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The Covenant Fleet, Chapter 2
Posted By: The Elite<mbn54@hotmail.com>
Date: 24 October 2005, 1:20 pm


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1392 hours, NEW REACH system, Speartip dropship

The Master Chief stood up from the pilot seat and looked through the window. The planet that was once glassed by the Covenant was looking good as new. They must be rapidly building structures and restoring nature, Master Chief thought. "Cortana, set the Speartip for orbital piloting. I'm going in", ordered Master Chief. Chief walked to the armory and found the Spartans sitting around the benches. "Attention, Spartans!", Chief barked, "we are about to drop onto a Covenant battle cruiser, grab your gear and meet me at gate 01, alright, MOVE OUT!", shouted Chief. Master Chief ran back to the bridge and grabbed Cortana's disk. He felt cold as a liquid went into his mind, and the sudden pain afterwards that quickly subsided. He ran back to the armory, grabbed his gear, and went to meet the Spartans on gate 01. He pressed a switch and the gate opened, sucking the 4 Spartans into zero gravity space.

Zatsu Zamanee stood at the bridge of the Descending Inheritance, the latest top-notch Covenant military weapon. "How long do we have left? I dont have all day", barked Zamanee. "We have 89% done with the information extraction, your excellency", said an engineer standing to Zamanee's left. "Well, hurry up, we don't want to keep the prophet waiting!", shouted Zamanee.

Master Chief floated in space toward the Covenant battle cruiser, a gigantic purple sword-shaped ship. He ordered his Spartans to ready their thruster packs and ready for hard landing. 3 acknowledge lights winked on his HUD. Master Chief felt the push of the thruster pack, as he quickly rushed toward the Covenant battle cruiser. He slammed into the hull, hard, and then ordered the other Spartans to find a hole in the hull and sneak in. Master Chief clung onto the hull and started to climb around. He reached and felt an opening, then jumped in. He was astonished as he felt gravity put himself on. He wondered why there was gravity if there was a hole right ontop of his head. He ignored the thought and continued into the door ahead of him.

Meanwhile, the other Spartans had managed to find openings and slipped in, unnoticed. Kelly found an opening close to the armory, Linda found an opening directly above the bridge, and Fred found an opening in the engine room.

"Kelly, you meet me in front of the bridge door, with enough fire power to take out a few hunters. Fred, place a detonator and time it for 1 hour. Linda, stay at your position and tell me of any Covenants going in and out of the bridge. Ok Spartans, MOVE OUT!", ordered Chief. Chief ran through a series of halls, and found a disk terminal. "Slip me in, Chief, i'll gather some intel on the systems, and maybe play a few tricks on our little alien friends", said Cortana. "Alright, but dont do anything stupid", murmured Chief. He inserted Cortana's disk and left for the bridge. He ran through a series of hallways, and was flustered as to why he met absolutely no resistance. He squelshed that thought, because it was good he met no resistance.

At the last turn, Master Chief saw the bridge door. A large triangular shaped door, with no terminal to slice through. He ducked behind a crate and readied his BR55. He saw blur of motion as a green figure ran around the corner and stopped at his position. "Alright, John, don't play hide and seek now", said a familiar voice. Master Chief jumped out of his cover and walked to greet Kelly. "Did you get the ordnance we need to take on a whole bridge?", asked Chief. "Yes, I did, and i think we should prepare", answered Kelly. The Spartans then started taking whatever they can get their hands on, a belt of plasma grenades, and energy shields. "Ready?" asked Chief. "Ready when you are" answered Kelly. Chief turned, and ran right into the bridge with Kelly following close behind. Chief noticed that they didnt even know how was there as he started blasting every single grunt in his way. The grunts fell while they were trying to take out their energy weapons. As the body count increased, Master Chief and Kelly spreaded out as Elites started to come into the room. Master Chief ducked behind a control panel and Kelly behind a large ammo crate. Master Chief shot short bursts at a charging Elite, leaving behind 9 holes on the elite's torso. Kelly grabbed a plasma grenade, armed it, and threw it into an elite group that was flustered with no cover to take. The bodies flew 10 feet into the air and landed with a loud thud. Master Chief asked Kelly if the area was clear, and he got a winking light. He stood up, and saw lots of dead elites and grunts, with blood splattered everywhere

Master Chief walked over to a dead elite, and grabbed it's wrist armor. He checked it over, and found that it looked different from others. He pressed a button on it, and it launched a plasma net. He raised an eyebrow, thinking that it might help in capturing the ship master of the battle cruiser. Just as he was wearing it, Linda jumped from a ventilation duct ontop of them, surprising the 2 Spartans. "You got here a bit late, Linda", Kelly said. "Guess so, lets capture the ship master and blow this piece of junk to the junk heap", said Linda. Master Chief walked around the bridge, expecting to see the ship master. When he walked behind a control panel, he saw a cowering elite, a very rare sight. He grabbed the elite, and dragged him toward the 2 Spartans. "Look what i found behind the control panel, a cowering elite", Chief said, with a little amusement in his voice. Master Chief fired a net at the elite, making him stuck in a plasma net.

30 minutes later, the Spartans were sitting on the bridge, enjoying a little rest after the gun fight and harsh operations. The battle cruiser was destroyed, and ship master captured. Mission complete.....or is it?


TO BE CONTINUED.





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