Frozen Hell part 3: One Big Convoy
One thing the core taught me was that you should always watch out for each other. But, what they never taught you was how to survive in –20 degree weather while under heavy fire with your friends dying around you, anyway let's get back to the story.
Now I looked upon the ounce battlefield. I ordered my men to gather the dead bodies of the marines, now they all laid in a row the stench got you so we mainly staid away. "Get on that radio and get command and order us a lift out of this hellhole." I ordered a marine. So I just stood there and waited.
"Sir, I have command on the radio." The marine said.
"Let me see that." I ordered then grabbed the communicator.
"Captain, what is your status?" a man said.
"We need immediate evac pronto. I repeat immediate evac, high casualties and low supplies we need some pelicans down here to gather what's left." I said.
"Can not supply. All units have been attacked and we cannot supply anymore then what we have." He said.
"So what are we going do freeze out here." I said.
"I might just be able to help." Someone interrupted.
"Good, but how do you plan on that Caleb?" I asked.
"Well we found a small base a mile from where we landed, we have 8 pelicans but they kind of low on fuel, but there's enough to get to your position to ours." Caleb said.
"Okay when can you be here?" I asked.
"Well look up above you." Caleb said.
So I slowly looked up and out of the clouds rushed in 8 pelicans. Then they slowly landed. "Recon One out" I said over the radio. "Okay boys looks like there's going to be more than enough pelicans for us, so I want you all to drag the you're fallen marines." I ordered then walked over to Caleb. "So are all your men alright?" I asked
"Yeah, like I said on the radio we found a small base build into a mountain side. We found these pelicans." Caleb said
"So have you heard from the other groups?" I asked
"Yeah last night around the same time your group was attacked." Caleb said
"Who's group was it?" I asked
"Mike and Jeff's..." Caleb said.
From there on until the ships were ready it was quiet. A few minutes later the ships were ready and we got on. "So how far till we get to this base you?" I asked Caleb.
"Don't worry it won't be long." He said.
"So how are we going to find the main base, on foot?" I asked.
"You'll see." Caleb said.
A few minutes later we land. We started to slow down so I got up and grabbed the radio and spoke over to the other marines. "Okay marines, we're going to land I want to go join the other marines." I ordered, as we came close to the point. I looked out the cockpit window and saw a hillside with a metal door slowly opening. And our ships flew in and landed. Caleb and I walked out after the marines have regrouped. I looked to my right and in the back was Ben I tapped Caleb's shoulder and nudged over in Ben's direction. We casually walked over to Ben through the giant crowd of marines. "So what's the surprise Caleb's been telling me about that'll help us get off this frozen snowball?"
"Well why don't you two follow me the." Ben said. Ben walked into a side of the area we were in and opened a door we followed. We walked into the room, and there were hundreds of warthogs lined up.
"Holy Shit…." I said.
"Yeah the good thing about this is. We have no gas and we don't need it either." Caleb said.
"You know that's the first I've ever heard, that we don't have gas and as a good thing." I said.
"Yes, you see these are a new type of warthog, they must have been finishing them before the covenant came. These warthogs like I said before these warthogs don't run on gas, they run on water or sunlight. You see these were made for all terrain like for dessert or snowy." Ben explained.
"So you think there's enough for all of us?" I asked.
"Looks like it. I plan for us to leave in the morning. We will each get our own warthogs." Caleb said.
"Like one big convoy" I said.