The lights in the Bumblebee escape pod flashed red once again. Ghenoside scanned over the controls, trying to figure out the problem. "This thing is bullshit!" he shouted, bringing his fist down on to control panel. "We're screwed guys! We're gonna crash!"
SoDamn shook his head. "It was a good thing I kissed my ass good bye before we left."
Ghenoside screamed, "This is it! Brace for impact!" The pod slammed into the ground, sliding toward a cliff edge. The pod tore into the ground, grass and dirt kicked up all around the speeding chunk of metal. Inside the SPARTAN II's were all praying to make it out of this alive. No one thought he had a chance. The pod sped closer to the edge, and slid to a hault, no more than an inch away from death. Ghenoside looked behind his seat, the others were all moaning and slowly moving.
"See? We lived...." Urdman unstrapped himself from his seat. he rubbed his head through the helmet.
"The first thing we should do is pass out weapons and get ready for combat. Let's move boys"
The hooks that held the M12 onto the Pelican were released. The Warthog fell about 10 meters and landed with a little bounce on the ground. "Thanks, Foehammer" the Master Chief said. "We'll see if we can get to those other escape pods."
FoeHammer's voice shot into the Master Chief's head.
"Roger Cheif. I'll be on the look out for them and other survivors. If you find some, call me for dust off."
"All right Foehammer." The Master Chief watched the Pelican take off with the Marines and pilot of the Bumblebee they had landed in. As it cleared over a near by plateau the Chief looked over the remaining men; Capt. Morgan, and Pud.
Morgan hopped into the LAAG that stood in the back of the warthog and strapped himself in. Pud headed towards the driver seat and a long arm grabbed his shoulder from behind.
"I'm driving." The Master Chief said in a 'matter of fact' tone. Pud took a deep breath, and turned around.
"With all due respect sir, I'm more than qualified to drive this piece of shit. This is one of the reasons why I am a SPARTAN. I didn't get in here by my good looks....which I could of."
The Master Chief stood nearly a foot taller than Pud. He walked up to him and stood over him. "Fine. Just remember who's in charge around here." The Chief took his MA5B off his back, put a fresh clip in, and jumped into the passenger seat. Pud mouthed what the Chief had said to him under his helmet. He jumped in the drivers seat turned the key, and gave it gas. The warthog's tires spun for a moment, then caught on the grass, sending them off in a burst of speed.
"FoeHammer to Master Chief: I found an escape pod. I can't see from my angle but it looks like there are survivors. They're at the head of the river and I see a Covenant drop ship."
"Roger Foehammer, on our way" The Chief turned to Pud "Turn this thing around, and head up the river. We've got survivors and they're being engaged as we speak."
"Yes Sir!" Pud slammed on the gas as he jerked the wheel to the side. The warthog fishtailed, then slid into a 180. Pud kept the gas down to the floor and headed toward the river. He laughed to himself. "The Pud School of Driving: We only use One Pedal."
Urdman lead the rush of SPARTAN's. His MA5B in his hands as he rushed up a path between two mountains. Following him closely were the rest of the group; Crazy, Sodamn, Snoop, Ghenoside, and Mobi. "I can hear the gun fire ahead! Lock and load!" All six SPARTANs jumped off a ledge at the same time. When they landed, their footprints went a few inches into the ground. They rounded the last corner as the Covenant drop ship had finished dropping. It lifted off and screamed through the sky. Urdman shouted to his compainions once more. "Sodamn, Mobi. Come with me! The rest of you, break right! Let's save us some marines!" Urdman, and Mobi drew their pistols and fired into the group of grunts. Blue blood shot from their wounds. Some fled behind tree while others turned and charged. Sodamn leveled his S2AM on his arm. He lined up a grunt, pressed the trigger, and enjoyed watching the grunt do a back flip while it's head was ripped in half. Crazy charged in head first, his MA5B trigger pressed to its full extent. Ghenoside picked the grunts off that Crazy had missed. An Elite had aimed his plasma rifle on Crazy. A bunch of shots hit him and his shield couldn't take much more. Crazy hid behind a nearby tree, reloading his MA5B. An Elite popped out from around the tree and brought his plasma rifle down against the side of the SPARTAN's head. The force threw him a few feet. The elite charged to finish the wounded SPARTAN off. A loud shot rung out, the elite's shield flashed, and it stumbled. Another shot rang out, and a hole was made in the elites skull. the elite let our a moan and crumbled to the ground. Snoop stood at the top of the hill, his sniper rifle ober his head with both hands.
"Take dat you niggies!" The Marines charged foward, cleaning up the last few grunts. When the bullets stop flying, the SPARTANs regrouped at the bottom of the tall man made fort. Two marines ran over to see the SPARTANs, one without any armour at all, and another, dark skinned, with a cap on reading "UNSC: No Skirts Here" His name tag said "Sarge".
The first marine spoke, he had a huge smile on his face. "It's good to see you guys! I thought we were the only ones to make it off the Pillar of Autumn." Urdman nodded to the main. The Sargeant sighed and looked over the huge metal soliders.
"It's a mess, sir. We called for evac, but until you guys showed up, I thought we were cooked." Mobi grabbed a
plasma pistol off of a dead grunt. He tossed his MA5B to the ground. He turned his attention over to the Sargeant.
"Don't worry, we'll stay here to evac arrives." A shout came from the top of the structure they had gathered at.
"Heads up! I've got a Covenant drop ship, over here!" Urdman reloaded his M6D and grabbed a plasma pistol as well.
"Snoop, Sodamn, Ghenoside. Get up top, and snipe. Mobi, Crazy, we're gonna go engage that drop ship as it lands. "
Crazy shook his head. "That's suicide." he complained. Mobi looked over at Crazy.
"Do it or ya nothing." Crazy slammed his MA5B against his shoulder. "Lets go."
The Warthog jetted over the hill, as it passed in the air, it flew over two grunts. They both screamed and dove for cover. Morgan saw them both. He open up on them with the LAAG. The first grunt was almost torn in half, held together only by his head, the second one was much smarter, and ducked behind a rock and huge stone wall. Pud jerked the wheel to the left as they landed, he had the gas slammed down the whole time. The Master Chief saw a jackle as he blew past the structures, he leveled his MA5B and let fire a hail of bullets. They tore through the jackle's shoulder, but only pushed him down to the ground. Pud headed toward 2 jackles which seemed to be investigating the crashed Bumblebee. When they turned, it was already to late. The M12 was in a power slide heading right for both of them. The first jackle was crushed under the front left tire. His blue shield bounced off the front of the Warthog and flew over head. The second jackled was closelined by the driver's seat panel, removing his head in a bloody "thump".
"I just had this thing washed!" Morgan yelled, followed by laughter. The Master Chief turned on his COM link and spoke to Pud and Morgan.
"The Marines are up on that ridge. Get us up there, Pud. "
"Affirmitive" Pud said as he steered the metal beast up a pathway to the ledge. He cut the wheel and slid into a rock. The sudden stop jerked the 3 SPARTAN's foward, Pud hopped out with his pistol in hand. Morgan unstrapped himself from the LAAG, and unstrapped the S2AM from his back. The Master Chief stepped out looking towards the five marines. There were a few marines laying on their backs. The Master chief couldn't tell if they were wounded or dead. One marine jogged towards the SPARTAN's.
"Thank God, Master Chief. We've got wounded here." The Master Chief took a closer look at the other four marines. Two of them had bio form dripping off of them. Another marine's arm hung limp as he brandished his pistol in one hand. The last marine had a piece of ripped cloth tapped over his eye. Cortana chirped in.
"Chief, if you clear the area, I can call for evac." The Master Cheif thought, then nodded to the marine.
"Stay here behind us. If something slips through, make sure to protect your men."
"Yes sir!" The marine yelled. He jogged back to the other troops. The Chief turned his COM link on.
"You two know what to do." Two little lights flashed in the Chiefs HUD. Morgan jumped up on a nearby rock. He scanned the area for hostiles. Pud grabbed a needler that was next to his foot. Then he realized he was standing on a dead grunt. He laughed to himself. He loaded the needler and slowly headed down the hill with the Master Chief. A grunt popped out from behind a rock.
"Shoot YOU!" It shouted. Pud pulled off a quick pistol shot. The M6D slug went right into the grunts face. It tumbled over foward, sliding on it stomache.
"That's why I'm a Team Pud Leader." He said, in a cocky tone to the Master Chief. The Master Chief only responded with a 'hmph' as they pressed on further down the hill. Morgan's tongue was slightly out of his mouth under his mask. He always did that when he was concentrating. He saw an Elite run back and forth down by the bottom of the structure. He knew it still had to be down there.
"Where are you, you piece of...." Morgan saw the head and squeezed off 2 quick shots. The first damaging the Elite's shield, the second, puncturing a large hole in the side of the Elites neck. The purple blood mixed with the green grass. Two Grunts ran out screaming.
"They got Elite! Run!" Morgan was only too happy to make them silent as well. The Chief ran around a corner to find a Jackle facing him. The Chief fired off a few rounds from his rifle, but then deflected off the energy shield. He motioned to Pud to flank the Jackle. Pud leaned around the corner, and shot the Jackle in the back of the leg. It shrieked in pain and turned around. It's overcharged pistol shot just barely missing Pud. The Master Cheif charged around the corner, and slammed his rifle into the back of the Jackle's head, it's body was forced to the ground. The body bounced as it hit the ground. Pud gave it a shot in the head, just for fun. Pud looked up from the Jackle's body and saw an Elite 20 meters from where they were. Pud holstered his pistol and aimed his Needler at the Elite. The hold clip unloaded, the Elite had no idea what was happening until the first needle hit him. He jumped and saw the whole row coming right for him and let out a horrid roar. The Elite exploded, then the two plasma grenades exploded that he was carrying, sending him up and over the structure. "It's goood!!" Pud yelled out as he held both his arms in the air. The body never came back down.
"All right, Cortana." The Chief said. "Call in that Evac."
Before the last grunt could jump off the dropship, all the other Covenant soliders were dead. Two elites, two jackles and four grunts all lay in 2 neat four body rows. The three SPARTAN's charging on the grunt had reloaded their M6D's and MA5Bs. A shot rang out, striking Crazy in the back. It forced him on his hands and knees. Ghenoside stood at the top of the structure behind them. He waved his hand in the air.
"SOOOORRRRRRRRYYYY!" He shouted. Snoop and Sodamn stood next to Ghenoside, laughing. Mobi helped Crazy up.
"You ok, man?" He asked Crazy. Crazy cracked his back and moved his arms around.
"Yeah, I'm good. It didn't break my shield." Snoop flicked on his COM link.
"We gotta another drop ship, over there! Beat the niggies!" The snipers charged to the side of the structure, their S2AM's all aimed on the dropship, waiting for something to jump out. Urdman Crazy, and Mobi were heading over there as well. Two elites jumped out of the right door along with a grunt, the other side had four grunts. Urdman used a nearby tree for cover, Mobi kept near a corner of a wall, while Crazy knelt down and fired his rifle at the grunt. A few rounds clipped it's arms and body but it didn't put the little alien down. The Grunt quickly reached in his belt and armed a plasma grenade.
"DOWN IN FRONT!" it barked as it went to toss the grenade. Urdman and Mobi quickly pistoled the grunt, the grenade had fallen at the dead aliens feet. The two elites tried to dive away from the blast, one made it, but the other was thrown from his postion, his shield broken. Mobi tossed an M9 frag at the elite with his shield down. The grenade landed a few feet in front of it, but the shrapnel ripped threw the body of the elite sending him flying backwards in the air. The other elite stood up, roared, then was put down by three sniper shots to the chest. Blood flew from the elites mouth as it slumpped against a wall. It slid down, leaving it's trail, still moaning. The four grunts on the other side bolted away from the structure, giving the snipers a perfect view of their backs. Snoop shot one in it's breathing device. The tank on it's back exploded, ripping the grunt to pieces. Ghenoside caught his in the leg, then let another shot fly to finish it off in the head. Sodamn shot the third grunt in the side of the head, blowing piece of the skull off. All three snipers looked to where the last grunt should be. A plasma grenade was stuck to his back. Snoop looked towards the three SPARTAN's on the ground. Mobi and Crazy were giving Urdman hi fives.
The Pelican rose from the ground with the marines and the wounded. FoeHammer contacted the 3 SPARTANS while she dusted off. "Boys, I've seen 2 more crash site with survivors, One at a cliff edge, and one near a large rock formation."
Pud responded, "Gotcha, FoeHammer. We're on it. We'll contact you again when we have more marines to evac."
"All right, Pud. FoeHammer out." The pelican cirlced around the structure before it had enough speed to lift itself over the huge mountain. The SPARTAN's which as the huge metal bird disappeared over the herizon.