Athena Station board room. Security Council meeting
Admiral Hood was in the board room with the other admirals and Arbiter and a few of the newly founded Swords Of Sanghelious leaders and a new person joining them was General Nicalos Strauss. The video footage that was sent was troubling, well actually a disaster the pro-peace faction's leader Prime Minister Andriy Lukashenko was kidnapped even worse is wife and daughter are missing. They were the only chance they had to a peace treaty but now the chances of that happening were gone. " Athena, who is the man in the beret?" Hood asked.
" I looked through the UNSCs database his name his Aleksandr Petrekov, impressive service record has been a Marine for 30 years, has a deep hatred for the Covenant, lived on Harvest, all family and relatives dead, and was dishonorably discharged for misconduct." Athena answered with the flood of information making Hood sigh once again. " Another psychopath just what I needed." The admiral said.
" So what should we do admiral?" Gering asked, sitting right next to him. Hood pondered for a little bit.
"Our first priority should be to find the wife and daughter first, whatever he wants he will get, cannot have that happen, Admiral Parangosky." He said turning to the ONI admiral.
" Yes sir?" She asked.
" Have your people work around the clock, we need to find the Ministers family. He ordered.
" I will get it done sir." She responded.
" The rest of you assemble the fleet, warn the army about possible Insurrectionist attacks, Also I want a report of any pro-UNSC groups, that will help us the coming fight, Arbiter Shipmaster get your troops and fleets ready as well." Hood finished. All the Elites in the room nodded to prepare for the coming storm
" Alright people get it done." Hood finally added.
" Admiral" Strauss saluted, all the other lower-ranking Generals and Admirals left the board room including the Swords.
"Admiral Andrew Gering, Admiral Margeret Paragosky-ONI, Admiral Micheal Stantforth, General Victoria Lensky, General Adam Patton I need you to stay for the moment." He ordered stopping the other UNSC leaders in their tracks.
Left were the top officials from the last meeting, Athena appeared on the dashboard. " Admiral, is it time to discuss the second topic of this meeting?" She asked.
" Yes, it is time." Hood answered.
" What exactly are we talking about here sir." Patton asked.
" We are here to discuss which Spartan Athena wants to get assigned too." Hood answered the army general.
Admiral Stanforth scoffed at the mention of the Spartans, while Patton and Lensky were indifferent. Paragosky being a spook showed no emotion at all.
" So Athena got anyone in mind?" Gering asked her.
The AI shook her head. " I looked at all the Spartans' records, I still have not decided." She answered. The ai looked down to be honest she really did not pick any of them they all have incredible service records but they lacked one thing.
Hood rubbed his head. " Seriously Athena you are going to have to make a choice all of the Spartans are arriving in two days so you need to decide out of the 32 candidates." He told her.
" What is the hold up anyways aren't all the ONI freaks supposed to be exceptional soldiers." Stanforth ignorantly said. Hood stared daggers at him including Pragrosky.
" Refer to them like that again admiral, it won't end well." Hood warned quickly shutting him up.
Hood turned back to Athena his arms crossed like a disappointed father would. " Athena you nearly had a month to choose who you want, you have two days left, and if you haven't noticed the Insurrection is having a resurgence." He said. Athena looked down and started becoming nervous, not necessarily a good sign, especially for an AI.
" Athena, what is wrong?" Gering asked.
" Well uhm... you see... " She muttered. Making all the generals and admirals give her a confused look.
" Athena, what are you trying to say?" Hood asked this time
The Ai was struggling to muster any words, it especially did not help that all the UNSC leaders were all staring at her.
" Are we sure that this Ai is not broken" Parogrosky commented. Well, that was rude Athena thought.
" Are we sure that we should trust this AI" Standforth added.
" Standforth one more word out of you and I wi—" Gering said causing an argument. All the Admirals and Generals started yelling over each other, with Hood trying to dowse the flames.
Athena stood silent listening to the bickering trying to get a word in.
" Uhm Admirals." She said falling on Deaf ears.
" Admirals" She tried once again, only for them to keep on arguing, until she finally had enough.
" I want to be paired up with Jane Kelly!!. "She quickly blurted out. Everyone quickly shut up and turned back to the Ai.
" Who do you want to be paired up with again Athena?" Hood asked her confused.
" Jane Kelly I want to be paired up with Jane Kelly." She nervously said twiddeling with her fingers.
" The Marine?" Paragrosky asked.
" Yes she has a good service record." Athena responded.
" Aren't you supposed to pick a Spartan?" Patton asked.
" Well I honestly don't really want to, my choice is Jane Kelly." She said once again.
" Well that is going to be a problem since she is a Marine, not a Spartan" Gering told her.
" I for one agree with the Ai I don't see much of a problem pairing her up with a marine, but I honestly don't care." Stanforth said giving his opinion. Athena would have thanked the admiral only if he wasn't a dick but she appreciates it nonetheless.
" You see that is exactly the problem it would be more beneficial and tactically better that she chose a Spartan instead" Gering said again.
" Why exactly did you choose her Athena." The question being asked by Hood this time.
" Well like I said before she has a good combat record started serving in 2549 at 19 years old, First saw combat in the Siege of Paris IV and Arcadia, Reach the first Halo ring then all the way to the Ark." She said summarizing.
" Well yes she has a good combat record, but there must be other reasons why you chose her and not any of the other Spartans." Hood asked.
Gering gave Hood a questioning look " Sir you are not actually considering."
Hood put his hand up quitting the other Admiral. " Athena is one of the most advanced Ai's ever created, so there must be a reason why she chose her specifically." He said.
" It is not only her I did research on her squad members, all of them joined the same time as her and saw the same engagements." She said.
" Well that is fine and dandy,but why specifically did you choose her?" This time Gering asked.
" Well I have a few, but how about a wager Admiral." She said getting everybody's attention.
" Well, this should be interesting to hear." General Victoria Lensky said.
" Offer them to become ODSTS, almost all of them especially Kelly have been trying to get in for the longest time now, if she accepts and pass training I will wish to be assigned to her." She said.
" Ok now I am confused what does this have to do with anything?" Gering asked.
Hood thought for a moment. " If she refuses, what then?" The Admiral asked.
Athena smiled " If Kelly does which she won't, I will gladly choose one of the Spartans. She answered.
" I am still so confused with this wager." Gering said.
" I mean it is simple enough." Paragrosky added.
Gering shook his head. " It still make no sense, Spartans even the less effective 3s have been shown to be considerably more effective than any ODST."
" If you want you can get make their training twice as hard and have shortened to a month." She added to the deal.
Besides Paragrosky everyone's eyes went wide that they could fall from their sockets, including Hoods.
" Athena you do realize how impossible of a task that you are asking for, ODST training is as dangerous as it is and you want us to make it twice as hard and on top of that shorten it to a month." Hood said.
She simply nodded. Gering turned to Hood giving him a crazy look.
" Sir this is simply cra–"
" Like I said before if she declines I will simply choose one of the Spartans." She interrupted.
" Admiral can we assign it a Spartan." Paragrosky said, being a psychopath as usual. Athena now saw why that ONI is not that popular with the other branches
" No, we will not do that, Athena," Hood said getting her attention
" I will take up on your offer but before you do, I want to know other reasons why she is your choice."
Before she could answer someone else barged into the room.
" Private can you see we are in a meeting right now?" Hood yelled at the Marine
" Lord Hood!! insurrectionists are attacking the old UN headquarters where the Swords of Sanghelios and UEG representatives are at!!" The soldier yelled, after saying that everybody quickly got out of their seats to the command room.
" Athena!!" Hood yelled.
" Already on it sir."
Athens station cafeteria:
Kelly was sitting down eating her food with the rest of her squadmates pissed off out of her mind. The day did not start well for her this is the sixth time she got rejected from joining the ODST program, Makoa, and Manny also received the same message. It was such bullshit, the war was over and due to low manpower surely they needed some ODSTS.
" Well, it is sure getting spicy down there." Makoa commented interrupting her thoughts. She looked up and saw what he was talking about, On the TV was a news report on the protest outside of the old UN headquarters building.
" In the past few days the protests here in New York have gotten more intense, now behind me you will see many of the protesters are against this meeting that the UEG is having with the Elites. However, you can see another crowd that is for this alliance." The Reporter said.
" Hey isn't it that Elizabeth Myers the one who was here with us with that training exercise a few days ago?" Rigo asked.
" Yeah, that is the Shawty alright." Makoa answered, earning a glare from Rigo.
" Like do you think before you speak, like I swear you need to be tested for autism." He said.
" On a side note, I don't know about you guys but I find it suspicious that Makoa hasn't made jokes about Halsey." Carlos said making Makoa blush.
" Come to think of it why is that Makoa? Just a couple of days ago you were making those dumbass jokes." Kelly added making him turn even more red.
" Yeah, aren't you running errands for her as well does that have something to do with it?" Ashley asked. The entire table was now staring at the poor marine.
But before Makoa could respond. A huge explosion came from the big screen. Everyone in the cafeteria then focused their attention on the tv.
" Wait what was that, it seems to be a disturbance–"
" Hey, you!!, The reporter you need to get the hell out of here!!" A police officer ran to her. Another explosion was heard followed by gunfire.
" Death to the Aliens!!, Down with the UNSC!!" someone in the crowd yelled. Upon looking more closely Kelly realized those were Innies how the hell are they here on Earth. The Rebels started opening fire on the police, NYPD officers scrambled for cover and immediately started to return fire.
More explosions ensued. Another officer sprinted to Elizabeth " Lady get down!!" he shouted.
The officer pushed the two into cover. Then the footage was cut.
" Uhm we seem to be having some technical issues we will be right back shortly." The flabbergasted newscaster said.
Everyone in the cafeteria stood still not sure what to say.
" So I guess we are not having dessert," Christian said breaking the silence and earning glares from everybody at the table.
Suddenly the alarms in the station started going off causing everyone to scramble.
" WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR ALL OF YOU GET TO ARMORY AND GEAR UP!!" Colonel Shepard screamed off the top of her lungs running into the cafeteria.
Stacker and a few Sergeants and squad leaders came in.
" You heard the lady let's get moving people!!" He yelled.
Kelly and everyone got up from the table and sprinted to the armory.
Athens Station armory:
Kelly and her squad were gearing up for the ensuing battle, and all of them got most of their armor on.
" Well this should be good we are fighting humans for once." Frankie said strapping the last piece of armor to his thigh.
" What you mean good, I signed up to fight the Covenant, not our species. Makoa said grabbing his helmet from his locker.
" Well good for us this should be a walk in the park since we are not fighting a technologically superior foe." Manny added grabbing a rocket launcher.
" Yeah but I have never killed another human being before, I thought we were done with this." Makoa argued.
Causing Manny to scoff. " Makoa, human beings have been killing each other since the dawn of time, as a history buff should know that." Manny responded, and to be honest, he was right.
" I just thought that after this war, it would have been different." He said back.
" Makoa in all seriousness you are too optimistic for your own good, also are you autistic? did you forget that we got into a gunfight with Innies 5 days ago" Rigo said.
" Ah, good point." Makoa said
" All right everybody cut the chatter, so here is the info I got" Stacker ordered.
" What is it sergeant?" Carlos asked
"We are heading into a hot zone Innies are trying to get into the old UN building, Police have been holding them off so far, we are being sent in to reinforce and push the innies back." He sighed.
" Command making the best choices as usual our alien friends would not be joining us." He said this earned a groan from everybody.
" Are they retarded what have we been doing those training exercises with them for then?" Manny said.
" This is a bunch of bullshit." Sara added, now wearing her combat medic armor.
She looks good in it Makoa thought to himself. Pervert
" Not my call, I need everyone ready in five minutes make sure you have everything, have any questions before I leave?"
Frankie then raised his hand.
" Yes private."
" Why are we being sent in, does the army normally do this?" he asked.
" Due to low manpower, we are being sent however, New York is not the only place under attack; the Army is responding to multiple incursions across Earth, any more questions?" Stacker asked.
" Yeah any units that will be helping us once we reach the ground? Besides the police" This time Carlos asked.
" Us the lucky S4th Marine regiment, will be assisted by the 26th and the police that are already on the ground." He answered.
" Aren't those the guys that fought in New Jerusalem?" Christian asked.
" Yeah also suffered heavy casualties." Ashley added.
" Any more questions? No alright, you got 5 minutes when you are done head to the hanger."
" Sir yes sir!!" They all saluted.
Stacker then left them while the Marines continued to get ready.
" Well looks like it sucks to suck." Makoa said.
Rigo turned to him " Shut the fuck up nobody asked." He insulted.
Frankie rolled his eyes " Oh my god Rigo chill out." He said getting annoyed by Rigo always constantly insulting Makoa
Athens station Hanger
" Let's go, Marines the Corps ain't paying us by the hour!!" Shepard yelled
All the marines of the 4th Regiment were scrambling into their squads and started boarding pelicans.
Kelly and her squad walked to their designated transport, as much as Kelly did not want to admit it, she was a bit nervous, besides that gunfight they had back on Earth she never fought insurrectionists, I mean they were too busy fighting the Covenant for god's sake. They had no time to fight innies. But here they are, it honestly made Kelly question what was the point of the fighting if at all if they were going to go back to killing each other.
" All right Marines get on the Pelican!!" Stacker screamed.
Kelly and her squad ran into the Pelican and took their seats.
"Everybody strapped in?!" The pilot asked.
" Yeah, we are locked and ready!!." Stacker Yelled back.
The pilot nodded back.
" Wait for me!!" A voice yelled. All the marines turned around to see Kat arrive.
" Spartan this was unprecedented." Stacker said.
" I will be joining you guys on this, I have been assigned to your squad sergeant." She told Stacker.
The marine sergeant needed clarification and had many questions running through his mind, but it was not the time and place to ask them, plus why would you ever reject help from a Spartan. Kat made her way to the cockpit.
" Alright then, I will take all we can get." He responded.
" Since when do Spartans get assigned to Marine squads?" Christian asked.
" I don't know but I ain't complaining she is one hot Spartan." Makoa complimented making Kelly, Sara, and Ashley roll their eyes.
" Oh my god can you stop being autistic, for once in your life??" Rigo insulted.
" How about this you go tell her that and see how she reacts." Jesus chimed in
Rigo and Manny nodded their heads in agreement.
" Yeah pussy, go do it come on no balls." Rigo joked.
Makoa stammered. " Guys I was just joking." he nervously said.
" So what you are telling me is that you think she is ugly huh?" Jesus said.
" What no you know what I meant." Makoa shot back.
" I don't know bro sounds to me like you were lying" Christian smiled mischievously.
" Man fuck you guys are you trying to get me killed?" He asked.
" No we are just exposing how much of a loser you are." Rigo joked. Making everyone laugh.
" I fucking hate you all" Makoa muttered.
" We are lifting off!!" The pilot yelled.
All of the Pelicans started exiting out of the station one by one and headed straight to New York.
The Marine force went into the atmosphere and was already approaching the city.
" Honestly mate, never thought I would see the day that I would fight Innies." Chips said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
As there were no more seats left, Kat opted to stand for the rest of the ride.
" We are coming up on New York City right now." The pilot said.
The back of the Pelican doors opened to see a beautiful view of the Atlantic shining bright in the full moon. Seconds later the division of Pelicans passed the Statue of Liberty. All the marines looked in awe at the beautiful site of it.
" You know the Statue of Liberty was built in—"
"Oh my god shut up no one cares" Rigo interrupted.
" Hey don't be an ass." Kat defended Makoa, also getting tired of Rigo's insults.
Rigo quickly averted his gaze away from the Spartan. Not wanting to piss off a supersoldier was probably a good idea.
" We are approaching the UN building in five." The pilot said.
"All right get tactical Marines!!" Stacker yelled from the cockpit. Everyone started checking their gear to get ready for the upcoming battle.
There was tension in the air, this has got to be one of the longest five minutes Kelly has ever felt. Suddenly the alarms started blaring, and the Marines heard a huge explosion. Looking out the back one of the Pelicans was hit.
" They got heavy AA shit!!" another pilot yelled over the radio
" Mayday!! Mayday!! I can't control her!!" Another yelled.
"PELICAN DOWN PELICAN DOWN PELICAN DOWN!!." Another pilot screamed. The ship crashed into the ocean.
The pelicans began evasive maneuvers, some however were unlucky enough to get hit, thankfully Kelly's stayed in one piece.
They were now getting close to the UN building.
" 50 seconds!! Until we get to the LZ." The pilot yelled.
" All right get ready Marines!!" Stacker ordered exiting the cockpit. All the marines did the same with Kat at the very front.
" Approaching the LZ!!" the pilot screamed avoiding more flak Their Pelican then landed in front of the UN building and the Marines started to disembark. Kat was the first to jump off followed by Stacker, Kelly, and everyone else.
When out Kelly saw the other Pelicans starting to do the same however not after one getting shot down and crashing. It narrowly missed the NYPD officers who jumped out of the way. The police were pushed back to the UN building while the Innies were able to take control of the UN visiting center and the front gate.
The marines immediately sprang into action and started opening fire on the rebels to assist the police. One officer ran up to Stacker" Lieutenant Zimmermann NYPD, Man am I happy to see you!!" He said.
" What is our situation!!?" Stacker asked.
The police officer shook his head " Not good!! the perimeter is barely holding!!" He answered.
" What do you need us to do!?" Stacker asked.
The officer looked at the Marines and saw that they were relatively a small force, but took great interest in the Spartan with them. " Have your men reinforce the line we can't let them reach the building!! he said.
" Got it Marines form up on me!! Kat do what you do best!!" The sergeant ordered. " Roge" The Spartan immediately sprinted forward to the frontline.
Kelly's squad moved up with the rest of the Marines
" This is not all the reinforcements!!? Right!?" The LT asked.
Stacker turned to him. " Were the best you got for now."
Elizabeth peeked up from cover " Oh thank god the marines arrived, oh is that a Spartan!!?." She thought. Spotting the super soldier was easy. Yeah, a Spartan Elizabeth read about them, about how they were legendary in combat prowess and the Covenant referred to them as Demons, The police were in awe as they saw the Spartan sprint through the battlefield " Hey Wade can you start recording." She told her cameraman.
He nodded and started rolling the camera.
BNN newsroom
Joe Ricardo POV:
My heart was racing I knew that we should not send Elizabeth down to the protest the warning signs were there Damn it they told me that is was going to be safe. I worry for her, We should of sent someone more experienced, who am I kidding ultimately the decision came down to me. " So yes we are getting reports of multiple attacks on UNSC facilities and bases." Nick said, one of our news anchors. I don't know what to do I hope that the police got her to safety.
" Sir we got footage incoming it is from Warren!!" One of our tech supervisors screamed.
" Pull her through" I quickly said. I was worried sick please Elizabeth be alive.
" Hold on everybody, we are getting live footage from the UN building we will be putting the footage on screen right now" Nick said. We cut the feedback to the ground.
" This is Elizabeth Warren here!!." Oh, thank god she is alive. All of that dread and worry dissipated within my stomach. But it was cut short by an explosion in the background. " Elizabeth what is going on, is the battle still ongoing?" Nick asked.
Elizabeth nodded her head. " Yeah as you can see behind me the Marines have been deployed to reinforce the area here they are engaging the insurrectionists as we speak." She answered. Pointing to the Pelicans dropping off Marines. " Sir we are getting more viewership by the minute." One of the supervisors said.
" Put the live footage in full screen, we are documenting footage of the battle. " Yes sir!!" They told me, We are going to get so much viewership I smiled in glee.
Elizabeth and her cameraman kept on rolling the camera as the battle intensified around them " I will also confirm that the UNSC were able to deploy a Spartan into the area." She said. I knew this was getting better by the moment.
" Hey lady!!, what did we tell you, stay in cover!! It's too dangerous for you!!" A police officer said running towards them. " Get back–ahh!!" To everyone's horror the officer blew up into bits live on the feed. Horrifying Warren.
" Tell Warren to get back into cover." I yelled. However, being the stubborn reporter she is, she jumped out of it. Oh my god she is going to the frontlines!!
Old UN Headquarters New York
Elizabeth moved towards the frontline passing dead bodies and all the carnage much protest from the officers that were on the scene. She then spotted what she wanted. " Wade focus the camera on the Spartan" She told him. " This is going to be good." She thought to herself
Kelly's squad and other Marines sprinted to the front Stacker told Carlos to hang back with his sniper rifle and take out any priority targets he saw. When the Marines arrived they were met with the ragtag group of police officers that were barely holding on. The majority of them have just graduated from the academy. Most were armed with sidearms and had outdated equipment, like their 21st-century helmets. Very few had rifles and the ones that did were what Kelly could tell were NYPD SWAT.
The marine went to work helping the police drive back the rebels Kelly with her BR. She killed two rebels in a row with great accuracy. At the same time, Manny started lying down suppressing fire with his lmg. Kat charged forward acting as a vanguard and shot her smg with deadly accuracy.
" What the hell!! It is a Spartan!! run!!" One of the rebels panicked.
" Just shoot it!!, shoot it!!" Another screamed in terror, but his screams met an end when Kat slammed him into the wall, breaking his neck. The rest of the innies ran in terror not wanting to share the same fate, they heard stories about the legendary Spartans but they never faced one before.
Everyone else took positions and opened fire as well dwindling the rebels down who were now in full retreat thanks to Kat. Thanks to the reinforcements and Kat, the police took the initiative and pressed on the attack with the marines. Slow but it was progress, It was going well until Kelly spotted some innie trucks with machine guns on top of them.
" We got Technicals!!" Carlos radioed in.
" Everybody get to cover!!" Stacker ordered alongside a few other sergeants yelling the same thing.
The rebels instantly opened up on the marines cutting down anyone unlucky enough to not be in cover. Kat shielded the two officers from the machine guns. Mark 6 armor is very effective, to say the least. With ease, she grabbed the two policemen and sprinted into cover setting them down. The two officers looked up in gratitude, Kat nodded and sprinted back into the fight. " I am glad they are on our side." She said to her partner who just nodded
The police with their less-than-adequate equipment did the best they could to return fire to no avail Lucky for them Manny had a rocket launcher. The Marine pulled it out and aimed it at one of the technicals. He fired hitting the truck directly in the front. The technical went up in flames taking two rebels with it. The other truck immediately focused its attention on Manny. The big Marine jumped behind cover, narrowly avoiding the technical's wrath. " Carlos!! I could use some help here!!" He yelled.
" I got him." The sniper responded. Carlos aimed at the rebel's head he took a deep breath in and pulled the trigger. The sniper shot blew up the innie's head causing blood splatter going all over the place.
Manny took out his rocket launcher again. " All right time to– Hey!!" He yelled like a child. Before he could shoot it, Kat ran over and stole it right from under him. " Sorry, Manny I need it more than you!!" She screamed back at him.
" That was mine!!' He pouted. Kat sprinted forward taking out any unlucky Innies that got into her way. The Combined force of the NYPD and marines kept pushing the rebels back until you guessed it more rebel vehicles showed up carrying reinforcements, and a captured Warthog with a missile launcher.
" Oh shit we are fucked!!" Dani screamed. The Warthog immediately opened fire making the defense force scatter.
" MY KNEE!!" Daniel screamed. While running he tripped and accidentally sprained it.
" Shit!!" Raj yelled. He tried to go back for him only to be suppressed back into cover " Son of a bitch I can't get to him!!" He yelled. Kat turned around and saw the Marine laying on the floor writhing in pain. She sprinted forward and holstered her SMG. She jumped over some debris. The rebel then spotted the Spartan and shifted his attention to her. He shot a barrage of missiles. Kat reacted by dodging them with ease. With her right gauntlet, she hit the last missile out of the air. It exploded once impacting the ground. Once the smoke cleared the innie looked in horror when he saw that the Spartan was still alive.
" My turn." She said. She took out her rocket launcher and aimed it at the Warthog. The rebel widened his eyes in horror, but before he could react. Kat shot the rocket. The missile traveled fast exploding on impact. The rebel mounted on the launcher instantly died. The same can't be said for the driver who crawled out of the wreckage screaming in agony while the flames were burning his skin off. Kat dropped the launcher and made her way to Daniel who looked up in admiration, she picked him up bridal style and took him to cover she dropped him right next to Raj, and just like that she left to go ahead and fulfill her purpose, and that purpose is to kill some Innie scum.
With the Warthog gone the defense force renewed their efforts and kept on pushing the innies back, who were now on the losing side. Thankfully more reinforcements came this time coming from the UNSC army. Kelly tossed a grenade killing 5 unlucky rebels. At the same time, Manny was having a field day with his LMG. Ash moved alongside Kelly. While Makoa and Sara were helping drag some of the wounded back to safety. With Pard's squad covering them.
They dropped the troopers off much to the disdain of the Marines with them having a big rivalry and all, same can't be said for the police though. What came with the reinforcements was an old Scorpion tank and a M3 crocodile vehicle. The two vehicles were dropped off and immediately went to work. Police hornets then came onto the scene providing air support.
Athens station
Athena POV
" Sir UNSC reinforcements have arrived." I told Hood.
" Good what about the other fronts?" He asked.
"UNSC forces are gradually pushing them back none of the attacks have reached critical levels." I responded.
" Good and someone please get that reporter to stop recording." Hood ordered.
" On it" I said.
UN building defensive line
" There she is!!" A voice yelled. Elizabeth turned around to see 4 army troopers heading her way. They quickly grabbed the camera shutting it off. " Hey man watch it that thing is expensive." He yelled at them. The troopers then grabbed Elizabeth. " Get your hands off me!!, this is free speech you are infringing on!!" She told them. But it was no use the soldiers dragged her away to safety much to her protests.
The crocodile putting the anti-in infantry used its cannon to great effectiveness taking out rebels left and right. The tank doing the same. With its main cannon began taking out what remained of the innie's vehicles. One rebel had a launcher of his own but was quickly cut down by Carlos. Who knew that snipers could be so helpful.
With the help from the army, the innies were slowly pushed out back onto the street. The marines with the help of the hornets also Pushed to the Visitor's building.
Kelly alongside her squad passed the fountain which was filled with bodies of Innies and police alike. Them with a group of other Marines formed up behind the M3 while others did the same with the Scorpion. The vehicles moved up mopping up any that stood in their way. The rest of the rebels pulled back into the building. The Hornets and the two armored vehicles shredded the entrance with heavy gunfire.
" I feel bad for the Janitor." Makoa joked.
" Can you please shut up." Manny said.
" Can you morons focus on the task at hand." Stacker ordered before they could get into another argument. Once the gunfire stopped. The marines moved forward with Kat taking point. They entered the building. And were met with dead bodies. " Everyone spread out, and flush them." The Marine Lieutenant ordered. The Marines searched through the building, but there was no Innie in sight, nothing but dead bodies.
" Huh, no Innies in sight might think no one's home" Makoa commented.
Before they knew it one of the dead bodies was not so dead, as he got up shot one marine in the face with a shotgun. The rebel was quickly riddled with bullets, however more innies came out of cover and started opening fire.
" Contacts lots of contacts!!" Christian screamed.
" No innies!! you had to open your mouth!!" Manny yelled.
" Both of you shut up and start shooting!!" Stacker yelled at them.
Kat doing what spartans do best pushed forward with her SMG. The rebels were however having trouble with the fact that energy shields are a thing so yeah there is that. SMG in hand Kat at least took out ten innies with ease. The Marines went out of cover and pushed forward.
Kat turned around and looked at Makoa
" Shefte, give me your BR." She told him.
" Wha– uh here." He sighed. BR in hand. Kat had an easier time killing rebels from medium range. One with a lmg. Began suppressing them. Carlos was however their to ruin it for him. With one shot Carlos took the rebel out letting the Marines to keep pushing forward. Ashley moved up with Kelly watching out for any stragglers
Their numbers dwindling the Innies started to pull back. With more dying getting out of cover. Kelly threw a grenade killing half their number.
" Pull back pull back!!" One rebel yelled.
" This is bullshit what is a Spartan doing here!!." Another said.
" Yeah wankers run!!" Dubbo yelled at them.
Kat and the Marines chased them through the building until they made it outside. The M3 and Scorpoin waiting for them. At this point, the insurrectionists were in full retreat.
" Yeah run panchods!!" Pards screamed on top of the M3. The UNSC forces gave chase onto the street mopping up any rebels that remained. The Innies kept on running until they stopped in their tracks because awaiting them were dozens of cops and their APCS.
Seeing no way out the rebels started dropping their weapons and surrendering to them. The UNSC troops kept their guard up while they were taking them in.
5 minutes later
They started loading the prisoners into the Armored carriers. With everything calmed down Zimmerman told Shepard that her men should provide extra security back at the UN building. " You sure you don't need us?" She asked him.
" Trust me, my officers can handle it from here, we are undermanned back at the UN perimeter, so have your men there." He told her.
Shepard and her Marines made their way back to the front entrance. The very few police remaining started gathering the bodies while the troopers and Marines stood watch. The M3 and scorpion took positions at the front entrance surrounded by dozens of UNSC soldiers. Kelly's squad had the privilege of being stationed at the front gate alongside Pard's squad.
" Not how I imagined I will be spending my time back on Earth." Makoa commented.
" You are telling me bro" Christian responded. The battle to say the least was brutal but was not the worst that Kelly had seen, the only unique thing about this is that instead of killing Covenant it was her own species, which left an uneasy feeling in her stomach. Sara was hard at work escorting the wounded back to the Pelicans. Kat carried Daniel as well, and with her super strength helped carry some of the other wounded.
The Marines suffered minor casualties same can't be said for the police and Innies though. Unknown to Kelly more bloodshed awaited her.
" YOU ASSHOLES!!" Everyone turned around to see Elizabeth being carried away by some troopers. " You guys made me miss all the good stuff, do you have any idea!!" She ranted.
" Looks like Shawty is alive" Makoa joked.
" Can you please stop being autistic." Rigo said once again desperately.
The Marines moved out of their way so the troopers proceeded with ease. The cameraman shaking his head simply followed behind. The soldiers let her go. " You assholes I am going to sue your asses so hard." She said man was she angry. " You alright Elizabeth." Wade said trying to comfort her.
" I am fine" She said shrugging him off, ouch. Elizabeth took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself down. She then noticed that the 2 Marine squads were all staring at her. " Hm excuse me do I know you?" She asked.
Makoa decided to speak up. " More like the other way around we know you ma'am from BNN." He said.
" Do you now?" She said.
Manny shrugged. " We also saw you at Athens station when you were reporting." He told her.
Elizabeth was now starting to recognize the soldiers. " I see" She responded.
" Fyi, I am a big fan of your work" Makoa said making Kelly roll her eyes. He doesn't believe that he only likes her because she is hot.
" Really now." Elizabeth said with delight, meeting a fan of her work.
Athens Station
"Can I get a sitrep Athena?" Hood asked her.
" All attacks by insurrectionist forces have been repelled including the one at the old UN building." She answered.
Hood sighed in relief. " Good, now back to Jane Kelly." Hood said surprising the AI.
" Yes sir, is our wager still up?." She responded.
" Yes it is, thanks to the current situation her squad is going have to stay until tomorrow, then I will offer them the deal for them becoming ODSTS." He answered. Athena smiled, delighted to hear this.
" However if she declines, you will choose a Spartan correct?" He asked making her frown.
" She won't but yes that is the deal." She told him making him smile.
" Something tells me you are right, but I hope the decision you are making pays off." The admiral told her.
" It will, trust me." She responded.
Earth New York City 7;30 AM
Kelly was tired beyond belief, her squad shared her tiredness as well. The two Marine battalions the 4th and 26th stayed up all night with the NYPD keeping their guard up. The meeting with UEG and Swords was postponed due to the attack. And was now set to be meeting in 3o minutes. The Army regiment was thankfully called back as having three divisions stationed in New York was overkill lucky basterds Kelly thought. Elizabeth Warren was fast asleep, she wanted to stay the night and give an updated report on the battle. She needed it since Makoa talked her ear off last night, looks like he was an actual fan of her work. Sara and Dubbo watched over the sleeping journalist and her cameraman. Sara checked them for any serious injuries but thankfully they only suffered minor cuts and bruises.
The last thing they needed was a relatively famous reporter dying on her watch.
" Uh bro when are we going to get some shut-eye." Makoa complained.
" For once Makoa, I am wondering the same thing." Rigo added, surprisingly not starting an argument.
" No use in complaining guys, just be thankful we are not getting shot at for once." Christian said.
" Don't jinx us now Christian." Raj responded to him. Everyone had yet to be relieved from their post. The officers that were getting shot at from last night were even still there for some reason. I mean yeah low manpower but still.
" Hey, are my eyes fucking with me but is that a crowd of protesters I see." Frankie said pointing down the street. Everyone turned to where he was pointing and yes a large crowd of people were gathering, much to everyone's annoyance.
" Nope you are seeing right, and this is some bullshit." Carlos hissed.
It was only just last night that they were in a gunfight, not to mention the sleep deprivation. The last thing they needed was some self-righteous protester screaming at their face.
" You boys packed the tear gas?" Manny asked being gun-ho as usual.
" I do not think we will be needing those Chavez." Stacker said looking through his binoculars.
" Why is that sarge?" He asked.
"Looking at their signs it is a pro-peace protest." He answered. Kelly zoomed in with her eyepiece, and indeed it was a pro-peace protest, giving some relief to the Marines she even spotted some children and families mixed in, not really the type of people you will bring for an attack.
" Regardless keep your guard up might have some insurrectionists in the mix." Stacker warned. Everyone nodded.
" Hey Manny try not to commit some war crimes ok" Makoa commented.
" Can for once in your life shut the fuck up Makoa, you fucking dickhead you fucking asshole." He shot back hurling all those insults making Kelly roll her eyes
The protesters slowly made their way to the front entrance of the UN building. The Marines and Police are somewhat relaxed as the protestors were friendly for the most part. Some of them even began offering them coffee and food. For which everyone especially Makoa being a fatass as usual graciously accepted with Christian eating everything he was given. Kelly drank her coffee as the caffeine did its job in waking her up. She was happy about that.
" Excuse me lady are you a soldier?" Kelly looked around to see who said that but could not find anyone. " Down here" the childish voice said.
Kelly looked down to see a little girl in a pink winter beanie Jacket and boots staring at her in awe. The marine leaned down so she was at eye level with her. " What was that sweetie?" She asked.
" Are you a soldier?" She asked again. Aww she was so adorable but Kelly was too sleepy for this.
" Uhm... yeah sweetie can't you tell." She joked.
From the corner of her eye she's see's Manny, and Makoa giving her stupid-ass smirks, what is so funny. Were they not sleep-deprived?
Uh, whatever. " Wow, that is so cool." The little girl said very excitedly. Kelly smiled at the young girl's enthusiasm.
" I did not know girls can become soldiers, I always thought boys were the ones that did it." The girl said adorably. Kelly's heart fluttered this little girl was just too cute. " Well Sweetie girls can become many things so you should follow your dreams." Kelly said trying to inspire the young girl cliche yes, but she had good intentions.
" That's what my mommy always says, you are just like her, not to mention you are so pretty." The little girl perked.
" This kid is going places." Manny said making Kelly roll her eyes.
" Can I look at your helmet?" The girl asked. Kelly shrugged her shoulders. " I don't see why not." She said taking it off and handing it to her, which revealed Kelly's beautiful brunette hair and her different colored eyes. The girl gasped at her. " Your hair is just like my mom's!! Accept hers is blonde, you eyes are also so cool why are they different colors?" she asked squealing gaining the attention of everybody now. Makoa then noticed that a photographer was taking pictures of them.
" Oi Kells just let you know you got plenty of eyes on you." Makoa warned. Kelly nodded and shifted her attention back to the little girl. Who was enthusiastically analyzing the helmet. " It looks so cool." She said.
" Oh my god!! Rebecca!" Kelly turned to see a woman frantically going through the crowd with 1 other kid. " I have been looking all over for you!! what did I tell you about staying close" The mother scolded.
" I am sorry Mommy, but look is this not one of the prettiest soldiers you have ever seen, look at her eyes." She said pointing to Kelly.
The mom stammered. " Oh my.., Rebecca give the soldier back her helmet." She said.
" Aww ok." The little girl whined, handing back Kelly's helmet.
" I am so sorry ah, this is so embarrassing." The lady stuttered blushing.
" It is fine you have a sweet daughter." Kelly said putting back on her helmet. She then noticed not only Makoa but all the men in her squad including Pards, were eyeing her like she was a piece of candy " Men" She thought to herself.
" I honestly doubt that." The lady responded pulling the marine out of her thoughts. It was starting to get cloudy now
" Oh we are my manners my name is Rachel." The lady held her hand out.
" Corporal Jane Kelly." She responded shaking her hand. The mother sighed in relief. " Thank you so much again for watching over my daughter." She said rubbing her kid's hair.
" You don't have to thank me." Kelly responded.
" Mom I am hungry... Yeah me too, Mom let's go get Ice cream." her two kids complained. " Kids please I am trying to have a conversation here," The lady said annoyed with them.
" We want Ice cream!!" they both yelled again. Rachel let out a frustrated sigh
"Did you not eat just moments ago?" She hissed.
The children kept on whining. Until Rachel Finally gave up." All right let's go get something to eat." She said. Making the kids go up in arms cheering.
" I am sorry to cut this short, but thank you again Jane" She said using the Marines first name, which felt... Weird for her. I mean no one calls Kelly by her first name typically only her family does that. Rachel dragged her kids off to whatever restaurant they were going to plunder.
" Man that is a total MILF." Makoa said once she was out of earshot. All the girls rolled their eyes at the remark including Kelly.
" I Swear to fucking god Makoa." Rigo hissed.
Makoa turned to him " What it was just a joke?" He said enraging him even more.
" CAN YOU STOP BEING AUTISTIC FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!! I AM TOO SLEEP-DEPRIVED TO DEAL WITH YOUR SO-CALLED JOKES!!", he screamed getting into his face actually mad this time.
" Aw jeez, Rigo calm down." He responded backing up. Kelly just watched on, she was too sleepy to be dealing with this.
"ONE MORE WORD OUT OF YOU I'M GOING TO BASH YOUR HEAD INTO THE FLOOR." He hissed again. The marine not taking the threat seriously of course had to make one more joke.
" It is not my fault Shawty was hot." Makoa said under his breath. Rigo's eyes bulged, " THATS IT!!" Rigo screamed lunging at Makoa and gripping his hands around his throat choking him. Gaining the attention of a few protestors who gasped at the sudden violence.
" Ah.. what the h--h-ell Rigo." He muttered. Kelly wasn't expecting him to strangle him. She immediately stepped in and shoved him off. Rigo growled like a rabid dog. Manny stepped in and held him back, Rigo kicked his boot towards Makoa, but just narrowly missed. " Let me kill the autistic son of a bitch." He growled.
" Rigo, we are all tired, choking Makoa is not going to get rid of his autism." Kelly said in an attempt to calm him down. " Hey!!" Makoa said defensively. "
" Shut up" Kelly dismissed him with her hand. " Anyways, Rigo just let it go for now, you can teach him a lesson back on the station" She told him.
" Uhh fine." he moaned. Makoa couldn't help but let out an annoying chuckle.
" I fucking hate your laugh so much, you autistic bitch." Rigo hissed making the Marine laugh more.
" Shut up and put your boot back on," Kelly said handing it back to him.
30 minutes later
When everything finally settled down, it was pretty peaceful compared to last night. The NYPD for the most part was able to keep everything under control it was nice. Some people from the press started to arrive and of course, it was ruined by a certain someone.
" Look at this Gabe looks like a little reporter is a bit sleepy." Carl Tuckerson, of course Kelly recognizes that annoying voice from anywhere. The Annoying reporter for some reason had the bright idea to walk up to her to try and wake her up. Thankfully before he can get to her Manny blocked his way.
" Uhm bro, what are you doing." Manny said looking at him weirdly. The reporter was stunned, but gave him a weird smirk.
" Oh nothing just going to wake up my fellow reporter." He responded. Everything about him seem off Kelly thought, she can't put it on the tip of her tongue.
" You are weird bro let her sleep." Manny responded giving him stink eye.
The Jock News reporter scoffed in response. " Oh come on this is all in goo–" He stopped talking as soon as Kelly, Makoa, and Ashley came up behind Manny. " On second thought, maybe next time" He nervously said backing away. " Come on Gabe let's go" The group of marines watched as the reporter scurried off into the crowd.
" What a fucking weirdo." Makoa commented.
" Couldn't agree more." Raj added.
" Not as weird as you bro." Christian added. Making the squad chuckle.
" Hey." Makoa groaned.
All the commotion waked the sleeping reporter up. " [Yawn] Can you guys be any louder?" She said stretching her arms.
" Sorry about that, coffee," Makoa said handing her a cup of coffee that she graciously accepted. The taste of the warm liquid made Elizabeth smile with glee.
" Thank you for the coffee uh... Makoa was it?" She asked, making sure she got the name right.
" Yeah that is me, jeez you forgot it already." He joked.
To everyone's surprise well it was mainly Rigo, she laughed at his joke.
" Oh come on now we just met each other last night, but hey I did get it right." She lightly punched his shoulder.
" That is fair." Makoa Smirked.
" Elizabeth!!"
" Oh crap," Wade said his eyes going wide. Elizabeth turned around to see her boss fuming in anger.
He shoved passed Manny and Kelly. " DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS." He screamed. Kelly groaned in annoyance it was way too early for this.
" I am sorry I forgot to contact you afterward." She told him.
" Yeah, we have a lot to talk about, come on let's go back to my van." He told her.
" But don't I need to you know be a reporter?" She said.
Joe sighed " Elizabeth for one you were fast asleep and two you can use a break from last nights encounter, and three Jacob is already on it." He answered her. Elizabeth wanted to protest against this but knew that he was right. She turned back to the marines "well I guess this is goodbye for now. I will see you soldiers later." She waved at them heading into the crowd. All the marines waved back. " See you later Lize" Makoa said calling her by her nickname, causing him to receive weird glares by his squad.
" What?" He asked.
Rigo furrowed his brow at him. " You just met her, and you are already calling her by her nickname." Makoa shrugged his shoulders.
" Hey, she told me she was ok with it last night." He answered making Rigo roll his eyes.
" That is understandable," Jesus responded and was met with agreeing nods from everyone else.
" So Marines what did I miss?" A voice said disrupting the Marines thoughts. Everyone turned around to see Kat, why the hell was a Spartan still here they have no idea, The entry of a Spartan gathered the attention of all of the protesters who immediately started taking pictures, the news anchors also shifting their attention along with the police
" We are doing just fine Spartan." Stacker answered for them.
" But my question is what are you doing here? Doesn't command have better things for you to do?" He asked. Kat just shrugged her shoulders.
" Command doesn't really need me so I am just here, I was also assigned to you." She answered.
" I guess that makes sense, I will take all the help we can get." He told her.
" I feel safe knowing there is a Spartan with us." Makoa commented.
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. " Uhm excuse me." Everyone shifted their attention back to a crowd of people who were now showing up
" Yes miss?" Stacker asked.
" May my kids and I get a picture with the Spartan?" She asked.
Stacker pondered for a bit. " I don't see why not, Kat?" The sergeant asked turning to the Spartan.
" I don't mind." She answered shrugging her shoulders. The kids bounced in excitement. The kids ran up to the Spartan in awe. " Easy kids don't hurt yourselves" the mother scolded.
" Uh there fine, it is not like they are going to hurt the Spartan." The dad joked.
" Oh can you take the picture?" The mom asked Makoa.
" Uh sure." He responded. The woman handed him her phone and the family circled on Kat who took her helmet off for the occasion.
For once in a lifetime, Kat smiled and it felt oddly good. The mother smiled with glee when she got her phone back, and thanked Makoa and the Marines.
Soon enough more people wanted to take pictures with her. Families High school and college students as well. Kat was feeling happy, she was not really sure why, she had no time for emotions, since she was breed for war but taking photos with the people that she is supposed to protect it made her feel something more than just a piece of military hardware or a killing machine.
" Damn this is so cool!!" A teen yelled pulling her out her thoughts.
" I can't wait for Sam to see this, she is going to be so jealous." She bragged, Making Kat chuckle.
" Thank you so much." The teen said, her group of friends making their way back to the crowd.
When that was all said and done. The marines began relaxing themselves as for the most part it has been peaceful. It was now 6 o'clock and was getting dark. The Marines have just been standing guard. Man, that meeting was taking forever.
" Yo is that Makoa?" A voice said. The Marine turned to see who called his name. What he saw surprised him. Standing there was his other group of friends Joey, his girlfriend Dasha his brother Nick with his friends Billy and Josh.
" Joey, you guys what are you doing here?!!" Makoa asked surprised to see his friends from California.
" We were on vacation and heard of a pro-peace rally going on." Joey said hugging Makoa.
" Nice to see you here Makoa." Dasha said hugging him as well.
" Come here." Nick said wanting a hug too, followed by Billy and Josh.
" So what exactly are you doing here in New York? Shouldn't you be on a space station right now." Billy asked. Making Makoa shake his head.
" I wish I am running on caffeine right now ever since the attack they called on us to come and solve the problem." He answered.
" Sheesh, they really did a number on the place." Nick commented.
Makoa shrugged " You think you should of seen how bad it was last night." He added.
" Yo is that a Spartan??" Billy asked excitedly.
" Uhm yeah her name is Kat." Makoa answered.
" Cool, is that Mark 6 armor?" Billy asked being the armor nut that he is.
" Yep" Makoa answered.
" Wait a second if a Spartan is here that means the situation is bad right?" Billy asked now with concern.
" How do you know— never mind no, command does not have anything for her to do so she is stuck here with us," Makoa told him calming him down.
The rest of the Marines just watched on, not wanting to ruin the moment, they would annoy Makoa later.
" Yo can I get a picture with her?" Billy asked excitedly.
Makoa nodded his head. " Go ask her." He responded. That's all he needed Billy excitedly made his way to the Spartan. Kat gladly took his offer and indulged him.
" Seeing a Spartan up close is pretty cool." Nick commented.
" You should of seen the Master Chief." Makoa said.
" What was he like?" Dasha asked. Makoa pondered for a bit, he couldn't find the right words for him, I mean how can he really describe the savior of humanity.
" Uh inspiring, Hopeful, breathtaking."Makoa said talking about the Spartan.
" I was talking about as a person." Dasha scoffed catching the Marine off guard. I mean if he was being honest he never got to know the chief on a personal level. No one did, maybe accept Cortana but that is a problem with you know being dead and all.
" If I am being honest I don't know." He said much to Dasha's dissatisfaction.
" Anyways Makoa want to see my pet groundhog?" Joey asked shifting the conversation.
" Oh my god." Nick facepalmed.
" Uh hold up you have a pet groundhog?" Makoa asked him
" Yep, heres a picture." Joey said shoving his phone in the Marines's face. " His name is Ralf."
" Isn't he the cutest." Dasha added. Makoa shrugged in response.
" I mean I suppose how did you even get a pet groundhog anyways" He questioned.
" I am glad you asked." Joey said.
"I bought him off a site called Frazier Farm Exotics." Joey told him.
" How much did he cost." He asked.
" 350 credits, had to wait, costs 750 to get them earlier" Joey told him.
" Damn, I wouldn't spend that much money on that animal." Makoa told him.
" Worth every penny." Joey said proudly.
"I guess so" Makoa shrugged again. " Getting Ralph was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Joey rambled. " Uh huh" Makoa responded not really listening to him now. In the corner of his eye he saw a very suspicious-looking individual in the crowd. He stood out because he had a certain Swastika on his neck and it was not the Buddhist kind.
" Getting him was the best decision I have ever made." Joey continued only for it to fall on deaf ears.
" I see we are talking about Ralph." Billy said walking up to them done taking pictures with Kat.
" Yeah we were jus— hold that thought Joey give me a moment." Makoa said.
" Hey guys." Makoa said over the Radio.
" Oh my god what are you doing talking on t— Shut up the guy with the Swastika tattoo on the neck." Makoa interrupted.
" Spotted him 5 minutes ago." Kat said of course the Spartan would notice that is good.
" Could be the Buddhist symbol" Frankie joked
" Keep a eye on him boys, notify the police stay alert Marines." Stacker ordered them.
After that was done Makoa turned back to Joey and his friends.
" What was that all about?" Billy asked.
" Yeah I was telling you all about my groundhog." Joey complained.
" Sorry, just a little something came up sorry about that." Makoa responded.
" We are not in danger are we." Billy asked worried
Makoa dismissed him. " Nothing to worry about, and if something did happen we got a Spartan so everything should be fine." He said putting Billy's mind at ease.
" Oh ok then." He sheepishly responded.
" Well back to my groundhog." Joey continued much to the annoyance of Makoa.
moments later:
How and why Kelly thought How for one are they still here and why it is obvious that the NYPD has everything under control so why was it that they were still here. Kelly has no idea what is going through command's head.
" Man this sucks how long we have been out here." Rigo complained this time.
" I thought we were done with complaining." Makoa scoffed
" That was for one 6 hours ago, and now it is almost night." Rigo hissed.
" I suppose you are right but this is a raw fucking deal." Makoa responded.
Kelly turned to the two " I guess for once we should be grateful that we are not dodging plasma." She said.
All the other Marines murmured in agreement.
" Well I am also– Oh finally food!!" Makoa yelled. Spotting Joey and his group of friends.
" Did somebody order some pizza." Nick said holding the 3 boxes of them
" I did!!" Makoa yelled being fat as usual. All the other marines followed suit lining up to get a slice.
" Don't deepthroat your food now Makoa." Rigo said sarcastically.
" Oh shut it I am starving, plus you should be telling that to Christian." He responded with his mouth full once again, Kelly would normally reprimand him for that but she was too tired to do so. " Well to be honest Makoa, Rigo does have a point you should chew your food more." Raj said.
" I know, I just eat a bit too fast." Makoa murmured.
Everyone was eating pizza but Ashley noticed that a certain little Spartan wasn't. Kat was still standing guard.
" Hey Kat you hungry." She asked.
Kat turned to her " No" She simply said. It was hard to tell what she was thinking with her helmet on and all. Ashley rolled her eyes.
" Come on even a super soldier like you gets hungry." She responded.
" Like I said before I am not hungry." The Spartan declined again.
Ashley sighed. " Come on Kat, bet you never had New York City food before." She kept pestering the supersoldier.
Kat sighed in annoyance knowing that Ashley was not going to let up. She took off her helmet. " All right since you will not stop asking me." She said.
Ash smiled in victory as the Spartan made her way over. She grabbed herself a slice and took a bite, her eyes widened in surprise. For the longest time, she ate UNSC MRES and military food, being a Spartan and fighting a losing war. She had no time for the delicacies of civilian food, but upon tasting the juiciness that is New York pizza. She quickly finished the slice, and immediately went for another then another, She was eating so much it put Makoa to shame. Everyone watched in awe as she finished the Pizza box
" Enjoying the food." Ashley smiled at her.
Kat just simply nodded.
Suddenly the Marines heard a noise they were all too familiar with they set their pizzas down and looked behind them at the UN building. What they saw was a load of Phantoms dropping of Covenant troops. Even two pairs of hunters were there.
" What the fuck? I thought command just wanted UNSC personnel deployed?" Frankie said.
" Well looks like a change of planes." Carlos chimed in.
" Yeah what the hell gives." Raj added equally as annoyed as everyone else.
" I am not going to complain, at least they are not here to kill us." Kat said chewing on another slice.
" Still could have used their fucking help last night, all those drills for what." Manny said. A murmur of agreement came the other Marines
" All right everyone that is enough, just be thankful we are receiving Covenant help for once." Stacker told them.
" Swords help not Covenant." Kat told him.
" Same difference." The sergeant responded.
The Swords troops made their way to the barricades joining the Marines and NYPD. The protesters gasped in surprise but was immediately replaced by interest upon seeing the aliens a lot of the kids grew interested in the Hunters and some of the Grunts. The zealot the leader of the platoon shook hands with Colonel Shepard. " Good to see you here." She told him.
" Honored to be here, any trouble?" Valkame asked.
" So far nothing the police can't handle, honestly wondering why they sent you?" She asked.
The golden armored Elite shrugged. " I honestly don't know either." He told her.
" Well, I am really glad you are here." She told them.
" Need us anywhere in particular?" He asked.
" Have your troops join my Marines, keep watch for anyone suspicious." She told him.
" Got it." He bowed. The Swords troops exited out of the gate to join their UNSC counterpart.
" Nice to see you all again." A voice said. Kelly turned around to see Thezo there clad in his red armor.
" I see you decided to come down a join the fun." Makoa commented shaking his hand.
" Heard you had a pest problem." The Elite joked back, hah they were learning. Joey and his friends backed away in fear after seeing the Elite.
" They are bigger in person." Dasha whispered to Joey.
" You are telling me." He responded.
" Hey Joey don't worry about Thezo he doesn't bite right Thezo." Makoa said stuffing his face with pizza.
" Uh... yes I only eat humans on the weekday." He awkwardly said. What followed was a very long silence.
" We need to work on your Jokes Thezo." Manny commented.
" That was a joke?" Nick asked.
" Hey it is a work in progress." Makoa responded. The Marines kept on eating their pizza, despite the uneasy tension the protestors had with the aliens they relaxed a bit. A lot of the children ran up to the Hunter enthusiastically to the behest of their parents. The lumbering giants looked at them with curiosity. Kelly and the rest of the Marines kept a close eye on them hoping that one of the Hunters doesn't accidentally step on them. The parents took pictures with them. The hunters were relatively indifferent just watched with curiosity.
" Well I thought the covies were going to be a problem, but looks like that was not the case." Manny commented.
" The Hunters would deter any innies from attacking again." Makoa said.
" I thought Elites were huge, but those Hunters are something else." Billy said. But just like that the peace was gone, Mainly because on the opposite corner another huge crowd of people was coming and they were not fond of aliens. NYPD helicopters spotted them coming a mile away and just like that they were approaching the UN building. " Marines I need you to form a line and reinforce the police." Shepard ordered.
" You heard the lady move like you got a purpose." Stacker yelled being joined by the other squad leads getting their troops in position.
The Battalion of Marines and police along with their SOS allies immediately established a defensive perimeter defending both sides.
" Get the hell out of our planet split-lip." A rioter shouted.
" Damn traitors!! Alien loving traitors." Another yelled.
" We have no tolerance for hate you should be the ones to leave!!" A pro-peace protester yelled back.
" Yeah, no tolerance for you lot get out of here!!" Another joined.
The police formed two echelons with shields and support from the back. The Hunters moved to the front intimidating some of the protesters. While the Marines a long side the Elites stayed behind.
" Don't be afraid!! We came here to send the UNSC a message!!" A voice yelled no doubt belonging to their leader.
" Is that who I think it is??" Makoa asked.
" Yep." Ashley responded. David the leader of the anti-alien movement was here.
" I fucking hate him." Makoa said.
" You are not the only one." Carlos chimed in.
" Can we just shoot him it would save us the trouble." Makoa joked.
" Koa now is not the time." Kelly scolded.
" My bad." he responded.
" Brothers and sisters for too long—-" Oh here we go Kelly rolled her eyes. David gave a long speech about the usual the UNSC and UEG are traitors ya di yada. But it sure inspired the crowd to start throwing things, but it then turned to chaos when they started throwing rocks to hit the other protesters, arrests were made but that just angered them more. Some started to charge through to attack the other protesters.
The Marines were thankfully there to stop that. " I said stay down!!." Makoa yelled hitting one with the butt of his rifle. A few officers rushed over to arrest the suspect who was down on the ground with a broken nose.
" Swastika tattoo guy 10 o'clock." Kat said.
" What the hell the fucker is back!!" Manny yelled.
Kelly looked up at him phone in hand, he was dialing something down. " Hey arrest that guy!!." Kelly yelled to the officers.
" WHO!!"
" The one with the Swastika on his neck!!." She yelled back. The police started pushing into the crowd, however before they could reach him a huge set of explosions went off causing everyone to panic and flee into cover.
" For the Colonies!!" A rebel screamed shooting his rifle in the air, to also be joined by more Innies who were hiding in the crowd.
" INNIES!!" Manny yelled immediately opening fire careful to not hit any civilians. A couple of the police were struck. The Hunters went to the front to take the brunt of the gunfire.
" Joey!! Nick!! Get the hell out of here!!" Makoa screamed. Joey nodded at him and grabbed Dashas hand and booked it with the rest of his friends running behind him. Makoa watched as they disappeared into the street.
" What are you waiting for Marines light them up!!" Stacker screamed. The Marines a long the police returned fire careful to not hit any civilians, while the Innies couldn't care less even the ones who were the counter-protesters.
The civilians kept running desperate to get to safety while the gunfight ensued. Valkame charged forward with his enery sword, his shield easily absorbing any damage thrown at him. He sliced two rebels with ease. Kat Charged forward making short work of any innies that she came across.
But just like that it was over. All the Marines stood there awestruck just how easy it was. Sara and the rest of the corpsmen were working overtime helping any injured civilians, sadly some of the explosions killed many, nothing they could do for them. Manny dragged David up to his feet who was pretty battered and threw him to the ground.
" You son of a bitch you planned this!!" He yelled at him being stopped by Makoa.
" What on Earth are you talking about!!" He responded back.
" This was your doing huh!! You are working with the Innies." Manny accused.
" What!! Don't be ridiculous!! I am not a fan of this alliance but I always modeled myself on non-violence!!" He said.
" Bullshit!!" Manny yelled in anger trying to get to him.
" Manny calm down!!" Makoa said shoving him away.
" What you are fucking defending him!!" Manny accused.
" I ain't defending jack shit, but listen to me!!" He yelled back. Manny scoffed. " Look at him if he knew of this attack why is he still here plus not to mention his injuries." He told him
" Wasn't planning on losing then" Manny said.
" Unlikely, he held hundreds of protests like these, if he was working with the Innies why did he attack sooner." Makoa said. Manny shut up because he knew he was right it was obvious that David had nothing to do with the attacks other protests show the contrary. He just wanted to vent at someone.
" It is nice to see some common sense still in the UNSC." David said getting up and brushing himself off. " If you are interested we coo— Fuck off I am no fan of your politics to be frank, I think your policies are shit so do me a favor and shut the fuck up." Makoa interrupted.
" Well... I guess I will be going then" David responded leaving his ego hurt.
" Yeah you better." Manny threatened staring daggers at him.
" Isn't Koa usually the hothead." Ashley joked.
Makoa chuckled. " I have my moments." He smiled back making Ash shake her head. More Pelicans then came in and started dropping off some troopers.
" Reinforcements??" Frankie asked everyone shrugged not knowing why the Army was there.
" All right everyone pack your things we are heading back to the Athens." Stacker told them.
" Just like that, we are leaving?" Christian asked.
" Yep it seems so come on everyone, when we get back let's get some shut-eye" He told them making his way to the Pelicans.
Everyone else wasted no time and followed Stacker except Kelly who noticed Rachel. The Mother waved her over as the Marine made her way back to her. " Uh hi again." She said.
" Uh hi" Kelly awkwardly touched her neck. The two women just stood there awkwardly. " So uh I got you some food." She said handing her a bag that contained a burger and fries. " Uhm thank you, you didn't have to get me this." She told her taking the bag.
" It's the least I can do after you were watching over my daughter." The blonde responded Kelly was not going to lie she was really beautiful. " Trust me miss I was just doing my job." She told her.
" No Madison can be a bit much, this is the least I could do, and please just call me Rachel no need to be so formal with me." She responded making Kelly Stammer. " Oh sorry Mi– I mean Rachel thanks for the food." She responded. " But I wonder where are your kids if you don't mind me asking." She asked. " They are at my mother's house right now." She answered.
" Your husband is not watching them?" The marine asked. Rachel looked down sadly. " He passed away not too long ago" She said. She did her best but Kelly could tell that she was trying to hold back tears. " Anyways I should get going." She sniffled but before she left she gave Kelly a hug which surprised her at first but quickly returned the embrace. " It was nice meeting you Jane." She said. They stayed like that for another couple of minutes, until it was finally over Rachel waved her goodbyes to her. The marine turned around to see her squadmates staring at her Ashley seemed to be upset but Kelly didn't know why, and of course Makoa had a stupid smirk on his face. " What?" She asked.
" Did not know you swing that way." Makoa joked which made Kelly's heart stop, well even though they had been friends since elementary she never dared to tell him. Thankfully Makoa got hit on the top of the head by Rigo. " Ow!! Rigo!!" He complained Serves him right Kelly thought to herself. " Yo what did she give you, because it smells good." Christian asked.
" Why are you so fat?" Frankie asked. " Hey, I am just saying it smells good." Christian responded.
" Hey morons I hate to to interrupt this amazing conversation, but can you please board the fucking pelican!!" Stacker yelled at them. No other questions were asked about the woman or has Makoa put it the MILF.
Finally, the rest of them got inside Pelican All of them except Kat of course were all tired and they could use some rest. Sword forces that reinforced them stayed behind as insurance, even though the UN meeting ended an hour ago. Due to exhaustion all of them fell asleep and to Kelly's annoyance Manny, and Makoa were using her as a pillow again. The Pelican lifted off and left New York City and went up into the atmosphere. Kelly closed her eyes and went to sleep.