shadows in the night
Posted By: pudding30000010<pudding_isawsome@hotmail.com>
Date: 26 August 2009, 9:55 pm
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i wrote this story as a script for a machinima for ODST. i hope you like it and if you dont ow well.
Shadows in the Night
"Everything seemed to be going well." said a voice in the darkness "… I guess that should have been our first clue… the covenant on harvest was getting pushed back and we were winning many battles on the ground…"
"Hay max look sharp!" gunnery sergeant Tomas said and gave him a little shove. tomas was a strong man in his early fourtys.with dark, velvety black hair and a scar over his left eye. a crack shot whith most weapons. max had alot of admiration for the man.
"Sorry sir!" max said and stood up. max was twenty-two and just joined the ODST program...although joined isint the right word...his red hair was exactly at regulation length(although the sergant had grown his out abit)
"We got tactical data from ONI. Our targets are a scarab manufacturing depot, a small armory, and, if there's time, a small base." Tomas continued
"Why are we the only squad sent on this mission? Seems to me like this is an extremely high risk op." William chimed in. will was completely bald. crome done as the other ODSTs called him. he was a wiz at exposives...a realy genious in maxs opinion. born in japan he sometimes claimed to be a desendent of the actor Jacky Chan.
"Harvest is a big planet. And our recourses are tied thin. Any other questions?" Tomas asked
"What's out gear for this op?" max asked
"The usual. Smg's with AP rounds, lotus anti-tank mines, and M6D pistols as well as a Spnkr launcher and a SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle." Tomas answered "any other questions?"
"sir no sir!" max and will answered
"Then move out and prepare to drop!" Tomas ordered and the group left the briefing room
five minutes later the three ODSTs were suted up and in their pods.
"Green light!" tomas said over the com "i repeat we are good to drop in 3... 2... GO, GO, GO!"
"mind the bump!" will said as the pods droped from the UNSC destroyer RANSACK
"Sir weve got AAAs in the area...theyve spotted us!" max yelled over the com just as the first wave of shots hit his HEV and he blacked out
"Move private move!" Tomas yelled
Max ducked behind the crate just as a mortar blast struck the ground he was just standing
"Will fire on those tanks!" Tomas barked
Will stood up with a Sprknr launcher and fired at the wraith tank.
"So those are the covenant…ugly little lizards" max remarked as he fired at a charging elite
"Those are only one species of the covenant from what we can understand their called elites." Tomas informed "we wont be able to hold 'em off for long…fall back to the warthog!"
The team jumped in and drove off just dodging mortar blasts and plasma bolts
"As we approached our first target, a scarab manufacturing facility, the patrols got thicker and thicker so we ditched the hog and continued on foot
"We entered the depot like shadows in the night. We got to the engine room and planted the bomb and were about to make it out clean when we heard the snap of an energy sword…he was right behind us…
"Fire, fire, fire!" Tomas barked
But it was too late for will whom was cut down. Tomas and max, however, got revenge for their comrade with a spray of their SMGs.
"Will!" max yelled
"Its too late for him…he's gone. Now come on we have to move…now!" Tomas said as he scanned the area for more enemies "hurry privete before more come to check on him." tomas said and kicked the elite square in the face
"sir how are we going to finish our mission with on-" he was cut off as a banshee zoomed over head and turned on them
"Max! grab that Rocket launcher! ill keep it busy! hurry!" tomas barked
max took one more second to look at his fallen comrad then grabed the launcher and shot down the banshee
"well if they didnt know we were here erlier they do now...lets go!" tomas said and grabed maxs arm
"After will's death we continued to our next target…still had a job to do after all. The armory was a piece of cake with no hitches…but the base….that was a different story entirely
"Stay sharp private…there she is." Tomas said as he looked through his scope
The base was huge and was covered with the enemy of all kinds. even a couple hunter pairs
"Were is the target area for the bomb?" max asked
"There is a generator in the center of the structure. Can you carry it? Or should I?" Tomas asked
"I got it just cover me." Max said lifting the bomb
"The 'bomb' was actually a Havoc tactical nuke capable of a 12 mega-ton payload. enough firepower to makesure that base was off the map...its as pipoint as a nuke can get"
"They spotted us…max use evasive maneuver delta…go!" Tomas said
Max and Tomas run towards the base with plasma bolts and fuel rog blasts just missing them
"On the inside thing weren't as simple."
"Sir! an enemy fire team is on our six!" max yelled
"Dang…go place the bomb. I'll hold them off" Tomas ordered and engaged the enemy
"After the bomb was set we defeated the fire team and were about to fall back to the extraction point when we saw a large group of covenant troops moving in on us…
"We'll never be able to fall back now and they'll be able to stop the bomb if we don't do something." Max said and look to Tomas for ideas
"Lets look for a back door…there hook into that terminal." Tomas said
"ok hold on and let me just hack my way into their systems…there's indications of a…a teleportation network inside this base…here ill bring it online." Max said and the teleproter winked to life. "This will take us near the extraction point…we should move now.
tomas hesitated and looked at the timer and then the fastly aproching enemy "…private I'm afraid I wont be following you…I'm staying behind to fight them off until the bomb blows." Tomas said and placed their lotus mines around the entrance
"But sir…fine than I'll stay too." Max said
"Oh no you don't private I already had to watch one of my men die today...your not making two. Besides i wasnt asking if it was a good idea. my minds made up. but some one has to report this mission to command.looks like thats you" Tomas said and shoved max into the teleporter
"sir don't!" max yelled but was already through the portal. He tried to jump back through the teleportal but it already closed "damit!"
"Soon after that the bombs went off and the mission was a success…" max finished giving his report to the ONI officer "thats it sir"
"Very good. I see that you need to be placed in a new squad…corporal." the man said noticing the lack of enthusiasm on maxs face at his new promotion. " I'm placing you under gunnery sergeant buck. You'll be the rookie again I hope that's alright."
"yes sir. I prefer it that way." Max said and left the room
prepare to drop September 22 2009
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