Neverland: Home to Sparta
Posted By: SOS.Odin<kavika86@yahoo.com>
Date: 29 March 2004, 11:07 PM
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John walked over to Fred and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Let's go. We have to see how Kelly's doing."
John helped Fred up and turned to Will. Will gave him the thumbs up and they moved out.
Kelly was to their left flank and about fifty yards back. The three Spartans made it there in six seconds.
Before reaching their comrades, the staccato of rifle fire was heard. John burst through some trees and came to a clearing. Will and Fred came out right behind and scanned the area. The area was clear, spare a few plasma scarring and a small crater. More rifle fire was heard about twenty yards to their right and the Spartans ran.
There was an explosion and a scream. Fred dove through a bush and slammed into an Elite. John and Will came through moments later and unloaded a few dozen rounds into the Elite, killing it. Fred stood and raised his rifle. A few yards in front of him lay the body of a two Brutes and Max. Will checked on Max and Fred and John ran further to find Kelly and Erica.
The two Spartans heard a twig snap twice and took cover behind nearby trees. John picked up a twig and snapped it twice. Another twig snapped and John turned to his left. About ten yards and a few feet forward, Kelly was hiding behind a rock with Erica in her arms. Kelly raised two fingers, closed them pointed beyond the rock and raised three fingers sideways.
John nodded and turned to Fred, "We got two Elites ahead of us hiding together. Kelly and Erica look fine."
Fred nodded and reloaded his MA5B. The two Spartans went low and crept forward. Fred spotted the two Elites ahead of Kelly hiding in the foliage of a fallen tree. The Chief raised his finger and twirled it then slapped the butt of his rifle. Fred acknowledged with a grin.
They crept more slowly and silently. Even more so when they passed the tree where the Elites were hiding out. They slowly crept up behind the location of the Elites, and John stopped. He pointed his thumb at himself and his pinkie at Fred, clicked his tongue and pointed over the tree. Fred nodded and produced two grenades.
The Master Chief recieved a grenade and readied to throw it. Fred did the same. John clicked his tongue again and the two Spartans lobbed their grenades. They immediately readied themselves to charge.
The grenades landed five yards in front of the Elites and they ducked. John and Fred rushed into the foliage just as the grenades detonated. The Elites heard nothing but the explosion. Fred made it to them first. He pivoted his hips, took a large step, and with the form of a professional baseball player, swunge his rifle into the spine of the Elite. It's spine shattered and it fell.
The second Elite raised it's rifle and prepared to fire on Fred. Before it got the chance though, John slammed the butt of his rifle into the base of it's neck. The Elite dropped and the Master Chief fired a few rounds into it's head. The two Spartans checked the area for more enemies and headed back to Kelly and Erica.
When they got there Will was checking on Erica, Max didn't make it. After Will finished his check the five Spartans moved out together. They stopped by Max and Fred picked him up in a fireman's carry. John and Will took point while Linda covered the rear. Fred was in the middle and Kelly ran scout.
They walked this way for what seemed like hours. Kelly would return every once in a while and check in. After a while Kelly came back and said it was clear until the extraction point. The five Spartans sprinted the rest of the way.
Kelly exited the woods and set up the radio. "Homeland this is Bomber Baby. Mission complete. Waiting for evac."
Static was heard then a burly voice replied, "Roger that Bomber Baby. Evac ETA ten minutes. Good job."
Kelly returned to the woods and relayed the message to the Spartans. The radio was left behind as a homing becon for the Evac.
John walked up to Kelly with a quizzical look. "How are we getting out of here again?" He never really thought about it, he was always used to pelicans.
Kelly smiled, "Pelicans Chief. We've got ninety-six of them. Don't ask where they came from. Probably the same place as the rest of everyone else's gear."
The whine of a Pelican was heard a few minutes later. The Pelican hovered above the field for a while and it's landing gear slowly lowered. The Pelican began its decent and landed. The Spartans loaded up and the Pelicans engines roared with power. The flying transport ascended and began it's flight.
Kelly moved to the front of the Pelican walked into the cockpit. John took a seat and layed back. Fred and Erica layed Max's body on the deck and took seats for themselves. Will sat next to the Master Chief and handed him his canteen. The Chief took a drink and handed it back.
Will had been in that land only a few months before John. "How ya like it here Chief?"
"It's great." A hint of sarcasm was in his voice. "I still have no idea what this place is though."
"Neither do I. I don't really care though. If ya wanna know you'll have to talk to Intel."
Twenty minutes later Kelly pointed out the window and John looked. Below was a city. There were buildings everywhere. A wall surrounded the city. The wall towered above most of the buildings. Scorpion tanks dotted the top of the wall. Three massive gates were the only ground entrances into the city.
John turned to Kelly and asked, "What is this place?"
"This is the stongest Human city here. The HQ of all operations. Capitol of Human controlled land. This is Sparta."
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