Chapter 2
Posted By: Colianknight<swatboy7750@yahoo.com>
Date: 12 July 2005, 3:42 pm
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They now knew it was impossible to capture the ship with so many armed soldiers. The colians were tough but they were mortal. And 3 clips directed on a colian would kill them, and the crew had more than enough weapons to do that. So they called in an EVAC. Their extraction point was on the other end of the ship in the engine room. They had decided on this location because of the lack of defense the humans had near the engine. But what of the mob surrounding the bridge that was heavily armed?
The engines thundered as the water spouted on the reactors. The water sprinkled down on the colians armor making a ping sound as the emergency fire extinguishers initiated. Their shields flickered brightly. They were in a dark corner, marines would look in there direction see little flickers of blue, but they thought nothing of it, they thought it had been the electrical system. Though their suits were drenched the colians were in perfect dry condition as their suit calculated the odds of getting out of the ship alive. They had never failed a mission and were not ready to start now.
Their mission was to destroy the alien ship or take it over. This was clearly going to be harder than they had thought. Another snag in the mission was the fact that Spartans (Super Soldiers) were on their way and were not in a good mood. The colians were not going to pick a fight with an elite fighting force with out knowing their weaknesses. Plus they were only infantry. The Colian Knights were more suited to this job than they were. The colians quickly planned they're objectives and mission plan. They had to improvise from the guidelines that were given for this raid. They devised a scheme that would allow them to blow up the ship and make it safely across the ship without loss of life. They decided to drop a normal nuclear bomb on the bridge disabling the ships controls. They would then take the elevator down to the lower decks where the bunks of soldiers were. The chance of encountering a soldier was close to nil and if they were attacked they would be able to fend them off. The only concern was if the UNSC crew would be able to disarm the bomb. This puzzled them for a moment and thought of away to hide it. They decided the most unlikely place available. They could not waste any more time thinking of what could go wrong. They had to trust their instincts and move quickly. The colonel snapped to attention. His face was covered by the black tinted visor. He never had a name but was referred to mostly as number 648. He was six foot, four inches and had some rough good looks. His black hair was in a buzz and had brown eyes. As he stood the women would turn around would look at him, than at themselves and giggle. ********************************************************************** Part 2
"Colonel," Captain Reedy addressed, "meet your new squad."
Squad.Why do I need a squad I'm just fine. He thought.
"Meet Cara, Jake, and James." he said.
Jake stood tall and had a look of intimidation on his face. James looked like a serious military man, just fresh out of school. He turned to Cara and stiffened as he observed at her stunning features.
"Hello colonel", she said saluting him. She was the only one who had spoken. She could sense a smile over the Colonels face but it was covered.
"Well," the captain interrupted, "You new kids get changed and into your suits and come back here for debriefing. "Colonel, stay..." The Colonel took one last look at his new team left the bridges. Especially Cara.he was growing "fond" of her. Her hair was cropped up in standard military form but her bangs kept on falling. He loosened up. He looked at the captain.
"Listen, you and you crew are going to be sent to Halo." "You mean that place that had the flood on it?" The Colonel's memory was not too good at names. "You are to engage the enemy known as human Spartans. They are super soldiers. They are capable of great destruction. You will be dropped off with your team and destroy all opposing forces in the area. We do not want halo to be used as a tool for any other creatures, but your main mission is to find and destroy the Monitor."
Monitor? He thought. He had faced the monitor before with no avail.
"Sir I must protest in bringing my.. my TEAM in the arena" he struggled with the word. "What's the problem Colonel? You seemed to get along with Cara pretty well," The Captain said with a little giggle in his words, "And I'm sure you'll get along with the boys." Colonel pushed away his embarrassment and looked back at the Captain. He was never good at hiding feelings. "In the meantime colonel, talk with your crew and learn about them. Look at their CSV if you have to. Ah, here they are now." The colonel didn't turn around he didn't like the idea of a crew. He'd rather die alone than be alive with a dead man resting on his shoulders.
He could feel Cara on his right shoulder, which was a proper place considering she was second in command. Cara noticed the Colonel's fan club of women and turned her head looking at them. The women on the bridge squinted, frowned, returned to their post, and sighed, all in order. His team was debriefed on the same matter, but with a little addition.
"Colonel, if necessary, you might have to join your team with the Spartans. You get me?" They stood at attention and responded "Yes sir." they pivoted on their heels and marched off.
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