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Rappeling the Covenant by System Failure
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Halo 2
Date: 21 June 2003, 8:17 PM
At about three in the afternoon a ball of fire hurdled to the ground. It was a pelican that failed to escape from a few banshees. It hit a boulder and blew it in half. Seconds later two people landed a few blocks away from it.
They were Kevin and Dave, two marines that made it out of the pelican. Just as they touched down behind a car, they noticed they landed in a covenant-controlled area. The covenant had shields and turrets set up to guard a building. It was probably the HQ for this area.
"Dave!" said Kevin while he was looking over the car. "Get ready to fight, there about twenty covenant on the other side of the rock; mostly Elites and Jackals and a Hunter."
"Damn" said Dave. He pulled the pin out of a grenade. He stood up and lobbed it right in back of a gold Elite. Before it blew he pulled out his battle rifle. He took out two Jackals and almost got an Elite. The Elite dive behind a shield.
"Kevin, get that Elite behind the shield!" yelled Dave.
Kevin stood up and pulled out his sniper rifle. He propped it up on the cars roof. "You sure you don't want me to kill the hunter?" asked. Kevin.
" Yeah just the Elite", said Dave.
Kevin put a clip into the gun. He zoomed in and fired. The bullet bounced of a wall and into the Elite's head.
Dave loaded his shotgun. "There is a warthog in good condition about twenty yards away", said Dave. "We can make a run for it".
"Okay", said Kevin "Let's do this before the covenant find our position".
Just then a grunt walked right behind them ready to throw a grenade. Kevin pulled out his gun and shot the grunts grenade holding arm off. He walked up to it and took the grenade.
Kevin said. "He will be our distraction".
Dave held the grunt as Kevin stuck the grenade to its back. Together they flung it over the car and into a Jackal. Right as the grenade exploded they ran for the warthog. Dave took care of the hunter. Circling around him he shot into it's exposed back. After two shots he took it out.
Meanwhile, Kevin got into the warthog and was taking out the remaining covenant with its gauss rifle. Dave hopped in the warthog.
Just as he got in Kevin screamed, " Oh Shit! A grenade went in the engine!" Kevin and Dave jumped out the and behind a wall of a small building. The explosion of the grenade plus the explosion of the gas tank took out a phantom bringing back up troops for the Covenant HQ.
"Dave ", Kevin said. "We are only twenty meters from the crash. "
"Good" Dave answered. He reloaded his shotgun and looked over the wall "Hey, someone is alive!"
"What should we do?" said Kevin. "He is taking on a whole lot of aliens." Dave said, "We run for our lives".
"No" said Kevin. He took out his sniper rifle. " You run and I'll cover your path".
"Okay" said Dave. He stood up and prepared to run.
"GO!" screamed Kevin.
Dave ran full speed down the hill. Every alien in his way was shot before Dave or the alien could react. Finally he made it to the rock.
"Hey Matt", said Dave.
Dave stood up and threw three grenades. Right after they blew up Kevin ran to the rock.
"Hi Matt", said Kevin." I didn't think you survived the crash."
"What crash?" asked Matt.
"You must've passed out with everyone except me and Kevin," said Dave.
Dave stood up holding back the Covenant with his shotgun and sub machine gun. Kevin threw some grenades and crouched next to Matt. He was still shooting while he began to talk.
"Matt this is what happened in the crash", said Kevin. "Our pelican was just about to attack the HQ. There were five banshees trailing us. Two marines took out four banshees with rockets. The fifth stared firing .I shot at it with my sub machine gun. When it was about to blow up it fired its fuel rod gun. The shock knocked some people out. The pelican fell back towards the banshee. It blew up taking out the back boosters. Our pelican caught on fire and started spiraling down. We got some of the people into parachutes. For the rest we turned on the front boosters full to slow it down. The people we gave the parachutes were half awake but only one of them opened his parachute. You were left in the pelican. Dave and me landed about 100 yards from where it crashed. You see Matt, you are
lucky to be alive."
"Oh" said Matt. "Hold on a second. There used to be a troop transport Hog on the back of the pelican. Where is it?"
Dave said, "Let's go find it".
They loaded their weapons and ran from their cover. All the aliens were gone. Only the bodies and weapons of the dead marines and Covenant were left.
"Were did the Covies go?" Matt asked.
"Who cares?" said Kevin. "Lets take the grenades from they bodies, and get more ammo. We need to be fast so we can be ready for an ambush.
Two minutes later they had all the stuff they needed. The all had two protein bars. They started to walk then heard battle it was coming from the area just past hills next to the pelican. They creep up the hill and saw why all the covenant were gone.
Halo 2 Part 2
Date: 26 June 2003, 11:52 AM
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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