A/N: To Cardboardboxer.... I'm not trying to make him a Spartan.... think about
it...he only took out one grunt and then that Elite, in which he spent an entire magazine, and he had to knock it back, sending the blood out of the wounds. I'll try to make him more human if you prefer...but remember that he's supposed to be the best soldier there.
Uiniu... Anders became a Sergeant before he had even graduated. You can reread yourself.
Chapter 3: The ugly face of the enemy
Anders stepped quietly and slowly along the corridor. He had his entire platoon behind him, and even though they had gone down one floor into the bunker, they hadn't seen a single covenant. Anders shook his head. Checking his Comm, he called Garrison.
"This feels too much like a trap. I don't like this." Anders said. Garrison sighed.
"I don't know what to say, buddy. I agree, it is strange that we haven't seen those covenant bastards in a while but who knows, maybe that's all of them?" Garrison with somewhat sarcastic hope. Anders gave a small chuckle.
As Anders led his platoon through the bunker, they turned a corner. Anders looked down the corridor, and saw shadows creeping down the opposite way. The corridor must shape a Square, Anders thought. Signaling his men, he kneeled down and readied his rifle. As the shadows neared the turn, Anders slid his finger to the trigger of his weapon. Then, the enemy turned around the corner, and just before Anders shot, he realized that they were in fact humans. It was Spears platoon.
"Whoa! Don't shoot!" Spears said, holding up his rifle. Anders gave a deep sigh, and lowered his gun.
"Gave us a fright there." Anders said. They both smiled at each other, and moved forward to the doorway that was in the middle of the corridor. Checking their comm, they radioed Garrison.
"Sergeant Garrison, come in, Garrison." Spears said. After a small crackle, there was silence. Anders raised his eyebrow, and cursed.
"Lets keep moving," Anders said, and looked at Cole. "Cole, take 2nd squad as point. Spears, you continue to check for Sergeant Garrison and 2nd platoon." Anders looked around. "Lets move out."
After a few minutes, the men had arrived on the seeming "third floor". Cole Signaled for them to stop. As the men kneeled down, Anders ran forward.
"What is it?" Anders said quietly. Cole remained focused on looking around the corner.
"There are some Jackals patrolling the halls. There are only three...two with blue shields, and one with a yellow." Cole said, his gaze set on the covenant. Cole, a young short well-built man had hated the covenant with such a passion after his parents and family and been killed in one of the covenant attacks.
Just then, Spears patched the comm to Anders. Garrison crackled through.
"Garrison reporting...attacked...covenant...en route... third floor." Garrison said, his comm broken. Anders cursed. Checking around the corner, and down the corridor where the Jackals were, he saw that they all had their backs turned. Making the sign for "prepare for attack" Anders aimed down the hall.
Aligning his sites on the one furthest away, he squeezed the trigger. Watching the body fall to the ground, he sprinted forward. The other two turned around, and before the one closest could respond, Cole had fired his rifle; shooting the jackal straight in it's head. Anders aimed for the remaining Jackal, and fired. The bullets, however, bounced off the alien's shield. Cursing, Anders rolled to the side, hiding in the fortunately placed ridges in the walls of the corridor.
Seeing a large green energy ball fly past him, Anders peeked around the ridge. The Jackal was slowly creeping backwards, and although it was doing a very good job of keeping itself protected, Anders noticed a small opening at the bottom, leaving the jackal's foot unprotected. Getting the Jackal's foot in his sites, Anders fired his rifle. As the Jackal fell to the ground, More Covenant swarmed out from behind out. Anders grabbed a grenade from his belt. Taking out the pin, he tossed it forward, behind the Blue Elite that was leading the charge.
Hearing fire from both sides, Anders check his comm. After receiving no response from Garrison, Anders cursed. Leaning out, Anders took aim and the front Elite, whose shields masked its entire body. Aiming at its head, Anders squeezed the trigger.
After firing a couple of rounds, the elite's shields collapsed, and bullets tore through its body. The alien dropped to the ground, and Anders ejected his empty clip, and replaced it with his last magazine. Taking aim at the nearest grunt, he fired. After a few rounds, the Grunt fell down as it ran away.
Looking through the scope of his Rifle, he saw that just beyond the Covenant forces a couple of Marines were standing, weapons ready. One took out a grenade, and tossed it into the middle of the aliens. The explosion triggered the Covenant's plasma grenades to go off, destroying the last of the Covenant.
Fortunately, only a couple of Marines were inured during the battle, and there were no fatalities in the Marine forces. Anders walked down the hall, over the disgusting pile of alien bodies that was there, and met with the Marines. It was in fact, the remainder of 2nd platoon. Anders turned the corner to see Garrison.
"Garrison reporting." Garrison said with a smirk. His face was covered, though not drenched, in sweat. "We were ambushed by a very large force of Covenant. We passed by their hanger, as well. There was only one dropship, although it looked as though it could have held about 8." Garrison said. Anders looked at the Marines.
"There aren't many of you left. How many did you lose?" Anders said, although he dreaded asking.
"All of our 1st squad was taken out. We're down to just 2nd." Garrison said. Anders cursed, and walked back to the middle of the hallway, where the doorway that led down to the next floor was.
"Alright Marines, lock and load. We can't stay here, and let the Covenant retaliate."
When the Marines arrived at what appeared to be the Command room for the bunker, it was empty. The only computers or devices left were the lights, the doors, and a small communication device. But they found the comm device had been wiped clean of data. It appeared as though The Covenant had been using this bunker as a communications center, and as soon as the Marines attacked, they gathered all the equipment and retreated.
"Contact 4th and 5th platoons. Tell them to wait for us at the Entrance to the Bunker." Anders said to Cole. "Men, there's nothing left for us here, so we might as well move out of the bunker." Anders said to the Marines.
"The Covenant hightailed it outta' here when they heard we were comin'!" One Marine from 3rd platoon said. The marines laughed, and started walking.
it...he only took out one grunt and then that Elite, in which he spent an entire magazine, and he had to knock it back, sending the blood out of the wounds. I'll try to make him more human if you prefer...but remember that he's supposed to be the best soldier there.
Uiniu... Anders became a Sergeant before he had even graduated. You can reread yourself.
Chapter 3: The ugly face of the enemy
Anders stepped quietly and slowly along the corridor. He had his entire platoon behind him, and even though they had gone down one floor into the bunker, they hadn't seen a single covenant. Anders shook his head. Checking his Comm, he called Garrison.
"This feels too much like a trap. I don't like this." Anders said. Garrison sighed.
"I don't know what to say, buddy. I agree, it is strange that we haven't seen those covenant bastards in a while but who knows, maybe that's all of them?" Garrison with somewhat sarcastic hope. Anders gave a small chuckle.
As Anders led his platoon through the bunker, they turned a corner. Anders looked down the corridor, and saw shadows creeping down the opposite way. The corridor must shape a Square, Anders thought. Signaling his men, he kneeled down and readied his rifle. As the shadows neared the turn, Anders slid his finger to the trigger of his weapon. Then, the enemy turned around the corner, and just before Anders shot, he realized that they were in fact humans. It was Spears platoon.
"Whoa! Don't shoot!" Spears said, holding up his rifle. Anders gave a deep sigh, and lowered his gun.
"Gave us a fright there." Anders said. They both smiled at each other, and moved forward to the doorway that was in the middle of the corridor. Checking their comm, they radioed Garrison.
"Sergeant Garrison, come in, Garrison." Spears said. After a small crackle, there was silence. Anders raised his eyebrow, and cursed.
"Lets keep moving," Anders said, and looked at Cole. "Cole, take 2nd squad as point. Spears, you continue to check for Sergeant Garrison and 2nd platoon." Anders looked around. "Lets move out."
After a few minutes, the men had arrived on the seeming "third floor". Cole Signaled for them to stop. As the men kneeled down, Anders ran forward.
"What is it?" Anders said quietly. Cole remained focused on looking around the corner.
"There are some Jackals patrolling the halls. There are only three...two with blue shields, and one with a yellow." Cole said, his gaze set on the covenant. Cole, a young short well-built man had hated the covenant with such a passion after his parents and family and been killed in one of the covenant attacks.
Just then, Spears patched the comm to Anders. Garrison crackled through.
"Garrison reporting...attacked...covenant...en route... third floor." Garrison said, his comm broken. Anders cursed. Checking around the corner, and down the corridor where the Jackals were, he saw that they all had their backs turned. Making the sign for "prepare for attack" Anders aimed down the hall.
Aligning his sites on the one furthest away, he squeezed the trigger. Watching the body fall to the ground, he sprinted forward. The other two turned around, and before the one closest could respond, Cole had fired his rifle; shooting the jackal straight in it's head. Anders aimed for the remaining Jackal, and fired. The bullets, however, bounced off the alien's shield. Cursing, Anders rolled to the side, hiding in the fortunately placed ridges in the walls of the corridor.
Seeing a large green energy ball fly past him, Anders peeked around the ridge. The Jackal was slowly creeping backwards, and although it was doing a very good job of keeping itself protected, Anders noticed a small opening at the bottom, leaving the jackal's foot unprotected. Getting the Jackal's foot in his sites, Anders fired his rifle. As the Jackal fell to the ground, More Covenant swarmed out from behind out. Anders grabbed a grenade from his belt. Taking out the pin, he tossed it forward, behind the Blue Elite that was leading the charge.
Hearing fire from both sides, Anders check his comm. After receiving no response from Garrison, Anders cursed. Leaning out, Anders took aim and the front Elite, whose shields masked its entire body. Aiming at its head, Anders squeezed the trigger.
After firing a couple of rounds, the elite's shields collapsed, and bullets tore through its body. The alien dropped to the ground, and Anders ejected his empty clip, and replaced it with his last magazine. Taking aim at the nearest grunt, he fired. After a few rounds, the Grunt fell down as it ran away.
Looking through the scope of his Rifle, he saw that just beyond the Covenant forces a couple of Marines were standing, weapons ready. One took out a grenade, and tossed it into the middle of the aliens. The explosion triggered the Covenant's plasma grenades to go off, destroying the last of the Covenant.
Fortunately, only a couple of Marines were inured during the battle, and there were no fatalities in the Marine forces. Anders walked down the hall, over the disgusting pile of alien bodies that was there, and met with the Marines. It was in fact, the remainder of 2nd platoon. Anders turned the corner to see Garrison.
"Garrison reporting." Garrison said with a smirk. His face was covered, though not drenched, in sweat. "We were ambushed by a very large force of Covenant. We passed by their hanger, as well. There was only one dropship, although it looked as though it could have held about 8." Garrison said. Anders looked at the Marines.
"There aren't many of you left. How many did you lose?" Anders said, although he dreaded asking.
"All of our 1st squad was taken out. We're down to just 2nd." Garrison said. Anders cursed, and walked back to the middle of the hallway, where the doorway that led down to the next floor was.
"Alright Marines, lock and load. We can't stay here, and let the Covenant retaliate."
When the Marines arrived at what appeared to be the Command room for the bunker, it was empty. The only computers or devices left were the lights, the doors, and a small communication device. But they found the comm device had been wiped clean of data. It appeared as though The Covenant had been using this bunker as a communications center, and as soon as the Marines attacked, they gathered all the equipment and retreated.
"Contact 4th and 5th platoons. Tell them to wait for us at the Entrance to the Bunker." Anders said to Cole. "Men, there's nothing left for us here, so we might as well move out of the bunker." Anders said to the Marines.
"The Covenant hightailed it outta' here when they heard we were comin'!" One Marine from 3rd platoon said. The marines laughed, and started walking.