Chapter 2

Friendly Fire

The pod shuddered as she descended to earth, she was just a minor domo on her first special operation giving by the holy Prophet of Regret, and she was very excited that she was picked for this operation over all the males in the zealot lances. She thought that this would prove to the males that females are just as strong to go on high profile operations. She checked her gear making sure that she was set; she didn't want anything to go wrong today.

As she heard the hard impact of the ground and the sudden jolt forward she knew that the pod had made touchdown.

As the lid slid up, the rush of cool air from the rain as she leaped from the pod was soothing to her hide from the long dry descent.

As she reached the moist mud, Voro' Chonchiyo singled Rha' Grioto to follow, "Stay close female, or I will leave your hide," Voro' Chonchiyo growled, he hated that a female would have such an honor to be on this mission for the prophet and he was clearly showing his disgust. "You should heed your words Voro' Chonchiyo or it might be your hide left behind," Rha' Grioto retorted Voro' Chonchiyo just snorted with disgust from Rha' Grioto retort as they jogged up from the small park to the deserted street,

As they made there way to the first rally point she thought back to the last contact with the other lances it was odd that the communicator lit up with Sangheili screams during the descent, they both thought that it was a death by the hands of the humans which made Rha' Grioto even more eager to kill the humans, but it did seem odd that it was only Sangheili screams, as she thought she was brought back by an unwelcoming sight.

Two filthy Jiralhanae one Major and one minor were at the first checkpoint standing with there arms folded staring at them, as they approached, the Jiralhanae stop the pair, "Why have you stopped us we are on an operation for the holy Prophet of Regret", Voro' Chonchiyo flared up in anger threating there lives, but the Jiralhanae just stood there smiling showing there ape like mouth. " Your mission is forfeit to the Jiralhanae, Sangheili," the Major spoke, "You are a weak species and your deaths is the divine prophets will!" As the Major last words left his lips he grabbed Voro' Chonchiyo forearm and twisted him towards his body, Voro' Chonchiyo was stunned by this an before he could get his bearings the second Jiralhanae hit the side of his mandibles breaking the shield and his teeth in the process; knocking him out.

This startled Rha' Grioto but quickly she aimed here carbine at the minor's head firing it. As the shot sped through the air with ba' shhh, as the Jiralhanae turned the green streak met his eye and exited out the back of his head spraying brain matter and bits of skull an dull purple blood on the tarmac.

As the Jiralhanae hit the tarmac with a loud thud the Major howled in anger and through Voro' Chonchiyo to the side of a bus with a smack that sounded as if his back broke an instantly became still, Rha' Grioto knew that if she doesn't dispatch the Jiralhanae she would most likely perish just as her leader.

As she aimed her rifle the Jiralhanae grabbed the end of her rifle pushing it away from his head just as she fired causing the Jiralhanae to howl in pain as the shot created a gaping hole in his hand, but it didn't stop him from shifting his attack to his other hand.

As it made contact with her head knocking her down to the tarmac throwing her carbine away from her. As she quickly looked up the Jiralhanae had pulled out his spikier as he walked up, "Scream, Sangheili!" as he spoke he shot her leg making her thigh stick to the road, she screamed in pain as the brute raised his weapon to her head smiling.

POV switch

JIM

Jim rounded the corner of the Ming Le's restaurant. He went to go looking for the Covenant to see it they were here after he saw the pods touched down only two clicks from foreside hotel.

Just as he made it to the back of the restaurant overlooking the street he saw the elites were with the brutes, "Well looks like I found the aliens little tea party," Jim whispered mockingly as he grabbed the rim of his Ms34 Tact scope over his visor to his eyes.

"Lets see whom I will be fighting w…." Just before he had time to finished his sentence the lead brute grabbed the lead elite and just as quick the minor punched him, "What the hell?" Jim was confused at the friendly fire, just as quick as he completed his sentence the elite in the back quickly sprayed the minor brains on the road, which caused the Major to through the elite he was holding to a bus nearby with extreme prejudice.

And just as the last elite was about to snap to the brute he grabbed its rifle and howled in pain, "Ok it looks like it needs help," Jim thought while drawing his M6S magnum from its holster an snapped to the brute's head just after he had fired his spike into the thigh of the downed elite.

Without thinking about the Sangheili being his enemy he fired 4 rounds to the side of the Jiralhanae's head, two rounds impacted his shield causing him to turn his head towards the fire just as the third hit dissipated his shield exposing it ugly head to the forth shot which went clean between the brutes eyes, as he rolled on his heels falling and planting his ape like face on elites boot causing the Sangheili more pain as its foot twisted away from the impact wound of the spike tearing it a-bit.

The Sangheili screams were starting to make Jim cringe as he descended to the street, he may hate the elites but screams no matter what species made him feel sorry for them, "Curse my sensitivity," growled Jim, he wished he was like his squad leader George unwavering in the face of battle an in pain.

As he made it to the Sangheili he began pushing the brute off the boot of the elite which made it scream a lot more due to the brutes body pushing the boot out more and still wondering why he isn't killing it.

Maybe he felt sorry for it being in friendly fire like that, or he just an idiot thinking that it would be happy if he helped it.

As the big oaf of a brute rolled off splashing in a pool of water that was forming in a crater, he quickly walked to the head of the Sangheili just as its screams were becoming soft and then quiet, he noticed it started to close its eyes, "Crap," cursed Jim, he knew this was the sign of a bleed out, and if it wasn't fixed up in 30 minutes it would die, " Damn it, it will take an hour to make it back to foreside," Jim was starting to worry.

Not knowing why he was doing this he laid down next to the leg of the elite right were the spike went through. He took off his Tactical backpack and rifled through the contents looking for his med kit, "Finally!" Jim whispered happily, as he pulled the med kit out, opening it and than taking the mini saw that was used for freeing people from metal restrictions.

He didn't waste time at sawing at the spike, after a minute of cutting he freed the elites thigh and started to push the spike out through. Once this was finished the blood really started to come, he scrambled for the med kit looking for the field dress kit, once he found the kit he started to stitch the exit wound on the bottom off the thigh, " God please let their be no patrols coming this way," Jim whispered, he had to disregard finding shelter to due the limited time he had to save the elites life. As he finish the bottom of the wound the needle slipped through his fingers, "Really not helping losing the needle like that Jim!" he yelled in his head trying to keep as calm as he can, as he reached back into the med kit to pull out his last fresh needle out. As he started to stitch the entrance wound on the top off the thigh, the elite moaned in pain, "Please don't wake up its harder to this with someone awake," Jim said worryingly.