Spartan-X Chapter 1
Posted By: SilentStrider<silentstrider360@aol.com>
Date: 23 December 2003, 6:55 AM
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*NOTE*- The Spartans in this story are the ones referred to in The Fall of Reach that were in combat areas too far out to be called in for the mission at Reach
0900 Hours, August 30, 2552 (Military Calender)/
Bespin System, UNSC Hospital
Planet Bespin, Capital City
"Fire in the hole!" yelled Adam-121. The plasma grenade flew over the heads of his squad members, Robert-213, and Alex-174 They were all Spartans, the best in the UNSC. The plasma grenade exploded in a blinding flash, meters away. Robert-213 stood up and pointed his MA5B at the Elite who threw the grenade. The elite drew up its weapon but it was too late. Robert's armor piercing rounds tore through the alien's flesh. It screamed and fell to the ground. "Good work", said Adam. The Spartans rose from behind the cement barrier they were taking cover behind.
They were on a special operation on the planet Bespin, or what was left of it. The Covenant had attacked 5 days earlier, sending troops planet-side rather than glassing it from orbit like they always do. This puzzled ONI. The squad of Spartans' main objective was to neutralize all threats in the capital city. The Spartans met heavy resistance at a Rock and Mineral Museum for some weird reason. They were fighting to take over this hospital for 2 hours. The covenant rampaged through, slaughtered all of the patients, and turned it into their base of operations from what it seemed.
"Robert, take point", said Adam through the com link. He was the squad leader. Robert's status light winked on his HUD. They walked silently down the corridor. Multiple contacts showed up on Adam's radar. "Robert move up twenty paces and clear out the room on the right." Robert nodded and moved up. 'Why the hell does he always send me?' he thought after he checked his radar and saw the red dots on it. Adam always sent in Robert headfirst into the worst scenarios. Robert slapped a fresh clip in his Assault rifle.
Two elites and four jackals were in the room with their backs to the door. They were studying a weird boulder with weird symbols on it. Robert moved up silently behind them. He reached out for the closest elite and snapped it's neck. Robert let a plasma grenade fall from his pouch and dived behind some cover. The remaining covenant spun their heads and raised their weapons. BOOM! Pieces of warm flesh splattered all over the walls. Robert finally exhaled. "Area secure," he said in his comm.-link
Adam and Alex studied the rocks. "We have to tell ONI about this," Adam said. "Go check the next couple of rooms Robert." 'Once again', Robert thought. Robert moved to the next room over and found twenty elites armed and ready for his arrival. Robert sprayed thirty rounds at them before the volley of plasma hit him. His shields instantly dropped and one bolt hit his leg and sizzled at his armor. Robert dove behind a purple crate. "Lots of contact! They got me pinned down!" he yelled in the comm. Two status lights winked on his HUD. The plasma bolts kept coming. Melting everything around Robert. Then a stream of 7.62 rounds pounded at the elites from the doorway. Robert stood up and let off a burst. A bolt of plasma from a gold elite melted the barrel of his Assault Rifle. Robert crouched back down. He looked up at Alex just in time to see a plasma grenade latch itself to Alex's visor. Alex yelped and then did the only sensible thing- dive into the crowd of Covenant. BOOM! The explosion rocked the building. A chunk of what was Alex's helmet and head bounced up and off of Robert. "Nooo!" yelled Robert.
Two gold elites remained. Robert drew his M6D pistol and sprinted across the room at the Covenant before Adam even realized it. Adam already had a frag grenade primed and in mid-throw. Robert was swinging the butt of his pistol at the nearest elite when he saw the grenade bounce in between him and the two elites. Boom! The whole world crumbled around Robert. Immense pain tore into his side and he fell to one knee. He was now extremely furious. At that moment he had lost all control. He brought up his pistol and aimed it at Adam's faceplate. Adam's face was full of fright. He heard his shield's alarm going off. Robert's finger steadied on the trigger. BLAM! BLAM!
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