The Return to Halo by Covenant Prophet aka Grunteater
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The return to Halo
Date: 1 February 2004, 4:08 AM
The Return to Halo
Shortly after the Covenant find Earth and attack, the Master Chief and a team of several marines are sent back to the debris field of Halo. What they discover is that there is a Forerunner installation in Threshold's atmosphere, the gas giant Halo orbited, that the Covenant have occupied. Now the master chief and his team must find out what is in that installation...
"Status?" The chief said to Cortana as they plunged through the atmosphere in their captured slip-space able phantom.
"Approaching the station," she coolly replied.
"I have a bad feeling about this," grumbled corporal white as he cleaned his shotgun.
"Stuff it marine!" growled sergeant Johnson. The chief assessed his team. There was sergeant Johnson, the sole person to survive being attacked and infected by the flood, corporal white, the shotgun wielding, trigger happy maniac, Private shin, the stealth expert that could sneak past a dozen elites without making a sound, and Fred - one of the few surviving Spartans of the chief's original group.
"5 minutes until we reach the station," Cortana piped in.
"Get you gear ready!" the chief announced. He armed himself with two submachine guns, and a sniper rifle modified for an extended clip of eight bullets. The sergeant pulled out his custom assault rifle, with added firepower and two M7D pistols. White took his shotgun - that fired 20 slugs instead of the regular 12, and a flamethrower. Shin took a silenced pair of pistols and SMGs, and Fred took a rocket launcher with three barrels instead of two, and a battle rifle. They each had 4 frag grenades, 2 plasma grenades, and 2 special flame grenades which when thrown, stuck to the enemy and burned for five seconds, then created a 3 meter napalm explosion. They were ready.
"Docking with the station," Cortana said as she transmitted the codes to get in. The grunt watching over the docking bay didn't realise what had happened until his face was smeared by his fellow guard's blood. But he didn't have time to think it over because a dozen SMG bullets hit him in the chest, killing him instantly.
"Clear!" said Fred as he checked the rest of the bay. The chief and Shin pulled out their SMGS, White had his flamethrower out, Sarge had his two pistols ready, and Fred took out his battle rifle. The chief slowly crept to the door panel and hit it. The door slid open.
"Holy mother of sweet god..." Johnson whispered. In the center of the room was a spire, ringed by staircases and platforms. On the 5th level there was a small bridge leading to a control panel which and elite manned. There were two jackals on the spire next to him. They hadn't noticed the chief and his team. The chief pulled out his sniper rifle and screwed on a silencer. He waited until the jackals had their backs turned and shot the Elite. One of the jackals noticed and screamed. They both ran over to the body and were examining it when the chief made them some extra holes to breath through. The team ran up the spire and to the control panel
"Press...that one next to the circle!" exclaimed Cortana as the chief looked at the forerunner interface. The panel lit up and displayed something odd. The chiefs stomach twisted into a knot. Spark. He was here.
"Floating bastard..." he quietly cursed. He recorded the information onto a small disk and the continued looking around the database. He looked through one of the security cameras and saw something. Humans. Mendoza and Jenkins. But...the Flood...it killed them...right? He noted the location and told his team to move out. They went on for a few minutes only finding small groups of Covenant. When they got to Mendoza and Jenkins, they found them in a small cell.
"Jenkins, Mendoza..." Sergeant Johnson quietly said.
"Thank god!" yelled Jenkins.
"I knew you would find us...after the covenant found me floating in space, they brought me here and fixed me! I found Mendoza too!" He pointed across the room. "I only have a few side affects, but they're mainly good. Rapid healing, Increased muscle structure, but I'm all good!" he shouted. The chief was in shock.
"What...how...did they get this information out?"
"Naw sir!" replied Mendoza. "I killed the scientist who figured this out," he pointed to a body of an elite in the corner of his cell. "And I have all his info here!" he held out a disc. The chief lowered the force field and handed them each a plasma pistol he had picked up from some dead jackals.
"Now we get Spark..."
By Covenant Prophet a.k.a. Grunteater
Copyright Michael Mck. 2004-01-31. All rights reserved.
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