Halo

II

Crash Landing On Halo

It was only after we had taken off that we realized that the engine had been overheated by a plasma blast. We were hovering over a hilly terrain of Halo when it blew, and when we crashed, the impact killed everyone aboard except me and Master Chief. Master Chief collected his supplies and took cover behind a huge rock.

I followed him, and aimed as a Covenant dropship landed, searching for survivors. A group of Elites were huddled together.

I threw a fragmentation grenade, and it blew up, blood and bodies flying, "Move in!"

Master Chief did so, and took out an Elite and two Grunts in one clip of his assault rifle. I took my pistol and shot a Jackal in the head. It fell to the floor, leaving behind a fragmentation grenade and pistol ammo. A needler needle then hit me in the leg. It exploded, leaving a gash.

I got up, using the rock as my support. I wielded my assault rifle and fired at a Banshee scout. It blew up, landing on the bridge. I shot another, weakening it considerably. It started to leave, so I took my pistol, flicked it to 2x zoom, and fired three times, and it started to smoke. I fired twice more, and those missed it completely.

Suddenly, a Covenant dropship entered and the Banshee blew to pieces. One piece hit my armor, nearly piercing my skin. I removed the shard from my armor as I limped over to the bridge. I healed myself with my medi-kit, and we set off down the hills.

An Elite and two Grunts were stationed by two tall trees. I tossed a plasma grenade in their direction, and it landed at the Elite's feet. It burst, killing the Elite and one of the Grunts instantly.

I took out my assault rifle and I shot the remaining Grunt in the chest. It fell over dead. A plasma fell, as well. It blew the Grunt's lifeless body into the air, and it hit me in the chest, knocking me over. My armor was now completely soaked with blood.

Master Chief recollected his supplies and ran over the hill. I pushed the dead Grunt off of me, and started running after him. We came to the edge of a cliff – it was a long drop down.

"Great, now what do we do?!"

"Jump!"

Master Chief jumped down, with no injuries whatsoever. I did the same, but hit the floor.

"Now you're just showing off!"

I got to my feet and, right away, shot a Jackal in the leg. It limped over to an Elite. I threw a fragmentation grenade, killing the both of them.

I stocked up, and saw Master Chief gathering all surviving soldiers and civilians. Two Covenant dropships, one I recognized as the one I saw earlier, landed on both sides of the base. Master Chief went to the one on the opposite side. The one on my side carried four Grunts, two Jackals, and one Elite.

I took out the two Grunts that had needlers, then read my counter.

06.

I shot it all out on the Elite. I worked out a system – I would take out my pistol and start shooting while reloading the rifle. I used all my pistol ammo, slaughtering the entire present Covenant. I have to get back to Master Chief!

I saw our dropship come in nearby, on my side of the base, after a few waves of Covenant. They dropped a warthog and gathered the survivors.

In half an hour, twenty of our men had dropped dead. I sat in a gunner seat while Master Chief took the driver's and a soldier the passenger's. We went down a snowy terrain and into a building. The walls were splattered with blood.

Suddenly, everything went pitch-black and we fell through a gap in the floor. All the lights came back on, and we went up the ramp and over the gap.

We entered a massive room with mines on either side, and a bridge that had not yet been activated. I walked over and kicked a rock into the never- ending darkness. We have to activate this plasma bridge somehow.

"Look, there's a control panel over there! Cover me!"

I ran up a ramp and threw a plasma grenade. It exploded the two red armored Elites. I touched a button on the panel, and the plasma bridge suddenly materialized.

I looked down and saw the horror that came out of the shadows. I was struck in the back of the head. I rose, gritting my teeth in pain. I shot a whole clip into the Elite, and jumped down the slope, shooting as I slid down. I took out four Grunts, three Jackals, and one Elite.

All of Hell was raging in that room right then. For more than an hour, those creatures emerged relentlessly from the shadows. When the battle was finally won, we learned our soldier had died.

I mounted the LAA 6 machine gun, and Master Chief, again, got in the driver's seat. Within minutes, we were across the bridge and out of the structure.

Yet another base had appeared with nine survivors, and another few waves of Covenant hit us. After the last wave, two civilians and one soldier had died. We got back in the Warthog and we drove up a stream. It was quite a bumpy ride.

We exited the streams to enter more grassy hills. Along the way, we came across a few Covenant. We shot them down easily, of course, and continued on uphill.

Once there, we had to face several obstacles. There were tall trees and rocks everywhere. We moved up, killing Covenant at random.

We found a way through, and returned to the Warthog, the survivors still behind us. We got through to find the last and final base. Cortana called the dropship for survivors.

"Roger that, clear the place and I'll head in!"

"I'll go for the last survivors!"

I ran into a building and watched as an Elite got burned by dozens of plasma bolts.

"Follow me; we need to get you out."

I ran back out of the building. Master Chief had killed all the Covenant, save for one Grunt. Said Grunt had now taken control of the LAAG machine gun on the warthog that now lay on the cliff edge. We took cover behind the wall.

"I can blow that thing over!"

"DO IT!" yelled Master Chief.

I ran around the corner and dove under the Warthog. I quickly strapped a plasma grenade to the middle, then ran back behind cover. The plasma grenade blew up, blowing the Warthog over on its side, and taking the Grunt with it, as planned.

Master Chief collected all survivors and loaded us up, "Let's get out of here!"