A/N I will sometime nearby future rewrite some of the previous chapters
Chapter Ten City of Jerusalem0709 Hours, November 17, 2552 (Military Calendar)/
If you would of asked what Jeffery Oswalt was going to do, he would told you about taking over the family business. Now times are differenthe commented himself to the UNSC after the fall of Reach. His wife, and children pleaded for him not to join, but despite that Jeffery did humanity needed all the help it can get, so now that's how Jeffery Oswalt is now standing in a battalion of marines.
Commander Fort paced back and fourth, his thoughts bouncing around. He then turned and faced the battalion. The troops were mostly young so that meant this would be their first experience with the Covenant.
"The line has been drawn there will be no retreat!" yelled Commander Fort, to rally the marines. They all bore the faces of dead men
"Commander, Inbound hostile enemies ETA five minutes!" came the cool voice of the female air reconnaissance pilot.
"Alright, Rockets and snipers you guys get on the rooftop of that building and provide cover fire for the rest of us on ground," barked the commander scratching his head. Jeffery watched the commander for a moment, and than ran behind the other marines.
About five rocket jocks, and five snipers occupied the rooftop. Private Jeffery Oswalt studied the S2 AM sniper rifle, the rifle fires 14.5mm armor –piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding-sabot rounds makes it very powerful.
"Permission to engage," Commander Fort over the Com. this is it, time to get work. Oswalt lay on his stomach; his hand adjusted the scope of the sniper rifle. The purple, indistinct shape of the covenant ground vehicle the ghost entered the streets. The thump of rockets raced through the air to greet them. Three of the rockets engulfed the ghosts and the others went wide. Ground troops quickly poured out, scrambling to kill the humans.
Commander Fort had set up the defense of the marines on a street intersection, he had turrets, and portable shields set up, the marines held position in the narrow streets holding their breaths in wait.
Crack, Crack, the sniper rifle emptied two rounds they soon found themselves lodged in the head of the brute. The large, ape like creature went down hard. Jeffery smirked with pleasure at his first kill.
The brutes, jackals kept on coming and coming they were advancing but was still not close enough for the turrets to open up.
Private Oswalt reached for a clip of ammunition from his waist. A purple beam went by a fraction of an inch from his hand. He glanced up his heart pounding his forehead began to collect sweat as it rolled in beads.
"Snipers!"
Oswalt got to his feet and ran, another burst of sniper fire shot by his feet. He skidded to a halt behind a titanium shield that they had brought up earlier. A marine stumbled as he ran, he fell forward blood spat out of his mouth as he glanced down at his stomach. Private Oswalt glanced around everyone else was dead.
Jeffery took in a deep breath, and put himself together his hand shook as he held his sniper rifle. He ran out from his hiding spot, while running he took shots a jackal fell off a nearby building, Jeffery fired another shot and soon the jackals began to die.
"Sir," whispered a marine to the commander.
"Are you sure?"
"Alright, we've got too many enemies closing, everyone fall back to level two"
Oswalt heard the commander's fall back over the com. He gathered his rifle and opened the door to the building. He began his descent down the flight of stairs. Something moved, he shouldered his rifle and shot point blank. A roar of pain erupted a brute stepped fourth from the shadows. Despite being shot by a sniper rifle it shrugged it off and continued for the marine.
The private stared in belief and quickly snapped out of it. The sniper rifle was out of ammo and that had been his last round. He lashed out at the brute with the butt of his gun. The massive creature caught the gun and twisted it out of the human's hand. Oswalt reeled and pain and began to back step. The brute charged it grabbed the man's neck and slammed the human into the wall.
The large apes grinned in anticipation and enclose its hand around Jeffery's neck. Oswlat gripped at the brute's hand but it was hard as iron. His life flashed through his eyes, blackness began to grip at the marine. Private Oswalt managed to whisper a prayer before the darkness led him to the abyss of no return