Ch 6
Driving down the street, Carolina got on the radio and contacted the second team.
"Team B, report!" She said.
"Team B is down! We have wounded and are under heavy fire!" North shouted, as gunfire was loudly heard in the background.
"Damn it." Six muttered, wishing he could help.
"We'll be right there." Carolina said.
"Negative. Get the package and get it out of the city." North said.
"I have their tracker, and the target's location." 6 said, as he observed his HUD.
"We'll cut them off at the overpass! Go!" Carolina urged.
Stepping on the accelerator, York approached the highway overpass and parked above the highway. The VIP's car came closer and closer.
Six dropped from the highway and landed on the car, his weight crushing the vehicle underneath.
"Well there goes the package." York said.
"Wrong, asshole." Six said, as he walked out of the wreckage, a blood-stained briefcase in his hands.
"Nice work, six." Carolina said, as the Spartan sat in the passenger seat.
"Drive." Six ordered.
The warthog sped down the highway as two enemy choppers plus jet-pack troopers came after them. Carolina hosed them with 20mm gunfire via the mini-gun, and six saw an enemy soldier land on a trailer in front of them.
Thinking quickly, he stood up and shot the enemy sniper with York's pistol.
"Thanks for the heads up." York said.
"Carolina, you need any help?" Six asked, as one of the pursuing choppers was destroyed by a rocket launcher.
"No. I don't." she growled, seeing agent Texas destroy the second chopper.
"York, punch it!" Six shouted, as enemy troops were surrounding them, keeping up thanks to their jet packs.
"Six, watch yourself!" Carolina shouted, as an enemy snuck up behind and stole the briefcase. He joined two more comrades onto a flat-bed trailer, that had many gasoline barrels on top.
"With you quit throwing shit at us?" York asked, as a barrel almost hit him.
"York, get me close." Six said, as he watched Carolina fight the three enemies.
Six jumped onto the trailer, storm rifle in hand. His view was quickly blocked as an inni attempted to move behind Carolina. Six grabbed him and threw him against the bed, breaking his neck.
"Six, another one!" Carolina shouted, as a sleeveless soldier ran into the Spartan, almost knocking him over. The hand to hand combat was brief and short, as Six grabbed the soldier's head between his hands and crushed the head, leaving a gruesome mess.
The last soldier backed away, as the two freelancers approached him. Carolina pulled out her pistol and shot him in the head. Grabbing the package, the two jumped back in the warthog and noticed more enemy soldiers approaching.
"Goddamn it! 479r, we need support now!" Six shouted, as he fired at the enemy soldiers, the storm rifle's limited range preventing him from killing many.
"Don't worry, we got your back." Wash said.
"I owe you one, Wash." Six said, as the pelican flew above the warthog. The back door opened, and Wash appeared firing a rocket pod at the enemy soldiers.
"They're falling back. Lets get the hell out of here." Carolina said.
Walking onto the pelican, Wash and six shook hands.
"Mission completed." Six said.
"Damn straight." North said.
Mother of Invention
The director watched as the agents and technicians brought out the Sarcophagus and opened it. Inside, was a pink/purple alien.
"What is that?" South asked.
"We call them Engineers. Covenant used them as slave labor. Hundreds were killed back on New Mombassa during the war." Six said, prompting everyone to look at him.
"I've been going thru the files the UNSC had on the Covenant races. Real informative, now that we have the elites on our side." He said.
"Well, I'm beat. I'm going to hit the hay." York said.
"All agents, pay attention to the ranking board." The director said.
Six was the top agent, followed by Carolina, then Texas. Followed by York, Maine, and Washington.
"Damn it!" Carolina growled, seeing the Spartan one rank above her.
Walking out of the room, she threw her helmet against the wall.
"Man, she really wants to be the top dog." North said.
"She's not happy that we all came back in one piece? Hell, if she wanted to sacrifice all the agent so she could be the top dog, she'd probably do so." Six said.
"Woah, that's taking it too far." Wash said.
"Wash, I read your file. You attacked your squad leader, because he ordered his unit to attack a heavily fortified position, that was complete suicide. And your defending Carolina? Maybe she needs a good kick in the ass." Six said.
"And I'm sure you're the one to administer it." Wash said, as the two headed to the cafeteria.
"If she wants to fight me, so be it." Six said, when a thought came to his head.
"Have you heard what happened aboard the UNSC Atlas, before the war?" six asked.
"No. What happened?" Wash asked.
"The first batch of Spartans, Spartan-2s just completed their augmentations. John-117 went to the gym to exercise. Remember, he was 14 at the time. Instead of exercising, he fought 4 ODSTs. He killed 2 of them, and crippled another two. Imagine what a fully grown and experienced Spartan can do." Six said.
"You'd kill anyone in a hand to hand very easy." Wash realized.
"More like paint the walls and floor with their blood and guts." Six replied.
"That's something I didn't need to know." Wash said.
Six went towards the training room and watched Carolina practice her hand to hand.
"Run it again, Phyllis." Carolina said, when the match ended.
Six shook his head and walked out of the room.