Sorry for the long wait. I'm so lazy over this break but fear not I haven't forgotten. Enjoy!

Doc's Giants

Chapter 7

Open wound

A MAC round blasted the side of the Covenant cruiser follow by a barrage of tactical nukes that broke the shields and blew a meter wide hole in its bulkhead. Upon breaking the shield Blue team jumped out of the frigate and flew in zero g towards the hole in the side of the cruiser. They reached it in 5 seconds. The shield just started to regenerate when blue team flew by. Unfortunately John's foot got nipped by it sending him to spiral out of control away from the opening. Blue team made it inside the cruiser and took out the covenant repair team. When Fred look around and said

"Hey, where the Chief?"

"I don't know let me see if I can raise him on coms. Blue one this is blue three do you read me?"

Kelly said. No response

"Blue one this is blue three do you read me over?"

"What do you think happened to him?"

Lynda asked. Fred had positioned himself by the door keeping an eye out to make sure no unwelcome guest came around the corner. Kelly cursed

"Well if we can raise him on coms we just have to head back. He was the only one with the bomb."

"Don't give up me that fast."

John's voice came through over the speakers. Fred spoke up sounding the slightest bit happy to hear from their team leader.

"I knew you were fine sir, but where are you?"

"The shield nipped my foot and sent me up to the command station. I've cleared it out and am moving to the engine room."

"Roger sir will meet you there. Blue four out."

Fred voice cut out. John look around at the dead body and the neon blood that now covered the...everything. John had been on these cruisers before. He knew it would take too long to get to the engine room from where he was so he came up with a plan. He grabbed a beams sword and tried to flick it on but it didn't come on. He then waded through the bodies till he found a brutes gravity hammer. Picking it up the dead app he walked to the broken glass of the bridge and stepped out.

Halsey got tired of banging on the door so she sat in a chair a little to large for a normal person. John had trapped her in his room before he ran out on another crazy mission. She wondered if he was doing ok. 'Why don't I just check!' Halsey pulled out her hollo pad and typed I some commands. The screen split into 4 video feeds three were moving down aliens and the fourth was...in space. Then she realized it was John's feed. Focusing on his she noticed that he was standing on the out side of the ship taking a casual walk down the side of the purple bulkhead. John was using the back of a gravity hammer to anchor himself to the ship pulling himself closer and closer to the engine room. 'God damn- when I get my hands on him I'll kill him for being so...stupid!'

Lynda, Kelly, and Fred made their way down to the engine room and were now waiting for the Chief. Kelly spoke to John over the coms

"Hey Chief we could really use a bomb right about now!"

As if on cue there was a loud thus sound. Then another and another. Till there was a loud pop and hissing noise. Blue team leaved their MA5Bs towards the door the sound came from. The door clanked as the lock turn and slid open revealing John with a gravity hammer in one hand and the bomb in the other

"Room service?"

The Spartans chuckled and got right to work. They set the bomb in second and were about to leave when a downed brute picked up Its spiked and rushed towards Lynda. John push Lynda out of the way and deflected the thrust but now they were fighting over the gravity hammer. John knew it it got the hammer in closer quarter one of them wouldn't make it back. The rest of blue team were trying to find a shot but couldn't. Fred motioned for them to flank the brute. But it was to late the brute won the tug of war and swung at John. It broke his shields and imbedded the blade into John's stomach. The brute kicked John off and was charging Kelly. The Spartans lit the ape up killing it. Kelly rushed to John's side while the other made a defensive circle around them. Kelly looked at him and cursed.

"It looks pretty bad. He won't survive the vacuum of space. He has an open wound."

"You'll just have to-leave me- the bombs- on a timer- go now."

"John, were not leaving you!"