Chapter 28 – Rescue Part 1

I am so sorry that it has taken me a while to get this chapter out. Between starting to go back to work full time and needing to pass some tests at work. It has been hectic.

I also was not sure how this chapter would go. I have been typing it up and then deleting a good portion of it for about two weeks now.

If there are any spelling errors please let me know.

Thank you everyone for reading my story! I always get excited to know that people like it.

Let me know if you like the chapters with Eton's Point of View or not. Also if there should be more of them?

"Meet in the armory." Orion's voice called over the data pad left somewhere in my room. I was comfortable leaning against Eton and enjoying the time spent after sex. The higher officials cannot bitch about it anymore. We both got out of bed. I changed into the skin tight suit used for my under armor. Eton put on his armor without difficulty. I was able to scrounge up a few protein bars from one of my drawers and shared them with Eton. We left for the armory while chewing our last bite of the tasteless bar.

Reaching the armory, I walked to the designated armor needed for this mission - black. I changed and meet in the middle with others to head to the hanger bay.

The group and I boarded the aircraft and took out seats. I stood beside Eton. My armor can make it difficult to sit when there are many individuals in a small confined space. Eton rested his hand on the closest part of my body, which happened to by my leg.

I sighed in registration of what was to come. It was going to be a blood bath, like no other. I could feel the buzzing of pent up aggression from the other soldiers and Sangheili that sat around me.

At the far end there was a soldier teaching a fellow Sangheili how to play the card game, Gin. I knew these were the important times for everyone. They needed these closer bonds. I saw few others join to start a different card game. I could not identify the game.

I saw Orion's small hologram form become visible on my lower left side of my visor. He started to go over the last information that was pushed to him from John.

They were on a planet known for many exotic and illegal exploits. I was wondering when this mission came about. Apparently, it was brought up from the Sangheilian informants. They had a great need to get the town back under decent control - not covenant. The layout of the city was massive and had so many intertwining parts that looked like a colossal mess of routed that looked like the Gordian knot. I felt a headache slowly start to happen with just staring at this contraption of a city.

I had to wonder how many of the soldiers would help the economy out after we brought back the Arbiter and the Spartan. I could calculate that there would be a seventy percent chance that will happen. My mind then wondered to what percentage would die on this journey to bring back those two. It was reaching above eighty percent. It never looked good for any human that was enhanced. The younger Sangheilians want to show their prowess on the battle field. However, they will become stupid and cause many others deaths just trying to protect them.

I noticed the change in speed as we started to descend towards the planet. The feeling of doom slowly spread among the younger soldiers. It was amusing to see them shift and triple check their gear. If they had left something, they would be out of luck getting it now. I felt Eton tap his finger against my thigh. I turned my focus towards him and he cocked his head to the side in question if I was good. I move my hand to my rifle and brought the bolt back and let it snap forward with a resounding clang. It startled a few soldiers that were around us. They shifted a bit due to the understand of that sound when a Titan made it. It means they are ready to go down fighting to the death. I felt the slight pull from the soulmate bond and a feeling of love, admiration, and resolve come through from Eton's side. I sent back a whirlwind of ambition, determination, and gratefulness back to him.

"Titan be ready to jump in 5 minutes. Everyone else you have fifteen minutes." The pilot stated over the communication circuit in everyone's helmet.

"Jump?" A young-looking human soldier stated uneasily. "We are going to jump from this high! We will die!" He slowly started to get the few around him to slightly panic. I stood up suddenly and moved to the middle of the plane gathering everyone's attention.

"Buck up soldier." I stated calmly to them. "You will jump and try not to die." I could feel some of the older and slightly wiser soldier's chuckle behind me. I noticed a few fist bumps from a few of them - their sending off to each other if they lost one or all before they can finish the mission. I could remember a time that all of us, Titans did that. It usually consisted of a pat on the shoulder with a touch of foreheads together.

"Die?" The same soldier who started the panic asked in a very panicked voice. "We could die?"

I felt like shooting this boy myself. "Private you will be quiet until you find something dire to inform us of. Everyone dies - get over it."

The boy went to open his mouth and speak until he saw the end of my rifle barrel aimed for his forehead. I was not willing to lose the Arbiter, John, or many soldiers of both races on this mission. If one lazy soldier had to pay for it, so be it.

I move to the end of the plane, it was nearing my time to jump. I felt Eton move up behind me and place a hand on my shoulder. The hatch to the back of the plane went down. I looked back and smirked at everyone. I did a two-finger salute to Eton and moved into a runner pose to get the most speed to launch myself out of the plane.

"Titan go." I pushed off with my right foot and gained a bit of speed as I hit the end of the ramp. I pushed with my legs and was able to get a very good distance from the ship. I plummeted towards the planet at alarming speeds. I felt giddy from the speed.

I saw the rest of the group jumping. I angled myself to get near them. I watched as the soldier that was panicking beforehand was slightly panicking now.

I hit the ground with a deafening explosion of impact and soil flew around and hit a few of the soldiers standing by. I stood up from a crouch and walked out of my craters with confidence. I saw some astonished looks from both races. Eton walked up to me and asked if I was alright through the bond. I responded with a need to complete this mission.

We already discussed who would be on which team. I was on the team heading in to get the Arbiter. They wanted me, so I will be the distraction. Eton did not like that announcement at the mission debrief in the armory. I already knew it would happen. Eton was to go with the other team and head to find John.

I patted Eton's shoulder and I headed out with my team. We passed by a few rundown buildings that had some graffiti on them. Stating how bad the covenant is and just youthful pictures of intercourse in different positions. Some were hardly believable.

My group and I walked through the outermost of the city. I noticed the buildings started to look a bit better than the previous portion of city. I did see some of the buildings were brothels, with red lights that were displayed by the doors and in the windows. I could tell that some of the male soldiers were a bit interested in the offered products.

We heard some shuffling ahead of down the road. I raised my rifle, putting the butt of the stock on my shoulder and had my finger on the trigger ready to press to release the bullet that was already in the chamber.

We reached the area that the shuffling came from and saw it was some small animal that just traipsed around the place. I could not detect anything living around us at this time. I was had an unsettling feeling come over me.

There was some guns being fired behind us in a slightly further distance away. I became more aware of everything in the area. I had Orion doing various scans for life, robotics, unground detection, and aerial detection also.

We rounded a corner to a building that read something along the lines of light, glass, and company. It had some machines inside the walls to help press the form of the glass. There was a large kept up building that was a burgundy red with white, black, and brown trim that gave it a unique look from the surrounding buildings.

We headed towards the building and slowly entered.

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