Brute Strength
"Good job sir." The Spartan said to the Admiral.
"It's not over! Two Covenant cruisers are coming in at attack speed!" Replied Admiral Loran.
"Can't we just jump to hyperspace and loose them?" Lieutenant Jackson asked.
"No, there's no time! Without following the proper procedure we might crash into a star!" The Captain said.
"They've just released their boarding parties." Said Mathews who had gotten onto one of the controls.
"We're going to have to fight our way out of this." Sheeda said.
"Well let them come. They're not going to get me without a fight." The Spartan said.
The boarding pods closed in on the human ship. The Admiral pushed its engines as hard as they could go. The cruiser shook with the force of the twinjets.
"Their still gaining on us!" Said the Captain.
"She's going as fast as she can!" The Admiral replied.
The boarding pods attached to the ship's exterior doors. After the Covenant broke the doors down the brutes entered the vessel.
"They're in!" Said Mathews.
He then stood from his chair and picked up his sniper rifle.
"Brown, Smith! Hold them off at the hallway!" The Colonel ordered.
"Yes, sir!" They said in unison.
They opened the door and waited. The door at the other end shook. It dented and banged. It fell and a brute came in.
"Come on in you bastard!" Brown said firing his flamethrower.
Smith began firing down the hall. The brute fell and another came in. It fired its grenade launcher. It exploded and Brown fell to the ground with the flamethrower's gas tank exploding as well. Smith's leg was blown off and he fell to the ground screaming. Blood squirted out of his stump and made puddle on the floor.
The Brute came in. Smith cocked his shotgun and fired. The pellets slammed into its chest. The brute leaned down and grabbed him by the neck. The brute lifted Smith eye level to him. Smith spit blood in its face.
"See you in hell mother f-" Smith was cut off as the brute snapped his neck and dropped him. His limp body landed hard.
Mathews shot it through the head and it fell over backward.
"Sergeant, Anderson! Get on that door!" The Spartan said firing his assault rifle as another brute entered.
The Captain and Admiral stood from their chairs and cocked their pistols. Another brute came in followed by another. A brute shot its grenade launcher and it exploded at Jones' feet. As he fell, he fired his grenade launcher. The blast exploded on the ceiling. His body was completely unrecognizable.
The Spartan threw a frag grenade into the doorway. He heard a brute scream in pain. Mathews fired and got a brute in the chest. It grabbed the barrel of his gun and bent it upwards. He dropped it and punched the brute in the face. The brute laughed as it took Mathews' head between it hands and crushed his skull. Brains oozed on the ground.
The Spartan hit the brute in the back of its neck with his gun. It stumbled forward and turned around. The Spartan then shot his clip into the brute's head. It fell over. Another brute punched Anderson in the face. Blood flew from his mouth as well as a few teeth as he fell to the ground. The brute then stomped on his head. The Sergeant fired his assault rifle at the brute. It roared and charged him. He ducked as it swung at his head. He took the butt end of the gun and hit it in the face.
It grabbed the weapon from his hands and threw it. It then punched him in the stomach. He groaned and fell to his knees while holding his gut. The Captain then came up behind the brute and shot it in the back of the head. It crashed to the ground.
Two more brutes came rushing in. One fired its grenade launcher. The blast exploded next to Green and Kenton. The Captain fell without the lower half of his body. The Spartan threw a plasma grenade and it stuck to a brute's chest. It pulled it off and just as it was about to throw it, the grenade exploded and killed it.
Three more brutes entered the bridge. Jackson shot a whole clip of assault rifle rounds into a brute's chest. It grabbed him by the neck and threw him across the room. He hit the main control panel and landed on the floor. The brute then fired a grenade at him to ensure his death.
Another was taken down as Loran shot it in the forehead. A brute fired its grenade launcher and killed the Admiral.
"Admiral!" Yelled Sheeda.
The Spartan threw another frag grenade. The brutes moved as it exploded. A brute swung at his head. He ducked and grabbed the creature's head. He then snapped its neck. Another fired its grenade launcher. The Spartan jumped forward and rolled. The grenade exploded and the Spartan stopped right in front of the beast. He punched it in the groin. It whimpered and fell to its knees. The Spartan picked up Anderson's pistols and shot it in the head.
He then rolled backward as one of the other brutes came at him. He got to one knee and fired all of the bullets except one into its stomach. He then shot himself with the last shot making his shields go up. He got a lot on his right fist. The brute was right in front of him. He stood and put his fist straight through the brute's face. He retracted his hand and the brute's body fell over.
Another brute them came and punched him in the face. His visor shattered and his helmet flew from his head. He landed on his back and slid. He quickly got to one knee. His shield was completely gone. The brute grinned. The Spartan spit blood from his mouth and stood. He ran at the brute and punched it in the stomach. He then went to punch it in the face but it grabbed his arm. It then picked him up by the neck and released his arm. He sat suspended in the air for a few seconds.
He then took two of his fingers and jabbed them into the brute's neck. It dropped him and he landed on his feet then fell on his back. The brute grabbed its neck and gasped for air. It fell to its knees. The Spartan stood on his hands and knees and watched the brute suffocate. It was dying slowly, just the way the Spartan wanted it to. He stood and kicked it in its head. It fell over and didn't move.
The room was filled with death. Brutes and marines lay dead across the floor. But the Spartan then heard a cough. He wiped the blood from his mouth and walked toward the sound. The ship shook as it got hit with a Covenant gun. Green lay on the ground holding his stomach. Sparks exploded from the ceiling.
The Spartan stood the Sergeant against the co-pilot's seat. He coughed again.
"I thought I saw you get killed." The Spartan said.
"Colonel, we should hurry up and get out of here." Sheeda said.
"No cough I just got hit in the stomach. Couldn't breath for a few, you know sir." Green replied. "Then that grenade exploded and I couldn't hear a thing."
"Okay well we're leaving." The Spartan said leaving the Sergeant's side and getting into the pilot's seat.
He shoved Sheeda into the control panel.
"Alright, Sheeda get us out of here."
"Yes, sir." She said working the coordinates. "The Covenant cruisers are almost in range to get us with their tracker beams."
"Well hurry then!" The Spartan said irritated.
"There we go."
The tattered ship took off in to hyperspace leaving the Covenant cruisers far behind in distance and speed. The Spartan and Sergeant Green were off toward a place named Earth. A place they called home.