Halo
Tales From Reach
Jun
"See you on the other side Captain,"said Jun, ending with a crisp salute. Carter returned the sentiment and stepped into the Pelican dropship. Jun watched as Carter, Emile and Six, his last living teamates, jetted off into the sky.
"Lets move, doctor, its a long journey to Castle,"stated Jun. Halset simply in reply and calmly strode into the aircraft. Jun stepped inside and made his way to the cockpit. He sat down and grasped the controls, he not usually the one for flying.
Jun loved staying posted on the ground, thats why out of all the Spartans, he got the knickname "little boy scout". He took great pleasure in missions that involved hunting and stalking, and using nature to your advantage. Pushing fond old memories aside, Jun took off for Castle base.
Great mountains rushed past the viewport as the Pelican flew over them in the dozens. The journey to Castle was nearly over, and for that, Jun was thankful. "Doctor, you okay back there" called Jun. " How long now, Jun?" asked Halsey. " Around twelve minutes, I think," he answered. " I didn't teach you to guess, did I Jun," said Halsey in playfully mocking tone. Jun shivered every time she said his name, as did every Spartan. Only other Spartans called each other by name, except Halsey. She was like a mother, a mother with dozens of children who look exactly the same, and yet she still can identify every Spartan.
Jun's mind was ripped from his thoughts when something slammed into the viewport. Strange, there were no burns from plasma fire, just a large crack. He activated the camera on the bottom of the hill and zoomed in on the ground below. He spotted some sort of blue-ish grey vehicle in the shape of an arc, with a large crane-like arm. He zoomed in closer and saw a Grunt on the end of the arm clutching a small blue sphere.
Its a sucide Grunt catapult, quick, save Halsey.
"Doctor, get d-.
His sentence was cut short when the hull of the ship exploded and rained metal and titanium A down into the aircraft. The Pelican tipped as it began descending down towards the ground. Halsey tan through the dust towards Jun with a DMR in her hands. Jun took the rifle and signaled for her to fly the ship. She slid past him and into the pilot seat as a Zealot dropped through the roof. It roared and was answered with a strong punch in the face. It immidiately recovered and landed a kick in the Spartans stomach, igniting its energy blade as it did so. Jun instinctively dropped onto his back and fired four DMR rounds into the Covenant warrior. It howled and leapt back onto the roof. Three Brutes jumped down, two with spiker rifles, the other with a heavy gravity hammer.
The spiker bullets tore into Jun armor as the other swung the gravity hammer. Jun dropped to his knees, sprang up, yanked the Hammer from the Creatures hands, and swung it into the spiker Brute on the left. He exploded as Jun grabbed his spiker and dove into the next Brute. He impaled it and finished it with a dozen rounds to the face. As he turned around, the hammerless Brute charged and tossed him into the wall. Jun crawled across the ground and retrieved his DMR. The creature leapt at him, but Jun fired so many DMR bullets into him that by the time his clip was empty, the beast had no head or stomach left.
Before he could check on Halsey, the Zealot dropped back down and slashed the Spartans knees with his energy sword. A burning sensation spread through his legs as he watched the Zealot walk into the cockpit. Jun noticed an old rusty jetpack attached to the wall as he heard Halsey scream. He took it and pulled his tether, damn, it was cut by the sword. Jun quickly ran through his best memories, of his teamates, of Halsey, of everything, and crawled into the cockpit. He grabbed hold of the Zealot's leg tight just before it reached Halsey, strapped on the jetpack, and sped off. The jetpack gave out due to rust and Jun and the Zealot rolled towards the open ramp of the Pelican. Jun slammed his elbow into the Zealot's thigh, but it kicked him backwards, causing him to slide off the ramp, hanging out the back for dear life. He reached forward and wrapped his arms around the Covenant warrior, and both toppled and fell away to their deaths.
