absolution Part 2: beggining the End
Posted By: canada769<foxdown@fuse.net>
Date: 11 August 2004, 5:10 PM
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EARTH SAN FRANSISCO 2 MILES OUTSIDE CHINA TOWN
1500 HRS SEPTEMBER 13 2552
"Stop nagging me you have had enough sugar today and I said no!"
"finally", the man on the bench thought. "Kids these days all they always want more then what they have" he watched as the mother gave in and bought the kid another soda before leaving the mall. "A pity" he thought, "another kid sending their generation down the drain." He stood up and walked over to a newspaper robot and placed his palm on the scanner slot. The robot quickly drained 65cents from the man's bank account and then opened the glass window enabling the man to reach in and grab a paper and be on his way.
Quickly glancing over the front page he saw that the covenant had beaten the UNSC in another battle but with very few UNSC causalities. Personally he had seen what the covy ships could do in space and didn't really believe the UNSC was really wining this war. It was probably just the work of the UNSC's propaganda section as not to make some huge panic. He wondered how long it would be until the covies found Reach and then Earth.
Little did he know that the covenant had already found and glassed the human planet outpost Reach and were on their way to earth for final conquest.
SOMEWHERE IN SLIPSPACE
CONENANT SHIP, LIGHT OF THE ANCIENTS, BRIDGE.
2552 YEAR OF THE LIGHT
As the ship master Onie "zamozee looked over his great battle cruiser through the outboard cameras he felt a swell of pride. "This" he thought, "is the ship that will lead all of the covenant to final victory against the unworthy ones." "It will grant me final passage into paradise in the afterlife."
His ship was one of the finest in the entire fleet bristling with plasma weapons, lasers, seraph fighters and on top of that ground support for when they breached the humans defenses and waged the war on the ground of their doomed planet. Banshees, Wraiths, Ghosts, Phantoms and the deadly troops to accompany them.
He looked up just as the bridge's doors parted revealing the minor prophet and its elite servant entered his bridge. He bowed his eyes instantly and then gave the prophet his day's data still averting his eyes.
"We shall arrive at the humans planet in less then 48 cycles (two human days) your excellence." " I have already alerted the squad captains and they are to be ready 9 cycles after we reach the humans planet" he said, his eyes still locked to the floor. The prophet's elite servant briskly took a step forward and promptly backhanded the shipmaster across the face. The shipmaster was now enraged with anger and ferocity. Not that he had been hurt at the thought behind the action. If the elite had realized how angry the shipmaster was he did not show it. He quietly stepped back beside the prophet.
The shipmaster's head swam with anger. As he made a lunge at the other elite to quickly dismember him the prophet put his left claw up and in a surprisingly forceful voice said "stop, that is unacceptable ship master." he said. " I want the entire fleet ready in 36 cycles and in their drop ships ready for the invasion as soon as we enter the humans solar system."
Getting his rage under control, the shipmaster bowed his head and replied, "So it shall be done."
UNSC BATTLESHIP GETTYSBERG
EN ROUTE TO EARTH
0900 SEPTEMPER 12 2552
As Linda disassembled her sniper rifle and the reassembled it for the eighth time she couldn't help but wonder what life would have been like if she had never been chosen for the Spartan program, never have encountered the covenant, never have honed her abilities to the max. Would she be in school, have a boyfriend, going to beaches and parties with her friends? She let out a sigh, " I guess it doesn't really matter anyway, I am in the Spartan program and I am fighting the covenant."
She stood up walk over to the repair console and fingered the button to release the clamps on her battle armor. Fifteen minuets later she was in her battle armor and heading back to the bridge.
When she reached the bridge she sat down in front of the console and began typing in a systems check f the ships outer hull. She then asked cortona, "hw much longer until we reach earth?"
The AI replied, "ETA to earth in six hours".
"Good" said Sergeant Johnson as he walked through the bridge doors. "The sooner we get to Earth the sooner we can have the guns waiting for the covies to blast them out of the sky!"
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