Chapter 7: The Hunted
//Subject Karen Review of Battle History //: Complete
The large shape moved forward at a slow pace. By now it was almost dark so Karen called for somebody to put a search light on the monster. A bright beam swung around and centered itself on it. The creature had a metallic blue armor with large spikes on it's back. On it's left arm was a gigantic metal shield. On it's right was a fuel rod gun glowing green on top. "Hunter!!!" yelled an unknown person. The Hunter started to move toward the wall again. It looked around at its surroundings. Bullets were ricocheting off the armor doing no damage. The Grunt that was in front of it spun around and ran right into the Hunter. Immediately it swung the large shield on it's arm. In an explosion of blood and armor the Grunt disappeared from the impact. Karen stood horrified at the tremendous power this creature possessed. "All LAAG gunners that can confirm visually the Hunter open fire," called out Nephritis. Karen snapped out of her trance and heard a loud roar of 99mm rounds being shot at the hunter. That got his attention. The gun he held started to glow a brilliant green color. The Hunter jumped back as it released the plasma charge at the wall. It exploded on the wall tearing a huge chunk out and spraying shrapnel everywhere. Karen's shields flared as she was hit with a wash of plasma and shrapnel. She looked over to see three marines torn apart by the explosion. The whole wall shook from the impact. Karen grabbed a grenade and chucked it at the Hunter. "How do you like this you asshole," she screamed. The grenade landed two feet away and rolled another towards the Hunter. The grenade detonated in a shower of shrapnel. Sparks sprayed off the Hunter's armor and landed on the ground. Recovering from the shock the Hunter charged towards the wall. It lowered its shoulder and put the shield in front of itself and hit the wall. Karen looked down in time to see the Hunter hit the wall and feel the shaking from the smash. Karen thought that she saw the wall actually rock back and forth from the impact. "Brian I need some heavy firepower now." No answer. "Brian?" she called again. "Karen, he's.dead." "What you can't be serious," she said trying to keep from running to where he was. "He was attacked by a Hunter." "I'm going to see him." "No, we need you here," she replied. "I'm no use, I've barely killed ten covenant." "Still, it helps the marines to know a Spartan is there." It was no use though Karen had already decided to go see for herself.
She looked down at the charred torso that was Brian's. Lying five feet away was the Hunter that killed him. Still farther over was the lower half of Brian. "He was blown off the wall by a plasma grenade. The Hunter charged up a shot and fired it at near point blank range. Still standing he got two shots off before the Hunter severed him in half against the wall." "How did the Hunter die?" "Apparently the Hunters have almost no armor on their backs. By luck he got a plasma grenade he had found and stuck it to it's back." Karen was holding back tears as she looked at the one person she loved in her life. She dared not taking his helmet off fearing she'd see a pile of burned human flesh. Feeling anger grow in her she went back to her area on the wall at full speed. Arriving there she ran down the inner stairs and walked out the bottom with her rifle loaded and ready to go. Seeing the Hunter she unloaded a full clip on it to get its attention. Looking at the small human (to their standards) walking defiantly towards it the Hunter charged up another shot. Realizing this Karen jumped to the side to dodge the oncoming shot. When the green blob hit the ground with tremendous strength. Dirt was thrown ten feet in the air and in every direction. Karen was knocked down by the concussion caused by it. Realizing this was her chance she got up and ran at full speed to get around it. Thankfully the other Covenant were occupied or in awe as Karen took on the Hunter. Karen's stomach plunged at the speed the Hunter possessed. Firing a normal shot, Karen was knocked down by the explosion of the plasma two feet away. Her shields flared and were wiped out by the plasma spray. Knowing it was over she scurried backwards and called all that could here. "My name is Karen. I am a Spartan 2b. I am fifteen. My last words are shoot the Hunters in the back where their armor is weakest. I have no chance to survive so on my behalf kill this son of a-." The roar of LAAG cannons and assault weapons blurred out her last words. The back of the Hunter bringing death to her exploded in a shower of flesh, blood and metal. Karen had already taken her helmet off and lay on the ground. In the last twitches of death fired a plasma shot into Karen's gut.
//Subject Karen Review of Battle History //: Complete
The large shape moved forward at a slow pace. By now it was almost dark so Karen called for somebody to put a search light on the monster. A bright beam swung around and centered itself on it. The creature had a metallic blue armor with large spikes on it's back. On it's left arm was a gigantic metal shield. On it's right was a fuel rod gun glowing green on top. "Hunter!!!" yelled an unknown person. The Hunter started to move toward the wall again. It looked around at its surroundings. Bullets were ricocheting off the armor doing no damage. The Grunt that was in front of it spun around and ran right into the Hunter. Immediately it swung the large shield on it's arm. In an explosion of blood and armor the Grunt disappeared from the impact. Karen stood horrified at the tremendous power this creature possessed. "All LAAG gunners that can confirm visually the Hunter open fire," called out Nephritis. Karen snapped out of her trance and heard a loud roar of 99mm rounds being shot at the hunter. That got his attention. The gun he held started to glow a brilliant green color. The Hunter jumped back as it released the plasma charge at the wall. It exploded on the wall tearing a huge chunk out and spraying shrapnel everywhere. Karen's shields flared as she was hit with a wash of plasma and shrapnel. She looked over to see three marines torn apart by the explosion. The whole wall shook from the impact. Karen grabbed a grenade and chucked it at the Hunter. "How do you like this you asshole," she screamed. The grenade landed two feet away and rolled another towards the Hunter. The grenade detonated in a shower of shrapnel. Sparks sprayed off the Hunter's armor and landed on the ground. Recovering from the shock the Hunter charged towards the wall. It lowered its shoulder and put the shield in front of itself and hit the wall. Karen looked down in time to see the Hunter hit the wall and feel the shaking from the smash. Karen thought that she saw the wall actually rock back and forth from the impact. "Brian I need some heavy firepower now." No answer. "Brian?" she called again. "Karen, he's.dead." "What you can't be serious," she said trying to keep from running to where he was. "He was attacked by a Hunter." "I'm going to see him." "No, we need you here," she replied. "I'm no use, I've barely killed ten covenant." "Still, it helps the marines to know a Spartan is there." It was no use though Karen had already decided to go see for herself.
She looked down at the charred torso that was Brian's. Lying five feet away was the Hunter that killed him. Still farther over was the lower half of Brian. "He was blown off the wall by a plasma grenade. The Hunter charged up a shot and fired it at near point blank range. Still standing he got two shots off before the Hunter severed him in half against the wall." "How did the Hunter die?" "Apparently the Hunters have almost no armor on their backs. By luck he got a plasma grenade he had found and stuck it to it's back." Karen was holding back tears as she looked at the one person she loved in her life. She dared not taking his helmet off fearing she'd see a pile of burned human flesh. Feeling anger grow in her she went back to her area on the wall at full speed. Arriving there she ran down the inner stairs and walked out the bottom with her rifle loaded and ready to go. Seeing the Hunter she unloaded a full clip on it to get its attention. Looking at the small human (to their standards) walking defiantly towards it the Hunter charged up another shot. Realizing this Karen jumped to the side to dodge the oncoming shot. When the green blob hit the ground with tremendous strength. Dirt was thrown ten feet in the air and in every direction. Karen was knocked down by the concussion caused by it. Realizing this was her chance she got up and ran at full speed to get around it. Thankfully the other Covenant were occupied or in awe as Karen took on the Hunter. Karen's stomach plunged at the speed the Hunter possessed. Firing a normal shot, Karen was knocked down by the explosion of the plasma two feet away. Her shields flared and were wiped out by the plasma spray. Knowing it was over she scurried backwards and called all that could here. "My name is Karen. I am a Spartan 2b. I am fifteen. My last words are shoot the Hunters in the back where their armor is weakest. I have no chance to survive so on my behalf kill this son of a-." The roar of LAAG cannons and assault weapons blurred out her last words. The back of the Hunter bringing death to her exploded in a shower of flesh, blood and metal. Karen had already taken her helmet off and lay on the ground. In the last twitches of death fired a plasma shot into Karen's gut.