Reach: Down And Out
Posted By: PFC. Carl Parley<Aldon_104@Hotmail.com>
Date: 23 November 2006, 1:11 am
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Reach: Down And Out
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0900 Hours
Reach, Near Covenant Camp
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The Hunter raised its arm and brought the large alloy "shield" on its arm down towards John. He rolled out of the way and got to his feet. "Shields are low Chief." Said Cortana she obviously was worried, for and AI. Chief pulled out his pistol and slung his rifle. He wasn't going to waste ammo when he could shoot it once and take it out. The Hunter charged at John, He jumped over it and pulled back its head. He then put his pistol to its neck and shot twice orange blood flowed to the ground from the two holes in its neck. John kicked it in the back and it thudded to the ground. "Wait, were is the other one they're usually in pairs" said Cortana. John spun around to see Martinez thrown to the ground. John quickly ran up and shot the Hunter twice in the neck and twice in the back. It swayed about, and then Martinez got up and fired into its face. Orange blood splattered all over him and the Hunters face was mutated beyond belief. Martinez kicked it over and it fell on top of a Grunt.
Its squeals could be heard by Paul and he was over fifteen feet away. He looked over and laughed. "Damn, I love this job!" He turned back and ran into the group rifle blasting. A Jackal stepped up to challenge him. Paul kicked the shield and it fell. The Jackal ran with its arms over its head. Paul raised his rifle and shot once. The bullet zoomed towards the Jackal. It turned around and raised its plasma pistol, but the bullet smashed into its face, ripping through the tissue and shattering its skull. Martinez stepped next to Paul. "Man, your arms looking bad." He said "You should get to Chief." Paul nodded and ran off towards John, dodging past Covenant as he went. Martinez turned and punched a Jackal in the face it fell over and Martinez shot one bullet into his chest. Blood spurted from the wound like a fountain.
Meanwhile Carl and Gerry had met up, and were running low on ammo. "One shot kill son, one shot kill." said Gerry, he turned and brought the butt of his rifle down on a Grunts head it fell over, twitched once and died. Carl fired one shot at an Elites head. Its shields fell and Carl shot again as its mandibles opened. The bullet went through its mouth and out the back of its upper neck. The bullet didn't stop; it continued on and struck a Jackal in the back of its head. "Sir," Carl said as he put a clip enthusiastically in with a satisfying "clack". "This is my last clip." He swung the rifle low and smacked a Grunt in the face. Its head turned abnormally and it fell, he'd broke its neck. "Ok, let's get to Chief." said Gerry. He ran with Carl along side him they passed Martinez, he didn't need to explain. He came along too, after taking out an Elite. When they met up with John he was under heavy pressure. Paul was calling for air support and ammo for their weapons; and a rocket launcher. After a minute a pelican flew overhead. John ran up the hill and got behind the rock. So did the other four. A small shock wave rumbled the ground and the yells of the Covenant could be heard under the noise of a burning fire. "Rock and Roll!" yelled Paul. The pelican hovered overhead and dropped ammo and two Warthogs. One was in the troop bay and one was under the belly of the pelican. Paul, Martinez and Gerry got in one while John and Carl got in the other. Paul was in the gunner's seat, Martinez was in the passenger seat and Gerry was driving. In the second one, John was driving and Carl was in the passenger seat.
After driving for twenty klicks a yell from the left averted his eyes. "Chief, lots of contacts over the next hill!" yelled Martinez from the other Warthog. John skid to a halt and glanced over to Carl. "You ready for this?" he asked. Carl looked gravely towards John then to the hill. "I think so." he said. He made the sign of a cross on his chest and whispered. "I'm coming soon Austin." He got out and got into the gunners seat. Paul put his "flip" music data chip into his pad and yelled. "Let's roll!" He fired into the sky, large shell casings falling around him. Carl looked to the heavens, looked down and yelled. "Let's kick some Covie ass!" Chief started the engine and roared towards the camp.
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