Time to get to what any reader likes: ACTION! DESTRUCTION! Hahahaha, you ppl are in for a treat this chap.!
Chapter 7, "A Warrior's Duel".
This was it. I was anxious, and I was going to finish it here and now! The ferry lurched to a stop at the dock. But nothing happened. Two Grunts went to inspect the vessel, and surprisingly returned intact. "What is this?!" Karn mumbled, and cursed the humans. "Wait," I said, "open fire on the beams." "Why?" Karn responded. "Just fire!" I yelled. He stood there puzzled for a moment, and fired on the support beam in the middle. Something moved. "They're in there, all right. Fire at will!" I ordered. …They just stood, and stared at me. "What're you all waiting for?! Fire!" I shouted. They all dropped.
Snipers! My warriors fell to the rock, necks each punctured by a hole. "It's over. Take us to the Prophet, and you might live." The Master Chief said, appearing from the ferry. "Not if my life depended on it, Demon!" I replied. "It does. Now do it." He sternly demanded. "I'd rather die. Reveal yourselves!!" I screamed. A legion of Honor Guards stormed out of the tower, along with elite Grunts, fifteen Jackals, and ten Elites. The Demon's forces appeared as well: 4 marines, armed with "shotguns", and "SMG's". "You can't defeat us with these, Demon." I said. "You're right. They won't. But this will." And with that, he pulled out a large double-barreled gun with rounded bullets.
"That won't help." I said to him, but he didnt flinch. "You don't know what it does yet. The best part's next." He said, a bit of smugness in his voice. He hefted it onto his shoulder, and fired. It slammed into the back of Elites with a sonic boom. Powerful enough to force me back. The Elites lie there, dead. "Unholy fiend, you will pay for this with blood!!!" I yelled at him, and fired my cannon. It struck him in the side, making his shields flash an iridescent yellow-white. "FIRE! Slay him! At all costs!" I ordered in sheer rage.
I would watch him die. I would savor the moment. Of course, it wasn't meant to be, because my faith was again forsaken by a sickening CRACK in the rock. My warriors fell, and once again I was alone. The Master Chief advanced toward me. "One more chance. Take us to the Prophet." He ordered. "Us? HA! Look, for you will se that you too are alone." I grumbled in my language. He turned to see none of his companions, but instead two Phantoms, turrets aglow. "What the-"he stood there, dumbfounded. "You were too caught up in slaughtering my men that you didn't even realize yours were being cut down." He turned, and shot me in the neck with a pistol he'd drawn in a blur. My vision darkened, and I fell.
He didn't know the resilience of a mighty Hunter, and this is where the duel began. "Demon, stand and fight. I shall test your mettle in a fight to the death. To avenge my comrades and to restore glory to our race." To show that I would fight a fair battle, I disengaged my massive shield and picked up the ceremonial Energy Sword that had fallen from an Honor Guard in the earlier scuffle. He turned, seemingly surprised by both my survival and my act. "This should be fun for awhile." He flatly commented, and got his pistol out. I charged him, and he stumbled over. He regained balance and shot me in the back. I flinched, but stood. "Pathetic." I pointed out to his relatively weak pistol. "That won't kill me-"I realized the error I had just made, but he said or did nothing. He through down the pistol and jumped me. I hadn't expected this. He flung behind me and tried to strangle me/stab me in the back with an E. S. I did the next part with satisfaction: I charged back-first into the stone wall and broke his grip. I reached around, ripped him off my back, and threw him to the ground. I proceeded to pummel him with my cannon, but he slipped out of my grip.
We hand locked, and that gave me the upper hand. I bent him back, nearly snapping his wrists into pieces. He picked up his pistol and bashed me in the head. I became disoriented. He swung behind again, and fired four shots into my back and neck. I got up, broken physically, and with the last of my strength, I picked up my shield and swung. It impacted with the side of his head, and he fell back. All the while, I wondered what Karn had to be doing. This only lasted a moment, for it was back to battle; but…he was gone! I slammed my fists to the ground, and my entire body followed. He'd escaped. I was alone as I slipped into unconsciousness. I had lost…the battle, maybe. We would meet again.
It strays from the game…very much a little. But it has the promised action! DEAL WITH IT!