Plasma fire spewed across the ground creating burn marks in the dirt. Willow took cover behind a rock. She checked her Battle rifle. She was getting low on ammunition. "Blue team. Listen up. We're going to have to make some room. Red team will be here in moments and Green team have landed about 1/2 a click down stream, they'll be heading for a vantage point. So it's up to us to secure the area for Chief. He should be here soon with a shit load of marines. We can't have a hot LZ when we have to protect them!" It was true. While the marines were trained for combat, they we very weak and more of a liability than a help in sustained fire. "So, Icarus, Take the left flank. Aphrodite, you take right. I've got center covered. Conserve ammunition! We need every last ounce of it...Go go go!" She cut transmition and Sprung out from her cover. Her fingers clasped around a grenade. Se flicked the pin out with her thumb and threw it into a crowd of Elites. Upon detonation, purple blood splattered all over the place. A squad of grunts paused and Willow used this momentary lapse in her enemies' concentration to her advantage. She fired short bursts of fire into them. They fell to the floor in a pool of cyan blood. She pressed on and leaped over a small rock and darted up to the next point of cover.
Jason sprinted as fast as he could. He could hear sustained fire coming from ahead. He was nearing the LZ. He saw a group of elites standing in a formation firing on something. Probably one of his fellow Spartans he thought to himself. Well this was the last time they would ever do that. He lifted his battle rifle but just as he was about to open fire a grenade detonated in the middle of them, spraying blood in all directions. He saw a nearby squad of grunts gasp and scream as they watched the elites get blown to shreds. Then suddenly, like a maiden of death, a green flash appeared on his HUD. He saw Willow leap out from behind a rock and gun the grunts down. There were still hostiles on the Radar but they we're fading rapidly. It seemed like Blue team had just decided to clean house.
Yuri slung his rifle over his shoulder. He was going to need to get a good vantage point if he was going to cause some mayhem among the Covenant forces. "Omega to Aegina. Over" he spoke down the COM link. When the COM link opened again for her reply Yuri heard Covenant plasma weapons splashing around and then the rhythmic sound of Aegina's battle rifle. "This is Aegina, Omega. Whats up? Over." Yuri checked his surroundings. "I'm trying to get a good vantage point. I'm about 1/2 a click upstream heading up the side of a cliff. Expect heavy Covenant opposition. I could really use some support over here!" He responded. "Roger that Omega. I'll send Red Squad when they get back to the LZ." Willow replied. "Roger that. Over and out." Yuri cut the transmition. "Well better sit tight and wait for Red Team, Lili." He glanced to the other member of his team. Her head turned upwards to the sky. "Understood." She said almost lazily. She had always been a dreamer but this 'distanced' perspective made her an excellent sniper.