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Best of the Best Chapter 10: The Confrontation
The team jumped out of the dropship. Tommy was lagging a bit, because he was carrying a rocket launcher and a flamethrower. He latched the launcher to the gun holster on his back and put the flamethrower in hand. Three grunts and a minor Elite noticed their unwelcomed guests. They turned way from the building and began firing at them. Raynor unleashed his chain gun, tearing through two of the grunts. Samus charged her weapon. Kang and Slate shot up the final grunt. Samus unleashed the energy stored and it flew into the Elite. It was knocked to the floor, and it's shields were gone. The chief pumped a shotgun shell into it. More Covenant began to rush, four grunts, the jackals, a minor elite and a major.
"This is gonna be fun!" Vercetti yelled out.
He stepped in front of the team and scorched the oncoming aliens. The grunts burnt up. The jackals used their shields to protect themselves. The minor elite got charred and ran off, flaring. The jackals charged their plasma pistols and fired. On hit Samus, and left a mark on her suit. Another hit the chief and wiped out his shields temporarily. Max dove in, using his bullet time ability, and slowly fired his pistols into the Elite. After three armor-piercing bullets, his shields went down, Max continued to fire. The bullets moved in slow-potion and drove themselves through the elite. When Max hit the floor, the elite grabbed it's stomach, which was bleeding, and fell to the floor. The chief chucked a grenade behind the two jackals, and sent the two creatures flying overtop of their heads.
"We have to secure the governor's mansion. Let's help those marines at the door." The chief said. There were about six marines holding off a load of grunts, jackals, and some elites. Samus charged up her weapon again. Kang and Slate ran in, shooting off their shotgun and assault rifle. Kang managed to drop and elite and two grunts. Slate took out three jackals. Samus fired her weapon, releasing the energy right into the band of Covenant. It managed to knock off a few grunts and jackals. An elite turned a chucked a plasma grenade near the crew. There was enough time for the team to dodge out of the way, though Crono was singed on the leg. He unsheathed his sword, which he creatively attached the holster to his suit, and charged the elite. He yelled out as his sword pierced right through the elite's abdomen. When he pulled the sword out, it was covered in bluish blood. He looked down at the blade, with a strange look on his face. He looked back at the team.
"Good job, kid." Tommy said, and hoisted up his flamethrower.
"Governor's mansion is secured." The chief stated. He walked out to the remaining Marines. "What's the status here?"
"Sir..." one marine began, "as far as we know, the whole city is currently under attack." The chief turned to his team. "Okay team, in order to cover the city, we're gonna have to split up in threes. Crono, Tommy and myself will be Team Alpha. Max, 47 and Raynor, you guys will be Team Beta. Samus, that leaves you with Nick and Jack. You guys will be Team Zeta. Got that?"
All team members nodded their heads.
"Since this north area has been secured, Team Zeta will take the west area of the city, Team Beta will take the east area of the city, my team will go south and clean up that area. Let's get rid of this unwanted infestation."
The chief and his team headed south into Santa Fe. Crono followed carrying his trusty sword, and Tommy carried behind lugging his Rocket Launcher and Flamethrower. The team suddenly heard yells coming from a nearby building. An explosion in the building knocked out a wall from the inside, and some marines were sent flying.
"In there! Let's go!" The chief and Crono ran to the site. Tommy went as fast as he could. The chief kicked the door down to see bands of Covenant fighting Marines, and civilians. The chief opened fire with his assault rifle and took out two Elites. Crono helped up a fallen marine.
"Reinforcements have arrived!" Tommy yelled out, unleashing his flamethrower upon the unsuspected grunts and jackals. They ran off, on fire. Three more elites entered the building from which Team Alpha had. It looked like trouble, it was two Special Ops elites and one Commander, armed with an energy sword. Crono drew his sword. The Spec Ops threw plasma grenades. The team dived out of the way on time. The Commander let out a large grunt.
"Fuck you, too!" Tommy yelled back, and hoisted up the rocket launcher. He fired it at the three elites, causing them all to fall back. One Spec Ops elite was torn apart by the blast. The remaining two stumbled back to their feet. Crono charged the commander and they engaged in a swordfight. When Crono managed to get a hit, the Elite was protected by it's energy shield. Crono looked confused, and the elite socked him in the face with its free hand. The chief took out his pistol and fired a bullet, piercing the Spec Ops elite in the leg, causing him to drop to his knee. The Chief ran up to it and planted the butt of his pistol into the Elite's skull. The civilians in the building watched the battle, laying motionless on their stomachs on the floor with their hands on their heads. The chief then planted a plasma grenade on the back of the Commander. The force of the grenade knocked the commander out of the building, back to the street outside, but it didn't kill him. It knocked out its shields. The chief and Tommy were about to run outside and rush him, but Crono held out his arms, signaling them not to.
"What is it, kid?" Tommy asked. Crono, obviously didn't answer. He just held out his arms. His eyes rolled back into his head. He began to levitate off the ground. The chief and Tommy took a step back. Suddenly, it got dark outside. Storm clouds formed overhead. Loud thunder was heard. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down the Elite. It fell to the ground, and jolted around. Then, it stopped moving.
"Did you do that?" The chief asked.
Crono returned to the ground. The clouds disappeared, his eyes went back to normal. He turned around and faced Tommy and the Master Chief, and smiled.
"Good thing you're on our side, then." Tommy commented.
The chief spoke over the Team Omega intercom. "Teams Beta and Zeta, report your status."
The first to respond was Max. "Yah chief, we're here. We're about to engage a band of Covenant patrol. They're terrorizing a business building. We're about to engage."
"Be careful, Team Beta. Team Zeta, respond."
"Chief..." Samus' voice was heard, the cut off by static. "We were ambushed at the Loretta Chapel..." her voice was cut off by static again. "Under heavy fire...trapped...Slate is injured...needs medical attention immediately."
"Samus, hang in there. Team Alpha is on the way. We've secured the southern section of Santa Fe. We're heading to your location." The chief answered. Samus' acknowledge light flashed. The chief shut off the intercom. He looked at Crono and Tommy. "We're heading to the western quadrant, Team Zeta needs assistance."
Crono put his sword back in his sheath. Tommy flipped the Rocket Launcher over his back.
"Can you do that trick whenever you want?" The chief asked Crono. Crono nodded. "Good. We're gonna need a lot of help, by the sounds of the shit hats going down over there."
Team Alpha ran out of the building. They had no idea what kind of trouble Samus and Team Zeta was in. They were pinned down in the Chapel by a Commander Elite and a Prophet, who were followed by three Spec Ops Elites and two Hunters. For the first time, Samus was worried. She was used to fighting aliens and such, Metroids. But she was actually worried for her life. She had never faced an enemy as powerful as the Covenant. Jack was hit was a charged plasma pistol shot in the leg and burned through his suit. The flesh was burning up. Samus was trying to keep an eye on him and fight off the Covenant at the same time. She didn't know what to do.
Nick peeked around the corner and unloaded a round of Assault Rifle rounds. He went back to his position as bolts of plasma flew by. Samus charged up her weapon, and did the same. They couldn't manage to take any of them out because there were so many powerful fighters. Jack grasped his leg in pain.
Samus though to herself, 'Chief, where are you...'
Best of the Best Chapter 10: The Confrontation
The team jumped out of the dropship. Tommy was lagging a bit, because he was carrying a rocket launcher and a flamethrower. He latched the launcher to the gun holster on his back and put the flamethrower in hand. Three grunts and a minor Elite noticed their unwelcomed guests. They turned way from the building and began firing at them. Raynor unleashed his chain gun, tearing through two of the grunts. Samus charged her weapon. Kang and Slate shot up the final grunt. Samus unleashed the energy stored and it flew into the Elite. It was knocked to the floor, and it's shields were gone. The chief pumped a shotgun shell into it. More Covenant began to rush, four grunts, the jackals, a minor elite and a major.
"This is gonna be fun!" Vercetti yelled out.
He stepped in front of the team and scorched the oncoming aliens. The grunts burnt up. The jackals used their shields to protect themselves. The minor elite got charred and ran off, flaring. The jackals charged their plasma pistols and fired. On hit Samus, and left a mark on her suit. Another hit the chief and wiped out his shields temporarily. Max dove in, using his bullet time ability, and slowly fired his pistols into the Elite. After three armor-piercing bullets, his shields went down, Max continued to fire. The bullets moved in slow-potion and drove themselves through the elite. When Max hit the floor, the elite grabbed it's stomach, which was bleeding, and fell to the floor. The chief chucked a grenade behind the two jackals, and sent the two creatures flying overtop of their heads.
"We have to secure the governor's mansion. Let's help those marines at the door." The chief said. There were about six marines holding off a load of grunts, jackals, and some elites. Samus charged up her weapon again. Kang and Slate ran in, shooting off their shotgun and assault rifle. Kang managed to drop and elite and two grunts. Slate took out three jackals. Samus fired her weapon, releasing the energy right into the band of Covenant. It managed to knock off a few grunts and jackals. An elite turned a chucked a plasma grenade near the crew. There was enough time for the team to dodge out of the way, though Crono was singed on the leg. He unsheathed his sword, which he creatively attached the holster to his suit, and charged the elite. He yelled out as his sword pierced right through the elite's abdomen. When he pulled the sword out, it was covered in bluish blood. He looked down at the blade, with a strange look on his face. He looked back at the team.
"Good job, kid." Tommy said, and hoisted up his flamethrower.
"Governor's mansion is secured." The chief stated. He walked out to the remaining Marines. "What's the status here?"
"Sir..." one marine began, "as far as we know, the whole city is currently under attack." The chief turned to his team. "Okay team, in order to cover the city, we're gonna have to split up in threes. Crono, Tommy and myself will be Team Alpha. Max, 47 and Raynor, you guys will be Team Beta. Samus, that leaves you with Nick and Jack. You guys will be Team Zeta. Got that?"
All team members nodded their heads.
"Since this north area has been secured, Team Zeta will take the west area of the city, Team Beta will take the east area of the city, my team will go south and clean up that area. Let's get rid of this unwanted infestation."
The chief and his team headed south into Santa Fe. Crono followed carrying his trusty sword, and Tommy carried behind lugging his Rocket Launcher and Flamethrower. The team suddenly heard yells coming from a nearby building. An explosion in the building knocked out a wall from the inside, and some marines were sent flying.
"In there! Let's go!" The chief and Crono ran to the site. Tommy went as fast as he could. The chief kicked the door down to see bands of Covenant fighting Marines, and civilians. The chief opened fire with his assault rifle and took out two Elites. Crono helped up a fallen marine.
"Reinforcements have arrived!" Tommy yelled out, unleashing his flamethrower upon the unsuspected grunts and jackals. They ran off, on fire. Three more elites entered the building from which Team Alpha had. It looked like trouble, it was two Special Ops elites and one Commander, armed with an energy sword. Crono drew his sword. The Spec Ops threw plasma grenades. The team dived out of the way on time. The Commander let out a large grunt.
"Fuck you, too!" Tommy yelled back, and hoisted up the rocket launcher. He fired it at the three elites, causing them all to fall back. One Spec Ops elite was torn apart by the blast. The remaining two stumbled back to their feet. Crono charged the commander and they engaged in a swordfight. When Crono managed to get a hit, the Elite was protected by it's energy shield. Crono looked confused, and the elite socked him in the face with its free hand. The chief took out his pistol and fired a bullet, piercing the Spec Ops elite in the leg, causing him to drop to his knee. The Chief ran up to it and planted the butt of his pistol into the Elite's skull. The civilians in the building watched the battle, laying motionless on their stomachs on the floor with their hands on their heads. The chief then planted a plasma grenade on the back of the Commander. The force of the grenade knocked the commander out of the building, back to the street outside, but it didn't kill him. It knocked out its shields. The chief and Tommy were about to run outside and rush him, but Crono held out his arms, signaling them not to.
"What is it, kid?" Tommy asked. Crono, obviously didn't answer. He just held out his arms. His eyes rolled back into his head. He began to levitate off the ground. The chief and Tommy took a step back. Suddenly, it got dark outside. Storm clouds formed overhead. Loud thunder was heard. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down the Elite. It fell to the ground, and jolted around. Then, it stopped moving.
"Did you do that?" The chief asked.
Crono returned to the ground. The clouds disappeared, his eyes went back to normal. He turned around and faced Tommy and the Master Chief, and smiled.
"Good thing you're on our side, then." Tommy commented.
The chief spoke over the Team Omega intercom. "Teams Beta and Zeta, report your status."
The first to respond was Max. "Yah chief, we're here. We're about to engage a band of Covenant patrol. They're terrorizing a business building. We're about to engage."
"Be careful, Team Beta. Team Zeta, respond."
"Chief..." Samus' voice was heard, the cut off by static. "We were ambushed at the Loretta Chapel..." her voice was cut off by static again. "Under heavy fire...trapped...Slate is injured...needs medical attention immediately."
"Samus, hang in there. Team Alpha is on the way. We've secured the southern section of Santa Fe. We're heading to your location." The chief answered. Samus' acknowledge light flashed. The chief shut off the intercom. He looked at Crono and Tommy. "We're heading to the western quadrant, Team Zeta needs assistance."
Crono put his sword back in his sheath. Tommy flipped the Rocket Launcher over his back.
"Can you do that trick whenever you want?" The chief asked Crono. Crono nodded. "Good. We're gonna need a lot of help, by the sounds of the shit hats going down over there."
Team Alpha ran out of the building. They had no idea what kind of trouble Samus and Team Zeta was in. They were pinned down in the Chapel by a Commander Elite and a Prophet, who were followed by three Spec Ops Elites and two Hunters. For the first time, Samus was worried. She was used to fighting aliens and such, Metroids. But she was actually worried for her life. She had never faced an enemy as powerful as the Covenant. Jack was hit was a charged plasma pistol shot in the leg and burned through his suit. The flesh was burning up. Samus was trying to keep an eye on him and fight off the Covenant at the same time. She didn't know what to do.
Nick peeked around the corner and unloaded a round of Assault Rifle rounds. He went back to his position as bolts of plasma flew by. Samus charged up her weapon, and did the same. They couldn't manage to take any of them out because there were so many powerful fighters. Jack grasped his leg in pain.
Samus though to herself, 'Chief, where are you...'