Chapter 6: The Last Stand
//Covenant Reported Subject Karen, Would You Like To Attack? Voice Confirmation Needed. //: ".Let's kick some ass Nephritis."
Karen jumped up knocking Brian over. He just sat on the ground looking stunned. Karen decided to wait to let it sink in. No use, she thought. "Brian we need to move, now." He just sat there like he hadn't even heard her. Frustrated Karen slapped him across the face. It worked. Brian was now alert and already picking up his helmet. Karen ran over to him and kissed him hard on the lips. "What ever happens, I will still love you," she whispered. "That's good to know," he replied. The two put their helmets on and ran at a full sprint to the base.
"What's wrong?" "I don't know. Our sensors show thousands of Covenant troops moving through the forest at an astounding speed," replied someone. "Sound all alerts. The crap has hit the fan hard." Red lights started to flash and a loud wailing sound of the alarms. "God help us all."
Karen heard what Nephritis had told her coming over their heads. The whining engines of the Banshee pierced the quiet of the forest. She looked up to see five shadows move over the trees. Then the Chug Chug of flak was heard. Thumps of the heavy shells slamming into metal were heard along with a screeching of metal as it was bent on impact with something. Karen saw the main door ahead. When she got closer Karen saw that the chief was already waiting with the thirty recruit Spartans outside. Five had sniper rifles, five had rocket launchers and the rest had battle rifles. She fell into line and heard the briefing by the chief. "We have at least 2,000 Covenant coming. There are also 2,000 marines hear plus you thirty-two. The odds are still against us though. Any questions?" One kid raised his hand. "Yes?" "Where will we be fighting?" "Good question. We will be fighting on a thirty-foot tall containment wall one mile out around the base. It has enough room on the top to have a Scorpion on top. There are also LAAG cannon towers every 40' feet. This is our first and last line of defense." Nobody said a word as five personnel carrier Warthogs came up. The recruits weren't split up but were spread out along the side that the Covenant was believed to be attacking hardest. Sure enough Scorpions were lined up on the top of the wall with their cannons pointing up for a round of shelling. Silence ensued until dusk when the Scorpions started firing. The blasts were deafening. Explosions were heard in the forest. The Banshees had stopped making their patrols hours before meaning the attack would begin soon. Out of the low fog forming small figures were seen. Immediately the roar of battle rifles was heard mowing the creatures down and spraying their light blue blood on the ground. Again Grunts popped out of the mist into an open area about 200 yards from the base of the wall to be torn apart by a wall of lead. The waves kept getting bigger and bigger. Then Jackals started to appear. With their shields they lasted a lot longer, getting shots off and killing marines. Karen was, unfortunately, right where the action was. The Jackals seemed to have been making a wall to shield something. Out of the mist came seven-foot tall creatures with shiny armor. They were the Elites. They raised their arms with the plasma rifle and unleashed a barrage of blue plasma at the wall. Most splashed against the top burning a few marines, some weren't as lucky though. One marine was hit square in the chest. Blood sprayed on the ground as his upper torso was almost removed. He died before he hit the ground. Karen, witnessing this, felt the anger inside of her get to a boil point. Not even aiming she emptied a whole magazine into the Elites. The dark shapes in the mist slumped to the ground spraying purple blood on their comrades. Then two large blue plasma swords flared up. The two gold Elites felt the same anger that Karen had just felt, too bad for them their valiant charge was cut to shreds, literally, by a wall of lead. For hours this went on men were dieing on both sides at the same rate. Then something monstrous came lumbering out of the woods.
//Covenant Reported Subject Karen, Would You Like To Attack? Voice Confirmation Needed. //: ".Let's kick some ass Nephritis."
Karen jumped up knocking Brian over. He just sat on the ground looking stunned. Karen decided to wait to let it sink in. No use, she thought. "Brian we need to move, now." He just sat there like he hadn't even heard her. Frustrated Karen slapped him across the face. It worked. Brian was now alert and already picking up his helmet. Karen ran over to him and kissed him hard on the lips. "What ever happens, I will still love you," she whispered. "That's good to know," he replied. The two put their helmets on and ran at a full sprint to the base.
"What's wrong?" "I don't know. Our sensors show thousands of Covenant troops moving through the forest at an astounding speed," replied someone. "Sound all alerts. The crap has hit the fan hard." Red lights started to flash and a loud wailing sound of the alarms. "God help us all."
Karen heard what Nephritis had told her coming over their heads. The whining engines of the Banshee pierced the quiet of the forest. She looked up to see five shadows move over the trees. Then the Chug Chug of flak was heard. Thumps of the heavy shells slamming into metal were heard along with a screeching of metal as it was bent on impact with something. Karen saw the main door ahead. When she got closer Karen saw that the chief was already waiting with the thirty recruit Spartans outside. Five had sniper rifles, five had rocket launchers and the rest had battle rifles. She fell into line and heard the briefing by the chief. "We have at least 2,000 Covenant coming. There are also 2,000 marines hear plus you thirty-two. The odds are still against us though. Any questions?" One kid raised his hand. "Yes?" "Where will we be fighting?" "Good question. We will be fighting on a thirty-foot tall containment wall one mile out around the base. It has enough room on the top to have a Scorpion on top. There are also LAAG cannon towers every 40' feet. This is our first and last line of defense." Nobody said a word as five personnel carrier Warthogs came up. The recruits weren't split up but were spread out along the side that the Covenant was believed to be attacking hardest. Sure enough Scorpions were lined up on the top of the wall with their cannons pointing up for a round of shelling. Silence ensued until dusk when the Scorpions started firing. The blasts were deafening. Explosions were heard in the forest. The Banshees had stopped making their patrols hours before meaning the attack would begin soon. Out of the low fog forming small figures were seen. Immediately the roar of battle rifles was heard mowing the creatures down and spraying their light blue blood on the ground. Again Grunts popped out of the mist into an open area about 200 yards from the base of the wall to be torn apart by a wall of lead. The waves kept getting bigger and bigger. Then Jackals started to appear. With their shields they lasted a lot longer, getting shots off and killing marines. Karen was, unfortunately, right where the action was. The Jackals seemed to have been making a wall to shield something. Out of the mist came seven-foot tall creatures with shiny armor. They were the Elites. They raised their arms with the plasma rifle and unleashed a barrage of blue plasma at the wall. Most splashed against the top burning a few marines, some weren't as lucky though. One marine was hit square in the chest. Blood sprayed on the ground as his upper torso was almost removed. He died before he hit the ground. Karen, witnessing this, felt the anger inside of her get to a boil point. Not even aiming she emptied a whole magazine into the Elites. The dark shapes in the mist slumped to the ground spraying purple blood on their comrades. Then two large blue plasma swords flared up. The two gold Elites felt the same anger that Karen had just felt, too bad for them their valiant charge was cut to shreds, literally, by a wall of lead. For hours this went on men were dieing on both sides at the same rate. Then something monstrous came lumbering out of the woods.