No Man Left Behind
On their way to the next area Johnson left to get reinforcements. As Johnson arrived at the river to drop-off the reinforcements in his Pelican, just as the pelican was coming into land it was shot down by the Brutes. As soon as the pelican went down the Chief knew what he had to do, he had to fight his way through to Johnsons crash site. The river bank was loaded with covenant. The Chief was low on ammo, as were the marines but Johnson had to be saved. Within seconds the Chief was out of ammo with more Brutes advancing. There was only one thing to do, one weapon left. Brute force. There was nothing for it, the Chief beat the first Brute down with the butt of his Assault Rifle. Once the first brute was down the Chief took its weapon, a Plasma Rifle. Using the Plasma Rifle he took out the other Brutes while the Marines started on the Grunts, once the Brutes were dead the Chief took care of the remaining Grunts.
All what was left to do now was find Johnson, hope that he survived the crash. The chief has just one thing on his side. Luck, the Chiefs greatest asset. Just as the Chief and remaining Marines were leaving the river to find Johnson they found weapons, Human weapons. There was all the Chief needed Assault Rifle, SMG, Magnum. He chose the Assault Rifle and Magnum, a perfect combination. On the way to the crash site the Chief received some bad news, the Brutes had taken Johnson. On hearing this, the Chief and Marines pushed on, even though the Chief knew the Brutes could have killed Johnson by now, he could never leave a soldier behind.
When the Chief found where the Covenant were hiding he saw Johnson, his luck had paid off. Johnson was alive. There was just one problem, the area was full with Covenant; Jackals, Grunts, Brutes, one of the brutes had a Gravity Hammer along with a stronger armour. Knowing this would be no easy feat the Chief ran into battle, starting with the Brutes. Using the Magnum the chief took out the first four Brutes before it was empty, switching to the Assault Rifle there was one Brute left. The one with the Gravity Hammer, using a combination of Assault Rifle and brute force the Brute was killed. There were only Grunts remaining, the Chief swapped his empty Magnum for the dead Brutes Gravity Hammer and set to work taking out the Grunts. Before long the last few Grunts were dead and the Chief just had to release Johnson. Within moments Johnson was free. There was only one thing left to do, wait for a Pelican to come and pick them up. While waiting a Phantom arrived to take out the Chief along with Johnson. Surprisingly no Covenant dropped out of the Phantom, only weapon fire from its Plasma Turret. There was nothing that could be done except take cover and wait for the Pelican to come and take out the Phantom. When the Pelican arrived it shot down the Phantom and picked up the Chief and Johnson along with the remaining Marines to take them to the Operations Centre. Johnson had been saved and it was time for the USNC to plan its next move.