...continued from Chapter 5 part one
General Stephen (O.S.): Roger that Beta Knight. Good work. Your job now is to get to the Capitol Palace. We believe the queen has been held there. Proceed there and when you find the queen, hold the palace until we can reinforce it.
Captain Soap: Yes sir.
General Stephen (O.S.): "Dragon-Wolf" will lead you there. Out.
Roach looked at the dead Rankin with his FMS battle rifle on his hand. He search through and took off Rankin's dog-tag. Captain Soap showed up beside him, placing his hand on Roach's left shoulder.
Captain Soap: He's a good soldier Roach. Let's get moving.
Roach nodded very tight and sniffed, with his small droplets of tears fallen from his eyes. The Panther 1A3 advanced into the city ruins, firing its high-power micro-waved emitter mounted on the top.
Ghost, in good condition with his badge-tape around his stomach, arrived along with the EU soldiers. He ganged up with Roach while taking cover behind the building from Hellfire turrets.
Ghost: Hey, glad that Dragon-Wolf is moving. Where's my Spartan Laser.
Roach: Ummm...It's crushed.
Ghost: What?
Roach: Rankin was KIA by the YMIR droids.
Ghost shook his head and then nods.
EU soldier: Enemy air assault! Get ready! They're moving on both our flanks!
Two Chimeran dropships hovered in the air and made their flight to the flanks.
Ghost: Bloody hell; without my Spartan Laser...
Three Chimeran Hybrids, killed by EU soldiers, had collapsed from the roofs; one of them has a Pulse Cannon. Ghost look down at it, and picked it up immediately.
Ghost: Beautiful; this is perfect.
Ghost ran out without caution, arming his Pulse Cannon at a single Chimeran dropship and fired at it. A plasmatic pulse traveled in a speed of light, enough to gave its stronger impact on the dropship's hull. A single hit brought the dropship down.
EU soldier (O.S.): Right Flaaaank! They're moving in on the right flank!
Ghost however has to wait for three sound beats to charge the Pulse Cannon. It's a normal behavior for most rechargeable weapons. Once charged. He fired and finish off the last dropship, and watched the spinning dropship crashed into the buildings.
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): Uh, Beta Knight we have a possible ambush area up front. We'll uh, move up when you've cleared the area ahead of us, over.
Captain Soap (O.S.): Watch for silhouettes on the rooftops!
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): Everyone, stand clear! We're gonna get some rounds into those buildings!
Harris (O.S.): Let me helped you Dragon-Wolf.
Harris found a Hellfire turret installed on the 2nd floor of the right side building.
Harris (O.S.): Gunner, two story building, second floor, right side!
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): I'm on it.
Harris (O.S.): Open fire!
Dragon-Wolf used its main cannon, and killed the Hellfire turret in a single blow. Harris spotted another Hellfire turret on the left.
Harris (O.S.): Turret, three story building, second floor, left side!
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): I see him.
Harris (O.S.): Open fire!
Dragon-Wolf blew up the other Hellfire turret. Harris could see no more turrets blocking their path.
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): Bravo Six, we're moving up.
Captain Soap (O.S.): Roger that!
The whole convoy marched through the streets of ruins, advancing with for the Capitol Palace. Dozens of Chimerans and TOKI droids were always on the roofs and interior buildings with their heavy weapons. With that, it would take minutes to dig through the enemy territory.
A kilometre from the Capitol Palace, the Beta Knights got a radio message from Captain Dea'lc.
Captain Dea'lc (O.S.): Atlantis, we reached our Capitol but we got fostial armi merging to our positions.
Fostial armi means hostile forces.
Atlantis Sergeant Gordon (O.S.): Hang in there, we're on our way! Guys we got to keep moving ASAP.
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): Uh Atlantis, we had EU forces need-for-support right ahead. They're ambushed.
The whole convoy took few metres to the EU forces' positions, where a Chimeran Hybrids and Hardfangs, with their Arc Charge weapon, and TOKI droids fired at them.
Captain Soap: Squad, let's clear them out. Use flashbang!
The Beta Knights all together throw their flashbangs at the same time. Flashes of light only blind the Chimerans, leaving them perfect targets for some EU forces. The Atlantis Expedition Team later all threw frag-grenades to finish off the TOKI droids and the rest.
EU soldier (O.S.): Guys take cover, enemy tank moving up the road!
Roach and Captain Soap's Beta Knights saw a Covenant Wraith Assault Carriage coming behind the buildings on the left side ahead.
Captain Soap: Squad! Follow me!
Beta Knights and the Atlantis Team ran as hard as their maximum before t Wraith's plasma ball arced down on them. They made it behind the building, and escaped the Wraith's blast. Roach felt his heart pounding and tasted his blood from his mouth after his big run.
Captain Soap: Dragon-Wolf, Beta Knight! Wraith tank behind the building at your ten o' clock! Can you engage, over!
Dragon-Wolf: Roger that Beta Knight, I got him on thermal, switching to Manual.
The Dragon-Wolf turned its main gun ten o'clock and pointed at the wall where the Wraith was.
Dragon-Wolf: Takin' the shot.
Dragon-Wolf fired through a steel door and wall, and hits the enemy tank's cockpit. Its loading system fastened up, and Dragon-Wolf fired again burning down the Wraith.
EU soldier 2: Woo! Yeah! Woo! Yeah!
EU soldier 3: Ma Ma Me Ya! Did you see that?!
EU soldier 4: That's what I'm talking about, ladies!
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): Dragon-Wolf coming through.
Dragon-Wolf turned along the left edge corner, but found itself blocked by the destroyed Wraith.
Dragon-Wolf (O.S.): Uhh, Beta Knight, you guys made us stop. You're on your own.
Roach: Sorry about that!
Beta Knight and the Atlantis Expedition Team continued on foot, as the rest of the EU forces joined their group. Few minutes up, they made it to the large luxurious palace. It's very huge and had a man-made river and garden spots surround it. Captain Dea'lc and his men were at the front with the other EU forces, holding off enemies.
Captain Soap: Let's get them!
They threw flashbangs, threw grenades, and threw bullets on the Chimeran/TOKI forces. Cheetah gunships appeared from above, raining the remaining enemy forces with minigun and multiple rockets.
With the whole area cleared, Captain Soap and Sergeant Gordon moved up to Captain Dea'lc with his survived men, armed with TOKI droid's pulse rifles.
Captain Dea'lc: Soap, Gordon, our Majesti was inside; be careful those guards inside.
Captain Soap: You'll have to come with us so we can rescue her effectively...Someone knocked that gate.
Roach, Gaz, and Harris crossed the stone bridge, and ran up the exterior stair hill. The gate was two and a half metres high as they walked up closer to it. Roach shook his head and call up for the Cheetah gunship pilot.
Roach: Cheetahs, someone get the gate down for us.
Cheetah pilot: Roger that, get back for missile strike.
The Cheetah gunship positioned itself low and focused the pilot's target on the gate. Roach, Gaz, and Harris retreated from the gate, and made a safe duck on the garden platform. The Cheetah launched its single anti-tank missile, and it flew and smashed into the gate.
Captain Soap (O.S.): Go! Go! Go!
Team of Soap, Gordon, and Dea'lc charged into the Capitol Palace. Once got in, they aimed around the unpredictable hall. Columns lined up along the red carpet with flags of the Trade Empire hanged. Walls on both sides had painted windows while the second floor has an opening wall against the columns.
Captain Dea'lc: Stead forward.
Then, an ambush of patrol drones dived from the second floor. Roach covered himself with his shield, while his team fired above.
Captain Soap: Hostile on the second floor!
As the number of drones was almost been outnumbered, TOKI droids fired their pulse rifles from above.
Ghost: Guys, hide behind the columns.
Few TOKI droids drop some Hedgehog grenades, but human forces took cover. Three Hedgehog grenades formed into spikes and then splash them against the whole surface.
Roach sniped the TOKI droids with his E2000 assault rifle as all of his Beta Team and their allies did the same. As they get close to clearing the hostiles off, four Chimeran Slipskulls come out from the second floor, cling walls and ceilings. Those Slipskulls were fast moving specialist, and they take pot-shots and make blind-siding attacks rather than face their opponents directly.
As Slipskulls jumped everywhere, they fired and pin Captain Dea'lc's men with their sub Reaper carbines. Roach was tired of facing those frog-jumping Chimerans; he faced them several times before without getting killed.
Harris spotted a Chimeran Slipskull on the left column, and he immediately sniped him with his E2000's thermal sight. Roach saw a Chimeran Slipskull above Harris' head. He shot the Slipskull down right before his Reaper carbine's laser sight beamed on Harris head.
Harris: Thanks Roach.
For the Atlantis Expedition Team, they were very skilled on this fight; no trouble of taking to the two remaining Slipskulls.
Captain Dea'lc: Men, we must get to the Majesti!
Before the Beta Knights made it to the front stairs however, a Brute Chieftain, in red ornate/black power armour, jumped from the left stair. They fall back, since the Brute Chieftain was wield with his Gravity hammer.
Gaz: Look out! Brute Chieftain!
Rush with reckless, the Brute Chieftain smash the remaining of Captain Dea'lc's men. The Atlantis Expedition Team started penetrating Chieftain's power armour with their flaming P190s. Surrounded with white light, the Chieftain became merciless and rush to them.
Atlantis Sergeant Gordon: Oh shit!
Gordon's two teammates were smacked with a Gravity Hammer hit; he was pushed by his fallen teammate, dropping his P190 PDW. Gordon grabbed and fire his handgun at the Chieftain, despite his power armour.
Giving out his glorious roar, the Brute Chieftain stomp to Gordon; before his Gravity Hammer falls on to Gordon's life, his power armour suddenly got depleted. Roach's shield's non-lethal energy banged and disabled the Chieftain and got ride by Captain Soap on his back.
Soap stabbed the Chieftain's neck with combat knife, choking and gurgling. The Brute Chieftain finally collapsed dead on the marble floor.
Captain Soap: He's down...everyone head upstairs. Go! Go! Go!
The Beta Team, Gordon and Dea'lc ran up to the second floor. They floor the double doors where the queen was behind it.
Captain Soap: Get a breach on the door.
Ghost: Breaching.
Ghost slammed his charge device against the door, and everyone took cover. A single bang, they charge through the smoke. Harris, with his Thermal Sight, gave himself a great advantage as he sniped three TOKI droids.
The smoke from the breaching died down. The whole room was nothing but a huge place for the queen's chair. Columns, windows, no queen.
Captain Dea'lc: No! Our Majesti must have been trenport.
Captain Soap: Damn it.