Better Off Dead. Part 1 In The Begining...
Posted By: I_Love_You_Bungie<info@hottubsireland.ie>
Date: 8 September 2003, 9:19 PM
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Pvt.Prichard risked another glance over the bunker, cursing as several plasma bolts slammed into the ground inches from his face."Sir,they are moving in spearhead formation,six grunts and two elite." Prichard couldnt help noticing the grim look spreading across the sergents face as he took in the news.Four marines would never be able to defeat such odds,even more so now that half were raw recruits, just off the production line.Prichard could see that one of them had wet himself in the first engament in which the rest of the sqaud had been obliterated."Right Jenkins,Paterson when i say now get out of the trench and make for sqaud beta, there situated in the townhall.Understood?" The men noded there heads."Prichard on 3 give them covering fire" "Sir,yes,sir!" "one,two,thr...".The sergents head exploded. The stench of burning flesh filled the air.The one called Jenkins panicked jumped out of the bunker and was melted to the sidewalk as the advancing sqaud opened fire.Meanwhile Prichard was scanning the bunker trying to find the area of twisted light that would tell him the position of the camaflauged elite.Paterson cracked vomiting crawling into the a corner and sradling his head in his hands.Much to young tought Prichard.Just then a movment caght his eye.Ducking low he rolled to his left firing the gun from his hip.Blue blood flew from what seemed like thin air. A grunt was followed by a thump as the elite hit the ground.Looking over the edge of the bunker yet again he saw that the sqaud were on top of him.Pulling the pin on a gernade he said a silent prayer and rolled it into the middle of the advancing sqaud.Body parts went flying and Prichard came out of cover sending a spray of fire into an elite who had rolled away from the blast radius. The shots were largley ineffective due to the shield and armoour protecting.Prichard did not fear death. He saw it as an inevitability and if something couldnt be avoided then why worry about it? He thumbed the gun to fully automatic and prepared to sell his life dearly. The elite fired several rounds and,with customary covenant skill, all shots hit.Prichard hit the back of the bunker and slid to the gorund. He could smell flesh burning again and he wasnt sure if it was his are the former sergents.Truth be told he didnt care. He felt himself slipping into unconciousness and slowly closed his eyes the last thing he saw was a soldier in green armour leeping over the trench and then more sounds of battle. -------- --------- ------- -----------"He's coming around."Prichard opened his eyes. Though his vision was blurred,no doubt because of the painkillers his body had been loaded with, he was sure someone was standing over him."drink this" The person lifted his head and prichard took several gulps of the warm liqued it tasted bitter but he could already see beter."Were am i is the usuall question."The man said,smiling,you are in the last human stronghold on Salamadastron.One of are men found you in the city, you were in a bad way,so he took you here." Prichard tried to sit up but his head began pounding.With a groan he sank back down."Rest is what you need,but unfortunatley you will bew getting very little of that." Prichard gave him a quizzacle look."Fine pvt. lets put it this way, in a couple of days ypu will have wished you died out there."THe man sighed "The base is surrounded.We have very little supplyes and the covenant will be attacking any minute.The general has ordered every amn capable of holding a rifle to be on the walls in 30 minutes.You my fiend,are capaple of holding a gun.The armoury is in the sixth door on the left." The doctor walked off to tend to another patient and Prichard sat up. Pusing down the vomit he felt rising in him he walked to the armoury and outfitted himself with a rifle and 4 gernades. On his way out alarms went of throughout the base.Red lights began flashing and armed men began to take there posts. Prichard followed `1 man to what was obviously the oouter wall.Hunkering down beside him Prichard thumbed off the saftey on the rilfe took carefull aim at an unwitting grunt and fire a threeround burst that killed it almost instanly.Other men opened fire all along the wall orders were being shouted and people were running around to fulfill them the return fire saw a man not to far away from Prichard fall to the ground, his face and half his shoulder a bloody mess. So it begins tought Prichard....
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