Chapter one
Cairo Station Part 1
Home team advantage
Dan stared out the window of his classroom, it was math class
Ugh… Dan though so boring…
"Ok class, today we will learn about Square roots" The teacher explained
Oh goody….
Dan noticed a strange electrical beam heading towards the class
Whoa…I must be seeing things…
A blinding flash, then nothing
Dan stared…His body…it was so heavy….
He looked at his hand; it was in a green armor…The master chief's suit
He looked around, his friends Gabe, Timothy (Tim for short) and John, And Tiffany, the girl; everyone was dressed in a marine uniform, armor plating and all. Dan played halo2 a lot, and knew almost everything about it,
Dan's head hurt "Ow….you guys alright?"
"Shit, where are we?" John asked
"Dunno, cmon"
Something crackled from the chiefs helmet "Chief…this is Lord Hood, Do you copy, over" It was faint and filled with static; Dan shrugged "Yes Hood?" "We have multiple covenant boarding craft inbound, protect this station" Dan realized where he was, he was on the Cairo!
"Listen, there's no time to explain this, but, we have been warped to the year 2552…We are on a defense grid orbiting earth, follow me if you want to live" Dan started down the stairs, and grabbed 2 Sub-Machine guns (SMGs)
"What the hell are you doing?" Tim shouted "is this some dream or something?"
Tiffany spoke up "You're telling me we're to survive how?"
"That depends" Dan sighed "Can you fire a gun?"
"Yes"
"Then follow me…"
Uh oh! The bad part! Hide the kids!
Everyone formed into a cluster and proceeded down the stairs, Sergeant Johnson's voice crackled onto the Comm. Channel "How's it goin Malta?" Johnson asked….He waited, finally a reply "Standby…their latched! They're goin in standard formation, little bastards up front, big ones in back, good luck Cairo…" They continued on until they hit a locked door, there was a latching noise, as the boarding craft hooked onto the Cairo
"So…what are we supposed to kill?" Gabe asked
The door exploded open, as a mass of covenant troops marched in
"I think that is…" Tim pointed
Everyone stood, dumbstruck as Dan wasted 2 clips from his SMG, and killed every single covenant troop in the area
"What?" Dan shrugged "I'm good at this stuff ya know"
Moving on, everyone stepped over the dead troops, to find another wave
They were pinned down behind the rubble
"I wouldn't suppose you would have any heavy weapons?" John asked a marine
"I'll get that" Tiffany stepped in, with a rocket launcher
"Holy shit!" Dan exclaimed "Where the hell did you find that!"
Tiffany sighed "Typical, its always explosions with you people…" Tiffany threw the rocket launcher to Dan "Go crazy"
1 shot, 5 covenant flew across the corridor
Johnson coughed "Damnit chief! Learn how to aim!"
The next room…
John supplied covering fire while Tim sniped away at the mass of troops from out of the boarding craft
"I suppose you have a better plan?" Gabe looked at tiffany
"No, If the dumbass who got us into this mess could lend a hand" Tiffany looked at Dan
"Watch your mouth, be happy I don't shoot your lips off right now" Dan chuckled "Not like you'd need them, they talk too much anyways"
Gabe sighed "Both of you shut the fuck up! As you can see there's about 5……blue things ahead of us"
Dan continued hosing the grunts down with his SMGs until he was out of ammo "Shit…" Dan dived into the mass and picked up a plasma rifle, and hurried back behind the wall
John got hit in the left arm with a plasma blast, he screamed in pain
"Shit, John you alright? Dan looked over
"Yeah, never been better, damnit that stings"
As the last were cleared everyone looked out of the large window
"Wow….so this is space" Gabe looked out
A marine stared at the Station Malta "Hey check it out, the Malta's already driven off its boarders!"
A woman's voice crackled over the Comm. channel "Malta, what is your status, over"
"I don't believe it! Their retreating, we won!"
It was silent for a moment, then an explosion echoed through the Cairo
The Malta was blown to dust…
"This is bad, real bad" a marine exclaimed
Another wave of covenant came through the door, Tim through a grenade and continued on
This is where it gets fun!
Another hanger bay lie ahead, 5 marines joined Dan, Gabe, John, Tim, and Tiffany
After the last wave was cleaned up, Tim had to find a medkit; He was shot in the chest about 3 times by a plasma rifle
"Don't worry Tim, here" John handed him a pack
They went to the window again
"Uh oh….hey their leaving the Athens…"
A silence…Then another explosion
The Athens was gone too….