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Fallen Angel: Part 6: Hunters
Posted By: Gruntkiller/Covert<ttavenor@nf.sympatico.ca>
Date: 3 February 2003, 11:34 pm
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Outside the seemingly dead Minotaur the battle to buy time was quickly coming to an end, most of the longsword bombers were now destroyed or disabled. The Essex a once magnificent cruiser floated in space barely able to keep its life support systems going. Fires raged across every deck well at least the ones that weren't destroyed by the particle lasers and plasma torpedoes from the two enemy ships which remained relatively unscratched even after taking hits from MAC rounds and a SHIVA nuclear missile.
Inside the Minotaur the Spartans and Marines quickly moved up the halls and towards the bridge where the computers were being held, another group was headed for the lifeboat bays to stop any covenant from escaping.
Josh peered around a turn in a passage, everything was quiet they had only seen the occasional dead Marine in the passages on their way but not even a drop of covenant blood could be seen anywhere.
"All clear," said Josh in a hushed voice to the other Spartans who crouched on their knees in a basic formation for boarding ships.
Josh quickly got up and moved around the corner quickly taking cover behind a pillar, Kelly was the first one behind him she used her scope to inspect the far end of the passage were the bridge was supposed to be.
"Theirs a lot of bodies down there," said Kelly crouching down next to Josh. "They seemed to have been killed with plasma swords like the others."
"Move up," said Josh as he began to walk up the passage crouching while sticking close to the wall. Behind him the squad of 11 Spartans spread out following him in a straight line.
He came to a stop at the entrance to the bridge using a hand signal to communicate with his squad he told them to set up a perimeter around the entrance and to investigate with caution.
Josh quickly stepped around the corner and pointed his gun towards the far corner of the bridge. Underneath his feet something made a grotesque slurping sound, Josh looked down to see a horrifying sight. The floor was covered in bodies with ripped open throats, and body parts. Half coagulated blood covered the deck making the floor slippery. Josh looked down, underneath his helmet his face went pale, cold sweat rolled down his face as his stomach began to urge him to throw up. On the floor right were he had just stepped in a Bridge Officer's intestines hanging out of the dead bodies abdomen lay on the cold steel floor with the imprint of a foot in them. The officers body was pale from blood lose his hands were over his abdomen suggesting a slow and painful death. Kelly rounded the corner and stopped right behind Josh looking down now at the gruesome display of butchery laid out before them.
"God," said Kelly not able to look away from the bodies that covered the floor.
"Lets get the hard disks and get the hell out of here," said Josh, "with any luck the covenant didn't get them first."
Josh moved up the bridge carefully trying to step around the bloody bodies of his fallen comrades. Outside the bridge the other Spartans set up a perimeter but most of them were distracted looking in at the blood covered bridge. Josh walked over to the captain's station, on the station wall inside a panel close to the floor the hard disks were supposed to be stored for easy access.
"Crap," yelled out Josh. The panel was open but inside the hard disks were already gone. "Everyone split up into two groups, group one search the ship kill any covie that you see. Group two head back the docking bays, disable or capture any operable ships, I want there to be no way for these sons of bitches to get off!"
"Sir," said a Marine through his comm. "The covenant have reached the lifeboat bays, there appears to be 9 elites all using swords and one Spartan!"
"What?" said Josh thinking he misheard what the Marine had said.
"A Spartan he's wearing the armor" said the Marine as MA5Bs fired off behind him. "He's attacking us with a sword made out of metal!"
"Stay calm I'm sending up some Spartans to help you out, over and out," said Josh his mind racing trying to come up with some possible explanation.
"Change of plan, group 1 get up to the lifeboat bays and help out those Marines," said Josh. "If possible capture the Spartan alive, but if you can't destroy him."
Josh turned around to face Kelly, something caught his eye though as he turned, a distortion in the light behind Kelly. Josh raised his MA5B pointing it over Kellie's shoulder and fired. The blue light of a plasma sword quickly covered the bridge as the elite that had ambushed them drove his sword into Kelly before she could even turn around.
Josh grabbed her with one hand and threw her off to the side away from the hidden enemy, while with the other hand kept the trigger down pumping dozens of bullets into the elite. In a flash the elite was revealed as it's camouflage chip was destroyed by a bullet. The Elite crumpled over and fell to the floor, its blood flowed freely mixing with the half coagulated blood of humans to create a strange purple color.
Josh dropped his rifle and ran to Kellie's side he dropped to his knees and yanked his helmet off his head to reveal the pale skin underneath glistening with sweat. Slowly he pulled Kellie's helmet off to revel her face clenched in pain as her she attempted to stop the bleeding with her hands.
"Your going to be OK," said Josh trying to calm Kelly. "I need two syringes of biofoam now!" yelled out Josh to the medic of the squad who quickly took two cylindrical containers containing the syringes out of his satchel.
The medic took the first syringe and inserted it through the wound in the front of Kelly were the sword had come out.
"This is going to hurt," said the Medic as he carefully flipped Kelly over on the blood soaked floor and inserted the other syringe into the wound were the sword had entered.
"This won't due for long," said the Medic, "if she doesn't get to a medical post soon she's going to die."
Josh not able to hold back his tears any longer burst out crying. The salty droplets of water ran down his as he kneeled over Kelly. The Essex was destroyed and there wasn't another medical facility within 900,000 km of them.
Kelly looked up at Josh she was no longer in pain due to the powerful painkiller in the biofoam, her eyes were already beginning to haze over. She lifted her hand up and put it on Josh's shoulder, a tear slowly flowed down Kellie's face the tear flowed down onto Kellie's cheek then dripped off onto the blood-covered floor. Her neck relaxed and her head sank down until it came to a rest on the floor.
Josh crying leaned over and kissed her on the forehead he then closed her eyes. He slowly stood up he had stopped crying but his eyes were bloodshot from the salty liquid, He turned around and grabbed the metal bar in the Elite's dead hand and began to run leaving his helmet, gun, and tactical nuke behind, his squad chased him as he navigated the passages towards the lifeboat bays.
Josh followed the sound of echoing gunfire coming from the Marine's as they continued their helpless stand against the enemy. As Josh rounded a corner he came face to face with an Elite that leaned against a wall bandaging a bullet wound in its arm. Josh quickly pressed a button on the metal bar he carried and activated it, all around the walls glowed blue as he swung the plasma sword quickly decapitating the helpless elite.
Josh quickly turned and ran towards the gunfire and screams that appeared to be coming from around the next corner. As he reached the area of conflict he found himself behind the covenant squad. Near the front of the squad a Spartan fighting with the covenant swung a metal sword around deflecting several bullets he then thruster with the sword putting it through a Marine's neck. Josh raised his sword and ran towards the Spartan. ~ Sam pulled his sword out of the Marine's neck, it was an easy kills their inadequate armor and weapons made swords an especially good counter. Behind him he heard the clanking of armored boots on the metal floor and the screams of elites saying, "they flanked us."
Sam quickly spun around and parried with his sword stopping the enemy's plasma sword just inches away from him. Sam looked at his opponent quickly shock quickly filled his mind.
Before the conquer Sam stood one of his old friends now enemies, his old school mate, now locked in combat Sam could see the fire in his ex-comrades eyes. Sam quickly slashed with his sword cutting Josh's face. Sam had thought he had killed everyone except John on Reach, he had been told that the Spartans were crushed by his legions, heads would role for this. The Spartan who Sam know identified as Josh lifted his sword in the air and brought it down towards Sam's head but the attack was quickly stopped by Sam's sword.
"So you still believe in this lost cause," said Sam struggling to gain control over the deadlock they were now stuck in, "I'm not surprised, you were always a bit stubborn, Josh."
When Josh heard this it was almost like running into a brick wall, his mind raced trying to figure out what his opponent had just said to him. "Who are you!" yelled out Josh to the opposing Spartan.
"I was once your friend," said the Spartan, "you used to call me Sam."
This made things even worse for Josh he was in shock, "how you died."
"The Sam you knew died," said Sam grinning underneath his helmet, "and then the Sam you see now was born."
Sam quickly pulled his sword away from Josh's and ran through the squad of Marine's who continued to battle the rest of the covenant boarding party.
"Stop him!" yelled out Josh as he ran after Sam.
Almost every Marine that had a shot at Sam fired but the Spartan's shield was two strong. Several Marines ran out inform of Sam in a desperate attempt to stop him but with a few slashes of a sword all his opposition was gone. Sam ran towards a nearby lifeboat and quickly ran in closing the hatch behind him. Josh skidded to a stop and in a last resort attempted to open the door using his sword. On the other side of the door Sam climbed into the pilots seat and pressed a button closing the lifeboats main hatch and launching it away from the Minotaur. Josh watched as the lifeboat sped off towards the covenant ships that were in orbit around the glassed planet.
Inside the last of the elites were killed, the Minotaur had been saved, but there mission was a failure.
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