The General: World War III Chapter 6: Goobye Friend, a halo fanfic

June 15th, 2552 1:49 AM

We had all been sitting there in the tunnel for a few hours now. We all remained silent.

Ryan was kneeled down looking out from the tunnel entrence with his binoculuars watching troop movement. The remaining twenty of us sat there wondering what will happen next. A few soldiers where wispering to eachother. "If they knew we where here, why would they attack when at such a disadvantage? Not only do we got the enviroment for support but also where mechinized and their basic troops. Why would they do something so stupid?" I could hear one man asking. "Hell if I know. They got their reasons though." another replied.

I glanced over at them and then looked away. "Why." I said as I turned to my left, thinking Steve was there. "Why what?" asked a grunt soldier that sat beside me. He looked at me and I was looking at him. "Sorry, I thought you where someone else." I replied and looked away. I had forgot Dave and Steve where on patrol with a small group. They had taken the sniper and MG to use as defence cause they where more outnumbered out there than we where back here at the tunnel.

I sat my gun aside and got up and streched out my body. I made my way to the tunnel entrence and looked out. All was quiet and looked peaceful, execpt for the bodies. I looked out at the cliffside to the right, by the group of large rocks and saw Jake, Dave, and Steve with another trooper. They where making there way up the cliffside. "What are you having them do?" I asked Ryan who sat nearby. He glanced up at me and replied. "I told them to move to that hill out there. From there they can be our forward eyes. Mainly I want them to observe whats going on and check for possible snipers along the way." he pointed out to the bodies on the hill. "Then when we know its safe. Well go over there and check for intel on the dead over there.

"May I go join my brother, sir?" I asked. He looked up at me again. "Go join them?" he asked puzzled. "You would be by yourself on the way there." he added. "I don't care sir." I answered. He continued to glare at me, then stood up. He walked closer to me. "Alright. Heres what well do. The soldier I have with them is to relay messages back and forth between us. You will do that instead." I looked at him though his visors. I could make out alittle of him but not much.

"Alright." I answered. "Okay then. Get your gun and get over there." He turned and put the binoculars up to his visor and glanced out. I grabbed my gun and made my way down the cliff way. I got to the end where the flankers where at. "Where you going?" one asked. I stopped and looked at him. "To the enemy in a manner of speaking." I said. They patted me on the back and I turne and hopped down into the grass below.

I started making my way down along the cliffside toward the small cave where I had set the traps up at. I glanced in as I walked by and stopped in disbelief. I put my gun up and looked down the sight. "Don't move!" I yelled. A Royal Trooper was alive in the cave and had a slightly damaged radio by him. Oh shit I thought to myself as I looked at the radio. Ryan looked down at me from the cliff above. "Whats going on?" he asked. I went into the cave and pulled out the man. He was hurt bad. "Is he alive?" Ryan asked. I looked up "Yes, sir. Hes got a raido too sir."

Ryan jumped off from the cliff and landed with a thump on the ground. He stood up and bolted into the cave where the radio was. I knew what he was doing, he was checking to see if the radio was transmitting. "Fuck!" yelled Ryan. He brought out the radio and slammed it to the ground infront of the wounded soldier. He looked up at me. "It was transmitting wasn't it?" I asked. "Yes." he answered.

I knew it, the enemy was listening in on everything we where saying and reported movements we had made. I glanced over at where Steve and Dave where in fear. "They know we have troops on that cliff." Ryan stated softly. Ryan looked over at the wounded soldier, then walked up beside him. The wounded man watched Ryan in fear, he swallowed to clear his throat. Ryan exaimined the soldier and kneeled down beside him.

"Как Вас зовут сын." Ryan said. I glanced at him strangely from the language he was speaking. "Abakum." replied the man who started to shake a bit. I glanced at the wounded soldier and knew he was about to die. "Скажите мне, что Вы знаете." Ryan said. There was a silence between the two of them for a second. "Новое происхождение." replied the man and began to laugh slightly. Ryan stood up. The soldier started to cough alot and continued shaking. The trooped looked up into the sky, he body quit moving and his mouth opened up a bit.

"What did you say to him? What did he say?" I asked Ryan. Ryan looked over at me. "I asked him his name and what he knew... He gave me his name and answered 'A new genesis' for what he knew." I stood there confused. What could he have ment by 'a new genesis.' I glanced back at the cliff where Dave and Steve where. I had forgot about them. "Get going, get them back here." Ryan ordered. I looked up at the hillside where Ryan had hopped down from. Faced looked back over the edge, they had been watching. I glanced off toward the large group of rocks that lay ahead. I decided to head that way first and make my way up the cliff side to Steve and Dave. I bolted off with many questions in my head.

I was at the rocks. I stopped and sat down on one of them to catch my breathe. I had sprinted from our position to here. I had only sprtined for about seven minutes, but my armor and equipment I had to take along really tired me after running. I looked to my right though the gaps of tall standing rocks and saw the cliff side ahead. I stood up and started jogging to it.

I heard a crack and I jumped to the dirt covered ground and looked around, dust covered my sight a bit but I had my gun at the ready. I thought it was a gun shot. I looked back at my feet and saw I had stepped on a rock and it had broke under my feet. I let out a big sigh and got up and continued on ahead. I came up to the small cliff side. It feed directly off the ground and made it way up along the hillside. I started on up. As I came to the corner a man in red armor came around at me.

We both stopped instantly and pointed our guns at eachother. "Whoa." I said and lowered my gun. He did as well. "Sorry about that." he said. " I thought you where the enemy or something." "Nope." I replied, "I came here for you guys, where to evacuate this area now." Dave came around the corner. "Thomas." he said excitedly and approached me. "Get Steve, we gotta go now." "Why?" Dave asked nervous. "Just do it we..." I stopped and looked out at the enemy base. We all turned to it, we heard the same noise. I squealing sound was coming from a distance that we couldn't see off behind their base...Tanks. There was no questioning that. "Lets move it!" I said. "Steve, Jake where going." barked David. Seconds later they came around the cornor with the MG and its bipod and ammo.

We bolted down the hillside toward the the rocks. And out into the open toward our defensive point. We ran as hard as we could. We started to come up on our point and I saw Ryan step out onto the hillside. "Tanks!" I yelled, "They got fucking tanks!" he quickly went back in. We made our way to the flankers. "Tanks are coming, get into the tunnel with the others!" I screamed. They started their way up the hillside to the tunnel with us right behind them.

We all came dashing in. I dropped to the ground when we got in and layed there catching my breathe. Ryan came over to me "Are you sure soldier?" he asked rather loud. "Yes, sir." I said panting. "We could hear the squealing of them off in the distance." Ryan paused and looked over toward the dead. I looked over in that direction at the dead sacks full of packages of food and water in bottles.

Ryan walked over to the sack on the far left and opened it. I was supprised to see he pulled a radio out of it as he sat it on the ground beside him. He also pulled a heaset with a attached mic on it out of the bag as well. I began to wonder what exactly was in all those bags with the labled 'food and water'. He fliped a swich and entered a bunch of numbers on the top of the radio box. He put the headset on and sat there. "This is CO Ryan of fifth squad, fiftenth airbrone troop, American division." he started. "Id code 0027269." He sat there for a few seconds again. We all watched, our eyes focused on him. "Field report." he said into the mic and sat again. "Cutting short. Four men lost by enemy attack on our position. Assault was repealed. Reco..." he stopped for a second. "Yes. Yes, sir." Recon was launched, we have enemy armor inbound to our position." he said. "What!" someone among us yelled and then was quickly silenced by everyone.

I stood there. I heared it... the squaling. I stepped out and looked out toward the enemy position. I could't see anything still, but I could hear the squealing of the tanks. Others began to emerge our as well. "Copy that, sir." said Ryan over the radio. "Over and out." I looked back in at Ryan. "Fall in." he said, and well all came in and kneeled down infront of him.

"Evac is on the way." he stated. We all let out a sigh of relief. "But... the enemy is sure to attack before they arrive." he stopped. We all sat there for a minute. I sat my blackish-gray rifle down and looked back up at Ryan. "Heres what well do. Thomas." he said. "Yeah." I replied. You and I will make our way down to those trees our there." and pointed. I looked out the tunnel and saw the trees a way out. It was about as far as Ryan had gone to observe the enemy with his binoculars. "Why sir?" I asked. "Don't question." he said, "Dave!." "Yes,sir." my brother replied. "Your will cover us against infantry with the sniper rifle. Don't shoot until we've bombed the armor with our gernades." "Yes, sir." Dave replied and got into position.

So now I knew what we where doing. We where going to advance our and hide under the cover of the three trees and ambush the armor with our nuclear gernades. "Everyone else will hold inside the cave. Fix your bayonets, the enemy will most likely to breach the position." Everyone pulled their bayonets off their belt and attached them to their guns. "Lets move!" yelled Ryan. Within seconds we aquired some string from the squad sapper and where out of the tunnel heading down the cliff side.

June 15th, 2552Time Unknown

We came up along the hillside that was opposite to the position where the others where. It didn't stretch out as far as the one where the tunnel was. We came up the the corner where it turned left and the three trees would be at. We came to a sudden stop.

"Таким образом там в туннеле на том склоне?." I heard a voice say. The voice came from the trees. "Да товарищ." Ryan looked at me. "He asked someone if our position was in that tunnel. The other said yes." Ryan wispered to me. We sat there listening, Ryan translating quieltly to me about what they said.

"Вы уверены там все еще там, я не вижу никакого вида движения там?" -Are you sure there still there, I don't see any kind of movement up there?- "Они товарищ." -They are comrade- "Я не могу ждать, чтобы отомстить тому, что они сделали нашим соратникам здесь. Что мы будем делать для этого командующего нападения?" -I can't wait to get back at what they did to our fellow soldiers here. What will we be doing for this attack commander?-

This is something we need to know, Ryan listening in carefully. "Мы будем поразительны скоро. Было последнее, чтобы наблюдать положение, тогда все мы нападаем. Мы будем нападать с другими командами пехоты нашего разделения. Это будет состоять из нас Королевского Отряда, трех резервуаров, и команды мечинизед пехоты." -We will be striking soon. Were the last to observe the position, then we all attack. We will be attacking with other infantry squads of our division. It will consist of us of the Royal Troop, three tanks, and a squad of mechinized infantry.-

They said a few other things, but Ryan didn't translate. They laughed slightly about something and then I could hear them leaving. "So they've been watching us for awhile from this position." Ryan said. "Now they will be attacking with armor and mechinized infantry, like ourselfs. I stayed quite, I knew we would not hold. "Lets go." said Ryan and he moved around the corner.

We came upto the trees, which also consisted of a large rock. We hid in behind them. I looked out and could see The Royal Troop squad heading off to the structure, the one that was just here. I watched them. One dropped to the ground and the others stopped to help him up. Another dropped to the ground along with another. "Sir." I said. We looked out and soon they had scrambled out. Another dropped and another. Soon they where all down on the ground, dead.

Ryan looked back at the tunnel with his binoculars. "Your brother shot them." he said. "He better not of given away our movement somehow..." he paused and looked out at the dead bodies. "We gotta move them." he said. "Why?" I asked, "Isn't it better that there dead?" "No, if they come over that hill and see them dead out here, then they may think where out here somewhere. It could give us away."

I looked around, the dead bodies where far out from our position. Further out than even the dead body that Dave had shot while the person was retreating form the previous fight. I realized that if the enemy had been here after that fight a few times. They may notice the new bodies out here and get suspicious. Ryan was right. "Your right." I said.

We dashed out and grabed hold of the closest bodies and began to drag them back accross the rough dirt, each of us dragging two of them. We got them back to our position and where about to head back for the others when the sound of drums tarted playing. I looked back out. We had only made it worse, now a line of blood was pointing in our position. "Shit!" Ryan said madly when he noticed. "Forget it, listen, take this piece of string and tie all ur gernades together." he handed me a piece of string and I did as I was told. Ryan did the same thing.

I held the tied gernades consisting of two frags and the nuclear gernade. "Now when we throw them, pull all the pins at once, toss your gernades on the armor. Hopefully this will damage them enough to put them out of the fight." I swallowed a knot that had devloped in my throat.

The enemy started to move up. We could hear the squaling of the armor and the ground around us shook slightly. The armor came up over the hill first followed by the infantry. I could see units of The Royal Troop and Russian mechinizied in their shinny blue armor. Fear sweept past me. "Don't freeze up." I wispered to myself. "Stay clam." The armor started to come by us. "Now!" said Ryan. He pulled the pins on his and thew them out infront of the tank. I threw mine... but I didn't pull the pins.

Ryan didn't notice but would find out when they didn't go off. His landed and a tank rolled right beside it. The gernade exploded. I heard metal being torn apart and prople scream. I heard a second detonation, mine had gone off. I heard more metal being torn apart followed my more sceams. I sat there in disbelief mine had gone off. The explosion from his must of set off the frags which set off the nuclear one I thought to myself.

"Lets go Ryan!" Ryan said and pulled me up as he ran by. We bolted around the corner, gunfire hit the side as we ran by. We then heard the crack of Daves sniper going off. We stopped at the small ledge where the flanker would have been and hoped up. A tank rolled around the corer and fired at the top of the cliff. Putting a new cave above the tunnel entrence.

"This way!" Ryan said and he took off the the right, away from the tunnel. I took off after him. We entered the flanking cave and stopped. I looked down the cave a bit and saw water at the bottom. Ryan peaked around the corner at the enemies. He opened up on them. I head small spashs. I turned toward the water and saw Royal Troop infantry coming this way. I pulled my gun up and took aim, they noticed me. I fired, filling the air with a spray of bullets. The three man team dropped into the water dead. Ryan glanced over, "Watch the rear!" he yelled and then continued to fire at the enemy.

"Thomas." Ryan yelled seconds later. "Go down the cave here, try to flank the firing line that putting fire on the tunnel where the others are!" he ordered. I paused. "Thomas!" he yelled. "Yes..Yes, sir!" I yelled back. The order caused me to panic, but I forced myself to go anyway. I felt the warm water on my legs and I looked down. I wasn't in the water yet. I had wet myself a bit in fear. I ignored it and made myway. After crossing the water I came up to a corner and light coming out the other side. I peaked around, it was clear. I made my way up and out.

I looked around. The three trees where a bit off to my right along with a Royal Troops Squad. I fired and killed them. A hand grabbed me on the back of my shoulder. I turned and threw a punch, knocking Ryan in the face and to the ground. I looked down at him. "Sorry." I said and quickly helped him to his feet. "The enemy over ran my position." he said as we took cover by the trees. I could see mechinized infantry making there way up the hillside to the tunnel. Ryan fired behind me. I turned and found a dead mechinized solider behind fall to the ground by us, a kife by his hand.

I looked a bit to my left at the small hill in the open. A squad of the Royal Troop where taking cover and shooting from behind it. I reloaded my gun and took aim down their line. I fired. They jumped a bit as the rounds stuck them. One stood up and started to move down the other side of the hill for new cover. I got him in the back of the head just in time. Fire rained down on our position, a round hit my armor and bounced off, leaving a dent and knocking me back a bit.

"Are you alright?" asked Ryan. "Im fine." I replied as I took cover against the new threat. The fire came from the mechinized line by the tunnel entrence. I noticed about ten or so blue armored bodies on the ground infront of the tunnel entrence. I fired on the mechinized line. They lied down and fired back. Ryan joined me. We fired our MA5Bs, the enemy fired back with their SMGs. We had cover and gun advantage over them and they soon found out. They retreated down the line and out of sight.

"I'll watch the rear for them!" said Ryan. I looked over at the tank, I hadn't noticed its cannon wat pointing stright at me. I looked at it wide eyed and jumped to the ground. The hill beside me exploded. Dirt filled the air and chucks of rocks fell on me. The tanks machine gun opened up on my position. The tree I layed down behind started to be shreaded into pieces.

I tried to get up, but couldn't. My legs where pinned under large rocks, I was trapped. The tree bark was soon shreaded by the tanks machinegun and broke. The tree fell to the ground with a loud whomp. Tank machinegun rounds landed all around me. I put my hands over my head.

There was a loud explosion and dirt was no longer kicking up around me. I looked up and over small pieces of rock and tree. The tank sat there smoking and on fire. In the air, a Pelican circled the position. The Pelican faced over towards me, the forward machinegun under its nose pointed toward me. It fired. Bullets filled the air by me. Screams came from around the corner infront of me, I quickly remembered the mechinized infantry that had retreated. The Pelican pealed off and launched an aerial assault on the enemy base.

I looked back as best I could and could hear the Pelicans MG firing and its AV Missle pods shooting. There was a series of explosions out in the distance and the Pelican returned.

"Thomas! Thomas are you okay?" Ryan slid in beside me. I looked up at him. "Don't worry, i'll get these rocks off of your legs." he said laughing. I felt the rocks being moved around. I was glad I had mechinized armor or the rocks would have crushed my legs. Soon one leg was free and my other followed soon after. "Can you get up?" Ryan asked. "I think so." I replied and stood up. My legs where a bit shakey though. The Pelican circled our position and touched down on the hill infront of the tunnel, where we had been dropped off.

"Lets get our of here." Ryan said laughing a bit from happyness. We headed off toward the dropship. "Go get the others, tell them where leaving and get them loaded up." Ryan said. "Yes, sir." I said and headed off to the others. I got up toward the entrence. About fifteen dead people in blue mechinized armor lay there. "Friendlys!" I yelled. "Come on in." someone said back. I entered.

Everyone was in the back corner, away from the door. Steve had the M41 set up looking at the entrence, easily explaining why so many dead people lay there. Everyone inside here seemed fine, the enemy was not able to breach. "Lets move, evac is here!" Everyone let our a cheer and dashed out. Jake and Steve undid the MG. I waited for them, Dave was with us too. Together we made our way out and down the hillside and to the dropship. The CO stood ourside the dropship waiting for us. I stopped for a second and viewed the land while Steve, Jake and Dave got on. The hills around us where covered with bodies and blood, smoke, and fire. Busted up tanks and torn apart bodies lay everywhere. I looked back at the dropship and got on.

The CO looked around and then looked in the back at us. He began to sepak. "You all will remember this day... You will remember it until you die." I looked at Ryan, I had great respected for our new CO. "You all fought long and hard, I never commanded a better group of men... and never will until we meet again." We all looked at him. He smacked the side of the dropship a few times and the dropship started to lift off, Ryan not onborad. He saluted. We started to take off. I started to stand up and was held down, I yelled out his name as we flew off without him.