Part 2
Halo: Branded as Traitors
By: Natination
The Cruiser loomed ahead, dead in space as the UNSC peacemaker slowly moved towards it, looking for any traps. The bridge was dull as the AI Q came back online. The covenant ship was heavily damaged, from internally as sensors indictated.
"I'm ready sir." Q said. His floating ghost labcoat wandered around on the holo tank. "What do you want me to do?"
"Access the covenant ship network, find out why this ship is... the way it is." Jimmy asked. "The covenant aren't smart in computer network secuity so i want you to hack into it."
"Yes sir." Q said. It only took a minute for him to access the networks. "It's hard working transfering from E-band to covenant signels but it's working. accessing covenant sensor view. One human detected aboard. Possible being escorted by seavral elites, grunts and a pair of hunters. Suggesting from the escort, i'll say they have a high profile POW they do not want to lose."
"Sir, permission to board the vessel." Nate asked from behind Jimmy.
"Negitive. We will lose our stealth and how do you plan on getting inside?" Jimmy said.
"Though the hanger sir." Nate said. "According to the sensors, the shield is down in that section and the generator is most likely down."
"Alright, permission granted. Get in, get the POW out, quick and quiet. Nothing fancy. I want to get the hell out of here in one piece if that's ok."
"Sir, yes sir." Nate said.
"Bring patton with you, you'll need him." Jimmy ordered.
"Yes sir." Nate said. He was going to anyways, no sense going in without any support. Nate turned around to face jimmy. "How many squads am i allowed?"
"2 squads Spartan, that's it." Jimmy said. "Best to get the most experinced ones."
"Sir, thank you sir." Nate responded at once. This was going to be good. He pulled up the rooster and called up for a group of 12 marines. He checked though the rooster as a crewmen bought the data crystal containing patton. The Ai's were shut down for now becuase of power restrictions. Not any more.
When he felt patton enter his mind Nate at once asked. "I need 12 men from our current marine forces, who do i want?"
Patton without saying a word choosed 12 marines, 4 PSC's, 2 sargeants and 6 PFC's.
"Sounds good to me." Nate said. "Get them ready."
Nate went to the armory which was only 50 feet from the bridge on his way to hanger 1. They had access to one pelican. Either they make it, or not.Nate walked though not even stopping as he grabbed a pistol, shotgun and a jackhammer launcher with 6 rounds. No sense carrying the usually weight when you know your going to step into hell with a good chance of not coming back. He decided also to carry two fragmentation genades just in case. Nothing like a bouncing exposive charge in his current arsenal.
The marines assembled and were loaded in, they were from various squadrons stationed on the ship, and knew each other vaguely. Each bought thier weaponary with them and were ready to go.
As the pelican exited the hanger Nate stood up in the sealed pelican.
"Alright men, you have been choosen because you are the vets that we currently have. We are to rescue captured humans on a covenant cruiser and we are to be quick and fast. Nothing fancy and we can not be slowed down." Nate said. "They are currently heading to the launch bay with the shields down and are likely on their way to the bridge, thus we will intercept them before they do reach the bridge."
"Sounds good to me." One marine said. "Can i go to the gift shop on board once we are done?"
The marines laughed at the joke but as they saw the covenant ship appoaching on the viewpoint, they stopped.
Nate's stomach was turning as he wondered why he had spoken up for this. He had a vague sense sam was out there but where, he did not know. All he knew was that they were going to pay the covenant a quick visit and get a POW out.
The pilot's activated the intercom. "I can't believe we're not being blasted right now, we should be dead by now. Here we going for the drop, prepare for dump."
Dump meant the pilot was going to fly in, everyone jumped off and the pilot got the hell out of there.
When they reach the hanger the pelican shuddered as it hit the pressurized room and the door opened.
"Move it!" Nate said.
Everyone jumped out within 15 seconds and the pelican sprayed the room with rounds and then backed out. Gore of seaval of the ape creatures were everywhere among bodies of engineer's and jackels.
"Let's move it!" Nate said.
They moved quickly as they glanced around the room, no sign of life. They moved down towards the exit as the doors opened. 12 jackel's gacked at them and opened fire when they noticed the marines. The PFC who made the joke on the pelican opened fire with his AR and killed a jackel before the plasma bolts cut him down.
Nate though a fragmentation genade and opened up with his pistol hiting another jackel in the head. The frag rolled behind them and the door's closed aWHUMP was heard among screams of jackels.
When the doors opened again they discovered a gore covered cooridor.
"They should be down to the left moving towards the bridge we must hurry." Patton said. Seavral of the ape creatures rush out of a room and broke a neck of a sargeant and killed a PFC before being taken down. As more and more of the covenant knew about the intruder's, more of the marines fell.
As the marines blew anything and everything that was living out of their way as they headed for the POW. By the time they reached the cooridor heading for the bridge their was 1 sargeant and 2 PSC's left. Nate was breathing hard as he whipped around and blasted a grunt with his shotgun. Reloading as he ran he heard the thumps of hunters, he readied his rocket launcher.
"Stay behind me, watch my back, make sure you dont get my way." Nate wispered. The marines nodded as they took positions to support and watch his back. Nate whipped around the corner and saw a spartan with a shotgun running down the corridor with a bunch of elites and a pair of hunters following keenly. There was fragmentation genades on the spartan's belt that had not been used curiously. Nate held his fire for a second as the second spartan stopped when he noticed the other spartan.
"Spartan, idenifiy yourself." Nate said opening a comm channel.
"This is sam. Who are you?" The spartan said. The elites held up seeing the other spartan and held their fire. The grunts looked at the spartan's nervously. Facing one spartan was a horrible and mostly fatal experince, Two spartans on the other hand, well that was plain suicide, but right now, they were fine.
"Ah, hello sam. I decided to pop in and help out." Nate said. "Who's your friends?"
"Jail-break." Sam said. "They were locked up with me. The Elites, grunts and hunters everywhere are being betrayed by the prophets. We have allies now."
"Sweet..." Nate said. He tried to wonder if he could acually break the habit of killing any grunt, elite or hunter on sight when in battle. Slim to none. Habits die hard. "Marine's, come on."
The marines rounded the corner and saw the covenant and leveled their rifles.
"Covenant! let's kick thier ass!" the marines said.
"Hold fire!" Nate said. "Their allies."
"Allies?" one marine muttered not able to believe it. "if they are, i dont trust them as far as i can throw them. I certainly can't throw hunters that far."
The marines relucting lowered their weapons.
"Let's get the hell out of here." Nate said. "The Pelican is going to make another roundabout and pick us up."
"I am commited to somewhere else Nate." Sam said. "I have to help them kill a prophet."
"A prophet? on board right now?" Nate said. "I thought they hide on their homeworld."
"Not this one, and well, let's just say they dont like our allies anymore."
"Gotcha." Nate said, he turned off the comm system switch it to talk to patton.
"Patton, tell UNSC Peacemaker that we have to go rescue more prisnors trapped on the bridge."
"sir, that is disobeying your orders." patton said.
"Tell them their is a prophet with not many defenses onboard." Nate said. "The covenant are breaking apart."
"Alright, let's go. According to my elite buddy here, we have to go up this corridor and we're get to the bridge." Sam siad.
"Let's move it out." Nate said. "Marines follow me, we're take point since i got the rocket launcher."
When the bridge doors opened nate unleashed two missiles upon whatever guards their were. they were all the ape creatures and 6 died instantly when a rocket hit the floor at their feet. The other 5 remaining guards including a captain of some kind opened fire witha genade launcher.
"Flying nades! Cover!" Nate said as he dropped the rocket launcher and opened up with his pistol.
Sam opened up with his AR as he blasted though a group of jackels manning control consoles.
Genades hammererd everywhere and expoded, taking out 2 grunts and a elite. The purple bridge in the middle was giving them extra cover to fire down upon them. When the hunters enter however, Two of the ape creatures including the captain got a fuel rod to the chest.
The prophet screamed about something as his brutes died all around him under the hail of projectiles and energy.
A elite jumped ontop of the prophet's hovering seat and started to pump the crap out of him. This prophet didnt have any defenses like shields or anything strangely. The prophet was dead after the third blow but the elite kept on hammering for a few extra seconds to make sure he was dead.
It jumped off covered in the prophet's blood.
"One less traitor to take orders from."The elite said with a hint of satisfaction.
One of the last grunts with them looked at a holo panel before yelling. "The fusion core is going critical! This crusier is going to explode!"
"Now, we die." The elite said. "With our honor restored."
"We die now?" A marine said. "That is a shitty plan."
A/N:
Well i thought that was a good cliff hanger, Please everyone, if you do read my story, please place a review, i dont care if your flaming me or what not. Anyway, i'm working on the next chapter right now.