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Chapter 1
"Finishing this fight, sir," said John. The Spartan had boarded the forerunner ship and was stuck in the storage facility.
"Excuse me son?" replied the Admiral over the com. John could hear Admiral Hood's breathing and the sigh that followed it up.
The chief couldn't take the silence anymore, "Orders sir?" The Admiral thought about it for a few seconds, but it seemed like an eternity to John. The answer finally came.
"Give em hell." The line cut off and the Master Chief immediately went to work. John checked his weapons first. He had two SMGs slung over his shoulders, two M6C pistols, and a covenant energy sword. He also kept a combat knife in his ankle sheath. He checked his ammo supply as well and grimaced behind his helmet. The chief had no ammo left for his SMGs and only had two clips left for his pistols. John stuck the energy sword between his ammo belt and shield and grabbed the two pistols.
The Spartan looked at the only door in the room and approached it with both pistols fixed at the center of the door. John had been trained to take precautions, especially when exiting doors because there was always a blind spot.
The Master Chief came close to the door and watched the lines blink once, signaling the remaining parts of the door to separate. John took a deep breath and ran out the doors with both his pistols facing the two opposite directions.
A jackal entered his peripheral vision, and started to pull his plasma pistol from his belt. John turned to face the jackal and let out two shots from his pistols. Both shots penetrated the Jackal's head and sprayed blood across the walls and floor.
The chief slowly approached the Jackal and grabbed the energy shield on its belt. John put one of his pistols away and turned the shield on. The Spartans had never favored the Jackal's shields in combat, not only because they already had shields, but because they were too small. They had saved John's life once on Sigma Octanus IV from a Hunter's fuel rod gun, but they were only effective when a human was crouching.
John moved around the corner, near the Jackal's body, and turned into an empty hallway with one door at the end. John looked at the ship's walls and made a mental comparison between them and the covenant's. They may be just walls, but it really exploits the Covenant's imitation tactics.
The Spartan approached the door with his one gun up again and walked through to find three Brutes waiting.
Admiral Hood had just lost contact with the chief when the Cairo took another plasma torpedo to its port side.
"Port armor breached," said Lieutenant Danes, "Fires started on Decks 4 through 9. Sealing breach and venting decks."
The good news keeps rolling in. Admiral Hood looked at the view screens and saw the Covenant bastards that just shot his vessel. "Fire the MAC at the Covenant ship on the port side. I want archer missile pods A1 through D4 to hit a second later."
"Yes sir," replied Ensign Danes. The Danes brothers worked well together on the bridge. It was even said they were on the bridge at Sigma Octanus IV and shot down four covenant ships. "Missiles away," The Ensign waited and then readied his hand over the MAC trigger. "Firing MAC."
The huge round shaked the Cairo and let out a huge boom that resonated through the halls of the craft. Hood looked at the Covenant ship and watched as the MAC round smashed into its shields, making them flicker and dissipate.The missiles flew in a second later and erupted in flames all over the ship's hull. "Damage report on that ship Lieutenant." Hood demanded.
"It looks like it is still functional with some breaches to it's…" Lieutenant Danes was cut off by a roar of laughter on the bridge. On the view screen, the ship was completely destroyed by an orbital MAC. The Lieutenant laid back in his chair and turned to face the Admiral, "Talk about overkill. Right sir?" Danes questioned with a full smile on his face.
Sure was thought Hood. The Admiral knew there would be more though. "That blast is no reason for celebration. Now if you don't mind, I would rather not be sitting here while another covenant bastard lines up a shot at us." The bridge crew settled down and Hood sat back in his own chair. "Now Ensign, find me another covenant ship and send them back to the hell they came from."
And as if on cue, a slipspace portal opened up and dumped out three Covenant flagships. Hood bit his lip and reached for the com one more time.
The brutes had been proving much more difficult to handle than John originally thought. The behemoths were wielding staffs with laser blades at the tip. The chief had seen them before, but they were being held by Elites rather than Brutes. John did remember seeing Brutes being attacked by Elites and vice-versa on High Charity. Maybe some sort of rebellion. John quickly squelched the thought as one of the Brutes swung the blade end of the staff at John.
Master Chief raised his Jackal shield to deflect the hit. The staff cut through the shield and sent John flying through the air. John rolled into his landing and pulled his second pistol from his belt. He fired both weapons at the Brutes and one finally fell as a bullet punctured his eye. The chief turned to his right to see a Brute charging on all four legs. John prepared himself for the hit when something shimmered in his sight. He looked at the shine and saw a plasma grenade on the dead Brute's belt. John leaped for the grenade and fell right in front of the belt. He quickly grabbed the grenade, pressed the detonation button, and turned around to see the Brute on top of him. The Covenant warrior held the chief firmly while the other came up with his staff's laser side pointing at John.
The Master Chief shoved the grenade onto the Brute on top of him and kicked him off. The Brute backed up, stunned, and exploded, leaving a splatter of blood on the ground. John got back and reached for his SMGs. He targeted the Covenant beast and fired full auto. His ammo meter drained right in front of John's eyes but the Brute wouldn't stop charging. Then, it clicked empty.
John braced for impact but then heard a voice in his helmet. "Chief!" said the static-filled voice of Admiral Hood, "If you can hear this, I need you to do something. It's getting pretty hectic down here and that ship you're on isn't helping much so if you don't mind, speed things up a bit up there."
That was all John needed to hear. He dropped his two SMGs and pulled the sword from his belt. He clicked it to life and the Brute stopped in its tracks. The chief charged the Brute and reached him within seconds. He circled behind him and put the energy sword to the Brute's throat. He spoke into the beast's ear, "Where is the control room?"
The Brute tried to resist but John brought the sword close enough so that the hair was starting to burn. "You're in it, Demon." John slashed its throat and looked at the three-person control room. Where the hell is Cortana when you need her?