Gears of Halo: It's Quiet

The Master Chief's Lancer spat lead. The rounds cut down the Flood Drone Form in front of him; the tentacles had been inches from his helmeted head. Gabriel had his snub pistol out and fired into the depths of the tentacled menace. Mitch lent a hand in the form of his chainsaw. He cut down a Drone Form and spun around to catch a fleeing Drone with a hail of bullets. The Master Chief had picked up a Gnasher shotgun on the way and it would be good for close-up work. It had been kind of hard to tell it was a shotgun. Maybe future people didn't like the old style? Whatever it was, the Gnasher worked like a charm, blowing holes the size of a dinner plate in Flood and Locust alike. He used it to put down a Flood Carrier Form before it had a chance to explode in his face. He spun around to find himself face to face with a Flood Tank Pure Form. That must mean the Gravemind was really working hard since they were already reaching the highest level to have Pure Forms. (Tank forms are those big things you have to fight in Halo 3 that look like and infected Hunter. They're not. They are Pure Forms, which aren't made out of any host, but instead the recycled bone and biomass of fallen enemies and allies and innocent bystanders.) Or maybe the Locust just provided a lot of bodies. Whatever it was, the Master Chief was going to have to deal with it. Since he had the shotgun, he brought it up to the Tank's face and pulled the trigger. It didn't fall, but instead spewed out some Infection Forms from its "mouth" and raised its arm. The arm looked like more of a blade, and it hurt like one too. The impact drained the Master Chief's shields and sent him flying backwards to land in a pile of Infection Forms that popped under his weight. The Tank Form followed after the Chief, but suddenly a Bolo grenade appeared out of nowhere and latched itself to the unfortunate Tank. The grenade blew and sent a chunk of Flood stuff soaring into the air. The remains plopped down on the metal Floor. And with that, the fight was over. There silence. Complete and utter silence. And yet, it was scarier than the sounds of combat. There were no explosions, no gunfire. No guttural roars or wet slippery sounds. Just silence. "It's quiet…too quiet."

BOOM!!! The metal wall burst apart before them. The huge hulking form of a Berserker loomed over them. However, it was infected. Weird sensory organs protruded out of its chest. Tentacles coursed through mighty arms, roughly pushing aside bones to create a fearsome weapon of destruction that lanced out of the Berserker's arm. The head was still connected and still moved around, as if sniffing the air, looking for them. But it wasn't blind anymore. The sensory organs let it see and its feet shuffled forward. It raised its arm to knock the Chief's head off, but the Chief jumped to his feet and ran full speed away. Barely made it out from under the arm of impending doom. The tentacles impacted the metal floor, and in its weak state of decomposition, actually snapped off. However, the floor didn't fair much better. It was like a Gravity Hammer had an accident, the metal was blown away, revealing the cavernous landscape underneath. The glow of Immulsion filled the corridor. The Berserker's already impressive strength mixed with the Flood's steroid like muscle enhancers created a volatile mix. "Oh crap," Mitch said. The Master Chief pulled something out of the pouch on his leg. It was a Lotus anti-tank mine. He tossed it like a Frisbee, clicked his COM and yelled "Fire in the hole!" The mine hit the Berserker Form, attached itself with its stabilizing spikes, and blew. The mine had enough kick to blow through the titanium-A armor of a Scorpion tank, yet it only blew a small hole in the Berserker. In fact, the mine did kill an Infection Form, but the Berserker had several Infection Forms in it, because it needed more control than a regular Drone. The Berserker got mad and charged at the humans. Mitch and Gabriel pulled out Bolo grenades and threw them. However, the twin blasts weren't enough to put the Berserker down. The Berserker's arm exploded in a wriggling mass of freshly grown tentacles. As it charged, the Master Chief yelled over the COM, "Fire at the ground!" They all opened up, and the weakened metal groaned. The bullets impacted and bounced off or shattered. The tiny fragments made the Chief's shields flare. Then, the metal gave out under the intense barrage. The Berserker had no time to stop its charge; it dug its feet into the metal, but slid over and into the hole. It fell some hundreds of feet, and then landed in a pool of Immulsion with a splash. It howled an animalistic howl that resonated the Berserker's and the Flood's anger. And it was quiet again. Alone at last.

This chapters a bit long eh? Well, it's a trade. No update for a couple of days since I have to do a project. I hate school.