A/N well time to jump straight into hell the end was meant as a cliffhanger and as luck as i can keep the story line in my head ill update fairly often. again i dont have any blah blah blah connection to bungiee or microsoft lets see what happens next shall we...

adam woke up and realized he was sore and the air wasnt cold. he got up and looked around and had a double take, he was surrounded by skyscrapers some of them had chunks missing, the sky was a pinkish color and there were two suns out smoke rose from all around street signs were knocked down and there was bodies everywhere. he stumbled back a little off balance and tripped over something he looked down to see a couple of jackals one had a covenant carbine and another had a plasma pistol and shield. adam grabbed the carbine and the shield he put the shield on his arms and pushed the green button and it sprang to life. then adam pulled out his cell fone and had no bars.

"well at least something is working, nation wide coverage my ass." adam grumbles and shuts the shield down by hitting a red button. after searching a bit he finds some frags and an MD6 and amm for the carbine and pistol. he looks around and wonders if the fight for the planet was lost already? if he was about to be glassed with no way to figure out what had happened. he wanders up an alley not really trying to be stealthy. When adam gets to the next street he can feel goosebumbs along his arms and sees a wreced car along the street. he runs for it forgetting the first rule all parents drum into there kids bout crossing a street... he didnt look both ways.

plasma fire rained around him largely missing him and he looks over and sees 2 elites and bout 20 grunts, and for a minute he wished he was a spartan with mjolnir armor and shields and TRAINING. he gets to the car and hides behind it lifting the carbine to his shoulder and using the zoom. he ignores the alian gibberish on the screen and as soon as the first grunt rounds the corner he shoots it in the head. adam waits and swears when he doesnt hear the kids laughing and the confetti flying. as 2 more come around the corner with 6 more behind them and opens fire he trys fr head shots and even manages to hit ones methane tank sending up a small explosion that knocks 2 off there feet. adam keeps firing and reloads but the grunts charge and charge there pistols. needle rounds bounce around none having a target lock but plenty hit the car and the street around him.

he manages to whittle the grunts down 6 before the carbines outa ammo and then he grabs a frag and throws it at the remainder with a side arm throw that flies right past them and blows up in air. it was a complete miss and adam pulls the pin on another and hears a pained roar from an elite that makes him freeze for a second then he remembers the grenade and tosses it bout 5 feet to land at the feet of one of the grunts that picks it up to throw it back as it explodes in his face detonating not only his plasmas but his methane tank and a few other grunts tanks and grenades which sends a ripple effect detonating others. miraculously it takes out the remainder of the grunts and singes the other elite.

adam then takes off as fast as he can and turns on his shield and runs trips over a signpost saying hes on republic avenue, like that helps any. but he notices when he scrambles up that the elites are stalking him not running or firing just walking with demonic grins on there faces. adam points the pistol and misses but manages to catch the half assed return fire on his shield. he takes a few deep breaths trying to calm down and steady his aim and fires a few more times and actually hits one in the shoulder due more to luck than skill when he suddenly hears two sharp cracks and both elites drop dead.

adam looks around to see a marine sniper slide down the catwalk beside him. the soldier sticks out a hand which adam gladly takes.

"thanks for the help umm im a bit lost.." he begins before being cut off by a feminine voice.

"bloody hell your lost mate, what you doing here the evacuation was hours ago, btw i saw your luck out there why havent you joined your a pretty decent shot, though i did wing a couple of them grunts at range." the soldier hauls adam up starts running. "follow me if you want outa here hows your ammo." adam checks and says "i got four rounds in clip plus three rounds scavenged off one of the fallen when i came to..." the marine interupts again."came to? where were you?" by this time adams side ached and managed to cough out bout 4 blocks thataway" gesturing with his shield arm "how much farther ma'am?"

"dont you go ma'aming me, im private first class loreta jameson most my mates call me lory. as to how far my mongoose is just around the block." we turn around the block to discover a party of jackals ripping hunks of flesh off of some kid as a snack, adam stops raises his pistol and fires missing by a mile but lory shoots her pistol taking one in the head and another in the knee cap, but then the other two start firing back.

adam crab walks infront of lory and raises his shield to deflect shots while she shoots the others and catches three plasma shots on the shield , before long she has dropped the last one and walks over to the mongoose and starts it up.

"hop on civvey lets get you someplace safe and nice thinking with the shield that mighta stung."

adam gets on turns off his shield and holds on as she drives off and says "you at least got body armor i had to find some way to cover my ass if the shit hit the fan which it did till you showed up." he pauses to pant a bit and regain his breath, "my names adam shook by the way."

she goes silent and before long they get to a pelican where she points a gun at him and waves some other marines over.

" No hard feelings adam i had to help a human out but you were in a cleared area and you woke up to scavange the dead? please thats hard to swallow for all i know you could be a creative innie so put down the gun and put your hands against the pelican and spread your legs."

adam does as hes told and goes thru a pat down they take his shield and extra clips they find his cell fone and ask where he got an antique like it from then they find his wallet... behind his back they look confused and tie him up.

"we got some people that may want to talk to you adam best you go along quietly no fuss." lory says a bit of shock in her voice as if she cant believe what she just saw.

bound in hand cuffs there was little he could do and he saw what they tok from him not only his wallet but his chew can the bookthe fall of reach by eric nylund and his keys cell fone and wallet. adam looks in loreys eyes and says " not like i can do much unarmed tied up and suroounded i could always stay here and get glassed, but i think ill pass just get me off this rock and ill do my best to answer your 'friends' questions." as hes bundled onto the dropship and spends the flight up passed out from exhaustion.

A/N finally some dialogue our hero is lost and out of his depth a little resourceful but screwed as hes about to meet the spooks of oni stay tuned