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Halo: The Aftermath
Posted By: Matthew Buzas<tammyties@aol.com>
Date: 15 June 2003, 8:45 PM
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This is my first story so I hope you enjoy it and understand it.
"Switch the engine power and shut off some electric lights. We are going to need a lot of power to get home." Cortana said.
"Where is our home NOW Cortana?" MC asked impatiently.
"Earth. We have no other option." she replied
"What do you think is happening to earth now?"
"Scanning . . . The marines and covenant are having a warscale battle between each other in some city in. in . . . a place called Afreecca."
"Africa" MC corrected.
"Whatever. All I know is that they have nukes blowing up in the atmosphere, destroying huge cities, innocent peoples lives." Cortana said.
What made the covenant make war with us? Can't we have peace? MC thought.
"cccccc. . . cort . . .na?" the radio started talking out loud, but I couldn't make out what it was saying.
"There's no way someone can talk to us out here. We are at least 2 million miles from all life." Cortana said.
"Cort . . .na . . . this is sar . . . of 9th bat . . ."
"I can hear you sarge a little bit. Can you hear me?"
Silence.
"Can you hear me?" she asked again.
Dead silence.
"Well, that's that." MC said
"What do you mean that's that? They need our help!!! We can't just stand here and do nothing!!
Actually, yeah we can, MC thought.
"Keep your thoughts to yourself, I can hear everything you say and think, you stupid barbarian."
MC didn't talk back.
"Cortana," MC asked
"Yes?"
"About what you said of people not talking out here."
"Go ahead."
"If you and I were on Halo, and you can contact anyone from a million miles away for support, how can this radio transmission be impossible?
"I don't know chief. It may be the covenant trying to fool us. I don't remember a 9th battalion."
"I think I do. It's Private Joe L. Mahoney out of Northern Europe." A long pause. "How far are we now?"
"About 100,000,000 miles away now, which will take us 3 more hours to get home.
On the way there MC tried to think of what his normal life was when he was young. No memories came forward. No pictures, recollections, anything.
"Wake me when we get there.
"Okay," Cortana replied.
Before Cortana could wake him, 5 large explosions shook the ground, with shrapnel and rock flying everywhere.
"Get a good night's sleep?" She asked.
"No thanks to your driving, yes." He replied
"I have heard that before."
As soon as he got out marines and covenant bodies were laid strewed out on the ground. There were a few new covenant that he hasn't seen before.
"Scanning. The large gorilla one is called a brute, and the king guy is called a prophet, the main leader. Scary, huh?"
"I have seen worse" he replied.
" I bet you have."
MC then met up with a marine.
"Sir, everyone is this way. Follow me." The marine said. "Watch out though, there are bodies everywhere, and we can't tell if they are dead or alive.
"All right," MC replied.
Master Chief then thought about war. They're always about religion, and always will be, he thought.
"Frag out! Frag out!" called a marine as he then chucked a grenade into a group of grunts and jackals. The explosion drowned out the cries of death.
"Nice shot!" called out a rookie marine.
After MC passed the two marines, he saw another group of marines battling a group of elites. He gave them cover, taking two elites down.
"Thanks." Said a marine. "I didn't think they would send a SPARTAN.
"No problem," responded MC. They never think about having a SPARTAN save them, he thought.
"Covenant phantom is on approach. I need backup! I need back . . . aaaaaaaa!" The radio transmission ceased.
"Phantoms carry brutes and other covenant. He may have been killed by one, Chief." Cortana said.
Damn it, thought chief. I hate it when we lose marines. Chief then saw a phantom dropping off some brutes in front of him! He took out his shotgun, point blanked a few, and melees one by jabbing the butt of the shotgun into the stomach, then dropping it onto his thick, thick, skull, crushing the skull to fragments inside.
"Damn bastard, you killed my friends!" He exclaimed.
"Look! That plasma cannon is destroying half the city! We got to do something!" Cortana said
"Call for air support. There's an airfield half a mile away with bombs." Chief replied
"Cortana to air field, come in! We need air support to destroy that cannon."
"Roger Cortana. This is Private Mahoney of the 9th batallion. I tried contacting you earlier, but it got all static. With that out of here, we have 2 airborne planes with bombs to take out that cannon."
"Thanks Joe. See you around."
"We are going to wait awhile chief, so maybe you can provide ground support against the covenant.
TO BE CONTINUED
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