(Hey everybody, I want to start out this chapter by thanking everyone for reading this story seeing as how we have officially crossed the 2.5K views mark! I'm going to start introducing new characters this chapter as well as getting rid of some old ones, and yes we finally made it to another fight chapter and this one won't disappoint! As usual, please leave a review, good or bad it helps.)
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A brief recap of last chapter:
The Ericson crew settled into the Dawn and were quite impressed with it.
Louis volunteered to fly the Pelican when Chief attacked Lily's base.
Chief discovered and recruited a Covenant Lance that had defected on the Ark and learned that a covenant ship also crashed on earth.
David Carver revealed his reasons for attacking Ericson to Clem.
A new threat is closing in on David's community.
Umbrella is sending a transport to hall Clem off and has created some kind of weapon at David's community.
Cortana hacked Jackson's Umbrella badge and traced its signal.
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"Alright everyone listen up!" Cortana yelled to the room full of revenge hungry kids and honor bound Covenant. "The plan is to get above the compound at an altitude of 2000 feet and drop Chief into the compound with active camo. After that, we drop the Covenant off about a mile from the compound on what I've identified as the main road. From there the Covenant will create as much of a distraction as possible while still remaining in cover while Chief goes and disables a section of the wall. Once the wall is down, Chief will set off a pheromone bomb I designed to attract every walker in a four-mile radius, further creating a distraction. Chief will then precede to secure the primary targets and neutralize the secondary one. Meanwhile the Covenant will use the walkers as cover to make their way into the compound where they'll rendezvous with Chief. Finally, they all make their way to a helipad on this roof for X-vil. Any questions before we go into who does what specifically?"
"Yeah, will Chief have a parachute or something because 2000 feet seems to be a little high to jump into a base full of mercenaries in the middle of the night?" Violet asked.
"My armor is designed to withstand extreme concussive hits and leave the user relatively unaffected." Chief said.
"Huh, English please?" Violet asked.
"Basically I could fall from the atmosphere with no air brakes and be completely fine." Chief said.
"Oh you know that fact well don't you." Cortana said sarcastically.
Chief rolled his eyes under his helmet.
"I have a question!" Ten yelled.
"Yes." Cortana answered.
"What does X-vil mean?" Ten asked.
"It means the place where you get picked up to escape." Cortana said.
"So just to be clear, the primary targets are Clem and AJ right? And the secondary target is Lily?" Louis asked.
"Yes, the first two come back to the Dawn and the third goes in a body bag." Chief said.
Jaxx raised his hand.
"Yes." Cortana said.
"My feet are cold." Jaxx said.
"Any other questions? No? Then let's move on. Now to the specifics. Louis, I already briefed you on the flight rout. Bengi, your copilot and gunner. It might be confusing at first but you'll figure it out from watching Louis." Cortana said as Bengi the engineer nodded.
"The rest of the Covenant, you'll be dropped off here next to some rather heavy brush. Use it to hide from the compound security while you're not firing. Aside from Bruiser, you'll all be taking UNSC weapons into battle for the soul purpose of concealing your location. Mac, you'll have a sniper rifle outfitted to fire heavy armor piercing and high explosive rounds. Try to neutralize the enemy units by rank, starting from the top. Cause as much damage to vehicles as possible, tires and engines will be prime targets. Sill and Jaxx, you two will go in with suppressed SMGs and assault rifles. They'll have 3x scopes so you should be able to hit your targets at a longer range. Jaxx, you take all the Covenant's remaining plasma grenades and also target vehicles. Bruiser, along with your Cannon and shield you'll be taking an AIE-486H HMG cannon so that any infantry you encounter as well as light vehicles won't be a problem. Your mission will be to cause as much damage possible to this enemy check point and draw out any enemy units in the area. Hold them there for as long as possible before the nearest section of the wall goes down." Cortana said.
"As for everyone who is staying here, I will launch a reconnaissance drone so that we can monitor the situation from the sky and relay intel to Chief and the Covenant. In addition, you'll be helping me get coordinates for archer missile strikes, should the need arise." Cortana said as the other kids faces lit up at the thought of sending a missile to kill Lily and her troops.
"Now Chief, once you get on the ground you will make your way to these three supports on the wall." Cortana said as she pointed out the supports on the holographic map.
"Let me guess, destroying them will collapse a controlled section of the wall?" Chief asked.
"Yes, from what I can make out the wall was built in a rather hurried manner and only reinforced for structural integrity once it was complete." Cortana said. "You will place three tactical explosives on each of the supports and then watch the fireworks. Once the wall is collapsed, you will detonate this pheromone bomb to draw a horde of the undead. After that, we proceed with our main objectives. I will use your suits scanners to locate AJ, Clementine, and Lily. Like you said before, 'Two come back to the Dawn, one goes in a body bag.'" Cortana said as Chief nodded.
"Wait, why do we have to draw the walkers to the compound?" Ten said.
"To make them all pay for what they did to Omar." Aasim said coldly.
"Ten, the compound is heavily militarized and any civilians there should be well protected. We're only drawing the walkers in so that the Covenant don't have to fight an army by themselves. Trust us, we're not trying to kill innocent people." Cortana said with empathy in her voice.
"What do you mean innocent people! There's not a single person in that place that doesn't disserve a bullet in the head! They're all murders and kidnappers! Every last one of them! I'm sorry Ten, but there isn't a single person in that place worth saving! All the proof you need is under the headstones in Ericson's grave yard!" Aasim said brashly.
"Aasim!" Mary yelled.
"Don't, the kid has a point." Chief said to the shock of everyone in the room. "If there were good people in that place then they've either left or conformed to Lily because no human being in their right mind would willingly serve a psychopath like that."
Even Aasim was a little shocked, he hadn't expected anyone to back him up on his point of view.
"Ten, I'm sorry but a lot of people are going to die tonight. However, just know… that they had it coming." Chief said. Cortana was shocked but could also tell by the way John said it that even he had a hard time excepting that fact.
"Chief, what if there are children in that compound? Would you really kill them or leave them to die?" Cortana asked.
"No, but have you picked any juvenile life sings up?" Chief asked.
"Well, no but…" Cortana was cut off.
"Then as far as I'm concerned, there are only two friendlies in that compound. Everyone, you know your jobs, let's avenge Omar and save our friends." Chief said as everyone left to get ready.
"Chief, there has to be another way." Cortana said.
"I wish there was." Chief said as he left the room.
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"Lieutenant, what is the status of the community to our South?" A mechanically masked voice said in a dark corner of the tent.
"Unchanged sir, however, in the past hour we have identified an Umbrella transport moving toward the compound sir." A Lieutenant said from the entrance of the tent said.
"Then until we have reason to believe otherwise, that compound is to be treated as hostile." The voice said.
"Yes sir. Should we prepare to move against it?" The Lieutenant asked.
"No, not yet. We're going to make Umbrella wait, make them come to us. After we've neutralized any and all B.O.W.'s in the sector, we'll turn that compound into a pile of rubble." The voice said.
"Yes sir, I'll keep you posted on the status of that transport." The Lieutenant said.
"And Shark." The voice said as the Lieutenant turned around.
"Get the troops ready to take on at least two Tyrants. I have a feeling that Umbrella's trying to set a trap for us." The voice said.
"Yes sir." Lt. Shark said as he walked out of the tent.
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"Check weapons." Chief said to the Covenant in the back of the Pelican.
"Mini-gun is online and counter measures are good." Louis said from the cockpit as all the Covenant also finished inspecting their weapons.
"ETA to jump zone is five minutes Chief." Cortana said through the com-link.
Chief checked his active camo module and his own weapons. He was carrying an assault rifle, a rocket launcher, two SMG's in his holsters, and a magnum on his side. By the time he finished checking his own weapons they had almost reached the jump zone.
"Altitude is 2000 feet with little to no turbulence. ETA to jump zone is 25 seconds, get ready Chief." Louis said.
"Bring them home Chief." Violet said over the com-link.
"Roger, begin countdown sequence to the jump zone." Chief said.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO CHIEF!" Cortana said as Chief ran out the back of the Pelican.
Chief was falling toward an unexpectedly well lit up target. He could see that his original drop point was still good though as it was in one of the darkest parts of the compound. He was about a thousand feet above his intended target when Cortana uploaded the locations of the supports to Chief's HUD. About a minute passed before everyone in the community was suddenly startled by a large boom and a good jolt to all the structures. The crater Chief had left was slightly smaller than Cortana had predicted but was still quite large. Chief quickly activated his active camouflage before a patrol could notice him. Chief quickly made his way to the center of the compound and was about to precede to the coordinates when he noticed two motion signatures in a nearby building which somewhat reassembled a greenhouse but was much larger than any he had ever seen. He moved in quietly to see who was inside and saw AJ walking with a middle aged woman holding an AK-47. She was leading AJ toward the center building.
"Oh no you don't." Chief thought to himself as he got in front of the two. Right when the woman was about to hit Chief, he knocked the gun out of her hands and grabbed her by the throat holding her in midair to suffocate her. She passed out and Chief threw her to the ground. AJ had a look of sheer terror on his face but that all changed when Chief deactivated his active camo.
"Chief!" AJ screamed. "I thought you were dead!"
"I thought they might tell you two that. Where's Clem?" Chief asked as he scanned the surroundings for anyone who could have heard AJ. He then looked down to AJ and saw his face had turned to abject misery. "What's wrong?"
"Lily and her troops killed Clem, David saved me but they killed Clem!" AJ said while crying and hugging Chief. Chief whispered into his com-link. "Cortana, are the Covenant on the ground yet?"
"Yes, I see you found AJ. We can still see this plan through though, just keep him safe." Cortana said.
"No, tell the Covenant not to attack yet. I have to figure something out first." Chief said as he ended the transmission.
"AJ, tell me very carefully what happened." Chief said to AJ who was crying on his shoulder.
"They took us, when my uncle tried to rescue us, someone shot Clem and she turned." AJ said as Chief's heart sank.
"Poor kid, it's one thing to not know your parents or family but to lose them after having spent so long with them." Chief couldn't bear to think about it. But he did have some questions for this 'Uncle'.
"Where is this uncle of yours, I want to ask him some questions." Chief said.
"Wait, is Cortana alive too, or anybody else?" AJ asked desperately.
"Yes, we were all going to attack this place to rescue you and Clementine but now…" Chief stopped and remembered something.
"Cortana, can you locate either Lily or Clementine's bio-sigs?" Chief asked aloud.
"Yes, I don't know what they told AJ or what he saw because I still have bio-sigs for Clem and Lily. They are both very much alive and in that compound, relaying coordinates now." Cortana said as both bio-sigs popped up on Chief's HUD.
AJ was shocked. "Clem is alive! Why would David lie?" He thought aloud.
"Probably to keep you loyal to him." Chief said. "Come on, let's give this 'David' a piece of our minds." Chief said as he started walking toward the exit.
"He lives in that building." AJ said as he pointed to the main building.
"Go figure." Cortana said over the com-link.
The guard at the door heard a knock but when he opened the door he was met with the barrel of a suppressor. One pull of a trigger and the guard was down. Another guard came down the stairs at the sound of the first guard's gun dropping only to get shot in the gut and then in the head twice. A third guard who had seen all of this tried to take Chief from the side but got stabbed in the head by a knife that Chief had taken off the first guard. Nobody heard a sound, not even AJ who was just outside the building.
"Clear." Chief said just loud enough so that AJ could hear it.
As AJ walked in he noticed the dead bodies and was shocked that Chief could kill them so fast and so silently.
"David's office is just up the stairs." AJ said as he ran up them. Normally Chief would have stopped him but in this case it was actually better not to. David heard AJ coming up the stairs and went to the door of his office to greet the boy.
"AJ! How was the walk?" David asked compassionately before seeing who was to the side of the door. He didn't even have time to react before Chief knocked him out cold with one punch.
"Stay here, if anybody comes along and askes for David just tell them that he's asleep. I'm going to go get Clementine and create some chaos. Whatever happens, stay in David's office. I'll either come get you or some friends of mine will." Chief said.
"What kind of friends?" AJ asked.
"You'll know them when you see them." Chief responded.
Chief helped AJ tie David up and then left to execute the original plan. He had made it outside and had turned his active camo on when he heard an explosion.
"There's the distraction." Chief thought to himself.
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The covenant had gotten tired of waiting. They were dying for the chance to test their new weapons out. They got their opportunity when an armored truck rolled by their cover. It was black and red and had an odd symbol on it.
"Bruiser, destroy bad human's truck with cannon." Jaxx said.
Bruiser began charging his cannon, giving their cover a bright green glow. When it was finally charged, Bruiser didn't waste the shot. The driver of the Umbrella transport only saw a bright green ball coming toward him before the entire vehicle was completely blown to smithereens. Mac croaked before firing at the commander of the checkpoint who was in complete shock over the transport. His head exploded and the tire of the truck behind him flattened. Jaxx and Sill opened fire on the checkpoint guards. They killed three of the five instantly and injured another. They heard Mac croak something in his own native language when the main gate started deploying people to reinforce the checkpoint guards.
"Oh dear!" Jaxx yelled as a firefight began to break out.
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Lily hadn't been doing much since attacking Ericson. David had forbidden her from going anywhere near AJ and had put her in charge of patrols and security. To her, that was a demotion. In addition, she was universally despised for losing so many troops and failing to actually kill the kids at Ericson. If David hadn't taken pity on her, she would probably be dead by now. There wasn't much grandeur in being the head of security. It was mostly just a title reserved for people who couldn't accomplish the crowd's wishes but got David's private affairs taken care of. "Even in the dammed apocalypse, there's still behind the scenes politics." She kept thinking.
The one silver lining of her new life style was the satisfaction of know that Clementine was finally defeated. Lily had had it out for Clem since the day she and her father met Lee. Maybe she had seen some kind of future with Lee but she but it certainty never involved the child he protected. The more she thought about it, the more she wished that she had thrown Clementine to a pack of walkers when she was just a little girl. Lily did know one thing for sure, if she had killed Clem earlier it would have saved her a ton of trouble. All this she pondered as she strolled along the top of the wall, during her nightly walk. She had gone about half way around the wall when she saw an explosion at the northern check point. She then saw flashes of gunfire and sounds of screams.
"Everybody, this is Lily, we have an attack in progress on the northern checkpoint. I want every available soldier armed and out there now!" She screamed over the com-link. Deep down she wondered though, who could be stupid enough to attack this community?
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Chief had finished setting the explosives on the second support when he saw four soldiers heading toward the front gate. He nailed all of them in the head with his assault rifle as he slid down the support. Another two soldiers followed around a corner but Chief killed them both with a single punch. He reached the third support right as Cortana checked in with him.
"Where are you at with the bombs?" Cortana said.
"Setting charges now." Chief said.
"Hurry, the Covenant are getting hammered out there." Cortana said as Chief placed, armed and linked the last explosive.
Chief slid down the support and got to a safe distance. "Tell the Covenant to get ready." Chief said. He then detonated the charges and watched as an entire section of the wall crumbled before his eyes. Chief then pulled out the pheromone grenade that Cortana had built and detonated it.
"This is 117 to all units, phase one is complete. Begin phase two." Chief said as he turned his attention to Lily and Clementine's bio-sigs.
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"Cortana, was that Chief. If not, whose 117?" Willy asked.
"That was Chief. In the Spartan corps, each Spartan was assigned a different identification number. Chief's number was 117." Cortana responded.
"Cool, so how many Spartans were there?" Violet asked.
"About 400 in the Spartan two program. There were more in the Spartan three program but the exact number is classified." Cortana said.
"Then what's a Spartan one?" Ten asked.
"They weren't really super soldier like Chief. They were just more heavily trained humans. They didn't have any of the genetic or cybernetic augmentation like Chief. The suit that Chief wears would kill them too, only Spartan twos' and up were strong enough to control it." Cortana said.
"So Chief is a Spartan two?" Mary asked.
"Yes, he's also one of if not the best of all Spartans too." Cortana said before something on the drone's camera caught her eye. "Now what is that?"
"What is what?" Violet asked.
"The symbol on the truck that the Covenant destroyed is on this dome here as well." Cortana said as she pointed to a dome in the outskirts of the base that had an Umbrella symbol on it.
"Don't you have a massive database; can't you identify it?" Aasim asked.
"No, that symbol doesn't match anything that I downloaded while I was linked to the flood. It's not in my military database either. Whatever it is, I don't think it's friendly though." Cortana said.
"Let's tell Chief, he could be able to get inside and find out more about it." Willy suggested.
Just then the dome began to open. The panels on the top retracted like a missile silo opening. A platform was rising to the top. On it there was one single figure, one single, enormous, ugly, hulking, tank of a person. It carried a massive Gatling gun with it. On its shoulders were panels with the same symbol on them. The freak let out an immense roar and then started moving toward the prison, the same place Chief was going.
"This can't be good." Cortana said.
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"Chief, there is some kind of elite soldier coming your way. I've hacked into some local communications and they're calling it 'The Nemesis.' I would advise caution." Cortana said as Chief finished off the last soldier in the courtyard in front of the prison.
"Advise noted." Chief said as he smashed the metal door guarding the entrance to the prison. A single guard tried to stop Chief by spraying his AK47 at him but he got no more than six shots of before his head burst open from a magnum bullet. Chief was already halfway up the stairs to the next floor when the poor soul's body hit the ground. Two more guards awaited Chief on the next floor but weren't prepared for his speed. They both fell dead before they even saw Chief coming. Only the door monitor to Clementine's cell remained now and she met a rather gruesome fate. Chief used the speed he had built up to flying sidekick her threw the wall she was corned by. The whole wall gave in and she fell two stories to the ground, however she was already dead when she hit the ground. Chief ripped the steel door guarding Clementine's cell of the wall like it was nothing. He then threw it out the hole in the wall to kill a soldier who had seen the door monitor fall. The entire process of breaching the prison to entering Clem's cell had taken less than 30 seconds. When Chief entered the cell he was greeted by the sight of a horribly beaten, abused, dehydrated, and unconscious teenaged girl. She reminded Chief of what Alice 130 had looked like after augmentation day. The difference between the two was that Alice had received intensive medical care but Clementine had just been left to die.
"Cortana, getting her out of here is going to be tougher than originally anticipated." Chief said before Cortana patched into his scanners.
"Chief, she has massive internal bleeding, she's dangerously dehydrated, she has a severe case of heat stroke, and minor muscle damage. Her hip bone is broken, her left forearm is snapped clean in two, and she has several dislocated and broken ribs. She has a concussion and a violent nose bleed. You need to get her to the Pelican right now if she has any hope of survival." Cortana said.
Chief was about to break off her restraints when he heard a loud roar and increasingly audible footsteps. Chief ripped the cuffs off of Clem, picked her up and ran as fast as he could. However, once he was outside of the prison he was met with a volley of bullets from a massive machine gun. His shields were torn to shreds by the impacts to Chief dove into cover behind a concrete bench. He didn't get much of a brake though as the concrete bench was blown to pieces by the same machine gun. Chief looked up for a split second to see who or what was shooting at him. However, he would never forget what he saw next. It was a massive figure whose face was missing an eye because of a skin graph over it. The stitches were still visible and it had exposed teeth. It was covered in body armor and had one of the biggest Gatling guns he had ever seen. The figure itself was easily 11 feet tall and quite intimidating, just not for a Spartan. Chief laid Clem down and pulled his rocket launcher off his back.
"Sorry pal, but nobody hurts innocent children when I'm around." Chief said as he leapt to the side and fired the rocket launcher straight at the Nemesis's head. There was a massive explosion and great big thud. When the smoke cleared, a decapitated corpse was lying on the ground. Chief breathed a sigh of relief. He went to retrieved Clementine and then went in the direction of the town hall.
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Lily and her troops had been pushed inside the walls, to a warehouse they used to store wood. Aside from the strange creatures they were fighting, there were also more walkers there than Lily had ever seen. At first she thought that the two threats would wipe each other out, but now it seemed like the walkers weren't even interested with those things at all! They were just mindlessly attacking Lily's troops. Several of her troops had already become their midnight snack, still many others had been bit and scratched.
Lily and two other soldiers were reloading their weapons behind a stack of wood. Lily watched in shock when one of the soldier's heads was suddenly blown clean off. She heard what sounded like a mini-gun as their cover was literally chewed to pieces. She popped her head up for a split second to see what was going on. A large and heavily armored giant was firing the biggest cannon she had ever seen in her life, at them! It had a massive shield and one of its claws looked like it could double as a cannon too. One of her soldiers tried to fire a rocket launcher at the beast, however the shield tanked the hit with almost no knock back or damage at all. Lily was scared out of her mind right now. Even worse was what came over the radio next.
"Everyone, this Joe, that green armored freak is back again and he's inside the walls! We've thrown everything at him! Rockets, layered fire, vehicles, hell even Jackson's science project couldn't stop him. He's broken through every defensive line we put up. He may have caused the breach in the wall and he's already killed everyone I sent to guard the prison. We're trying to hold Town Hall but he's wiping my guys out faster than I can replace them! I can't find Jackson, Lily's at the breach, and David barracked himself into his room. Is there anyone who can help us?" Joe said, as the gunfire over the radio kept getting louder.
Lily might have given it some amount of further thought had not the last soldier in the warehouse, other than herself and the guard next to her, dropped dead from sniper fire. The mini-gun stopped firing but Lily heard something crawling in the rafters above them. She looked up and saw a little dwarf wearing a gas mask and a gold painted shell.
It suddenly dropped something and yelled, "Hey bad human, catch!"
Lily easily caught the now glowing object and attempted to throw it away. She realized her blunder when she was unable to discard the object and saw a shrinking red meter on it.
"OH HELL!" She yelled before being engulfed in a plasma explosion. Fortunately for the Covenant, the guard next to her was incinerated as well. Jaxx slide down from the rafters on a poll.
"HER BOOTS ARE MINE!" Jaxx yelled while gleefully running to the blast sight. However, he was disappointed to find that Lily, and all her articles of clothing, were blown to bits.
"The bad humans are retreating to fight the stupid humans." Mac said, in Covenant, from the rafters.
"We should go find the Demon." Sill said, in Covenant.
"I heard one of the bad human's communication devices say that he was fighting them at 'Town Hall'." Mac said, in Covenant.
"Then we go there." Jaxx said.
Cortana had been monitoring the conversation and had a better idea. "Negative Jaxx, I'm sending Louis to pick you and your squad up."
Jaxx was confused. "But me thought…" Jaxx was cut off by Cortana.
"We're not leaving Chief behind. I'm just getting you to him faster. Good work on clearing that warehouse and surrounding area out though. Get to the back of the warehouse, that will be your extraction point." Cortana said.
"Roger." Jaxx said as he motioned for his team to follow him.
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"Dammit! This freak just won't die!" Joe yelled while shooting Chief with an M416.
"Boss, Denver is bringing everyone she could gather up in the industrial section. She says that she'll be here in five minutes." One of Joe's guards said.
Chief jumped and did a complete 360 in midair while firing his assault rifle. Joe's entire front line, of 11 people, dropped dead from headshots. A live and strange looking grenade rolled next to Joe. Joe quickly tossed it away from him before it exploded.
"At this rate, we'll all be dead in two." He said back to the guard.
"Chief, I've redesigned the plan." Cortana said over the com-link while Chief smashed another guard's head. He picked up a broken wooden table and used it to block some bullets and then to kill several of the troops that were firing at him.
"What do you mean?" He said very calmly.
"I've determined that Clementine's injuries are too severe to wait for the Covenant to get to you. I sent Louis to pick them up a minute ago. After they've been extracted, Louis will come to get you Clementine, and AJ. You might only have one chance though" Cortana said.
"ETA?" Chief asked.
"About five minutes." Cortana said.
"I'll be ready." Chief said as he kicked a guard threw a wall and blasted another.
One guard popped up to fire a shot gun at the Master Chief. Rather than him pulling the trigger to his shot gun though, Chief pulled the trigger to his magnum. The unfortunate soul's head was split in two as he fell dead. Chief was about to continue his rampage to the second floor when all of the remaining guards came out of cover, dropped their weapons, and surrendered.
"No need for more violence. Whoever you are, you're not going down from our guns so there's no point in wasting more lives." Joe said.
"Leave, and don't come back." Chief said coldly.
Joe nodded and the remaining five or six guards walked out the front door with their hands raised. Chief walked to the entrance after them and picked up Clementine from behind a fallen trust. He had put her there upon entering the building to protect her. Chief ran up the stairs and to David's office.
"AJ, its Chief. Open the door, we're leaving." Chief said.
"How do I know it's really you?" AJ said in a childish way.
Chief kicked the door down. "That's how."
"Clem!" AJ shouted as he ran to the unconscious teen in Chief's arms. "What happened to her?"
"I don't know; we'll figure that out later. Right now we need to get to the roof." Chief said.
"There's a latter just out here." AJ pointed to the side of the glass window where there indeed was a latter. Chief shot the window with his magnum. He also threw the incapacitated David Carver over his shoulder.
"Why are you bringing him? He tried to murder you and Clem and everybody!" AJ argued.
"I'll explain later, but he's going to tell me about someone I met on my way here." Chief said.
They climbed onto the latter and climbed to the roof. The Pelican was almost there but so were the reinforcements.
"I'll hold them off. Get inside that ship and tell the people in it not to wait for me." Chief said while putting Clem and David down.
"But what about you?" AJ asked.
"I'll be fine." Chief said.
Chief ran and leapt off the roof while throwing a grenade. Halfway down Chief had already pulled his assault rifle and was killing everyone he laid eyes on. When he hit the ground he rolled and fired the rocket launcher, destroying an armored truck with a dozen soldiers next to it. He ran out of ammunition with the rocket and threw it into another car which made it explode. A single soldier tried to take him head on but Chief spun around her at lightning speed while twisting her neck. Four soldiers opened up on Chief from the side. Chief took them all out in under a second with his assault rifle but ran out of ammo in the process. Another troop with a sniper rifle broke Chief's shields but got a knife in the head as a result. One particularly heavy soldier rushed Chief but got his head slammed into the pavement. A bullet ricocheted off Chief's helmet from another raider. Chief half cut his head off with the magnum. Chief dropped another six soldiers before running out of ammo. He ran at some more troops and killed them all with melee attacks.
The Pelican landed on the rooftop and opened the back door. AJ saw what looked like aliens in the back but then remembered what Chief had said about his friends. The biggest one came and helped AJ into the ship and picked up both David and Clementine. He laid them both down on medical stretchers with care.
"Where's the Demon?" One of the aliens asked.
"Chief? He's fighting those guys to keep us safe. We have to save him!" AJ yelled.
Louis had been listening to the conversation and after realizing that Clem and AJ were safe, he decided that nobody was getting left behind.
"Bengi, get ready to fire the gun!" Louis yelled to his Covenant copilot.
"RHHMM?" It responded.
"The gun." Louis pointed to the controls for the main cannon.
"RMMENNNN!" Bengi shouted as he realized what Louis meant.
"Hold on back there." Louis yelled as he lifted the Pelican off.
Chief had finished off most of the soldiers but two grey skinned hulking mutants had showed up. They weren't nearly as deformed as the Nemesis and they carried no weapons. They still had the same logo on their uniform though and were as strong as Chief. He busted one's neck but it was only dazed. The other threw a car at Chief which knocked him over. He was getting up when one jumped and threw a side kick. Chief hit the ground hard and was struggling to get up as the two approached him. Suddenly one of them started getting torn to shreds by the Pelican's cannon. The other tried to throw a car at the ship but it fired a missile at the creature which reduced its entire upper body to ash. The first creature had been cut up pretty badly by the Pelican but it was somehow still moving. The Pelican fired another missile and killed the first creature as well. The Pelican kept firing at any remaining soldiers while Bruiser helped Chief into the ship.
"Eat lead scum bags!" Louis screamed while Bengi destroyed anything that moved.
"Louis, get out of there." Cortana screamed.
"Alright, just had to teach these guys a lesson is all." Louis said.
The Pelican took off and flew toward the Forward unto Dawn.
"Hey kid, good job." Chief said to Louis.
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"Lieutenant, what is it?" The black armored Spartan asked when Lt. Shark entered his tent.
"Sir, intelligence just reported that the community we've been monitoring was just attacked. Rather successfully too. Stealth satellites confirm three B.O.W.'s down. Two tyrants and one Nemesis. The person leading the attack may have been a Spartan but the ID number that our spies picked off of him doesn't match any Spartan in our database." Lt. Shark said.
The black armored Spartan chuckled a bit when he saw the footage. "This war may be ending sooner than we thought Lt."
"Sir, what do you mean?" The Monarch soldier asked.
"This man is a Spartan two. His existence is top secret so he wouldn't be in the files from my suits database. His name is John. Rank Master Chief Petty Officer. And he's the only reason that Reach's orbital defenses lasted as long as they did. Our top priority just switched to locating him." The Spartan said.
"Has command cleared that?" Lt. Shark asked.
"They will." The Spartan said.
"Yes sir." Shark left the tent.
The Spartan entered a code into his computer and an officer appeared on it.
"What is it Noble leader?" The Admiral asked.
"Sir, do you recall my initial debrief to the President and the Joint Chiefs of staff?" Noble Six asked.
"Yes, you were way less talkative then." The admiral joked.
"Intelligence has just encountered Spartan Sierra 117 leading a group of survivors in a raid on the Compound that we suspected Black Omen to be operating in." Noble Six said as the admiral's face got dead serious.
"Sir, what are my orders?" The Spartan asked.
"Noble leader, your orders are to locate and recruit John 117 at all costs." The admiral said.
"Affirmative, Noble leader over and out." Noble six said as he terminated the transmission.