Halo 5.1 Guardians of Sera chapter 11
Meanwhile back at Soverign.
A stalk hit the ship causing it to shake.
"Damn, those stalks are going to do some serious damage one day" said Anya.
Then from the door ahead were COG soldiers under attack by something.
"Nash get out of there! They're behind you Nash" warned the COG soldier.
Then Nash came bursting through the door covered with Polyps.
"Ah shit polyps take them out!" ordered Marcus as everyone opened fire.
"These are bigger than Flood infection forms" said Vale firing her SMG.
"Take them down" said Locke killing some Polyps with his Battle Rifle.
"Action stations! Actions stations! Lambent attack, starboard bow! Unidentified variant!" shouted Michealson.
"Unidentified variant?" asked Dom.
"New kind of glowie. Great time for a debut. Come people, let's get up there!" ordered Marcus.
As everyone reached the starboard bow they saw a mutated Lambent Drudge. But that wasn't all.
"Uh Marcus? what's that in the sky?" asked Jace.
"Great! more of those Phantoms" complained Marcus as the Phantom fired plasma shots and dropped two Hunters.
"What the hell are those things now?" asked Dom.
"Hunters!" shouted Locke.
As Delta quicky delt with the Lambent Drudge they focused fire on the tank like Hunters.
Delta opened fire onto them but their armor like hide blocked the bullets.
"Shit how do you take these guys down?" asked Jace.
"They have a weak spot aim for the orange areas on their bodies" explained Chief.
As Delta kept the Hunters distracted Chief pulled out a grenade and snuck around the Hunters' back and placed a grenade on both of them causing to explode and die.
"All clear" said Marcus.
"These Covenant bastards are more clever than the glowies or grubs" said Dom.
"Don't under estimate them" added Locke.
Marcus then went to the dock lift control room to raise the deck for the Raven to land.
"Sovereign to KR-01, you are clear to land. The foward lift is being raised for you. Stand by" said Anya.
"Copy that Sovereign" replied KR-01.
"Bet you he's strollin' in here like nothing happened" said Jace.
Better park that nice new Raven carefully" warned Marcus.
"Let's give him the traditional stranded welcome...strip the chopper for parts" suggested Dom.
As the Raven landed and the door opened, out came Chairman Prescott and two Onyx Guard gears as an escort.
"You think he knows the COG fell apart after he dissapeared?" asked Anya.
"You think he cares?" replied Marcus.
"Chairman Prescott...welcome to what's left of the COG" welcomed Marcus.
"I'll have answers for you ladies and gentlemen...but later. I need to speak to Colonel Hoffman immediately" said Prescott.
"Hoffman's been gone almost as long as you have, Chairman" added Anya.
"He's dead?" asked Prescott.
"He left to take a group of civillians to Anvil Gate. Captain Michaelson is the senior officer now. Not that we have much of a millitary left" replied Anya.
"I'd better talk to the gallant captain then. I have a mission for him" said Prescott.
Prescott then turned his attention to the Spartans.
"Who are you all?" asked Prescott.
"We're Spartans of the UNSC Infinity" replied Chief.
"And for the record, we don't take orders nor respect those who abandoned us" said Locke getting closer to Prescott face to face. Which cause the Onyx Guards to raise their guard on Locke.
"Unless you want your escorts in a body bag I'd tell them to lower their weapons" warned Fred.
Prescott then signaled the Guards to stand down.
"Oh and Sergeant Fenix, you'll want to see this" said Prescott handing Marcus a disk.
"This better not be a shopping list. Let's go check it out" said Marcus.
"Who the hell does that asshole think he is?!" asked Dom.
"Prescott's gonna find out an ex-chairman doesn't count for shit with Michaelson" added Marcus.
"Action stations, Lambent aboard the ship we're under attack!" said Michaelson.
"What?! We just stood down" said Dom.
"Actions stations, more unidentified enemy airtransport" said Michaelson.
"Great, more Covenant attacking the ship" complained Fred.
"Take them out, we can't let the ship fall into Covenant hands" said Chief.
"Let's go people! The sooner we kill these things the sooner we get to CIC and find out what's so important on this goddamn disk" said Marcus.
"So which idiot wanted to see some action for a change?" asked Dom.
After everyone cleared the deck of Covenant and Lambent the team continued towards CIC.
"Ships company! Remain at action stations until we are clear of Lambent waters" ordered Michaleson.
"Yeah, good idea" added Marcus as he opened the door to CIC.
Anya and Vale then got the ships compiter screen to play the disk.
"There got it to work" said Anya.
"Marcus, if you get this message, if you're still alive...I need your help. This time I really am asking for your help. Please...listen. It's complicated, and I don't have much time" began the message,
"Oh my god Marcus, It's your father!" said Anya.
"Yeah, I noticed" replied Marcus.
"Wait...but I thought?" said Jace in confusion.
"Leave it, Jace" said Dom.
"I'm being held prisoner by the Locust. I've developed a solution to the Lambent problem. They think they can use it to kill humans as well, but they don't reali-" but before the message could continue it malfunctioned.
"Marcus, he knows about the Lambent. And he looks older than when-uh-" before Dom could finished Marcus interrupted and said.
"When we saw him die, I know"
"If he's still alive, I've got to find him" said Marcus.
"Any way to tell when this was recorded?" asked Marcus.
"There's no date code. Hang on" answered Anya.
"...they won't realize it won't save the Locust. Sera's dying Marcus-the whole planet's infected. It's the Imulsion that's killing it. It was always the Imulsion, you see, and I can stop it. I understand it all now. I've tried to contact you over the years, but I've been-" once again the message malfunctioned.
"Damn machine! Baird's never here when you need him" Anya cursed.
"Brace, brace, brace! Brace for impact" cautioned Michaleson as the ship crashed against a stalk and Covenant Phantoms fired shots at the ship.
"I'll figure out a way to decode the rest of the disk Marcus, We'll find him" assured Anya.
"Come on! Everybody get out there and finish these assholes!" ordered Marcus.
As everyone went back outside, the intercomms fired up as Prescott called in for help.
"This is the Chairman!" began Prescott.
"Great, now he wants coffee" complained Marcus.
"I'm under attack in the captain's cabin! Michaleson's badly wounded-I can't hold them off alone! We require immediate assistance!" requested Prescott.
"Prescott! This is Fenix. Hold on-We're coming" answered Marcus.
"Come on move it! Prescott can't handle this on his own!" said Marcus.
"Vale! Fred! Take the high ground and provide overwatch! Help us clear a path!" ordered Locke.
"Fred went back upstairs and began killing Lambent further ahead with his DMR. Vale took advantage as she grabbed the COG Longshot sniper rifle and sniped.
"Everyone, off the deck! Get outta here! Go, go, go!" ordered Dom.
"Vacate the deck head to a safer location!" ordered Chief.
"You fucked up my tomatoes you assholes!" cursed Dom regarding the Lambent.
"Enemy snipers up ahead, Keep your heads down!" ordered Vale taking out Jackals and Elite Snipers taking shots at the Lambent.
"Come on. Stop them before they get below deck!" said Marcus.
"Path cleared! we can move up" assured Fred and he and Vale regrouped with the others.
As the team cleared their way towards the captains cabin they killed off the remaining Lambent and checked on Michaelson and Prescott.
But it was too late for the Captain.
"You must take off. Why Not!? Well find someone to do it. Very well...standby" said Prescott tallking to a KR pilot.
Marcus then saw Michaleson in a pool of his own blood.
"Michaelson's gone" whispered Marcus.
"Poor old man. He kept this ship together" said Vale,
"He'll be remebered" assured Chief.
"Fenix get down to the hangar. The helicopters are under attack. We need to get them airborne right away" said Prescott.
"Are you wounded?" asked Marcus.
"Yes but I-" replied Prescott.
"Then you stay here, and you don't move until we get back understood?" asked Marcus.
"I'll try not to get myself killed, Sergeant" assured Prescott.
"Yeah you do that, I'm not the conversational type but when I get back, I want a nice long chat" said Marcus.
"I'll come back and give you first aid as soon we've got the choppers away, okay?" assured Anya.
"We should have handcuffed him to a pipe. In case he does another dissapearing act" suggested Dom.
"He's not going anywhere without his chopper" assured Marcus.
"Delta to Hangar Deck, KR units-anyone down there? We've got to get those Ravens in the air" said Marcus
"Delta, this is KR-03. My Bird's intact, but my crew's down. I need a hand" replied KR-03.
"Hang tight, we're on our way" assured Marcus.