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The Massacre Game: Round 1: Headlong
Date: 11 April 2005, 7:42 PM

The Massacre Games: Headlong
by
CrazyGrunt

"Oh crap!" yelled the spartan called AIM HERE when he was hit a sniper round in the back. He started running towards a bridge yelling, "Oh crap!OH FVCKIN'CRAP!"when something blue landed on his head. "OMG!" AIM HERE screamed in agony. Then, BOOM! The plasma grenade that had landed on AIM HERE's head exploded, killing him.
"GOTCHA!" yelled another spartan called Demon Heretic who had been hiding underneath the bridge, walked over to AIM HERE's corpse to take the shotgun AIM HERE had been carrying. Demon Heretic threw his magnum to the ground and picked up the shotgun, then turned at sound of a motor starting near Headlong's tunnel.
"WTF?" He said to himself as he approached the tunnel. Oh fvck me, he thought when he saw the tank move out of the tunnel. He identified the driver as an elite called
Bullseye when the tank's turret turned towards his position.
"Son of a-"BOOM! The turret's main cannon fired, and the round impacted on Demon Heretic's head, blowing his corpse to bloody bits.
"Bullseye! Wortwortwort!" laughed Bullseye as he exited the tank. this brought about his downfall however, as he took a sniper round through his elongated forehead, killing him before he realized it.
"Bitch,"the elite called Assassin laughed as he walked towards Bullseye's corpse and proceeded to kick it with his foot. A frag grenade landed at his feet, and he jumped to avoid the blast, then proceeded to look for the source of the grenade. he didn't expect a attack from behind which was where another elite called Lord Thomas came up behind him and gutted him with an energy sword.
"Noob!"yelled Lord Thomas as he switched to the rocket launcher. He walked past the corpse and hopped in the tank. He parked it next to the bridge and proceeded to walk into the building nearby. As soon as he was inside he switched to the energy sword and walked up the stairs, watching his motion tracker for enemy movement. Finding none he went to the top floor of the building to do some reconissance. He couldn't see anyone from where he was but he knew they where there.
"Come on you bastards, I don't have all day,"Lord Thomas muttered while looking for enemies to kill. He mentally checked the number of opponents he was facing. There were eight combatants here, including himself. He had already seen four of his opponents die and be teleported to the next arena, so that meant three opponents had yet to reveal themselves. While he was pondering their whereabouts, a elite known as YANG was sneaking up behind him. Lord Thomas detected YANG on his motion tracker just before YANG was right at his back.
"Die Bastard!" YANG yelled, and charged at Lord Thomas.



"Sucker," Lord Thomas smirked and jumped backward over YANG and fired his remaining rocket at YANG's back. The rocket tore a hole through YANG's chest, spraying purple blood over YANG's steel&white armor. Lord Thomas dropped the spent rocketlauncher
and picked up the carbine his opponent had been carrying.

"Damn it," groaned the spartan known as YIN when he saw the tank moving through the tunnel towards his position. He already had to tangle with the spartan called Terminator and ended up killing him. YIN ran into the nearby building where he knew there was a shotgun. When YIN reached the place the shotgun was, it was still there. He stowed his SMG and picked up the shotgun, then ran up to the balcony opposite the ramp and waited for his enemy. The rumble of the tank ceased and every thing else was quiet.

Lord Thomas parted his mandibles in a smile. The spartan YIN had done what any combatant would do in his situation he grabbed the shotgun and hid on the balcony opposite the ramp.
"So predictable,"Lord Thomas chuckled. he walked over to the building parallel to the one YIN was in. He knew that there was active camouflage in that building and that the bridge linking the building had a sniper rifle laying on it. When Lord Thomas found the active camouflage, he activated it turning himself invisible. Then he strolled over to where the sniper rifle lay, dropped the carbine,and picked up the sniper rifle.

YIN was getting restless. His opponent hadn't come up the ramp yet. YIN decided to grab the sniper rifle that was sitting on the bridge outside. YIN walked very quickly towards the bridge to grab the sniper rifle when something very hot pierced his back. YIN looked down to see the blades of an energy sword sticking out of his chest."You A-hole," YIN said. Then everything went black.
Lord Thomas raised his energy sword in triumph. He had won the first round. A blue orb floated down out of the sky. Lord Thomas recongized the orb as 343 Guilty Spark.
"Congratulations! you've won the first round! Allow me to teleport you to the next arena," 343 Guilty Spark said. In a flash of light, they were gone.

To be continued...



The Massacre Game:Round 2: Zanzibar
Date: 17 April 2005, 9:06 PM

A flash of light appeared on the shore of where the Zanzibar complex was located. Lord Thomas and 343 Guilty Spark emerged from the light and landed on the ground.
"Where in Hell are we?" Lord Thomas asked Guilty Spark.
"You are at the Zanzibar complex, where Round 2 will begin shortly," 343 Guilty Spark answered. Then the blue orb floated above the arena and announced in a booming voice, "ROUND 2 BEGINS NOW!" and floated out of sight.
Lord Thomas ran towards the seawall and said out loud, "this is going to be a snap." He reached for the energy sword but found a submachinegun in its place. "WTF?" Lord Thomas roared angrily. He ran up the seawall's eroding steps looking for a better weapon when he saw the sniper rifle. He picked it up, grunted in satisfaction and went to find a place to snipe.

AIM HERE was having bad luck. The only weapon he could find was a plasma pistol and he was being chased by Demon Heretic, who had found a shotgun. He ran into the windmill complex, hoping to lose his pursuer,but to no avail. Demon Heretic followed him into the complex and cornered AIM HERE against three canisters with a weird light glowing from the symbols. To have the last word, Demon Heretic said, "Whoever places bets on you is an idiot," and fired the shotgun point-blank into AIM HERE's chest. AIM HERE's shield flickered, but AIM HERE was still standing. "WTF?" was last thing Demon Heretic said due to the explosion of the three canisters caused by the shotgun shell that blew with the force of nine frag grenades. AIM HERE was still standing, but his overshield was gone. He grabbed the shotgun and walked up the stairs.

YIN and YANG were dueling by dual-wielding weapons in front of the slow-turning windmill. YIN had a submachinegun in each hand, and YANG was using a needler in each hand. YIN had been firing nonstop, pausing only to reload. YANG, on the other hand, had just started firing.
"Ah, crap," muttered YIN, for he just emptied the last two clips in his SMGs, and the needlers'projectiles were beginning to penetrate his armor. He dropped one of the SMGs and pulled out a plasma grenade. YIN hurled the grenade at YANG's head,where it landed right between his eyes. YANG roared angrily and charged YIN. The plasma grenade exploded killing them.

Terminator was having a bad day. He was being chased by Assassin, who was carrying a rocket launcher. He rounded a corner and found a Gauss Cannon Warthog. "This should do nicely," he said to himself as he hopped in the driver's seat and put the pedal to the metal ran Assassin over. Then he hopped out and grabbed the rocket launcher and a shotgun that was nearby and jumped into the driver seat and took off.

AIM HERE saw the turret and grabbed the controls and saw Terminator get out of the Warthog, so he started firing at Terminator. Terminator jumped to reach the Gauss cannon. "Son of a Bitch!" AIM HERE yelled and ran in the complex as Terminator destroyed the turret. AIM HERE said to himself, "I need to destroy him from long range without coming too close to the that shotgun and rocket laucher." Then he saw some of those explosive canisters by the staircase.
Terminator walked into the complex looking for AIM HERE. Then, AIM HERE yelled, "Yo, metalhead, come and get me! I'm upstairs."
Teminator ran up the stairs. A explosion was the last thing he saw.
AIM HERE walked over to the corpse and picked up the rocket laucher and walked out of the complex. He hopped in a Ghost and started heading for the beach. Blam! BOOM! AIM HERE went flying from the Ghost and landed on his back. He looked around to see what destroyed the Ghost. Blam! AIM HERE ducked as a contrail sped over his head. Then he saw Lord Thomas taking aim at his head.
He ran towards the seawall yelling, "WTF Lord Thomas? My name may be AIM HERE, but it dosen't mean aim at my head!"
Blam! Another shot whizzed by his head. He ran up the eroding stairs of the seawall firing his battle rifle to keep his opponent's head down. He backed into a hole in the seawall, but didn't pick up the plasma grenades.
Lord Thomas parted his mandibles in a smile. the fool had backed in to the trap he had set up. He rolled a frag grenade down the path to the plasma grenades and waited.
AIM HERE heard the frag grenade land by the the plasma grenades at his foot and started to back up, but it was too late. BOOM! The grenades blew and killed AIM HERE.
343 Guilty Spark floated down to teleport him to the next arena. "Lets go," Lord Thomas said in a flat tone. In a flash of light they were gone.

To Be Continued...



The Massacre Game: Round 3: Colussus
Date: 5 May 2005, 1:21 AM

A flash of light appeared in the forerunner gas facility. Lord Thomas jumped out and took a look around.
     "Where in Hell are we now?" Lord Thomas inquired.
     "You are in Colussus," 343 Guilty Spark answered, "My counterpart, 2401 Penitent Tangent is here as well."
     A red orb floated down from the ceiling and stopped by Guilty Spark.
     "Greetings, 2401 Pentient Tangent," 343 Guilty Spark said to the newcomer, "Meet Lord Thomas, winner of Round 2."
     "Excellent," 2401 Penitent Tangent said, "Now let us begin Round 3."
     With that the two monitors floated to the ceiling and in unison, "ROUND 3 BEGINS NOW!"
     Then the monitors vanished.
     Lord Thomas found a SMG on his belt. He grunted in disgust. Then he ran to one of the many doorways in the factory. Once inside, he looked around and saw a shotgun. He grabbed it and went hunting for his opponents.
     AIM HERE looked around as he was being chased by Demon Heretic. Again. He picked up speed as three rounds glanced off his armour. Then AIM HERE yelled, " I'm a cowardly fool!"
     He had one SMG. He ran into a room, looked around, saw a second SMG, grabbed it with his free hand, and hid behind a container that had been knocked off the conveyor belt. Then he waited.
     Demon Heretic fired another burst from his battle rifle. He had AIM HERE on the ropes. Again. He saw a him run into a room and sit by a container of gas. This will be too easy he thought.
     Assassin was walking around the arena looking for target. He had grabbed the human sniper rifle and a shotgun. He turned the corner and saw YIN and YANG both dead. 2401 Penitent Tangent floated down to the scene and flashed both of the bodies to the next arena and then disappeared. Assassin walked through the corridor when his hoof hit something. He looked down and saw a shotgun casing. Then he continued on.
     Terminator was running from Lord Thomas who was 10 feet behind him. He ran towards the plasma shaft that dominated the room. He jumped into the plasma stream and flew up to the top of the complex. He grabbed the beam rifle at the top and waited for Lord Thomas to come up.
     Lord Thomas came up the plasma shaft. When he reached the top he fired the shotgun point-blank into the top of Terminator's helmet as Terminator vainly fired the beam rifle at him. Terminator dropped dead after that.
     Then Lord Thomas dropped the SMG and picked up the Beam rifle. He sighted Demon Heretic. He fired the beam rifle, the beam of energy blasting a hole through Demon Heretic's head, killing him instantly.
     Assassin walked into the room AIM HERE was hiding in. He saw AIM HERE and fired his shotgun. He shot the gas container by accident. A explosion filled the room and killed AIM HERE anyway.
     After killing AIM HERE, Assassin walked around the complex again to check for enemies. Finding none he walked to the center of the room to go to the next arena. What he didn't know was he was being targeted.
     A beam of light flashed by Assassin's head. He quickly ducked into a corridor to avoid being shot. He grabbed a battle rifle and fired a burst at Lord Thomas. The rounds glanced off his shield causing him to duck.      Assassin ran to the plasma shaft, switched to his shotgun, and jumped in.
     When he reached the top, a beam blew off one of his mandibles. Lord Thomas ran from his cover and ran away from Assassin. Assassin tossed a frag grenade at Lord Thomas. The greneade exploded, depeleting Lord Thomas's energy shield. Lord Thomas turned the corner and ran into a dead end. He turned around to see Assassin at the end of the hall. Lord Thomas took out a plasma grenade, activated it, and tossed it at Assassin's head, where it landed neatly between Assassin's remaining mandibles. Assassin roared and charged Lord Thomas. Then the grenade blew up.
     2401 Penitent Tangent and 343 Guilty Spark floated down to the arena.
     "What a pity," Guilty Spark said and flashed the bodies to the next arena.
     "Good-bye, 343 Guilty Spark," 2401 Penitent Tangent said, "It has been a pleasure working with you."
     "Same to you, 2401 Penitent Tangent," Guilty Spark answered.
Then 343 Guilty Spark vanished in a flash of light.
     2401 Penitent Tangent floated off into the darkness.
     
To be continued...



Massacre Game: Final Round : Ascension
Date: 9 May 2005, 7:40 AM

"What in HELL?" AIM HERE yelled as a sniper round whizzed by his head. He ducked behind a boulder to avoid being sniped. He tossed a frag grenade over the boulder to clear any enemies.
     "Damn it, Assassin!" AIM HERE yelled at the sniper, "My callsign is AIM HERE, but you don't have to shoot at my head, you squid-head!"
     AIM HERE thought back to the start of the Final Round. Lord Thomas and Assassin had both arrived at the same time. Guilty spark had announced the beginning of the round. Assassin had found a sniper rifle, somehow had gotten and top of a Y-shaped building, and was sniping the other combatants.
     "I wish I could fly up there," AIM HERE said out loud.
     "Wish granted!" Lord Thomas yelled and fired a rocket at AIM HERE's feet. AIM HERE went flying and died when he hit the ground.
     YIN was in a bad mood. This arena was a sniper's paradise, which he was horrible when it came to sniping. But when he saw the Banshee, it made up for it. He hopped in and started hunting for targets.
     Terminator was chasing Demon Heretic with a shotgun when Demon Heretic jumped off a ledge and landed on a service ramp that didn't connect to much of the arena.
     "Take off your helmet, you can't be that ugly, Hahaha!" Demon Heretic taunted.
     "Why I outta..." Terminator snarled and jumped off the ledge. Sadly, Terminator jumped too far and missed the service ramp completely. As he fell to his death he had plenty of time to think what a shmuck he was.
     Guilty Spark appeared above the arena and said in a booming voice, "REMEMBER, IF YOU LOSE IN THIS ROUND YOU SHALL BE TURNED IN TO A FLOOD INFECTION FORM. HAVE A NICE DAY."
     After finishing this he was rudely rammed by the Banshee YIN was driving.
     Lord Thomas muttered something about gutting that annoying lightbulb with an energy sword. beforecoming out from cover to fire a rocket at Assassin. The rocket missed Assassin, but the Elite got the initial message to stop sniping.
     YANG ran to the middle of the arena with two SMGs and started firing at YIN.
     YIN brought the Banshee in to a strafing run, causing YANG to run for cover.
     Demon Heretic suddenly popped up outta nowhere and fired a rocket at the Banshee. The rocket missed the Banshee, but it nearly took Assassin's head off his shoulders. Assassin decided to snipe from a lower position than on top of the building.
     YIN turned around and brought the Banshee's secondary cannon online.
     Lord Thomas shouted a warning to YANG and Demon Heretic, "He's doing a bombing run. Take cover!"
     Demon Heretic ran to the structure opposite the one Assassin was sniping from. He had almost made it to the safety of the structure when YIN fired the Banshee's fuel rod gun. There was a explosion. When the smoke cleared, Demon Heretic was standing on the second level of the structure.
     "Overshield, you damn BICTHES!" Demon Heretic taunted over the Comm, "YIN, your mother was a pile of Elite crap, you Dunghead."
     YANG pulled outa battle rifle and fired a few bursts at Demon Heretic's head. The overshield saved him from death, so he backed in to the roofed area of the structure. A sniper round suddenly lodged itself in Demon Heretic neck. It didn't kill him, but it destroyed the overshield.
     YIN turned his attention back to YANG. YANG saw the Banshee prepare for a strafing run at his position, so he decided to find new cover. YANG ran as fast as his hooves would carry him. It wasn't fast enough. He felt the plasma burn through his back armour and begin frying his body. He embraced the pain,welcoming it into his body. His body became a boiling spot of flesh and bone on the arena.
     Having taken care of his archrival, YANG, YIN turned around to eliminate that taunting son of a Bitch, Demon Heretic. He was almost ready to fire the fuel rod gun when Lord Thomas hijacked the Banshee. He grabbed the spartan by the helmet and proceeded to bash YIN's head against the steering. It knocked YIN out, which gave Lord Thomas enough time to throw him over the edge of the arena, where he fell to his death.
     Lord Thomas turned the Banshee around and head towards Assassin's position. He pushed the Banshee to maximum speed.
     Assassin felt safe in the crotch of the Y-shaped structure until he saw Lord Thomas speeding towards him. He wouldn't, Assassin thought. Too late he realized that Lord Thomas was going to ram him to death.
     The Banshee's canards snapped like a twig as the Banshee crashed into the crotch of the Y-shaped structure and killed Assassin.
     Lord Thomas turned the damaged Banshee around and sped straight at Demon Heretic.
     "Hey BITCH," Demon Heretic taunted, "I got something for ya."
     Then Demon Heretic tossed a plasma grenade on the Banshee. Demon Heretic began to laugh until he saw Lord Thomas exit the Banshee and fire a rocket into Demon Heretic's chest. Oh No, not again, Demon Heretic thought a second before he was blown up.
     Guilty Spark floated down to Lord Thomas and said, "The new Massacre Game Champion is Lord Thomas!"
     "As for the losers," Guilty Spark continued, "They will be turned into a Flood infection form.
     The other combatants appeared before the Lord Thomas in containment units. The units filled with gas and the losers started shrinking. When the gas cleared, all that was left was infection forms.
          Lord Thomas snorted, "Let's go."
     In a flash of light they were gone.





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