The lifepod soared through the atmosphere of the ring with intense speed.

"Hold on everyone this is going to be a rough landing" The pilot said as he attempted to control the pod's descent. The pod slammed into the green field below and skid for about one hundred meters before coming to a stop. The marines attempted to get the door open however it was damaged in the crash. Jason then approached them and kicked the door open. His eyes burning with rage. Kat helped the wounded ODST get on his feet and then approached Corey to make sure he was okay.

"You ok Corey?" She said offering her hand to him. Corey raised his head and took her hand.

"Yeah I'm fine, thanks Kat"

"Alright I got good news and bad news" Jason said to everyone.

"What" Kat replied as she helped the wounded ODST out of the pod."Ok so good news is we all survived the crash, bad news is a covenant dropship is inbound" Jason said as he readied his battle rifle. Kat looked down at the wounded trooper who was bleeding from his left leg. "Corey, Jason keep the covenant off of me while I patch the trooper up" Kat said as she knelt down and began looking at his wound. Jason tossed her his first aid kit and then ran over to get a good position on the covenant.

Corey and Jason hid behind a large boulder and waited for any covenant troops to stumble into their field of fire. Corey approached his younger brother. "Stay close to me little bro" Corey said.

"I know what to do Corey" Jason said back as he pulled back on the charging handle of his battle rifle. "Just trying to keep you safe man" Corey said back.

"I know but I'm sixteen. I'm not a kid anymore I can take care of myself" Corey looked back at Jason. "Sorry, I just want to look out for you".

The dropship landed and covenant troops unloaded. Three elites and 15 grunts disembarked and were met with a hail of fire from the marines and Spartans. Most of the grunts were gunned down. However the elites managed to take cover and return fire with their plasma rifles. Adam was trying to get the radio working. Finally he got a frequency that wasn't static.

"This is Sierra B-291 are there any UNSC forces on this frequency?" Adam asked over the intercom.

"Roger 291 this is Echo 419 need a pick up?" Responded Foehammer. "Yeah I'm activating my emergency transponder now" Adam replied as he typed a code into his data pad that activated the transponder.

"Alright 291 I got your position, I'm on my way now.'' Kat finally finished tending to the wounded ODST. She picked up her assault rifle and began laying down fire on more covenant troops that were dropped in. Jason and Corey began to fall back as the covenant gained ground. "Ammo count" Gavin shouted over the gunfire.

" Two magazines for each marine sir" The marine sergeant responded. "Two mags for my AR plus another two for my pistol" Kat responded. Gavin looked over to Marcus "Last mag Gav" Marcus responded as he slammed his last magazine into his D.M.R.

"Adam" Gavin shouted.

"Three mags" Adam said as he began firing on the incoming elites. Emile drew his kukri, "I'm dry" Corey and Jason reached the rest of the team and began firing on incoming Jackals and Elites. Gavin tapped Corey on the shoulder.

"Ammo count" Gavin said to Corey. "Last mag" He said as he continued to fire his DMR into the hoard of Jackals. "Jason" Gavin shouted.

"Last mag" Jason said back. The Elites were getting close to their perimeter. They were all running dangerously low on ammo. "I need a mag I'm out" Daniel said as the last few rounds left the chamber of his assault rifle. "Here it's my last one" Kat said before tossing her last mag to Daniel. She then drew her magnum and began firing.

"Frag out" Marcus threw his last grenade taking a few Jackals down. Adam began mindlessly firing into a crowd of grunts that were preparing to charge his side of the perimeter. He fired his smg until the weapon spent all of the 9mm shells. Adam in a split second slammed a new magazine in and proceeded to continue firing. His weapon then clicked again.

"What the?.." Adam took shelter behind the rock and inspected his smg. "Weapon down" He cried out. Kat looked over to Adam "Jammed?" She asked. Adam overlooked his smg before finding the problem "No broken firing pin". Adam dropped his smg and drew his magnum.

The situation was looking grim but then Adam heard a familiar voice over his commlink. "Hey there 291 hope you didn't get bored, looks like you got a small covenant problem let me take care of that for you" Foehammer said as she began strafing the covenant troops. The covenant then began to withdraw. Their numbers began to dwindle, Elites were being violently dismembered by the large caliber shells of the Pelican's chaingun. Grunts and jackals were turned into blue and purple mist when hit by the rounds. The last of the covenant troops withdrew into the treeline. Foehammer then landed and two ODSTs stepped out to cover the perimeter. The marines began salvaging what little food, ammunition and medical supplies that were in the life pod before boarding the pelican. Kat approached the wounded ODST, picked him up and cradle carried him towards the pelican.

The ODST began lightly banging his fist off Kat's breastplate in protest "I can walk put me down" said the wounded ODST. Kat giggled. "What's so funny?" The trooper responded sounding angry. Kat giggled again "trooper you've been hit in the gut, if you tried to stand for more than a few seconds you'd collapse."

The ODST frowned under his helmet "Whatever" He murmured before looking away from Kat. Kat giggled for the third time. "He kind of reminds me of you Emile" Emile looked over and chuckled. The Spartans and marines then boarded the pelican. "Pilot, what is the situation?" Gavin asked as he entered the cockpit.

"Sir, we have set up a small staging area called Alpha base, Im taking any survivors there. The Master Chief is currently rounding up other survivors. Gavin nodded his head and made his way back into the troop compartment and took a seat.