Gears of Halo: Bang, you're dead.
Mitch was still lying on the floor. The Master Chief pulled him up. "We need to get moving." Mitch nodded and tried to stand. He got it on the fourth attempt. They continued onward to the generators. The Shaw-Fujikawa tans-light generators were a piece of equipment neither of the Gears had ever seen. The generators were the backbone of any good colonization effort. However, none of them really knew how it worked. What the hell was Slipspace anyway? Cortana told them over the COM, "Over on the side, there are two manual control boxes. Inside is a pair of red handles. Pull them both down, and the generators are good to go." Mitch asked, "What? That's it?" "That's it." They found the boxes and pulled the handles. The generators activated. Radiation levels flared, then died. "Now, proceed to the MAC cannon. In order for this to work, we need the magnetic coils of the MAC cannon to channel the flow. We'll also need it to fire you into time." Mitch asked Gabriel, "Mac? Like in macaroni?" "Magnetic Accelerator Cannon." "Ohhh…What?" "It's a big gun that uses magnets to propel a projectile to near the speed of sound." The Master Chief was already on his way there. The huge tube weapon was on the other side of the ship. The Gears struggled to catch up. When they did though, there was a huge firefight involving Flood, Locust, the Master Chief, and an odd floating cylindrical metal floating robot that shot a ruby colored beam of ozone smelling energy. Gabriel stepped back and unlimbered his Longshot. He aimed for the nearest Drone form, and pulled the trigger. The round tore into the Drone's skull and blew off its head but the Form kept fighting. Obviously the things didn't need the host's vitals. Gabriel switched targets. His original one died under a hail of bullets from Mitch's Lancer. He peered through the scope and sighted a Drone busy fighting off the Flood. He decided to spare it the pain of getting infected. Gabriel was merciful. He blew off the Drone's head and spared him. Mitch moved in to help the Chief, in the process sawing in half a Drone Form. The monstrosity came apart, showering Mitch with green slime. The inside of the Drone had been liquefied. Only the tentacles kept the thing from completely falling apart. Mitch was disgusted. He wiped his chainsaw blade on another Drone. The master Chief saw Mitch coming to help, and tried to tell him to shoot the Sentinel, but it was too late. The robotic enforcer shot a ruby colored beam and knocked Mitch right off his feet burning through his armor. Mitch grunted from the floor. "Little bastard…" Mitch brought up his Lancer from his position on the floor and unloaded the remainder of the clip into the Sentinel. It exploded with a shower of sparks. The Master Chief helped Mitch up and together with Gabriel sniping, they took down the remainder of the Locust forces. Gabriel walked over to Gears. "What was that th…" Gabriel didn't get a chance to talk before a Drone Form fell from the ceiling, dragged him down, and fired its stolen boltok pistol into his gut. Gabriel said, "Bastard, no fair." he fell, the high caliber round had taken its toll. However, Gabriel had enough in him to reach up, and rip the Infection Form out of the Drone's chest. "Slimy little bastard," he said before he squeezed his fist over the tiny creature. The Master Chief walked over to him. He stood up, shaking his head. Mitch walked over to Gabriel's body. He knelt, and closed his squad mate's eyes. Mitch wasn't really religious, but he prayed, prayed long and hard, that God would spare him, he was too young to be fighting in a war, too young to see the horrors of death. Gabriel had been religious, and Mitch saw the cross hanging from his neck. "Good bye Gabriel, I won't be seeing you, you're going someplace I can't go." With that he dragged his friend's body over to a nearby maintenance tunnel and sealed the hatch. Before he left though, he grabbed his friend's COG tags. "Your family needs to know." With that, he left knowing that the hatch would keep him safe from the Flood and that the blast from the Slipspace portal would cremate him. "Good bye."
Aww sad.
