Chapter 2: Ancient Artifacts
Posted By: Nightblade<miked@oz.net>
Date: 13 July 2003, 3:41 AM
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"Wow, look. It's so beautiful." Private Thomas said staring at the large hunk of gold sitting on a small plaform in the middle of a huge silver cave-like room. Thomas turned to look at Master Chief and two other marine buddies. "Can we get it, you know take it and run?" Thomas asked. "No, do you know what that thing could do y-" Corpral Barringon's british accent was inerrupted.
"Sure. Try it out." Sergeant Cunningham said. Thomas ran to the gold artifact in the middle of the large room. He layed one hand on it, the artifact made a loud screeching noise and shocked Thomas's hand.
[idnent] Thomas ripped his hand off he gold and stared and screamed at the stub on his left hand. He fell to the floor, wailing in pain.
Suddenly, banging and pounding came from the door behind them. "Barrington, Thomas needs medical attention, go help." Cunningham ordered as the man saluted and walked to Private Thomas.
"Master Chief sir, come with me." Cunningham said. The two walked over to the bulged door.
"I don't know what's in there, but were about to find out... On three I kick open the door and dee what's inside there. Understood?" the Sergeant asked. The Chief nodded. "Okay, one, two, thre-" The doors blasted open as two needles sunk into the Sergeant's stomach and leg. They blew up, sending Cunningham back three feet.
"Corpral, look ou!" Chief yelled as Barrington fell dead over Thomas's corpse with a hole in his side. Through the door barged two jackals and six grunts.
Chief thought quickly as he kneeled down and grabbed Cunningham's MA5B assualt rifle and aimed it. fifteen bullets emitted from the barrel, catching one of the jackal's arm, and leathaly killing three other grunts. Both of the jackals: The wounded and healthy, fired a bolt of plasma at Chief. He rolled to his left, dodging the plasma, causing it to hit the artifact on the platform. The sound came again. This time a large beam of light flew from the arifact. The beam sizzeled the Jackal to it's bones. Chief fired another burst of his MA5B. The bullets lightly penatrated the other jackal's skull, drilling it to the ground. Master Chief avoided the three grunts's fire that were left. He quickly unpinned a frag grenade and and tossed it into the group of three. Four seconds later, limbs and bones flew from the doorway.
Chief ran fast to the doorway. He could see nothing; but a big opening to the sunny country-side. "Cortana, do you know what this artifact is or where it came from?" Chief asked the compuerized voice.
[indenet]"Yes, I just got intel on it. This artifact right here is part of an ancient puzzle. The puzzle is made up of four artifacts that make up a superweapon and who ever has the puzle completed and has the superweapon, has the power of the universe. I have just informed ONI of this and tare sending a Pelican in any second. WE also need to take the artifact with us in the large metal case it is sitting on." Cortana explained.
Chief turned back and carefully boxed the artifact in it's case. "There's the Pelican, let's climb aboard." Cortana said. Chief climbed in the side seat of the Pelican. "Punch it." Chief said as the Pelican took off into the country.
Puffs of black smoke blasted below the Pelican. They were coming closer to the dropship. The Pelican turned to it's side as a black explosion smacked the left side of the ship. They fell backwards through the air. "MAYDAY.MAYDAY!" the pilot yelled. Chief jumped freely from the Pelican, green grass and blue rivers below him. "Look! Zoom in with your visor." Cortana said. Chief did as he was told. "Wow, what is that down there." Chief asked as he fell closer to the ground. "That, is a cache of weapons and equipment." Cortana explained.
Chief hit the ground with a thud. He lay there arms out and motionless. Something was wrong with Chief's right leg, it wouldn't move, neiher would the rest of his body. "Chief! Chief! Wake up Chief!" Cortana screamed into his ears. He still wouldn't move. Chief still not moving as a dropship came down overhead. Out of the bay doors of the dropship came a group of five special forces men.
The medic stood over the fallen boots of Master Chief. "Don't worry Chief, I'll get ya fixed up." the man ensured. He took off his medical pack and grabbed a syringe and injected it in a small wound hole in Master Chief's leg armor. The stinging liquid pumped through his body to get his organs working again.
Chief threw his head up in anger. "AAHH! What is this crap?" Chief angerly asked.
[indenet]"Don't worry, it's just some simple medicine to help your wound ya got there." the medic said. Chief looked through the small wound hole. It was already healed. That fast. "That's some prety fast working medicine you got there." Chief said. He looked into the air. Banshees.
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