Halo 5.1 Guardians of Sera chapter 29
"Hello?" called out Paduk
"So, nobody watching the door, Paduk?" asked Baird.
"There should be a guard here" added Paduk.
"When it's this quiet, something bad is bound to happen" said Buck.
"So are you guys stranded?" asked Carmine.
"Everyone here fought for something. No stranded here!" answered Paduk.
"Who are you fighting for now?" asked Baird.
"Don't ask stupid questions" said Paduk.
"So...How close is this boat you're gonna give us?" asked Carmine.
"Please shut up for a second okay? We need to head towards the rig" added Paduk.
"There's some stairs over here" said Vale finding a path.
"Maybe it'll lead us to the Imulsion rig" added Fred.
As the team headed towards the door ahead. the lights stared to flicker.
"This is not a good sign. Those generators are usually good for several days" said Paduk.
"Paduk, what's going on here?" asked Baird.
"Shh. What the hell's that noise?" asked Buck as he heard something rushing at them.
Then, Lambent Formers burst through the windows above.
"SWEET JESUS!" said Buck in shock.
"What the fuck are those things? asked Cole.
"Oh no!" added Paduk.
"Must be some Lambent humans! Take them out" said Fred as everyone opened fire.
"They're not human. Not anymore!" added Paduk killing formers.
"Jeez they're everywhere" said Vale under attack.
"On the left. More coming through the door!" said Linda bashing formers away with her sniper.
Buck killed the last few with his shotgun and said "That's all of 'em. For now anyway".
The team approached a gate blocking their path.
"I'll have to open this myself" said Paduk.
"If it's still locked, that means..." Said Baird in concern.
"I know what it means" added Paduk.
"Lambent humans? It really is The Flood all over again" said Vale to herself.
"This is why we got to find Marcus' Dad's machine to end this" said Fred.
"We're al at risk Fred! We could turn into those damn things!" added Vale.
"It won't come to that Vale. I promise you. But we all need to shape up and stay together. Clear?" asked Buck.
"Yeah...clear" answered Vale.
"It's open" said Paduk getting the gate open.
"Keep it together people. They could pop out from anywhere" said Fred.
"The lights keep flickering. Suggesting we use our flashlights" requested Linda.
"Agreed. Lights on!" said Fred and he and the other Spartans turned on their helmet flashlights.
"Shhhh!" said Baird as he heard a noise.
All was quiet...until formers bursted through the glass.
"Paduk, your house is like a horror movie" said Baird.
"Keep moving and clear them out!" ordered Fred.
The team fought their way through the building until they found a door to lead them out.
Cole chainsawed the chain locking it as Baird kicked open the door.
"I'm gettin' a little lost here Paduk" said Baird.
"There's a lift on the roof that takes us to the Imulsion Rig Deck" said Paduk.
Th team made it outside on the roof and they saw formers down below.
"Leave 'em be...hopefully we can sneak past 'em" said Buck.
"The lift is up ahead" said Paduk ans everyone got on and took it up"
"The control room is at the top of the rig" said Paduk.
"Let's get up there!" said Baird.
Then the room started to shift down as if it was falling.
"Whoa is this thing coming down!?" asked Cole.
"That's normal. Believe it or not" assured Paduk.
The team came into an Imulsion filled room.
"There's Imulsion everywhere. No wonder everybody got sick" said Baird.
"There should be gas masks in those lockers!" said Paduk.
"That shit is toxic Paduk *Coughs*" said Cole coughing.
"*coughs* Just keep moving *coughs*" Paduk.
"Thank god we have filters in our helmets" said Buck.
"Yeah...no kidding" added Carmine.
The path up ahead started to fall apart. Just then more formers rose from the Imulsion.
"More of those things *cough* We gotta turn back around we came. We're cut off" said Baird.
"We need to get to those damn lockers!" said Cole.
"Baird, you get Paduk, Cole, and Carmine to the lockers! The rest of us will hold 'em off" ordered Fred.
"We're not leaving you here!" argued Baird.
"Guys, we got more incoming!" said Vale.
"Look we got helmets. We'll be fine get to the damn lockers and we'll catch up!" ordered Fred.
"Ah shit *cough* fine!" everyone move out!" said Baird.
As Baird and the rest headed for the lockers, Fred looked at the incoming pack of formers as said "Alright Spartans, we're gonna buy Baird some time. Hold this line"
"Here they come!" said Buck.
"Ready...aim...fire!" ordered Fred as the Spartans held off the formers until Baird and the others could get the gas masks.