First Blood

Four days later...

Lost Harbor, Lake Illmina

Over the last few days things had changed very little around Lost Harbor, except for the weather, it went from fine and sunny to cold and rainy quickly, most of the soldiers where complaining as usual and kept their distance from Jacob unless necessecity to interact showed itself, he was still an officer and they had to pay their respects even if they where a bit incensire.

A few combat drills had been planned for today but the heavy rain had halted the plans though personal workouts where encouraged, Jacob sat on the porch of his ¨Bunk House¨ and watched silently as the rain continued to fall, it was very quiet despite raining ¨I wonder what the weather is like on Earth right now, id really like to see her again sometime..-¨ he thought to himself before being cut off by the loudspeakers of the camp ¨Spartan Jacob please report to the ops building¨ it was Captain Caldwell's voice, she always had a strict but calm tone that seemed to sit well with the men, he pushed himself up and headed over to the ops building.

Captain Caldwell was in the middle of a call with a higher up as he entered the building, he quietly waited for her to finish before announcing himself, several minutes passed but the call ended atlast ¨You called Captain¨ he said and saluted ¨Ah yes Spartan, I just recieved new orders regarding you from command, a Spartan team is being deployed to check out Visegrad Relay as the area has gone silent with soldiers missing, they think it might be an inssurection plot, therefore you are hereby re-assigned to aid Noble Team in any way possible¨ she said with a simple nod ¨Yes Ma'am, when will I be shipping out?¨ he asked ¨Your pelican is inbound and will take you to the relay, from there you are to join up with Noble Team and aid them anyway you can¨ she answered and recieved a nod and salute in return.

As they finished their talk his Pelican arrived ¨Good luck Spartan, trust me when I say that I believe in you¨ her words came as a suprise to him and stirred a small smile on his lips, giving her a nod he ventured outside, strapping his rifle to his back and boarding the Pelican, taking off swiftly he gave the camp a salute before the backhatch closed.

Twenty minutes later...

The Pelican closed in on the Relay and he could see that Noble Team was pinned down at the entrance to the Relay, the Covenant had come to reach.

¨Drop me off behind the Covenant forces, then get yourselves out of here¨ he ordered the pilots, he readied his weapons as the backhatch dropped and the aircraft slowed down, he jumped straight out of the back and in amongst the enemy, shooting down several Kigyar and Grunts as he came down, now completly focused on the task at hand he continued to fight his way through to Noble Team.

¨What the-..¨ Emile bursted as he saw Covenant combatants dropping from an attack from behind, it didn't take long before the force was mostly decimated, a lone elite grabbed his sword and ran up the ramp towards whatever was attacking them, only to hear a scream and then sudden silence ¨Looks like backup has arrived¨ Commander Carter said as Jacob walked into sight, he headed down to them to group up.

¨Spartan 0709 reporting for assistance sir¨ he announced as he got up to them only to get a big arm around his shoulder in a brother like hug, who was it but none other than Jorge, the big hearted brother who always was there to support others ¨Brother it has been some time since I last saw you¨ he said to Jacob ¨Aye it has been a long time¨ he returned to Jorge, Emile and Jun looked at them strangely ¨Jorge and Spartan Jacob here where both part of the Spartan II program, brothers if you could say¨ Catherine said slightly amused.

¨Allright people let's bring our heads back to the mission, we still need to get this relay back up and running aswell as recover any assets, Spartan JAcob I assume you kan work with a team?¨ he asked ¨Yes sir, it won't be a problem¨ he said, atleast not with Jorge it wouldn't be a problem, Jacob did notice the black armored female Spartan who for the most part stayed quiet he gave her a glance only to recieve a nod in response ¨Good then you, Jorge and Six take point, we need to find the terminal¨ Carter ordered.

The team proceeded carefully into the interior of the bulding, with power down it was very dark and potentialy very dangerous, Jorge and Jacob worked very syncronized with each other old habits still hung on after the training during the program, as they proceeded inwards they came upon the relay control room, a dead scientist by the looks of it and a wounded soldier where found inside, everyone scanned the room for threats while Carter and Catherine went over the bodies and terminals, Jorge found a scared girl under a staircase hiding, he tried to help her as he would always do, being a man of the people so to speak.

Suddenly as everything seemed fine three Elites wielding energy blades ambushed the group, Six was pushed to the ground and almost got pierced by one of them, Jacob kicked him off before taking aim, the elites managed to secure the wounded soldier as a hostage as they made their escape ¨Jacob, Six go after them and flush them out¨ Carter ordered.

Jacob and Six rushed after them, closing a door behind themselves they ran into more Kigyar and Grunts, mowing their way through them they barely managed to catch up to two of the elites, what ensued was a two on two death match, neither side giving an inch as it turned into hand to hand combat Jacob pulled out his knife and watched the Elite do the same, they crossed blades a few times until Jacob managed to plant his in the skull of his enemy, Six maanged just well and shotgunned the Elite down.

Though they didn't manage to save the soldiers life as he was executed before they got to him, they returned to Carter and the others giving each other a nod of respect, with everything they could do done, the group extracted from the area and headed home for debriefing at Sword Base.

To be continued...