Sup guys, LolCaptain here for another chapter of Remnant Dawn. Really like what I got going here and most likely won't stop unless something important comes up. I had a Writer's Block for a whole week while I was writing this chapter since I hated how crappy my dialogue was. Erased it and started a new one so here you guys go, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Halo or RWBY, they belong to their respective and awesome owners.
Chapter 4: What, The, Hell?!
Still at the clearing…
Daniel slowly approached the outer ring of the clearing, checking for any signs of the contacts. His movement was utterly silent, even with his bulky MJOLNIR power armor. The bushes a mere 10 feet in front of him started to move, signifying a presence.
"Whoever you are, please come out, I won't hurt you," announced Daniel with the best smile he could muster, although nobody could see it. 'Oh that's right; they can't see my face…'
He listened for a reply, but received none in return.
The area around him was quiet, and was only interrupted by the rustling of the leaves in the breeze.
He heard a loud clang emanating from the bush, which he responded with by raising his assault rifle. What resulted of the clang was a large scythe like weapon which seemed to have a protruding barrel and scope. Daniel whistled inside his helmet, he had watched too much anime to not want something as awesome as a scythe-rifle. But it the barrel was pointed at him, 'Crap' he thought.
Less than a second had passed when the gun-scythe had been unsheathed, and Daniel is already attempting to dive to get out of its sights. But it was too late, he had spent too much time marveling at it and not getting to safety. A few milliseconds of thought can mean either life or death.
The sound of a bullet being loaded was the only thing in the air, besides the rustling of the leaves. Which proceeded with a loud clap as a large metal canister tore through the air and towards Daniel.
His adrenaline had kicked in, and engaged his Spartan Time. Time seemed slow down as he tried to find a way to dodge the round. If it wasn't for him being distracted, he would've been able to get out of this without any problem whatsoever. But he couldn't so he did the only thing that seemed logical.
His shields could withstand a single round from a S2AM sniper rifle, but no, the round hurling towards him right now is probably twice its size, albeit shaped like a cylinder. It was fast too, even in Spartan Time.
He braced for impact by widening his stance and facing the bullet. His arms made an X in front of him for extra protection to the vital portions of his body.
It impacted, but its casing easily crumpled against his shield, draining it to half a charge. It proceeded to release a strange, red substance which immediately turned into some kind of fiery explosion. The sheer force that the bullet possessed dug his feet into the ground and eventually knocked him down.
The alarms in his suit were shrieking, oblivious to the fact that Daniel already knew his shield was down.
Apart from a headache, he was intact. The armor plating on his arms has been blackened but was only cosmetic.
He quickly sprang back up and unsheathed his M6D, aiming it at the surrounding area. Satisfied that nothing else was going to happen, he picked up the assault rifle he had dropped and slowly backed away, pistol still up.
Whatever was fired at him, seemed to be made for enemies with soft skin, not futuristic soldiers clad in battle armor.
He looked at his HUD's clock, 7 seconds have passed. A garble of static whaled through his suit's internal speakers which quickly resided as the Chief's voice broke through it.
"Daniel, report! Are you injured? Damn it! Get back here before anything else happens."
Daniel chuckled and replied, "Don't worry chief, tis' just a scratch."
He acknowledged his order as he quickly broke into a Spartan's equivalent of a jog back towards Thel and John.
The roar of engines coming to life filled the field with noise as the pelican Thel was in started up. He fed fuel to the engines and in return, rose about 30 feet off the ground.
With a click, he disengaged the safeties on the ship's 70mm autocannon.
Due to Daniel's enhanced hearing, he heard the audible click of the disabled safeties and scrambled to broadcast to him from the COMS.
"Hold on Thel! They could just be scared from our presences. You know, crashing down in a huge spaceship and wearing very awesome armor. Any civvie would be intimidated."
"Hm," the Arbiter said, "You have your point. So what now?" Thel proceeded to gently land the pelican and cut power to the engines.
Thel and John, both out of their vehicles looked at Daniel.
"I know I'm awesome guys, but you don't have to stare at me."
The Arbiter 'mandible-palmed' and said with a tinge of impatience, "What are we going to do? You just got shot and now we're just going to stand here..."
"For all we know they could be readying more arms against us," finished Thel.
"Just let me handle this," said Daniel, as he turned away from John and Thel.
He used his hand to make a 'come out' motion towards the bushes where the shot had come out of.
A few seconds of silence passed by, along with the long whistle of a breeze passing through the forest. For them, it had felt like an eternity, but they weren't just about to fire at organisms that could be human-like. For all they know, they could've started a war with the whole planet just from doing that, which they were not equipped to do at the moment.
Finally, the bushes startle to rustle, and from it, came out 4 beautiful women, one of whom which looked like a little kid. Each had a theme of a color on them, one red, white, black, and yellow. Each which were wielding unusual melee weapons. All 4 of these individuals were also poised to strike.
This chapters' a wee small, due to me having a Writers' Block in the middle of writing it, ending in me redoing it. That's not the big reason; I just wanted this chapter to end this way, a cliff-hanger of sorts. Well thanks for reading chapter 4 of Remnant Dawn, LolCaptain signing off! And as always, review!