I fell onto the floor with thud while Kevin landed feet first next to me. I grabbed my weapon and looked at Kevin who was already walking to the blackened bridge door.
"What did you need from the bridge?" Kevin asked as he motioned me to follow him.
"I need to make sure that the Covenant can't use any of the information on Humanity." I replied as I reached the door.`
I used the butt of my gun to ease the door open because I didn't want to rush into a room full of Aliens. Kevin went through the door first and motioned for me to come in quietly. I walked through the doors and saw that the bridge was a burned out shell. Kevin walked through the ashes and found the body of the Captain.
"So much for the Captain needing to see me about the project" I chuckled as I wiped away ashes from a operable looking console.
"What project were you working on?' Kevin asked as he laid the Captains body back down.
"It doesn't matter anymore." I said as I typed in passwords to access the console.
A negative beeping tone was my answer and I slammed a fist on the console, cracking the delicate touch surface in the process. Kevin looked up from what he was doing and cocked an eyebrow.
"Is everything alright in there you two?" Mitch asked over the radio.
"Were fine," Kevin replied." Jacob just had a burst of anger."
I stared at the cracked screen and I noticed a massive amount of red dots appear. I heard shots echo down the hallway. I cocked my shotgun and ran out of the room. I reached the gap and saw that the floor was littered with bodies and shells. I climbed through the gap right as Jake threw a grenade down the hallway. Kevin hit the floor next to me with a thud but quickly got onto his feet and jumped into the back seat of the transport.
We have to get out of here!" I yelled climbing into the passenger seat.
Mitch jumped back into the truck and slammed his foot onto the accelerator. John kept firing down the hallway. We made it through the hallways and into the Hanger. Jake jumped out of the transport and ran towards the door controls. He hit the activation controls and the door started to open. No one except for me was surprised at what they saw.
"I forgot to mention there is a massive amount of Covenant soldier's amassing outside the ship!" I yelled as the door opened even wider.
"How could you forget to tell us?" John yelled back as he opened fire onto groups of Grunts waddling through the door.
"I have a short-term memory." I yelled back while I slammed the butt of my gun into the face if an Elite breaking its helmet.
Mitch found an opening through the waves of aliens and gunned it. We flew out of the hanger shooting bullets at anything that moved. We landed on a group of Grunts crushing them. Mitch and Jake jumped out of the car and slaughtered anything that came near us.
"Nothing like a bit of death to cheer you up eh, Jake." Mitch said as his axe lopped the head off of an Elite.
Jake grunted in reply because he was breaking a grunts spine with his knee.
"Can we leave now?" John asked as he filled an Elite with bullets.
"Sure." Mitch replied as he hopped back into the driver seat and drove off.
They made it to the forest and came to a stop.
"Why are we stopping their going to catch us?" Kevin asked while looking nervously at the horde of Aliens.
"Calm down they aren't going to catch us." I replied as I pressed a button on my detonator.
The crater exploded. Aliens were thrown sky-high and their transports were obliterated beyond recognition.
"Holy shit." Mitch chuckled as he smiled at the destruction happening in front of him.
The smoke dissipated to reveal burned out shells of vehicles and shredded corpses. Several groups of aliens who had survived the explosion were trying to put out the fires.
"Jacob, what just happened?" Jake asked shocked by what he had just seen.
"When I went into the bridge I noticed that one of the MAC's were severely damaged but operable." I said as I got back into the car. "The gun must have exploded when it tried to launch a round."
"This made my day." Mitch laughed while he climbed back into the driver's seat.
We drove down a dirt path that seemed to have been made by humans. We talked about menial things like life before the war. I learned that Kevin was engaged but his wife was killed when Harvest was invaded.
"Hey Mitch do you have a family?" Kevin asked not knowing that Mitch had seen his family slaughtered in front of him.
Jake tapped Kevin on the shoulder and whispered into his ear. Mitch was about to answer but was interrupted when a bolt of plasma hit the transport. Kevin and I were thrown from the truck while Mitch struggled to regain control.
"What the hell was that?" I coughed while I struggled to get onto my feet.
My answer came when a hunter came walking onto the track. Mitch had managed to regain control and had stopped the truck a few yards away.
"Jacob, Watch out!" John screamed as the Hunter prepared to strike me with its arm.
Not knowing what to do I just stood there waiting for my death. The Hunter swung at me with its arm. I was knocked down by Kevin who by saving me had exposed himself to the attack. The Hunters arm connected with Kevin exposed chest flinging him into a tree.
"Kevin!" I yelled watching his body crumple to the ground.
The Hunter roared in triumph and revealed it orange abdomen. John took advantage of the Hunters mistake and filled its body with lead. The Hunter stumbled backwards and collapsed in a heap. I crawled towards Kevin as fast as I can.
I opened my eyes and saw Jacob kneeling next to me. I looked around noticing everything was darker and blurred. I heard my name and noticed Jacob was whispering it. I tried to speak but ended up coughing violently.
I wiped my mouth and was surprised to see blood. I tried to breath but I could only take small short breathes. I looked at Mitch and Jacob and noticed the despair on their faces. It was at that moment I knew I was dying. I looked at the sky and noticed it was getting darker. I smiled as the world grew dark.
I looked down at Kevin and saw the light fading from his eyes. Mitch and Jake bowed their heads while John hummed the Tap's. I closed Kevin's eyes for the final time.
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