I wont Lie this one kinda made me want to fall over from boredom of writing but yeah I'll update again probably tomorrow. Im really pushing the whole Mclease and the grenade bit here R&r. Disclaimer I do not own halo.
We were free falling. About a good seventy feet till we would hit the ground. I turned my head to see Jacky activate her jetpack. 'Note to self switch out armor lock for jetpack when opportunity presents itself'. Jacky slowed her descent while I continued to plummet to the ground.
I saw my shotgun falling beside me. Well not exactly beside me, more or less a yard beside me. I turned my head to see exactly where I'd land, right into a mess of Covenant. Great.
By my count I'd have five more seconds before I would hit the ground. I quickly pulled out my side arm, a M6C not exactly my favorite but it gets the job done.
Three seconds. A grunt turned its head to the sky finally noticing me. It let out a squeal and flailed its arms.
Zero. I landed on an elite, snapping its neck in the process. My shields took the blow from the fall but I still felt the shock. I fell to my knees and pointed my pistol at the nearest grunt. I let out five shots, the first to the chest, the second to the shoulder, the third to his left arm, and the fourth and fifth to the face. The grunt dropped as a jackal activated its shield. I grabbed a plasma grenade from the fallen elite and chucked it to the jackals right.
The jackal turned his shield to protect himself from the blast. As he did I put two of my seven remaining rounds into the side of his head, effectively killing him. One of the two remaining grunts shot wildly, hitting me a few times. I turned my arm to face the grunt unloading the last five bullets into the grunt.
The last grunt tossed his plasma rifle to the ground and ran. I dropped my pistol and grabbed the elites plasma rifle. I pulled the trigger and sent a three second barrage of plasma at the grunt. It dropped.
It wasn't much of a fight. I was trained to fight the Covenant. But it was more of space combat than ground combat. 'Where the hell is Jacky'?
Ask and you shall receive. The red and grey Spartan finally landed. I could hear here holding back the urge to laugh.
"Whats so funny" I asked.
She just simply pointed at me and added, "What do you do in your spare time."
I finally took notice at the fact I was on the back of a dead elite. 'Note to self Jacky has a sick mind'. "Stow it and help me up" I said putting my hand up.
"Sure thing boss." She took my hand and pulled me up. She walked off and I followed.
I turned my gaze to the sky to see Hocus's pelican was still flying, barely.
"Hocus whats your status over" I yelled into my com.
"Ion one it's good to hear from you we thought we had just lost you" said a feminine voice over the com.
"Trust me it'll take more than a fall to kill a Spartan" I said smirking.
"Well if you two are done lollygagging can you take out this Anti Air Wraith its giving us hell" yelled who I assume was Mario.
"Got it on our way" I said picking up my pace.
New Constantinople wasn't exactly a farm/ city like planet like Harvest. It was more of an industrial planet like Onyx… just with less smog, with more debris and dead bodies.
We finally arrived at the original LZ. It was filled destroyed vehicles, discarded weapons, and … bodies. 'No time to be sad Spartan focus on the objective' I thought to myself. I drew my plasma rifle and held it at the ready. Jacky did the same with her assault rifle. I pointed my arm to the left to signal Jacky to go left. I went right.
There were dead UNSC marines everywhere even the colonial militia had gotten their hands dirty. I came across a small fire fight between three marines and two elites. One elite, an elite ranger, had a needle rifle. The other one was an elite minor, with a plasma repeater.
The marines were behind the remains of a destroyed forklift. I aimed my plasma rifle for the minor and pulled the trigger. I let out a short burst at the elite. When one of my shots hit the elite, it turned its attention away from the marines and towards me. Divide and conquer. That phrase rang through my brain. One of Chief Mendez's training situations.
I took out my discarded pistols spare ammo clips and tossed them at the minor. When they made contact with the elite, the elite gave out a roar of rage. It turned its attention away from the marines and towards me. It charged. And so did I.
I raised my plasma rifle at the elite and vice versa. We both pulled the trigger. We both sent a wave of plasma towards one another. But thankfully my shields held up. His didn't.
The moment the split jaw's shields fell. I jumped up and smacked the elite with my gun. He fell back dead with blood coming out from under his helmet.
The elite ranger turned to see his comrade fall. He let out an enraged roar and activated his jetpack. I watched as the elite soared through the sky, the needle rifle aimed in my direction. So much for Divide and Conquer.
I picked up the dead elite and used his corpse as a make shift shield.
"How dare you use his body for a shield where is your honor" I heard the elite yell. Honor. Since when was war honorable.
By my count there were six needle rounds in the minor's dead body. 'Time to make my move' I thought to myself. I threw the body into the ranger's line of fire. The ranger gave off another shot that made contact with the body. I readied my plasma grenade. The explosion flared causing the elite to shut his eyes for a few seconds. Just enough time. I threw the grenade immediately after the body exploded. The grenade made contact with the ranger's visor.
"Heresy" was the last words the elite said before the grenade claimed his life in a magnificent blue explosion.
I holstered my plasma rifle and picked up the minor's plasma rifle claiming it as my own. I moved towards the marines who gave me thumbs ups.
"Marines where's the rest of your squad?" I asked them.
"Sir their either dead" there was a brief pause "or their injured like Travis here" he said pointing at the marine on the floor with bandages covering his chest.
"Marine whats your name?" I asked.
"Gunnery Sergeant Josh Occana" he said giving me a salute.
"Well marine seeing your medic" I pointed towards the medic "is tending to… Travis, im going to need your help."
"Sir Yes sir, whats the mission sir" said Josh who raised his assault rifle.
"Well im not going to lie to you, we're taking out an AA Wraith near the central plaza it's just going to be me, you, and my fellow Spartan, can you handle it?" I asked the marine.
There was a brief silence that passed when responded. "Sir I signed up to kill covies, now I wouldn't be doing my job if I denied you" he answered truthfully.
"Stay close and be observant who knows how many more strays are out here…" I paused seeing Travis had a shotgun "Marine do you need your shot gun?"
"Sir no sir" he said raising his shotgun.
"Good man" I said taking it and handing him the plasma repeater.
Me and Josh moved as fast as we could. It wasn't long before I got a call from Hocus.
"Ion lead what the hell is taking you so long that's the only LZ available" yelled Hocus over the com channel.
"Sorry for the delay Hocus but I picked up a marine and we're enroute to the AA Wraith, so give us a minute or two" I replied while running.
"Just hurry it up I hate having this guy on my bird he keeps taking the pin out of his grenades its freaking me and my copilot out" she said implying Mclease's actions.
"Don't worry we're almost there" I could hear Mario and Edger yelling over the line.
"Good luck Ion one" she said truthfully.
Me and Josh stopped next to a prone Jacky. "Dually noted AA Wraith's are within view and I have an idea" I told Hocus over the com "Devon out."
Jacky got out of her prone position and crouched. Josh and I fallowed in sync. "So lieutenant I take it we're the only ones who are here" said Jacky who turned her head towards Josh.
"No but he's the only one able bodied" I replied.
BOOM. The three of us turned to see the debris of a hornet fall from the sky like a flaming meteor. "So whats the plan sir?" asked Josh.
I tapped the bottom part of my helmet. I turned to the both of them and cocked my shotgun. "We're taking that wraith."
"Sir I have twelve Covenant on my motion tracker" spoke up Jacky.
"Tell me do you have a plasma pistol?" I asked Jacky. She slowly moved behind a rock and came back with a plasma pistol in hand.
"They never bother to check their dead" she said tossing the plasma based weapon to me.
There was a brief silence from Josh. "And you so happened to know that it was there" he pointed out.
"Will the excuse that I killed the grunt before you two showed up" she hastily replied.
"Will you two shut up we have work to do" I said quickly ending the chance of an argument. "Now you two be the distraction im going to steal the wraith." With that I was off.
The elites and grunts were armed with fusion rods, nasty weapons. I sneaked by behind the wreckage of destroyed hornets and pelicans, even a vulture. 'How one AA could do that is beyond me'?
To my horror when I neared the edge of the vulture I spotted two more AA Wraiths. 'Crap'.
"Hey Hocus" I whispered over the com.
"Whats the news Ion lead?" she asked hopefully.
"We have a problem… or two" I said readying my shotgun.
"Just deal with it I can't take Ion fours antics any longer I swear if the Covenant don't blow my bird out of the sky its him" she replied with all traces of hope replaced with pure agitation.
"Understood but you try being in our shoes right now" i ended the transmission. 'Here I go' I thought as I ran towards the nearest wraith. Thankfully the covenant is preoccupied with our forces in the air.
I climbed on top of the wraith, plasma pistol in hand. I over charged the pistol and fired. The wraith was stalled. I punched the entrance hatch repeatedly until my friend or foe radar told me there wasn't anyone alive onboard. I ripped off the entrance hatch and grabbed the corpse. I flung it over my shoulder and entered the wraith. 'It's about to get loud' I thought to myself when I activated the weapons systems.
The covenant finally took notice when Josh and Jacky opened fire on them. I turned my head to see Jacky jump on top of an elite and stab it in the neck. "Nighty night you split jawed freak" I heard Jacky yell over the team com.
I moved the wraith to face the one on my left. I aimed and fired, sending a barrage of plasma at the wraith destroying it. I then turned to the wraith on my right and did the same. The wraith was destroyed in eight shots. I turned my attention to the ground forces. Now there were just four elites the rest were dead. I unleashed five rounds ending the fire fight.
I got out of the wraith and raised Hocus over the com. "Hocus its Ion lead, the LZ is clear and I have a present have a nice day" I said ending transmission. I walked over to see several pelicans over the horizon.