A/N: yes another chapter so early. its short but only because i thought it was a good place to end the chapter. lets go for 3k words next time :D anyway, Please Review!
11 November, 2537(UNSC Calender)/
Katinka City, Pandora VIII, Hades System
Plasma rained down like, well, water when it's raining. Viper squad were taking cover and Eric asked for an ammo count. Each Spartans had around 1 or 2 magazines left for their main weapons, except Peter, who had discarded his gigantic weapon and pulled out a MA5B.
The Spartans had an army after them, and all odds were in the enemy's favour. Eric took a peak around the wall he was using as cover. There were probably four hundred enemies, and none had vehicles, thank Peter's now discarded minigun for that. He pulled his head back to cover as the enemy's fire increased around him.
"ok, here's what we're gonna' do. As much as it pains me to say, we'll have to use their own weapons against them. Be careful with your choice as some of them have a failsafe causing them to explode. Just listen for the tell tail signs of an impending covenant explosion" Eric yelled into his COM.
There was a chorus of "sir" and they left cover, throwing everything they had at the enemy. Eric quickly found himself out of ammo so he looked to the ground while dodging enemy fire. Unfortunately, the area he was in was where the Covies had sent the cannon fodder in. there was nothing but plasma pistols everywhere. He hesitantly picked one up and breathed a sigh of relief when it didn't detonate in his hands. He turned to the enemy, trigger fingering like mad. But the pistol quickly over heated, burning his hand.
"Fuck!" he yelled, dropping the weapon.
"You ok?" Tina asked.
"Yeah, be careful, the weapons overheat and burn you if you shoot for a sustained burst" Eric called back.
"Got it" Ken acknowledged.
The Spartans continued murdering the Covenant using their own weapons, Eric pulling off many headshots on Jackals and Skirmishers. He found a needler and smiled. He knew they went explosive when there was too many inside a certain area. He picked it up and noticed an Elite Zealot charging Peter with an energy sword. Eric raised the needler and fired all the ammunition it had at the Elite. The pink needles flew straight and true, striking the Elite in the chest before exploding, removing the Elite from existence.
"Thanks" Peter said.
"You're welcome" Eric said.
He noticed that Peter had started looking at what was left of the Elite Zealot that had just detonated. He bent down and picked up two objects; both were silver tube like objects. Eric instantly knew what they were and started sprinting towards his fellow Spartan. He dive tackled Peter and got up to take the tubes away from him.
"What the fuck?" Peter protested.
"These are type one energy weapons, the fact they weren't destroyed by the failsafe when the Elite died is not a good sign. Anyway, since they're not exploding, we should give them to ONI. They'd want something to study" Eric reasoned.
"Well, I found it, isn't it my decision?" Peter complained.
They were still fighting the Covenant while having this argument.
"I don't know if I should trust you with sharp things, let alone super-heated gas contained by an electromagnetic field in the shape of sharp things" Eric stated with a small laugh.
"I'm hurt, I truly am hurt" Peter said, returning the laugh.
"Ok I'll give you them. But don't try using them until we get to a safe zone, that way you don't kill yourself trying to kill something else" Eric sated and started running towards his companion.
"Sounds reasonable" Peter said back, taking the tubes off of Eric.
"They really don't shut up do they?" Trisha asked Alice over a private COM link.
"No, no they don't" Alice said with a grunt as she punched a Jackal's face into oblivion.
"Anyway, did you see Charles?" Trisha asked.
"Oh yes, how could I not?" Alice laughed back.
"It's a shame he's navy, I could think of a few things I'd like to do to him" Trisha stated before she meowed playfully.
"Ha-ha too true"
Soon enough the Spartans had finished off the rest of the Covenant in the area. Eric smiled to himself as he looked at the sea of homicidal aliens, face first in the ground, dead. He noticed Peter searching more Elites and smiled when he saw what he was doing.
"Having fun on your little search?" ken asked, obviously noticing the same thing.
"Just a little research to be made" Peter replied.
"oh just leave them alone, we've got to' find somewhere to sleep" Eric yelled.
"Fine" Peter conceded, walking towards the rest of Viper.
Eric noticed his pouches were all full of those tubes. He sighed and led the team off into the sunset.
A few hours later
"What about this one?" Alice asked.
"Nah, to destroyed" Ken replied.
"That one?" Trisha asked.
"Nah, its silver, I don't like silver" ken replied.
"Ken I'm going to shove my foot up your ass if you don't shut the fuck up" Tina yelled.
"This one?" Peter asked.
"Looks good, everyone, we're breaching this house" Eric ordered.
Viper squad went to breaching positions and waited for the order to kick in the doors.
"Three, two, one, BREACH BREACH BREACH!" Eric ordered
The squad kicked in the doors and rushed through the house.
"Living room's clear"
"Kitchen's clear"
"Bedrooms are clear"
"Good" Eric stated, happy he could avoid another fight.
The squad stated sitting down in the living room, taking off their helmets.
"Who's hungry?" Ken asked, walking in with a few bags of crisps.
"That" Alice said, pointing to the crisps in Ken's hands, "won't feed any of us, let's eat our rations"
"Sounds like a plan" Tina stated.
"NOT IT!" Peter shouted.
"NOT IT!"
"NOT IT!"
"NOT IT!"
"NOT IT!"
"NOT FUCK!" Ken yelled, just not quickly enough.
"You know the rules, cook us some dinner" Peter yelled, laughing the whole time.
"What's funny?" Tina asked.
"It seems a little odd don't you think?" Peter stated.
"What seems odd?" Trisha asked.
"The only black guy in the squad is cooking dinner, it seems almost racist" peter retorted.
"Yeah, you make a good point. But you're too lazy and I'm in charge, so that leave the girls or Ken. It's going to seem insensitive no matter what" Eric replied.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, well I'm going to one of the bedrooms. Gotta' continue my research" Peter said, standing up and going into one of the rooms.
The rest of the squad waited for the food to be ready. When I was done, they all ate then went to sleep.
'Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day' Eric thought as unconsciousness took over.
12 November, 2537(UNSC Calender)/
Katinka City, Pandora VIII, Hades System
Eric awoke at 4am. Everyone did. There was a CCS-Class Battle Cruiser was in orbit above the city, its excavation beam powering up.
Eric looked out the window and quickly stepped back from it, noticing he wasn't the only one awake.
"EVERYBODY MOVE!" he ordered and Viper squad sprinted away from the Cruiser.
They had gotten about 10km away when the beam fired. The shockwave it caused launched the squad a good fifty metres away. Getting up, Eric noticed the ship moving in the opposite direction than he was, meaning he was safe for now. He spotted a troop transport warthog and ordered everyone in. He placed his hand on a pad and it recognised his armour and the engine roared to life. He smiled and floored it away from the Cruiser's beam.
"UNSC Artemis' Dispute, this is Viper Actual. How copy?" Eric asked over the COM.
"Sierra what are you doing down there? We ordered evacuation an hour ago" the ensign said back.
"Sorry, we were kind of under that cruiser, it blocked our transmissions. Where can we get an evac?" Eric asked.
"Grid Alpha-Niner-One-One-Six, you've got five minutes Spartan"
"Make it three" Eric said before killing the COM.
A waypoint popped up on his HUD and he gunned the warthog in the general direction. He rounded a corner sideways and nicked the back of the car against a parked bus before flooring it towards their destination.
They arrived at the rendezvous point to see nothing. Then a pelican swooped down and latched the warthog on the back and took off.
"Check suit integrity Viper" Eric ordered.
"Green" every Spartan said simultaneously
They flew out into space and docked with the Artemis' Dispute.