Chapter 6: Lone Wolf

I Don't Own Halo or Red Vs. Blue. All rights go to Bungie, 343 Industries and Rooster Teeth.

A/N: For those of you who have played Halo: Reach, yes, I know the chapter is the title of the last campaign mission of that game. Minor coincidence. But anyway, if you're wondering who's going to die, you'll just have to find out. Also, this is going to be a short chapter, just saying.

The Master Chief, CPO Mendez, Church, and Sarge dragged their unconscious friends out of the bridge's broken window. Almost immediately, more of the Flood greeted them, poring out of the ship's inner hull. "Don't these things take a hint?!" Church said, firing his Sniper Rifle at them. "The Flood don't take 'hints' Church," he said. "They're just hell bent on infecting you." Sarge opened fire on the Infection Forms. "We got that part, numbnuts," he said. The Chief was starting to feel the burning pain in his abdomen again. It felt like someone reached into his gut, poked around with a sword, and cut everything up.

He grunted in pain, as he felt the tip of the tentacle just barely start to move again. "You ok, Chief?" Church asked. "I'm fine," he lied. "We just have to get back to base, and radio for medical assistance." The Chief reloaded his Battle Rifle, and continued firing at the incoming Flood. "So, where did you encounter these things, Chief?" Mendez asked. The Chief continued firing rounds at the Infection Forms that joined the fight. "After the fall of Reach," he started. "The Covenant found us, and attacked the Pillar of Autumn, and the ship was overrun, and we had to escape. Cortana and I found this ringworld that we eventually found out it was called Halo. Captain Keyes found this "weapons cache", only it wasn't a weapon cache. When he found it, he released these things. The Flood."

"This isn't the time for stories, Chief!" Church yelled, over the sound of gunfire. Just then, it got really quiet. "Is it just me," Sarge said, reloading his shotgun. "Or did they back down?" Almost immedialty after he said that, two pairs of infected Hunters came out of the ship. "What the hell is this?!" Church asked, raising his Sniper Rifle. The Chief narrowed his eyes on one of the Hunters. "It's their last resort." he said, opening fire. The Hunters blocked the bullets with their shields, and moved closer. "Don't let them get too close!" CPO Mendez shouted. The Chief rolled to the left, and threw a Frag in between two of the Hunters. The Hunter stared at the explosive device, and blocked the explosion with his shield.

"Church!" the Chief called. "Yeah?" he asked, while firing his Sniper Rifle. "You're not going to get anywhere with the Sniper!" he said, lowering his weapon a bit, and turning to face his teammate. "Here, take this!" He kicked an Assault Rifle over to the cobalt Spartan, and he traded his Sniper for it. "Thanks!" he called. One of the Hunters raised their Fuel Rod Gun, and fired it. The blast knocked the Chief off his feet, and knocked his weapon away. The Hunter bounded over to the fallen Spartan, and roared as he brought his foot up. The Hunter was just about to lower his foot, when Sarge blasted the beast in the back with his Shotgun. The Hunter stumbled, but didn't fall over. It turned around to face Sarge, and raised it's shield. "Oh, fuck m-" Sarge started to curse himself, as the Hunter slammed the Spartan with his shield.

The Chief picked up his Battle Rifle, and got up. He ran over to the Hunter, and jumped on his back. The Hunter tried to shake him off, just like the last one had done. The Master Chief lowered his Battle Rifle, and fired a few rounds into the hunter's exposed flesh. The Hunter stumbled, and the Chief took his chance. He took out his last Plasma Grenade, primed it, and stuck it underneath the armored monster's armor. The Chief kicked off the Hunter's wounded back, and fell into the sand. The Hunter turned around to attempt to kill the Chief, but as he did, the grenade went off, killing it again. He ran over to check Sarge's body, and discovered he was unconscious. "I'll drag his body with the others," Church said, running over. "Cover me!"

The Chief nodded, and fired at the enraged Hunter, coming to avenge his fallen brother's death. The Hunter shielded himself from the fire, but didn't stop running towards the Chief. He rammed into the Chief with his shield, sending him flying back. He hit the hull of the Spirit of Fire, the back of his head hitting first. The Chief fell headfirst into the sand, and just laid there for a minute. "Chief!" he heard Mendez's voice, which sounded so far away. "This isn't naptime! Move your ass!" He struggled to get up, and fell back down. "Oh, for the love of-" he heard Mendez start to say something, but then he stopped. A few seconds later, the Chief felt Mendez helping him up. The Chief finally got up, and grabbed his Battle Rifle. "Status?" he asked the CPO. "One down," Mendez started. "Three highly infectious bastards to go."

"Good," he said, reloading. "Let's keep it that way." His thoughts were interrupted by Church's voice. "Hey, I hate to interrupt the after action report, but," he yelled. "Cover me, you fucks! That's an order!" He was pretty pissed with Church's request, but he couldn't blame him for his attitude, if not, they were on the brink of death. He ran over to the Hunter that was stalking over to Church, and opened fire on it. The Hunter shrugged off the rounds, and continued walking over to Church. The Chief grunted, and ran over to the Hunter, and ran up his back. He grabbed hold of the Hunter's armored head, and brought him down in the sand. The Hunter tried to get up, and the Chief tried to stay on the Hunter's back. He took out his last Frag, and last grenade tatal, and pulled the pin, and dropped it.

He flipped off the Hunter's back, and watched the fireworks after the landing. The Hunter did not get up, and Church ran towards the ship's broken window. "I'll be right back!" he called, upon entering the ship. "Where in the fuck is he going?!" Mendez shouted. "Hell if I know," the Chief said, dodging another Hunter's attack. "But we're on our own for the time being." The CPO scoffed. "That's a nice change of pace." The Chief rolled away, and got up, opening fire on a Hunter. The Hunter fired his last energy beam from the Fuel Rod Gun, then dropped it in the sand. The Master Chief and the Hunter started to go toe-to-toe.

"Let's see what you got!" he said, using the massive monster's shield as a walkway. He ran up the shield, and kickflipped off the monster's head. He landed in the monster's path, and was about to attack again, when he heard Church's voice. "Hey, asshole!" The Hunter and the Chief turned in Church's direction. Church was holding a Rocket Launcher. "Oh, shit!" Mendez said, stopping to look at the Spartan with the Rocket Launcher. "Let's end this game with a bang!" Church said, firing his rocket. The Hunter reacted fast. He raised his shield, and deflected the projectile back to Church. "Oh, son of a-" Church cursed himself as the projectile collided with his body. The resulting explosion sent Church's body flying upwards, and he fell forward down into the sand.

The Chief turned back to the Hunter, and fired his Assault Rifle at it. The Hunter deflected the shots, sending one of them into Mendez's abdomen. Mendez fell, being knocked unconscious like the others. The Chief fired until his magazine was empty, and threw it away, then took out his Shotgun. The Hunter walked up to him, and was about to strike him, when something that pulsated blue landed on the back of his head. "Hell yeah!" he heard Donut's voice. "Three points, you dirty whore!" The Chief looked up, to see Donut standing on top of a rock. The Plasma Grenade went off, killing the Hunter. The other one was pissed, and fired his Fuel Rod Gun at Donut, blowing him off the rock. All of a sudden, the Chief felt a lot of pain in his abdomen, and he knew he needed a doctor, and now, if he were to survive.

The Chief raised his Shotgun, and started firing at the remaining Hunter. Since they'd been infected by the Flood, they've become meanier and tougher than hell. The Chief got lucky, and fired a slug dead center through the Hunter's faceplate, killing it instantly. He dropped his Shotgun and went to drag the bodies onto the table. Five minutes later, he was dragging them across the boiling hot sand, and was getting exhausted by the minute. After five minutes, he was on the verge of collapse. He let go of the straps he used to drag the table as he fell. His head hit the sand, and he looked up, trying to crawl. It took him five seconds just to move each hand in an attempt to crawl. He finally was ready to pass out, when he looked up. He didn't know if he was beginning to hallucinate from the heat, but he could have sworn he saw a familiar female figure. He reached up with his hand, but before he could do or say anything, he blacked out.

A/N: I hope this chapter was somewhat satisfactory. The next chapter may be longer, I haven't decided yet. Stay tuned.