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Hell J's Chapter 1: New Africa Mission (Revised)w/indents
Posted By: Ethan<BaldEagles7@earthlink.net>
Date: 3 December 2005, 3:04 am
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Chapter 1
0003 hours/
Orbit of 557 New Africa
Hades Earth
"Men dock you pods!" Sergeant Jose yelled from the Hades Earth. "See you on the ground."
"Yes sir," Shock Trooper Rick Wilson said in response to his commander. He entered the cramped pod and waited till countdown. He saw his friend Marcus Fredrick to the side of him. Rick along with his comrades were fitted with black stretchable suit along with black armor on top of that. Rick could see through the visor on his helmet the stars ahead of him. Rick wasn't what you would expect in the typical Shock Trooper, nicknamed Hell Jumpers; he first of all had a soul. Most of the Marines on the Hades Earth thought that Hell Jumpers didn't really have souls or feelings, for that matter, because of their stereotypical image. He had family to fight for and he was going to fight for them with all his heart.
"Shock Troopers get ready in five, four…" Rick's mind raced. "Two one, liftoff!" Sergeant Jose yelled. The twenty pods were released from the Hades Earth. Stars swirled around Rick and his pod was headed straight for New Africa. The Covenant had invaded New Africa and Rick's squad needed to take it back. Their first objective was to take the Covenant Bases on coordinates G-246-247 on the map. The bases consisted of armories.
"I'm fighting for you," Rick said quietly to himself. He thought back to his family and his pod kept falling. It started to approach the atmosphere fast and Rick quickly woke up from his day- dream. He could see the ground for a split-second and then his pod crashed. Rick was thrown forward in his pod but his seatbelt seemed to hold. The pod skidded across the plains/desert floor until in came to a halt. He looked up and his vision was blurred and closed his eyes for about three seconds. He opened them up again and his vision straightened.
"Damn…that sucked," Rick said to himself. He pressed a button above him and his pod door blew open. Rick walked out and looked around and the sky was dark due to the rain that was pouring down on him. Rick could see Marcus's pod and ran over to it.
"You alive Marcus?" Rick asked.
"I'm alright but barely alive. Just kidding," Marcus said stepping out of his pod.
"There's a pod over there," Rick said pointing in front of himself. He ran over to the pod and peaked inside. Taylor was inside and all right.
"I'm coming out don't worry," Taylor said, and looked around. "Where's Sergeant Jose?"
"I can't seem to find his pod, we'll try to find it," Rick said
"Hey guys over here!" Marcus yelled. Rick and Taylor ran over to Marcus and he showed them what he was so excited about. There was a cliff in front of them with a drop of about fifty feet.
"Two of our guys crashed down their," Marcus said. The three Shock Troopers ran over to the cliff and peaked down.
"I'll go," Rick said. "Just fetch a rope and a gun from my pod."
"Will do," Taylor said. Taylor was a fierce fellow that killed anything in his way and didn't like Spartans. Yet at the same time he was a comedic type of guy who liked a joke hear or there.
"Support the rope Taylor," Rick said. Taylor tied the rope around himself and held onto it with ease.
"I'm going down," Rick said. Rick propelled himself down the rope with the BR55 Rifle dangling from his waist.
"I'm down!" Rick yelled up and got to work looking inside the pods. He picked up his gun and held it with his right hand. Rick approached the pod to his upper right and the door was open. Rick peaked inside and noticed the insignia on the man's suit. It was the insignia of a Sergeant, Rick looked away from the body.
"God…" Rick said. He searched the body for a dog tag and found it. He ripped it off and put in one of his side pockets. Rick walked over to the other pod and the man inside was still alive.
"Rick thank god you're here," Joel said. Rick looked at Joel's arm and it was bloody.
"It's not what you think," Joel said. "Tell your men to get us the hell out of here. They're here. Rick looked around and saw something move in front of him but he didn't catch what it was.
"What the hell? Joel stay in the pod," Rick said. He approached the area where the figure moved. It came out of the shadows and lunged forward at Rick.
"Shit!" Rick yelled as the jackal barley missed him. Three grunts with plasma rifles soon came out of the darkness and fired upon Rick. Rick rolled to the side dodging the spray of plasma fire. He got up and opened fire on the grunts. Two of them died instantly with randomized bullet holes throughout their body. The third one started to run away with the jackal covering fire. The jackal shot his plasma pistol at Rick and it barely missed him. He ran at the jackal firing his gun and the jackal fell to the ground with blood running out of his forehead. The grunt was almost out of distance; Rick steadied his scope.
"Almost got it," Rick said. "There!" He took the shot and the bullet from the BR55 Rifle went zooming out of the barrel, and hit the grunt in the back.
"Ok come on out Joel," Rick said. Joel came out of his pod and ran toward Rick.
"Guys let the rope down," Rick said.
"Sure thing," Taylor responded. Joel grabbed hold of the rope and was hoisted up. Rick soon followed.
"Who was the other pod member?" Taylor asked.
"It was the sergeant," Rick responded looking down in despair.
"We're sending a Pelican in to drop off some supplies for you guys," Officer Macy Fu said.
"God it's good to hear your voice," Rick said.
"Just glad I could help," Macy said. "I'm sending down a Warthog and some weapons."
"Good luck guys," Macy said. The Pelican came into view and hovered above Rick. "I'd like it if you got out of the way Rick." Rick moved away from below the Pelican. A Warthog crashed to the ground with little harm done, along with some weapons incased in five-foot shells.
"See ya later Macy," Rick said.
"Bye guys," Macy said. The Pelican hovered away and took off into space.
"Know let's see what we got here," Taylor said. He found two SMG's and grabbed both. "Nice fit." Marcus grabbed a M19 SMM Rocket Launcher and an SMG. Joel approached one of the shells and grabbed an S2 AM Sniper Rifle along with an M6C pistol. Now it was Rick's turn, he grabbed a BR55 Rifle, and an SMG. They were all ready to go. Rick hopped in the driver's seat of the Warthog, and Taylor got into the gunner's seat. In the meantime Marcus sat in shotgun next to Rick. Joel got in and propped his head up against the ridge of the back of the dividing section of the Warthog, sitting right next to Taylor. Rick ready to go, the team moved out to take care of the Covenant forces that lay ahead of them.
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