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Elder felt tears running down her face. She shook uncontrollably as she buried her face in her arms. The Covenant had been getting ever closer, as the LC and WO tried to conserve their ammo. Plasma shots rang out continually, some striking the tree she was trying to hide behind. At least four more corpsmen had been hit, due to the screaming she had heard. It was almost completely silent now though. Plasma shots and alien war cry's echoed through the valley. Elder risked a glance around the edge of the tree, her body shaking uncontrollably. She peeked around, to the sight of a red armoured Elite standing barely a dozen meters away. She pulled her head back behind the tree as the Elite noticed her and fired. The plasma rounds blew hole after hole in the trunk, barely fifteen centimetres above her. She heard the LC give a yell, the WO scream at her to move, the throaty roar of the Elite. A massive hand gripped her neck and pulled her from her hiding place. She stared into the multiple-jawed face of the Elite. It's mandibles split open as it screamed a challenge. She screamed in response and tried to punch it, but the massive alien was choking her, and holding her to far away from its body. It pulled an energy sword from its hip, and ignited it. She closed her eyes as the huge bastard raised the crackling blade.
All she was aware of was a deafening crack, and then she was falling. She hit the ground heavily, trying to draw air into her lungs. She glanced up at where the Elite was standing. It was gone, lying on the ground a meter away with half it's face blown off. Another crack and, unbeknownst to her, another Elite, clad in blue armour, fell. She saw movement from the valley near her, but couldn't focus. Her vision was blurry and all she wanted to do was sleep.
'Pain. So much bloody pain.'
2nd Lieutenant Everett opened his eyes slowly. He recognised the interior of his pod, but only barely. Holes had been blown through it in quite a few places. He had a dozen different burns and penetrating injuries across his arms, legs and chest, but he was alive. He slammed the hatch release for the pod. It blew open, sending the light hatch flying. His pod was lying on its side, at bottom of a very large cliff face. He groaned and checked his weapons. The M7S was a mangled wreck, savaged by the same source that wrecked the pod. The DMR however, was in working condition. He grabbed the rifle and slung it over his shoulder. He then took a deep breath and checked his bio-signs. 'No internal bleeding at least.' He thought to himself. But he had three penetrating injuries that had gone clean through him, one on his left leg, and one on each arm. He had a series of low grade burns that had managed to sear through his armour. He had a broken rib, along with a dislocated finger, but that was the worst of it. He would have a lot of bruising later, but nothing life threatening. He tugged off the glove on his left hand. His index finger was clearly out of place. He gripped it, gritted his teeth, and pulled. There was a loud pop as it slid back into place. Everett blinked back tears for a second as he pulled his DMR off his back and began the long trek to find his company.
"OPEN FIRE!" Ellis bellowed.
His sniper rifle cracked loudly, and he grinned in satisfaction as the red-armoured bastard holding the female corpsman dropped like a brick. He shifted his aim and fired again, the 14.5mm slug blowing apart a blue-armoured Elite's head. "Move up! Secure the survivors!" He called over the squad comms.
The fireteam swarmed over the rocks, firing as they went. Ellis paused and fired, dropping another blue Elite trying to flank one of the corpsmen armed with a pistol. He slid down the side of the valley. He landed and fired the sniper rifle at an Elite rushing him, almost point blank. The slug blew through it's chest, leaving a hole almost half a foot wide. He smoothly side-stepped, reached down and unholstered his pistol, and fired as the Elite fell, the 12.7mm High Explosive round hitting the alien in the neck, almost blowing his head completely off his body. He dropped the sniper rifle and slowly advanced, searching for more Elite's. He could hear the occasional staccato rip of assault weapons, but returning plasma fire was getting less and less. Ellis edged around a tree, risking a peek at the terrain. He saw a blue armoured Elite scrabbling over the rocks, trying to get a vantage point. Before he could aim in on him, an assault rifle let out a staccato bark. The Elite fell, a dozen rounds in his back. West gave a whoop over the comms. "Hell yeah! We clear to check the navy, boss?"
Ellis raised a hand to his comm-set, more out of habit then any necessity. "Do it. But keep your eyes open. There could be more Elites nearby."
"Nah man. Any Elites nearby would have come running to engage us. Fifty bucks says we're clear."
Ellis was about to chew the Lance Corporal out when a plasma shot cracked through the air. "Fifty bucks huh? I could shout the guys at the mess hall with that."
"Oh, bullshit dude. You didn't take the bet."
"I have now." Said Ellis with an evil grin, just as another plasma rifle whined nearby.
Sorry for the short one guys, been doing a lot of stuff getting ready for exams, next one will be 3,000 words at the least, promise :D