of the map in opposite corners, split up by close up fighting on the floor and in the high points There are walkways crisscrossing the map at all of the different tiers. Good luck on the battlefield Carnage!"

"Thanks Mandy." I said as her avatar disappeared, though the map stayed so we could plan out the battle as we rode the elevator up. "Connors, Stein, McFee, I want you three to go left and try to get into the structure here. Once you do, hold at the entrance and wait for my signal." I said as pointing to a spot on the map, bring a "Yes Sir" from the trio.

"Anders, I want you posted up in the tower, on the second tier here, providing over watch. Don't go up to the third or fourth tiers." As I pointed out where I wanted him to set up, which brought a "Roger that Sir. " from the man.

"Gunny, what are you and staff going to do?" Asked Stein.

"that is an excellent question corporal. Staff Sergeant Vasilyev and I will go around the right flank and draw their fire. When that happens I will give you the signal and that's when I want you three to pop out and surprise them. Now Anders, I want you to watch their backs and take any shots of opportunity you may have; and watch out for their sniper. Oorah!" Bringing a resounding "OORAH!" From everybody. At that time the elevator reached the battle deck and we were in wedge formation, and if I do say so myself, we look awesome! "Remember you orders, and always have the back of the man next to you." I said over the countdown to the start of the match. "3...2...1...GO" and with that the team scrambled off to fulfill orders I have them.


A Few Minutes Later

Under Fire in the UNSC Midsummer Night Sim Room

Gunnery Sergeant Jack Price

"Dmitri, shift fire to the right, keep those guys pinned down!" I yelled at the Russian machine gunner; who, without saying anything, shifted his fire so that it pinned down two enemy soldiers who tried to flank is, "killing" one of them in the process. That marks the first enemy killed, leaving five left.

At that time we got a call over the radio from Connors, "Sir, we are pinned down just inside the structure." We heard over that radio, along with the sound of a firefight going on.

"Anders, shift you fire over to them to try and cover them!" I said into the radio, getting no response; I didn't even get green "affirmative" light on my HUD. "ANDERS!" Then we heard a SRS go off and saw one of our lights go dark. It was Anders, he had gone off all lone wolf and ended up getting shot by their sniper. From there it went all downhill.

"We are getting over run! AUGHHHHHH!" Was all we heard over the radio before all three of Connors's, Stein's, and McFee's lights went out, though they did manage to nail the enemy sniper and one trooper. So it is 3 Vs. 2 and they started pushing hard. There were rounds flying all around us.

"Ok Dmitri, get ready to lay down some suppressive fire so we can run to a better place." I yelled at him before taking out one of them who had tried to move up.

"On the count of three, 1...2...3! GO, GO, GO!" I yelled through my radio as we both got up and started to make a run towards where we started and the tower that was there; firing blindly almost at where the last two enemy's were. It was only after about 50 meters that I saw Dmitri go down, paint splattered all over his back that I knew I was done for. Know to try and take those two with me!

"Come on you sons of bitches! Take me on if you man enough!" I yelled through my helmet speakers as I spun down to a crouch in place, battle rifle up and ready to fire at the first target I saw. At that time, both of them came around from separate corners...I managed to get one of them before the second one nailed me with a well placed shot to the chest...damn do those things hurt!


A Few Minutes Later

UNSC Midsummer Night Sim Ready Room

Gunnery Sergeant Jack Price

"So, what did we do wrong out there and what can you do to fix it?" I asked my team after we had gotten back into the ready room.

"Well we could have pushed a bit harder at the start as to get to a better spot instead of where we were." replied Connors, to the agreement of the two men that went with him.

"Anything else?"

"No sir, there was nothing that we could have done to prevent us from getting over ran, they had sniper support and an equal number of men." was his response.

"We nailed that sniper before we went down though!" blurted out McFee.

"Good, you recognized that you were in the face of overwhelming enemy forces and still fought on, taking that sniper out with you."

"Thank you sir!" was all three of their responses, almost as if they had planned it.

"You three are dismissed, that means you're staying put Anders." I ordered, leaving Anders standing by himself being stared down by Me and Dmitri.

"Why Anders, why did you leave your post, which had a clear line of fire to support the left flank, to get shot by their sniper?!" I yelled at him.

"no reason, sir" he replied very quietly, like he normally is. but for some reason that just made me a bit angry, cause if he had stayed quiet he would have lived and we would have won.

Before I could say anything Dmitri was in his ear, "WHAT WAS THAT ANDERS!"

"NO REASON, SIR!" he shouted back

"Then why did you do it!" I yelled at him this time.

"I felt it was the right thing to do, Sir"

"oh, you THOUGHT it was the right thing to do did you?"

"yes, sir." he responded, knowing it was a trap.

"WELL YOU NOT HERE TO THINK! You Are Here To Follow My Orders! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" I yelled at the smaller man.

A weak "sir, yes sir" was all that came out from the man.

Again, before I could say anything, Dmitri was there, "WHAT WAS THAT CORPORAL!"

"SIR, YES SIR!"

"Good, know I don't want to see you pull any more of that shit EVER AGAIN! Do I make myself CLEAR!"

"Sir, Yes Sir" the corporal shouted out, knowing what befell him if he didn't.

"Good, know go take a shower and clean your rifle twice, and I don't want to see you at lunch, and that's an order!" I shouted at him, starting to calm myself down.

"Sir, Yes Sir" he responded, still standing there; afraid to move in case it was a test or something.

"MOVE SOLDIER!" Dmitri yelled at him

"Yes Sir!" he replied as he grabbed his rifle and made for the door to go complete what I had ordered him to do. Being in charge was great sometimes, and a pain others; but you gotta live with what you are given.


The map is hang 'em high from Halo: CE, so you can get a picture of what it looks like, though it has been doubled in size, about.

Ok, so my computer caught a Trojan Virus on Tuesday and I wasn't able to get it to IT(being spring break) so it could get fixed. good thing is that I saved all my things on a thumb drive instead of my desktop so it is all safe. I should be getting it back on Wednesday, so I should be able to start updating more regularly then.

and all the little grammar and spelling mistakes cause I used the note section on my IPhone to write out the first chapter and a majority of the second one should be gone as well(YAY) cause autocorrect is so idiotic in notes! am I right?

Now that my daily rant is over with, see you on the next chapter!

Thearizona

P.S. how do you think I dealt with Anders "lone wolfism"? I plan on do some…wait, spoilers! I can't let you know my plans for world dom…..I mean, the next chapter.