A Story of a Grunt Epilogue
Posted By: Gruntsneedpity<Dodgeneonrose@aol.com>
Date: 18 August 2004, 11:47 PM
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Jub-Jub was new to the Covenant. He signed up at his home planet, Covenant Planent 05, the Grunt homeworld. The reason it is named Covenant Planet 05 is because the grunt race was taken over by the Covenant hundreds of years earlier. The avarage Grunt lived to be about 40 (because they were considered cannon fodder in the Covenant hierarchy). They had to sign up when they were 10.
Jub-Jub was heading into his first battle at a planet called "Reech". The Elite in charge of his squad, 'Mosana Gesya was also new to the force.
"Drop in 5 units!" shouted the pilot over the speaker in their dropship.
"I hope I don't die in this battle...I hope I don't die in this battle" Jub-Jub was thinking.
The dropship doors opened, he saw eight marines standing outside the dropship...
Jub-Jub's life flashed before his eyes. He remembered that day his brother was sent to the front line. He saw at least a thousand or more grunts standing outside the ship to be shipped out. He knew he was going to be in that situation.
One grunt broke from the croud. An elite, wearing a mask because of the methane, started to fire at the poor grunt. The grunt made it only 100 units before finally getting hit in the back. The elites started to laugh at this fool. He knew he wasn't going to do something as stupid as that.
The marines started to fire at the elite, because they knew he was the biggest threat. 'Mosana's shields flickered as he exited the ship. Jub-Jub drew his plasma pistol and started to fire at the marines. He saw one of them face him and start to fire his assault rifle.
Luckily, 'Mosana saw this and turned his rifle at the marine and shot him before the grunt would be killed.
"Be more careful you fool," he said as he pushed Jub-Jub down.
"Yes, excellency. I'm sorry for my mistake."
The two Jackals assinged to Jub-Jub's squad ran past him firing thier plasma pistols. He then saw a rock land right beside them...but realized it wasn't a rock.
"GET AWAY FROM THAT NOW!" he shouted at the jackals. Apparantly they weren't listening because milleseconds after that the "rock" blew them to little tiny pieces.
Jub-Jub saw that he and only nine grunts, four elites, and two jackals were left, and it looked like there were a lot more marines than them. He charged the marine line with an armed plasma grenade in one hand and his plasma pistol in the other. He threw the grenade at the largest concentration of marines he could see. When it landed beside them all of the marines jumped from cover into the open...
...then their mistake was met with a hail of plasma that melted eight marines. Jub-Jub quickly took cover and fired at the four remaining marine positions. He could only count 14 more marines' helments. He quickly motioned for the rest of his allies to come to his position.
All refused except for two grunts. He saw the bullets whiz past them and knew they were scared stiff. He wondered why the elite wouldnt come up and help them out.
"Okay, I need covering fire so I can get up the hill and get a top shot on them."
"Alright, good luck."
The two grunts started shooting, one armed with a pistol and the other armed with a needler, at the marines. Jub-Jub quickly ran for the hill to his right. The marines hadn't noticed because of the suppresion fire by the other grunts. He then saw the elite finally run up with the rest of the squad to his original position.
Jub-Jub settled behind a large rock and checked his right to make sure he wasn't getting flanked. He saw no one so he started to fire down on the marines. They quickly realized what was going on and fired back at him. He saw one of the "rocks" he saw earlier land right next to him...
Two little grunts are running in a frozen field: Jub-Jub and his brother, Keelop. They are rushing back to their homes and he sees his mother waiting for him at their doorway. She is angry because they were late for their ceremoney at the Church of the Prophets. They were to be determined if they go into the collective as a soldier or worker.
Jub-Jub was pulled back before the "rock" exploded. He looked back and saw that it was another grunt that saved his life.
"Thank you very much," said Jub-Jub,"I owe my life to you now."
"Nonsense. You'd probably done the same with me," said the grunt.
"That was the second time my life has flashed before my eyes today!" said Jub-Jub.
"No kiddin-"
He was shot in the back mid-sentence. He saw a marine lying on the ground,shot in the stomach, fire one last shot. The marine knew he hit the grunt fatally and gave one last smirk before he died. The grunt that had saved Jub-Jub's life had died right next to where his life was saved.
"I hate humans," Jub-Jub thought, "but it was the Prophets who started this war. Should I hate the people who started this war or the people who kills my race?"
"Pack up slime! We are leaving this planet," said 'Mosana.
"Yes, excellency."
The next day, he got onto a dropship that was headed back to the starship he was stationed on.
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