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Here we are chapter two! I think I've done well so far but let me know what you guys think in the comments. I do not own anything Halo.

I felt my heart beating in my ears as I ran down the exploding hall way, grenades flying left and right. I had too get too Keys before the covenant but the last time I tried to contact him all I got was static, my legs burned from exhaustion but I continued to push, only slowing down as I tried to pry the door open to the bridge. "Keys! Are you here?!" I opened it enough to look in and I saw a few bodies scattered, I panicked as I looked for the captain and I let out a small breath of relief as he appeared, "Agent, you need to get out of here." "But Captain-" "But nothing, I'm going to try and land this ship on the ring looking construct. I can handle this. And the Master Chief has been awakened and is now heading to the pods himself." I blinked as I heard about the spartan being awakened but before I had a chance to reply the doors groaned and snapped shut, I looked around and found that all the hallways were being sealed off...I needed to hall ass now. Once again I set too running and I managed to get down the last hallway before it was sealed off, but not a minute after I found myself pinned with 5 other marines against a squad of covenant. "Ma'am, they're blocking the way to the pods, we need to break through!" "Anyone have grenades left?" They all shook their head and a few popped up to fire off a few rounds, I cursed and I knew I was out as well, looks like we were shooting our way out. I picked up an extra assault rifle and joined the shoot out, trying to take down one of the three elites on the other side of the barrier, but they saw it coming and my eyes widened as a plasma grenade came flying our way. "Hit the deck!" We all jumped to the side as it came hurtling over the barrier and all hell broke loose, it must have knocked pieces of the barrier away so the grunts began to run over. Most of them were shot down but those who weren't took cover while the elites fired, "I got a grenade, heads up!" I saw one young looking marine pull the ring and toss it over the barrier but only too have it ricochet off the wall and land a few feet away, I knew it was not my day and again I took cover as the explosion rocked the hall. The elites bodies went flying over head but so did the crates, I managed to roll and stand out of the way of two but a third hurtled towards me and slammed into my body, throwing me against the doorway and onto the ground. I felt a strong pain in my shoulder and I was pretty sure it was dislocated, but I also noticed that my vision was dark around the edges, not from tears this time but likely from a mild concussion. There was nothing but the sounds of alarms as I pulled myself, half crawling, through the halls to the life pods, hearing the chatter of covenant behind me but focusing on the goal at hand. My hopes lifted as I made it too the line of escape pods...but I saw they had all been deployed, that was it for me then. I gave a sarcastic chuckled and pulled myself against the wall to relax my aching shoulder a bit, no use in making it worse now that I was more than likely going too perish.

My assumptions were confirmed when a silver armored elite tromped around the corner and yelled when he saw me against the wall, he pulled out his weapon and moved in for the kill shot. I closed my eyes as I waited for the burn of plasma to go through my armor but it never came, instead, I heard the sound of a pistol going off and the dying sound of the elite. When I reopened my eyes weakly and looked around, I saw a slightly blurry tall mass of green armor with a weapon, that must be the spartan. "C'mon, there's one pod left!" I grunted as he helped me up and we quickly got over to the last pod, one marine running in just after us. I was set gently into one of the seats and I gave a smirk to the spartan as he set me down and turned to the pilot, "Punch it." "Aye aye sir." The pilot shot us off of the ship and I was thrown around a bit ,seeing as I gave the last seat to one of the marines, and I accidentally landed against the Master Chief, "Uh, sorry sir." He simply nodded as I righted myself and I then looked out the window to the crashing mass that was the Pillar of Autumn, "Do you think he'll make it?" I expected to get no answer but I was surprised as I heard his gravely voice speak up, "He'll make it." I said nothing more and I turned away from the window and looked around at the shaking marines, "Do you think we'll make it ma'am?" I had my mask up at this point so I kept a neutral expression on so I didn't dishearten them further, "I can't guarantee anything but if we keep our heads then we should be fine."

This seemed to calm the man somewhat and I looked towards the ring like structure we were headed for, "Hold on folks our landings gonna be a little rough!" I grabbed a hold of one of the bars as the pod jolted side too side and we entered the atmosphere at a dangerous angle. I panicked more as the pod began too quickly plummet towards the ground, "I can't pull up were comin in too hot! Brace for impact!" I snapped my helmet and mask back on before we hit the ground with s resonating thud and I was thrown about into unconsciousness.

(Sometime later) I awoke with a groan and I heard my suits sensors beeping, probably telling me I needed some type of medical attention no doubt. My senses came too me slowly and I looked around from my spot on the ground, it looked like we had crashed in some type of mountain grassy area. I grunted as I hefted myself up and I checked too see if my suit had taken much damage but thankfully there only seemed too be a crack in one of the arm guards, and I had my weapons near me as well. I picked up my assault rifle and hooked it onto my back before looking around and walking a bit, it looked like a place you would find on earth, but when you looked too the sky you could see more of the construct spanning over you. I saw the pod over near a cluster of trees, smoke still trailing from it, and I started to walk over to investigate, but before I could take more than three steps I saw a few banshees flying overhead along with a covenant cruiser. "Shit." I tried too move over to take cover behind a few of the boulders but it was too late and the ship started too move towards me, I managed to get behind a boulder as it dropped off some of its passengers. I heard the familiar noises and sounds of an elite as he probably told his squad to fan out and find me, but I wasn't going down so easily. I cocked the assault rifle and popped out from behind my cover before I fired like crazy, taking down almost all the grunts at once but then my clip ran out and an elite managed to get a few hits on me before I got back into cover.

I heard them grumble in their language some more and then they continued to fire at the rock I was behind, making pieces chip off and fly everywhere and onto my suit. "Bastards, I'll show you..." I tightened my grip on a plasma grenade I found near me and I rolled out from cover, activating the grenade and lobbing it at the blue armored elites head, it nearly missed but he was close enough too where it stuck to his side and I watched in satisfaction as he ran around with a scream before blowing up. I smirked in satisfaction and stood too my full height as I scanned the area that was now littered with the bodies of grunts and the elite...wait wasn't there two? But I didn't have time to think about it for I felt something heavy drop onto my back and I was slammed into the ground mercilessly, I felt the foot of the elite plant itself on my helmet and he shouted something I couldn't understand. While he was talking I turned and grabbed his foot, throwing him to the ground as well, and I started to punch the alien in the face. I managed to get a few good hits in but not before he grabbed my arm and roared in my face, he then proceeded the throw me off and smash into my body with his foot making all the air rush from my lungs.

"Hrek ma nakir! You look like one of the devil!" I got confused as he spoke too me in a mix of english and his own language but instead of listening I pulled out a knife from a holster on my leg and thrust it into his chest, making the alien cry out and back away, giving me the chance too deliver the killing blow. I ran forward and jumped into the air while thrusting my foot out and hit him square in the chest where my knife was, plunging it all the way into his body and killing him instantly. I rolled to the ground and grunted as I hit my shoulder but none the less I was able too get up, now I needed too figure out where I was and where the rest of the crew was...easier said than done.

I didn't bother looking in the pod as I grabbed a med kit and some other supplies that were strewn about the ground...I knew they were dead. But what about the Master Chief? I wanted too look in too see if he was actually alive but I knew that if he was dead...my hopes would drop quite a bit, so I hoped for the best and took off across the bridge and trekked further up the mountainous hill region. Coming across a few other covenant but nothing too serious, that is until I saw a structure with survivors up ahead being torn apart by covenant drop ships. My radio sparked to life as I watched the horrific scene below me, "Dusk do you read! Where have you landed?!" "That you Johnson?" "Thank god your alive, where's Chief?" "I-" But just as I was about to answer the covenant forces spotted me and I had too run for cover, a few grenades missing me by mere inches. "Johnson a little help would be nice! I'm over by the cluster of trees!" I fired off a few rounds and I saw Johnson come around the corner with a warthog, a marine fireing sporadically from the turret and picking off the closer aliens.

"Let's get some marines, go go go!" I grinned widely as I heard the rallied marines finish off the squads and I popped out from cover limping a bit as I headed over to the warthog, "Why didn't you say you were here Dusk?" "Well I would have but a bunch of ugly ass aliens interrupted me soooo yeah." He chuckled and motioned for me to hop into the side which I gladly did, "So, wheres the Master Chief?" I felt my heart stop as I heard the question, should I tell him that he may be dead and I left him at the crashed pod? "Uh, he uh, told me too go ahead while he took care of some stray covenant..." Johnson nodded, not seeing through my lie, and continued too drive up to the weird building that we were taking refuge on and I hopped out quickly. "So why is this here?" "We have no idea, we just found this weird ring planet, could be a building of whatever lives here." I continued to gaze around the structure as we walked up the ramp and onto the top, reloading our weapons and patching up with some med kits. I was about to ask where we were too go from here but suddenly another two drop ships sailed over head, shooting the turret at us as it passed and lowered to the ground on the other side of the structure. "Where the hell are all these covenant coming from sir?" "I have no idea, but we're sure going to give'em hell. Let's move marines!"

I watched as the marines started a firefight with the covenant, meanwhile I tried to contact a few of our pelicans too see if we could get a pick up here. "Echo 419 do you come in? This is Agent Dusk requesting evac stat." I heard some static before a fuzzy signal patched through and I heard a voice, "This is Echo 419 responding, I'm staying under enemy radar and will try too head your way as quick as I can, but I can see more life pods crash landing." "Copy that, we'll hold out till you get here." She signaled out and I sighed as I pulled out my weapon and looked over the barrier too shoot, except there were no more covenant on this side, nothing but bodies. "What the hell happened Johnson?" He grinned like a mad man and tilted his head towards something sneaking around the side of the building, I peered around over the edge and I felt a disbelieving gasp leave my throat...that damn spartan just didn't give up.

This beginning is just soooo slow, sorry about the slight boringness. I will try and get things goin in the next chapter I swear, it's just the first parts that are hard too get over. Please review on what you think!