I looked around the cabin to see if there was anything I could use as an effective weapon. I looked through the drawers of clothes and found a double bladed battle-axe. I struggled to pick the thing up. Mitch noticed what I was doing and came over. He gasped at what he saw and I could see a flicker of excitement in his eyes. Mitch picked up the axe, handed me his shotgun and left the room.
"Mitch, where are you going?" I asked as he walked down the hall.
"I'm going to go find Jake."
"Can I come with you?" I asked as I ran after him.
"Sure, unless you want to go find some food." Mitch replied as he turned around and looked at me.
I decided against going to get some food as I was still shaking from what happened last time. I caught up to Mitch and saw that the axe was made of a blue diamond. Mitch caught my eye raised an eyebrow. I kept looking at the axe wondering if that would be affective against the Covenant. I was about to ask that question when a door in front of us.
Four fully armed Covenant Elites walked through the door. Mitch charged the Elites and raised the two handed weapon as he went. I raised my shotgun and fired at one right as Mitch swung at the first Elite. Mitch's axe cut through the first Elite like butter while my deer slug slammed into the second elite. Both aliens fell to the floor in a heap. One drew his sword and swung at Mitch while the other drew its gun. Mitch sidestepped the swing and grabbed the Elite by the neck and ripped its throat out. Mitch threw the dead alien at the remaining Elite and swung the axe at the last Elite. The blade went through the shoulder and stopped in the chest. The Elite tried to stop the blood but Mitch stabbed it in the throat with his hunting knife.
"What is that axe made of I asked?" as I shot each of the aliens in the head just to make sure they didn't get back up.
"It's made of Diamond and inlaid with Gold." Mitch replied as he cleaned the flesh and blood off the blades.
"How can diamond cut through shield and flesh?"
"The weight of the axe breaks the shield and drives it into the body of the opponent." Mitch replied as he slung the axe across his back.
I picked up my shotgun and started walking down the hallway once more. Mitch reached the door ahead of me and broke the handle stopping any Aliens from getting through. We reached the end of the hallway and saw that there was a Massive hole in the floor.
"Perfect." Mitch muttered as he looked for a crossing point.
We were stuck. There was nothing but a piece of flooring bent like a ramp.
"What do we do now?" I asked as I kicked a rock into the hole.
"I have no clue." He replied as he slung the axe over his back.
I heard the sound of music coming from the hallway ahead of us.
"Oh Shit." I said as I backed away from the hole.
"What is it Jacob?" Mitch asked as he started to follow my example.
The music was getting louder and the rumble of an engine didn't make it sound any better.
"Jake where are you?" Mitch said as he spoke into the walkie-talkie.
"I'll be with you in a moment." Jake replied as the music grew louder in the background.
A transport carrier crashed through a broken pair of blast doors hit the ramp at the edge of the hole. It flew through the air and landed behind me. The music shut-off as Jake stepped out of the driver's seat. John jumped of the turret and a young Marine got out of the passenger seat.
"Jake where the hell did you find this truck?" I asked amazed that it survived the crash landing.
"I found it in the in the transport bay." Jake replied as he loaded his .44. "It was the only thing that was still usable."
Jake patted the Warthog on the hood and pointed at the young Marine standing by john.
"Solider tell these men your name." Jake said as he nodded in our direction.
"My name is Kevin Ehteshami." The Marine said as he saluted Mitch and I.
Mitch walked over to Kevin and slapped him on the back and said," Welcome to Hell son."
Kevin nodded and looked at me with a confused expression on his face.
"What Mitch means is that he hopes you are ready to fight." I said as Mitch giggled manically.
"I am ready to fight sir." He said as he glanced at Mitch who had finally calmed down.
I slapped him on the back and led him to where the other three were discussing what to do next.
Mitch seemed intent on leaving the ship and finding our way into friendly territory. John and Jake wanted to stay put and hopes someone notices the crater.
"I need to get to the bridge." I said as I climbed into the passenger seat." You better make up your mind now!"
Mitch smiled as he climbed into the driver's seat and John Climbed back up to the turret. Jake who really didn't want to move was pushed into the back seat buy Kevin. Mitch put the Warthog in reverse and went about 200 yards. He then switched it back to normal and slammed on the accelerator heading straight towards the gap.
We hit the ramp go an excess of 90 mph and cleared the hole with room to spare. We drove down the hallway and turned the corner heading towards the bridge. We smashed through a set of twisted blasted doors and hit a group of Grunts. The few who made it were gunned down by John.
"How the hell did these Covenant survive the crash?" Kevin yelled as he shot Elite in the face with his shotgun.
"I have no clue." Jake yelled back as he tried to hang on to the door as Mitch drifted around a corner.
We traveled for another twenty minutes till we reached the blast doors leading to the bridge. We got out of the truck and grabbed our weapons. I looked around and noticed that the doors were slightly ajar. I waved the others over and pointed at the gap.
"Do you think we could squeeze through there." I said as looked at the group.
"I won't be able to," said Mitch as he flexed his muscles. "I'm too well built."
"How about you take Kevin and we'll stand guard." John said as he pushed Kevin towards me.
I didn't answer since I figured their minds were made up.
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