a LONGSWORD FIGHTER,
ERIDANUS STAR SYSTEM, ERIDANUS 42
"It's gone. It's really gone." sobbed Master Chief, but suddenly, he screamed, "THOSE FUCKIN' BASTARDS! I'M GOING TO KILL THEM ALL!" and he restarts the engine, and enters slipstream space. There was an akward moment of silence. No one spoke. The sleepy Cortana had forced herself to stay awake. The ship staye in Slipstream space for about 10 minutes, when suddenly, their radar activated.
"Seems like there are covenant on our tail." said Cortana. "We must find shelter. Their ship seems to be way bigger then ours. It must be a warship. What the, what are you doing?" asked Cortana, as Master Chief turned the ship around, charged their MAC guns and readied their 50mm guns. He then sped toward the covenant ship. "What are you doing. Do you plan to take them on head to head?! You'll be killed!Remember what Chief Mendez told you? You can spent lives, but never waste lives, so you may see the dawn of the next day!" cried Cortana, but Master Chief did not pay attention. He planned to destroy the warship and destroy numerous covenant warriors.
10324 HOURS (SHIP'S TIME),
123:54:200324 (cOVENANT CALENDER) /
COVENANT WARSHIP/SERAPHIS NUUMAMME 'EEM,
FOCKEE PLANETARY SYSTEM
SECTOR 96
"What's this? A small human ship? OUt here?" thought a elite, as he looked at the ship's cameras and the radar on his screen. "Is it empty? No it can't be... the ship is moving toward us at an alarming rate, and is still increasing, and their guns, they're charging as if..." and then he stopped thinking and started acting. "Zuma' Cazumma! An unidentified human cruiser is headed our way at alarming speed, and closer looks shows that the pilot is aiming its gun at us which they call a MAC gun! At this rate, the ship will score a direct hit, causing half of this ship to be destroyed!"
An elite in golden armor ran at amazing speed to the bridge and then saw what the lower class elite had meant. The humans were going to attack. Zuma' Cazumma was about to sound the alarm, when a force struck them and more then half of the ship exploded.
Then the rements of the ship struck back and shot plasma guns at the Lonsword, but the blasts missed as the pilot swerved to the right. Though hit once, the ship showed no signs of damage besides a black scorch mark on the side of the ship. The Longsword started charging up the MAC guns again, and circled around the covenant ship. When the MAC gun was charged, it was unleashed and shot the remants, causing it to explode, but some escape pods were seen, escaping to a nearby planet. The warship had been anhilated, a feat that was very hard to do but nontheless, the battle was over. Master Chief had won.
0357 HOURS (SHIP'S TIME),
DECEMBER26, 2552 (MILITARY CALENDER) /
A LONGSWORD FIGHTER,
ERIDANUS STAR SYSTEM, ERIDANUS 42
"Whew. That was close. You were lucky. It was incredibly lucky of you, how it only took 2 hits and 1 small Lonsword to take down a ship that size. We almost got disintergrated into pieces. Don't ever take chances like that again you hear?" said Cortana, as she breathed heavily. The Master Chief just stood there, and saw the debris of the covenant ship. Some covenant escaped, but it didn't matter. They had escaped onto a planet where they would've been eaten soon by the predators, for Master Chief had been on the planet before, on a previous mission...
(FLASHBACK)
"Marines. I expect this field cleansed of covenant, so we may collect their equipmemt and cargo, for researching purposes. I also expect you to give them hell. IS THAT CLEAR!"
"Yes Sir!" cheered the Marines in unison. They knew what to do already. 20 snipers had settled on hills on each side of the Covenant. The Marines with Rocket Launchers positioned themselves on the in front of the Covenant, ready to take aim at the banshees and ghosts.The rest held Assault rifles, and in their other hand were frag grenades, and they were ready to charge into battle. Master Chief and a group of other Spartans in red positioned themselves in front of the assaulting Marines.
"Red-01 and 02, follow me. Red-03 and 04, get in the warthogs and watch each others back. Red-05, scout the perimeter with a few Marines and kill any obstacle in the way, while finding their equipment and cargo, and also find ammo, a lot of ammo." Blue lights shone which meant they understood. "ON my mark. MARK!" shouted Master Chief. The Covenant resting on their grounds never stood a chance. The Spartans ran with amazing speed while shooting Covenant on the way, and the Marines followed. Dozens of Covanent died every second. Banshees and Ghosts roared to life with elites in them, but they were blasted to little pieces of metal by the rocket launchers. By the time the Covenant realized what was happening and took their positions, it wa already over. The snipers picked off every covenant in their sight. In 15 minutes, what must have been a 150 covenant warriors, was reduced to 0. The sun finally came up, and everyone saw the numerous covenant lying dead, with the green grasses now covered with purple blood.
"Master Chief. We lost contact with Spartan-05's team a few minutes ago." said a marine in shock. Master Chief quickly told everyone to look for them, and to gather equipmemt, and he sped off to the covenant camp. The rest of his team followed. They searched for 10 minutes, until they found a cave. There was a large boot print on the ground, leading in, with at least 2 dozen other feet. They ventured in, following the trail of their comrades.
They walked non-stop for 10 minutes, until they heard victory cheers, and quickly ran to the spot. There they sw the Marines cheering, and 4 hunters were dead on the ground. "How did they do it? With no casualties either?" he thought to himself. He quickly ran to hte spartan and asked him what happened. The spartan told him that there were 4 Hunters who seemed to be guardind equipmemt, and before we were about to shoot, they acted as if they heard something, and ran away. We shot them but they kept running, so we chased and killed them. This caused Master Chief to think some more. "What could've caused the hunters to run. 4 of them to be exact. Something must've scared them away. But if it was able to scare 4 hunters, then..." and then Master Chief screamed run. The Spartans quickly obeyed, but the Marines stared at him and asked why, and then his suspicions were confirmed. A roar was heard.
"I said run!" but the marines were still standing there, and he knew it was hopeless. Whatever the monaster was, it would catch up and eat the marines. Nothing could be done, so he ran to the entrance, and there he heard screams of agony, followed by a roar. He quickly told everyone to board the pelicans, and to drop everything and leave. But it wa too late. The beast had appeared out of the cave already, with reed blood all over its mouth, lookiong for more prey.
"Spartans! We must defend the ships and the marines. Alpha position. Remember. One alone cannot do the job, but 5 can. We must attack in waves, but fist try to find a weak spot. Take turns attacking. Assault rifles only, with a few bombs, and watch your own self. Do not force someone else to help. Just remember. This is a huge wolf. It may have the same weakness as regular wolves. Alright.
Let's go!"
The spartans ran to meet the wolf, and they surrounded it quickly. Master Chief was the first to attack, and ran under the beast and emptied a clip under the beast. The beast roared in agony but then knocked Master Chief to the ground, and moved on. Two other Spartans jumped on top and shot through the head, but the beast continued.The remaining two threw their bombs at the feet. They blew off but the creature continued. Then the team relized, the monster was mutated. Its wounds would heal over and then continue. There was no way to destroy it. the only option they had would be to stall it. The spartans continued to slow it down, until finally the monster got pissed and faced them. In a few minutes, the beast had consumed 3 of the spartans. Master Chief then ordered the last Spartan to run. but the beast got him too. The master chief was the only one left, but just as the beast ran to consume him, a marine grabbed the master chief and jumped into a pelican, and they left the planet, where 4 of his comrades had fallen.
(Back To Real Life)
The memory faded when an alarm sound was heard throughout the ship. "What the hell is going on Cortana!" screamed Master Chief, as he tried to get things back under control.
"The plasma beams we encountered earlier must've hit their targets. The engines have also been overheated by the MAC rounds. The engines are totally busted. We're going down, and that planet is our only chance for survival. Prepare to land."