Spartan Training
By: Natination
Author notes: I like to thank everyone that's done a review, and actually read my stories. I would thank you individually, but you know who you are. Also I note that I forgot the disclaimer, thus I shall do it now. I do not own bungie (though I DEARLY wish I did) and nothing of halo 2 or halo except for the characters that were created in my mind.
"Hmmm…." Admiral Snooker said. "Whatever the hell this ring is, we're destroying it. No sense in keeping it around, the Covenant is after it, thus it's important enough to block.
"Spartans assemble the ODST's and Marines, take out the ring. Make sure you stay away from that grid right there on the ring. He pointed towards where the marines had been killed mysteriously.
"Sir, yes sir!" Sam said. "Let's go to work."
"We're tried to keep them busy as long as we can. Destroy the ring." Admiral Snooker said. "There be sending more troops to destroy us now they know we're here."
"YES sir." Nate said.
"Dismissed." Snooker said. "I have to get back to the bridge."
"Patton, ready the two AI's for them. Make sure their ready to go. Have the Cole scavenger ready to go at a moments notice."
"Yes sir." Patton said. "I'll do it like any old soldier will do."
"Transfer to the bridge, I'll need you on tactics." Snooker ordered Patton. The AI closed down the halo tank as he opened one of the many holo tanks on the bridge.
Sam and Nate were already down the hallway as 50 ODST's and Marines behind them.
"Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, Follow me!" Sam yelled.
"Marines, follow me!" Nate said. They split off at the armory as Marines grabbed supplies and guns along the way. Nate headed towards the fleet of pelicans as over 200 marines were behind him. Starting to get ready for an invasion on the ring.
The ODST's were going to be the first to drop on the ring. The HEV was a small capsule that dropped down into the ground like a missile. Except that it carried a marine inside.
"How do we go down?" Sam yelled.
"Feet first into hell sir!" The ODST's yelled the tradition. Unlike the rest of the 3 divisions of ODST's, these guys were loyal to the Spartans. Almost all had "volunteer" for the mission in which they all had their lives saved by a Spartan.
"To the pods." Sam yelled. Everyone climbed into their own pod that had their name stenciled on it. With 2 marines with them, they each made sure everything was ready to go on a moments notice. They banged on each pod to make sure everyone was all right.
One then proceeded to press the alert button that a drop was about to occur. The pods then dropped 10 seconds later into the vacuum of space and headed straight for the ring world. They entered the atmosphere at high speeds as the pods coordinated their positions to the Sam's location and the Command pod. They all landed in a 2 by 2 kilometer area.
Meanwhile Nate organized the pelicans for an orbital decent. The 73 pelicans were loaded with everything needed to fight a small war, including 18 scorpion tanks and 50 warthogs.
"Let's bring in the heavy demolition men!" Nate yelled as they headed for the drop zone. As the pelicans entered the atmosphere, the ride got rough. Gear vibrated around as some gear popped out of their slots and rattled around on the floor. No one got up to store the gear.
All 75 pelicans zooming in for the drop zone looked like an awesome sight to Sam. No way in hell could the covenant survive this? "Let's move it men!" Sam said. The AI he carried was recently booted and called itself Firefly.
"We lost 15 men out of the 120 that did the HEV drop. Everyone has most of their gear and is now humping here." Firefly said. Sam thought it was strange how they didn't meet any resistance yet. Surely there must be something out here to stop us.
"Grab 12 warthogs and we're take them to a type of control room we found from deep sensors. " Nate said. "I need 34 ODST's now."
2 minutes later ODST's were formed as other squadrons moved out. 150 or so men were going to setup alpha base, with defenses of course. No need to not have a place to regroup if anything goes FUBAR.
The group headed towards the control room, which was a battlefield of some sort, so it made sense that the covenant had holed up in the control room as a last stand on the ring. It was difficult in reaching, but it was possible. 3 hours later the group had driven the warthogs into the bottom of the battle. It had snaked all the way up a pyramid of sorts to the top. The first thing Nate noticed was the massive amounts of dead bodies. They were the creatures that had ambushed the four men alright. 4 legs, long tail, all black with spines running up the back. Covenant Vehicles laid about everywhere, banshees, ghosts, Wraiths. All wreckage, there was probably over 50 vehicles totaled. The battle was from a while ago, no smoke or anything was emitting like a battle that happened hours or days ago. Not even a week.
The ODST's unsure of the bodies moved very carefully though the battlefield. They found other dead Aliens too. These were unlike any they have seen though. Skeleton remains of humanoids. Plasma guns on their shoulders with what seemed to be two blades strapped to their left wrist as weapons. There were spears and buzz-saw like weapons all over the place.
"They sure did give these black bastards hell." One ODST remarked.
"Make sure you don't touch the bodies, their blood is acid." Nate said. He regretted the remark because he knew the marines were now going to ask him how he knew.
"Are the aliens that are defending covenant? They got equipment like the covenant." An ODST asked.
"I don't think so..." Nate asked. They picked their way up the sloping pyramid fortress finding more aliens lying around. There was even a stack of dead black bodies like it was a sandbag fort at one point.
"Looks like a one side battle to me." The same ODST remarked.
"You can shut the hell up now Private." A sergeant nearby said.
As they reached the top of the pyramid Patton finally said something.
"Nate it looks like the ODST was correct, one sided battle, the black aliens won." Patton remarked. "The control room is two blast doors down this hallway here."
The doors were 25 feet tall with holes melted right though. A stack of black bodies barricaded the way. They planted a C-17 charge near the bodies and got the hell out of the way. The black Bodies flew away as the door's collapsed under the pressure and a sickly crushed was heard. More dead skeletons of the defenders were inside.
The ODST's moved military style in two by two as they checked the inside. Nate and Sam were on point. They reached a second set of doors which were halfway melted from the floor up. Dozens of black alien bodies lined the way. Pools of their blood hissed and spat. The ODST's avoided the pools at all costs. The control room showed the entire solar system with the ring as the center. An icon was blinking for who knows how long as the ODST's the dead defenders more numerous moved here away. It was a last ditch effort for them against overwhelming odds. Nate pressed the blinking symbols as a holo screen popped up. It showed R'tek saying something in his language. Patton recorded the message as he tried to crack the language barrier. He succeeded in under 30 seconds.
"Did you translate it?" Nate asked quickly.
"Yes. It's still a bit frag-"Patton said.
"Play it." Nate interrupted.
The recording played over again.
Halo installation 2 has fallen; I repeat halo installation 2 has fallen. We tried to the aliens before they could multiple fast enough but it was too late. 15 of us are all that's left of the 200 on the ring. Something hissing the back round as the blast doors came into view. They are killing each other so the acid will eat though the door. We don't have much time left. I must regret that the search for the humans we helped on earth was not successful. The time device that they took was left behind as they entered the Ruki in the building. We successfully estimated the Aliens and Covenant on the planet and promptly left before we could be seen. The doors hissed and a hole appeared. Start firing-"someone yelled. Plasma bolts hissed thought he air and entered the hole as it came larger. Aliens swarmed in as the bottom half of the door fell apart under the acid and the aliens charged in. Battle cries from the predators were all that was left. As R'tek said one thing.
"Activate the halo. Authority code 3594930139493-39439ajb993489A34"
A roar of battle cries as the a light emitted from the center of the control room and shot out into the other side of the ring by opening panels in the roof. R'tek was dead… so were the predators…
"Patton was the aliens that built the ring."
"Accessing archive, yes they were. The Covenant now calls them the forerunners." Patton said.
"Damn…. Halo is a weapon…. Of sorts. We got to report Snooker that the ring must be destroyed."
"I highly doubt I would order the destruction of the ring, Spartans." Snooker said. One of the ODST's had set up an emergency SATCOM up. "We're using it to destroy the covenant."
"Sir, we can't." Nate protested.
"ODST's!" A rang of cocking guns rang up as Nate and Sam faced 34 ODST's. No one moved as the ODST's aimed their MA5B's and assorted weaponry at the Spartans. Nate and Sam aimed their MA5B's and pistols all around as they put their backs against one another.