Chapter 4: The Escape
The four marines and the covenant continued to walk the hallways of the facility, having learned its terrible secret. They ran down the hall, all of their weapons levered in front of them, ready to fire at anything that moved.
Suddenly, a door bust open to the side in front of them. Flood stomped out looking around. All five of them opened fire at the creature. It jerked violently as the bullets and plasma pierced its rotting flesh. It fell backwards a pool of green blood. " This way! Down this hall! " Minjohj'arad directed at them they turned down the hall and saw light from the out side. 'Thank god' they all thought.
Meanwhile, oblivious to what was going on inside, there sat Jason McCoy and John McDowell. McCoy had a cigarette in his mouth. "Damn I'm bored." McDowell whined. " Quit your bitching. They'll be done soon." He assured his partner.
Suddenly, the door to the facility swung open. Four in the group. Then they saw the elite running with them and knew something was up. When they ran up to the guards, they were all out of breath. They looked at the elite with them, then at the group, their faces with a look as if to say "What the fuck?"
" We'll explain later. But for now, where's Vasques and Duke?" Trimboli questioned. McCoy looked at him with an expression as if to say, " Are you completely retarded?". " Dude, Matt, we've been here this whole time, waiting. What would make you think we had any idea as to where they are???" He asked annoyed at him.
He gave an annoyed look and said, " Well excuse me you asshole, jesus." He replied. " Anywho, this is Minjohj'arad. His squad was murdered by whatever attacked us. He was the only one left alive. We found him, and asked him what happened, since he obviously had no interest in killing us anymore." Matt explained
" Uhhhh, okay." McDowell said. Both were confused. " I am just going to guess your missing friends are dead." Minjohj'arad said to them. " More then likely." The master chief replied. " I say we just get the hell out of here, I do not want to have to face those things again!" Anderson blurted.
The master chief sighed, and called for an evac drop ship. " We need names of all of the remaining troops so we can count death toll!" The pilots voice boomed over a com. " Trimboli, Anderson, Evans, McCoy, McDowell, and, Minjohj'arad." The chief responded.
"There is no Minjohj'arad on the list of marines as first or last name sir!" The pilot responded. " He's a deflecting covenant ally." The chief responded. "I see, we'll have a drop ship to you a.s.a.p!' The pilot boomed. " We will land directly 4 meters to the west of the crashed covenant drop ship, which at your current position will take 2 meters straight, then 3 meters to the left, cant miss it." The pilot said.
" Okay, meet us in 10 minutes!!!" The chief demanded. " Okay men, we go 2 meters straight, then turn left and go straight until we see a crashed covenant drop ship, then we walk 4 meters to the west. We have 15 minutes or we'll miss the ship! " The chief shouted. They nodded, picked up their weapons and headed out.
To their surprise, flood were waiting. The Humans and Covenant opened fire, their weapons flashing as flood after flood fell dead. Then a floods bullet hit McCoy in the back. He fell. They thought he was dead, so they ran on.
He got up, the bullet having knocked him over, but not penetrating the layers of flak jackets he was wearing. But now, he was alone, flood closing in around him. He fired his machine gun franticly at them backing up until his back was too a tree.
He fired until he was down to one clip. Then he threw grenades franticly, killing some flood. Then he fired again. He continued to fire. Then his gun made a click noise. He was out of ammo. He slid down the tree, the flood closing in. They swirled their sharp tentacles around.
As the 4 left ran they head ripping of flesh and a deafening horrible scream of pain. They knew it was McCoy. They all felt guilty, just assuming he had died. The fact that they could have saved him made them feel bad, even Minjohj'arad, as he had become fond of his Infidel companions.
He felt a strange bondage between them. This was because, not only had they saved him when they could have killed him, but they were kind to him. The chief had even said a "Deflecting Covenant Ally" instead of a captured covenant prisoner.
He felt as if he owed the ones he had been trained to hate and destroy. He felt, as if they were friends. Something he never thought an Elite and a Human could do.
They reached the crashed covenant drop ship, and took a small rest. Then they headed west running as fast as they could. They saw lights shinning through the jungle, and marines inside the drop ship holding off the flood.
They reached the ship, and inside was Major Zoufe Brikofski, a Russian leader there to personally greet to Elite. " And you would be Minjohj'arad? " He said to the elite smiling warmly, the other marines smiled, as they had never seen an elite this close that wasn't trying to kill them.
" Correct. I would like to deflect from the covenant 0/5 H/K squad and be admitted into the Infidel army." The Elite said. The Major held out his hand and smiled. " Welcome to the marines Minjohj'arad." Brikofski said smiling warmly at the alien. It smiled back, the first time any of them had seen a covenant smile warmly, and shook his hand.
" I think I'm going to like it here." The elite smiled warmly as the drop ship took off for the ship Deep Space 9. This was the beginning of a friendship of enemies.
The End.
Did ya like it? I'm going to make a sequel story to this. Reviews are appreciated.
The four marines and the covenant continued to walk the hallways of the facility, having learned its terrible secret. They ran down the hall, all of their weapons levered in front of them, ready to fire at anything that moved.
Suddenly, a door bust open to the side in front of them. Flood stomped out looking around. All five of them opened fire at the creature. It jerked violently as the bullets and plasma pierced its rotting flesh. It fell backwards a pool of green blood. " This way! Down this hall! " Minjohj'arad directed at them they turned down the hall and saw light from the out side. 'Thank god' they all thought.
Meanwhile, oblivious to what was going on inside, there sat Jason McCoy and John McDowell. McCoy had a cigarette in his mouth. "Damn I'm bored." McDowell whined. " Quit your bitching. They'll be done soon." He assured his partner.
Suddenly, the door to the facility swung open. Four in the group. Then they saw the elite running with them and knew something was up. When they ran up to the guards, they were all out of breath. They looked at the elite with them, then at the group, their faces with a look as if to say "What the fuck?"
" We'll explain later. But for now, where's Vasques and Duke?" Trimboli questioned. McCoy looked at him with an expression as if to say, " Are you completely retarded?". " Dude, Matt, we've been here this whole time, waiting. What would make you think we had any idea as to where they are???" He asked annoyed at him.
He gave an annoyed look and said, " Well excuse me you asshole, jesus." He replied. " Anywho, this is Minjohj'arad. His squad was murdered by whatever attacked us. He was the only one left alive. We found him, and asked him what happened, since he obviously had no interest in killing us anymore." Matt explained
" Uhhhh, okay." McDowell said. Both were confused. " I am just going to guess your missing friends are dead." Minjohj'arad said to them. " More then likely." The master chief replied. " I say we just get the hell out of here, I do not want to have to face those things again!" Anderson blurted.
The master chief sighed, and called for an evac drop ship. " We need names of all of the remaining troops so we can count death toll!" The pilots voice boomed over a com. " Trimboli, Anderson, Evans, McCoy, McDowell, and, Minjohj'arad." The chief responded.
"There is no Minjohj'arad on the list of marines as first or last name sir!" The pilot responded. " He's a deflecting covenant ally." The chief responded. "I see, we'll have a drop ship to you a.s.a.p!' The pilot boomed. " We will land directly 4 meters to the west of the crashed covenant drop ship, which at your current position will take 2 meters straight, then 3 meters to the left, cant miss it." The pilot said.
" Okay, meet us in 10 minutes!!!" The chief demanded. " Okay men, we go 2 meters straight, then turn left and go straight until we see a crashed covenant drop ship, then we walk 4 meters to the west. We have 15 minutes or we'll miss the ship! " The chief shouted. They nodded, picked up their weapons and headed out.
To their surprise, flood were waiting. The Humans and Covenant opened fire, their weapons flashing as flood after flood fell dead. Then a floods bullet hit McCoy in the back. He fell. They thought he was dead, so they ran on.
He got up, the bullet having knocked him over, but not penetrating the layers of flak jackets he was wearing. But now, he was alone, flood closing in around him. He fired his machine gun franticly at them backing up until his back was too a tree.
He fired until he was down to one clip. Then he threw grenades franticly, killing some flood. Then he fired again. He continued to fire. Then his gun made a click noise. He was out of ammo. He slid down the tree, the flood closing in. They swirled their sharp tentacles around.
As the 4 left ran they head ripping of flesh and a deafening horrible scream of pain. They knew it was McCoy. They all felt guilty, just assuming he had died. The fact that they could have saved him made them feel bad, even Minjohj'arad, as he had become fond of his Infidel companions.
He felt a strange bondage between them. This was because, not only had they saved him when they could have killed him, but they were kind to him. The chief had even said a "Deflecting Covenant Ally" instead of a captured covenant prisoner.
He felt as if he owed the ones he had been trained to hate and destroy. He felt, as if they were friends. Something he never thought an Elite and a Human could do.
They reached the crashed covenant drop ship, and took a small rest. Then they headed west running as fast as they could. They saw lights shinning through the jungle, and marines inside the drop ship holding off the flood.
They reached the ship, and inside was Major Zoufe Brikofski, a Russian leader there to personally greet to Elite. " And you would be Minjohj'arad? " He said to the elite smiling warmly, the other marines smiled, as they had never seen an elite this close that wasn't trying to kill them.
" Correct. I would like to deflect from the covenant 0/5 H/K squad and be admitted into the Infidel army." The Elite said. The Major held out his hand and smiled. " Welcome to the marines Minjohj'arad." Brikofski said smiling warmly at the alien. It smiled back, the first time any of them had seen a covenant smile warmly, and shook his hand.
" I think I'm going to like it here." The elite smiled warmly as the drop ship took off for the ship Deep Space 9. This was the beginning of a friendship of enemies.
The End.
Did ya like it? I'm going to make a sequel story to this. Reviews are appreciated.