Tales of Beta Squad Chapter 1 Part 2
Posted By: Dylan Monk<dylmonk@msn.com>
Date: 15 July 2005, 7:11 am
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"I think we should move out. There's a 'hog and two Ghosts out here. We should drive off to red base and storm 'em."
"I'll inform the others. Get in the side seat with your sniper." Oddball turned to the rest of the team. "We're taking a Warthog. Glitch Safe and Hack Lock, you take a Ghost each. I'll gun. Smiley Mage is in the passenger side, and Tough Love will drive."
"What about me?" asked Blue-K-Wolf.
"Go under, and grab the Banshee. You'll fly overhead. Go now." They all went to their posts. They kept together, but not too bunched up. Up ahead they spotted a Scorpion tank. "Crap" they all said in unison. The Ghosts made a beeline up to the tank, and both started to fire as they both made a circle around the tank, one clockwise, one anti-clockwise. The tank driver, overwhelmed, bailed and was consequently hit by one of the Ghosts. A second tank came up from behind them.
"There must've been a colony in that base in the hills. They've hijacked our tank" said Oddball. "Turn this formation around!" The group of vehicles came around to face the new threat. The tank had four pink Spartans running behind it, each armed with plasma rifles. Oddball began gunning them down. They broke their ranks, running in different directions. They began to open fire on the Warthog. The Tough Love manoeuvred the 'hog out of the way of the barrage, and ran down one of the offenders. The Ghosts started their circling around the tank. The tank followed Glitch Safe's Ghost with it's turret and machine gunned it. It fired it's rocket and Glitch safes Ghost flipped, throwing him out. This was too much. They couldn't both be controlled at once. Hack Lock flew his Ghost away and then remained still. Glitch Safe jumped onto the tank and started to board it. Glitch Safe threw a frag down the hatch and jumped off. The grenade detonated. The tank's turret blew off and the pink Spartan inside died. Meanwhile, the others were getting gunned down by Oddball in the Warthog. The last one was sniped by Smiley Mage. They regrouped, Glitch Safe got into his Ghost, and they moved up to the hill.
They drove up the side of the hill closest to the edge of the map. There were about ten more pink Spartans waiting inside. There were enemies all over this map. The Warthog hit three just as it entered. This set of the other seven, who also had plasma rifles. They Fired upon the 'hog. Oddball gunned down a further two, and the Ghosts hit four. There was only one left. He jumped off the hill and started to run. Tough Love Turned the 'hog around so that Smiley Mage could snipe him. The little pink figure fell down just in front of Blue base. The vehicles got backed out. Outside Blue-K-Wolf was flying around, preforming Banshee tricks to satisfy his boredom.
"I've done pretty much nothing!" he complained.
Beta Squad started to proceed towards Red base again, when a Spectre came over the hill. "The fun never ends" commented Tough Love. Before anyone could do anything, Banshee fire rained down upon the Spectre. The Elite in the turret lined up his gun, and fired a quick few bolts before dying. Blue-K-Wolf dodged them all. The remaining two Elites got out. They were holding shotguns. Tough Love tried to ram them, but the jumped over the Warthog and evaded. Oddball spun around and shot one as it was in the air. It fell, still alive, and had a further barrage of bullets fly upon it. The other one attempted to board the 'hog. Tough Love drove accelerated, and then spun the car around as they came up a hill, deliberately flipping it. They all fell out, including the Elite. Tough Love stuck a plasma grenade to it's face. She got in the 'hog and picked up the others as the Elite exploded. They continued their trip to red base.
The base had randomly placed soldiers all around it. The Banshee fired it's plasma turrets in a merciless barrage, taking out three men at once. The 'hog ran over two more and Smiley Mage sniped two at once. Oddball spun around on his turret, constantly firing. The Ghost rounded up the few survivors at the front and either ran them down or shot them. Two of the three Elites on the top of the base were gunned down by the Banshee. The remaining one hurled a plasma grenade at it, sticking it. Blue-K-Wolf flew his Banshee downwards and bailed, just as it exploded. He had aimed it so that it would fly right into the Elite, which it did. Blue-K-Wolf jumped into the portal and headed back to Blue base. The two Ghosts squeezed through each side of the base and fired upon those remaining. The people in the Warthog got out, just in time to see a group of black Elites clamber into a Spectre and ride off. Just after that, the Banshee under Red base took off and flew into the sky, heading for Blue. They saw a rocket fire up from the hill and chase the Banshee around. The pilot was a magnificent flier, but the rocket was locked on and eventually it hit home and sent the Banshee tumbling down. Up on the hill they spotted Blue-K-Wolf with a rocket launcher. He ran over and said "I got the Spectre too. They're all gone. It's a one life mode setting, so we win. And about time, too. My girlfriend just came over." They all laughed and signed out of X-Box live. They had won once more.
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