Ah yes, I was lazy all summer, schools about to start and I haven't written anything! That was just a small list of excuses I came up with on the spot… just go away and read the damn chapter.

Disclaimer: Joey does not own Bungie or anything else I put in here that I shouldn't have…

Chapter 9

(Joey, Sam and Justin get into their previously called spots on the warthog)

Nick: What about me?

Joey: Well, I guess we could just drive slowly…

Nick: (whispers quietly to himself) Wait… the ghosts haven't came yet… I got an idea! (Runs over to the overturned bus just underneath the bridge and climbs on top of it)

Sam: What the hell is he doing?

Joey: I have no idea…

(The two ghosts emerge from around the corner, boosting towards the group)

Justin: Incoming!

(Just as the two ghosts' pass under the bridge nick jumps off the bus and lands on the front of the second ghost, just behind the first one, the elite yells out in surprise, nick smacks the elite out of the seat with his gun. He turns and points his battle rifle at the other ghost and fires, hitting the ghost in the gas tank, making it explode in a blue flash. The elite screams in pain as the ghost explodes underneath him, nick turns and flips into the seat of the ghost he just hijacked)

Joey: Holy shit that was freaking awesome!

Justin: (mows down the elite that nick removed from the ghost, the elite doesn't even have time to scream as he is hit with waves of bullets coming from the warthogs turret)

Nick: (pulls up next to the warthog) Problem solved.

Joey: Do you even know how to pilot one of those things?

Nick: Nope, but this'll be fun.

Joey: Alright, let's roll! (Hits the gas and charges forwards, nick follows behind them, trying to figure out how to make the ghost boost)

(Justin turns the turret so its facing forwards again, firing the turret at random)

Nick: (finally figures out the boost and catches up to Joey's warthog, which is charging towards the covenant artillery platform just along the shoreline)

Justin: (opens fire on the covenant, which scramble to avoid the hail of bullets, the elites firing back while the grunts panic)

Joey: (Turns the warthog, power sliding as he guns it towards the alley back behind the artillery platform)

Sam: (firing her SMG at the grunts killing two of them) What? We aren't going to kill them all!?

(Justins maniacal laughter is drowned out by the noise of the turret firing)

Joey: No, we are supposed to get to the bridge!

Nick: (driving the ghost backwards and firing at the covenant, killing and elite as he attempts to follow the warthog)

Just as Joey turns the corner to the next section of beach, three ghosts jump the far wall, and the phantom flys in from overhead, its three plasma turrets firing at the Warthog)

Joey: Justin! Ghosts infront of us!

Justin: (turns the turret 180 degrees and opens fire on the ghosts, which return fire at the warthog, the plasma bolts sizzling as they strike the armor plates, turning the metal white with the extreme heat)

Nick: (turns the corner just behind Joey, opening fire at the ghosts immediately destroying one by hitting it in its gas tank)

Sam: We can't take a Phantom in this thing! Keep going!

Joey: Nick! Ignore the Phantom lets go! (He charges straight towards the ramp which the ghosts used, jumping it to get to the third section of the beach, three covenant drop pods landing infront of the building that's there, elite's jumping out and firing at the warthog)

Justin: (quickly takes down one of the elites before he can get out of his pod, staining the inside purple with its blood)

Joey (Charges straight at the elites, baring down on them at full speed)

Justin: HIT EM'! HIT EM'!

(One elite manages to dives out of the way, rolling as he hits the ground, the second elite wasn't so lucky. Screaming as the warthog hits him, rolling up onto the hood and over the windshield, his lifeless body hitting the shield of the turret and falls to the right of the warthog, the windshield dripping with purple blood, the elite's broken body sprawled out of the ground behind the warthog)

Sam: Was that really necessary?

Joey: Well, he's dead isn't he? (Turns on the windshield wipers)

Just: umm hey guys!

Joey and Sam in unison: What?

Justin: Is there supposed to be a blue glowing thing stuck to our back tire?

Joey: Ohhh shi-

(The grenade explodes, ejecting Sam and Joey from the front seats, the back end of the warthog flips into the air, launching Justin through the air just before the warthog erupts into flame)

Justin: (flying through the air, still in the position like he was holding the turret) You know… I've seen one of those somewhere before… but I just cant place were… (Lands head first into the sand, his head getting buried)

Sam, being a trained marine, rolls just as she hits the ground, avoiding injury while Joey lands flat on his back with a heavy "Thud"

Joey: owwww my spine! (Sits up) That's gonna hurt tomorrow…

Justin, who's head is still buried in the sand: (Voice muffled) Now I'm never going to get to sleep at night until I figure out where I've seen that before… (pulls his head out of the sand)

Nick: (pulls up next to the group, firing his ghosts plasma cannons at the sniper tower in the distance) You guys alright?!

Sam: Yea, we are fine.

Joey: We should go to that building, there are some weapons and ammo there (points to the single building in the sand)

(the phantom following the path Joey took catches up to the group)

Nick: Yea, that sounds good right about now (points up at the phantom)

Joey: C'mon lets go!

Joey, Sam, and Justin run to the building just as the phantom starts to fire at nicks ghost.

Nick: oh shit oh shit (boots over to the building, abandoning his ghost to get inside with the rest of the group)

Joey: Alright, on the roof is a rocket launcher and a sniper rifle along with ammo for both.

Nick: I could use some more sniper ammo.

Joey: Alright, ill take that rocket launcher then…

Justin: Why can't I have the rocket launcher?

Joey: Justin… do I really have to answer you for that one? (starts to climb up the ladder to the roof)

The phantom outside drops off two ghosts, more drop pops hit the ground around the sniper tower.

Joey: (gets all the way up the ladder and hides behind the large box, picking up the rocket launcher, he leans around the corner and fires at one of the phantoms turrets)

(The rocket sails straight at the phantom, and because joey didn't lock on. It misses the intended turret and hits the hull of the ship effectively damaging two turrets. This causes the phantom to bug out and retreat, bits and pieces of the turrets falling as it flies away, the two damaged turrets sparking and burning with blue fire)

Joey: Well… I missed, but that works…

Nick: (coming up the ladder after joey) You missed?! With the rocket launcher!? It locks on for gods sake!

Joey: Hey, shut up, I made the phantom go away…

Nick: (walks over to the sniper rifle and picks up some of the clips) Get one of those ghosts it dropped, ill take care of the other one.

Joey: Can do. (points his rocket launcher at one of the ghosts and locks on, firing the rocket straight at the ghost, the explosion sends the ghost flipping through the air as bits and pieces of the vehicle fly through the air)

The other ghost turns towards Joey, following where the rocket came from and opens fire, quickly taking out Joeys shield and he hides behind the large box.

Nick: (Fires his sniper rifle, the bullet catches the elite piloting the ghost in the top of the head. His helmet, and bits of his skull and brain matter burst into the air in a spray of purple blood, the elite falls to the left out of the ghost, its engine dying as its pilot falls from the seat)

Joey: (shields Recharge and he switches to his sniper, Joey and nick pick off the remaining elite's near the sniper tower)

Joey and Nick go back down the ladder

Nick: Alright, the path to the tunnel is clear.

Joey: Yea… hey Justin, got a question.

Justin: What?

Joey: My suit, its not telling me how much ammo I got for this (holds up his rocket launcher) My sword too… your smart… sometimes… You got any idea what's wrong?

Justin: Well (looks Joey over) You are carrying four weapons at once… the MJOLNIR armor is only designed to keep track of two weapons at once… Three if your dual wielding, which could be your problem.

Joey: Oh yea… I'm not limited by the game anymore, so I just picked all this up.

Nick: Oh yea, we don't have to carry only two weapons now… sweet…

Joey: Here sam, you can use this. (Gives Sam the rocket launcher)

Sam: I don't know how to use this thing!

Joey: You're a trained marine, don't they teach you how to use this stuff?

Sam: Im a MEDIC!!!

Joey: Whatever, I don't want to carry that thing, you use it.

Sam: Thanks…

Nick: Let's go, before reinforcements arrive! (Walks out of the building and gets back in his ghost, which comes to life as it detects a pilot)

Joey, Sam, and Justin follow nick outside and walk to the entrance to the tunnel.

Joey: (Passing by the wreckage of the warthog) Well, that things totaled, looks like we gotta walk through the tunnel.

Nick: I don't, hahaha

Joey: You ass hole.

(inside the tunnel)

Justin: Hey guys, you hear that?

Sam: Hear what?

Joey: It's behind us (Turns around and two warthogs turn the corner and pull up to the group)

Marine: Cortana said you could use a ride!

Joey: Oh yea… she's still in my helmet isn't she…

Cortana: Yep, I'm still here.

Nick: Well, she's awfully quiet.

Marine: (Gets out of the first warthog and gets onto the gun turret of the second) All yours.

Joey: Sweet (gets back in the drivers seat)

Justin and Sam take their respective spots.

Joey: Alright lets go. (Hits the gas) Justin! Get ready, there's gonna be several covenant blockades!

Justin: Alright (Crouches down slightly so his head isn't so exposed above the turret shields)

(The covenant at the first blockade open fire at the warthog, the plasma bolts from the turret at the blockade seem to disperse as they strike the glass of the windshield, the metal starting to glow red as it heats up)

Joey: (Accelerates, charging straight at the turret) Hang on!

Justin: (Opens fire on the other covenant nearby, keeping them from trying to attack the warthog)

The grunt in the turret screams and jumps out, the warthog rams straight through the turret, destroying it, the broken metal bounces off the front of nicks ghost, which was following the warthog.

Sam: You're Insane!!

Cortana: I've been analyzing the Covenant tactical chatter. They're surprised ...confused. I don't think they expected us to be here. Not you and me. All of us...humanity...on Earth. Odd, I know, but it does help explain why they came here with such a small fleet.

Joey: (Mouthing Cortanas lines under his helmet)

Cortana: Hey! I can see that!

Joey: Oh crap, sorry.

Sam: (leans up over the windshield of the warthog and fires the rocket launcher straight ahead at another small covenant blockade)

Joey: Ahhh God my ears!!! That was right next to my head!!!

Sam: Sorry!

Joey: What?!!

The road ahead of the warthog was destroyed, bent upwards into ramp shape, Joey pulls into that lane, passing by the destroyed blockade thanks to sams rocket.

Justin: Wooo! Jump it!!!

Joey: (Accelerates again and hits the ramp, the warthog goes sailing through the air, followed by nicks Ghost) Woo Hoo!!!

As soon as the warthog lands another falls through the hole in the ceiling, but is soon struck by the Scarabs cannon, Joey swerves to the left, barely avoiding the explosion caused by the scarab.

A Shadow pulls up onto the road from one of the side roads.

Joey: Justin, Shoot that!

Justin: What?

Joey: The thing infront of us!

Nick: (Already shooting at the shadow)

Shadow: (returns fire at nick, the plasma glances off of the ghost)

Justin: Oh? The shadow? Okay! (the turret begins to spray bullets at the shadow, most of them ricocheting off the surface)

Joey: Im going to pull up next to it, kill the driver!

Justin: Okay! (firing up at the Shadow's turret along with nick, quickly destroying it)

Joey: (Pulls up along side the shadow, lining up Justin's turret with the driver)

Justin: (Turns and showers the driver with bullets, killing the driver almost instantly)

(A/N Now yes, I know in the game he wont die that quickly because he's sitting in the vehicle, but its real life now, and he's exposed, so don't flame)

The shadow slows to a stop in the road as nick passes by it in his ghost.

Joey: Look! Theres another one up ahead!

Another Shadow is driving along the side road, heading towards the main street.

Sam: (Leans up over the windshield again and fires her rocket launcher at it, the rocket hitting the drivers seat, causing the shadow to stop dead in its tracks. The driver is missing, the seat black and stained purple with blood, which was all that could be seen of the driver from the warthog)

The warthog continues down the road, before it starts baring down on two more shadows heading towards the final blockade.

Sam: (Reloads her rocket launcher) Justin! You get one, ill get the other (she leans back above the windshield and takes aim at the Shadow that was furthest away)

Justin: (opens fire at the closest shadow, catching the turrets attention, it starts to fire at the warthog, smoke starts to pour out from under the hood of the hog)

Joey: Oh that's not good!

Sam: (Fires at the shadow, hitting infront of the drivers seat, the drivers shields destroyed, its turret turns and fires at the hog as well)

Nick: (Shooting at the first Shadows turret, it ignores nick, trying to take out the warthog)

The first shadow slows down and explodes, causing the ghost it was carrying to explode as well, sending large bits of metal flying in all directions.

Sam: (Fires at the furthest shadow again, this time she hits the drivers seat, making the shadow come to a halt, nick and Justin fire at the turret, rapidly finishing it off as they head towards the large room ahead, where the final covenant blockade is)

Two ghosts pull up into the way of Joey and Nick, Joey accelerates, heading straight at one of the ghosts, Justin opens fire at it, the ghosts pulling away from each other as they back up, returning fire on nick and joey.

Sam: (Locks on to one of the ghosts and fires, killing the pilot, the ghost sits on the ground for a few moments before it starts to twitch and roll just before it explodes)

Justin's bullets hit the gas tank of the second ghost, destroying it instantly as the light plasma turret on top of the large container sends plasma raining down on the warthog, holes starting to burn into the warthog turrets armor plates.

Nick: (Pulls up next to the warthog and fires back at the turret, killing the grunt operating it)

Joey turns to the left side of the large container, a turned shadow the last thing blocking them from getting to the bridge. The shadow turret firing at the warthog in a last attempt to stop them, Joey hits the gas, heading straight for the gap in the shadow that would normally hold its cargo.

Joey: Justin! Duck!

Justin: A Duck!? Where?! (Notices part of the shadow was heading straight towards his head and he ducks quickly, turning around and opening fire at the shadow as nick passes underneath it as well)

Sam: Look! Theres the exit to the tunnel!

The warthog and nicks ghost pull out of the tunnel exit and the warthog dies, the hood was missing and small flames were coming from the inside of the engine.

Joey, Sam, and Justin get out of the warthog and walk over to the marines, the tunnel exit closing behind them.

Nick also gets out of his ghost.

Joey: (Steps by a marine who was sitting on the ground and leaning against part of the bridge)

Marine: It blew right through us. 50 cal, rockets...didn't do a thing.

(A Pelican hovers down and drops off a Scorpion Tank and Sgt. Johnson.)

Sgt. Johnson: Where's the rest of your platoon?

Marine1: Wasted Sarge!

Marine2: And we will be too, sir, if we don't get the hell out of here!

Johnson: You hit Marine?

Marine2: N-No sir.

Sgt. Johnson: Then listen up! When I joined the Corps, we didn't have any fancy-schmancy tanks. We had sticks, two sticks...and a rock for the whole Platoon. And we had to share the rock!

Nick: (walking up next to joey) We get it, your old!

Sgt. Johnson: What was that?! How dare you talk to a superior officer that way!

Nick: (Walks up to Johnson and grabs the patch on his shoulder, which says Master Sergeant, and shows it to Johnson.) Superior officer huh?

Sgt. Johnson: Oh, oh im sorry sir! (Salutes)

Nick: (Grins) Give me your Cigar.

Sgt. Johnson: What?! How old are you?

Nick: That was an order soldier!

Sgt. Johnson: (sighs, defeated) Yes sir… (Gives nick his Cigar)

Nick: (places the cigar in his mouth) Heh, awsome.

Marine1: What about that Scarab?

Sgt. Johnson: We've all run the simulation. They're tough, but they ain't invincible. Stay with the Master Chief. He'll know what to do. (He gets into the Pelican)

Joey: Oh no that means me…

Marine1: Yes sir! Sergeant!

Cortana: Thanks for the tank. He never gets me anything.

Johnson: Oh I know what the ladies like. (The pelican flies away)

Joey: (looks over at nick) Master Sergeant?! How the hell did you get such a high rank?!

Nick: Well remember back on the Cairo, when I told that marine my rank was "This much higher than his" well apparently "This much higher" Was Master Sergeant…

Joey: Wow this military is so messed up.

Nick: Well, I say I get the tank.

Joey: What?! Why do you get the tank?!

Nick: I had to drive that freaking ghost!

Sam: Hey guys… where's justin…

(The tank engine roars as it starts up)

Joey: Oh no!!

End Chapter 9

Joey: Yea, this chapter wasn't so great, the parts where you have to use vehicles are kinda hard to make funny… but, leave a review, no flames. But polite references to what was wrong are okay like typos sometimes I will make a typo and the word program doesn't point it out. Well, leave a review!