Chapter 4
US Black Hawk Helicopter
Sven sat silently and looked out of the window of the Black Hawk, an assault rifle in his hands, and duel SMG's strapped to his belt in case. Eva-01 was wielding a shotgun and two pistols on his belt while he sat silently as well. 'Takimee was handling two of his own weapons, a plasma rifle and a needler. Covenant weapons were far more advanced the Chief thought, plasma rifles and plasma pistols, both fired bolts of plasma, however in different colors, one was blue while the other green. Now the needler was an odd weapon, similar to a plasma rifle in shape, but instead of a dark blue color, it was a greenish-blue with pink needles sticking out of the top of it, hence needler, which it used as ammo.
London-02 was the remaining part of London that the Abaters didn't destroy during their first attacks, but was protected heavily, thanks to force fields the Elites again helped to set up. Sven learned that only the most important and largest cities were saved through this force field. This included cities like London, New York City, Tokyo, Moscow, and several other, large cities scattered throughout the world. But he also knew that half of the humans were dead because of the alien invaders, he only hoped his family was alive.
"Sir, are we going to die? This is the first time we've been in battle and…" Shinji began. 'Takimee flared his mandibles, accompanied by a growl.
"Not under my command you will." He snapped. Sven was too deep in his thoughts to hear them, he was thinking of his robbed childhood, the day he foolishly went with Victoria, who he had never met before but was so easily tricked into becoming some…super weapon. Why couldn't they had taken someone already in the army and make him into a military killing machine?
"Master Chief, are you ready?" Eva-01 asked. Sven snapped out of his trance, and nodded. Shinji nodded too, followed by a clack from 'Takimee's mandibles.
"Alright, we're above the Royal Castle, secure the princess in the Black Hawk, and fight the Abater coming in." The pilot ordered over the COM channel. Sven learned that their gear aloud for them to communicate over large distances, so he, 'Takimee, and Shinji were in a bond that couldn't be broken. The side of the helicopter opened and they jumped out, landing in a beautiful meadow of fresh cut grass, despite it being Febuary, beside the Royal Family's castle.
"Area clear, bring the princess out." 'Takimee said into his COM channel to someone in the castle.
"Roger, sending her out." The man said. Seconds later, the king and queen of England emerged, along with their daughter, oddly enough, guards were not present. Sobbing while giving each other their last hugs, Susan hugged her parents for as long as possible until she picked her suitcase up and ran for the chopper, wiping tears off her pale cheeks with a pink glove.
"Master Chief, secure her into the chopper." 'Takimee ordered.
"Yes sir." Sven said. Susan stopped before the Elite, waiting to be escorted into the copter until Sven ran up beside his leader. "This way Princess." He said politely, over the helicopter's loud roar. Susan nodded and followed the Master Chief to the Black Hawk. Grabbing her small, soft hand, Sven helped the princess up into the chopper and jumped in to snap her seat belt snugly.
"Thank you." She said softly. Sven nodded, before grabbing his assault rifle resting beside him. It was now he got a good look at her features. She was about his age, with long, golden hair that fell past her shoulders, pale skin, and deep blue eyes that one could lose themselves in. She wore a fancy blue dress, with light blue gloves going up to her elbows.
"Your welcome." He said and jumped back out of the chopper, returning to his comrades. The door closed, and the helicopter took off, leaving the three to fight.
"Hmm…where do we start?" 'Takimee asked. "Quick, protect the king and queen." He ordered. Eva-01 and the Master Chief nodded and ran up to the remaining Royal family.
"So you are the ones America is making such a big deal about?" The King asked, trying to hide the sadness of his daughter leaving. Sven and Shinji nodded, without uttering a sound. "Hmm…must be some high-class military soldiers or something." He muttered.
"We are here to protect you." Sven said.
"Please dears, you don't need to. Our daughter is safe, that's all that matters." The Queen said, tears still dripping from her chin. As Eva-01 negotiated with the King and Queen to protect them, Sven looked back to 'Takimee, who was contacting headquarters.
"Yes, Dr. Winchester, the princess, she was safely and securely evacuated. No sign of the Abater yet though." He said.
"Very well." The doctor said. "Once you destroy the Abater, we will send another Black Hawk to your position."
"Yes sir." The Elite said and signed off. He turned, and dashed up to the others. "Where was the last Abater attack your majesties?" He asked. The King and Queen looked at each other, then back to 'Takimee, not knowing where, since no one had told them where. Sven scanned the area, making sure everything was A-okay, when he saw something leap from an unknown area into a window of the castle, followed by screams from maids and servants.
"Sir!" He said and pointed his assault rifle at the window. "Something leaped into the window there."
"Good work, let's go. Eva-01, stay here with the King and Queen." 'Takimee ordered.
"Yes sir." Eva-01 said.
"Master Chief, let's roll." 'Takimee said as he and Sven dashed into the castle.
Inner Castle
Second Floor
"Oh by the gods…" 'Takimee murmured as he and the Master Chief entered the blood-soaked hallway. Dead bodies of maids and servants lay everywhere, as well as severed arms and fingers, but all suffered from serious slashes, and there seemed to be some sort of blast caused by a plasma weapon of some sort.
"What where are the Abaters sir?" Sven asked, nudging a dead body with his green boot.
"Abater actually." 'Takimee replied, walking slowly in the hall. "I've seen one of these before, called a Slicer n' Dicer."
"Why two names sir?" Sven asked, looking at the Elite.
"Because these Abaters are like bacteria, able to split in two if need be. It's how they reproduce, it's how they gain the advantage on their opponents." 'Takimee replied. The Master Chief nodded, and as his leader scanned the area, he witnessed as the Slicer n' Dicer slowly crept from a bedroom, possibly searching for the Royal Family. It didn't have a head; instead, a mask was set over its chest, which seemed to be its head, with blank eyes and a blank mouth. It's sharp claws soaked with blood, it was a very droopy creature and Sven wondered how it could've killed so many so quickly.
"Sir!" He exclaimed and raised his weapon. 'Takimee turned, flared his mandibles, roared, and opened fire with a flurry of blue-white plasma and thin pink needles. Amazingly, the Slicer ducked and missed the attack. Sven opened fire with his assault rifle next. Yet the creature seemed to bend its body, as if it were nothing but flubber, and dodged all of their attacks.
"Tricky bastard." 'Takimee muttered as he continued his assault, as well as Sven. The lights and flashes from his assault rifle reflected off of Sven's visor. With a swift swing, the Abater shot its left clawed hand out, extending it thanks to its gelatin-like body, and striking 'Takimee's chest, crunching into his white armor and sending him stumbling sideways, the arm shot out again and slashed the Elite's arm, causing even more purple blood to splash onto the floor. With that, the weakened 'Takimee fell limp onto the ground, breathing heavily.
"'Takimee!" Sven shouted and turned to the Elite. However, he looked up to see the Slicer n' Dicer try an attack on him. As the clawed arm shot out, the Master Chief jumped to the side, and with his assault rifle, shot its arm clean off. Black ooze falling to the floor, Sven turned back to the Abater, just in time to see its arm grow back, as if nothing happened, and he jumped when the severed arm began to grow a new Slicer n' Dicer, so there were two now. "Oh…crap." He muttered.
He activated the COM channel.
"Eva-01."
"Yes?" Shinji asked.
"We got a problem here, I shot this thing's arm off and it regenerated a new arm and a new Abater, and 'Takimee is injured." He said this all while backing away from the slinking Slicer 'n Dicers.
"Right, be right there." Eva-01 said and signed off. While waiting for Shinji to show, Sven kept the creatures at bay with a barrage of bullets from his assault rifle. He stopped to reload a new clip when he noticed, he was out of ammo. He tossed the rifle away and pulled out his dual SMG's, opening fire with them, but again the Abaters twisted and turned their way out of getting hit.
While the Master Chief was busy with the closest, he was unaware of the other Slicer 'n Dicer aiming its mouth at him, some sort of energy ball formed in the middle of its gapping mouth. Just before it fired, a purple-armored fist shot out and struck it, sending it down and making it miss its opponent. The blast of energy flew past Sven and shot a massive hole through the wall.
The Abater attacking the Master Chief turned to look at who did that to his creator, giving Sven the opportune chance to fire. Digging the ends of his weapons into the back of the Slicer 'n Dicer, the Master Chief fired and watched as the bullets shredded the Abater, chunks of jelly-like flesh and black blood flying everywhere. He smiled under his mask, only to frown again when the chunks of jelly began to grow into new Slicer 'n Divers.
"Oh no…" He muttered as he backed away. Sven hesitated, and reached to connect the COM channel. "Uh…hello?" He asked blankly.
"Yes? Master Chief? What is your status?" He heard Dr. Winchester ask.
"We're dealing with Slicer 'n Dicers, 'Takimee's injured, and we're outnumbered. Permission to abort?"
"Permission denied." Another man's voice said over the channel. It was Fred, but neither the Chief nor Eva-01 knew that."You and Eva-01 better find one helluva puncher to keep those things back. And who's watching the king and queen?"
"No one sir, 'Takimee is injured, and I…"
"Eva-01." The man said casually over the COM link.
"Yes sir?" Shinji asked, just as surprised as Sven by the new man's voice.
"Return to your position and protect the Royal king and queen. Sven can handle the Slicers." The Master Chief and Eva-01 exchanged a stare, both knowing the other was nervous and scared, when Shinji returned.
"Yes sir." He said, shooting a Slicer 'n Dicer in front of him before retreating back downstairs. It was now the Master Chief wondered how the man knew his name and why he seemed so believing in them. He ran to 'Takimee once he saw him twitch.
"'Takimee, I'm going to get you out of here." He said, trying to pull up the heavy Elite, but was pushed away.
"No, I can do it, you must fight. Fred wants you to." He said weakly.
"Who?" Sven thought, but realized that he mustn't keep wasting time.
"Remember, you have grenades…" 'Takimee said weakly, raising himself up by pushing his hand on his knee. The Master Chief nodded, turned to the biggest pack of Slicer 'n Dicers, reached into one of his pouches on his belt, and tossed a grenade. He and the Elite ducked when it exploded and lumbering masses of blob flew everywhere. Pieces and chunks of smoldering blobs lay everywhere, however, they didn't regenerate.
"Wait…they aren't growing back!" Sven said, looking up at the massive cluster of Slicer 'n Dicers, all staring blankly at him, as if their death lay seconds away. Again Sven threw a grenade into the middle of the pack, and before any of the Abaters could escape, fire engulfed all of them, and the explosion sent their smoldering chunks of gelatin-like flesh lay all over, the walls, floors, everywhere.
"Heh…I was about to use one…but…" 'Takimee started, before his eyes closed and he nearly fell, except Sven dropped one of his weapons and caught his leader. Dropping the other SMG, Sven activated the COM channel again.
"Sir, enemy neutralized…permission to exit?"
"Permission granted." The Fred said.
If you haven't realized by now, the Slicer 'n Dicer was inspired by one of the Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion, as are many of the Abater monsters, not the Abaters themselves (They're actually an original species of mine) For those of you reading this I hope you enjoy it and look forward to the many chapters and stories to come. Thanks, see ya for now.