Another chapter, and finally reviews ,thanks for the people that does read and thanks to obsidian who inspired this fic and review it, this chapter is a bit lame but good at the same time, enjoy.
Chapter III : The Dark Halls
Mendelson walked into the halls fearless of what secrets may be hiding in the dark , as he walked trough the shadows , he could sense that he was getting closer to the origin of that strange voice calling him …
As the time passed by he finally reached a metal door stained in blood , as he walked in , the door disappeared only leaving a black hall , fighting the covenant on earth and the flood on halo for months could hardened any marine to fear not death , but this halls could strike fear into the hearts of men .
The halls contained chains hanging out of the roof holding dismembered corpses , the smell of rotten flesh was all around and the floor was covered with blood .
´´You re the one that freed me ´´ , a voice said to him from the dark.
Mendelson was too nervous to answer back
´´Ha Ha Ha ,Don't be afraid I wont kill you ´´
´´Then w, will you give me the reward you promised´´ Mendelson asked
´´Of course , I will give you the pleasure of pain´´
Strings of chains flied towards Mendelson perforating his skin with their hooks, and slowly began to rip his skin and organs from his body , Mendelson screamed
In pain making echoes in the vast halls…
The silence of the base was broken by unknown growls ,screams and laughs coming from everywhere , all the marines in the barracks quickly got on their feet and suited up , thinking that they were under attacked by covenant troops , but it was a more horrible surprise that awaited them .
Meanwhile the chief continued outside patrolling with 147:
´´I've rarely seen you talk with the other members of the Equinox ´´ , except that computer program ´´
´´Lets just say that Cortana and I have a special connection, as for the other members, I try not to get too attached to them , in this war anybody can be dead the next day ´´.
Suddenly the alarm went off on the entire base
´´Chief were under attacked we need assistance´´ , a marine said running towards the base .
´´Lets go ´´ 147 replied to the chief , ´´ and since I don't intend to die tomorrow , my name is Karen ´´
´´Mine's John , now lets get moving ´´, the chief said grabbing his assault rifle.
Inside the base strange creatures began appearing in different parts , the creatures seemed to resembled some kind of shaved gorillas with horns tearing apart everything that moved .
´´ Fire em up ´´ , the marines yelled and open fire upon them , the beasts were affected by the armor piercing rounds but continued marching towards the soldiers , some marines panic and run away screaming : ´´They're demons , lets get the hell out of here ´´ , but they were stopped by another type of creature , this time similar to the elite but with spikes coming from their backs and multiple eyes , the creatures claws ripped the marines armor and flesh and started to fire balls of fire towards the other marines , while the gorilla type monsters attacked from the other side.
´´ Captain I've made a recon with our ships sensors and found the covenant base is 12 km southeast from our position , it appears to be hidden between some mountains , the best course of action is to attack from the north gate ´´
´´Very well Cortana , the attack will begin at 0600 , our troops will come from….´´
Suddenly he was interrupted by a marine ,´´Captain were under attack ´´
All active troops meanwhile were engaging the enemy in different parts of the base, although the marines continued on fighting , the demons had taken them on by surprise.
´´This is loco ´´ , a marine yelled as his comrades were loosing and run towards the closest exit , but he stopped in cold as he saw the chief and 147 with reinforcements , the Spartans quickly took cover behind some tables and returned fire to the enemy , the demons barely felt the shots and continued towards the soldiers .
´´Chief our weapons are not causing enough damage , what do we do ´´
´´Fire at their head and change to shredder rounds , it's their most vulnerable spot ´´ .
As the marines open fire the chief pulled the pin of 2 frags and send them towards the demons , a bull demon caught them in his mouth only to get a stomach ache , blowing the others demons with him .Then the marines easily gunned down the remaining 2 demons with combined fire.
´´Damn bastards, it took almost 10 of us to take the other 2 out ´´.
´´What was that ´´, the marines playing poker finally realized they were under attacked , and as they were going to take their rifles a Hell Knight appear in front of them, the creature resembled some kind of goat in two legs and horns , a marine quickly jumped to take his rifle , but was stopped by the demon as he stab him on the back , the other did managed to take the rifle and started firing at the demon but it was useless.
A loud scream was heard by the marines , and quickly they gathered at the site finding a large demon with horns and goat legs holding the head of the marine , the demon threw the head towards the marines and marched to attack them ,
´´ Everybody defense position ´´ ,the sarge ordered and flanked the demon with their combined firepower , but the demon was too strong and he began tearing the limbs of the closest marine , the others continued firing watching in horror how the marine was mutilated screaming in pain, but no one had the courage to go help him , but then a rocket from behind stopped the demon for a moment , the Spartan 159 continued to get its attention long enough to rescue the marine . The demon furious started firing some kind of green energy at the Spartan , 159 dodged all but the last shot , the impact took his shields down and send him flying at the wall , as the demon was about to finish the job he received 4 strait shots on his head from a sniper rifle finally taking him down.
´´Damn goat legs ´´, the sarge said kicking the corpse of he demon as the marines helped 159 get up . 159 still stunned from the blast ordered the marines to go with him and that 2 remain back to take the injured to the infirmary, a marine was in shock by loosing one leg and some skin patches.
´´sarge , I cant feel my legs are they ok ´´
´´of course you cant feel them , they're over there , but don't worry they'll grow back´´
In the brig ,the covenant could hear the screams getting closer to them , the 2 marines guarding them couldn't stop shaking in fear awaiting what horrors could come from the door . Suddenly the door blew apart and from it 2 Hell knight emerged all stained in red blood , the marines opened fire , but the energy blast of the Hell knights punched trough the marines armor and chest killing them easily. The covenant , even the elites fall to the back of their cells fearing they would be next , the hell knights easily destroyed the barrier of the first cell killing everything in it , the covenant panic and started to punch the wall in an effort to escape .
´´We re gonna die ´´ , yapsak yelled as he saw the hell knights in front of their cell , as the hell knights took the barrier down they were blown apart by 2 rocket launcher from 120 and 160 , all the covenant could now rest easily as the danger was over.
´´120 here , brig secured , heading towards the east hall ´´
´´Affirmative 120 , sensors detect 5 unknown energy signatures not human emanating from there , hurry up and give them hell ´´
´´Don't need to Cortana , these creatures appear to be from hell ,120 out´´.
Meanwhile in the control room:
´´Captain , the enemy is very resistant and we have already lost more than 30 troops to them ´´
´´Cortana order the marines to withdraw to the armory and re-arm them with heavy firepower to take on these monsters ´´
And so the battle continued on , the marines traded their rifles for shotguns and rocket launchers to counter attack , the demons known only by imps continued their aggressive attack throwing fireballs that melted their combat armor , but the marines didn't hold back and after a few well placed rockets they turned them inside out .
As the battle was over , the survivors recon the base in search for injured , as for the chief and the other Spartans they cleaned the blood from their armors , reloaded their rifles and head towards the control room for debriefing about the incident , the injured marines found were sent to the infirmary as for the fallen ones were stored in the morgue , the fallen demons were threw outside and they burned them to the ground for fear they would rise again , little did they known that the demons weren't the ones that would rise again …
A bit short but good for an hour, I decided to use the Doom 3 demons but I let the hell knight in his original form, the new version of the Hell knight will come eventually, maybe it isn't too scary but I preferred combining action with horror, well see ya
