~Chapter 3: Escape From The Autumn~

"Here's a pistol, I don't keep it loaded so you'll have to find ammo as you go." Captain Keyes handed Master Chief the Pistol that was hooked to his side. "So Noble Six, hows your ammo looking?"

Noble Six grabed the Assault Rifle off his back and ejected the clip. It was full. He placed the clip back into the gun. Noble Six checked his waist for additional clips. "I've got one clip in the gun and four at my waist, sir."

"Good, we have a detchment of ODST personel on this ship, I want you to meet up with them and make sure they get off The Pillar Of Autumn in one piece." Keyes turned back to Master Chief. "Chief, I want you to get off this ship in one piece yourself, you're highly valuable to this army, being only two spartans left, you're the best." He turned back to Noble Six. "No offense Noble Six, you're pretty good too." Keyes looked back at Master Chief.

"Yes sir." Master Chief gave a salute to Keyes and headed off. Noble Six followed Master Chief from the bridge. "There's three Grunts ahead, I'll have to take them out with my hands I guess."

Noble Six placed a hand on Master Chief's shoulder. "Sir, I have a small present for you." Noble Six handed Master Chief a ammo clip for his Pistol.

"Thanks Noble Six, you might be more useful as an ally than I thought." Master Chief popped the clip into the Pistol and pulled the hammer back. "To war we go."

Master Chief ran into the area where the three Grunts were standing talking. They were surprised at Master Chief popping up out of nowhere. Master Chief pulled the trigger hitting one of the three Grunts right in the middle of there head killing it instantly. Another one of the Grunts began firing it's Plasma Pistol at Master Chief. Three green bolts hit him before he fired two bullets into it's chest and one in it's head. Another down. The third Grunt had a charged shot and hit Master Chief taking his shields down immediatly. Master Chief fired one shot into the methane tank on the back of the Grunt and made it explode. All three Grunts were dead.

"Hey keep it down, there's two of us in here now, remember?" Cortana spoke about Master Chief's shields being depleted.

Noble Six heard gun fire from the mess hall. "Sir, they're in the mess hall!"

Master Chief grabbed an Assault Rifle from a dead Marine on the floor nearby. "Alright, let's get in there and kill them."

Master Chief entered the mess hall first and Noble Six followed. There were three Grunts and an Elite in there already. Master Chief opened fire on the Grunts killing the three of them. Noble Six ran up to the Elite and pulled out his knife. The Elite lunged at Noble Six and Noble Six dodged to the right and inserted his knife into the spine behind of his jaw. The Elite's energy shields dispearsed as it fell to the ground lifeless.

"Nice one Noble Six, best not rely on that kind of tactics to often, especially when faced with more than one." Master Chief advised Noble Six as he replaced his clip.

Noble Six was about to reply when two Elites and six Grunts ran into the mes hall. Noble Six killed four Grunts and depleted the shields of the Elite. The Elite tried to hide but Noble Six came up bashing it on the head with the butt of his gun. The second Elite took out Noble Six's shields but before he could get a kill shot, Master Chief shot him in the head with his Pistol. The other two Grunts screamed and tried to run but Master Chief cleaned them up with his Assault Rifle.

"Noble Six, this is where me and you part ways, the ODST are that direction." Master Chief pointed at the other door in the mess hall. "I'll meet you on the ground."

"Yes sir, you better make it on the ground or we're all screwed." Noble Six started heading in the direction that Mastetr Chief pointed.

"I'll keep that in mind." Master Chief waved at Noble Six as he walked off.

Noble Six was on his own. He ran through the mess hall and into the door Master Chief pointed out. Noble Six ran through the halls but found no signs of enemies or allies. It wasn't until he got to the drop pods that he heard the first signs of a fight.

"Kill Them All, Show Them Why We're Called Hell-Jumpers!" One of the soldiers called out. From the tone of his voice Noble Six could tell he was the commander.

Noble Six entered the room with his Assault Rifle ready to fire. There were six ODST in here, all wearing their black armor. They were fending off a dozen covenant. Eight Grunts and four Elites. Noble Six joined them and began firing on the Grunts. One by one they fell to the ground. Five of the Grunts were dead. The ODST took out the remaining three Grunts as well as one of the Elites. Noble Six grabbed a nearby frag grenade and tossed it into the middle of the three remaining Elites. Two of the Elites managed to jumped before it exploded. The third wasn't so lucky, it's body was so mangled one could not tell what it was. The ODST all concentrated their fire on the other two Elites killing them both.

The commanding officer walked over to Noble Six. "We didn't need the help of a spartan . . . but thanks anyways."

Noble Six nodded. "Captain Keyes sent me to make sure you get off this ship in one piece, let's head to the life pods immediatly."

The commanding officer laughed. "Life pods? Are you serious? Wouldn't you rather escape this thing in class?" The officer pointed at drop pods that lined the wall.

"Drop pods? This should be interesting." Noble Six put his Assault Rifle in an open pod.

"Alright men, mount up and let's go!" The officer got into his own drop pod.

All the ODST got into their pods and all the lids closed. Noble Six rested his head on the back of the pod. The countdown began. Once it hit zero, each of the pods launched one by one. Noble Six was freefalling heading straight for the giant ring. He knew once he hit the atmosphere cause things got really hot. Noble Six watched as his pod flew towards the ground. The heat was getting unbearable. The ground came so fast and the hit was so hard Noble Six's vision went black.

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