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Oblivion chapter 1
Posted By: Reclaimer<Xenoragnarok@aol.com>
Date: 7 July 2003, 6:37 AM
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The Master Chief walked through the tall grass, unaware of what lay ahead. His instincts told him to turn back, but he kept walking. The grasses soon gave way to rocky desert; something white, something alive stood before him. As he moved closer, he saw it; it was a sea of Flood. He quickly raised his rifle and fought back, but there were just too many. Suddenly, something gigantic landed behind him; it was a gigantic Flood Spore, as big and as wide as the pillar of Autumn itself, and it made the ground and the Chief's teeth shake with the force of 1,000 earthquakes .
The gargantuan Flood spore used its writhing tentacles to hop toward the Master Chief. It made massive booming sounds that deafened the breathless Spartan. Sandwiched between the sea and the gigantic spore, the Chief reached for his pistol, aimed for the Gigantaspore, and put a bullet into its bulbous head. The Flood spore popped. Unfortunately for the Chief, it began to flood, not with water but with the Flood itself. The limitless plane covered in tall, golden grass was covered, as were the rocky ground and the Master Chief. Now, the Chief swam through Flood. They hungered for his body. They waved their piercing tentacles at the Chief, but his shield kept them at bay. However, such luxuries do not last forever, and, unable to buck the inevitable, his shields were overloaded and shut off. He was left to be the Flood's host.
Halfway across the galazxy, Jimmy turned on the television. A long, hard day at work deserved a Bud Light and some quality time with the Tube. He sat in his armchair, put his feet up, and drank some much-needed brew. He put on his remote and changed the channel by blinking and making various other facial movements.
The Earth News Network anchor shuffled his papers. He would be on in five seconds.
Jimmy enjoyed the fine taste of the Bud Light. Seeing nothing of interest, he switched it to the news. Jimmy never normally watched the news, but tonight, he would join the many other citizens of Earth because tonight was a night for big news.
"Good evening, lades and gentlemen of Earth," the news anchor began. "... Today is a day that will live, or die, in infamy. The Covenant..."
Jimmy's heart skipped a beat at the mention of Covenant. It had been widely known that the Covenant's rampage throughout the galaxy had spared no colonies, let alone prisoners. Sure, there were survivors, but death rate among Covenant assaults had been steady at 97%. It was inevitable that the Covenant would make it to Earth. Just a matter of time until ever stinking one of us is wiped out, Jimmy thought.
"... have destroyed Reach. Ladies and gentlemen... As you know, Reach is the most vital military colony in the UNSC. Many of our sons and our daughters were serving on Reach, and many of those are now dead. They did not go lightly, however; each and every Marine, Special Forces, Army regular, and, so help us, God, cook, fought bravely until the end. Dead, too, are the SPARTANS. They are gone, now, also casualties of the Fall of Reach. I suppose it is a fitting end for a SPARTAN, their last stand to be on Reach, mirroring, the days of old Greece, when the great King Leonidas, drastically outnumbered, proudly led his small group of Greece's most elite warriors against the mighty armies of the Persian Empire..."
Jimmy spat out his beer. The Covenant had gotten Reach. That could mean only one thing. They were coming for Earth, too. And the SPARTANS, gone, too. Jimmy was insulted as well as injured. That meant his whole science team had been working for nothing. Morale had been at an all-time low at UNSC R&D. Before this, it couldn't have gotten any lower, but now, it had just hit rock bottom and was now drilling a hole in search of coal.
Jimmy's phone began to ring. He picked it up.
"Hi, Mom. Yes, of course, I've heard the news. What? What do you want me to do about it? I can't do that. Don't be afraid. The Covenant will never find Earth. No, I'm not just saying that to comfort you. It's the truth. UNSC has strict policies about destroying the databanks and all that other stuff. Alright. Yeah, I'll be over there in the morning. Don't worry; we'll be fine."
Jimmy hung up the phone. He had to get to the lab. He had to find out what their plan was now. He opened his door and headed for the subway.
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