Well, since I updated my other story (Halo The Sacred March)I decided to update this one as well, don't think because I take too long to update ,that it means that the story has died, anyway as always any review is welcomed.
Chapter V : Lured
The Spartans 125 , 143 and 160 entered the command room followed by 133 , 133 put the dismembered corpse of the elite in a table for Cortana to study.
´´Lets see , I'll run a full spectral analysis on it to check what kind of energy was used to…´´
Cortana was stopped as the dismembered corpse reactivated trying to attack the scientists near it , but little can he do as he had no arms and legs.
143 and 125 keep aiming their rifles at him just in case as the scientists performed the analysis.
´´Analyzing , its just a corpse , I don't understand how can it move , there's no energy reaction , this is impossible .´´
Suddenly the corpse began to speak in a strange language . everyone in the room was surprised but no one could understand the language.
´´Wait a moment , I'm going to try to translate with our covenant language database´´
´´Wait a moment Cortana , it almost sounds like Latin , try translating it with our database´´ , the scientist advise her.
´´Translating , the language is still fairly old but I think I got it , here's the translation:´´
´´ THIS REALM BELONGS TO OUR MASTERS NOW MORTALS
WE WILL CLEANSE IT OF YOUR PRESENCE AS IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST
YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN LURED TO OUR GATES…
´´What did he mean by that ´´, 160 said
´´Don't know , but he told enough ´´, 125 replied putting a bullet in the elite's head.
´´Wait , the Chief of course , he and the others have been lured , we have to warn them ´´ , Cortana said with a worried look on her face .
´´Cortana to captain Stukov , come in , the Chief and the salvage team are going to a trap , radio signal them immediately´´
´´Stukov here , are you sure Cortana ´´
´´Yes I'm sure , please hurry ´´
´´Quickly get me a comm. channel to the Master Chief immediately crewmen´´
´´Negative Captain , something's jamming our frequency , we cant get a hold of them ´´
´´Damn it , alright , 125 and 133 get geared up and prepare for immediate departure with a squad on eco 513 and get them home ´´.
´´Understood , lets get a move on ´´ , and so the team boarded pelican eco 513 and went to the last position transmitted by the chief unaware if they were still alive.
Meanwhile in the valley:
´´Damn its hot , even with those clouds over us ´´ , the marine said holding the warthog's chain gun.
´´Stop winning already were almost there , aren't we?´´
´´The last position of eco 516 , 518 and 520 was due south 23 km from our base , ETA 13 minutes ´´, 147 replied looking at the onboard computer
In moments they saw the wreckage from the crash in the horizon .
´´Look over there , there s the pelicans but I don't see anyone ´´
´´I'm detecting bio signs inside , lets check it out´´
120 and the chief took point with rifles on check in case something awaited them inside , followed closely by 147 and 159. Meanwhile the 3 hogs formed a perimeter around the down pelicans with a gunner on standby.
The first pelican was badly burned , and had plenty of blood and gore inside
´´No survivors on this one or bodies , strange it almost look as if the metal of the pelican was bent open but I don't see plasma burns on it , whatever did this had enormous strength Chief´´ - 120 said
´´It seems that our newest friends got to them first ´´ - the chief replied with an almost disappointed tone.
´´Over here chief come quick ´´159 called the chief to eco 518 , the lest beaten of the 3 ships.
The chief along with 120 went to the pelican and found 147 attending an injured pilot from deep scratches on his chest, lieutenant Hamill read from his shoulder.
´´Lieutenant can you tell me what happen to the other ones besides you ´´
´´We were ambushed chief by some strange flaming sculls flying towards us, those damn creatures broke trough the visors and exploded on the controls , we were barely able to crash land in here but got knocked out by the crash , when we came around we only had 4 marines and 3 pilots including me.´´ -The pilot stopped briefly as he cough some blood to continue.
´´We tried to signal the ship and the base for evac but we only got some strange sounds by the comm, they sounded almost like growls and laughs from a distance, we had two injured so we couldn't leave here so we gathered all the ammo and supplies we could and bunker here waiting for rescue ,but suddenly those creatures appeared from the horizon and charged to our position , we opened fire upon them but those things keep on coming and we were running out of ammo. But that's not the worst part of it , as we continued on fighting the fallen marines from the other pelicans rised again and started to attack us , in minutes they surrounded us and we decided to close the pelicans hatch and waited inside , the pelican has enough armor to take on plasma cannons so we figured we could hold on in here but a really big monster opened the hatch with his hands and a bunch of spine creatures flooded the pelican , one managed to scratch me and I lost conscious , when I got up everyone was already gone´´
´´Don't worry, well get you out of here as soon as we get you patched up´´- 147 said to calm him down
´´Something worries me although , if the monsters think they killed everyone here why didn't they take his body as well´´
The chief heard about what 159 said and it suddenly hit him , they had let the pilot there as bait for them to find -´´Quick get him to the hog and prepare to evac now´´
The chief had just hopped into his warthog and saw that the same creatures the pilot had seen were arriving from the desert surrounding the pelicans.
´´Can you fight ´´- the chief told Hamill handling him his pistol.
´´Seeing our guests , how can I refuse´´
The pack of monsters consisted of the already known as imps and bull demons.
´´Crap , I knew I shouldn't have come, now were gonna die man ´´a marine yelled
´´Shut your mouth crybaby and handle your rifle´´ -a marine shut him out
´´Okay 147 and 159 aim at those bastards and pop their heads from afar , launchers stand ready and fire when you get a shot at them , the rest fire at will´´-The chief told everyone by the comm as he aimed his rifle.
3 marines open fire from their chain guns and the first line shredded to pieces , the snipers took on 5 imps before reloading and the chief and remaining marines took out the closest treats with a rifle-grenade combo.
The imps began to fire from afar their fireballs rater than attacking close to the snipers , some hits missed but some got to a sniper.
´´Damn it they got mi rifle ´´ 159 said giving his remaining rounds to 147 and switching to his assault rifle.
A marine yelled in pain as a fireball hit him on the chest sending him to his feet , and some other shots got to a warthog leaving it without a wheel ,and driver.
So far the soldiers had 2 casualties and one vehicle down.
´´At least the chain gun still works ´´ a marine said .
The battle continued for 20 minutes when a new treat appeared from above .
´´Ow man , now what ´´ -the marine said as some fat floating demons appeared from above , the demons had only one eye and spitted fireballs similar to the imps.
´´Launchers , aim above and fire´´-the chief ordered and the launchers responded in unison with 2 ballistic rockets to the fat targets. The first shot took down a couple of them but the second shot missed as the monsters circled the launchers and approached from behind .
Big mistake , the marines thought as they aimed with their chain guns and opened fire at the fat blobs bringing them down to a halt. ´´Damn they stink worst than the grunts´´- a marine said.
But that tactic gave the bull demons the opportunity to approach them of guarded , the soldiers opened fire but their rifles didn't had the same power that the chain guns and the demons already rammed them with their horns , the chief and 159 barely made it but the marine launcher didn't had the MJOLNIR armor for protection as the bull demon punctured him with his horns .
The chief was about to recover his rifle when the bull demon horned him again , his shields dropped dangerously as he felt the pain get to him. Summoning his strength he punched the demon in the face several times until he crushed his skull.
The Spartan 159 and 120 gunned down a bull demon with a wide burst of rounds but they didn't go empty handed as the demon managed to ram 159 leg as his shields were down from the past blow he had gotten .
He didn't had time to recover as the battle continued this time with the marines with the upper hand. And after a few minutes the site belonged to the soldiers. However they had injured and 3 soldiers down.
´´Alright we did it , barely but we won this time´´ -A marine celebrated with Spartan 120 , the chief knew they had won but something didn't feel right , their first encounter with those demons at the base was even harder and they had gotten a lot of KIA , the chief couldn't shake that feeling.
´´Its time to go , its pointless to call evac since the radio is dead so hop on the last 2 warthogs and lets get out of here ´´-The chief ordered .
147 patched 159 and helped him get on board the passenger seat , suddenly the earth began to tremble and open in flames and from it emerged 4 creatures : 3 resembled that of the designated Hellknight and the last one looked familiar to his companions but was a lot taller ,had no eyes or horns and it was a few feet taller.
´´We got company ´´ -147 said opening fire upon the hellknights
The shredder rounds barely damaged the Hellknights skin as the behemoths approached their victims , 120 and the chief fired their last rockets to the closest monster and blew it to pieces , however they had 3 more to go and they were running out of options.
The remaining 2 marines jumped from their hog as the Baron of Hell rammed their vehicle turning it to scrap. The marines had only one option ,to run for cover.
The hellknights fired something resembling green plasma to the Spartans as they avoided the fire and engaged the hellknights in direct combat. 120 punched one in the stomach but the beast only tumbled back a few steps and slammed him with his claw , 120 shields flickered then banished as he hit the dirt.
The chief engaged another hellknight as well but didn't had any luck either ,the beast was about the same strength that the Spartans but twice as resistant which left the chief in disadvantage , the hellknight grabbed the chief by his throat and began to crush it with his claws. Meanwhile the Spartans 147 ,159 and the surviving marines continued their attack on the baron but only the sniper shots could penetrate the creatures skin and little could they do to the behemoth.
The Chief couldn't brake free from the creatures grasp so he decided to hit the creature's right arm until he broke it , the hellknight roared in pain as the chief slung free and kicked him in the left leg , twisting it in an odd angle , the creature bent over and the chief finished the job by grabbing and putting his rifle in the beast mouth and opened fire.
The baron saw how the chief had killed one of his own bare handed and turn his attention at him , the soldiers kept on firing but it didn't slow the baron's .
´´Another one to go ´´-The Chief said as he prepared to counter-attack but the creature only blasted a red energy ball and the chief's shields and part of his armor went down .
The last Hellknight was toying with 120 at the moment , stabbing him in the gut a few times then he proceed to remove his armor , and flesh. The remaining soldiers tried to help him but the baron continued to throw fireballs at their position so they remained pinned down.
120 realizing the situation decided to grab his 2 plasma grenades he commandeer before and put them at the hell knight's head .
´´Blow me'' 120 said as he and the hellknight blew into a blue shimmer.
´´ No´´-147 said as he saw his teammate blown to pieces but couldn't do nothing more that try to calm herself and figure a way to finish the last demon.
´´O crap , what now , the chief's down and another Spartan down , were gone man'' a marine said crouching in a fetal position.
The chief came around a few moments later , blood and gel emanated from his damaged armor as he tried to stand up , weakened from his fight with the hellknight he couldn't stand to the baron of hell. He had to think , maybe that hog had still a few rounds , if he could distract the baron the others might escape.
The baron approached their position , the shots from the marines didn't slow him down , he was determined to kill everyone.
The chief made it to the chain gun and opened fire , the baron withstood all the shots and was now furious , letting out a roar he fired red plasma to the chief , the chief abandoned the warthog as it went in flames.
All seemed lost , but from above 2 new contacts appeared , pelican eco 513 and 522 opened fire from their cannons piercing the baron's skin , but the baron didn't fell.
''Time to go loud '', the pilot said and fired 2 rockets from the pelican , not even the baron could stand the air to ground missiles.
The pelicans rose the ground , 125 , 133 and a loaded group secured the area, medical teams followed .
''Chief , Cortana said you needed backup'', 125 said helping the chief stand.
The Chief got to his feet and ordered all personnel to climb the pelicans for dust off, before leaving he approached the barons torso and fired a round to its head , next he took the tag from 120 , his body was so torn there was nothing he could do.
As the pelicans returned to the base the chief looked at the battlefield ,although they had gotten out alive it was still a loss for him , laying back he quickly fell asleep , tomorrow the fight would continue.
