SPARTAN beats Tyrant
As we made our way out of the Barracks, one of the mechs came walking by. I now knew that those things were called SKELLS.
"Aren't SKELLS just the coolest!" Lin said gushing over the giant mech. I was going to call her out on it but then I remembered, she's still just a kid, let her be.
"Armory alley is where we get our weapons, armor, and ammo. You seem to have the first two covered so lets go get you restocked" Elma said. I followed closely and when we reached the shop I simply put down my Assault Rifle and Magnum on the counter. Within seconds the man running the shop had refilled my mags with the correct ammo.
'Well thankfully ammo won't be a problem' after that we picked up the probe gear and regrouped
"Six, before we head out, I just want to tell you the golden rule around here, in case you don't know." Elma said
"Go ahead"
"There's a fine line between self-defense and instigating a fight, we need to walk that line, okay?"
"Understood ma'am"
"Hey, check it out, the east gate is now open." Lin pointed out "The lockdown was just lifted. They were having an indigen problem but I guess that's fixed now."
"Good, we'll head out that way. Come on Six" I followed behind Elma as we made our way to the massive gate.
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We didn't have to go too far east in order to reach the point of placement, but of course things are never that easy. As we got closer we saw five dead creatures that looked to be a cross between a gorilla and lion.
"What are those things?"
"Simius" Lin answered "But what killed them….. wait" she pointed at another creature that was obscured by a cliff, it looked like a giant bug.
"You don't think that one cinicula killed all these simius?" Lin asked no one in particular. I kept an eye on the massive creature as it began to move.
"Unless…. This is bad" Elma said. Tired of being left in the dark I asked
"What is it?"
"That cinicula is a tyrant."
"What's a tyrant?"
"It's the designation given to indigenes that exceed our threat level" Lin explained. In other words, that cinicula had to go. I grabbed my assault rifle and began to formulate an attack strategy.
"Whoa there! What are you doing?" Lin exclaimed.
"Six, tyrants are not to be trifled with. Entire BLADE teams have come back from tyrant scraps with serious injuries, if they come back at all" Elma said
"That thing is in our way to the probe site and if it's as dangerous as you say it is, then we can't just leave it this close to the city." I reasoned. It took Elma a moment to think about it but eventually saw my logic.
"You're right Six, we can't just leave it. If we can't kill it the least we should do is lure it away from the city. Lin"
"Count me in" she drew he weapon which unfolded into what looked to be an energy cannon.
"Colonel, I have an idea" I said
"Let's hear it" she responded
"You and I will soften that thing up, Lin, you take the final shot at its head when we stagger it."
"Got it and I think I know a good spot" she said pointing to the cliff adjacent to the tyrant.
"Okay…. I'm bait" I charged ahead
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"Six wait up!" Elma called after me. I opened fire on the cinicula. The shots punctured its exoskeleton, causing green blood to be drawn. It screamed and charged at me. I charged right back. It swung one of its legs but I dodged it easily as I unloaded the rest of the clip into its underbelly. Elma joined in, sliding under the beast a cutting away at the armored stomach with twin blades. I reloaded as the cinicula jumped away, it was only a temporary escape as I kept firing bursts at it. It looked to charge again but was hit with an energy beam from Lin's cannon. It screamed as it fired several spikes. Elma managed to dodge all of them while I took a hit from one which caused my shields to flash for a brief moment as they dropped to half capacity. I drew my magnum and fired the entire mag into its face as it charged again. This time as it swung I caught its leg before jamming it into the dirt. As it tried to pull out, I took advantage by running up its leg and throwing a haymaker to its face. The force would have killed most aliens but this one only had its face shielding crack. Elma then fired a few shots of her own which completely removed the green armor.
"Hit it now Lin!" She hollered. That order was soon followed by one precise blast after another. The 5th blast shattered the tyrant's skull sending blood every where. I reloaded the magnum and checked to make sure it was dead. 'For off the charts dangerous, that was easy'. After that we regrouped and I could tell Lin was happy.
"We are awesome! Especially you Six, you just ran up and punched the thing!"
"That was overly reckless Six" I was expecting that lecture from Elma but I didn't really pay any mind. "But you did good. We all did. Now let's get that probe placed." We set up the probe gear and Lin was about to send the probe into the ground before she stopped and stared at me.
"You need something Lin?"
"Just thought that you should do the honors."
"It's easy, just fire it from your Com device" Elma said
"I don't have one colonel" I responded. Lin then handed me hers
"Just use mine then" I took the device before pressing the holographic button, launching the probe into the ground.
"Good, let's get back now. We'll be able to officially make you a BLADE" Lin stated.
It was as we were walking back when I actually started to think about what I was doing. 'I've been dead for some time but I'm still technically part of the UNSC. Now, I'm trading away my loyalty… no. My loyalty is to humanity, even if they are from a different universe. Hopefully BLADE will be somewhat similar but I'll adapt if it isn't… that's what wolves do, adapt.' Then it hit me 'Wait, the contract said that this humanity was fighting a war similar to the one I died in and those xenos that destroyed earth chased them here. So where are they?'
AN: This is probably the worst chapter so far as i still need work on action sequences. It'll get better over time, i promise.
