Earth, A Place for Death. Part 1: NYC
Posted By: FuManChu<cameronscottfay@yahoo.com>
Date: 27 July 2003, 12:52 AM
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"Get down marine!" yelled Sgt. Atkinson to his radioman. The man didn't hear him and was blown into a smoldering pile of flesh and bones.
"Damnit Damnit Damnit," said the Sgt, "Alright, Kirby and Pile I need you two to give me supporting fire. I'm going to make a run for that building over there. We need to get out of here."
"Yes sir!" yelled the marines. Atkinson raised his hand. The marines knew that as soon as it dropped they needed to pop up and fire on the covenant. His hand dropped. Kirby and Pile came up with their MA6B Battle Rifles and opened fire.
Atkinson ran and made it to the building, when he looked back he saw Kirby get hit in the face with a needler round. The needle stuck in for a second and then blew up in his face sending bits of skull and meat everywhere. Pile got hit in the side of the head with a plasma bolt as he turned to look at the dead man behind him.
"Uh-oh," said Atkinson to himself as he turned and ran down an alley somewhere in the middle of New York City. He spotted a door to his right and went into the stairway of an apartment building. The Sgt. ran to the roof and crept to an edge. He peeked his head over and saw a squad of Grunts walking down a bloodstained street. Atkinson primed a grenade and dropped it off the top of the building. It landed in the front of the group and the grunts just stared at it. A second later it blew up sending shrapnel into six of the ten grunts and killing them. Atkinson finished off the other four with his Battle Rifle. After that he leaned up against the wall and let himself relax. He was awakened by a whining sound. He had been dreaming of his wife. He looked up to see five Banshees patrolling the skies. He got up and started to run for cover but two of the Banshees spotted him and raced in for the kill. They both shot their fuel rod cannons. The first one missed but the second one hit him square in the back, vaporizing his torso.
"Alpha Base" (Radisson Hotel) NYC
0130. 7 Aug. 2554
Commander Cooper leaned back in his chair. He had just got word of half his force dying in southern NYC.
"Hey you," he said pointing to the soldier at the back of the room, "go tell the radio man to call in sixty troops to our position."
[indent"Yes sir," said the soldier and walked out. 'These forces needed to be expanded', the commander thought to himself. From intelligence gathered from the field they had figured out the location of the Covenants temporary HQ, and every attempt to capture it has failed. The Covenant was too advanced and outnumbered the humans.
"Sir," said the soldier peeking his head through the door, "the troops will be here by tomorrow afternoon."
"Thank you," replied Cooper, and he thought 'good once those marines arrive I will take over the covies HQ'. He had a plan, they had stocked up on captured covenant vehicles. They had 6 Ghosts, 2 Banshees and 1 Wraith. Plus the 5 Warthogs and 3 ATV's that they had, and tomorrow night he was going to load up half of those vehicles and send in 1/4 of the remaining troops to attack the HQ. 'This can't fail,' he thought to himself, 'it just cant...
Locked in battle, somewhere in lower NYC
0200 7 Aug. 2554
Lt. Jones was alone. He had gotten separated from his squad during a firefight. He was also scared. He had seen Covenant forces trailing behind him. Where the hell was he? He checked his map again and looked for some buildings to identify. There! The Jackrabbit Pub. Good, he found it on his map. Then he checked for the Radisson Hotel, his HQ. He found it towards the top of the map. Shit, it was four clicks away. He had to get back and get some rations soon, or he was going to die. He checked his Battle Rifle. He had three more magazines, 2 grenades and his M6D pistol along with five magazines for that. 'Okay,' he told himself 'I can do this'.
Jones set out down an alleyway. He was headed north. As he was coming to the opening to a main street he saw something. He ducked behind a trashcan. It looked like a monkey... a monkey with armor and a mean looking weapon.
"What the hell..." Jones whispered to himself. The animal turned its head towards the alley. Whatever it was it had good hearing. The animal resumed its walk after a few seconds. 'Ok time to get out of here'. Jones turned around and headed for another street.
Camp Camero (on the outskirts of New York)
0301 7 Aug. 2554
"Ok men listen up," said the camp leader to the group of sixty marines in front of him," There are eight drop ships outside waiting for you. You are being dropped into the heart of New York City at the Radisson Hotel, dubbed Alpha Base. They just called in and need some reinforcements. So, you guys need to get your weapons and armor and head out to those drop ships.
"Yes sir," yelled the marines. They all dispersed into their barracks. In ten minutes they were flying away to Alpha Base.
To Be Continued...
P.S. this is my first story so please use constructive criticism and comments to help me please.
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