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The Rookie of ODST 5th company Delta Squad.

Streets of New Mombasa part I

Sub-title Three's Company

Jacob's head started to clear slowly as he regained consciousness his head leaned against the door of his pod. Picking his head up he spotted two Phantoms flying past in what looked like a search pattern. He stopped moving so that if they looked in they would think that he was dead. A few minutes later the Phantoms passed and Jacob activated the door fail-safe. Dropping about three stories he landed on his feet. A small alert sounded and he looked at his HUD. His biometric indicator at the top of his HUD told him that he needed to find a med-pack. Nodding his head down to activate his com he sent out a few burst transmissions. "Buck? Mickey? Dutch? Romeo? Dare? Can any of you hear me?" Static answered his question. Letting his chin of his com trigger he muttered, "On my own, in a city filled to the gills with Covies and a confusing lay-out." A small smile grew to a sarcastic grin. "Sounds like fun." His helmets fail-safe activated and four white points showed up on his HUD. Walking over to the points he found med-packs. Opening it up he used the various objects inside of it to calm his biometrics down, and thus recover. A sound came through his com, "This is Dorthy of first division. I request immediate evac now." Jacob immediately forgot the small bits of pain from the bio-foam and rushed to the point of origin, marked on his HUD. Reaching the general area he activated his VISR and scanned the area again. It's amazing what the naked eye missed that his VISR picked up. A group of Grunts, lead by a Brute, were pouring a ton of plasma into a few cars parked next to each other. Putting his M7 in its holster Jacob drew his SOCOM and sighted a Grunt's head in the sight of it and squeezed off a shot. Quickly sighting the other grunts he fired three more shots and the other grunts fell to the ground, blue-green blood pooling near the broken methane mask. The Brute jumped away from the grunts and turned in Jacob's direction. The ODST was already in a dead sprint at the Brute, M7 in hand. A spray of gunfire appeared from behind the cars. The Brute's shield flared and went out as Jacob brought his gun to bare. Peppering it with gun fire, Jacob unloaded his entire clip into it and finally fell to the ground in its own red and blue blood. Jacob walked up to it and snapped his neck to make sure that he was dead. Stepping out of there cover two marines appeared from their cover. Jacob depolarized his helmet and nodded at the two ladies as they walked to him. "Private Helen Eriksson and Corporal Seanna Enciso Marines first squadron. Our squads touched down with the Chief. We didn't go with him. They died one by one by the baby kongs. We found each other by mistake when I was looking for a rally point. We are low on ammo and were low on moral until you showed up Lance Corproral," Helen said as she seemed to give her partner a once-over. "Any bruises on her," Jacob asked half-joking. "No, but I might need some bio-foam," replied Seanna, "We also thought we found someone else but when we checked where the signal was he or she was gone." Jacob nodded and handed Seanna a canister of bio-foam from the health-pack that he didn't use and she applied it to her shoulder. Suddenly Jacob heard a sound. Turning, he quickly replaced the clip in his silenced M7. He activated his VISR. The city lit up through the enhanced low-light vision. The red outline for enemies didn't appear; however, what did appear intrigued him. He was looking at a phone that was highlighted. Walking over to it he touched the star button. His HUD displayed numerous information. "Username: Dare Password: Virgil Superintendent online." Jacob had no idea what it meant but he now had a map of the city. Now I won't get lost, thought Jacob as he turned back to the two marines that he had stumbled onto. Something told him that they weren't telling the truth about who they were. They didn't have IFF indicators but showed up in his VISR enhanced vision to be friendly. So he wasn't going to argue. He would need them to help him to find the various beacons that his squad would have left over the city. It was a standard procedure for them when they got separated. He knew the situation they were in wasn't normal, but he would just have to trust Buck, Mickey, Dutch, even Romeo to led him to where they were. His map already showed the location of one beacon. Marking the location of it with his own Nav point and turned back to his two new squad-mates. "We just can't stay here. Found something that might help us out," Jacob said to the two marines. Helen shook her head. "No can do sir. Somebody will come for us. I vote we stay here." Seanna however nodded and stood behind Jacob. "I think we should go with Lance Corporal ODST." Jacob's head followed Seanna as she walked behind him. After she had said what she said he turned back to Helen shrugged and said, "Looks like your vote, just got over-ruled." Jacob couldn't hear her but it he imagined that she swore at him and his new 2 and fell in line. They then went off to find the first Beacon.

Tech corner-For readers who don't play Halo and don't know about anything here this is for you. It will introduce new tech in the story. This also will provide terms that I will use knowing no other words to describe it.

HUD – Heads up Display

Brutes – "Jiralhanae" They have been part of the covenant since before the Attack on Harvest. They are smart enough to achieve They had just rediscovered radio and rocketry when the Covenant in 2492. They are a match for even a SPARTAN in terms of strength. Although they have the ability to use some of the Covenant's most advanced weaponry they prefer to use weapons of their own design. Spiker rifle, Mauler (hand-held shotgun), and the Gravity Hammer.

Grunts – "Unggoy" These methane breathing creatures hold some of the lowest ranks in the covenant. Mainly used for grunt work: Toteing supplies for higher caste members, Main assault force, etc. They once rebelled against the covenant but where brought back in line by the Arbiter. They wield plasma pistols, Needler, and the Fuel Rod Cannon. The only race in the covenant that cannot breath oxygen.

The Arbiter – A disgraced elite given this sacred armor has a chance to redeem himself. He is the guardian of the Great Journey. He has been sent to quell the Unggoy rebellion and tame the Lekgo(Race of worms that make up the Hunters and Scarab.) He is possibly the most determined Elite that has ever crossed anyone's path. The currant Arbiter, Thel 'Vadamee, will not appear in this story but his predecessor will be mentioned, OR WILL HE!

Glassing – Whenever a planet is attacked by the Covenant, once they get the forerunner artifacts, attack the surface of a planet with crisscrossing plasma bombardments. This turns almost anything to glass, hence "Glassing".

Elites – "Sangelli" They held the highest caste in the Covenant and one of the first races of the Covenant. They served as the Vanguard to the Prophets. During the Great Schism in October of 2552 the Brutes and Prophets secret alliance showed itself when all of the Elite guards of the Prophet of Regret failed to stop him from dying at the hands of Master Chief. Most Elites managed to get away from their Brute "Brutus"; however, those in New Mombasa learned of their deception to late and almost all died soon after Regret's ship left.

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