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The Final War: Battle for Installation 02 [4:3]
Posted By: Awacar<t.alvner@swipnet.se>
Date: 12 December 2003, 9:26 PM
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Chapter Four: Part Three: To Disarm
"There are five pulse generators located on this Installation, which is capable of producing a 296% stronger blast than Installation 04. Awacar, I'll give you the exact locations of the generators." Cortana said.
"Please tell me." Awacar replied.
Cortana:
"Move through this tunnel, go left at the second place where it splits up and we'll be where the first pulse generator is."
At the first place where the tunnel splitted, they encountered betrayers, and a fight was on. The opposition, made of Brutes and Elites, was not easy. Awacar threw a punch at the nearest Brute, broke its jaw and emptied a clip of needles in the flesh of the masculine primate. MC had picked up a plasma pistol, used it to cover Awacar, and launched a grenade at his enemies. An Elite came to attack the Chief, who turned around and started to fire plasma pistol shots rapidly, making his opponent become as paralyzed. A few Hunters took the responsibility to fire at a group of Brutes. The sound of fuel rod cells detonating in unison seemed as music in the ears of Awacar, and he felt ease when the resistance ceased to exist.
The Covenant moved on, coming to yet another tunnel-split. They chooses the left, just as Cortana had told them. The Covenant forces entered a small room with an architecture that Master Chief knew from the countless ones he had passed on his way to the control room in Installation 04. This one was guarded by a few Commandos who was attacking like on instinct, having no remarkable flaws in their defence, they seemed as a wall, no one would pass them. They made a ring that prevented their opponents from getting near the pulse generator.
"Press at one point of their front, I want a breakthrough!" Awacar ordered.
The Covenant follow the given orders, and after a while a breakthrough has been made.
Cortana:
"I've been scanning the shields of the Forerunner Commandos, and I've been able to see that they are the same type as yours, Chief. If we take them into the pulse generators, we'll destroy the generator and make the Forerunners more vulnerable. Lets give it a try."
Awacar:
"Lets get the Commandos near the generator, they seem to like it pretty much!"
The Forerunners see that the Covenant moves themselves out of the ring, and start to push harder at its outside, pressing the Forerunner resistance closes and closer to the shining, blue pillar. After a while, the Covenant use their grenades to push the opposition into the generator. Eventually, it succeeds and a blast is clearing the area of resistance for MC and the forces that he belongs to.
"That was easy enough." Awacar said in relief. He continued, "I'm getting reports here! Installations 03 and 06 destroyed, we haven't got reports from the rest."
Cortana:
"Follow the tunnel on the other side of the room, it'll get you to a river of lava with a bridge over it. I think that the Forerunners are on the bridge, I am not sure but the chance is high. After the river there'll be a big room, cross it and enter the tunnel on the other side and we'll be there."
Awacar:
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Get moving!"
The Covenant get to the place where the river is, and as Cortana had predicted there was Forerunners there, mostly Bio-tanks and Commandos, but even some Engineers. The Commandos goes in the lead, followed by Bio-tanks who are backed up by the Engineers and their grenade launchers. Awacar and a few Hunters tries to take control of the bridge, seeing it as the most important step for getting to the next pulse generator. The resistance is not willing to lose the bridge to the enemy, and puts every available unit at the job of defending it. The fight gets rough, with Forerunners that constantly crosses the river, and Covenant who tries to stop them by throwing grenades into the river, causing lava to fly all over the place, along with weapons fire. The Forerunners quickly takes control of the "riverbank" where the Covenant are, but are decimated to nearly nothing when the Hunters start to use their fuel rod cannons. The lava is splashed everywhere, and the Covenant can use the Forerunners as protection from the destruction caused by melted rock.
Awacar:
"Good, now I want a few rod gun cells at the other riverbank, can you make it, Hunters?"
Leader of the Hunters:
"Off course, we're on it!"
The Forerunners gather in the tunnel that they came from, and they have their Bio-tanks in front. The Bio-tanks fire explosive rounds, mixed with their targeting swarms of shots.
"Everyone, keep in motion, I don't want casualties here!" Awacar ordered, and the forces obeyed.
Engineers and Commandos start to emerge from the tunnel once again, this time with a little more respect for their enemies. No forces dare to get close to the bridge; they just keep shooting across the lava stream. The Forerunner Commandos advances, but are in a matter of seconds forced back by the massive amount of lava, thrown away by grenades that had detonated brutally. The Forerunners back off, and the Covenant take control of the riverbanks.
"Brutes! I want you to make our way!" ordered Awacar as he threw a grenade into the tunnel, clearing the first part of the tunnel.
The Brutes follow their orders, kill some of the Commandos and take their weapons. Now they stand there, blocking the tunnel and blowing their opposition down. A few Commandos get in front of the Forerunner attack, and the Covenant put an end to their lives, and thereafter grab weapons from the fallen enemies. The Forerunners feel the heat from the lighted shots of their own weapons and hear the screams caused by them, but still they press on, falling one by one. They cease to live, letting their bodies leave a terrible stench of burned blood.
Awacar:
"The path is clear! Move it! We'll reach the next pulse generator in a few minutes."
They march through long sections of tunnel, it almost seems as if they never end. They get to their target, which is standing in an area free of resistance.
MC:
"My shields will bring the generator down. Keep away."
He slowly walks through the strong magnetic fields that is produced by the generator, and feels the blast that causes its destruction and takes his shields offline. He asks for cover, but before he even gets a chance to take it, the Forerunners enter the room, all with a desire for fight. They shoot at the Chief, slowly making his health-indicator go from blue to yellow, from yellow to red. He evades a shot that would have taken him out and thereafter finds his cover. All the Elites - with Awacar leading them - pull their swords out, having a demand for Forerunner blood to be shed, a demand burning hotter than lava in their hearts. They take parts of the opposition down, but lose great amounts of their own. Now they're torn between their desire to kill in short distance, enabling them to see fright in the eyes of their opponents, or fight wisely at a safe distance. They realize that losses can't be made, and therefore back off. The MC joins them, using his plasma rifle.
"You'll not retrieve your Installations, Forerunners, we'll be in command soon." Awacar said as he fired his plasma sniper rifle. A lesser army of Hunters advance through the Covenant force, and place themselves in the frontline. They are acting as shields for the forces that they belong to, and sometimes a green flashes can be seen by the Covenant, followed by the sound of a detonation, together with death howls of Forerunners.
Hunter:
"Awacar, they're breaking through!
A flow of resistance overwhelms the Covenant, who seem to be in shock. They get closer to their attackers, but that doesn't really help. The horrible stench of blood, and the burning smell of plasma filled the room after a while, and smoke of different kinds accompanied the smells. MC slayed a Sniper by putting his rod gun into the creatures back, using his strength. The Chief thereafter uses the firepower of his weapon a few times, along with anyone who still was on his feet.
Later, a great loss of infantry has become a fact among the Covenant, but the Forerunners are put out of action for now.
Awacar:
"I want a report of our status and an advise about our next cause of action."
Cortana:
"We're down to 25% of the crew that was directed to destroy the control centre, and we were fifty before the last battle. I recommend a little rest, five minutes or so, used for recovery. There in no one here that is healthy enough to fight. Afterwards, go back through the tunnel that we came from, take left after 300 meters, walk for 180 more meters and we'll be able to destroy the next pulse generator."
Awacar:
"Sounds good, we all need some rest. I'm getting a report, Installation 05 is shattered, no Flood seem to be out there. Then it's just 07 and our Halo that still is dependant of the Covenant success. Another pulse generator is out of function, an Elite seem to have walked through it by mistake."
Five minutes later...
"Awacar, get us out of here, the Betrayers are approaching, and I don't think that we need more rest." Cortana said.
"Lets move, I don't want to get my hands dirty by fighting Betrayers for nothing!" Awacar ordered.
The next pulse generator they got to were heavily guarded by the Blood Faction, and a fight for the generator - naturally - breaks out. The Master Chief and a couple of Brutes push themselves past the Betrayer defence, made by Hunters and Brutes. The sound of big metal pieces smashing each other is heard when the Brutes start to melee the Hunters, and a chaos of infantry and shots have been created. The rest of the betrayers join the battle, as well as the Covenant that hasn't been in it from the start. Awacar uses his weapon of choice - a plasma sword - to bring some resistance down, and fights an Elite that also uses the sword. The Chief grabs a plasma pistol, and fires an overheated shot towards Awacars opponent, nearly killing it, but Awacar thereafter put his sword in the belly of the Betrayer Elite. MC positions himself in the front, using a rod cannon to clear the rest of the tunnel. Screams are heard throughout the tunnels, the screams of Betrayers that that soon faces their destiny.
Awacar:
"I want some Elites to back the Chief up! I know that it's not very much of resistance remaining, but I don't want to pick his dead body off the floor."
A shining blue stream of plasma rifle shots enlighten the tunnel, and drills itself through the Betrayers as the Elites back MC up. The Betrayers die, and the forces move into the room that holds the generator. Awacar slowly walks through it, making it dysfunctional.
Cortana:
"We've got a generator remaining, if we follow the tunnel on the other side of the room we'll be there, just walk straight ahead, no turns. Still, please hurry, the Forerunners are about to take control of the aerospace above the volcano, if they succeed, we will be locked inhere."
Awacar:
"A ride out of here is taking ground right now, I'd like to see that everyone takes that ride, Master Chief and I will take another flight, I can't risk more losses."
The troops obey Awacars wish, find themselves out of the volcano and take their seats at drop ships hovering a few centimeters above the grey ash.
"Okay, it won't be any problem to get to the pulse generator, but to get away from it may be more difficult. Forerunners and Betrayers are approaching the location as we speak, but we'll reach it before them." Cortana informated.
They move for the generator, get to it, and stop.
MC:
"How do we destroy it?"
Cortana:
"You can't take your own shields down, you won't make it fore the next battle else way. The only option we have is to trick an enemy into the generator."
Awacar:
"If it's Betrayers that get here first, they'll go for me, so if they do, just do as I say."
Luckily, the Betrayers get first to the generator.
Awacar:
"Give them the picture of your back, as I'll do."
MC obeys, and soon he hears that Elites are in the room, simply because he hears the words "Wort wort wort!" to be said, followed by heavy steps.
An Elite is humiliated by the fact that Awacar, as his enemy, turns him his back. He runs towards his enemy, holding his weapon up, preparing to make a melee-attack against the skull of his enemy. Awacar leans backwards when he realizes that his opponent will make the blow, catches the arm of the attacking Elite with his hands, holds it and makes his enemy lose his firearm.
Awacar:
"Chief, throw a plasma grenade at us!"
Master Chief does as he has been told, though he doubts this time. At the time he picks the grenade out, the Elite gets angry and starts to beat his fist into Awacars shoulder.
Awacar:
"That's it, you bastard!"
Awacar swings his opponent around himself one and a half time while MC finally decides to throw the grenade. Before Awacar lets go of the Elite, the grenade hits it. Awacar lets go, and lets the poor Elite fly trough the magnetic field of the pulse generator, and land in the other side of the room. The pulse generator is destroyed with a loud blast, and two seconds later, the plasma grenade detonates, creating a blue cloud of plasma and clearing the area of hostiles.
Cortana:
"Now hurry, we've got no time to lose!"
They run out of the room, and face some Forerunner Commandos. Awacar and Master Chief start to walk backwards slowly, firing their plasma rifles.
Awacar activates a comm.-link:
"I want a ride that leads off this Installation, and thirty tonnes of hydrogen, heated into fusion here, three minutes after my departure!"
MC fires off the last rod cannon shot, and thereafter they start to run. They get out of the tunnel, and see a rising sun, the immediate sign that morning has come to Installation 02, a morning that soon is to be followed by a dawn. The Chief and the Elite that accompanies him take a place on a drop ship that quickly goes back to a battle cruiser. The enormous ship sends a bomb towards the surface of Installation 02, destroying it and everything on it.
To Be Continued..
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