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The Rookie of ODST 5th company Delta Squad.

Streets of New Mombasa part III

Sub-title Son I could be your daddy. . .

Helen, Seanna, and Katelyn all stood out of Jacob's way as he examined the helmet. Not a doubt it belonged to Dare. I wonder if. . . wait, what's this? He plucked a data card from the helmet and plugged it into his. Half of his visor was filled with the data that her camera recorded. She had landed fine and had got out of her pod. Jacob however could not see where she went because her helmet came off when she was attacked. He fast-forwarded it and stopped as the camera began to move again. After a few minutes he saw Buck who was backing away from the camera. Buck's retreat stopped after a loud crack (It was only in his speakers). Buck then waved to someone and what ever had the helmet had flung it up here while dying. Yanking the card out he put it in one of the pouches where he had held ammo for his M7S. Seanna and Helen seemed a bit taken aback by this discovery, Kate seemed. . . well, it's hard to see through a polarized ODST mask. Standing up he placed her helmet on the table that sat next to the doorway. There was a broken vase on the table as well. Jacob picked up one of the flowers and placed it in front of the helmet. "Let's go," he ordered looking back at the two marines. Helen was about to say something when Kate said, "Now isn't the time. Our mission, staying alive, comes first. Once we're out. Then . ." Her voice trailed off as Jacob held up his hand. Jacob had been looking for a way out of the city with the superintendents map. Another beacon appeared, this one near the Uplift Reservoir. "I found something. Right outside the Uplift Reservoir." Kate nodded and went through the door. Jacob looked back at the helmet. She knew the risks. That's why. We all know the risks. Hell, Dutch has more time serving as an ODST than almost everyone else. Why is it that when I think how they might have ended up. . . He shook his head. That seemed to snap Helen and Seanna out of their slump as well.

They moved out of the room quickly and caught up to Kate in the lobby. "Two grunts where sneaking up on us," she said calmly. Looking around he spotted a weapons cache from the NMPD and moved over to it. There were weapons missing put reasoned that it had to be from the time the Cheif touched down. He loaded up on ammo and stopped. He reached back into one of the ammo packs and pulled out the video card. He placed it into his helmet and moved out towards the Uplift Reservoir. He heard familiar noises and then the translator, well, translated them. "The time of the Elites is over. Your kind no longer have the right to walk the path," a deep voice had said that, full of hatred. A another voice, filled with the same hatred, answered him. "Then I shall slay you and your pack in the name of my brothers." Jacob heard an energy sword come to life and bolted for the corner. He looked around the corner and saw an Elite Major fight a Brute Chieftain. The Brute had his gravity hammer but the Elite was more nimble able to evade the hammer's crushing head. The elite then stabbed at the brute's neck The brute managed to miss most of the blade. However, it did manage to draw blood. Jacob activated his comm to the others. "Take down the brute. Leave the elite to me." Three green lights flashed in his HUD. "On my mark. Mark!" An MA5B assault rifle M6C magnum and M6S SOCOM fired at the brute, who collapsed after a few bursts. The Elite turned, drawing his plasma rifle, and trained it on Kate. He never got a shot off as Jacob slammed into his stomach at a dead sprint. The elite dropped his plasma rifle and the energy sword roared to life. Jacob pinned the arm down and fired his entire M6S's clip into the elite's hand. The Elite released his energy sword and used the fist that wasn't pinned down to swing a fist at Jacob. Jacob felt the fist connect with his jaw and was thrown about 5 feet off the elite who picked up his sword and ran at Jacob. He didn't get very far as Kate, Seanna, and Helen tackled him and removed the sword forcefully from his hand. The elites mandibles clicked franticly. Jacob got up and jogged over to the others. Depolarizing his visor he looked at Kate and said, "I thought I said to leave him to me?" Jacob saw her shake her head. He shrugged and looked down at the elite. "They're going to get off you. When they do, I don't want to see you go for your weapons." He said, simultaneously moving the energy sword away from him. The elite closed its mouth and nodded. He motioned everyone to get back as the elite got up. If looks could kill, Jacob and everyone else that crossed this elite would be dead. Jacob didn't show his fear though as he walked up to the elite and stopped outside of its reach. He pointed his M7 silenced at its chest and said, "Why did they betray you." The elite growled and said, "I know not, infidel. If I did I would have ended this before now." Jacob lowered his weapon. He looked at the elite's face again and said, "If the Brutes betrayed you, then we're on the same side, for now." He emphasized the last part so that the elite knew that once it was over they would go back to being enemies. The Elite nodded and picked up his plasma rifle. Seanna was about to fire when Jacob put his hand up and shook his head. "I swear a blood oath that all Jiralhanae that cross my path will die." The Elite said kneeling.

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.

Data card – These cards are the equivalent of flash drives with one exception. They can hold anything from video data to UNSC Smart A.I.s. They are basically a card shaped storage device with a crystal ring for the data.

NMPD – New Mombasa Police Department. . . Duh!

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