Location: Nearby a Covenant Citadel
Azelia Territory, Beaumontia, Epsilon Eridani system
March 16th, 2549
11:46pm
"I met up with Jun and we both agreed that we wished we hadn't listened to Ryan. The extraction point was pretty far but we couldn't stop so we still kept running. That's when we heard the explosion and felt the ground practically shake. That's when it really sunk in for me, that Ryan had sacrificed himself for us. Took everything not to cry. So I grabbed Jun's hand and we continued to run to the extraction point. I just didn't want to look back. We were halfway there when two Zealots jumped out of nowhere. And I almost lost the most important person in my life."
"Jun!"
Celestina had been pinned to the ground, trying to pry the Zealot's hands off her neck. However, her attention was also on Jun, who was engaged in battle with the other Zealot, and the fact that they were tediously close to the edge of a cliff.
Clutching her hand into a fist, she punched the Zealot repeatedly in the face, though the shields were doing its job. "Get... the fuck... off me!"
She delivered a strong headbutt to the Elite's head, causing it to loosen its grip on her neck. She took this chance to toss the creature off of her and return her attention to her other half.
When she did, all she witnessed was them going over the edge.
A haunted haze of fear surrounded her at that point. She couldn't believe what she had just seen. "Jun, NO!"
The Zealot she had been battling seized the moment. It activated his wrist blade and thrust it right in her lower back. She let go of a pained grunt, at the same time mentally slapping herself for allowing such a thing to happen. She had let her feelings for Jun get in the way and the Zealot promptly took advantage of that.
The Zealot yanked her back and she fell back-first to the ground with a 'thud'. It placed one foot on the center of her chest and the other on her right arm when she was reaching for the combat knife on her right thigh.
She could hear her heart pound in her head at that point as she struggled to move. The Zealot decided that it had had enough of her, used one hand to grapple her head and drive it into the solid ground. She felt the back of her head connect with her helmet, causing some blurriness in her vision. The Zealot knew it was time to finish this off and so it raised its newly-retrieved Energy Sword...
... And was taken by major surprise when a Spartan in sage-colored armor bulldozed it right off Celestina.
The female Spartan felt her arm being freed and the horrible weight lift off her chest. However, that slam to her head was playing hell with her vision at the moment. She wasn't able to clearly see Jun snap that Zealot's neck for laying his hands on her. She also wasn't able to clearly hear him say that both the Zealots were eliminated, that the extraction point was close and that she was going to be okay.
Yet somehow, she could feel him lifting her into his strong arms and carrying her all the way to the extraction point.
A/N: A short chapter, yes, but I hope I made it exciting enough!
And soon enough, they will reunite! ;)