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Earth, A Place for Death. Part 3: NYC final action
Posted By: FuManChu<cameronscottfay@yahoo.com>
Date: 31 July 2003, 6:16 PM
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Alpha Base
2200, 7 Aug. 2554
" Alright," said Cooper standing in front of a group of about one hundred marines, " tonight at 2300 we are going to raid the enemies HQ. We have captured some of their vehicles and have repaired some of our own. We also got news that five ATVs are headed here and will arrive shortly. Here is our plan. First, we will send in an attack from the air, the attack will be from enemy banshees. The pilots are being trained to fly them now. After taking care of their air defenses we will send in our wraith tank and hit the front gate. Once that barrier is broken we will send any remaining vehicles inside." The commander paused for a moment, then said, " I am about to put you in harms way. If you do not wish to go on this mission please walk out of the room now." No one did. " Good. Okay marines get with your teams and prepare for combat. Dismissed." The marines exited out of the ball room.
Hill walked around with his friend Green. They were looking for Lt. Jones, Hills other friend. After walking around for ten minutes he recognized a voice. It was Jones'. Hill headed over there and saw his face.
" Jones!" he shouted, " how's it goin?"
"Not bad," replied Jones, " not too bad. Hey I got a private I want you to meet. His name is Mann." Mann shook Greens hand and was holding his chest. He was sweating too.
" I also want you to meet a friend of mine, his name is Green." Green and Jones shook hands and Green commented on how pale Mann looked. Everyone seemed to notice now. Then Mann fell on the floor and complained of chest pains.
" Do we have a medic here!" shouted Jones as he chexked for a pulse. It was slowing down. A man ran through the crowd, "I'm a medic, what do you need?"
"This man is having a heart attack or something." yelled Jones. The medic checked his chest and shook his head. Manns heart stopped beating. he died of a heart attack.
"DAMN, he was a good soldier, but it was his time to go," said Jones," Come on Hill, and bring your friend too." Hill, Green and Jones walked away. They went and sat down at an empty table.
Jones said," Okay you guys, we are going to make a pact. We wont leave anyone behind and we wont run away. We are a group now. We will get through this war." The group vowed and then got some refreshments. They needed all the strength they had for this battle.
"Okay marines it is 2250. We have ten minutes until we move out." said the commander," I will assign groups now." Cooper read off the list of names in the infantry. Then the wraith pilot and protectors. After that it was banshee and ghost pilots and finally the warthog groups. Hill, Green and Jones were assigned to a warthog. The three men walked out to their four-wheeled killing machine. Jones took the drivers seat. Hill got the gunner, and Green hopped into the passengers seat.
"Alright guys, let go kick some ass." said Jones and the others agreed. The clock hit 2300 and the men were off to fight the enemy.
A click away from Covenant HQ in NYC
time: 2315, 7 Aug. 2554
The warthogs were in the back. Jones,Hill and green watched as the banshees flew over head and wiped out the enemies air defenses. Then they turned their attention to a huge ball od plasma that came from the covenant. It soared over their heads and landend on their tank and caused it to explode. The explosion disabled a warthog and killed two other men. Then the gates flew open and covenant poured out. The Warthogs chainguns fired and mowed the covenant down. They were mostly made up of Grunts but there were a few elites too. Jones floored it and plowed right into then forces. Hill fired the chaingun and Green shot his Battle Rifle. The three men were inside and cleard the outer defenses along with another warthog and about twenty men. Then plasma raind from above and scorched the ground. Jones could hear the air crackle. He drove under a balcony and hopped out. Hill and Green did the same.
" Okay guys, the main part of their HQ is in there, we will breach it and clear a way for the mechanics to take their technology." Jones said in a raspy voice. Hill and green ran in and Jones looked back. They were lucky. The large group outside had gotten flanked and lost half of their forces. No time to think about that now. Jones turned and headed in.
The place was fairly empty. Only a few rooms had aliens in them. It was no problem for the three men. Jones and the other two made their way to the roof. Jones crept up to the door. He opened it about an inch and peeked through. Then he shut it and said, "There are three shade turrets we need to take out. And there are five Brutes. When I open the door we will take out the shades first. Hill you take the far left one, I will take the middle and Green will take the far right. Got it?"
"Yes sir," said Hill and Green in unison. Jones opened the door and primed his grenade. The shades blew up all at once and the brutes fired on them. The guns fired red plasma and had a huge blade on the bottom of it. When the plasma hit the wall behind them it blew up and sent concrete everywhere. The three men ducked behined cover. Green popped up and fired his rifle. It barked and took down two brutes. Jones and Hill got up and killed the last three.
The three men walked to the front of the roof and helped clear out the remaining forces, then they waved the group in. The engineers got data from the covenant computers and stored them on disks. once everything was done a demolition team rigged the building to blow. The group got to a safe distance and blew it up. The sight was magical to Jones. He was glad to have this city back in human hands. The rain stopped and the clouds opened. The burden was finally gone.
Alpha Base
time: 0800, 8 Aug. 2554
The group only lost fourty men. And they were happy to be back at Alpha Base. The men were ordered to report to the cafetorium for a debriefing and some new information. Jones, Hill and Green sat at a table on the far right of the room. The room quieted as the commander walked in. Cooper walked to the center of the room and said," Okay men. You did a very good job at overrunning the building. The information the technicians extracted from their computers is still being analyzed and decoded. Now we can move into the lower part of New York. Now for some other buisness. We need thirty men on each side of the room." The men split up and Jones and the other two stayed to the right side. The commander spoke again, " Good, now all of those on the left will head to the front in lower New York and those of you to the right will head to New Mombosa, Africa. Go get your gear and head out. Dismissed."
Jones looked at the other two men and said," Okay guys lets go get ready and take back New Mombosa." The three of them headed out to get their gear and then hopped on a pelican to Africa.
To Be Continued...
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