Chapter 6

F0ur stared at Brody's corpse. "He's dead," he said. Se7en nodded. F0ur turned to see 0ne holding a needler in his hand. "YOU SHOT HIM!" F0ur yelled.

"How are you still alive anyway?" Se7en asked 0ne.

"I told you," 0ne said. "I'm a super cyborg created by the Covenant. Weren't you listening?" Se7en and F0ur coughed awkwardly. 0ne's eyes widened. "YOU WEREN'T EVEN LISTENING!"

Se7en chuckled. "Nope." He pulled out his DMR, shot 0ne in the chest, and blew him up.

"How did you make him blow up?" F0ur asked.

"They're explosive rounds," Se7en said simply.

"Imagine explosive round rocket launchers."

Se7en just stared at him. "That's stupid." Se7en reached for the self-destruct button before quickly jumping back, narrowly dodging a green rocket. Se7en turned to see a gang of Grunts with fuel rod guns. A Grunt fired again, but Se7en did a back flip, kicking the rocket, and landing back on his feet. The rocket did a 180 and blew up the five Grunts.

F0ur gasped in awe. "THAT WAS SO COOL!"

Se7en turned back to the console, only to be smashed in the chest by a Hunter. Se7en flew into a column. "Just my luck," he said before getting up. Se7en pulled out his DMR, aimed at the Hunter, and pulled the trigger. CLICK. CLICK CLICK CLICK. It was out of bullets. Se7en chuckled nervously.

F0ur pulled out his shotgun. "It's okay, Se7en," he said. "You get out of here."

Se7en shook his head. "No, this is our mission and I'm going to-"

"Don't give me that bunny!" he ordered. Se7en was in shock. "You may be my leader but you're my friend first and I'm not gonna let you die over something you don't need to!" Se7en was frozen. "This building will fire its laser in a couple of minutes, and it will hit Earth." Se7en nodded. "The transport will be leaving the planet in a few minutes, and if you're not on it I won't be able to live with myself."

Se7en watched as F0ur took his helmet. "But Luke."

"But nothing." Luke loaded his shotgun. "When the self-destruct goes off it'll destroy this whole planet and everyone on it."

Se7en went to argue, but didn't. "Thanks."

Luke smiled. "Now, get outta here." Luke turned to him. "NOW!" He kicked Se7en out the window.

Se7en hit the ground with a massive THUD. "Good thing I'm a Spartan," he told himself. He turned to see the Mongoose that they had arrived on, got in, and drove for the LZ. He soon arrived there and got on the Pelican. Dr Halsey and Captain Blakemore were there. Captain Blakemore helped Se7en on and they both sat down. "Where's the other's?" the Captain asked.

Se7en stared at the building that he had just left. "They didn't make it."

"How'd you escape?" Halsey asked.

"Luke kicked me out the window."

The Captain chuckled. "Yeah, that's Numb3r F0ur alright."

The Pelican rocked a bit as they started taking off and the door closed. Halsey looked at Se7en. "Why didn't you stay?" she asked. She knew he would never leave his crew.

Se7en turned to her and replied simply, "I didn't want to be left behind."

CastJames as Numb3r Se7en

Rin as Numb3r 6ix

Brody as Numb3r 5ive

Luke as Numb3r F0ur

Other James as Numb3r Thr33 (I called him Brian to avoid confusion)

Sam as Numb3r Tw0Michael as Numb3r 0ne

Cooper as Captain Blakemore

Dr Halsey as herself

Elite number one as Elite number one

Elite number two as Elite number two

Written by James

Edited by Rin

Special thanks to the cast who played the Numb3rs for having such great personality!