Truth Behind the Reconciliation: Act 2
Posted By: Chief Vash<Chief.Vash@gmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2005, 3:13 AM
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The Master Chief left the room after surveying it for scavengers and picking up a Plasma Pistol. He entered a hallway that shined a purple sheen. Light blue colors pulsated across the walls in a speedy fashion. The Chief walked quietly around the bends in the hall, peeked around corners, and killed the sleeping Grunts with efficient quietness. He came to a bend and peeked around. Two Jackals were pacing back and forth. One of the Jackals was a yellow shield, and the other a blue shield. Yellow shield was a higher rank in the hierarchy of the Covenant society. The Chief equipped his Plasma Pistol that he had gotten back in the platform room, and turned the corner to surprise the Jackals. One was mere meters from the Chief, and he ran forward at extreme speeds and bashed at the Jackal's neck. The Jackal's exposed back lead an instant kill to the Chief. The blow had detached multiple vertebrae from the Jackal's spinal cord. The other Jackal was more than 30 meters away when it heard the sound of a body thumping to the ground. The Chief was surprised they had not known of his presence for the Jackals have superior hearing and smelling senses. The Jackal 30 meters away pulled a swift 180 degree turn and powered up his Plasma Pistol. The amount of energy that a powered up Plasma Pistol let out was enormous. It was enough to take out all of the shielding that the Chief had, and do some damage to his body at the same time. The Jackal fired the bolt of Plasma and it flew at a slower rate then regular plasma bolts. However, this particular bolt followed and curved toward the target. The Chief stood completely still, until the bolt was just about three meters from the Chief. He waited and right when he knew that the bolt of plasma could not curve enough to hit him, the Chief sidestepped out of its way. The bolt hit the far wall. When one lets out a charged up plasma bolt, the amount of power it takes to do this has a large effect on the gun, leaving a three to four second time of uselessness. The Chief sprinted quickly toward the Jackal.
The Chief jumped high into the air when he was three meters away from the Jackal. The Jackal did his best to use his shield against the blow that the Chief was about to land. The Chief hit the shield that the Jackal carried with more force than a usual strike. The only thing that kept the Jackal alive was his shield, as he stumbled back farther and left his exposed body open for another hit. The Chief moved in toward the Jackal and seized his arm, gave it a jarring twist and then jammed it back into the socket. This broke the Jackals small and fragile arm and the bone pushed its way through the skin. The compound fracture inflicted upon the Jackal was severe, and he gave out a sigh of pain. The Chief still held the arm and maneuvered the sharp bone into the Jackal's neck, stabbing the Jackal with his own arm bone. Blood oozed from the wound and the Jackal's eyes rolled back in his head. The Jackal simply collapsed as the Chief released his hold on him. To the right of the Chief was a door, which was slightly wider than the others. This door had a trapezoid shape, and the Chief walked nearer to it.
The Chief walked into a room that appeared to be some sort of prison containment facility. There were no prisoners in the cells but the cells were closed nonetheless. Prisoners were held in by what seemed to be a plasma force field, possibly of the same material as the portable stationary shield that the Covenant used earlier? The Chief charged up his Plasma Pistol and unloaded a full shot into one of the cells. No luck, the portable shields go down with one shot of those. These aren't that same. There was however a platform that held some sort of device on the top, possibly the key to the cells? The Chief ran up and activated the one Cortana said to push and the cells opened. The Chief went into each of the cells and found a single dead marine. He still had his Assault Rifle next to him. The Covenant must hate our weaponry so much, for they throw it in along with the marine. The Chief gave a nod of respect and took the Assault Rifle.
The Chief left that particular room and moved along the hall way. No more enemies came out anywhere. The Chief became suspicious of the lack of them. That is until he came across a blood spattered hall way. Mixed in the blood was Covenant and Human. The Chief knew that the Captain was near. The Chief walked near the door, and it opened without hesitation. The Chief instantly jumped back and the door closed. What the Chief saw was a barrage of Covenant. Two Elites in the back, four Grunts on the wall taking a nap, and one Hunter that had his back turned to the door. For all that the Chief knew, that Hunter had heard him. He dived away from the door opening and waited. A moment later the sound of a door opening was heard, then the sound of one closing. The unmistakable clanking of a Hunter's footsteps was heard around the corner.
The Hunter first turned to the right to investigate, leaving the Chief with an opportunity to strike. The Chief unloaded nine rounds into the soft orange backside of the Hunter, just in the middle. Blood sprayed out as the Hunter was jolted forward and his arms hung back as the bullets pierced his tough skin. The twelve foot tall monster turned to see the Chief. The Hunter crouched into his battle stance and began running toward the Chief with his arm raised. He swung his arm down and up as the Chief quickly dodged his blows. The Chief unloaded yet again on the beast. The Chief and the Hunter went back and forth three times before the Chief placed a well thrown grenade into the Hunters face. The Chief dove and rolled away from the grenade. The explosion took off the Hunters whole head and a black mist stayed in the air for three seconds before clearing away to reveal the Hunters crater of meat and tissue. Orange blood and black soot stained the small hallway. The Hunter collapsed to his knees and fell forward allowing the large spikes on his back to be seen vibrantly. Blood poured out of the Hunter's body cavity and chunks tumbled out of the neck. The actual body would have been nearly evaporated if it weren't for the armor.
The Chief knew that the rest of the Covenant Bastards would hear the blast and come to help out. So he took the battle back to them. He rushed through the door and opened fire on the closest Elite. Bullets impacted into his shield and ate away at it simultaneously. One of the Grunts threw a grenade and had it impact the wall as the Chief jumped away and continued to shoot at the Elite. He shot in three round bursts and knew that the Elite's shield was done as he heard a single bullet impact the body of the Elite. Blood oozed out of the wound but it wasn't enough to lay the Elite to rest. The second Elite came from the side and struck a blow to the Chief's shoulder. The Chief finished off the first Elite with three nice hot steaming rounds into his head, two in the forehead and one in his eye. The bullets found there ways out of the head and the Elite looked as if he had three stab wounds in him. The Elite involuntarily dropped to both his knees and a light from behind showed through the holes in his head giving the Chief a three circle blue shine. Meanwhile the second Elite backed away and came in for another strike. This time the Chief ducked and jumped as the Elite missed his head and put his weight onto the Chief's back. The Chief flung him to the opposite side and mid-flight spun 90 degrees counter-clockwise and put three rounds into the Elite's chest causing the Elite to fly further. The Chief ran over to the Elite the second he hit the ground and put three more into his face. A diameter of 1 meter of blood was formed around the Elite's partially existing head. The Chief unclipped a Fragmentation grenade and let it fly at the panicking Grunts. Two of them were destroyed in the blast. One of the Grunts near the blast got a piece of shrapnel in his forehead. He fell down and screamed. The Grunt became an easy target for the Chief as he put three into his tender body. One Grunt remained and the Chief could already hear the cheering from the cells. The Chief simply ran over and bashed the grunt in the face smashing it in completely. The skull was impacted into the brain and the Grunt flipped head over heels onto his stomach. Blood poured out of the dented cranium.
The Chief ran over to the platform and opened the cells as he had the time before. Three marines happily awaited further instructions from the Captain, whom appeared fine. The marines ran by and got into a semi-circle, complimented the Chief on his fight and listened to the Captain.
"That was one HELL of a battle there Chief. I'm amazed that you made it through without as much as a scratch. My God Master Chief, you are as amazing as they all say you are."
The Chief gave a slight nod to let the Captain know that he appreciated the respect.
"Listen hear people, this is how it's going to go. We need to get off of the ship somehow, and we need a ride to do it. Anyone got any bright ideas?"
"Well, there is one way. There is still a Covenant spacecraft docked at the Boarding Bay. If we can get there, then I can fly us out of here" Cortana puts calmly.
"Then its settled, Chief, can you get us there?" the Captain said as he lifted a Needler that a Grunt carried.
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