"Mendoza,where do we go from here?"Sarge asked."uh,the exit is that way.."He pointed in the direction of the exit."But th..."He was cut off by a huge explosion.He looked and saw that 5 Grunts and a Elite were approaching them.They had already killed 2 Marines with a grenade."Dammit,take em out Marines"Sarge yelled and the Marines let loose with their assault rifles.Mendoza rolled out of the way of a grenade and took out 2 Grunts in 2 shots.Jenkins was carefully aiming his rocket launcher when he felt a sudden pain rush through him.He looked and saw that a Grunt had shot him in the back.He grew angry and blew it sky high with the rocket laucher,but he also killed a Marine.There were two Grunts and a Elite left,but they were killing Marines quickly.The Elite was able to kill 2 Marines with it`s rifle before Sarge snuck behind it and hit it with the butt of his gun.The Grunts,scared at having their leader killed,tried to run,but Mendoza swiftly gunned them down.The Covenant were dead,but the damage had been done.5 of the 9 Marines were killed."Marines,get their weapons,this is gonna get alot tougher."Sarge said.

The Marines came to the exit of the cave,and were greeted by the blinding light of the afternoon sun."Damn,shoulda brought my sunglasses." said Bisinti.The Marines climbed to the top of a large hill,and were stunned at what they saw-a lifepod.It seemed to be relativly intact."Sir,maybe we should load up on new weapons.""No shit Mendoza,what`d you think we were do?Ok Marines,load up on everything you can."Sarge said."Uh.sir,what should we do about these?"Lieutenant Parker showed Sarge 3 sniper rifles and 2 rocket launchers."Hm,we`ll need something to carry them in."Sarge replied."How bout this,Sir?"Mendoza drove up in a warthog."There`s two more back there,we could carry the weapons in it.""Good thinking,soldier"Sarge said to Mendoza.Bisinti was driving up in a warthog when he froze.He saw approximatly 30 Grunts."LOOK OUT,THERE HERE!"and the Marines turned and saw the Grunts,and opened fire.The Grunts were dying fast,but there alot of them,so it was going to take awhile."Mendoza,use that rocket launcher!"Sarge shouted as he killed a Grunt.There were 13 Grunts left,but they were firing on Mendoza,shrills of pain shot through his body.Suddenly,it stopped,and Mendoza turned to see Sarge in a Warthhog,running over all the Grunts."Thanks,sir."Mendoza said to Sarge.The Marines,5 of them,put the Sniper Rifles and Rocket Launchers in one of the three warthogs.Parker was assigned to drive that vehicle.Sarge stepped into the gunner seat of one of the warthogs while Bisinti climbed into the driver seat.On the other warthhog,Mendoza got in the gunner while Pvt.Webster climbed into the driver seat."Webster,you lead"Sarge said."Yessir"And Pvt.Webster turned on the warthog,and began driving Northeast.The other 2 Marines followed closely behind.