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The Battle For Earth (Chapter Three)
Posted By: Jeremy Stanley<jdman2289@msn.com>
Date: 17 June 2004, 9:52 PM
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Chapter Three
"Intelligence reports indicate that another string of attacks on Earth will be made by the Covenant in the near future," the Sergeant said. "We will need you, Spartan-13, to begin a series of training operations. As you can see, you are wearing the largest technological advancement of the thirtieth century. What you are about to see is the Heads-Up Display."
The Spartan marveled over what he saw inside his helmet. He first saw the shield indicator take its spot at the top right corner of the helmet. His radar soon after appeared, which showed an abundance of yellow pulsating dots.
"You can activate thermal, night, motion tracking, and methane substance tracking visions all through this suit. Methane tracking is very important for finding Grunts."
Confused, the Spartan stared quizzically at the Sergeant.
"Oh, you don't know about the Covenant."
The Sergeant briefed the cybernetic soldier about his alien opponents. He also told the Spartan about the series of battles that took place.
"As far as we know, we could be fighting the Covenant for the rest of our lives. Maybe even for the rest of Earth's life."
And from those words, the Spartan knew that it was his duty, along with the human forces, to be able to take down the Covenant, once and for all.
Later, the Spartan caught up with the Sergeant.
"I never did catch your name," the Spartan soldier said.
"Oh, I'm Forman. Sergeant Forman," he glanced down at his nametag, which clearly said "Forman," which was directly above a Purple Heart award. "Well, I'm sure your wondering, 'when am I going to be getting some action?'"
"Not exactly. I'm sort of wondering, 'how the hell did I get here?'"
"You've been here all the time. It's time for training. You're going to need to thrive quickly."
Moments later, they were out on a training course.
"Can I be killed?" Jake-13 asked.
"Why do you always worry?" Forman asked. "Yes. You can be killed. Just not here." Moments later, Forman said, "let's see what you can do."
Holograms zoomed out onto the training course, and moved swiftly, as if living. Jake, who was stunned by this display, was speechless. Bursts of green light came from the holograms, and the Spartan had to duck out of the way. He found a nook in the wall and took out his pistol. Using the scope, he opened fire, taking out the holograms. The battle was over in minutes.
There was no turning back now. The Master Chief, who had taken down the Grunts, had to face the Elites and Jackals. The human forces, as instructed by Master Chief, were to come in from behind the Elites and Jackals, working as a surprise attack. Two minutes. Three minutes. Four minutes had passed when Master Chief realized that the humans might be in trouble. No radio transmissions had come in from the party that was supposed to arrive. Their post was a block away, and they should have been there in seconds, not minutes.
What is holding them up? the Spartan wondered. He heard stomping in the streets, a stomp that could only be associated with Hunters. The Chief took a look at his motion tracker that still had yellow pulsating dots for a moment. However, that moment was a mistake. He was pelted with plasma fire. A plasma grenade came from the back of the group of Covenant. The Spartan ducked out of the way, and moved forward to avoid the powerful explosion of the grenade.
Master Chief decided to counter that attack with a grenade of his own. It was a frag grenade, and he was sure it would affect some of the Covenant forces. The explosion blew some Jackals away and the Elites became angry. One Gold Elite got angry and ran straight at the Spartan, attempting to melee attack Master Chief.
"We are here Chief," the Beta Squad leader radioed, "we are engaging in battle."
Master Chief hesitated for a moment. He looked at his health indicator in the HUD. It showed 4 yellow bars. He decided to duck in the nook in which he had opened fire from. There, he loaded a fresh clip of ammo into his SMG, and waited for his shields to regenerate. An Elite took that moment of rest from the Spartan, who was startled by the Elite's appearance.
The Master Chief raised his SMG, and began to fire, and sparks flew from the end of the gun, and the Elite fell back. The Elite, however, still managed to rattle Master Chief with plasma bolts before the fierce alien fell to the ground.
"Covering fire!" yelled the humans, and the Spartan was relieved to hear their voices. Assault Rifles screamed in the hallway, and the Spartan drew his sidearm.
The Spartan turned on the 2x zoom in the pistol, and got a lock on a Jackal that was aggressively attacking a human. The bullet discharged from the rifle, and the shell casing popped into the air. The Jackal's head collapsed when the bullet hit, and it fell to the ground. An all-too-familiar gooey blood spewed out of the Jackal. The Spartan never saw that blood, as he was already focused on taking down the other targets.
The humans took care of the other aliens. The Chief exited the ruins of Alpha base, and stepped out onto the street. He looked at his health indicator, and decided to make a to the medical tent.
However, moments later, the Chief's thought was gone. He had to take care of Banshees.
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