Onboard the Warsaw
"SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!" yelled Pvt. Miller as the Hunter's fuel rod cannon shot slammed into the wall behind them, causing a couple of the Marines to dive for cover.
"On your feet, Miller. We got to move." said Sgt. Alaster pulling Miller to his feet. The fire team quickly moved behind the a couple of crates and hide as the Hunter was distracted with the absconding demolition squad.
"Sarge, we are so screwed. That was our only rocket." said Cpl. Williams sitting next to Sgt. Alaster while Pvt. Miller and Lance Corporal Parker peeked out from the sides of the box.
"Marine, did I give you permission to bitch?" said Sgt. Alaster scolding Cpl. William.
As he tries to calm Williams, Parker spotted something and prepared to sprint for it. The only one who seemed to notice was Pvt. Miller.
"What are you thinking?" asked Miller grabbing Parker's shoulder to stop him from sprinting.
Parker goes back down one knee and points to something by a dead marine. Miller peeks over to and tries to see what his teammate is pointing at. After a couple of seconds he notices it and looks back at the Lance Corporal. "Brother, you are one crazy son of a bitch. What's the play?" Miller said grinning.
Parker smirked and whispered his plan to the youngest marine of the team.
"Got it. Get into position, I got your back." Miller said patting Parker on the shoulder.
Parker nodded and quietly slipped out from behind the box. Before Miller could follow, Alaster grabs his arm. "What the hell are you two planning?"
"What do you think, Sarge? We going to kill that hunter." said Miller before pulling the charge handle on his DMR and jumping out from behind the box.
"Ah hell. Let's go, Williams. Someone needs to drag they're asses out of the fire." sighed Alaster moving from behind the crate
"Why is everyone on this team crazy?" cursed Williams under his breath, following his Sargent. Both were greeted with the sight of Miller beginning to pop off shots into the Hunter's exposed back causing it to stagger forward. As the Hunter turned to face the three Marines, the remaining marines took this as an opportunity to grab up the wounded and get the hell out of there.
"You never told us the plan, Miller." said William as fired a few rounds from his Assault Rifle into the Hunter to make sure its attention was focused on them.
"The plan is to bait it toward us and distract it while Parker finds a way to kill it." explained Miller holding his position and emptying the rest of his clip into Hunter, with only one other round hitting an exposed part of the Hunter's body.
"I'm not sure I'm liking this plan." said the Corporal starting to panic as the Hunter stopped moving and begun charging it's cannon.
"Ah shit." cursed Sgt. Alaster under his breath.
As the Hunter was about to fire, a hole was blow in the Hunter's body causing it's cannon to lose it's charge and the Hunter itself, to fall over dead. Behind it stood Parker with a shotgun, grinning like an idiot.
"Dear god, took you long enough. I thought you were gonna let that thing fry us." said Miller walking up to Parker and giving him a fist bump. "We better get to command center, Sarge. The others will catch up after the they've finished regrouping."
"Agreed. Come on, Marines. Double time it." said the Sargent as he and his fire team took off toward the Command Center.
At the Command Center Entrance
As Echo team arrived at the what use to be the Titanium A reinforced doors to the command center, the firefight had come to a close. The fire team quickly moved through the blasted down doors and into the room only to find that everyone inside, including the Covenant, were all dead. The bodies of the Command Crew were slumped over their computers or sprawled across the ground with plasma burns covered their bodies. The Covenant strike team shared a similar fate, all of them were riddled with bullet holes and some missing body parts due to a frag grenade.
"Check for survivors! Quickly! Parker, make sure Cole Protocol has been initiated." barked the Sargent as he check the pulse of one of the operators.
"Sarge, I found the Admiral. He's still breathing, sir, barely." yelled Cpl. Williams. Alaster quickly ran over and tried to help the admiral up but was turned down.
"Leave me, soldier. I'm through." said the admiral as his breathing became more labored. "Hand me that comm link. Have this sent station wide." The admiral took a deep breath. "Attention all hand, this is the admiral speaking. The Covenant have broken through to Command Center and the Command Staff is dead. Cole Protocol has be initiated and the Covenant bomb has been planted. I want all hands to evacuate this station immediately. Pelicans, Lifeboats, ODST drop pods, use whatever means necessary to evacuate the station before this thing goes off. These are my final orders. Its been an honor serving with you. Signing off." The admiral shut off the comm link and looks up the fire team before him. "I'm not sure how much time you guys have but it can't be a lot. Get out of here. Its been an honor, gentlemen."
"Likewise, sir." said Sgt. Alaster saluting to the admiral along with the rest of Echo team before they sprinted our of the Command Center and to the nearest Pelican bay.
"Godspeed, Marines." said the admiral before he closed his eyes and let the death take him.
A/N
Hey Sorry for the long wait for this update, I've been really busy. Halo doesn't belong to me, only the characters belong to me. Halo is property of 343 Industries. All names similar to that of someone in real life is completely coincidental.
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