All hell broke loose. Ed, David and all the ODST troopers fired a barrage of missile fire and Spartan laser. It killed a few bond pairs but did no major damage, but it did distract them from the wraith. While this happened Niall was firing off sniper rounds as fast as he could pull the trigger, the hunters became confused and split into two groups, leaving a large hole down the centre.
Sean jumped over the wraith and fired his assault rifle in controlled bursts. Troy sprinted ahead, sword shining in the night. Jack was firing his battle rifle at the gaps in the hunters armour. The hunters still confused, crashed into one another, trying to get past to aim at a target.
Sean had heard rumours back when he was training that the Captain had been a Spartan that was before them. He soon learned that this wasn't true, but if he didn't know this, he might have mistaken the Captain for one. He kept pace with the Spartans, Sean could tell he was going full on, even if the Spartans weren't.
The Spartans formed a triangle shape around the Captain, protecting him and the nuke, Sean at the front, Troy on the left, and Jack on the right.
A hunter pair managed to break through the tangle of bodies and levelled their guns at the four Spartans. Sean, Troy and the Captain rolled left. Jack headed straight for the hunters. He activated a plasma grenade, rolled underneath a hunter and stuck it to the exposed flesh at their backs. There was a flash and the hunter was down, Jack ignited two more plasma grenades, throwing them to either side, they stuck to two more hunters and exploded.
But the Covenant soon started to get back into their phalanx, they formed their lines once again.
"Roll!" Niall's voice came through the COM
The three did so again, a ghost came flying past them going full boost into the line of hunters, it ploughed through the middle of them, recreating a path down the middle.
Sean slung his assault rifle and picked up the Captain, the Spartans then accelerated to their top speed of forty-five kilometres per hour, and they sped down the middle of the hunters.
David, Ed and the troopers continued their fire with the heavy weapons, Niall's ghost had slowed but he switched to weapons mode and began shooting plasma globs at the hunters, Jack was nowhere to be seen.
Sean set the Captain down, he and Troy then set to work on some suppressive fire with their assault rifles. The Captain started to arm the warhead.
"George" Sean called on the COM "we need immediate evac in thirty seconds, outside the Covenant camp"
"Roger that" George said "ETA thirty seconds"
"Done" the Captain said
A pair of gold hunters split off from the main group and turned to face them, they fired two green globs of energy at the Spartans and the Captain. Sean and Troy's reflexes allowed them to dodge the shot, but the Captain wasn't so lucky, the shot hit him in the legs, he was sent into the air. Specks of blood flecked Sean's visor. When the Captain landed, Sean noticed the absence of his legs, Sean and Troy stood over him, keeping covering fire.
"Go" the Captain said, coughing blood "I'm not gonna make it, so me and my troopers will give you Spartans time to get out"
Sean stared around, Niall's ghost had been obliterated by fuel rod fire, David, Ed and the ODSTs were pinned down, they had to get out of there. With some hesitance Sean nodded to the Captain, then signalled to Troy to follow him.
"Spartans we're getting out of here" he said over the COM, Niall rolled out from under a hunter and nodded, they sprinted for the exit of the camp.
The pelican had touched when they made it, David was on the chain gun keeping the hunters pinned. A dark shadow was cast over the camp, Sean looked up. There was a Covenant carrier in the sky.
"We gotta move!" shouted George, the pelican started to lift of, Sean jumped and grabbed hold of the ramp, and David hoisted him up. He saluted his squad, then suddenly a beam of fuel rod came from below, it hit the arm he was saluting with, the pain was intense and Sean watched as his hand melted away.
He screamed in agony.
"Get the biofoam!" Troy shouted, Sean's arm was gone as far as his elbow, Troy sprayed the biofoam in until the canister was empty.
Benjamin watched as the pelican flew away after that stray fuel rod shot caught it, one of the gold hunters walked over to him and picked him up.
"What are you looking at ugly?" he said to it. The hunter grunted, blood dripped from where Benjamin's legs should have been, "so what are you waiting for? Do it!" he said. The hunter brought up it's shield and stabbed him in the stomach. Benjamin spat blood on the hunter, it growled. Then it started to make sawing motions with it, the Captain screamed in agony, then there was a white flash, and it was over.