That night...
Caboose and Jun slowly and stealthily moved up the mountain while A Covenant Phantom slowly patrolled the area.
"Recon Team Bravo reporting in, 3 and 6 in position. It's starting to get crowded up here, Kat." Jun reported through the comms.
"Then we're closing in." Catherine replied. "Report any Covenant structures or devices; direct action may be necessary."
"Copy that. Over and out." Jun replied.
"You talked, I win!" Caboose said somewhat loudly.
Jun groaned. He remembered that he had told Caboose that they had to stay quiet and whomever was quiet for the longest, they would win a prize.
"Here's your prize." Jun said, handing Caboose some ammo for his Assault rifle.
"Thank you." Caboose said as he put his ammo away and observed something about Jun. "You remind me of Church."
"Who's Church?" Jun asked, genuinely intrigued.
"He's my best friend, even if I killed him once and he came back as a ghost." Caboose continued.
"Right." Jun said sarcastically, not knowing that Caboose was telling the truth (sort of). "And how do I remind you of him?"
"Because you both us a sniper rifle." Caboose said.
"OK." Jun said, realising that it wasn't painful to talk to Caboose and decided to dig further. "Do any other members of Noble team remind you of anyone from your past?"
Caboose thought for a moment and shook his head.
Good Jun thought. I would hate it if all of Noble team reminded Six of his past.
Caboose and Jun reached the top of the mountain and looked at what they saw in awe.
"Pretty. "Caboose stated slowly.
"Jackpot." Jun said.
They were staring at a Corvette-class Covenant ship.
"Kat, you seeing this?" Jun asked as he activated the visual feed on his helmet so that what he could see, Kat could see as well.
"Confirmed." Catherine said. "That's one hell of a covenant strike force."
"That's no strike force, it's an invading army." Jun realised. "If we're gonna smother this thing, we'll need to go in hard and fast."
Catherine thought for a few seconds. "Agreed. All recon teams disengage and fall back. The sun will be up in a few hours, and it's going to be a very busy day..." She said as Caboose and Jun made their way back down the army.