Sean stretched his arms and legs; he had been fitted into his used set of MJOLNIIR armour. It was a mark VI body but he had picked up a CQB shoulder and an EVA shoulder. The EVA shoulder had a long attachment in the centre. The helmet, it was the bulkier mark V. Sean was honoured to wear this as it was mainly worn by Spartan II. It was more square and had a small cap going over the top. His armour was dark grey with a blue stripe on the helmet and blue shoulder pads.
He walked out of the dark room to join the other Spartans. He walked out of the weapons cache and seen his Spartans.
David wore the H-shaped chest of the scout, security shoulders and the white pointed head of Hyabusa. Niall wore the rogue helmet, with the curved body of the Hyabusa and scout shoulders.
George's recon gleamed in the night sky, Ed's CQB stared into the dark and Jack's large visored security helmet turned as he exited and Troy kept his eye on the glowing sword in his hand.
"So" Jack said, "what do we do now?"
Sean turned his head towards him and said "we make this place hell for the Covenant".
They turned back towards the weapons cache and headed for it. Sean picked up an assault rifle and a shotgun, David picked up a Covenant fuel rod and a rocket launcher, Ed hefted a Spartan laser and a battle rifle, Troy kept his sword and assault rifle, Jack held an SMG and a battle rifle, George kept a magnum just in case and Niall had a Covenant beam rifle and a sniper.
Sean turned to Troy "do you have any kind of explosives?"
"We have a Shiva warhead and twenty Lotus anti-tank mines, but we're low on grenades and rocket ammo" he replied, then said "why? What are thinking of doing?"
Sean stared to David "grab that warhead and everyone take a mine in case we need it, and listen in"
The pelican roared into the air, it was night once again, smoke rose from the flaming buildings as their pelican flew alongside the towering structures. Fire billowed from the side of them. "Yes" Sean thought, "it was time to strike back". He had gone over the plan with all of the Spartans, so they would perform it to the letter.
The pelican touched down seven kilometres away from away from their target so that the pelican wouldn't get caught by anti-aircraft fire.
The Spartans walked down the ramp of the dropship, they looked around, and the sky was filled with smoke and was pitch black. Once all the Spartans were off the ramp, it closed and the pelican lifted off.
Sean opened a COM channel with George "we'll meet you hear in an hour and a half, then get ready to get out of hear quick!
"Roger" George replied, the pelican levelled then soared away at top speed.
Sean re-entered the squad's COM channel "ok Spartans we have an hour and a half to finish this mission. Niall get in a building and provide sniper fire, take out as many sentries as possible without alerting everyone, also give Ed and David positions of heavy vehicles. Troy and Jack, we will be in charge of protecting the warhead and nearby infantry, Spartans lets move"
Four lights flashed in acknowledgment, Sean nodded and the Spartans moved, Niall split off from the group and moved for a good sniping position. The Spartans moved silently through the streets of the city, peering down the streets alongside them to make sure that there were no patrols.
When they were two kilometres from the camp Niall's voice came through the COM,
"I'm in position, note two wraiths about thirty metres down the street from your position"
"Roger that" Sean said "keep us posted"
Niall's light flashed in acknowledgment. Sean nodded and held up his fist and the squad stopped. He peered round the corner of the street they were on, sure enough there were two wraith accompanied by a ghost and a squad grunts being lead by an elite in blue armour.
Sean gestured for David and Ed to come forward, David took out his rocket launcher and Ed levelled his laser. The end of the weapon glowed red as the energy built up inside the gun, David fired his rockets and Ed's laser fired. The huge red beam passed through the squad of grunts and a wraith, David's rockets hits the elite and the wraith behind it. Both of the tanks exploded in brilliantly blue fire; the corpses of the grunts and the elite were smouldering on the ground.
"Let's keep moving" Sean said on the COM channel "the explosion probably attracted some patrols". The Spartans moved on.
Niall's voice came through the COM again "covenant patrol spotted heading for your position, permission to fire"
"Granted" Sean said. He heard the cough of Niall's sniper, once, twice, thrice, eight times it fired.
"Targets eliminated" Niall said
"Getting sloppy there" Sean said
"There was eight of them" Niall replied
Sean clicked his COM off then his squad moved on. They moved past the remains of Niall's sniper spree, all of them had been headshots and indeed there was eight of them, strange to have such a large patrol, they must be near.
Sean held up his fist as they approached the corner of the street, there was movement on his motion tracker, the red dots blinked and moved to signify the enemy movements. He peered round the corner to have a look.
There was a large blue force field set up from one end of the street to another, behind which was a large covenant wraith.
Sean opened a COM to his team "I bet you that shield deflects all weapon fire, we can use that to our advantage when our shields are down and watch out for those camouflage guys, you'll only see the air shimmer for a second", he paused "are we all ready?" four acknowledgment lights flashed, then Niall's followed.
"Right then" Sean said, "Niall provide covering fire", the light flashed, "and then lets move".
The five Spartans rounded the corner and stood in a line, behind the blue force field there was a sudden commotion and the wraith turned to meet them. The Spartans ran towards it, Sean unslung his shotgun and pushed the pump down removing the safety, Troy unsheathed his energy sword, David took out his fuel rod for a faster rate of fire and Ed lifted his laser and held down the trigger, Jack levelled his battle rifle.
The wraith fired a huge glob of plasma over the shield which landed right were the Spartans had been moments ago leaving a large black crater in its midst.
The Spartans came through the shield, Ed laser fired off as soon as he came through blasting through the wraith; Sean felt the heat of the laser pass him.
The covenant forces then started to come out in arms, grunts came out firing plasma pistols and pink needles at the Spartans, jackals activated their shields and formed a strong line behind the grunts, the elites took positions behind the jackals firing plasma bolts and carbine shots at them, Sean recognised the one in grey armour which had taken them prisoner earlier but then he seen the hulking forms of hunters behind the elites and he realised, this wasn't a temporary camp, this was a permanent fortified position.
Conar watched from behind the kig'yar energy shield as the demons took cover behind the exploded mortar tank.
"They were bold indeed," he thought as he watched them "to attack a fully fortified position". He would take great pleasure in killing them, he recognised one of them, the leader perhaps that he had taken prisoner earlier, no it couldn't have been but just to be sure he signalled for the attack to begin.
Sean crouched behind one of the destroyed wraiths thrusters and seen the grey elite signal to attack. He nodded to his squad. David let loose five bolts of fuel rod into the midst of the grunts, they exploded into a brilliant green light then ducked back down to reload. Sean heard the cough of Niall's sniper then the crack of the beam rifle and six more grunts dropped, the rest of his squad were spraying the enemy with combined fire.
Sean hopped over the wraith and fired a whole clip of assault rifle ammo, a grunt ran forward with two grenades stuck to it, Sean pouched it in the face and threw it into the field of jackals, the grenades flashed blue and exploded, several jackals flew into the air, others just vanished all together, several elites shields sparked as the explosion hit.
Sean ran towards the line of jackals and took out his shotgun, he fired two shots in quick succession, the first stunned three jackals, which lowered their shields, and then the second killed them. Sean then started to back up, plasma shots began to make his shield bar flicker down, he ducked back behind the wraith, David fired off another five fuel rod shots as cover fire. Niall's sniper cracked again and two elites in the back fell, Ed fired his laser, the huge red beam blasted through the energy shields of four jackals, went through the jackals, passed through three elites and burned a hunter to a crisp, the huge creature fell crushing another two elites, it's brother roared and charged forward.
Sean jumped from behind the cover and rolled underneath the swing of the hunter's huge arm and fired a shot with his shotgun, the beast stumbled forward then spun and swung again but Niall's sniper cracked and the beast fell, it's orange blood covering the ground. Sean turned back towards the enemy and charged with his squad behind him.