Chapter 5: The Beginning of the End
//All System Double Check //: . Pending Confirmation.
One year had passed since Karen had gotten a boyfriend. She was fifteen now and now the most popular person in the squad. She was in heaven. Graduation was one year away and seeming to come faster and faster. The training was now field operations, learning how to call in air support, survival techniques, and most important, how to kick the Covenants ass. "Hey you." "Hello Karen," said Brian in a playful voice. "Come hear." Brian walked towards where his locator said she was. "Why?" " 'Cause," she replied "I want to show you something." "Okay," he said, his heart beating. "Where are you?" "Nowhere particular." He looked around the clearing where he thought she was. Brian started to make circles trying to find her. "Ha Ha," "What." "That's what," she replied. When she finished saying that Brian felt his stomach plummet. She had set a trap for him! The ground around him caved away revealing a ten-foot circle around him. "Dammit!" He fell about eight feet before hitting the ground. "Are you okay?" she said with worry in her voice. No answer. Karen jumped down from the tree and ran towards the hole she had made. She slid down the side of the wall that was less steep so he could get out. "Nephritis, is he okay?" "Life signs are norma-" Brian jumped up from the ground knocking Karen over. "Thought you knocked me out?" he said with a hint of sensuality in his voice. "No," she whispered back. She tried to get up to catch him off guard but was beat to the punch. Bryan had her arms pinned to the ground with his. His legs were on either side of her waists preventing her from having any chance at retaliating. "You're good you know," she said, also with a hint of sensuality. "Thanks." "Want to let me up?" "No, not really. I have you where I want you." Positioning his elbows so that her arms were still pinned down to the ground. He reached up and took off his helmet to show his face with a large grin on it. He then took off Karen's helmet. Around her ear was a small silverish loop with a small microphone extending down her cheek. "So I'm always with Nephritis," she clarified. Brian started to get closer to her face slowly. Their lips were almost touching. "Karen I've got some confusing info here to tell you." Karen tilted her head and Brian hit her cheek. "What's wrong?" She forced both of her hands up and raised one hand. Wait. The other went to the ear link and she pressed it against her ear. " What the hell.?" "Yes, squads of Banshees are inbound." "How many?" she asked. "Not sure, they seem to be clustering to mask how many are really there." "Dammit!" "What's wrong?" asked Brian. Karen paused a moment before answering. "The covenant are coming."
//All System Double Check //: . Pending Confirmation.
One year had passed since Karen had gotten a boyfriend. She was fifteen now and now the most popular person in the squad. She was in heaven. Graduation was one year away and seeming to come faster and faster. The training was now field operations, learning how to call in air support, survival techniques, and most important, how to kick the Covenants ass. "Hey you." "Hello Karen," said Brian in a playful voice. "Come hear." Brian walked towards where his locator said she was. "Why?" " 'Cause," she replied "I want to show you something." "Okay," he said, his heart beating. "Where are you?" "Nowhere particular." He looked around the clearing where he thought she was. Brian started to make circles trying to find her. "Ha Ha," "What." "That's what," she replied. When she finished saying that Brian felt his stomach plummet. She had set a trap for him! The ground around him caved away revealing a ten-foot circle around him. "Dammit!" He fell about eight feet before hitting the ground. "Are you okay?" she said with worry in her voice. No answer. Karen jumped down from the tree and ran towards the hole she had made. She slid down the side of the wall that was less steep so he could get out. "Nephritis, is he okay?" "Life signs are norma-" Brian jumped up from the ground knocking Karen over. "Thought you knocked me out?" he said with a hint of sensuality in his voice. "No," she whispered back. She tried to get up to catch him off guard but was beat to the punch. Bryan had her arms pinned to the ground with his. His legs were on either side of her waists preventing her from having any chance at retaliating. "You're good you know," she said, also with a hint of sensuality. "Thanks." "Want to let me up?" "No, not really. I have you where I want you." Positioning his elbows so that her arms were still pinned down to the ground. He reached up and took off his helmet to show his face with a large grin on it. He then took off Karen's helmet. Around her ear was a small silverish loop with a small microphone extending down her cheek. "So I'm always with Nephritis," she clarified. Brian started to get closer to her face slowly. Their lips were almost touching. "Karen I've got some confusing info here to tell you." Karen tilted her head and Brian hit her cheek. "What's wrong?" She forced both of her hands up and raised one hand. Wait. The other went to the ear link and she pressed it against her ear. " What the hell.?" "Yes, squads of Banshees are inbound." "How many?" she asked. "Not sure, they seem to be clustering to mask how many are really there." "Dammit!" "What's wrong?" asked Brian. Karen paused a moment before answering. "The covenant are coming."