Halo 2 Part 2
Posted By: System Failure<haloknight@aol.com>
Date: 26 June 2003, 11:52 AM
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When Dave, Kevin and Matt crested the hill the saw two marines making a last stand against some Covenant. They were largely out numbered but they still inflicted casualties on the enemy. One marine was riding an ATV and the other was in a turret. There were a few marine bodies lying around. Most of them killed from grenades.
Tyler, the marine with the chain gun, was gunning down jackals and grunts. The other marine, Tim kept any of the aliens from killing Tyler by keeping them focused on him. He zigzagged around the Covenant and was picking at them with his gun.
They and a few other marines had made it out of a building before the Covenant blew it up. They almost found something the covenant didn't want them to see. Instead of wasting soldiers the aliens bombed the place.
"Tyler," yelled Tim while running over an Elite. "We can't do this for much longer. If we don't get backup they will soon kill us like the rest."
"Tim from what I know there are no marines close enough to help," shouted Tyler as he dodged a grenade. "If we die now we took a lot of them with us."
Dave, Kevin and Matt lined up on the crest of the hill. They fired on the aliens attacking the marines. Even from the good sniping spot, the marines couldn't be helped without going down to their level
"When I say go, hit them with grenades", said Kevin. "Then we'll run in and help those two marines."
"Okay", said Matt and Dave.
"Go!" shouted Kevin.
Twelve grenades flew into the Covenant's position. They killed most of the opposition and severely hurt the rest. Kevin, Matt and Dave came down guns blazing to mop up the rest.
"You guys all right?" asked Matt to the closest marine.
"Yeah" said Tim. "Come on, let's move before the covenant send any help."
"Okay, but we'll be easy targets on foot", said Dave. "We need to find a ride."
"We were in a Warthog not to far from here", said Tyler. "It should still be working."
"I hope so," said Matt while reloading his gun.
They started walking up a hill and onto the street. Their guns were ready incase of attackers. Just as they crested the hill there was a faint howling sound. Kevin took out his sniper rifle and zoomed into the noise.
"Damn we got two Banshees inbound", said Kevin. He switched to his battle rifle. "Stay low as they approach. When they pass aim at the flyer."
His plan worked perfectly.
"That's it?" asked Tyler.
"Guess so," answered Tim.
There was a sudden flash. It hit the street and nearly split the six-lane road open. Water and gas gushed from broken pipes. A shot down Phantom was what fell out the sky. Special Ops Brutes and Seven Elites staggered out of the vessel. They were blood stained all half dead.
"Stay low," said Dave, signaling with his hand.
The marines were all prone hoping not to be seen.
A rumbling shook the ground. Two more Phantoms leaded. One had Brutes and sword holding Elites about twelve of them. They other had ten veteran Jackals and two Elites.
"Damn man" said Kevin. "We can't kill them all."
"Is that right" said Tim.
"Yeah man," said Tyler. "They'll kill us in a few minutes."
"Watch this", said Tim.
He stood up slowly. One Jackal saw him. He alerted the rest of the aliens. Behind his back Tim had a grenade. He pulled the pin out and held open the plunger for five seconds. Then he pulled it down. It was a seven second fuse so he would have enough time to throw the grenade at hit the deck. The whole time he was holding back the Covenant with his gun.
He let the grenade fly and flopped down. The grenade landed on of the broken gas pipes. Two phantoms disappeared in a ball of fire. Blood and bodies flew in the air. Tim, the closest to the explosion felt like his body was on fire. The explosion spread to all gas pipes within four blocks. The only reason it stopped is because the areas pipes were sealed of for repair.
Dave sprang up. He had his back to the fire. He couldn't hear because the blast was so loud. He didn't hear the other Marines to watch out. He didn't hear the Elite roaring behind him. He felt a burning sensation in his chest. He looked down a saw a plasma sword sticking through him. He looked at it .
The Elite pulled the sword out. Just as he did the last phantom blew. Its fuel tanks couldn't take the heat. The marines just stood there as they saw the Elite and Dave and any covenant living from the first blast get incinerated. There was a shower of blood and bodies that fell on the marines. When the smoke near them cleared they saw that they were plastered and blood and bodies.
"Lets get going" said Matt grimly as he pulled an Elites hand off of his uniform.
"This stuff is nasty!" Matt said spitting out blood and piece of a jackal.
"Where is the warthog?" asked Kevin
"The Hog is in the garage over there" said Tyler pointing to a parking complex a few meters away.
"Lets go", said Tim. "I don't want to be stuck here."
They went inside. Most of the cars were on fire or completely damaged. There was floor full of bodies some of which looked like they put up a good fight, with shell casing all around them. They found the warthog upside down. With a little pushing they flipped it.
Kevin jumped behind the wheel. He turned the key and said, "Hope it starts."
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