Halo 5.1 Guardians of Sera chapter 19
As Delta and Blue/Osiris took the lift down towards the new Locust home made in the Deadlands there were snipers everywhere. They needed to open the gate that was down there to proceed.
"We need to get that gate open" said Locke.
"There's snipers everywhere and a Locust by an alarm horn" said Linda.
"I don't think we can sneak past 'em" said Buck.
"We have to go for it. Delta we need you guys to draw their fire" said Chief.
"When did we get grub bait duty?" asked Baird.
"Don't worry Chief, we got you covered" assured Marcus.
"Linda, take out the snipers in the towers. We need them to aggro on Delta" ordered Chief.
As Linda took out the snipers one of the Locust signaled the others with a huge conch shell horn.
"That's our cue Delta, take out the grubs!" ordered Marcus.
"Osiris, assist Delta!" ordered Locke.
Blue team then headed for the gate control.
Chief and Blue team then killed the Locust guarding the gate switch.
"Got it" said Chief hitting the switch.
"All clear!" assured Dom.
"Let's keep moving" said Marcus.
"Well...that was character forming" said Baird.
"You gotta hand it to them grubs-they built to last!" added Cole.
"So, any idea where we are now?" asked Dom.
"Um...in the shit. Up to here" answered Baird.
"That can't be good" said Buck.
As Delta reached the otherside Baird asked "Why did Hoffman moved to the other half of the friggin' world?"
"I just hope the old man's still alive. How long since we last had radio contact with Anvil Gate?" asked Dom.
"Just over a year" answered Baird.
"If he's dead, Bernie would hang on to the disk" added Marcus.
"Heads up, there's a barge over there. Let's see where it lands" said Marcus.
As the team headed through the bunker system, something didn't feel right.
"It's quiet...too quiet" said Buck.
"Is there a problem Buck, asked Locke.
"Yeah, It feels like a trap" answered Buck.
Everyone then looked to the sky and saw barges flying in the area.
"Why are those barges flying right over us?" asked Dom.
"Ah, shit they're droppin' bombs. RUN!" said Marcus and everyone ran for cover in the bunkers from the bombing run.
"Keep your heads down and run!" ordered Locke.
"SEE! Told ya it was a trap" said Buck.
After everyone escaped the bombing run the team then saw the barge they were chasing landing.
"Looks like we need to scale that tower" suggested Dom.
"You read my mind" added Marcus.
"Baird, you sure you can control that overgrown bladder whe we grab it?" asked Marcus.
"Yeah tinkle toes-'cause you know bladder control ain't your strong suit" added Cole as Buck laughed.
"Once! It happened once, okay? Anyway, I grabbed the nav system from that wrecked barge. One direct course to Anvil Gate, programmed and ready!" assured Baird.
"Hmm, nice job" complimented Marcus.
The team then headed inside a cave and came across a nest. More specifically a Corpser nest.
"Oh, so that's where Corpsers come from" said Cole as a Corpser hatchling walked along.
"When a mommy Corpser and a daddy Corpser love each other very much..." began Baird.
"Whoa..stay back Baird. You'd think the first thing he sees is his mother" said Cole.
"Why don't you two guys shut the fuck up before we wake its mother" said Marcus.
"You'd think this would be cute but *shivers* these things give me the creeps" added Vale.
"Yeah uh, remind me to get a Corpser for your birthday" said Buck.
The hatchling then saw everybody and screamed.
"Well, there goes that idea" said Dom.
Buck then quickly shot it and said "That takes care of Jr."
Unfortunetly the mother didn't take to kind to Buck's actions.
"Ah, shit we woke mom!" said Marcus as the mother Corpser came after everyone.
"That's...one big...ugly...mother" said Buck.
"This is what happens when you kill her babies" added Vale.
"She woke the family! Those damn eggs are hatching!" said Dom.
"Oh great" complained Buck.
"Come on! Kill 'em and get out of here!" ordered Marcus.
But as the team killed more hatchlings it only angered the mother more.
"Uh...isn't it bad luck to kill spiders or somethin'?" asked Baird.
"They ain't spiders! It's bad luck if we don't kill 'em!" added Cole.
"Look out more eggs are hatching!" said Dom.
The team then killed even more hatchlings. At that point mama Corpser had enough.
"Incoming!" said Chief pointing out the mother Corpser.
"Any Ideas how to kill this thing?" asked Baird.
"We aim for her eyes" suggested Locke as he used his Battle Rifle to shoot one of the Corpser's eyes.
"Concentrate your fire on the eyes" ordered Marcus.
This process continued until all the eyes were gone. As the the last eye was shot. The Corpser went on a blind rampage knocking down everything and bringing the cave in to collapse.
"Oh, shit! Now's she's pissed!" added Dom.
"We need to move or she'll cave us in" suggested Buck.
"She's tearin' the place apart" added Marcus.
"Look out! The ceiling's collapsing" added Dom.
As everyone reached for saftey a giant rock crushed the Corpser.
"Let's hope that barge is still around" said Dom as he activated the lift.
"As the team reached topside they saw multiple barges flying by.
"Whoa yeah! We got plenty of gasbags now! Choose any model you like!" said Cole.
Then all of a sudded a giant war beetle arrived and on it was non other that Queen Myrrah. Leader of The Locust.
She then took notice of Delta Squad. The last time they met was underground in the Locust city of "Nexus" in her palace.
"It's him. Alert the fleet. I want every outpost between here and Azura at full readiness. And make sure we don't lose him again" ordered Myrrah.
Goddamn it, she's still alive! How the hell did she survive the flood?" asked Dom in shock.
"So...She's still runnin' the show" said Marcus.
"Holy shit! Look at the size of that bug!" added Cole.
"I got your number bitch" said Marcus.
"I'm guessing that's supposed to be Queen Myrrah?" asked Buck.
"Yep, one and only" replied Baird.
"If that's the leader of the Locust, we need to stop her" added Chief.
Queen Myrrah's beetle then dropped Locust Shriekers. But then Covenant Phantoms and Bandshees opened fire on her and her escort as she fled.
"Least the Covenant has her running" said Buck.
"For now..." added Marcus.