Halo: The civil war

by NRV

A different Halo story. On a planet called Orta, Dr. Halsey and a scientist named Ronald Galena create another Spartan project...But then a civil war breaks out on planet Orta. Between marines....and between the Spartans of that project....

6. Chapter 6: Gyro

Chapter 6: Gyro

Planet Orta, Genesis military complex, second tower, third floor meeting room

July, 24, 2552

12:58pm

Jonnie arrived to the meeting were his squad was waiting for him. In the wide room, Aaron, Nico, Victoria, and Marcus sat with their Spartan helmets off their heads and placed on the round table next to them. After Jonnie took a seat and removed his helmet, the commander in chief opened the door. The Spartans got up from their seats and respectfully saluted their leader.

There were three leaders in planet Orta's military, a leader/commander in chief of the Blue Army, a leader and a command group for Orta's UNSC military, and a leader for the Red Army. Of course, Randy Ed Domeman is the leader and commander in chief of the Red army, also secondary leader of planet Orta's UNSC military since the civil war began. Genesis military complex leaders, Leon and Genesis command group, are the TRUE leaders of Orta's military. Little is known about them; they're very mysterious and keep their military plans completely secret. Leon has made few appearances away from the base. Even Randy hardly knows about him or his group. They have been in charge of Orta's UNSC military and doing operations against the Covenant for many years.

Randy saluted back to his comrades and said to them. "Long time no see squad seven." The Spartans sat down and gave full attention to the commander. Randy grabbed a remote from a table next to a wall and clicked it. A blue light from a monitor on the ceiling glowed and a big wide screen appeared on the wall.

The commander cleared his throat and said. "I'll be briefing you guys on another mission, but first…I want to review on yesterday's infiltration." Randy looked at Aaron with a disappointed look on his face. Aaron wondered what he did wrong but remained positive. The commander in chief faced Aaron and said to him. "Field commander James talked to one of the marines that were with your squad in the assault. According to what James told me, you didn't chase down the rebels that were retreating at the end of the battle. Why didn't you?"

"Well" Aaron replied. "I wasn't really sure if it was necessary to put my troops at risk over retreating hostiles."

The commander then said with his voice raised. "What the hell you mean by I wasn't really sure?! Do you realize the opportunity you missed?!" Aaron, in thought of the question, calmly answered.

"I don't know sir."

Randy walked over to Aaron and faced him. "You could have ordered your men to chase down the rebels and capture them! We could have questioned them and find out why there fighting us! Perhaps we could have found a way of ending this war!! We're dealing with an enemy we don't know much about!" The commander stared at Aaron with an angered look. Nico thought this was something Randy shouldn't get angry over; he spoke up with his calm and quiet voice.

"Sir, ever since this war began, the UNSC rebels NEVER surrendered to us. They fight, die, or retreat. That's what they do….."

Randy glared at Nico. It was silent for a few seconds….Then he looked back at Aaron and sighed, he then said to him more calmed. "Remember this Aaron. As a leader, you should watch your commands, because if you say a wrong one….then something really bad could happen to you, or your comrades." Aaron glanced down the ground in shame. Randy walked back to the hologram screen. He then pressed another button on the remote; the map of a town surrounded by a few hills and countryside appeared.

Jonnie observed the map in awe, and said his mind. "That town, could it really be?" Aaron regained focus and put his shame behind. Commander Randy faced the Spartans and said.

"As you can see on this screen, this is the area you'll be sent to. There is a rebel base somewhere in this town, what I want you guys to do are infiltrate the enemy base, and gather any information you can find there. Do NOT destroy their base. According to what my Intel told me, there's a lab in their as well…."

Then Jonnie raised his hand, the Red Army leader let him speak. "Sir, what is this town called?" Randy wondered why the Spartan would ask something like that, but he answered calmly.

"I believe its Gyro Village." The commander in chief zoomed in on the hologram map to give the red Spartans a better look. Jonnie was a little shocked. In his mind he said.

"Gyro Village, that was where…."

Jonnie put the distracting thought behind him and focused on the briefing. Randy cleared his throat again and said. "You guys are going with seven other ODST units that are assigned to join you on this mission." After Nico heard that, he said in his head.

"The orbital drop shock troopers huh, this should be interesting."

"You and the orbital drop shock troopers will drop from a Pelican northeast away from the town. There will be a few hills there for cover when you land." Randy said informally. "All of you will report to landing zone twelve, Pelican forty eight at the landing arena. The ODST units are waiting for you, this mission briefing is now over. Move out."

The Spartans got up, saluted, and said "yes sir" and then left the meeting room. Randy watched them leave as they put on their helmets, he said in his mind. "I sure hope we find a way to end this war soon. Dr Halsey's Spartans are still fighting the Covenant and we need to help them."

****

The red armored Spartans walked down the balcony that had a stairway ahead that lead to the landing areas. Aaron was quiet and in thought, until Victoria said. "Aaron…So you messed up, it's not a big deal."

Then Marcus said, enforcing Victoria's encouragement to the squad leader. "Yeah, mistakes happen….."

Aaron looked at Victoria and Marcus with a quick glance, and then he looked ahead and said. "That's NOT what bothers me. It's just what Randy last said to me. That has been on my mind….what if I make a wrong command that cost all of our lives? I feel as though I'm not good enough as a leader...I have that thought sometimes."

Nico stopped, the others halted. The Spartan faced Aaron and said to him. "Sir, we face a mistake, we learn from that mistake. Don't give up just because someone can do something better than you…You keep trying. If you remember, we were told that once." The Spartan sniper then turned away from the squad leader and continued walking, and then the other Spartans followed. Aaron thought about what Nico just said….Victoria then noticed Jonnie acting unusual as well. Like Aaron, Jonnie was in deep thought and was facing down. She wondered what was wrong with him.

The Spartan squad arrived to their designated air vehicle. Seven orbital drop shock troopers were sitting inside the Pelican. One of them jumped off the ship and said to the Spartans. "I see you all made it. Your weapons and ammo are inside, get aboard."

They all boarded the UNSC Pelican. The Spartans checked their ammo and weapons. Nico had a sniper rifle, Victoria and Jonnie had assault rifles, and Aaron had a battle rifle. Marcus did NOT have a rocket launcher; instead he had a battle rifle for this mission. They all had handguns for sidearms. The ODST troops had MA5B's or BR55's. After checking their equipment, Aaron turned on his COM link and informed the pilot. *"All right were good."*

Eventually the Pelican took off and left the base. Moments later they were in the air; Aaron looked at yet another tactical map that one of the ODST troopers gave to him while they took off. Three other shock troopers were having a conversation, the red Spartans sat silently. Marcus examined his new weapon, he said to himself.

"Hmm, it's been awhile that I used one of these."

Aaron overheard what Marcus said. The squad leader said to him. "Marcus. If you have any problems with that rifle just tell me. I know everything about a BR55." The Spartan demolitionist nodded back to him. Victoria was pleased to see Aaron turning back to his normal self, but Jonnie was still very quiet. She then said to Jonnie.

"Hey Jonnie, what's up with you?"

He glanced at her and said in a quiet voice. "I'm alright…." Jonnie looked back down. Victoria then said in her mind.

"Geez, since when did Jonnie started acting like Nico?" Victoria put the thought aside and left Jonnie alone. She and the others will be dropping from the Pelican around thirty more minutes, and she wanted to be as ready as her comrades.

****

"All right everyone, prepare to drop!" An ODST unit called out. The orbital drop shock troopers and the Spartans strapped on their parachutes. They all double checked everything they got. The Spartans had to wear their own "special manufactured" parachutes due to the fact that their red MJOLNIR armor weighs almost a thousand pounds.

Aaron faced the ODST's and said. "Shock troopers, me and the Spartans will drop first, alright?" The well trained and experienced marines agreed. All of their COM links turned on, it was the Pelican pilot.

*"The door is going to open; I'll tell you when to drop."*

As the door opened, the Spartans stood near the ledge. The pilot then called out. *"Drop, now!"* The Spartans jumped out the airship and fell from the grayish cloudy sky. Jonnie observed the town as he headed down towards the ground, then his COM link turned on.

*"Spartans, deploy parachutes!"* All of them drew out their parachutes. A minute later they landed safely on the grassy ground. The Spartans watched the orbital drop shock troopers come down from the sky. Aaron informed the ODST units.

*"My squad made contact to the ground. ODST units, you guys land, go to cover, and wait for us to regroup over there."*

*"Roger that."* An ODST replied on COM link. Nico and Marcus kept watch of the town distantly ahead. Nothing was there so far. The Spartans were behind a wide hill for cover. It appeared to be a successful and quiet landing.

"I guess we weren't noticed." Marcus informed "I don't see any commotion."

"Don't see anything either." Nico said as well. Then Aaron spoke out.

"Ok, they made landfall, let's go." The other Spartans followed Aaron to the ODST landing. They were not that far away. An ODST waved his hand once for the cautious Spartans to notice them. The two groups met up.

One of the shock troopers then asked. "So what's the plan?" The Red Army Spartan squad leader observed the small town carefully and said.

"We need to take a closer look, let's move up with extreme caution." The others followed Aaron across the grassy plains…..They found themselves at the northern entrance of the town. The group stood next to a wall of a building. Aaron peeked from the corner. There was just a roadway and a few abandoned vehicles. This area was evacuated as well….The squad leader faced Jonnie and whispered loud enough for him to hear.

"Jonnie, were going to split up. You, Victoria, and four of the ODST units will go to the west side of the town. From here till then you're in command of that squad. Report anything on your COM link."

This was Jonnies first time leading a squad. He wasn't sure about this. The Spartan said back to Aaron. "Why do I have to lead a squad?"

"Because we all have lead a squad at least once throughout the Covenant war." Aaron replied with little irritation by the fact Jonnie questioned orders. "But you haven't leaded a squad at all." Then Marcus said quietly to the squad leader.

"Sir, exactly why are you making all of us lead squads of troops anyway?"

He replied. "Because, I might not be with you guys someday, and someone else must lead squad seven…." Silence took over for a few seconds…then Aaron continued. "Anyway, let's move." Jonnie, Victoria, and the four ODST troopers went west. Aaron and the others went down the roadway.

****

Scouting the western area, Jonnie and his selected troops moved from various spots, from buildings to cars, they made their way across the forward going street. Jonnie looked hard and carefully around the town, he was in search for something else in this neighborhood….The Spartan examined the addresses of each house…he found what he was looking for, House 1630. The Spartan paused; his comrades halted and looked at Jonnie. In his mind, the temporarily squad leader said in amazement. "This is the house and it's still here. This is where…" Breaking Jonnies thought, one of the shock troopers asked.

"Uh, something wrong, sir?"

Before Jonnie could say anything, gunfire went off at a very far distance. Before Jonnie and his company could react, all there COM links clicked on, it was Aaron. *"Jonnies squad, we have contact with enemy units!"*

*"Alright, were on our way."* Jonnie said in alert. They started jolting to the gunfire sound, Jonnie knew he had to help his comrades first and focus on his find later. Aaron gave one last message on COM link.

*"Marcus will throw a flare so you guys will get an idea where we are. You better hurry up because…we have some unexpected company….and there not UNSC rebels or Spartans either."*

****

A pack of UNSC rebels and three mysterious figures guiding them stormed in on Aaron's squad. The enemies ran out a small wide building that had a big wall surrounding the whole structure (except the front entrance). Marcus dove to a truck on its side, beside Aaron and an ODST unit; he then took out a flare and threw it in the sky. Nico was behind a concrete stairway shooting down rebels with his sniper rifle. Marcus then fired his battle rifle aggressively at the enemy. Bullets zipped side to side as the intensity of battle begun. An ODST threw a grenade. Making a "BOOM!!!" sound, a rebel's body soared through the air. Then Jonnies group fired from the west and kept moving up and then hid to cover. Jonnie spotted one of the unknown enemies….

The "mystery soldier" was dressed completely dark gray, a little bulky, and had a dark blue armored vest covering around the chest and upper back. The eyes were glowing light green, and its arms were mechanical, but yet it still looked human….it was armed with a MA5B assault rifle. Jonnie went back to cover, he turned on his COM link.

*"Ok. Who's that dark gray soldier?"*

Aaron replied. *"I'm not sure. Four of them came out of that building ahead of us a few minutes ago. We managed to take down one of them…whatever it is, keep your eye on them, they're hard to kill."*

"Over there!!" one of Jonnies soldiers called out. The Spartan looked out of his cover (which was a car) and watched the dark gray enemy aim at him and fired a grenade right out of the palm of its mechanical hand, making a loud and fierce "Pff!!" sound.

Jonnie jolted away from the car to a parked van. The grenade accurately hit the vehicle, it exploded to pieces. The Spartan informed Aaron. *"Aaron, watch out for those dark gray things, they can fire grenades pretty damn accurately!"* He looked out of the corner and fired at the mechanical soldier. Jonnie hit the enemy eight times, the soldier didn't go down. The Spartan had to reload his assault rifle. Victoria started firing at the dark gray trooper. It took twelve bullets to take it down. That's one of them, two to go.

Then another dark gray soldier and four rebels started attacking Jonnies group. The two rival squads keep firing at each other. The powerful roar of gunfire echoed across the area for about two minutes, until the battle came to an end when Aaron's group attacked the enemy squad from behind. They were all eliminated. Then Aaron's group met up with Jonnies group. The squad leader glanced at one of the dead dark gray soldiers and then said.

"Hmm, what are these things?"

Marcus looked at the corpse and wondered. "Could it even possibly be cyborg?"

"Perhaps…" Aaron said while looking at the building the rebels emerged. "The enemies came from that building over there, which must be there base." Then all of sudden, "BOOM!!!!" Something fired from afar. An abandoned car near the group was hit; it did two front flips in the air, and smashed to the ground. The group looked from the road Jonnies squad originally came from. There was a rebel Scorpion tank from a far distance.

Marcus then said aloud. "Move to cover!" Not knowing where to go, they ran away from the tank.

"Move where?!" Jonnie yelled while running for his life.

The best and closest cover was the enemy base; by the time they made it to any other cover, they would probably be dead. Aaron thought fast and made his decision. "We have no choice, were going into the enemy base, it's the only way!" Another tank shell zipped by them and hit a distant building. Very unsure about Aaron's idea, but yet desperate to get away from the enemy tank, they kept running and following him. All of them alert and ready, they went around the wall that covered the building. No enemies where around. They thought they were safe behind the steel wall, until the tank fired again and blew a chunk of the wall off. Jonnie and Victoria were a few feet away from it; they were both knocked down to the ground by the impact, but not dead.

"In the base, now!" Aaron hollered out. The squad leader and the others went inside the front entrance. They were too concentrated on getting inside; Victoria and Jonnie were left behind. The two Spartans recovered from the blast and charged to the front entrance, but then the tank fired and blown away a huge piece off the steel wall, it rammed right into the front door, the entrance was blocked.

Jonnie thought quickly and said to Victoria. "This way, this way" They went around the corner of the left side of the building. The selected passage they went into was narrow with little space. Jonnie and Victoria were now safe. The two Spartans walked a few feet away from the corner, Jonnie paused and turned on his COM link, Victoria stopped walking as well.

*"Aaron, are you and the others alright...do you copy?"*

The Spartan squad leader gave a few pants of breath and whispered. "*Yeah, were fine, what happened to you and Victoria? Are you two alright?"*

*"The front entrance got blocked, were away from the tank at the left side of this building"* Jonnie replied, giving a moment of silence after a close encounter with death…he then said. *"So what should we do? That tank is probably next to the front entrance and waiting for us to come out."*

The squad leader replied calmly. *"See if you can find another way inside. If not, then hold on and wait for us, were going to search the base."*

*"Yes sir, will do."*

Jonnie checked the magazine of his MA5B, Victoria did as well. He signaled to the female Spartan to follow. They went down the narrow alley all the way to the back area of the enemy base. Jonnie peeked out of the corner. No one was there.

The "backyard" of the base was one big parking lot. There was Warthog's parked in organized order and a few sandbag pits scattered throughout the area. Jonnie and Victoria covered each other's back and stepped out of the alleyway, scanning their surroundings. They spotted a back entrance to the base. The two red Spartans cautiously walked to the door. They were a short distance to it, and then three rebels opened the door to the entrance. The enemies looked at them; one of them jumped in surprise, the other two drew out their battle rifles and fired. Jonnie dove to the ground, Victoria crouched down, and they fired back.

After a series of gunshots, all three of the rebels fell to the concrete ground, but then one of the rebels on the ground then tossed a grenade at the female Spartan. Jonnie quickly dove sideways, Victoria tried to evade as well but she slipped from empty MA5B bullet cartages on the ground. Jonnie noticed her on the ground.

"Victoria! Watch out!" he said in alert as he ran to her. The grenade landed four feet away from Victoria. Jonnie strapped his weapon on his back. He quickly grabbed her and ran to a parked Warthog for cover, just in case of any other surprises. The grenade exploded, Jonnie took most of the blast. He put aside the pain and ran to the left side of the vehicle. Then Jonnie lied Victoria down. His shield was nearly drained. Victoria got up and checked her assault rifle. It was still in her hand.

"You alright Jonnie" Victoria asked.

"Yeah…I'm alright" The Spartan replied.

Then an unfamiliar male voice came from the back entrance. "Red army Spartan sixty three, Is that you?!" Jonnie peeked around the Warthog thinking it was one of his comrades at first. But it wasn't, it was a Blue Army Spartan standing near the back entrance….Jonnie and Victoria aimed their assault rifles at him. The blue Spartan tossed aside his BR55 rifle and said to Jonnie.

"Hold on. You don't recognize me by my voice? I can recognize your voice anywhere…." Jonnie thought for a few seconds, and then realized who it was…he almost widen his eyes….he finally found the person he searched for. The red Spartan said to the enemy Spartan.

"Jacob….brother"

Victoria was surprised. Keeping her concentration on the blue Spartan, she asked Jonnie. "That Blue Army Spartan is your brother?"

"Yes…." Jonnie replied to her in a low tone. Still keeping focus, Victoria's eyes widen a little.

****

Inside the enemy base, using his sidearm pistol, Nico shot a UNSC rebel soldier twice in the chest and one shot to the head. The enemy was down. "Well, that's the last of them." Marcus said after taking observation of the wide hall. Then one the ODST units asked silently.

"So, Where to now?"

Aaron looked around the hall. He noticed a hidden passageway. The squad leader signaled to the others to follow. There was a door at the end of the narrow passage. Aaron peeked through the door window, nothing. Cautiously he opened the door; there was a stairway that went down. Aaron signaled to his comrades. One by one they went down the steps. Then Aaron found five rebels at the bottom waiting for them. In a heartbeat….gunfire exploded powerfully and loudly across the area.

Aaron fired and ran to cover, managing to suppress the enemies. His troops ran down the steps, fired, and hid behind stacks of metal boxes nearby. Nico glanced at the containers, they looked familiar. "These boxes… they were in those trucks back at Harmon town." Whatever the UNSC rebels wanted from that hardware store in Harmon, they brought it here….Eventually, after taking out the five rebels, more of the enemy troopers started coming from afar. They started opening fire, Aaron's squad fired back.

****

"I'm kind of impressed that you still remember my name, little brother." Jacob said to Jonnie.

"Ever since the terrible things you did I would never forget." Jonnie said back to the Blue Army Spartan.

Victoria didn't know what to say or do. Is the blue Spartan possibly going to surrender? She noticed how calm Jonnies brother Jacob was. He didn't seem to care if two assault rifles were pointed at him. Jacob then said back to Jonnie. "What I did? Hell. What about you?" Victoria looked at Jonnie. What exactly did he do?

Jonnie remained silent for a few seconds and then said to the enemy Spartan. "Look. I don't want to kill you, just surrender and we can end this."

Jacob gave a short chuckle, then a wicked smile, and said to him. "You want to end something peacefully? Ha! I knew you were going to be a coward. That's why you're going to die…just like mommy did…."

"Shut up!" Jonnie roared out as Jacob sprinted into action. He crouched and ran to the Warthog that the two red Spartans were behind, Victoria and Jonnie fired at him. The blue Spartan was so fast that he dodged both of their bullets, they had to reload. Jacob placed both of his hands on the front hood of the vehicle and did a front flip. He used both of his legs to kick Jonnie in the chest and make him fall to the ground. Then Jacob quickly disarmed Victoria's MA5B out of her hands. He fiercely elbowed her in the face, grabbed her head, and then slammed her head on the Warthog five times. Jonnie got up and picked up the blue Spartan and threw him all the way into a Warthog on the right side of the parking lot.

Jonnie checked Victoria; he can tell she was knocked out, not dead. He said with concern in his mind.

"Victoria…."

The red Spartan kept concentration on his brother as he walked out to the middle of the parking area WITHOUT his assault rifle. Jonnie knew between there range and Jacob's incredible speed, his rifle wouldn't do much. But he still had his sidearm just in case. This was now going to be hand to hand combat. The weather started getting very cloudy, it started to rain. Jacob recovered and walked out to the open space and said to Jonnie. "I knew I should have killed you the last time we met…Your mother had to be killed either way Jonnie…She knew a lot….a lot about all this…."

Jonnie then asked in wonder. "Huh…what do you mean, about what?"

"It doesn't matter anymore" Jacob replied "What matters now is that I kill you." Jacob and Jonnie then charged towards each other and started delivering punches; the fight began while the innocent rain kept coming down.

****

After getting rid of a lot of enemy troops Aaron's squad kept moving. Down the unknown area they found a wide metal door, it was locked. Beside the door was a small device with a card swipe. "How are we going to get past this?" one of the shock troopers asked. Squad leader Aaron observed the door and the card swipe, he then thought of an idea. Facing Marcus, he said.

"Marcus, you and four of the ODST units go back and search the corpses, and see if you can find a card for this door."

The Spartan demolitionist said "yes sir". He and four volunteers explored the area. Aaron had his head down in thought. He then said to Nico.

"I hope Jonnie and Victoria are ok."

Nico glanced at Aaron momentarily and said with his deep calm voice. "Don't worry, I'm sure there alright."

Five minutes have passed. It was silent until footsteps were heard. Aaron's group alerted themselves. It was Marcus, him and his comrades approached Aaron. One of the shock troopers handed Aaron a green card and said to him. "I found this sir."

Aaron glanced at the card and walked to the door, then swiped the card across the device. The metal door started to rise up. The squad was ready and alert as the door opened.

It was a wide arena that had many computers, crates, wide screens, and a lot of advanced tools. It was a lab. Aaron's company looked around; Nico noticed a dead rebel's corpse on a chair with a table beside it. The Spartan was alert at first, but then he recognized that the soldier was dead. The dead rebel's arms were chopped off. Marcus then approached the corpse, and then he observed what was on the table. There were two high tech mechanical arms along with a few other metal parts and tools. Also there was a blueprint similar to the one that was found back at Harmon town yesterday. Then Marcus called out to the others.

"Everyone over here, we just found something pretty interesting here!" Eventually all the comrades came to Nico and Marcus and viewed what they found. Aaron observed the blueprint on the table.

Moments later…the Spartan squad leader said. "The UNSC rebels…there building those cyborg things we fought outside, it appears that…" Aaron paused and read through a few sentences of the document, and then continued. "Those things are called Recon cyborgs, RE-borgs for short...from what this says, RE-borgs are special units built to fight with the UNSC rebels and Blue Army Spartans."

Marcus then said in wonder. "Perhaps that's why they took the supplies from that hardware complex in Harmon town; they needed the tools to build these things."

"So maybe…" Aaron said in deep thought. "That's why there invading civilian areas like here and Harmon….because they can't afford other things. They need to invade civilian areas and take supplies from those places to keep their military alive….what I'm wondering about is how they got a hold of UNSC weapons."

****

Jacob punched Jonnie in the right side of his face. Jonnie shook off the shock, and then he dodged another punch from Jacob and fiercely punched the blue Spartan in the gut. Jacob stepped back a few feet and delivered a hard kick. Jonnie fell to the ground and quickly got back up; Jacob jolted and tackled the red Spartan back down. The blue Spartan powerfully punched the red Spartan in the head multiple times. Jonnie managed to lift Jacob off of him, the blue Spartan got back on his feet. He stomped on the red Spartan two times; Jonnie grabbed his foot, got up, and then spun Jacob in the air and threw him right into the window of a Warthog.

Jacob got out of the vehicle, Jonnie ran up and grabbed his throat with his left hand, and used his right hand to punch him twice in the face. Jacob punched Jonnie in the throat, the red Spartan stepped away, and then Jacob grabbed him by his red chest armor and tossed him into the side front of a Warthog beside him. This caused Jonnie to flip on top of the front hood of the vehicle and roll across, then fall to the ground head first.

Jonnie got up, his vision blurred a few times, and some drops of blood were smeared on his yellowish orange visor of his helmet. He gave a few exhausted breaths, his shield was low. Then Jacob ran around the Warthog and threw a punch. Jonnie blocked it with his right forearm and punched him successfully. Jacob grabbed Jonnies left arm and did an over the shoulder throw, launching him in the air and then slam to the concrete ground.

Jacobs attacks were more powerful then Jonnies. The red Spartan was starting to lose conscious….but he was determined to win. "No. Not after killing my mother…." Jonnie said in his mind.

Quickly getting up and ignoring the pain, Jonnie punched his brother repetitively in the face. Jacob was surprised; he thought the battle was won. The red Spartan kept dodging his brother's attacks and continued hitting him. Then he grabbed Jacob's head and pinned him against a parked Warthog, and then very forcefully he punched him across the visor of his blue helmet. Jacob's visor shattered off his helmet, exposing his two light green eyes.

Jonnie took out his magnum and aimed it at his exposed face. Jacob couldn't go on, blood dripped from his helmet, he look like he was going to faint. Then Jonnie paused, he thought about his mother…..Jonnie looked directly to Jacob and offered him mercy. "Just surrender. I don't want to kill my own brother. I….I can still forgive you for murdering my step mother."

Jacob was silent, he knew that Jonnie won, he refused defeat from his younger brother….Jacob shook his head and took Jonnie by surprise by shoving him away from him. The blue Spartan took out a silver long tube like device out of his ammo pouch and said to Jonnie. "Brother…..defeat is something I refuse…." He flipped open the cap of the tube. Jonnie realized what it was, it was an explosive. He started to run from him. Then Jacob pressed the red button.

A very loud "BOOM!!!!" was made. The blast of the device plus two Warthogs next to it created a big explosion. Jonnies body flew from the impact, and then he crashed head first to the ground. He stayed on the concrete ground listening to the ringing in his ears; his vision was starting to faint. The red Spartans last sight was seeing Victoria get up, rubbing on her head. She looked at the explosion, and then she spotted Jonnie. Victoria started running to him for aid; she turned on her COM link. Then Jonnies vision went completely black….