Chapter Two: Halo
"Dang it! Were coming in too fast!" Jenkins said as the lifeboat entered the ring world's atmosphere. The pilot grabbed hold of a rail. "Brace for impact!" He yelled over the roaring engines. BOOM! The lifeboat crashed outside of a strange structure.
Jenkins stumbled out of the lifeboat to find that only 2 Marines died in the crash. He primed his MA5B, and moved forward to the structure with the 12 remaining survivors of the crash, 10 of which were in Fire Team Zulu. When they reached the structure, plasma started flying at the group from both sides. "Break off! Get inside!" Sarge yelled. A Marine was cut down by the plasma bolts.
Once the squad was inside the structure, Sarge hefted up his MG76 turret gun. "Washington, Perez! Set up this turret near the door." He told the Marines. "Yes, sir!" they said in unison. The two unlucky soldiers ran to the door to the structure, only to be cut down immediately by a wave of hot plasma. After the Marines were killed, 2 Elites, 6 grunts, and 4 Jackals ran down the long corridor to where the Marines were hiding.
Before the Covenant reinforcements could get there, the UNSC Marines killed 5 Grunts, 3 Jackals, and 1 Elite. When the aliens got into the hiding room, the Grunt and Jackal were easily cut down, but the Elite took the other 2 non- Fire Team Zulu Marines with it. After that little skirmish, who else but Master Chief Spartan John-117 comes running down the hallway. "Good to see you, sir." Jenkins said to the 7 foot tall Spartan.
"Alright, Marines. Cortana has radioed in for dust-off. Foehammer should be here any minute." Chief told the Marines. Sarge smiled and stated: "Marines! We are LEAVING!" The 8 survivors cheered. Chief turned and led the way back to the surface.
When the marines reached the surface, Foehammer was just dropping off a warthog with 2 marines in it. The marines filed into the Pelican, and she took off. "Marines, this is Echo-419. I am taking you to the base of operations for our resistance. It is located at 53 degrees latitude, 27 degrees longitude. There we will link up with Fire Team Charlie and form our plans there." Foehammer explained to the Marines.
10 Minutes later, Foehammer was dropping them off at the CP.
"This is our stop. Let's move!" Sarge yelled. The 8 marines got out of the Pelican and ran over to the CP, which was a building similar to the one Master Chief got them out of. When they went into the building, they saw Capitan Keyes' second in command, Lieutenant Bruce Massey. "Good to see you, Sergeant. I will need your squad to help recover Capitan Keyes from the Covenant cruiser, The Truth and Reconciliation. You and your squad will be sent in as reserves if Master Chief needs them." Massey said the Sarge.
"Yes, sir. We will be ready when needed, sir." Sarge replied. And so the rescue mission begins.