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Chapter 2 – Awaken

The lone wolf must use all of its skills to preserve and survive in the predator-filled jungle…

Spartan Russ-B312, also known as Noble Six, had woken up in plenty of difficult situations. From a crashing ship to be woken up in a firefight, but free falling towards a planet was a new one for him. When he finally awoke, he could feel the weightlessness of freefall and tried to righten himself to face downwards where he saw a thick jungle below him that was rapidly approaching. Before he could think of a way to survive the impact into the jungle a loud beeping could be heard from his chest and he looks down at it to see something strapped to his chest and apparently led to something on his back. When he was barely few hundred feet above the jungle canopy, a parachute sprung from his back causing his body to jerk and go through the canopy of the forest at a slower speed.

His descent finally stopped as the parachute catches onto a branch, leaving him suspended in the air. The Spartan reaches toward his shoulder as he was relieved to find the kukri still on his shoulder and quickly pulled it out of its sheath. He uses the knife and begins to slice at the parachutes strap but let out a yelp of surprise as the straps on his chest came undone and release him from the parachute to drop towards the ground. As he hits the ground he immediately rolls across the ground and comes up with a knee, his eyes already scanning the area. The man takes a short moment to check himself for any equipment that he still had on his body. It looks like I was given a DMR and Emile shotgun with ammo for them both and few grenades as well. Who would do such a thing?

The man stood up and took the shotgun from his back and started to walk through the dense jungle as he tries to find an opening in the forest. The wilderness seems to be alive with noises and movement causing his motion tracker to go crazy and forcing him to shut it off. Eventually, though he saw a break in the jungle ahead at the edge of a cliff and quickly moves forward towards it when he comes to the brink of the cliff, he stops in his tracks at sight before him. The cliff overlooked more jungle with a lone mountain in the distant with something metal sticking out. In the sky were multiple planets that he never saw before. Suddenly a loud roar could be heard throughout the jungle causing him to quickly turn around, his DMR shifting from point to point looking for a target to shoot. What was that?

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It had waited the proper amount of time allowing its prey the opportunity to get its feet settle and have a fighting chance. It had washed its body in ceremonial oils and made itself ready with its armaments before stepping out of the ship and recloaking the ship. It took off its mask to breath in the planet's air as a sense of pride filled it as it knew it would have the rarest prize in the galaxy. It rears its head back it let out a loud roar sending every creature nearby scurrying away as it places its mask back on before setting off on the hunt.

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Russ ties the last knot in the vine before checking the surrounding area for any signs that would expose what he had been up too. He nods his head in approval before moving back onto the game trail that he had found earlier. The forest has been silent since that roar had ripped through the area sending all the animals in area scurrying away. He starts to move quickly through the underbrush towards a small cave he found earlier. The Spartan stayed crouch down towards the ground he runs through the brush watching his footstep making sure to try and leave the least amount of trace.

His eyes were always scanning the nearby trees and bushes as he moves along finally reaching the hidden small cave that he had found earlier. Quickly climbing into the cave, he pulled down some leaves over the entrance trying to conceal his position even further. He carefully watches the area outside the cave through some of the openings in between the leaves, the only sound he could hear though was his breathing inside of his helmet. Time seem to slowly pass by as he waited for any sign of life or more specifically what had dropped him on the planet. I am sure the hell not on Reach that is for sure but where am I, his thought process was stopped as his motion tracker registered movement outside of his cave.

His eyes scanned the area with even more scrutiny when one of his trap to his left was set off causing a trunk to fall to the ground. He quickly brought his gun to bare at the tripped trapped, but another trap on his other side went off as well causing him to swing his towards it. The damn thing is playing with me. Giving a quick glance up to the corner of his HUD his motion tracker was silent once more. Did it get caught or leave the area, he asked himself as he continues to look around the area.

His question was soon answered as three red dots appeared on the ground neared out in the opening in front of the cave and begin to trace across the ground till it settles above the entrance of the cave he was in. Oh shit! Russ quickly dives out of the cave as a ball of energy was launched from a nearby tree heading straight toward the cave. The ball of energy suddenly slams above the cave entrance causing the roof to collapse into it. As he came upon his knee, he began to fire rapidly into the tree that the ball of energy had been released from. The rounds sent splinters and leave flying into the air, but among the debris, a shimmering figure jumps from the tree towards a new tree.

"Oh, no you don't," he muttered under his breath when he notices the figure moving from one tree to another. Grabbing the only plasma grenade he had, he quickly took aim and threw the grenade at the form's destination. The projectile landed on the tree while the figure was still in the air and stuck to the tree as it begins to pulsate a blue color. He could see the figure react to the grenade that he had thrown and was quickly trying to move onto the next tree, but the grenade exploded as it begins to jump sending it crashing towards the ground.

Russ switches his rifle for his shotgun and starts to move slowly towards the figure lying on the ground. This time the figure was no longer cloaked, and he could confirm it was the same alien that had abducted him back on Reach. He got a better look at it now as he saw black hair like appendages coming from its head. The skin that could be seen was the yellowish color with brown and black patches scattered on its skin. Its armor was covering its shoulders, chest, back, groin, and thighs with wire mesh were acting almost like his body suit it seems. It still had a mask on its face hiding it from his view. His foot nudges its arm to see if it was alive when a long silver spear appears out one of its hands almost skewering his head.

Rolling away from it the alien and the spear he loses his shotgun in the underbrush and quickly reaches for his kukri with his right hand as he left hand quickly pulls his combat knife free. He quickly flips the combat knife around to hold it reverse while he stood up. The alien was also standing up now with the spear detained in both hands as it let out a noise that was a mix of growling and purring. Russ rolls his shoulders as he looks towards it before calling out, "Come get me!"

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Its blood was pumping fast as it duels with its prey. The prey had managed to get it de-cloaked and into melee weapon combat. It was surprising that its ki'cti-pa did not take the prey head when it had feigned unconsciousness. It twirls its ki'cti-pa in its hands as it continues to make strikes at the prey. The prey had continually dodged its attacks with either simple movements or with the two knives it held. It thrust once more aiming for its head, but its ki'cti-pa was caught between the prey knives.

The prey calls out something at it in the ooman language before the prey pushes its hands in opposite direction causing the ki'cti-pa to fly from its hands into off into the jungle. It watches as its weapon flew away and didn't see the prey slams its fist into the alien face causing it to take few steps back. The prey calls something out again in the ooman language that the alien finally decided to translate it. Listening to the translation, it heard that the prey wanted to know what it was. Choosing to honor its request it let out one word in the Ooman's tongue, "Yautja."

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The name Yautja continues to ring in his ear as Russ continues to fight it. After taking away the spear, it had been using blades had appeared from a wrist gauntlet on its right arm catching him by surprise. He had to try blocking the Yautja blades with his combat knife, but it had cut through it completely and nearly cut into his armor if he hadn't rolled away in time. He knew just dodging the weapon left and right while trying to get a strike on his own against the Yautja but was either landing small nicks or air as the Yautja was extremely agile for a creature that was taller and bigger than he was.

After another swing from the Yautja aimed at his chest move back away from the Yautja to put some space between them while holding the kukri in front of him. Studying the Yautja, he begins to move to his right while it moves to its left as they slowly walk around in a circle. Suddenly though his foot tripped over an uprooted tree root causing him to stumble and letting the Yautja leap across at him swinging downwards aiming to split him in half. Time seem to slow down as he enters something Spartans declared 'Spartan Time' and quickly move to the side of the slash and bringing the kukri down onto the black wrist guard that was on its left arm damaging it and causing sparks to burst from it suddenly. The Yautja looks down at the now destroyed gear before releasing a roar that once more filled the air as its attention soon returned to Russ.

A rumble could be heard as it hands go to its helmet pulling cords from it letting out a little hissing with each plug. It hands grasp the mask before removing it from its face to show a creature that was similar to the elites with four tusk-like mandibles around a mouth that almost seem human until its lips pull back to show sharp teeth. Its forehead appeared to be push back and was smooth with no hair coming from it while ridges were its eyebrows should have been cast shadows over its eyes, but its eyes still shine through like bright emeralds. It made a clicking noise as it assumes a stance once more. Getting himself ready he looks at its face studying it. Suddenly the Yautja said something that he understood in broken English, "Come and get me."

Cheeky bastard it can speak, Russ thought as he ready himself once more. He held his kukri again in front of him as he the Yautja stared down each other before they both release a primal roar almost and charge forward at each other clashing together.