Dannhe's rise to honor
Posted By: Phoenix<khchaos@aol.com>
Date: 30 November 2004, 10:59 PM
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Dannhe surveyed himself. He was proud of the cobalt blue armor he wore. Though at the bottom of the ranks, he was still an elite. He had passed and graduated from every test the covenant could put him through, and thus, he got to go on his first mission. His full name was Dannhe Tachahera Kiel. He looked to his right and saw his master. He had known him all his life. The elite standing next to him was Zulu Mortuma Zuki and he wore the gold armor of an honored elite. The Zealot was very influential and swung the council to allow Dannhe to come on this mission. Zulu was like a father to Dannhe. The dropship slowed to a halt and the side hatches opened out.
"All of you pile out! We must act quickly if the operation is to be a success. And remember, no human, not even the ones with the special armor are worth fear or respect!" said Zulu in his commanding voice.
All twenty of the elites jumped out of the hatches. Dannhe noticed that every one of them wore scarlet or black, he couldn't help but feel a little out of place.
"I'll pick you up when you call" said the pilot.
"Alright, do you know why we're out here?" Roared Zulu
"To killed an armored demon!" the rest shouted
"Here's the plan, one of those ridiculous bulky craft the humans call 'pelican' has crashed. They've set up a rudimentary perimeter around it. Our scouts have spotted several squads of Special Forces humans, and one of the ones with special armor. Should we kill this human, and you can believe me every single one of you will graduate to the next level."
That statement had every elite drooling for the armored humans blood.
"Follow me!" he roared.
The squad of elites ran through a thick wooded forest to a stream. They followed it downstream to a clearing where Dannhe saw the bulky craft smoking from many holes in its fuselage.
"On my mark, three, two, one, mark!" roared Zulu.
At that moment, Zulu drew his sword, every elite brandished there weapons. Dannhe's first shot flew straight and true, it hit a human straight in the visor burning it away, and pity it wasn't the human they were all after. Then he turned, he saw Zulu slice a human when he saw the demon human sneak up behind him, his strange weapon only a unit or two from Zulu's back.
"NO!" screamed Dannhe.
Too late. The armored human opened in a barrage that would have made a hunter stumble. A solid stream of tracers punched into Zulu's armor.
The rounds tore at Zulu's shield until it overloaded and snapped off. The rounds ripped through Zulu armor, spatters of blood stained the ground.
Dannhe ran over to his fallen comrade while another elite jumped on the demon and started to grapple with it.
"Dannhe, is that you?" Zulu whispered.
"Yes, what is it?" Dannhe asked.
"Take my sword, kill it for me..." Zulu's voice trailed off.
And with that, Dannhe grabbed Zulu's sword, it shone bright in the semi darkness. Dannhe could see one of his brother elites faltering in the battle with the demon, and Dannhe charged, taking no heed of the humans between him and the demon. One human lashed out with the butt of his weapon but Dannhe struck him down with his sword. Just as the elite who had been wrestling with the demon fell, the demon looked up and saw Dannhe upon him, and the bright light of the plasma sword was the last thing he ever saw. IT shocked every body, as Dannhe stood there breathing heavily, the demon at his feet. An elite in the midst of finishing off a human stopped what he was doing, shocked. The humans broke and ran, leaving the elites there, still staring at Dannhe. Then the reality of what happened struck them and they cheered.
"Pick us up now." Dannhe said to the pilot over his comm. System.
"I'll be there in two units" he said.
"I said now damnit!" roared Dannhe.
"Yessir, sorry sir." The pilot said back.
The pilot had sported the red armor of a veteran, and even he realized how de3aly serous Dannhe was. He must have recognized that the demon had been slayed, and that he was now talking to what was to become one of the most respected elites in the covenants army. The dropship arrived half a unit later.
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