Hey guys. Pretty quick update, considering my recent timing. Now its summer, and I'll be able to write as MUCH as I want! ! By the way, Ellie's needle rifle has been changed to the beam rifle. Sorry about that. I kinda forgot what the main covenant sniper was called.
Chapter 9
A day later, the drugs had worn out and we, Teen team, were called to commander's control room. As we walked in, I mused on all that had happened recently. I had gotten over watching watching all the dead human bodies fly, but I still wanted revenge. And I still wanted to change Reach's oncoming future. I wanted to prevent the covenanting from winning this war. And then we walked into the control room.
It was just as it had been last time, but more chaotic. A lot more. The techies hacked away at their computers, every now and then entering something on their small AEC (A.I electrionic communicatior) before getting back to work. I was forced to slightly push a few techies to the side to let us through. We then came to the all too familiar staircase/escalator that pulled us up into the steel hallway. We continued on, made the right, and came to the door, this time guarded with 4 ODSTs and a turret, which filled up most of the hall.
"State your business." Said the ODST that seemed to be the leader and held a DMR. I raised my eye brow inside my helmet. We hadn't been asked that before. Probably more security measures.
"We were called recently over intercom by the Commander. Urgent." As I walked through the door, however, I realized something.
"ODST, I've never met the commander. What's his name?" I asked. The ODST laughed.
"Oh, I think you'll figure it out." He said, now chuckling. I wondered if this was just another ODST picking on us Spartans. A moment later I walked in and figured out it wasn't
The first thing I noticed as I walked in was that there was a lot more security in here. Ten marines stood around the walls of the room, each holding an assault rifle, DMR, or shotgun. As I stepped in, all of these were pointed at me. I held my hands in the air before I heard a light laugh from the other side of the room.
"Guns down, marines. I think we're okay when it comes to our Spartans." said the voice. The voice of Dr. Hasley. I swung my head in the direction of the voice. In the back of the room, with two marines standing on either side of her, sat the woman who had created the Spartans. We had met once before we she had given us our last mission. This time though, she looked a lot sterner and was already back to working on her holo-pad, so we walked over.
I looked around again as we walked. The last time I had been here, the room had been completely bare, mostly used just for the privacy it gave. Now it was covered with screens and books shelfs, and in the center sat a large 3-D image of the landscaping of Reach. I recognized the lake we had just been to, and the area where Noble team had gone, too. Also Dr. Halsey's desk was not normal. The actual desk, other then the top, was normal military brand of steel, but the top I guessed was the doctor's own creation. It was one giant computer screen, all of which was controlled by touch. Dr. Hasley was rapidly tapping different areas on the screen, probably arranging very complicated stuff. As we reached the desk, George, the A.I, popped up. I forgot to mention what he looked like last time, so I'll do it now. George looked about twenty-five, with short brown hair that was comed over to the side. He had glasses( although he obviously didn't need them) and wore a green shirt and brown pants. A lot like the outfit for a techie in the 1960's. He smiled at us as he pushed up his pixelized glasses.
"Welcome teen team. Been having a nice first week here?" He asked. We all chuckled. I saw the doctor frown a little, but she continued working. I decided to keep that in my mind.
"Anyways," George said "Dr. Hasley has asked me to brief you on your next mission as she has to work on the defense of Sword Base. For your mission, you, Teen 1, shall go with your best sniper, Teen 3, to be dropped of on a mountain. From there you will proceed to take out a small camp of grunts and Elites that have been discovered. We are sending you in covert because this camp is close to another larger camp that serves as a drop point for there forces. If you can take out all the covenant there, then we will have a base of operations to hit their main force with, and possibly keep them confined to a small area. Please, step over here." He points to the 3-D map of reach before popping his image over to the slot next to it. We walk over.
"George," I ask him "why can't the whole team go? We could kill a lot more enemies that way, and probably stop the covenant counter-attack." George frowned.
"I would, but I fear it would attract attention too fast. It would be preferable if you could take out the camp, then come back without the enemy noticing. It would be…" BOOM! The building we were in rocked.
"What the..?" Said Mike, just as the building rocked another time. BOOM! I heard plama fire hitting the side of the base.
"Crap," I said "The covenant are here."
Very dramatic ending, right? Not what you expected, huh? Well the next chapter is VERY action packed, so yeah. See ya!