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The Rise and Fall of the Flood Chapter 5
Posted By: BlackValkyire<BlackValkyire@aol.com>
Date: 16 August 2003, 8:27 PM
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The doctor finally removed the strange device, and the elite captian, gold armor gleaming dully in the surgical lights, shouldered past the doctor. The forerunner high command would be sending an envoy to retrieve this praticular soldier. The Elite envied him, being able to stand alone against the legions of the flood and survive until the end, and obviously going to be promoted. The Elite commander had seen plenty of action in his days...plenty of flood warriors were on his legend, plenty of battles, plenty of planets, and perhaps to many moons. The warrior on the table below him breathed slowly, the healer bustling about at a strange machine. The warrior's name was Ty, or so his helmet read. The Elite had watched the warriors helmet camera over and over. His skills in combat were most amazing, his ability to think on his feet was simply phenomenal, combined with insane marksmanship and agility, this was one of the most amazing warriors the Elite had seen. A small node in his ear clicked, the Elite touched his ear with one finger. "This is Regent," he said bluntly. Another Elite came to his ears. "The Forerunner Envoy has arrived sir, we are greeting them now." one of his field commanders said, engines of a forerunner shuttle setting down in the background, engines whining. Regent swore, and dashed outside to greet the forerunner envoy. The shuttle was large, and it was sorrounded by sentinel drones, with two fighters setting down beside it as the ramp from the shuttle extended. Forerunner soldiers poured from the shuttle...not just any soldiers...elite forces, wearing full cover powered body armor, loaded with weapons. Regent was confused why such soldiers were here at the front...then he saw. An extra tall forerunner, who must have been a good 13 feet tall, robed in black, face hooded, seemed to glide to the ground. Regent saluted stifly. "Your presence honors us master, I was not expecting someone of your stature to grace us with your presence." he said smoothly and quietly, arms folding across his chest as he kneeld. The massive forerunner didn't even acknolwedge him, and went straight for the medical building, opening the door smoothly, and slamming it shut, locks clicking on. ***
The Acolyte stepped up to the sleeping form of Ty, pulling his hood back. He knelt next to the medical bed, and touched a control, sending stimulants into his blood. Ty groaned after a minute, and blinked awake. The Acolyte grinned. "Grettings Ty Nectfist, I see you are well." he said quietly, his voice a mysterious whisper. Ty grunted and looked at him. "Who, may I ask, are you?" he said with exhaustion in his voice. "Forget my name young warrior, it will come to you later. For now, if you can remember, tell me of any...strange sensations you got when combating the demons, anything beyond your marvelous combat senses." he said, excitement creeping into his voice. Ty's face paled a little. This was an acolyte, and he was probably here to be interrogated, and recruited into the society of the Acolytes...which he knew little of...only it was looked upon as a very painful death if you were accepted. Ty swallowed. "Uhm...I can't remember anything sir, the last thing I remember is a grunt shielding me from a demon's attack." he lied. The Acolyte nodded. "Very well, when your memory is better, we shall speak again. For now, you are to be moved to Covenant headquarters on this fortress world for treatment and...promotion. Congratulations warrior." the strange man said before seeming to glide across the floor and leave the room. Ty sighed, and laid back down, but couldn't sleep. The Acolytes had somehow found out about him being able to sense the Flood overlords commands,in a strange way. It happened all the time to forerunner, certian people had an instinct for listening into Overlord psi waves, sent to the warriors of the flood. Ty swore. "Don't think like that, you just got very lucky" he mutterd silently to himself. Out of nowhere, two hunters burst into the room, without armor or fuelrod guns, the beasts looked almost timid, until they scooped up the table at either end and carried him outside, finally putting him back down inside the shuttle that had arrived. They marched swiftly out, the hatch closing minutes later, engines whining as the shuttle lifted into the air. They had given him a window, and Ty could see a sentinel drone rising with the shuttle, in flight configuration, armor covering the few vulnerable spots when it was in combat mode. Something seemed wrong though, because it appeard to be on fire...and then it detonated. There was a shout from the cabin, "GET THOSE FIGHTERS IN THE AIR NOW!" the Acolyte could be heard yelling. The shuttle shoook as it took off, Ty straining to see out the window. Flashes of plasma fire could be seen, and the odd grenade being tossed as well. Ty got the feeling it was going to be a short flight home, as the pilot simply didn't bother with trying to do a vertical take off, he hit the throttle, and the shuttle leapt forwards, gracefully banking into a hard turn, offering Ty a bit of a view. The flood had come, bursting from the trees, armed to the teeth with covenant weapons. They didn't last to long...the covenant were mowed down in complete surprise. Ty shut his eyes, and tried not to think about death.***
))Three Weeks Later((
Ty dove down behind a peice of debre, plasma fire smacking into the other side and the ground where he had stood only seconds before. He peeked around the corner, and ducked back just in time to avoid having his head vaporized. He popped up, took aim briefly, and fired the man portable particle cannon. A small warhead smashed into what was the main entrance of a civillan home, blowing out yet another wall, but taking about 6 flood with it. They were learning fast, developing infantry tactics quickly. Ty dropped the launcher, and pulled his beam rifle off his shoulder, making sure the scope was clean. He burned a small hole in the peice of bulkhead that was embedded in the cold dirt beneath his boots, littered with debree from the heavy bombers that flew over it yesterday. When the hole in the metal cooled, he took aim, the scope uplinking with his HUD in the helmet. Ty fired once, and a ruby red energy beam sliced into a flood's head, vaporizing its brain. Ty moved the crosshairs a little to the left, and fired again, blasting the legs off anther, and injuring the one behind it. Ty fired again, and the next beam sliced into the ribs of another flood, dropping it quickly. Someone came skidding up to him, sliding on his stomach to keep his head down. "Commander Nectfist, the right flank is clear, reinforcments are heading for the left" he panted. Ty grunted "Very well." and fired once more, nailing a carrier form in the knee, detonating it. "And Sir...the covenant strike team is encountering heavy resistance and requesting reinforcements, shall we send a squad?" he asked quietly. Ty lowered the rifle and faced the warrior. "No, our unit will move to reinforce the covenant unit once this area is clear." he said bluntly. The warrior nodded, and rasied his weapon. "Ready sir?" he asked. Ty nodded, and they both yelled, spraying covering fire and running in crouches, headed for an apartment building about nintey feet away. Plasma bolts smashed into the ground just behind them. Ty was overjoyed. It felt so good to be on the front lines again, even being shot at wasn't bad. He dove trough a window, making it safely inside, the standard warrior right behind him...then falling dead as a plasma rifle punctured his back armor plate. Ty looked out the damaged window frame, and saw the biggest flood being he had ever seen. It had four arms, each one had a plasma rifle, and its two legs were like tree trunks, standing at about thirty feet tall, and half again as wide, with a huge torso, that had no visible head atop it. Ty hit the floor as plasma fire poured throught the door way and windows as the giant creature bore down on him. "And here we go again..." he muttered as he primed a grenade.
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