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The Covenant Fleet and a Betrayal by The Elite
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The Covenant Fleet, Chapter 1
Date: 21 October 2005, 12:04 pm
0630 Hours, Earth, "The Burrow", December 15, 2559
The Master Chief stood in his bulky MJOLNIR MARK VI. He remembered that Dec 15 was Christmas, a cherrible holiday for a few officers and a day for santa. He sighed as his thoughts drifted toward being a normal citizen, being free from the clutches of High ranking people who always gives him suicidal missions to undergo. "Chief, Admiral Amarada is calling you, you should go quickly, he doesnt sound so patient today", a voice rang in his COM. He remembered that Cortana had been placed in his armor to prevent her from doing anything to her will.
Admiral Amarada, the owner of the ship called, "The Cruiser", is a very hasty person. His shirt was littered with badges and medals, almost as much as a Spartan.
The Master Chief walked into the audience room, a large circular room with 12 seats, terminals to the left and right, and a holo emitter in the middle of the room. As Master Chief walked into the circular room, the door closed immediately behind him. His senses flared, and he looked around the dark room. He saw no one, and stood up straight and walked toward the holo emitter. He pressed a blue button located at the bottom of the emitter, and a giant holo figure of Admiral Amarada appeared. "Master Chi--f. I ha--e a fa-vo-r to a--k of yo-u. A Cove--an- fle-t is hea-din- to-w--ds "Ne- Re-ach". I nee- you to inf-ltra-te the-- n-w ba--tle cruis-r, cap-ur-e th- capta-n, bl-w the pie-ce of purp-e sh-t with lot- of expl-sives and overlo-d the engin-es the-n take a drop-ip and fl-y ou- of there and wai- fo- extractio----. The figure of the admiral dissapeared with a flicker, and then shut down.
"What do you think, Chief?", said Cortana. "I think i'm gonna follow orders, and blow the hell out of that battle cruiser", Chief said over the COM. There were only a few Spartans left, The Master Chief himself, Linda, Kelly, and Fred.
Linda was sitting cross-legged on top of a stone, wearing a T-shirt and jeans. She heard a beep, a six tone sound that teh spartans had always used : Oly Oly Oxen Free. She picked her COMPHONE up, and pressed "1". "Linda reporting in", she said coldly over the PHONE. "Linda, come over to "The Burrow" ASAP, we've got a mission blaring", said John over the PHONE. "Roger that", said Linda.
Fred stood over a battle rifle in "The Burrow"'s armory. "I sure love these stuff...better if they are detachable", murmured Fred, as he held it up and shone it. The Spartans had been taught that weapons are expendable, except for Plasma pistols. Just as he was about to attach his new Zoom X10 onto the Battle Rifle, his PHONE rang the 6 note. Fred dropped his battle rifle immediately, and grabbed the phone out of his pocket with extreme proffesion. "Fred reporting", he said into the PHONE. "Come over to "The Burrow" ASAP", John said into the phone. "Acknowledged", Fred said.
Kelly ran full speed in her MJOLNIR armor. She checked the timer on the bottom left part of her HUD. It said : 1minute 12 seconds/ 10 rounds. She skidded to a halt and smiled secretly to herself. I've gotten faster than before, she thought. Kelly walked out of the court in "The Burrow"'s training center, and ran into John. Kelly saluted, and asked "What can I do for you today?". "We have a new mission, report to the Spartan's locker room ASAP", John said stiffly. "Roger that", Kelly said, and sprinted to the locker room. John sighed to himself, just after he gets a short break, another mission comes up. He jogged to the locker room.
John looked around the locker room and sighed. Out of the 32 Spartans that had passed the augmentations and training, only 4 was left. "Everyone, today we have a new mission from Admiral Amarada, capture a captain of the new "Battle Cruiser" that is above NEW REACH, and blow it up. Alright, Spartans! LOAD OUT!", John shouted. 3 blue lights winked on his HUD. John grabbed a Battle Rifle, for shooting purposes, if there will be one, a belt full of grenades, and 2 SMG's. He reached into the ammo crate, grabbed 5 clips for the Battle Rifle, and 9 clips for the SMG. Linda got her Sniper rifle, Kelly took 2 magnums and a belt of grenades, and Fred took the Battle Rifle that he was toying with.
4 Spartans walked down the hall of the ship dock, and loaded themselves onto a Speartip, a new dropship with a Slipspace generator. The Master Chief inserted Cortana's disk into the holo emitter of the cockpit, and a purple-blue figure appeared out of the emitter. It was a wonder how Cortana lived more than 7 years, but the Chief had heard that Dr.Halsey had reprogrammed something with Cortana, and now she can live forever, until someone deletes her. "On another one of those crazy suicide missions", said Cortana," i wish the those Covenants can just give up and leave us humans alone". John thought he catched a bit of anger in her voice, then subsided. he loaded a fresh magazine into his Battle Rifle, and ordered Cortana to set their course to NEW REACH. John laid his head back, and knew that he was about to see home again. He was going to see Reach again.
The Covenant Fleet, Chapter 2
Date: 24 October 2005, 1:20 pm
1392 hours, NEW REACH system, Speartip dropship
The Master Chief stood up from the pilot seat and looked through the window. The planet that was once glassed by the Covenant was looking good as new. They must be rapidly building structures and restoring nature, Master Chief thought. "Cortana, set the Speartip for orbital piloting. I'm going in", ordered Master Chief. Chief walked to the armory and found the Spartans sitting around the benches. "Attention, Spartans!", Chief barked, "we are about to drop onto a Covenant battle cruiser, grab your gear and meet me at gate 01, alright, MOVE OUT!", shouted Chief. Master Chief ran back to the bridge and grabbed Cortana's disk. He felt cold as a liquid went into his mind, and the sudden pain afterwards that quickly subsided. He ran back to the armory, grabbed his gear, and went to meet the Spartans on gate 01. He pressed a switch and the gate opened, sucking the 4 Spartans into zero gravity space.
Zatsu Zamanee stood at the bridge of the Descending Inheritance, the latest top-notch Covenant military weapon. "How long do we have left? I dont have all day", barked Zamanee. "We have 89% done with the information extraction, your excellency", said an engineer standing to Zamanee's left. "Well, hurry up, we don't want to keep the prophet waiting!", shouted Zamanee.
Master Chief floated in space toward the Covenant battle cruiser, a gigantic purple sword-shaped ship. He ordered his Spartans to ready their thruster packs and ready for hard landing. 3 acknowledge lights winked on his HUD. Master Chief felt the push of the thruster pack, as he quickly rushed toward the Covenant battle cruiser. He slammed into the hull, hard, and then ordered the other Spartans to find a hole in the hull and sneak in. Master Chief clung onto the hull and started to climb around. He reached and felt an opening, then jumped in. He was astonished as he felt gravity put himself on. He wondered why there was gravity if there was a hole right ontop of his head. He ignored the thought and continued into the door ahead of him.
Meanwhile, the other Spartans had managed to find openings and slipped in, unnoticed. Kelly found an opening close to the armory, Linda found an opening directly above the bridge, and Fred found an opening in the engine room.
"Kelly, you meet me in front of the bridge door, with enough fire power to take out a few hunters. Fred, place a detonator and time it for 1 hour. Linda, stay at your position and tell me of any Covenants going in and out of the bridge. Ok Spartans, MOVE OUT!", ordered Chief. Chief ran through a series of halls, and found a disk terminal. "Slip me in, Chief, i'll gather some intel on the systems, and maybe play a few tricks on our little alien friends", said Cortana. "Alright, but dont do anything stupid", murmured Chief. He inserted Cortana's disk and left for the bridge. He ran through a series of hallways, and was flustered as to why he met absolutely no resistance. He squelshed that thought, because it was good he met no resistance.
At the last turn, Master Chief saw the bridge door. A large triangular shaped door, with no terminal to slice through. He ducked behind a crate and readied his BR55. He saw blur of motion as a green figure ran around the corner and stopped at his position. "Alright, John, don't play hide and seek now", said a familiar voice. Master Chief jumped out of his cover and walked to greet Kelly. "Did you get the ordnance we need to take on a whole bridge?", asked Chief. "Yes, I did, and i think we should prepare", answered Kelly. The Spartans then started taking whatever they can get their hands on, a belt of plasma grenades, and energy shields. "Ready?" asked Chief. "Ready when you are" answered Kelly. Chief turned, and ran right into the bridge with Kelly following close behind. Chief noticed that they didnt even know how was there as he started blasting every single grunt in his way. The grunts fell while they were trying to take out their energy weapons. As the body count increased, Master Chief and Kelly spreaded out as Elites started to come into the room. Master Chief ducked behind a control panel and Kelly behind a large ammo crate. Master Chief shot short bursts at a charging Elite, leaving behind 9 holes on the elite's torso. Kelly grabbed a plasma grenade, armed it, and threw it into an elite group that was flustered with no cover to take. The bodies flew 10 feet into the air and landed with a loud thud. Master Chief asked Kelly if the area was clear, and he got a winking light. He stood up, and saw lots of dead elites and grunts, with blood splattered everywhere
Master Chief walked over to a dead elite, and grabbed it's wrist armor. He checked it over, and found that it looked different from others. He pressed a button on it, and it launched a plasma net. He raised an eyebrow, thinking that it might help in capturing the ship master of the battle cruiser. Just as he was wearing it, Linda jumped from a ventilation duct ontop of them, surprising the 2 Spartans. "You got here a bit late, Linda", Kelly said. "Guess so, lets capture the ship master and blow this piece of junk to the junk heap", said Linda. Master Chief walked around the bridge, expecting to see the ship master. When he walked behind a control panel, he saw a cowering elite, a very rare sight. He grabbed the elite, and dragged him toward the 2 Spartans. "Look what i found behind the control panel, a cowering elite", Chief said, with a little amusement in his voice. Master Chief fired a net at the elite, making him stuck in a plasma net.
30 minutes later, the Spartans were sitting on the bridge, enjoying a little rest after the gun fight and harsh operations. The battle cruiser was destroyed, and ship master captured. Mission complete.....or is it?
TO BE CONTINUED.
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