Halo 2 Fight For Earth: The Next Day
Posted By: HunterKiller<Tomarrow4123@aol.com>
Date: 25 July 2003, 3:41 AM
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Halo 2 Fight For Earth: The Next Day
"The general who thoroughly understands the advantages that accompany variation of tactics knows how to handle his troops."Sun Tzu—The Art of War
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26 June 2553
Ben Morris pushed the corpse of Lt. Smith off his body. He stretched out his arms and yawned. He rubbed his eyes with his fists and stood. He examined the territory around him the tower had been destroyed he could see across the valley to where the Colonel's position was, I guess he decided to set up a CP over thereHe thought looking at a giant ant hill that was about three feet tall and five feet long. It was about ¾ of a mile over there.
He grabbed his MA6B battle rifle by the sling and hung it around his back. There didn't seem to be many Covenant around. He crouched low and started sneaking over there just in case there were any covenant around. He would walk three steps and turn and look to the left than the right. This happened for another fifteen minutes before he reached the termite mound.
Colonel Williams stood there talking on the radio, he listened in, "Yes sir, I understand." He hung the phone back up on the radio pack and turned. "Oh Ben." He looked surprised, "When did you get back?"
"Just now sir."
"Where's Smith?"
Morris didn't answer.
"You killed him didn't you."
Yes sir." He replied "He attacked me first sir."
Williams looked at him for a second, "I understand. He never liked you anyway. Why don't you go sit down and get some rest, General Parker has ordered us all out of the valley."
"I slept all night sir."
"Well I guess you could've slept through the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941."
"Pearl Harbor, sir?"
"It's what brought America into the Second World War."
"What do you mean, sir."
"Well last night the covenant put up one hell of a fight, we were lucky we made it through the night, we called in an air strike at 0200 and we fried the bastards."
"Thank you sir." Said Morris with a salute. Williams saluted him back and walked away.
Ben sat down next to the termite hill and opened up an MRE bag and devoured the contents. He never liked ham, but now it tasted better than ever. After "breakfast" he figured he'd write a letter to his girl friend, Hannah. Now that he was back on earth he might have another chance to see her. God it had been four years since he saw her last, she probably found another man a week after he left. But that was okay, she'd just found a coward to go out with. But his philosophy was to hope for the best prepare for the worst. He took out a pad of paper and a pencil and began to write.
His letter turned out to be a four-page novel. Why do I even bother.he thought She promised to write but never has.
He sat there for a couple hours before Colonel Williams returned he sat down next to him.
"Well the pelicans will be here soon to pick us up." He said lighting a cigarette. He handed the package over to Morris, he took one even though he didn't smoke. He drew in on the cigarette before coughing, the smoke burned his throat, all the way down to his lungs he felt it move. cough! Cough! Hack spit!
"careful there Morris." Said Williams patting him on the back. "You got to be careful with these. These'll kill yah faster than the Covenant. I wouldn't be doing this shit if it wasn't so fucking addictive." They sat in silence for a couple of minutes. "We're being pulled out," said Williams, "the Covenant retreated after last night's battle, they think they're going to go after a big city next, London, Beijing, Washington, L.A., Chicago, and Moscow are prime targets."
"LA! Shit Hannah lives there."
Girlfriend?"
"Yeah"
"Well LA is half way around the world from where were are. You're just SOL right now."
"guess so."
"It's funny to know that we're making history where history has already been made."
"Excuse me sir?"
"Many thousands of years ago Hannibal crossed those mountains." He said pointing to a mountain range to the west.
Morris looked at him for a moment before his sixth grade history lesson popped into his head. "The Punic wars!" He said
"ding ding ding." Said Williams.
A couple of minutes later the pelicans had dropped down and the wounded, dead, and healthy were loaded up. Morris hopped into the last one Williams stood on the ground outside. The pilot poked Ben on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up. Morris stuck his head out the door and said, "Every one is off the field sir." Williams nodded and stepped up into the Pelican as it took off.
Morris watched as the field disappeared from view.
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