Corporal Jeffrey Tilamor stood on the Pelican, looking down at the city below him. He was on the planet Victory 1, and he was dealing with evacuation. The Covenant had found the system, at long last, and they were about to attack.
Damn Covenant bastards, this was once my home. I lived here until I was 21. Damn it, I hope Mom and Dad are able to get out of here!
The Pelican landed, and Jeffrey stepped out. "Get everyone out of here quick!" yelled Louis Bentley (a.k.a Doombringer), the Pelican pilot; "The Covenant armada is ETA 51 minutes from here!"
Jeffrey looked around. Marines were setting up turrets, warthogs were being driven in, and people were being escorted out of buildings. He turned and saw a few nuns being escorted out of a convent, and an old man smoking a cigar boarding the Pelican. He started walking to try and find some civilians to escort into the Pelican, when he stumbled.
When he looked up, he realized that a man had been sleeping on the ground. He awakened, growling. "What the hell does a guy have to do to get some sleep in dis damn city?"
Jeffrey was infuriated. "The Covenant has found this planet, we are evacuating! Get your ass into the pelican, now, double time, bum!"
"The Covenant?" the homeless man repeated, "Are you with some kind of religious organization?"
Jeffrey ignored the man and kept walking. He'll figure it out. He saw a scorpion tank being driven into the area, and eyed it with envy. Damn it, I want to be in this battle, not on escort duty! He noticed an apparently disabled child being driven in on a wheelchair by his mother, and felt a sign of pity. The kid probably won't survive the flight.
"Corporal Tilamor!" yelled another marine, dragging a little girl alongside him; "We found this girl on the streets; we have no idea where her mom is. What do we do?"
"Get her in, we'll find her mother at the refugee camp!" Jeffrey yelled, and noticed the girl starting to cry.
About 5 minutes later, the nearby area was cleared of civilians. "Block is empty! Get the civilians aboard!" yelled Doombringer.
Jeffrey moved to the Pelican, giving a salute to the other marines as he passed. He wanted to be fighting alongside them, but he didn't know the following journey would be just as dangerous as the upcoming battle…