Mysteries Part 2
Posted By: Horror<LazerP0inter@yahoo.com>
Date: 16 February 2004, 9:05 PM
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Authors Note: All work and no play make me pissed off, damn you school!
"Find our own what?" Private Solan looked around the cave trying to see who was telling them to leave. Olsen turned on the flashlight on his gun and it revealed an elderly human man, wearing an outdated marine uniform. It was tattered and had many holes in it; next to him on the ground lay an older version of the MA5B, a M1A1. The M1A1 had a longer barrel than MA5B's hence was usually more accurate, but they were problematic. They have been know to fire with the safety on and after awhile some wouldn't be able to keep the ammunition clip inside the chamber. Some people blamed it on the military who had rushed architects to finish the design in under a week, others that M1A1's weren't produced in proper facilities but the facts remained; the weapon wasn't at all good.
"You heard me damnit, find you own place to hide. I haven't lived this long by bringing my enemies to me, which is why you're here; I know your hiding from the government too. This planet is safe from the UNSC, they think I killed someone I didn't so I took a ship and flew it here! Ha those fools. Your welcome to stay here if you want." Jack looked sideways at the man then glanced at Solan whose expression would have been funny but for whatever reason pure confusion wasn't humorous at the moment.
"Didn't you just" Solan began but was cut off.
"Thank you we would love to stay." Jack said quickly and threw a look at Solan telling him to shut up. The man was obvisouly delusional and Jack didn't want to make him angry. He could be unpredictable and use his weapon on them resulting in letting the Covenant just walk into the Marine base they had left behind. "What's your name?" Jack inquired.
"Well sir, they call me Harold." He stood up and for the first time Jack noticed that behind him was a small garden of vegetables, how it grew in a cave, he had no idea, maybe he would study them later. "MINE" Harold yelled and ran over to his vegetable garden to protect them from Jack.
"I'm not going to steal from you Harold, I am just wondering how that you grew a garden in a cave."
"Not cave, there is a hole in top light comes in a shines on my plants, so they grow." He smiled simply but stayed between Jack and the vegetables.
"Well Harold, we only need this cave for a short time so when the Covenant pass," Olsen began.
"AHHHH THE COVENANT ARE HERE! LET'S GO!" Harold grabbed his M1A1 and ran out of the cave. Jack heard an Elite say something and then a blue plasma bolt struck Harold in the chest he was knocked back, but not before he has started shooting at the covenant.
"Shit" muttered Olsen. "I guess that's the last of him, turn off the Hog don't want them to see us." Jack turned the warthog off and the lights in the cave dimmed. If it weren't for the light from outside the cave and the small hole Harold had described, Olsen, Solan, and Jack wouldn't have been able to see. The first group of covenant passed the cave and the three men held their breath as an Elite peered into the cave. It grunted then continued to walk past them.
"OK now into the hog after the third group passes, then we'll ride out and give em hell." Jack whispered in the lowest tone he could so that the Marines heard him but not the Covenant.
Both men responded at the same time, "OK." The third group passed, and Jack revved the Warthog's engine. As the large Jeep drove out of the cave many things happened all at once, the Covenant realized they were divided, hundreds of bullets riddled the area and Covenant fell over dead, and in the confusion Covenants shot wildly at the Warthog, ending up shooting those that were ahead of them or, hitting those that used to follow them. Jack drove through the covenant ranks and some were crushed by the Warthog others caught by Olsen spraying bullets from the gun mount. Those lucky enough to escape death ran for cover behind rocks and dead bodies. A stray plasma bolt struck Private Solan in the hand and he dropped his rifle which got caught in the back tires and the Hog was brought to a screeching halt just past the last group of covenant.
"Sorry" Solan yelled above the commotion as the three men ran behind the Hog for cover from the covenant who had reorganized and were advancing on their position. Jack had managed to turn the Warthog so that the Wheel with the MA5B was easily accessed and they could use the Hog as cover.
"Don't be sorry just take these bandages and cover that wound Marine!" Olsen threw him some bandages, which Solan promptly used to wrap around his bleeding hand. Jack managed to get the rifle out of the Hogs wheels but he wasn't sure if the Jeep would be able to move anymore.
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