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Tides of Desturction (Part 5, The Hook and the Fish)
Posted By: teemus<teemusligg@hotmail.com>
Date: 25 December 2003, 1:29 AM
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This story might be a little short and kind of boring, but its leading up to the next one which will have lots of action. Thanks to Cold Blooded and Awacar I think I finally got the code right. Hope you enjoy!
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Jado system, February 6th
Alpha base command post
The Major sat in his chair behind the command desk going over the tasks that lay ahead. Today the 10th mountain and forward Infantry were to move out and engage the enemies rear. After they gave word that a lot of the Covenants defences were focused on them, they would radio in and the 3rd mountain, 2nd mountain, and the ODST battalions would move in to attack from the front. The Major sighed, picked up his pipe and left the command post.
Briggs awoke to see PFC Jackson standing over him, "Wake up sir, were moving out today. You know how the Major gets before a big mission, he wants every body ready 20 minutes early."
"Alright, thank you Jackson," and with that the private walked out of the tent. Why couldn't they just wait another hour? Briggs thought to him self. He got out of his sleeping bag and went to take a short shower. There was not much water in this area of the planet, so ever person was allowed a two-minute shower. Briggs wanted to stay longer, but he still enjoyed every second of the hot water.
Briggs dried him self off, strapped on his armour, grabbed his MA5B, some grenades, and extra ammo. The Sgt opened the tent flap and walked head into the Major, "Wow, Major, nice to see you."
"Nice to see you to Sgt. So, are you ready for the day ahead?"
"Yes sir, can I ask you a question sir?"
"Go ahead Sgt."
"Sir, is this a suicide mission? Is there even a chance that were gonna make it out alive?"
"Don't worry Sgt. This is not a suicide mission, you guys will do fine." And with that the Major walked off.
Great, now i feel anything but comforted. Briggs thought to himself. Briggs stood there for a few minutes watching the marine personal running around, when suddenly the Majors voice burst in over the loud speaker "All personal of the 10th mountain and forward Infantry, report to the command post immediately"
Briggs then joined up with the flood of marines heading towards the command post. As he opened the door to the command post he saw everybody headed towards a door with the words THEATER in gold righting above it. Briggs walked in and saw a huge circular room with seats surrounding it. In the middle of the room was a raised platform with a podium in the very middle. Briggs walked in and took a seat in the 5th row next to Jackson.
"So, any idea on what this is about?"
"Nope, its probably about our mission and stuff."
"Yea, it probably just is abou...what the..."
Jason's sentences were cut short when the lights went out and a holographic image of some sort of building in middle of a field appeared. The Major walked into the room and stood next to the holographic image.
The Major walked onto the podium and looked at the many faces staring at him, he saw the ranks of brown, white, and black. All he saw were marines.
Briggs watched as the Major made his way to the podium and spoke, "Alright, men and women of the 10th mountain and forward infantry, you guys are gonna be in front of the whole damn task force. Right now you are the back bone of this operation." The Major paused his speech and looked around, "This is an image of a strongly guarded Covenant out post, it stands in your way." Said the Major pointing at the holographic image, "When you find it, what are you going to do to it?" the Major barked.
"Kill every last basterd in it!" all of the marines shouted together.
"Now go and make me proud" and with that the marines got out of their seats and made for the hangers. Just great, that makes me feel even more uncomfortable. Briggs thought to himself.
Briggs followed Jackson out of the theatre and back into the sunlight, "I'm driving!" Jackson shouted as he walked into the hanger. Right now Briggs was not in the mood for driving, so instead he jumped onto the sidetrack pods of a Scorpion. Briggs watched as the hanger was flooded with marines. Some of them jumped into the driver seats of Hogs while others decided to walk. 3 other marines jumped onto the Scorpion and saluted Briggs. Briggs returned the salute and watched as a man made his way towards the Scorpion. The man followed by another jumped into the cockpit of the tank, "Welcome ladies and gentle men, my name Mike Harris and ill be your driver for today. If you must throw up, please do it over the side of the vehicle. One more thing, please keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle while it is in motion." The marines including Briggs all laughed as the Scorpion roared to life and left the hanger.
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Commander Goga, On board cruiser Baron
Field Commander Goga sat in the command chair of the Covenant cruiser Baron. "Excelency, the humans are moving." said a lower ranking Elite.
"Very well, Launch the first wave of ghosts."
"Yes Excelency." and with that walked off of the command deck.
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As the scorpion left the hanger it joined in the long line of Hogs, Land Cruisers, and Scorpions heading towards the gap in the two hills. There were Marines walking and singing while others joked around. As the Tank made its way out of the valley and onto the burnt field in front of it, Briggs saw what looked like a splotch of dry human blood and remembered the battle that had happened here. As the Scorpion turned another corner the voice of a marine burst into the COM link, "Contacts! Lots of Contacts!" Briggs then looked towards the horizon and saw a giant dust cloud headed towards the division. Ohh Great, ghosts. Briggs thought to himself and loaded his Assault riffle.
To be continued...
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