No Thanks. I'll Walk
Disclaimer: I don't own Halo 2.
Jonno weaved back and forth, in real life, from his sitting position inside the lounge room. Andrew, Harry and Kiel sat, watching, waiting, like vultures that feed on...on, well, Jonno, I guess.
His character fired from his running position on the screen, and another sniper shot emitted from the bot's Sniper rifle.
"He's not that good, is he?" Andrew asked.
"Nah, I could beat him." Harry said.
"Bullshit."
An explosion came over the TVs speakers, and Jonno turned around to see the bot's tower collapse, flinging rocks in every direction. He turned back around and heard another explosion, the same noise as the first, and knew the bot was dead.
The two lines that the marines had formed were sprinting forwards, and so far, they hadn't been shot. The Covenant were so startled that the humans were moving towards them, that the few that managed to fire missed, and were cut down by the marines, and Jonno.
4 more shots came, one after the other, and they each thudded into a Jackal, all of which carried Beam rifles. Jonno realised that the bot wasn't dead, and he a bullet into the brain of a Grunt that had been stupid enough to stand still, and the remaining Jackals with shields regrouped and walked forward steadily, in a line, with their shields raised.
"Fire in the hole!" the marine, which Jonno found was named Hawkins, shouted, pulling a grenade from his belt. He 'side-threw' it at the middle Jackal, and it rolled under its shield and feet. A marine up front was hit by 3 plasma shots, and he cried out, and then collapsed. He was alive, but only just.
The grenade exploded, killing 4 of the 6 Jackals, and flinging the fifth into the wall, breaking its spine, but not killing it. They finished off that Jackal, and, as the last attempted to run away 2 marines concentrated on it with their SMG's. Blood coughed out of its chest, and its back was completely ripped apart. It fell to the ground, and one marine picked up the wounded soldier, and they all advanced towards an ally off to the left.
"Son of a bitch!" one of the marines up front yelled, and he started firing wildly at nothing. Then again, when Jonno looked closer, there was a ghostly shimmer.
Suddenly, an Energy sword just materialised in front of them, and it lashed across the marine's stomach, and blood sprayed outwards, and seemingly stopped in mid-air, staying afloat on some unseen object.
"It's an invisible Elite!" the bot's voice came through Jonno's headset, and he immediately moved backwards as the sword sliced through the wounded marine.
"Fire!" Jonno yelled.
"Fire!"
The marines ran backwards, firing their weapons wildly at the blood stain that hung in midair, then charged towards them. It ran for Jonno, and he heard a small whistling sound. It raised its sword and brought it down – there was no way Jonno would get out of this one. The whistling sound grew louder, and closer, and then a bullet smashed into the head of the Elite, and it was revealed as a gold Elite. Its blood spattered the wall and ground, and it was thrown to the ground.
1 minute earlier...
Alex stood in the bell tower, with the stand of the Sniper rifle out, and resting on the wall. To his left was the dead power line that he had tied to the massive energy pipes above him, for a quick get-away. He looked through the scope, and relayed information about the troop deployment to the marines.
Suddenly…
Boom!
An explosion rocked the entire tower, and Alex knew that it was one of the Covenant anti-building turrets that lay along the beach, and in many other places. As the building slowly started to tumble, he slung his Sniper rifle on top of his Battle rifle, and he scrambled for the power line, but it slid away from the building.
Actually, the building slid away from it.
It began to tumble down to the right, and another blue orb appeared in the sky, zooming straight towards him! He clambered onto the roof, with little time left, and then jumped.
He leapt off the building, and watched as it continued to fall, and then crash to the ground behind him. He turned his head forward, only to be face-to-face with the blue orb! His shields steadily drained, and he roared, twisting to his right, and stretching out his hands.
Slap!
Something hit his left hand and he grabbed it with his right hand as well, pulling himself towards it.
It was the power line.
He smashed into it, and it swung him up, saving him from the anti-building plasma ball. The momentum carried him up, until he was able to grab onto the pipe, and he clambered on top of it, then unslung his Sniper rifle again. He took a moment to tie the other end of the string to his right foot, as to avoid any other 'accidents' like that.
He stood back up and put the scope to his helmet, looking into the clearing that the marines were advancing into. He took out the Jackal snipers first, taking out four of them, with four shots. He watched as they took out a line of Jackals, and then something sliced a marine in 2.
Shit.
"It's an invisible Elite!" He yelled through the COM, aiming his sniper at it.
Boom!
Another plasma orb impacted on the building, which was ages away, which the pipe Alex was on was attached to. Alex lost his balance, and he fell, holding his Sniper rifle in his right hand with a death grip, and flailing the other in a desperate attempt to grab onto something. But there was nothing, only a 100ft drop down to the ground.
Twang!
The power line attached to his foot became taught, and he thanked God, who he knew was probably grumbling at the fact that that was the first time Alex had said 'Thank you', when he had saved his life more than once.
His arm caught around the power line, and he couldn't free it, and he couldn't get back up in time to save whoever the Elite would kill next. He heard another marine scream over the COM, and looked at the 2 buildings that obscured his view. He was upside down, and he held his Sniper rifle out at arm's length, but he still managed to look through the scope.
Boom!
His sniper kicked 'up', and the bullet zoomed out of the barrel, whistling across the distance between him and the buildings in less than a quarter of a second, and it went straight through the 1cm gap between the buildings! It came out the other side, and then the Elite moved into it! It was thrown to the ground, and Alex sighed, slinging his Sniper rifle and pulling out a combat knife to slice off the power line where it met his foot. The knife broke through it, and he hung by his left hand.
He sheathed his knife, and began the climb upwards.
Since the Elite attack, there had been 2 casualties.
One: due to the Jackal snipers posted in the next ally way.
And two: due to the Covenant forces that had just ambushed them.
Jonno fired at the Elite that had charged around the broken down truck, and its shields flashed in response. He reloaded his SMG and ducked down a small flight of steps, leading to a locked door, and a stream of plasma swept through the air where he was.
He leapt out and fired at it again, and its shields finally gave, enabling 7 rounds to enter, and in some cases, exit, the upper half of its body.
It roared one last time, and Jonno smashed the end of his SMG on top of the Elite's head. It howled and fell to the ground, its blood littering the floor around it. Now, with the group of marines scattered, and only one Battle rifle left amongst the marines – Hawkins – Jonno pulled his out, immediately firing at a group of Grunts. The lead Grunt, wearing red armour, took a round in the chest, then a burst in the head.
The Grunt toppled backwards and showered its comrades with blood. The rest of the Grunts were covered with the standard orange armour, and the new point Grunt screamed, running away. The rest of the Grunts returned fire, and Jonno's shields dropped as he fired a burst into the scared Grunt's back. He took down 2 more, leaving 3, before he ducked behind the truck to allow his shields to recharge, and for him to reload. He charged back out, and took down 2 Grunts, with the remaining marines taking down the last.
He heard a sniper shot, but from a Covenant Beam rifle, and he turned to see a marine collapsing, screaming, with a clean hole in his leg. Blood flowed out of the wound, and he lay on the ground, with marines scrambling for cover. Jonno crouched on the stairs again, and he watched as the marine felt around for his weapon.
"Guys," he whispered, unable to manage anything above.
"Help me."
"Stay down!" Hawkins hissed.
"Please…"
"Don't move!"
The marine finally lay still.
Alex leapt from one rooftop to the other, and he saw a Jackal sniper fire a shot from its position on the roof down to a clearing below it. He unslung his Battle rifle and approached it from behind. His feet thudded as they went from the building above, to behind the Jackal. It went to fire another shot, when Alex tapped it on the shoulder.
It sniffed, and then wheeled around, surprised and screeching, and the butt of Alex's rifle snapped up, catching the Jackal on the cheek. Its neck snapped, and it flew off the building from the force of the impact. The dead Jackal hit the ground, landing next to a stunned marine, who looked up.
"Sure is good to see you, sir!" Hawkins shouted.
Alex leapt off the building, pausing to kick the Jackal in the chest, and then looked at a marine that lay still, on the ground.
Too still.
Alex relieved the dead man of his SMG, and then clipped it to his left thigh, and picked up another, clipping it to his right thigh. He grabbed some ammo for a Battle rifle from another dead marine, and then shared it around.
"Sir, we've searched the area around the hotel – which is just up ahead – and there's quite a few Covenant there," Hawkins said to The Master Chief (Jonno), who Alex heard say in reply,
"Okay…"
"This is why I never walk to hotels," one marine grumbled.
Alex looked over the group: They were in good shape, and he could count on most of them, including Hawkins and Jonno. He made a mental though to give Hawkins a promotion when they had time. There were 4 marines left, and they were all going to assault that hotel – he needed them all in their top form.
"Marines!" he barked.
"Lock and load!"
A/N: Yeah, I know this chapter didn't cover that much, but the next few chapters will be AWSOME!
Anyway, I will be putting everything on hold until first day of January (That gives me like 7 whole days to rest! SEVEN WHOLE DAYS!!! YESSSSS!!! ), and then I will continue both, starting with The Front Lines 2, and so on.
BUT, when I finish both, I will do a redo of Halo 3: Earth's Final Stand, because the original wasn't what I could've made it to be.
Thanks for reading, and please review!