Hola amigos! How are you doing this fine evening...or night...or morning...whenever you're reading this?! So I know that I said in my previous chapters that I wanted to have up to 2 chapters a week done but I now realize that's just not possible for me. So yea...I guess they'll come out whenever...or I might just bring it up at the end of the chapter. Now, let's get into it!
Chapter 10: Run of bad luck
"So how do we get to where we want to get if the gate doesn't work?" asked Jun.
"We use the riverbed to smuggle rations, weapons -" replied the man.
"Basically anything the UNSC considers contraband" finished Jun. 'Yes Jun those were all contraband items...you didn't have to state the obvious' Six thought.
"Pretty much" answered one of the other militia.
"Show us" demanded Jun in a menacing tone. 'Oooooh...scary, watch out big man you might scare them off' thought Six, but Jun pretty much already knew what Six was thinking and just looked at him saying "not one damn word Six"..."okey-dokey" replied the smart mouthed Spartan 'that was two words' Six thought. "I really fucking hate you" remarked Jun.
"Hey ladies! You just gonna stand around all day and argue like an old married couple?! Or are we gonna get a move on?" yelled one of the militia.
"Yea yea...we're coming" stated Six in a lazy fashion.
As the two Spartans followed the civilians (since that's technically what they were) they spotted an enemy drop ship and quietly but quickly got behind cover in order to avoid detection.
"Alright looks clear let's move people" Jun stated.
"Hey! I think I see the power plant up ahead!" yelled Six.
"Could you be any louder?" questioned one of the militia.
"What's your name?" asked Six.
"Ummm it's James...sir" nervously replied the man.
"James, let me tell you something really important ok?" stated Six.
"Yea sure" replied James.
"Shut the fuck up" ordered Six.
Jun just snickered under his helmet in amusement at James' reaction to the Spartan's words and continued up ahead. James on the other hand was speechless and couldn't really reply to Six so he just shut up and followed Jun.
"Yea you better damn walk" assured Six.
He turned around to face James' companions and just burst out laughing causing the rest of them to laugh as well.
"Did you see the luck on his face?" asked on of the militia.
"It was priceless" answered one of the other men.
"Hey guys what're your names? No honestly...I'm not fucking with you like I did James I just wanna know your names" Six stated.
"Um yea sure...I'm Mike" stated the older looking one with a full on zombie survival beard. "The youngest one is Kyle and the ugly fuck over there is Jackson" Mike continued.
"Oh go blow yourself!" shouted Jackson.
"Already tried" replied Mike.
'Mike, Kyle, Jackson...shut the fuck up" Six ordered.
"..." the men fell silent.
"I'm just fucking with you guys! It's nice to meet you!" stated Six.
"Oh fuck! HA! You had us going there man!" replied Kyle.
"Yea I know...I'm a great actor" boasted Six.
"I don't mean to interrupt but like...shouldn't we get going? questioned Mike. "Because you know...we're kind of being left behind"
"Oh shit! Let's go!" shouted Six.
The rest of the crew soon followed suit and went on to meet up with James and Jun. After they finally caught up to the other two, Jun went on his comm device to contact Kat about the big old Covenant pylon across the canyon.
"Kat you seeing this? Some kind of Covenant pylon" Jun stated.
"That...is the source of our dark zone" replied Kat.
"Consider it gone" confirmed Jun.
'Negative... I want you to clear the area and plant a remote detonator on that thing. Carter has some...special plans in mind" ordered Kat.
"So are we gonna blow it?" asked Jackson.
"Nope...we're gonna sweep the area for hostiles and then plant a remote detonator. If you want to provide suppressing fire or just get right into the action...be my guest" stated Six.
Jun instantly got behind a rock and placed his bipod down on it to use as leverage...not that he really needed it, but everything helps. Six pulled out his knives and had that "it's killing time" look on his face under his helmet and started sprinting across the bridge charging right in.
"Always the risky one ain't ya?" joked Jun.
"Oh you know it baby!" replied Six.
Jackson soon followed Six, shotgun in hand and Kyle decided to keep a bit of distance and lay down suppressing fire with his assault rifle. So Mike decided to go in with a stealthier approach...which involved a rocket launcher, it's stealthy because if he blows something up and there's no enemy alive to hear it...did he really make any noise?
"Let's rock!" shouted Six as he threw one of his knives hitting a grunt square in the forehead which killed it instantly. "Nice!" shouted Six...he continued rushing in deciding there's no turning back now that the enemy has spotted him. He had his second knife in hand which soon wasn't in hand but buried in an elite minor's throat. Six then retrieved his other knife which he had previously thrown and shoved it into a jackal's stomach and then used the knife that he had shanked the elite with to finish off the jackal by slitting its throat. "Oh my god this is so fun" whispered Six.
"Damn son save some for the rest of us!" shouted Mike as he fired into a crowd of grunts and one elite.
"Speak for yourself!" shouted Jackson as he pumped a nice amount of lead into a grunt's frail little body. "Killing grunts is fun but it can only go so far!"
"Shut the fuck up Jackson" ordered Six as he stabbed an elite in the gut with both of his knives, followed by a roundhouse kick to the jaw.
"Oh...ok" replied Jackson in a sad tone as he shot a jackal in the face.
"Be more careful Six or you're going to get hurt and Kat will have my head!" shouted Jun as he sniped an elite ranger trying to line up a beam rifle shot to Six's head.
"Yes father" replied Six sarcastically. "Besides..everything's already dead!" shouted Six.
Jun looked around realizing the truth in the Spartan's words.
"Alright looks like that's it folks!" Jun yelled.
But then like all good things, this moment of no aliens trying to kill them had to come to an end when a pair ove hunters were dropped off by a phantom that was called in by an elite Six had killed before it actually died.
"Goddamn it we've got hunters!" shouted Jun.
"Yes I see them!" replied Six.
And boy were they massive motherfuckers up close...I mean these fuckers were 12 feet tall!
"Looks like we're gonna have some fun" commented Six as he looked over to Mike requesting his rocket launcher. Mike happily obliged and tossed Six the sexy beast of a weapon. "Alright you ugly son of a bitch...chocke on this" Six said as he fired one of the rockets at one of the hunters 'damn that sounded cool' Six thought to himself. But then out of the black cloud of smoke emerged the hunter minimally injured as it used it's damn shield to tank most of the blast. "Fuck...those damn shields!" Six cursed at his own stupidity. At that exact moment the two creatures started charging up there canons which emanated a bright green glow. "Fuck" was all Six shouted as he immediately hit the deck just narrowly dodging the fatal plasma shots. But sadly others were hit. "Holy shit!" shouted Six as he turned around to see that he actually dodged the shots, but then soon felt a very grim atmosphere as he realized that both Mike and James (who was nowhere to be seen until now) were both hit by the creatures energy blasts. "NO!" shouted Six.
"No no no no no no" repeated Jackson as he rushed the two massive beasts head on firing his shotgun. While he did manage to take out one of them that just sent the other into a wild frenzy causing it to smack Jackson with all of its might using its shield. The blow broke every bone in his body and sent him flying towards a steel beam which had detached with the rest of itself so he was impaled by it...he died on impact.
"Son of a bitch you killed them...they were my friends!" shouted Kyle as he rushed the creature firing mindlessly at it. Though he wasn't as lucky as Jackson and all of his bullets hit the alien's armor. Then Kyle chucked two frag grenades at the hulking beast which smacked one of the explosives away but could not deflect the other which blew up in its face sending shrapnel into the creature's neck. This caused it to roar in pain which gave Six the opening he needed as he grabbed his magnum and fired four shots into its neck then he slid under it, emptying the rest of his magazine into its back. The hunter then collapsed and fell...onto Kyle...the weight of the beast caused a loud crunch sound and crimson red blood began to flow out from under it...Kyle had died.
"..." Six was speechless he didn't know what to say so he just stood there in awe. He was somewhat sad that they had died but was more so surprised at there incredibly bad luck.
"Damn...didn't see that one coming" commented Jun.
"Me neither" replied Six.
"Alright well I'm gonna report to Kat" Jun said.
"Ok man...I just hope we don't have this run of bad luck forever and lose more people" commented Jun.
"Don't worry Six, that was a one time thing. There's no way that anything this tragic could happen ever again." assured Jun.
So how'd you guys like the chapter? I hope that it was somewhat enjoyable but I do apologize if it felt a little more boring then some of the others but they what can I tell you? Anyhow, I wanted to ask you guys if you want me to post whatever I have done by the end of the week which would usually result in shorter and/or more rushed chapters with less detail or would you like me to post a full length chapter (at around 1,500 words or more) whenever I finish it? It's up to you.
