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Best of the Best Chapter 16: The Plan
"Cortana, request that the Admiral sends three extra pelican dropships along with the reinforcements he is sending here." Said the Master Chief.
"Will do, chief." She replied.
"Alright team," the Master Chief turned to Team Omega, "there are three energy beacons we need to destroy from stopping the Monitor from activating Halo...and it won't be easy, especially with the Covenant, the Flood and the Monitor with his Sentinels all over the place."
"Chief...Admiral Whittaker said he can only send a portion of the UNSC to help us attack, the rest are too busy defending earth. Might I say, it was a crazy idea in the first place. Not even the entire UNSC, never mind a portion, could penetrate the defenses of the Covenant home world."
"You're right, Cortana. Maybe, there is another way...we can se Halo to attack only the Covenant home world..."
"It is possible chief, but it won't be easy. For each of the three beacons there is a coordination system telling it where to fire. If we could recreate the coordination system to aim directly at the Covenant home world, it would get rid of them, and the remaining Flood, plus save earth."
"Where are the coordination systems for each energy beacon, Cortana?"
"By each energy beacon, in a secure and locked down area. We'll have to hack...or blow ourselves in. The first beacon we can reach by foot, but the other two we will need transportation. The pelicans should be here in about a day. We should start heading toward the first energy beacon, on the adjacent side of this canyon."
"Alright, Cortana. Team, are you ready?"
The team nodded. They headed out of the control center and toward their first objective. However, they encountered resistance along the way. It wasn't long until Team Omega ran into a squadron of Covenant, consisting of two Hunters, a Commander Elite, three Spec Ops Elites, and the rest a mix between grunts and jackals.
"Team, Offensive positions!" The Chief yelled out.
Jack Slate and Nick Kang stood forward and put their finger to the trigger. Assault Rifle rounds and Shotgun Shells fired at the Covenant. They fired back with plasma rifles, pistols, and needlers. The Hunters were about to fire their Fuel Rod Cannons. Samus fired out two missiles, nailing the Hunters and stalling them. Max dove forward and fired off his pistols, knocking off a few jackals and grunts, but he was knocked down by the forearm of an Elite. The other elite went up and gave a melee attack across the face of Kang, knocking him to the snowy surface. The Hunters ran up to their pray. One used its humungous shield and swung at 47, knocking him back a few feet into the snow. The other struck Samus, sending her into the side of the cliff.
"Come on, you bastards!" Tommy Vercetti yelled out, and hoisted up his rocket launcher. He went to fire – but an energy shield came down, slicing the rocket launcher into two pieces. He looked at the eight foot golden Commander Elite while the Elite planted his claw into the side of Vercetti's head, knocking him out. Raynor was sent flying by a direct hit to the chest from a Hunter's fuel rod cannon. Luckily, his suit prevented any direct bodily damage. The Master Chief looked at what was happening – his team was getting beaten.
"Crono!" Marle yelled out to him. "Delta Force!" Crono quickly nodded. Crono, Marle and Lucca formed a triangle shape around the Covenant attackers. The Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson watched in awe as the three teenagers closed their eyes, and slowly levitated off of the ground. The Covenant warriors seemed astonished and stopped moving, they kept their eyes on the three humans. Suddenly, between the three of them, a mixture of Fire, Ice and Lightning formed the shape of a triangle and annihilated all who were inside of it. Three bright flashes of light, first a red, then a blue, finally a yellow, and the three teens returned to the ground. They knelt down to their knees and tried to catch their breath. The Chief looked at the Covenant – or what was remaining anyhow. The grunts and jackals were nothing but ashes in the snow. The elites and Hunters were barely recognizable, they bodies were torn up so bad. The Commander Elite was twitching, amazingly still alive. The Master Chief's boot cam crashing down on the creature's skull. Then, he looked at Crono, Marle and Lucca.
"What...was that?" he asked them.
"I'm not sure if Crono has told you this yet...but we have the special ability to use magic. Lucca has the power of Fire, Crono has Lightning and I have Ice." Marle told him.
"Yes...but that...?"
"That, was a Triple Tech. We combined all three of our magic elements to perform an extremely powerful one. But our strength is limited, and we can only do it so many times."
"I understand. We should help the others and continue to our objective."
The chief and the rest of the conscious team helped out their injured comrades. Jack and Nick were ok, and they were dragging an unconscious Tommy by the shoulders. The rest of them were ok, but Raynor had major damage to his chest plate on his suit. The team continued to the energy beacon. They ran into a pack of Flood along the way, but they managed to clear them out. When they finally got to the energy beacon, they were attacked by six of the Monitor's Sentinels. Samus' suit got damaged when two sentinels targeted her with their lasers, but the Chief managed to drop them before they cut through the metal. They reached the door, which was knocked down by a few well-placed plasma grenades from the chief. He then put Cortana into the console of the beacon.
"Resetting the coordinates now chief...done. This beacon will target only the Covenant home world. We've done all we can do until reinforcements arrive."
"Well done, Cortana. Let's get out of here." The chief yanked Cortana's chip and re-inserted it into his helmet.
"Incoming message from Admiral Whittaker, chief..."
"Chief, this is Admiral Whittaker. I've received news that your reinforcements ran into a little trouble on the way over there...the aliens seem to be a different division of Covenant called Brutes. They travel in Phantom Dropships. Their plasma scoring is much powerful then the normal Covenant dropship. The reinforcements are still on their way, but they won't be in top shape."
The chief thought to himself. "Great...Brutes..."
"Chief, the next beacon is a few hundred yards from here, but it is on a very elevated area. We will definitely need a pelican to reach it, or if we find a few Banshees..."
"Weren't there a two of those things parked by where we fought the Covenant back there?" Sgt. Johnson reminded the chief.
"Yes, there was. Two Banshees, parked, after the Elites decided to attack us, its only about an hour back. But only two of us can go."
"You should choose someone, chief." Cortana said.
"Very well. Cortana, send the rest of Team Omega the coordinates to the third energy beacon. Samus, you're coming with me to the second. Raynor, you're in charge while I'm gone."
"Alright, chief." Raynor said. "You heard the man, let's get going!" Raynor and the remaining members of Team Omega ran off in the opposite direction as Samus and the Master Chief headed back to the Banshees.
"Chief," Samus piped up after a long silence, "what if this plan doesn't work?"
He answered confidently. "If this plan doesn't work, then we do not deserve to win this war."
Best of the Best Chapter 16: The Plan
"Cortana, request that the Admiral sends three extra pelican dropships along with the reinforcements he is sending here." Said the Master Chief.
"Will do, chief." She replied.
"Alright team," the Master Chief turned to Team Omega, "there are three energy beacons we need to destroy from stopping the Monitor from activating Halo...and it won't be easy, especially with the Covenant, the Flood and the Monitor with his Sentinels all over the place."
"Chief...Admiral Whittaker said he can only send a portion of the UNSC to help us attack, the rest are too busy defending earth. Might I say, it was a crazy idea in the first place. Not even the entire UNSC, never mind a portion, could penetrate the defenses of the Covenant home world."
"You're right, Cortana. Maybe, there is another way...we can se Halo to attack only the Covenant home world..."
"It is possible chief, but it won't be easy. For each of the three beacons there is a coordination system telling it where to fire. If we could recreate the coordination system to aim directly at the Covenant home world, it would get rid of them, and the remaining Flood, plus save earth."
"Where are the coordination systems for each energy beacon, Cortana?"
"By each energy beacon, in a secure and locked down area. We'll have to hack...or blow ourselves in. The first beacon we can reach by foot, but the other two we will need transportation. The pelicans should be here in about a day. We should start heading toward the first energy beacon, on the adjacent side of this canyon."
"Alright, Cortana. Team, are you ready?"
The team nodded. They headed out of the control center and toward their first objective. However, they encountered resistance along the way. It wasn't long until Team Omega ran into a squadron of Covenant, consisting of two Hunters, a Commander Elite, three Spec Ops Elites, and the rest a mix between grunts and jackals.
"Team, Offensive positions!" The Chief yelled out.
Jack Slate and Nick Kang stood forward and put their finger to the trigger. Assault Rifle rounds and Shotgun Shells fired at the Covenant. They fired back with plasma rifles, pistols, and needlers. The Hunters were about to fire their Fuel Rod Cannons. Samus fired out two missiles, nailing the Hunters and stalling them. Max dove forward and fired off his pistols, knocking off a few jackals and grunts, but he was knocked down by the forearm of an Elite. The other elite went up and gave a melee attack across the face of Kang, knocking him to the snowy surface. The Hunters ran up to their pray. One used its humungous shield and swung at 47, knocking him back a few feet into the snow. The other struck Samus, sending her into the side of the cliff.
"Come on, you bastards!" Tommy Vercetti yelled out, and hoisted up his rocket launcher. He went to fire – but an energy shield came down, slicing the rocket launcher into two pieces. He looked at the eight foot golden Commander Elite while the Elite planted his claw into the side of Vercetti's head, knocking him out. Raynor was sent flying by a direct hit to the chest from a Hunter's fuel rod cannon. Luckily, his suit prevented any direct bodily damage. The Master Chief looked at what was happening – his team was getting beaten.
"Crono!" Marle yelled out to him. "Delta Force!" Crono quickly nodded. Crono, Marle and Lucca formed a triangle shape around the Covenant attackers. The Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson watched in awe as the three teenagers closed their eyes, and slowly levitated off of the ground. The Covenant warriors seemed astonished and stopped moving, they kept their eyes on the three humans. Suddenly, between the three of them, a mixture of Fire, Ice and Lightning formed the shape of a triangle and annihilated all who were inside of it. Three bright flashes of light, first a red, then a blue, finally a yellow, and the three teens returned to the ground. They knelt down to their knees and tried to catch their breath. The Chief looked at the Covenant – or what was remaining anyhow. The grunts and jackals were nothing but ashes in the snow. The elites and Hunters were barely recognizable, they bodies were torn up so bad. The Commander Elite was twitching, amazingly still alive. The Master Chief's boot cam crashing down on the creature's skull. Then, he looked at Crono, Marle and Lucca.
"What...was that?" he asked them.
"I'm not sure if Crono has told you this yet...but we have the special ability to use magic. Lucca has the power of Fire, Crono has Lightning and I have Ice." Marle told him.
"Yes...but that...?"
"That, was a Triple Tech. We combined all three of our magic elements to perform an extremely powerful one. But our strength is limited, and we can only do it so many times."
"I understand. We should help the others and continue to our objective."
The chief and the rest of the conscious team helped out their injured comrades. Jack and Nick were ok, and they were dragging an unconscious Tommy by the shoulders. The rest of them were ok, but Raynor had major damage to his chest plate on his suit. The team continued to the energy beacon. They ran into a pack of Flood along the way, but they managed to clear them out. When they finally got to the energy beacon, they were attacked by six of the Monitor's Sentinels. Samus' suit got damaged when two sentinels targeted her with their lasers, but the Chief managed to drop them before they cut through the metal. They reached the door, which was knocked down by a few well-placed plasma grenades from the chief. He then put Cortana into the console of the beacon.
"Resetting the coordinates now chief...done. This beacon will target only the Covenant home world. We've done all we can do until reinforcements arrive."
"Well done, Cortana. Let's get out of here." The chief yanked Cortana's chip and re-inserted it into his helmet.
"Incoming message from Admiral Whittaker, chief..."
"Chief, this is Admiral Whittaker. I've received news that your reinforcements ran into a little trouble on the way over there...the aliens seem to be a different division of Covenant called Brutes. They travel in Phantom Dropships. Their plasma scoring is much powerful then the normal Covenant dropship. The reinforcements are still on their way, but they won't be in top shape."
The chief thought to himself. "Great...Brutes..."
"Chief, the next beacon is a few hundred yards from here, but it is on a very elevated area. We will definitely need a pelican to reach it, or if we find a few Banshees..."
"Weren't there a two of those things parked by where we fought the Covenant back there?" Sgt. Johnson reminded the chief.
"Yes, there was. Two Banshees, parked, after the Elites decided to attack us, its only about an hour back. But only two of us can go."
"You should choose someone, chief." Cortana said.
"Very well. Cortana, send the rest of Team Omega the coordinates to the third energy beacon. Samus, you're coming with me to the second. Raynor, you're in charge while I'm gone."
"Alright, chief." Raynor said. "You heard the man, let's get going!" Raynor and the remaining members of Team Omega ran off in the opposite direction as Samus and the Master Chief headed back to the Banshees.
"Chief," Samus piped up after a long silence, "what if this plan doesn't work?"
He answered confidently. "If this plan doesn't work, then we do not deserve to win this war."