Halo / Starcraft
Human / Covenant Alliance War
Chapter 1: Slaughter at Mangius IV

Written by: Shadow15 and Quantus

Disclaimer: I do not own Halo, Starcraft, or any characters that appear in the games or books that have to do with them. All other characters in this fic belong to me.

December 5, 2554 16:05 hours (Military Calendar) Mangius System: Mangius IV Terran outpost: Nigira

He was the only surviving member of his squad from the sudden Protoss offensive. The thing that really took Corporal Adam Jenkins and his fellow Terran soldiers at Nigira was that there were supposedly no Protoss in the entire system. "Scratch that though, it's full of them." He thought to himself. Adam put that thought aside and thought of the only things a Terran Ghost should think of during battle, stealth and death.

He snuck past the lines of Zealots and Dragoons; he had never seen so many Protoss in one battle in his entire career. Then he saw the Reavers coming over the hill, things have just gone from bad to worse. Deciding now was the best time as any to find and perch somewhere safe. He found a cliff that he'd have to climb to in order to get to. Plus that was the only way to get there. "What a perfect place for a sniper position" he thought. Adam saw that the Protoss were going after the Siege Tanks and he started his sniping from there, with all the abuse the tanks could take they wouldn't last long against this assault. After he cleared the area where the tanks were, he started sniping anywhere that would help. "What I would do for backup right now."

As if on cue, a squadron of Wraiths lifted off from the base, and banked towards the enemy lines, then fired. The laser fire that hailed forth from the squadron ripped through the Protoss forces and the missiles managed to destroy one of the Reavers. Adam changed his mind this might be fun after all.

* * *

Coronal Mendez was busy giving order to the troops to defend the base at all costs. After taking down several Zealots that threatened to overrun his position he told several Heavy Marines to give him covering fire so he could get to the communications array. When he arrived he had to catch his breath he was nearly killed by Dragoon fire on the way there. He told the Lieutenant who was stationed at the array to get ready to send a long range distress signal.

When the signal was ready Mendez grabbed the microphone headset and stated "UNSC naval yard Reach this is UED base Nigira on Mangius IV, we are under heavy fire from Protoss troops, and we need immediate assistance!" before he was able to repeat the message, a Zealot energy blade tore him in half.

Two marines standing in the doorway to the Comm. Room had seen what happened to the colonel and looked at each other. "Oh shit! They got the colonel!"

The Zealot glanced at the soldiers who were already raising their weapons. "You Mother Fucker!" The marines that were guarding the front of the base heard the gunshots and rushed to the hallway. They turned to see two frightened marines with smoking barrels; he peeked around the corner to see a torn apart zealot with blue blood oozing out. They also saw the dead colonel.

"Well, I hope they got the transmission." Said a shaking marine.

* * *

A squad of Heavy Marines that survived the last assault killed any Protoss that crossed their path. Then they noticed something strange. "The Protoss are retreating!?"

"That's because they've finally taught who their dealing with." a cocky Private responded. "We're the biggest squad of Marine bad-asses in the corps!" (I know that's line is from Halo. But it's a great line and it fit in, please don't hate me _)

Suddenly four metal plates dropped to the ground. One in the base and three in the battle field, the Grav-Lifts activated and Covenant troops spilled out. At the same time thousands of troops with tanks, Ghosts, and Banshee's appeared by the hill where the Protoss retreated to.

"Hey sarge, what the hell are they." The same cocky Private said, the color drained from his face.

"I don't know but they sure as hell aren't Protoss. But just in case don't fire unless fired upon.

* * *

Their was a lone Ghost in front of all the Covenant troops. Its driver was a gold armored Elite named Malaki 'Zamamee, a survivor of Halo. It wailed a battle cry as it pointed toward the human base. The Covenant assault began. The UED base never knew what hit them.

· · ·