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Flood Hunt

Chapter 1 – The Sound Of Death

A sound behind me. I whipped around, lifting my assault rifle and pressing the scope to my eye. It was dark, but the barrel-mounted flashlight of my rifle shone clearly, cutting through the shadows. There it was again, a funny gurgling chatter. I had heard that sound before, and it brought back terrible memories.

Bullets and plasma blasts flew through the air as we fought the endless wave of Flood that was swarming through the bunker. Michael tripped and before I could do anything, he was consumed and mutated into a hideous Flood Carrier. I showed him mercy and blew him to tiny pieces with a plasma grenade, before wiping out the spawned Flood with a burst from my assault riffle…

Suddenly, from my left leapt out a huge Flood creature, brandishing a Needler. I smashed it in the face with the butt of my riffle, knocking it to the ground. I let loose a clip into the foul creature, and picked up the Needler, I would need it later.

…Two more of my squad were killed by a grenade thrown by one of the Flood, and it wasn't long before what remained of them was consumed. "John!" I yelled over the sound of explosions and gunfire. "Give me a rocket in the centre of that group of Carriers, Now!"

"Right" he yelled back, "Keep clear!"

I heard the dull 'Whump' as the rocket was fired from the rocket launcher, and a second later I saw the missile fly past me, headed straight toward a cluster of the explosive Flood Carriers…

I ran forward through the dense forest undergrowth, acutely aware of all the sounds around me. There was none. I broke through some ferns and saw in front of me, a huge complex, with what appeared to be a squad of unmanned Ghosts out the front of the thick steel door. I ran toward the complex, there was bound to be a communications system in there, and I had to make contact with HQ, they had to know what was going on, before it was too late.

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