ABOUT THREE DAYS INTO THEIR TRIP, SIX CAUGHT UP WITH THE OTHERS. HE TOLD THEM WHAT
HAPPENED. "DAMMIT!" GRIFFON SAID LOOKING AT BRIAN. "YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED
BECAUSE OF YOUR PLAN." HE SAID ANGRILY. "YO DON'T BLAME THIS ON ME; THE DUMBASS
DIDN'T HAVE TO BLOW THE WHOLE PLACE. AND WHAT ABOUT ETHAN, YOU COULD'VE SAVED
HIM." BRIAN SHOT BACK AT GRIFFON. "THAT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT HE DIED SAVING
US, DAX DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE" GRIFFON YELLED BACK. "SO DID DAX, HE CHOSE TO DIE." BRIAN SAID.
"DO YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT THEIR DEATHS?" GRIFFON ASKED. "BEFORE THIS I WAS
WORKING SOLO FOR FIVE YEARS, I JOINED YOU THREE MONTHS AGO, I DON'T REALLY TALK
TO ANYONE BUT CHRIS SO, NO NOT REALLY" BRIAN SAID.

GRIFFON RAISED HIS FIST AT BRIAN AND SWUNG BRIAN DUCKED AND HIT HIM WITH THE BUTT OF HIS GUN. BRIAN
LAUGHED, "YOU'RE OUR COMMANDER, PFF" BRIAN WALKED AWAY. A SUDDEN JOLT SENT THE
PELICAN SPINNING, THE RAMP WAS OPEN AND BRIAN WENT FLYING OUT. "EVERYBODY BRACE
FOR IMPACT!" GRIFFON SAID. THE PELICAN SMASHED INTO THE GROUND. SIX GOT OUT OF
THE WRECKAGE DAZED. HE WAS CAPTURED BY SOME ELITES THEY WERE ABOUT TO KILL HIM
WHEN A RIFLE BLAST WENT OF AND ONE FELL DEAD. ANOTHER BLAST MADE ANOTHER
CRUMPLE TO THE GROUND. EVERYBODY ELSE MADE IT OUT OF THE PELICAN AND OPPENED
FIRE ON THE ELITES. GRIFFON CHECKED HIS DATA PAD "LOOKS LIKE THIS BASE IS
ANOTHER THREE DAYS AWAY NOW THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO ON FOOT. "NO YOU WON'T,"
KURIK SAID. GRIFFON LOOKED UP TO SEE THE OTHER PELICANS IN THE SKY. "WE'LL FLY
AWAY FROM THESE GUYS JUST HURRY AND GET HERE" KURIK SAID. "YOU HEARD HIM
SPARTANS LOCK AND LOAD." BRIAN WOKE UP, HE LOOKED AROUND HE WAS IN A CRATER. HE
REMEMBERED GOING INTO ARMOR LOCK TO BREAK THE FALL BUT HE HAD STILL PASSED OUT.
JUST THEN TWO SPARTANS APPEARED. "HEY YOU GUYS ALLRIGHT?" BRIAN ASKED. THEN HE
SAW THE COLOR OF THEIR ARMOR THE SAME COLOR AS THE ARRMOR THE INFECTED ODSTS
HAD. "OH SHIT." BRIAN SAID. THEY BOTH PULLED OUT SHOTGUNS AND FIRED. BRIAN
ROLLED TO THE SIDE AND SHOT ONE DEAD IN THE CHEST. THE SECOND PUNCHED BRIAN
THEN KNEED HIM IN THE STOMACH. THE SECOND ONE RECOVERED AND JOINED THE FIGHT.
BRIAN SMACKED THE FIRST ACROSS THE HEAD WITH HIS SHOTGUN, BUT NOT BEFORE THEY
BOTH FIRED AT HIM. THE BLAST TOOK OUT HIS SHIELDS INSTANTLY. THEY WALKED
TOWARDS HIM. THEY AIMED THEIR GUNS AT HIS HEAD. BRIAN SHOT, THEY STUMBLED BACK.
BRIAN TACKLED ONE DOWN AND DUG HIS KNIF INTO HIS NECK. THE SECOND AIMED HIS
GUN. BRIAN SHOT, THE SPARTAN STUMBLED BACKWARDS. BRIAN SHOT AGAIN; AGAIN THE
FOURTH SHOT FINISHED HIM OFF. BRIAN RELOADED HIS GUN. HE BEGAN WALKING. AFTER
THIRTY MINUTES OR SO HE SAW A PHANTOM LAND AND DROP OFF ELITES. ALL ZEALOTS. AN
ELITE CHARGED HE SHOT IT DOWN ANOTHER CHARGED HE SHOT AGAIN, IT CRUMPLED TO THE
GROUND. ANOTHER CAME FROM BEHIND, HE ELBOWED IT PULLED OUT HIS KNIFE AND SLIT
ITS THROAT. HE TURNED TO HAVE A ZEALOT SLASH HIM ACROSS THE CHEST, AND KICK
HIM. HIS SHEILDS WERE DOWN NOW; ANOTHER SLASHED HIM ACROSS THE STOMACH. HE SHOT
IT IN THE HEAD. TWO MORE CAME HE DODGED.

THE FIRST AND SHOT THE SECOND DEAD. THE OTHER TURNED BACK AROUND HE RAN TOWARDS
BRIAN. HE PUNCHED IT IN THE JAW THEN SHOT. HE HAD ONE SHOT LEFT, HE LOOKED UP
THERE WERE STILL ANOTHER TWELVE. HE THREW HIS KNIFE AND IT WENT RIGHT INTO THE
MOUTH OF AN ELITE. THEY ALL CHARGED. HE SHOT AND TWO FELL DEAD. ANOTHER SHOVED
HIM DOWN. HE STABBED ANOTHER WITH HIS SECOND KNIFE. THEY ALL PILED ON BRIAN
SLASHING WITH THEIR SWORDS. GRIFFON AND THE OTHERS MADE IT TOWARDS THE PELICAN.
THE PELICAN TOOK OFF. "WE NEED TO FIND BRIAN." CHRIS SAID. "THAT WON'T BE
NECESSARY" JUN SAID "LOOK". THEY LOOKED OUTSIDE THE PELICAN. THEY SAW BRIAN ON
THE GROUND DEAD. "I'M SORRY" JUN SAID TO CHRIS. "FRIEND" HE ASKED. "BROTHER"
CHRIS SAID.