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Halo: The Battle Within. Chapter 4
Posted By: Bryan D. (A.K.A. B-Man)<KoHStealth@hotmail.com>
Date: 9 March 2004, 3:25 AM
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Chapter 4
Surface of "Castle of the Majestic"
Covenant HQ
1045 hours
April 11th, 2557
Master Chief dove up and over a low wall; a plasma grenade had landed next right to him seconds ago. The grenade finally blew up, and Master Chief felt the heat come over him. A blue haze came over the wall, and his shields diminished half way.
"Good thing I wasn't by that thing." He thought to himself
Rising to his feet, he fired a three round burst into the head of a charging Elite, sending fragments of bone and blood flying. More concerned about the grenade, Master Chief didn't notice the grunt firing a plasma pistol at his back. He got hit with a charged burst, and it brought his shields down to zero percent. Diving to the side, he pulled out his pistol, rolled 180 degrees and fired his pistol eight times. Five shots caught the Grunt in the chest, and it went down, exploding, as it's methane tank ignited.
***
'Neghux threw a plasma grenade at the green warrior. He had seen it kill many of its "brothers." "The Infidel" moved to the side, and then dove over a small wall.
"Coward." 'Neghux snarled, "I guess I'll have to take him head on."
'Neghux threw his plasma pistol to the side; the weapon's energy cell was depleted. While running at the warrior, he pulled out his plasma rifle.
He held onto the trigger, firing blue energy at the wall; until the green warrior got to his feet and shot at 'Neghux. He felt a sharp pain as he heard his own helmet crack. And he fell to the ground, in a bloodied mess.
***
'Zuc turned around and witnessed one of his superiors get shot in the head.
"At least he died valiantly, running into battle." He thought to himself.
Realizing his luck of having the Infidel turned away from him, he squealed with delight as he happily charged his plasma pistol.
When he finally fired it, he saw the Infidel jump from the surprise when it hit him. Suddenly, he dove to the side, turned in the air, and fired a few shots at 'Zuc. Amazed by his luck again, three of the shots missed as he dodged them. Grinning, he fired a few more balls of plasma at the green warrior who was busy flying through the air. Suddenly, five more shots caught him in the chest. 'Zuc felt his lungs collapse, and he started to fall, he felt the bullets passing farther through his body, until finally they got to his tank. "This can't be good," he thought to himself. The methane tank exploded and the thought was no more.
***
Master Chief got up from the ground. He stood there examining his weapons, waiting for his shields to recharge; he had barely gotten out of that one without injury, and that's the last thing he needed. After his shields were at one-hundred percent, he jogged over to the group of Hell-Jumpers that had developed.
"What do we need to do next?" one of the Jumpers asked.
Master Chief thought back over the last thirty minutes. The trouble started happening when he got out into the open, in the front of the base.
Surface of "Castle of the Majestic"
Covenant HQ
1035 hours
April 11th, 2557
Master Chief ran as fast as he could towards the main gate. If he ran fast, maybe the snipers won't see him. He glanced up while running. He saw one of the Elites aiming for the shot. The other one was asleep, no matter, it was about to be woken up.
"Shit..."
The Elite fired. The bullet, if you could call it that, was a long purple dart, similar to the ones used in the "Needler," only longer. Twisting his shoulders perpendicular to the gate, he dodged the bolt as it grazed by him, centimeters away from his forearm. His arm behind his body gave him an advantage; he reached for a M9 Frag grenade, and used his momentum to throw the grenade into the sniper tower. Moments later, he heard a satisfying "Thud" as the grenade exploded. Purple blood splattered over the sniper tower railing and landed on top of Master Chief in a shower of gore. The body flew over the side, and it hit the ground in front of the gate with a crunch.
Finally getting to the gate, he made sure he kept his back to the gate. Leaning back, he got out of the line of fire. Between the shooting, and the grenade, the other Elite was surely awake now. Master Chief peeked his head out. A shot rang out. He felt it come millimeters from his head.
"I won't be doing that again..." He said to himself.
"How can I get around this?"
Slowly scooting along the gate, he crouched down and picked up the dead sniper's plasma grenades. After arming two of them, he threw them into the line of fire. The Elite, not an experienced sniper, shot for the plasma grenades. Master Chief seized the opportunity, and threw another frag grenade into the manned sniper tower. Another bang, another body over the edge. Master Chief could now move about freely...for now. He took his C-4 charge and planted on the gate. A timer with 1:30 minutes showed up on his heads-up display...he quickly ran a safe distance away, and waited. A huge explosion rocked the entire base, as the gate flew into two pieces of solid metal. Master Chief jogged through the smoke and fire and entered into the base he was surprised to see only one Elite standing there.
***
Master Chief's mind caught back up to what was happening.
"Sir? Hello? Anybody home?" the Private kept asking
"What is it?"
"What do we have to do next Sir?"
Master Chief cocked his pistol and checked his ammo.
"Load your weapons boys; we are making a house call, and the house is coming down..."
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I just thought I would let you guys know, I'm going to be taking a little break, but stay tuned for Chapter 5...coming soon...
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