The Dawning of a New Age
Chapter 2
Authors Note: I have read the review and I have decided that each subsequent chapter will focus on one aspect, or viewpoint, of the story.
Pulses of plasma sizzle down the hallway as Squad 3 tried to hold their hastily-formed post. The Flood parasite was advancing, slowly but surely towards them.
"Yaggoy, if Enukee's position is overrun, I want you to fall back to corridor B34 and start setting up a barrier. We shall follow when you tell us to."
"Yes Protector"
The small Unggoy rapidly fired the plasma turret into the swarms of the parasite. He had only graduated from the Military Academy back on Ullgoy when the prophets had betrayed them and the Jiralhanae instructors had started massacring the students. He had joined a small group of trained troops, armed with whatever weapons they could find. They had somehow been able to kill the Jiralhanae and save many of the students. Yaggoy had been given a medal for his actions in killing a Jiralhanae with nothing but a burnt out plasma pistol. What had actually happened was that a piece of ceiling had fallen down and knocked the beast out. All that Yaggoy had done was beat its head in to make sure it was dead, and now he was wishing he hadn't. It was because of the medal that he had been assigned to the flagship of the UASUL First Fleet and to the elite 'Squad 3'.
Now, he was on a ship he didn't know, fighting an enemy which never quit with weapons that overheated. He didn't like their odds at winning.
"Arghhh!" Enukee shouted out as a parasite attached to his neck, forcing him onto the floor. From what Yaggoy had heard, the parasite invades your nervous system, taking over and ceasing all bodily functions, making you into the equivalent of the living dead. Per the Protectors instructions, he waddled back to corridor B34, their storage section. He started moving the heavy boxes into a position where they would create some kind of barrier when something broke through the wall and dragged him into the chasm it originated from.
The Protector saw Yaggoy head for corridor B34, but that was 5 minutes ago and he still hadn't heard anything from him.
"Curse the Unggoy! They can never do anything right. Everyone, move to corridor B34 and fortify it as quick as you can"
The group of Sangheili started falling back, continuing their barrage as they went. AS they approached B34, they noticed that Yaggoy was nowhere to be found.
"Where is that worthless garbage now?"
As he spoke, the Flood-Infested form of Enukee jumped out and hit one of his men in the base of the skull. He fell over immediately, blood seeping out the back of his head. The Flood proceed to try and attack the Protector, but was stopped in his tracks by the energy sword in the Protectors hand. He looked around, seeing the rest of his squad be consumed by the flood. He took a plasma grenade from his belt and threw it into the cache. He started to run away from them, as far away as possible…
The Arbiter runs along the dimly lit corridors, heading for the nearest reported impact site. The battlenet constantly fills with reports, drowned out by the sound of gunfire emanating from the next junction. Unggoy bodies started to become more frequent, some with bullet wounds and some with plasma burns.
"What the…?"
A Sangheili walked backwards into The Arbiters line of sight, firing wildly down the corridor from where he originated. He had his back turned to the Arbiter when he fell down on to the ground, a Flood parasite clinging to his neck. The Arbiter ran forward and ripped the parasite from him.
"Thank you Arbiter. The parasite swarmed our position in corridor B34. Most of my Squad was decimated by it, and I was only able to escape by igniting a plasma grenade cache. The rest of my squad was consumed by the parasite."
"Accompany me. I am proceeding to the main boarding sites."
"Of course, Arbiter"