Halo: The Battle Within. Prologue & Chapter 1
Posted By: Bryan D. (A.K.A. B-Man)<KoHStealth@hotmail.com>
Date: 21 February 2004, 10:15 PM
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Halo: The Battle Within
Prologue
White specks of light from distant stars reflected off the wreckage of "The Pillar of Autumn" The ship was one of the most talked about ships in the UNSC. It had a history...Captain Jacob Keys had outsmarted the Covenant Armada just five years ago, but he was lost to an unseen threat...the Flood. The Flood were parasitic life-forms...they latched to your body, and invaded it...gathering your memory of the past and present, but held your future in their hands. Jacob Keyes, fought for his mind, he held on to his memories, and most importantly, the vector for Earth...the last living planet of the human's...
Chapter 1
Epsilon Eridani System
Approaching Earth
0500 hours
April 9th, 2557
Gawain Keyes snapped back to reality...he caught himself dreaming of his Dad again...the thought of a Flood invading his father's brain, the thought of his father leaving him at birth, the thought of how much he missed him. Gawain was handsome, 6'3", brown hair, lady killer, just like his Dad. As he sat up in bed, he felt sweat trickling down his back, when suddenly Private Drostan burst through the door...
"Captain, we need you on the bridge A.S.A.P, we're about to dock!"
Gawain slipped on a gray, captain jumpsuit and ran to the bridge. He got there just in time; he looked at a view screen and carefully guided the ship into the docking bay. As he walked down the landing ramp, he saw a huge green figure in front of him... the green warrior stood almost 7'5" and had scorched and scratched armor.
"Master Chief I presume." said Gawain.
The green warrior replied in a gruff voice "You must be Jacob's son; I fought alongside him over five years ago."
Gawain wanted to ask about what his Dad was like but he didn't get the chance. They needed to leave again. The only reason they came to earth was to pick up Master Chief. They needed him to escort a "special" cargo to the Covenant controlled planet "Castle of the Majestic." It would take two days to get there, even in slipspace.
"Let's roll Chief." Gawain ordered in a commanding tone
Onboard UNSC Ship: The Eagle's Black Talon
Upper Atmosphere above "Castle of the Majestic"
0730 hours
April 11th, 2557
1st Lieutenant Moina Ula walked into the room at a quick pace.
"We don't have much time, so I'm going to have to brief you very quickly."
"Understood" Master Chief replied.
"Our recon shows that the Covenant have snipers positioned in these four towers, each guarding sentry position, over the main gate."
Moina said, as she pointed to photos taken from a stealth jet flying over the base. The planet had recently been taken over by the Covenant. They had renamed it "Castle of the Majestic." And the name stuck. The Covenant base was almost a HQ for all Covenant activity.
"Your mission is to neutralize the snipers from long distance, sneak into the base, carry our 'care package' into the covenant structure, arm it, and get the hell off the planet...understood?"
Master Chief snapped his hand into place forming a crisp salute. The mission was suicide. It didn't matter, he was a Spartan, he had escaped death many times, and he wasn't about to let himself be killed without putting up a fight.
"Yes lieutenant."
"Then get going to the shuttle bay...oh, you might need this"
Moina said as she tossed a M6D pistol into John's hands. John thanked her, then turned smartly on his heal and walked out the door.
John walked down to the armory, when he was done cleaning his weapons, he examined the specs on his suit, everything was at 100% operational level. The suit was one of the most technologically advanced as well as one of the most expensive pieces of equipment the UNSC had ever made. You didn't have to move in it, it reacted to thought at lightning fast speeds. The suit had a built in shield covering every square inch of it. After he got the suit on, he strapped his MA5B Assault Rifle to his back, slipped four M9 Grenades and about 20 miscellaneous clips of ammo into his utility belt. He put his brand new pistol from the lieutenant into the holster, threw his M90 shotgun onto his shoulder and finally picked up his S2 Sniper Rifle to take care of the sentries. He had to be prepared for anything.
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I'm a slow writer, so I won't post the next chapter until I'm postive I have another one for the next time.
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