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Hell J's Chapter 1: New Africa Mission (Revised)w/indents
Date: 3 December 2005, 3:04 am
Chapter 1
0003 hours/
Orbit of 557 New Africa
Hades Earth
"Men dock you pods!" Sergeant Jose yelled from the Hades Earth. "See you on the ground."
"Yes sir," Shock Trooper Rick Wilson said in response to his commander. He entered the cramped pod and waited till countdown. He saw his friend Marcus Fredrick to the side of him. Rick along with his comrades were fitted with black stretchable suit along with black armor on top of that. Rick could see through the visor on his helmet the stars ahead of him. Rick wasn't what you would expect in the typical Shock Trooper, nicknamed Hell Jumpers; he first of all had a soul. Most of the Marines on the Hades Earth thought that Hell Jumpers didn't really have souls or feelings, for that matter, because of their stereotypical image. He had family to fight for and he was going to fight for them with all his heart.
"Shock Troopers get ready in five, four…" Rick's mind raced. "Two one, liftoff!" Sergeant Jose yelled. The twenty pods were released from the Hades Earth. Stars swirled around Rick and his pod was headed straight for New Africa. The Covenant had invaded New Africa and Rick's squad needed to take it back. Their first objective was to take the Covenant Bases on coordinates G-246-247 on the map. The bases consisted of armories.
"I'm fighting for you," Rick said quietly to himself. He thought back to his family and his pod kept falling. It started to approach the atmosphere fast and Rick quickly woke up from his day- dream. He could see the ground for a split-second and then his pod crashed. Rick was thrown forward in his pod but his seatbelt seemed to hold. The pod skidded across the plains/desert floor until in came to a halt. He looked up and his vision was blurred and closed his eyes for about three seconds. He opened them up again and his vision straightened.
"Damn…that sucked," Rick said to himself. He pressed a button above him and his pod door blew open. Rick walked out and looked around and the sky was dark due to the rain that was pouring down on him. Rick could see Marcus's pod and ran over to it.
"You alive Marcus?" Rick asked.
"I'm alright but barely alive. Just kidding," Marcus said stepping out of his pod.
"There's a pod over there," Rick said pointing in front of himself. He ran over to the pod and peaked inside. Taylor was inside and all right.
"I'm coming out don't worry," Taylor said, and looked around. "Where's Sergeant Jose?"
"I can't seem to find his pod, we'll try to find it," Rick said
"Hey guys over here!" Marcus yelled. Rick and Taylor ran over to Marcus and he showed them what he was so excited about. There was a cliff in front of them with a drop of about fifty feet.
"Two of our guys crashed down their," Marcus said. The three Shock Troopers ran over to the cliff and peaked down.
"I'll go," Rick said. "Just fetch a rope and a gun from my pod."
"Will do," Taylor said. Taylor was a fierce fellow that killed anything in his way and didn't like Spartans. Yet at the same time he was a comedic type of guy who liked a joke hear or there.
"Support the rope Taylor," Rick said. Taylor tied the rope around himself and held onto it with ease.
"I'm going down," Rick said. Rick propelled himself down the rope with the BR55 Rifle dangling from his waist.
"I'm down!" Rick yelled up and got to work looking inside the pods. He picked up his gun and held it with his right hand. Rick approached the pod to his upper right and the door was open. Rick peaked inside and noticed the insignia on the man's suit. It was the insignia of a Sergeant, Rick looked away from the body.
"God…" Rick said. He searched the body for a dog tag and found it. He ripped it off and put in one of his side pockets. Rick walked over to the other pod and the man inside was still alive.
"Rick thank god you're here," Joel said. Rick looked at Joel's arm and it was bloody.
"It's not what you think," Joel said. "Tell your men to get us the hell out of here. They're here. Rick looked around and saw something move in front of him but he didn't catch what it was.
"What the hell? Joel stay in the pod," Rick said. He approached the area where the figure moved. It came out of the shadows and lunged forward at Rick.
"Shit!" Rick yelled as the jackal barley missed him. Three grunts with plasma rifles soon came out of the darkness and fired upon Rick. Rick rolled to the side dodging the spray of plasma fire. He got up and opened fire on the grunts. Two of them died instantly with randomized bullet holes throughout their body. The third one started to run away with the jackal covering fire. The jackal shot his plasma pistol at Rick and it barely missed him. He ran at the jackal firing his gun and the jackal fell to the ground with blood running out of his forehead. The grunt was almost out of distance; Rick steadied his scope.
"Almost got it," Rick said. "There!" He took the shot and the bullet from the BR55 Rifle went zooming out of the barrel, and hit the grunt in the back.
"Ok come on out Joel," Rick said. Joel came out of his pod and ran toward Rick.
"Guys let the rope down," Rick said.
"Sure thing," Taylor responded. Joel grabbed hold of the rope and was hoisted up. Rick soon followed.
"Who was the other pod member?" Taylor asked.
"It was the sergeant," Rick responded looking down in despair.
"We're sending a Pelican in to drop off some supplies for you guys," Officer Macy Fu said.
"God it's good to hear your voice," Rick said.
"Just glad I could help," Macy said. "I'm sending down a Warthog and some weapons."
"Good luck guys," Macy said. The Pelican came into view and hovered above Rick. "I'd like it if you got out of the way Rick." Rick moved away from below the Pelican. A Warthog crashed to the ground with little harm done, along with some weapons incased in five-foot shells.
"See ya later Macy," Rick said.
"Bye guys," Macy said. The Pelican hovered away and took off into space.
"Know let's see what we got here," Taylor said. He found two SMG's and grabbed both. "Nice fit." Marcus grabbed a M19 SMM Rocket Launcher and an SMG. Joel approached one of the shells and grabbed an S2 AM Sniper Rifle along with an M6C pistol. Now it was Rick's turn, he grabbed a BR55 Rifle, and an SMG. They were all ready to go. Rick hopped in the driver's seat of the Warthog, and Taylor got into the gunner's seat. In the meantime Marcus sat in shotgun next to Rick. Joel got in and propped his head up against the ridge of the back of the dividing section of the Warthog, sitting right next to Taylor. Rick ready to go, the team moved out to take care of the Covenant forces that lay ahead of them.
Hell J's Chapter 2: New Africa Mission continued...
Date: 7 December 2005, 2:19 am
Chapter 2
0045 hours
New Africa Plains
"We got a couple more minutes until we get there," Rick said while driving the Warthog along the soaked New African Plains.
"God, this rain is really pissing me off," Taylor said.
"I see the base, it's about two minutes away," Marcus said.
"Ok everybody brace yourselves," Rick said. "Everybody get out and take cover behind that hill over there as soon as we stop." Rick drove the Warthog up right next to the hill. Everybody got out and darted for the hill. Luckily none of the Covenant saw their Warthog.
"Who has the S2 AM Sniper Rifle?" Rick asked.
"I do," Joel said holding up the gun.
"Take out the jackals on the roof tops," Rick said. "They'll be trying to snipe us. The rest of you come with me, we'll be storming the base."
"Yes sir," Marcus said.
"Ok now," Rick said in a quiet voice. Rick, Taylor and Marcus ran down the hill towards the entrance of the base.
" They're------!" a jackal yelled from the rooftop. He couldn't finish his sentence because Joel had already taken him out.
"Two Elites coming in from the east," Joel said through his COM link.
"Got'cha," Rick said. Rick told the rest of the group and they all chucked grenades at their position. The Elites flew through the air hitting the ground hard.
"Took out the snipers," Joel said.
"Ok men move!" Rick yelled. The team found an entrance into an open hallway. Grunts were patrolling it and they were turned into paintings on the wall quickly.
"Take the first room on the right," Rick said to Marcus. "Taylor, take the second room on the left. I'll take the first room on the left." Marcus and Taylor crept up against their rooms and took out the Covenant that dwell within silently. Rick approached his room and a jackal along with an Elite was in it.
"Damn," Rick said quietly. Rick chucked a grenade in the room and stepped inside it blasting away at the Elite with his BR55 Rifle. The grenade exploded and it through Rick against a wall. The Covenant in his room were dead now. Marcus ran into Rick's room and saw him lying on the ground.
"Rick get up," Marcus said. Rick didn't twitch the slightest bit.
"Shit," Marcus said. Taylor ran over to Marcus's position.
"If we don't move now, we won't be able to finish the mission," Taylor said.
"Don't think your going anywhere," Rick said in a very hushed voice. "I think my arm is broken, but I'll live."
"Ok let's eliminate those bases," Taylor said. The three of them ran past the rooms and then there were hallways to the left and right of them. Troops were running towards their position alarmed because of the explosions of the grenades.
"Damn, everybody go to the right," Rick said. Everybody rushed down that hallway and they found a couple of grunts guarding the entrance to what happened to be the control room. Marcus fired at them and the grunts were shot up in an instant. Taylor opened the door and three Elites stood in the way. Taylor fired both of his SMG's at them as Marcus and Rick chucked grenades into the room.
[ident]"Duck!" Rick said as he jumped away from the room. Taylor and Marcus hit the floor as grenade explosions ringed through the halls. Rick got up and the Elites were dead inside.
"Shit everybody get inside the control room!" Rick said. He saw Covenant running towards the control room. Everybody got inside and Rick locked the door.
"Look for the bomb sequencers," Rick yelled to Marcus. Marcus got to work and found what he was looking for. There were computer-controlled bombs in the base big enough to destroy it.
"Found it," Marcus said.
"Activate a countdown of five minutes," Rick said. "We need a way out of here. Rick looked around the room and the front of the room had a glass window in it. "Set the timer now," Rick said. He shot at the window and it blew up, pieces flying everywhere. "Everybody crawl through that space now," Rick said. Taylor crawled through the window first, and then Marcus got out. Finally Rick crawled through. The window led to another corridor and then it lead outside.
"Let's go," Taylor said. grunts popped out of nowhere and shot at Taylor piercing the side of his torso.
"Shit!" Erik yelled chucking a grenade at the grunts and they were blown up into chunks. Marcus threw Taylor on his back and the two of them ran down the corridor. There was a long stretched hall to their left that led outside.
"Come on!" Rick yelled. Marcus ran with Taylor still on his back outside. It was still raining and a group of Covenant lay outside.
"Damn we're trapped," Marcus said. Just then a Warthog spun up in front of them.
"Hop in fast," Joel yelled from inside. Marcus laid Taylor in the back next to himself on turret. Rick got shot gun.
"Go, go, go!" Rick yelled. The Warthog spun off but Ghosts were trailing behind them. Marcus fired at the Ghosts and they were blown up and only two remain. The Ghost fired at the Warthog and it was getting shot up. Marcus was hit with a plasma bolt and went down onto the grass.
"Shit, stop the jeep!" Rick yelled. The Warthog stopped and Rick jumped out. "Joel take the turret and cover me."
"Yes sir!" Joel said. Rick ran over to where Marcus had fallen and picked him up. He ran to the car with Joel firing the turret at the Ghosts. Rick put a seatbelt on Marcus and took the drivers seat.
"Hold on Joel!" Rick yelled again, he stepped on the gas pedal and the Warthog sped off with the Ghosts destroyed in the dust. A few seconds later there was a fireworks display behind them that all humans could enjoy.
Hell J's Chapter 3
Date: 21 December 2005, 3:09 am
Chapter 3
0021 hours
Hades Earth
"Great job crew," Macy said as the four Hell Jumpers arrived on the Hades Earth.
"Thanks Macy," Rick said as stopped to say hello.
"So was it fun?" Macy asked.
"I have to admit, I wasn't so sure I was going to get through it myself," Rick said.
" Shock Trooper Rick Wilson, please arrive at the captains quarters immediately," a voice over the intercom said. "Just you alone."
"I wonder what that's about?" Marcus asked.
"It's probably nothing," Rick said assuringly. "He probably just wants to congratulate us on our job well done." Rick strode off towards the captains quarters that were two levels up. He took the elevator up and was at the captain's doors. Rick knocked once and heard a "come in".
"Hello captain," Rick said as he saluted.
"At ease son," Captain Quincy Conrad said. "Please sit down. By the way great job on the mission. I'm really proud of you and you comrades."
"Thank you sir," Rick said.
"I'm sorry about Sergeant Jose," Quincy said. "He was a good man and we don't find such bold, and intelligent men around these days. Anyway I came to discuss with you another mission, one far greater then any you have ever undertook in your life."
"May I ask what it is sir?" Rick asked.
"It's a rescue mission. We contact with Winter Rock was destroyed about three days ago. That ship might have some survivors on it and they might've crashed on planets all over the area. One of our biggest discoveries however is Halo four."
"Excuse me sir, what?" Rick asked in astonishment. "There are only three rings if I'm correct."
"Well we discovered this planet only a couple of hours ago. A group of survivors managed to get contact with some of our ships in orbit only minutes before they were killed."
"By what sir?" Rick asked.
"Has anybody told you, you ask too many questions?" Quincy asked jokingly. "I want you and your teammates, along with a few other, to carry out a rescue mission. You are the only ones available for the job. Spartans are too far away for this. We have new armor for you and your comrades, almost as strong as the old MJOLNIR armor. We made them adaptable for Shock Troopers, so you don't kill yourself while putting them on. I'll brief you and you comrades on the mission objectives and get you all suited up and ready. You start your mission in thirty hours. Your dismissed Commander Rick Wilson." Rick walked out and said nothing.
Rick walked into the elevator in silence to go to his team. The elevator stopped and Rick stepped out. He knew his crew was in the R&R room near sickbay. He walked toward sickbay, which was about two minutes away. He passed by some faces he knew. Rick stepped into the room in silence and the room was mayhem. Everybody was happy because they had a big win today, but Rick knew most of his men, including himself, might not make it out of this next mission alive.
"Hey Rick how's it hanging?" Taylor said, pretending to be drunk, knowing they couldn't consume alcohol while in uniform.
"What are you doing Taylor?" Rick asked. Taylor stopped the act as soon as he heard those words. "I have to talk to you, Marcus, and Joel immediately. Report to conference room 34 now."
"Ok Rick," Taylor said, and went off to go get Marcus and Joel. Taylor had crutches but would be healed up for the mission ahead. Rick headed for the conference room just ten seconds away and his teammates, know men, soon arrived. They all sat in the chairs around the small circular table.
"So what's going on?" Marcus asked. Rick felt uneasy about breaking the news to them but he talked.
"I'm now your new commander," Rick said. The three of them congratulated him on his promotion. "That's not it. We have a mission that some of us might not make it through. We have a rescue mission to attend too."
"That doesn't sound that hard," Joel said.
"It's on Halo four," Rick said. The room was silent and everybody just blinked and was frozen. "We get our new armor and assignment in twenty nine hours. Everybody get some rest and I'll see you all tomorrow. Dismissed" His men saluted him and exited the room to attend to their daily activities.
"What did I get myself into?" Rick asked himself and strode off to his quarters.
Hell J's Chapter 4
Date: 27 December 2005, 8:25 pm
Chapter 4
6:45 A.M.
Hades Earth
Rick was in the docking room immediately when he heard the voice over the intercom. "All personal for rescue mission, report to the docking bay immediately." Rick waited for the rest of his team to get there. They all arrived. Somebody fitted their new battle armor on them.
"Nice fit," Taylor said.
"Yeah it's awesome," Joel said, astonished. Captain Quincy immediately stepped into the docking bay.
"Hello men," Quincy said. All of the Shock Troopers saluted him. "Now you've all heard the mission objective. Your first objective is to find any survivors. We can't risk anything, so we won't be able to pick you guys up immediately as you fine someone. Your second objective is to keep your targets safe at all costs. If your targets will help you fight, and get through the mission, then let them. We will contact you as soon as we're able to come in and get you." Four more men stepped into the room. "This is the addition to your team." All of the Shock Troopers they saw looked a whole lot tougher than Taylor.
"Hey bitch, what's up?" one of the Shock Troopers asked Taylor. Taylor stepped right up to him.
"Who do you think your talking to?" Taylor asked. "Step down!"
"Don't worry I will," the Shock Trooper said. "Hey Cap, why do you have to pair us up with these pansies?"
Captain Quincy wanted the argument over with, "Well I'm sure all of you will get along just fine." Quincy left the docking bay.
"Captain, what's with these guys?" Rick asked. The Captain turned around quickly before he stepped into the elevator.
"They're the men that are going to help you accomplish your mission, like I had just said," Quincy said. Taylor and the other Shock Trooper were still arguing.
"Guys break it up," Marcus said. Another Shock Trooper stepped in front of Marcus.
"Watch your mouth son, before I have to shut you up myself," he said. At that moment Marcus snapped. He wasn't one to do so usually but he was rough around the edges. He socked the Shock Trooper in the face and the Shock Trooper twirled around and fell. The whole group was now in a fight.
"STOP IT!!" Rick yelled. Everybody froze in their spots. "Get your suits on and get ready to launch!" Rick knew he wasn't going to let this mission fail. He had other people's lives to worry about. Everybody got in their pods and was going to be ready for launch in five minutes.
"I need a name list," Rick said through his COM link to the Shock Trooper that started the fight.
"I'm Adam," he said. "The one that got socked in the mouth was Tim. The two others are Zack, and Kenkashu."
"Thanks," Rick said, but got no response from Adam.
The announcement went into their COM link, "Ready to launch in one minute."
"Ready for this Rick?" Joel asked through his COM link.
"Yeah whatever, just don't die while landing," Rick said.
"Launching in ten, nine…" Rick thought of his family. "…. Four, three, two, one!!!" The pods launched and were ascending towards Halo 4; a Pelican was going to drop off their supplies about two minutes after they all regrouped. Rick just looked ahead of him, at the ring way out in the distance, in which he could barely make out. The pod kept going full speed.
"I don't like the looks of it," Taylor said. "We're going to run into a shit lode of trouble on that thing. I mean there isn't just Covenant, there could be other shit waiting for us over there." The Hell Jumpers would be arriving at Halo 4 at about 7:20. Rick saw the ring getting closer and closer. He started to panic a little but then settled down.
"We'll be touched down in about thirteen minutes," Rick said through his COM link to the rest of his men.
"Will do," Marcus responded.
"When you get there Marcus, don't die while landing," Rick said.
"Don't worry I won't," Marcus said jokingly. A couple of minutes went by and Rick's pod began to warm up.
"We're closing in," Rick said. "Everybody get ready!" His pod began to plummet towards the surface of the planet. Pieces of metal began to break off of his pod but it didn't damage it much.
"You still with me Marcus?" Rick asked.
"I'm here," Marcus said, and his pod hit the ground hard, skidding across the lush green surface Rick's pod, along with others crashed as well.
Rick opened his eyes, and he was still in his pod. He pushed that big red button that he was so used to pushing, and his pod door fell to the ground. Rick stepped out and looked around. He ran to the closest pod in which one of the other crewmembers was inside. It was Tim; the man he was looking at was dead. Rick grabbed the Tim's dog tag and looked away. Rick ran to go find the other pods, and soon met up with Joel and Zack.
"Do you know where the rest of them are?" Rick asked.
"I saw Taylor and Adam crash in a field south of here," Joel said.
Zack spoke up for the first time, "I'll stay here incase a survivor from the crash, or another one of our boys pass by."
Rick didn't say anything and went with Joel to go find Taylor and Adam. They arrived at the crash site and found the two pods. Rick got one, and Joel got another. The pod doors blew open and Adam stepped out of his. Following, Taylor stepped out of his.
"We aren't dead yet," Taylor said laughing.
Adam spoke up, "Where are my men?" Rick was silent, and then he spoke up.
"Zack is waiting for us where we landed, Tim is dead."
"Tim was a good man," Adam said. "Where's Kenkashu?"
"We haven't found him yet," Rick said.
"Then let's go," Adam said and jogged off. The three of them followed behind him, and they got to where another pod lay. The door of the pod blew open, and Kenkashu stepped out.
"I'm here," Kenkashu said with his slightly strong Japanese accent. Joel was standing away from the group and stood still.
"What is it?" Rick asked as he ran over to Joel's position. Joel was standing right next to a pod, with it's door popped open. Rick looked inside and found Marcus's body inside the pod, all crunched up. "He can't be dead! After all of those missions…how the hell could've this killed you Marcus?" Rick kneeled down and ripped off Marcus's dog tag. Rick walked away from the scene. "Lets go find those survivors!" Rick said to his team. All of them met back up with Zack and headed over to the other side of a mountain range. The woodland was quiet, and the trees stood still.
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