Devestation- Chapter 2- Getting Home
Posted By: Michael<Darkblade45@aol.com>
Date: 27 September 2003, 4:35 PM
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Chapter 2 . . . Getting Home
Brent put his legs on the side of the bed and rubbed the crust out of his eyes.
"0900 Hours....1 hour away....best just get up now" Brent repeated to himself about 3 times before getting up.
Dazed from the blood rush to the head he stood still holding on to Zanders bedside.
"Ag.....I'm way to tired for this crap...." Brent said knowing at 1000 hours the sergeants rushed the quarters waking everyone up to get drill practices and live ammo practices. Brent walked into the bathroom near the showers inside the quarters.
"Brush......Toothbrush......Deoterant.....All here." Brent said slowly regaining consciences from waking up in a deep sleep.
He grabbed the Toothbrush and brushed his teeth in a matter of second rushing more and more as he woke up. He soon found it was 0930 after he took a shower and ready his clothes and started to get dressed. By then more marines were waking up and getting ready for the rush-in. He found himself looking at Zander
"Damn Brent....(Yawns)....You already..ready? Dude you wake up to early".
"Best way to wake up." He was almost awake fully and aware.
"You two.........(Yawns)......aw crap......I wanna go back to bed!" Zack complained
"Get over it you've been here long enough."
"Yeah.....well I'm going to-" He was cut off by a marine
"Is that? A pelican"? The marine said stuttering. Zander replied it wasn't, as a matter of fact he had no idea what it was.
"Holy Fat Lady! That's a Warship! What are they doing here!" The marine said astonished, Brent almost jumped to the window pushing everyone aside ignoring their grunts and insults. He sat there for 10 minutes staring a hole into the dropship
"Oh my god?" Brent questioned himself he was so confused on what to do. He soon reacted when the Sergeant busted into the room almost screaming for everyone to get ready and head outside. Brent Put on his shoes and socks then headed outside, He was the first out there next to sarge. After a few minutes all the marines in the base were surrounding sarge.
"OK you lollipop sucking kids, We've got a Surprise for you. This big warship landing on the Heli-pad as you already noticed has brought reinforcements from earth, they said around 200 hundred more marines are in it. And you pansies complaining in the back, they sent so little because we might need to evac from this thing." Sarge explained briefly before he ordered us back to our training posts and drills. Brent and Zander this time had the obstacle course. Zack was immediately first for Live ammunition training.
"Joy, what I've always wanted, to have a chance to die before battle! Heh....yeah" Brent mearly shook his head to this comment as Zander laughed when sarge insured he would kill him if he kept complaining.
"So....Whats ya best time?" Zander nearly jumped when he learned Brent finished in 15 minutes, Zander only had the lowest time of 16:00.
"Cause I'm more muscular!" This wasn't a lie Zander was built but Brent was younger and fit but still skinny.
"Yeah keep telling yourself that."
"Yeah whatever your just jealous." Zander was cocky and proud from all the training he endured to get to sergeant.
Soon both brothers were at the obstacle course 3rd in line to run the course. The Sergeant on the other end expecting a good run from these too.
"Go!" The drill instructor ordered, Brent and Zander running nearly side to side. Over the pipes, Swinging through the mud pit, Climbing the wall, Crawling under the barb, Until the final run with a 100 meter run. Brent about 2 seconds ahead of Zander running at a full sprint making it toward Sarge Themes. Brent finished nearly a quarter of a second faster then Zander.
"Damn....it.....you.....chettah....Whew..." Zander could only whisper due to his heart rate beating faster then ever. Soon enough they were ushered off the course for more training. They were ordered to the Range again and after that to the Live ammunition training going on today.
"LIVE AMMO!" A SFC yelled before bullets flew as marines shot at the programed holograms of covenant and flood. The holograms were real enough and took bullets just like regular covenant and flood.
"Agh!" A private screamed as he hit the ground from a bullet to the side. The sergeants ordered no one was to quit until all holograms were dead. Brent got a bullet clipped of his face.
"Agh" Brent almost fell with Zander picking him up and helping him finish the rest of the holograms.
"All right, Pansies get to the medical bay now. Everyone else get out and to the ranges!"
"Damn again, least we get to better up on aim....." Zander complained sighing in the process. Soon they both ran to the Ranges sighing from the line of marines.
"Crap! More, Seesh Ill never get to the ranges." They heard Zacks voice coming from the office. Soon they heard the office telling Zack he was to wait for everyone to complete their training. They heard Zack surly enough curse under his breath.
"Hey there yall are, finally someone who I can talk to, Bunches of rookies here."
"Sup? Been waiting long?" Zander said acting like Zack was waiting for them.
"Yeah like an hour now, I finished my live ammo training and was stuck here since."
"Damn sounds like fun....Well I hope these marines hurry." After 3 hours marines after marines had entered the Ranges and more marines exited. By the time everyone was over with and ready and armed for an attack at 20:00.
"Well, maybe the'll not come?" No later then a flash of light a huge laser came down and hit a building fortunately no one was in. Soon the two AA guns shot into the air obliterating everything they could. One AA gun took all 5 shots earlier then the other as unprepared technicians ran to the gun making repairs and reading it for another suite. Soon enough the other gun took all 5 shots and was ambushed by technicians. All technicians on the base were around the cannon for obvious reasons.
Soon a covenant warship was orbiting the base with a gravity field letting down masses of covenant.
"INCOMINGGGGG!" A few marines yelled in unison ready to fire on the running covenant. Brent brought up his Sniper Rifle to his chest Firing on 2 Elites taking them down instantly. Before he could ready himself to engage in combat a marine was shot by a hunter and blown in half smearing his intestines all over the ground, blood flew at Brent and he was covered in blood. Speechless and ready to puke Brent tried to aim his AR and shoot the covenant coming at him. a covenant came at him screaming something in his language, Brent was unable to move due to the fact he was ready to puke. The Elite ran 10 feet toward Brent when a fragmentation grenade went off sending him into Brent's torso headfirst knocking the air out of Brent, Unable to breath he finally puked twice and rested trying to regain his dignity and pride. Two other marines were slammed into the ground by hunters when a rocket came like fate bringing death to one of the hunters and sending the other one into the air.
"You all right? I'm getting you out of here before more go wrong." Brent was unable to recognize his voice but realized that he was being picked up and put into a safe area away from the gravity field. Zack had been escorting Brent and stayed by his side until he could breath easily and was able to fight. Wiping the sweat mixed with puke off his face he moved to his sniper rifle lending assistance to marines.
"Hope you can fight because there's more were that came from." Looking into the sky another 3 warships came from the space above.
"Were getting out numbered dammit" A corporal screamed into his radio soon enough getting an OK to abandon the base.
"All marines please report to the warships Last Hope, and Final Destination." Two huge warships were ready to take off as hundreds of marines ran into the ship. The offense cannons were doing most of the work while some marines hung back to protect the others with cover fire. After much bloodshed all the marines at the base were in the two warships ready to take off.
As they took off a huge shot enveloped out of nowhere and hit the Final Destination's side causing marines to fall out of the hole. Brent was lucky enough to be on the other side of the blast doors when they shut, he was almost shivering thinking of the guts and blood splattered all over the floor and walls of the room in front of him. Brent soon fell down not able to breath.
"Dammit stay with it, Listen to me think of somewhere you know is safe! Argh! He's loosing it, dammit get him away from this damn blood its making him freak out! Go over here!" The medic ordered Brent into a cleaner area of the ship while Brent thought of only one thing he loved and cared about as much as his brother, His girlfriend back on earth.
"Faith....please don't forget about me...." Brent whispered as he fell asleep hoping to wake up. His thoughts wondered into a prosperous area with a single tree and acres of grass.
"Brent...heh, Your so quiet?"
"Sorry just thinking"
"Stop c'mon talk!" A few more words were said before Brent shared a romantic kiss with Faith. For a few moments he could dream happily about earth and his loved ones. Soon enough they were interrupted as if fate wouldn't allow him to be happy.
Soon he world was enveloped in a deadly blast, a bright semicircle covered most of the area and spread, It had been from something like a nuclear blast. It soon overtook half the area, then the single tree, soon it was closing in on Brent and Faith still kissing. A huge bright light overtook Berets dream as the light faded as it came showing a part of a huge ring in space. It was sitting there confusing Brent as he watched it in his dreams wondering what was next.
"No, It can't be.....Another.... No..." Brent whispered as the ring exploded causing a huge explosion covering the whole galaxy the ring was in.
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