halo@ fall of the covenant part 1-10 by Chris roe
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Halo: The fall of the covenant
Date: 15 January 2005, 11:16 PM
A few dozen marines marched through along the dusty path, despite the concentration in the soldiers eyes they could not ignore the carnage around them..
The path used to be a road, the dead strewn everywhere used to be well to do men and women and that burned down tower up ahead was Big Ben. The covenant had pursued their attack and had destroyed London itself.
The eerie silence made the marines edgy and anxious but they marched fourth.
'Sir is this what it might have been like in the great 2nd world war we researched back on the station?'
The General turned and stopped and the marines did so as well. The general looked up at the sky, he watched a bird fly down into a tree then shoot back up to disapear into the thick grey smog.
'Private, this is nothing like the War fought then, despite the whole world being at war, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, now private look around and tell me what hope can you see. The covenant are pushing foward and we are losing. In the 2nd world war men and women would return and tell their story to their children, but i dont think daddy will come home, i dont think mommy will come and comfort the frightened. I think this is the end.'
The general turned from his men and looked back to the sky, his once bright and blue eyes turned grey and dull and filled with tears! Was this the end of the world as he knew it?????
'Hold that thought sir'A voice sounded.
The general spun round to peer through the smog, trying to see who was talking to him.
'Who the hell, shsh..show yourself', the general ordered his men to stay alert.
'c'mon you dont recognize me' the voice seemed to become louder now and much closer.
Then through the thick sheet of grey around them a boot appeared, then a leg of thick steel like armour,the master chief had returned!
Nobody moved, 30 marines just stared at the figure before them.Some had met the chief, yet most had never seen him nor heard him........
' well.. is this my welcome, the silent treatment..'
Nobody moved. Even the friendly voice of the chief didnt take the edge of the covenant blood all over him and the assault rifle in his right hand with a grunts entrails on it.
Finally a marine familiar to the masterchief stepped foward.
'Sorry chief we thought you had gone for good'
Masterchief stepped foward and put his left hand on the marine's shoulder.
'do i appear real now, am i never fully defeated? If there comes a day when i face my last battle and my first defeat i will fight till my heart stops beating and the enemy have eaten my flesh, beacuse im a marine!!'
Some of the marines looked much more motivated by this and the mood became increasingly relaxed.
Even though the chief was asked where he had been numerous times, he never gave out any information of what he had been doin the past months.
Over a week the marines left fear and negative vibes for laughs and jokes, yet not aware of the incoming attack.
It was a week since the chief had returned and a small base had been constructed. The guard sentry was patrolling when a loud noise emmerged.
'Hey marty,what is that?' The marines became suspicous.
Then the noise became sense to marty, it was a banshee.
'Shit there are shees coming this was, alert the others'.
The sentry ran and jumped over debris as the banshees closed in.
'Sweet jesus theres gotta be at least 10 or 15 of them, we wont make it back to base find cover'Marty pulled the other two men down behind a large boulder as the covenant aircraft breezed past....
'I hope masterchief can show those covenant scum where they belong, EAT LEAD!!!!'
Marty came out from cover and fired his rifle into the air.
THUDUMP!!!
Marty fell to the floor his assult rifle spiting rounds in all directions... The covenant had not just brought a few shees but numerous grunts and jackals too!
Meanwhile the shees has reached the masterchief and the remaining marines. Plasma fire flew through the small buildings the marines took cover in.
'Ok lets give them hell, men!'
The general pushed a clip up in his assult rifle pulled back the clip relase and let controlled bursts at the nearest banshee.....
MORE COMING SOON!!!
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