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On A Pale Horse: New Mombasa
Posted By: Silent Hunter<silenthunter18509@yahoo.com>
Date: 2 July 2003, 5:30 PM
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Note from the author: Thanks to everyone who did this part before me, that provided some inspiration…and thanks to Folgers to keep me up this late :P
-New Mombasa-
1750 Hours, September 17, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Covenant Cruiser Reverence, Earth Solar System, in orbit around Earth
"We have a problem…A Covenant Cruiser, the Esteem, has been damaged, and is holding position above New Mombasa. The Marines that were sent in there have taken heavy casualties, and need help…and-"
"great…" John pulled Cortana's AI cube out of the holo-panel, and put it in his helmet. He walked up to an ODST. "Who's the commanding officer of this unit?"
"Sir," he said, staring at the giant, "Sergeant Johnson, right there."
"Thanks" and he walked over to the sergeant.
"Sergeant, we need some men, New Mombasa is under attack."
"Christ, there's millions of people there…alright, listen up!" he shouted. "New Mombasa is being attacked. Graham, Murphy, you're with me, the rest of you, stay here, and guard the bridge."
1858 Hours, September 17, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Pelican dropship, En route to New Mombasa.
The dropship's rear door opened as it descended into the lower atmosphere. The chief stood up, and walked to the open door. He gripped a pole that extended from one side of the pelican to the other. The marine who was manning the machine gun in the back shot an amazed glance at the chief. "The East African Weather Service forcasts a severe thunderstorm…and a possible tornado…sarge, you and you're men need to extra careful if that storm hits us…"
"We'll be fine, Cortana, but what I want to know is the status of that cruiser?"
According to Admiral Stanforth, He fired 3 MAC rounds at it. It took 2 in the nose, then dropped into the atmosphere."
"Who was first Contact?" asked the chief.
"405th out of Diego Garcia" responded Sarge. "…but don't expect a big welcome. Covenant wiped most of them out before they hit the ground." The pelican banked and descended into the clouds. A spotter contacted the pelican.
"Immediate, Grid Kilo 2-3 is hot. Recommend mission abort."
"Roger recon" the pilot responded, then to the sergeant, "It's your call sarge."
"We're goin' in." Johnson replied firmly. The chief thought to himself…if they could save but one soldier, it would be worth it. He remembered Reach, the fallen Spartans, fallen Marines…Murdered Civilians…He closed his eyes, and remembered the covenant ships charging their plasma weapons, and firing them at the planet just before the Pillar of Autumn disappeared into the slipstream… "GET TACTICAL MARINES!"
"Covenant ground forces own this city, we'll need to deal with them before we can kill that cruiser." Cortana reminded the Marines as they loaded their weapons, and put their helmets on. The pelican dodged a large plasma bolt, and plasma flak. It turned, and dropped to a rooftop landing pad. The landing gear made contact with it, and the pelican came to a complete stop.
"Pile out, GO, GO, GO!!!" sarge ordered. "I'll evac the wounded, keep me posted Cortana."
"Of Course, Sergeant" The two ODSTs, and the sarge turned a corner, and ran down a ramp as John walked up to a marine.
"Sir - Corporal Perez, A Company. CP's this way." He had a Spanish accent. He led the chief down the ramp. He passed a marine helping a wounded marine up the ramp. They gawked at the Spartan.
"Must be seeing things…" The non-wounded marine said in disbelief.
"Guess the brass do give a shit." The wounded marine joked.
Perez led the chief through a makeshift hospital located in the middle of the street. It was dangerously close to the front, as he heard gunshots and plasma discharges in the distance. As he passed through the 'hospital' he heard medics working on wounded marines. On the other side of the road, Perez stopped by a medic who was working on a marine, who was badly injured. He stopped, and said in dismay "I'm calling it, it's 19:00…"
"The lieutenant got hit as soon as we dropped in."
"Who's in charge now, corporal?" asked Cortana.
"Sergeant Banks, ma'am. He's pinned down out front. C'mon, I'll show you…" and with that, Perez led the Chief into a building. They went up a staircase, and saw a pair of marines fending off a covenant attack. One was shooting a stationary gun. They were frantically shouting to one another. Perez leaned out into a doorway, and called to a Marine, who was pinned behind a low wall. "Oye - Parsons!"
"Yeah?" He responded.
"Is it clear?" Right after he finished, something around the corner exploded, and threw debris outward.
"You tell me!" Parsons replied.
After mumbling something the chief couldn't understand, he shouted "Friendlies movin' out, covering fire!" He, and the chief ran out the door. Perez started shooting at covenant. The Master Chief heard a whirring sound, and look up at a massive covenant artillery piece. It was charging, and it fired. John could feel the heat from the plasma, and his suit automatically compensated for the heat spike. He looked beyond the low wall, they were 4 meters above street level. He looked through the scope, and shot 2 grunts while strafing right. He then turned and ran up to a ramp going down to a lunch area on a raised section. A ramp led from that to the street. He heard an ODST in his helmet "Grunts, down low…" The chief walked past the ramp, and tossed a grenade down to where the grunts were. It exploded, killing them all,and knocking over a few tables. He then ran down the ramp, with the ODSTs, and shot the remaining grunts left in the lunch area. He walked up to a marine. He seemed very glad to see him.
"I asked for reinforcements…I didn't think they'd send a Spartan," he said. The Covenant Artillery piece charged and fired, destroying the building John had gone through minutes earlier. "we've gotta take that thing out, cover me!" he crouch-walked to a fallen marine, and grabbed his radio, as the chief fired into the covenant forces. He tried to raise the headquarters. "Tech HQ, this is sergeant Banks, I've got hostile artillery 200 feet North-Northeast of my position, bring smoke, over!" When John saw much more covenant pour out of a hole blown into a building, he manned the stationary gun, and destroyed them.
Hostiles, right…" an ODST warned him. He turned, and destroyed the jackals hiding behind several power generators. He then turned back to the covenant still coming from the blown out building. After getting no response, Banks shouted into the radio, "Damn it, HQ, Is anyone on his freq.?!" He got a response.
"Sergeant, this is Major Easley, Hang tight, we're inbound." Just then two long swords flew overhead, and dropped their ordinance on the artillery piece. It got a shot off just in time, but it was it's last, as it was totally destroyed. The shockwave shook John's bones. "verify delivery of ordinance on target…"
"Dead on Major, Target neutralized!" Banks said with great enthusiasm.
An ODST shouted "squad, move out" John turned to Banks, who held his SMG out to him.
"Take my weapon, you'll need it…" John took his weapon, and took his own SMG out also. He entered the bombed out building the covenant was pouring out of. He started clearing it, but many aliens were lined up in an area. An ODST yelled an order another.
"Frag and clear" the ODST threw a grenade in. It exploded "clear it out" and the chief, and the ODST's went in, killing the remaining covenant. John walked over the dead bodies, and up a ramp. He looked down at 5 jackals, who began shooting at the chief. He took his Battle Rifle, and began shooting, but a warthog crushed them. Another pulled up, and the driver called to the chief,
"I could use a gunner, sir"
1905 Hours, September 17, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Covenant Cruiser Esteem, Earth's Surface
"Sir, they have stopped our advance…and…they are beginning to…push us back…"
"WHAT?!"
"…some of the frontline soldiers are reporting that they've seen a strange human…one more powerful than the rest…"
"What? What did they say it looked like?"
"big…with emerald green armor…"
"This is not good…this is not good at all…where was the it last spotted?
"Last sighting was at…location number 1539…heading this way…
"contact the Sacred Promise. Tell them we need their Special Forces as soon as possible."
"yes sir…where are you going?"
"I will hunt this human down, and kill him myself…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
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