Chapter 17 Up hill battle.
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The first chamber he came to was etremely like the ones he had seen before encountering fire team zulu. These rooms were filled dozens of enemies. After clearing the first room he came to a long corrider filled with a few more elite's. After that he came upon a third room. This time he found two heartless an in the center of the room were three dead marines.
Cloud: Looks like we found the scouts.
Areith: Poor souls.
Cloud: We can at least aveange them.
Areith: You mean you can. All I can do is keep an eye on the enemy battle net, curse them, and increase your power. Some times I just fell like a useless peice of crap.
Cloud: Areith you can do more then that.
Areith: Really like what.
Cloud: Your the annoying person who always knows what to do and can alway's give a decent conversation.
Areith: Thanks Cloud. That really helps.
Cloud: Don't mention it.
He kills the heartless.
Cloud: Let's go we have a command center to find.
Areith: Right.
They find a small elevator like the one that took him down to fire team Zulu. They come out on another room filled with enemy soliders. After killing them he comes out onto the bridges he had seen below.
Areith: Heartless on your right!
Cloud threw a pair of grenades to his left blowing the enemy warriors sky high. THen he mops up whats left of the enemy troops on that side of the bridge. After making it to and crossing the next bridge he goes through even more of the large rooms until he finds himself on a large stone bridge over looking a canyon. Below him is a massive structure.
Areith: That must be the control center. We need to get down there.
Suddenly cloud relises the bridge is held by organization soliders including two banshee's. Cloud fights them off then pushes his way across the bridge encountering heavy enemy resistance. Soon he arrives at another door. After entering it and killing the troops with in he goes on to find another of the hallways guarded by a pair of stealth elite nobodies.
Cloud: I'm really getting tired of these guy's!
Areith: I think I have a way to make it easier to fight them.
Cloud: How's that?
Areith: It dosen't make them invisible it camoflauges them. But they still give off a heat signatrue.
Cloud: Can you track them through the heat signatures?
Areith: Yep.
Cloud: Good where are they?
Areith: One ten degrees to the right in the trench. thing.
Cloud opens up on the trench and is rewarded by the sound of the nobodies scream of pain as it's sheilds failed. He targeted the second and blew it down.
Cloud: See you have more abiltes then you now.
Areith: Your right!
Cloud: Together nothing can stop us!
He through a door to the next room and cleared it out. Then he found another elevator this one took him down to the ground floor and another room which he cleared out. Then with all said and done they came to the canyon next to the command center. The command ceter was a massive tower with an equaly large tower at the top.
Areith: We should comander one of those ghosts we're going to need the fire power.
Even as she said it a ball of blue plasma struck the groud next to them.
Cloud: Wraith!
He ran for a ghost and drove up the slopeing steps to the command center guarded by dozens of shades heartless and even more dusks, ninja's, and elite nobodies. THe struggle was feirce in getting up the command center. Grenades fell like rain plasma bombs impacted near by every now and agian. Cloud had stop at least once every level and seek cover for his sheilds to recharge. Finnaly after what seemed like an hour of endless explosions he made it to the top. In front of him was a massive door easily large enough to fit three tanks.
Areith: THe command center must be inside here we have to hurry if the organization had enough time to set up this heavy of a deffense the control center must be inside. Becareful I'm detecting lot's of movement behind the door.
When he opened the door he was imedatly attacked by dozens of dusks, ninja's, and elite's including one with an energy sword!
Cloud: Crap! You could have been more specific on how many guy's were on the other side of the door.
Areith: What am I? A physic?
Cloud fought like a manaic throwing every last grenade he had on him then he fired every last round in his assualt rifle. He reached for a new clipp only to discover he was out of ammo.
Cloud: Oh damn.
He ran for cover behind the tower as plasma fire glanced his sheilds.
Areith: You got anything else that can be used to kill them?
Cloud pulled out his pistol. Then whirled around the tower and rengaged the enemy. Single headshots dropped the dusks and the ninja's but the elites took half a clip to kill. When all was said and done Cloud sat down exhausted.
Areith: You alright?
Cloud: Yeah I'm just tired. I haven't done something like that in a while.
He lifted his assualt weapon.
Cloud: Note to self make sure weapons are alway's fully loaded.
He scratched the back of his head. Suddenly a single clip fell to the ground.
Cloud: Aw man I forgot about my emergency clip I taped to the back of my helmet!
He fit the clip into the rifle and recocked it.
Cloud: That's better.
He went inside and found another of the large doors. Upon opening it two elite nobodies lept out but were quickly cut down by his assualt rifle. He walked forward and opened athird door ready for a fight. But none came. Along hallway streched out in front of him. He walked foward then opened the door at the end. Before him was a massive platform inside a circular room. Around it was a massive hologram of the ring. He walked forward and touched the panel instanly areith left him and entered the rooms console. She appeared full size on the panel.
Cloud: How do you feel?
Areith: Incredible. So much knowledge so fast. It's beutiful.
Cloud: Let's stay focused now. Halo how do we use it against the organization?
Areith: This ring isn't a cludge you barbarian. The organization was right. Halo it's something more... foerunner let me alanlyse.
Cloud didn't like being called a barbarian. He was almost about to pull Areith out of the control panel when she started talking again.
Areith: Yes the foerunners built this ring as a fortress world to contain ... No that can't be! Oh those organization fools! There must have been signs! They should have known!
Cloud: Slow down now your losing me.
Areith: The oragization found something ... Something buried ... Something terrible!
Cloud: Buried?
She looked up in alarm.
Areith: The captain! You have to find him! The weapons chache he's looking for it's not really ... You have to stop him.
Cloud: What is going on?
Areith: Go run! Find captain Uno stop him!
Cloud reached for the console.
Areith: There's no time! Go!
Cloud ran for it hoping he wasn't to late to stop what ever Areith was babeling about.
Oh dear what is Areith babeling about? If you've played the game don't spoil it for the other readers by telling them okay. Peace out. Review please.