Sorry for the short chapter! I didn't have as much time as I normally do!
Happy Reading, Wolfgang!
~Husky
The force of the shot echoed through Jun's brain like a shockwave, pulling his lifeless body to the right, smashing his armor against the side of the Phantom and making Six lose his grip on Jun's hand. Jun's corpse fell from the sky at a fast pace, but Six felt it in slow motion. He watched Jun slowly fall from his chance at escaping. Six watched with every muscle in his body seized up as his last friend fell to the murky depths below.
"No. No no no! NO! Fuck. FUCK! JUN!" Six's heart was racing. He had no idea what to do. He was clueless. Jun was the man with the plan, not him. He raced through his head. He had to hurry before Covenant Reinforcements arrived
What was Jun's plan? Six thought to himself. Think, Six, Think!
"We need to get to Aszod, Six." Jun said to him.
"Heh, yeah. No fucking way are we going back there" Six replied.
"Hear me out. While I was out here, I came across Aszod. I steered clear, because the Covenant were setting up a base of some sort. Maybe, if you or me can sneak into Aszod, we can take a Phantom and leave Reach."
"That's insane, Jun. Where would we even go?"
"We could go find the Autumn." Jun said.
That was it. He had to find the Pillar of Autumn. Surely then he would be safe.
His only regret was that he had no time to mourn.
One Week Later...
Clancy let out an audible sound of awe. Just moments ago, the Pillar of Autumn had exited Slip space and stumbled upon a very large ring in the sky. It was just… floating there. Clancy thought that it was the coolest thing he had seen since he had seen Petty Officer John-117 in Cryo-sleep yesterday. Clancy was a UNSC Soldier, a fighter for the Human's Marines. Although he thought himself to be a capable fighter, he knew he didn't compare to the Master Chief, not by a longshot. Maybe he knew what this thing was. Surely they would wake him up. He wondered if…
"I've got readings of Covenant Aircraft behind us!" Someone shouted.
Clancy was surprised. He hadn't known that the Covenant had tracked them all the way from Reach. That scared him.
"Scanners are picking up only one Covenant Phantom. Everything else is coming from the other side of the planet." An operator said.
What? That was very strange. The Covenant have never attacked so pitifully.
"It could be a diversion!" Someone said
"Shoot it down!" Someone else said.
"Wait!" Said Clancy. Everyone looked at him. "What's that noise?"
Everybody stayed silent. A faint crackle could be heard on the other end of the radio.
The person manning the radio was Clancy's sister, Abigail. She was his twin sister, and he loved her. He only wished that they could have been able to lead normal lives instead of join the marines. But they had an obligation to help. Anyone who just stood around wasn't going to make a difference.
"Someone track that signal!" Abigail said.
The person manning the radio to communicate with the Phantom was Clancy's sister, Abigail. She was his little sister, and he loved her. He only wished that he could protect her from all of this madness.
"Hello? Is anyone there!? Hello?!" A gruff male voice was shouting on the other end.
" Yes, this is Abigail Maegan of the Pillar of Autumn. Identify yourself." Abigail said.
"I'm -artan number B-ot away fro-each."
"Repeat, soldier, you're breaking up."
"This is Noble Six! My Spartan number is B-" And then simply static.
Clancy's jaw dropped. There was another Spartan. Clancy could feel all eyes drawn directly to him. Everybody started celebrating at once. It was crazy.
"Good ears, Clancy!" Someone shouted.
"Attention, Captain Keyes. The Phantom the just showed up on our Radar is the Spartan III unit Noble Six commandeering a stolen Covenant Aircraft."
All the while, everyone was cheering and celebrating.
Now, they were going to kick some serious Covenant ass.