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Chapter 3: Friendship
Posted By: Vinny<vinny500@hotmail.com>
Date: 17 May 2003, 2:25 AM
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'Yamamee crashed through the bush, running in terror of those things. He leaped over a tree trunk and felt a rifle butt smash into his stomach. "Argh!" he yelled, and doubled over. His rifle and sword were ripped from his hands. Master Chief put 'Yamamee in a headlock.
"Can you speak English?" Chief said.
"Yes, I studied your language," 'Yamamee choked out.
"Good. Why are you running around in the forest alone?" Chief said.
"Some... things came to my base and attacked us, and I fled," 'Yamamee replied
"So, you're a coward?" Chief said.
'Yamamee scowled. "You would have run, too."
"What did these things look like?" Chief asked.
"They were brownish, some looked human, there were thousands of these little ball things, and some creatures that exploded," 'Yamamee said.
"Oh no..." Chief said. "How the hell did they get here?" he said to himself.
"I don't know, but two of them carried human weapons," 'Yamamee said.
Chief now knew how they got here. They got on his Longsword. They must have, the Covie ships wouldn't carry human weapons. They never used them. "How many soldiers were at your base? What vehicles did you have?" Chief asked.
"Over 1000 soldiers, 10 Banshees, 20 Ghosts, and one Wraith," 'Yamamee said.
"Well," Chief said, "Your city is now theirs. What is your name?"
"My name is 'Yamamee, yours?"
"Master Chief. 'Yamamee, I would like to propose an alliance with you, for now. Do you accept? If you do not, I will be forced to kill you. I think we will need each other to survive this ordeal."
'Yamamee thought about it. Alliance with a human? Unthinkable in normal circumstances. But this was not normal, these new aliens would easily beat him if he was alone.
"I think an alliance is in order," 'Yamamee replied, "But do you know what those things are?"
"Yes, yes I do," Master Chief said. "They are called the Flood. They were on a ring-shaped world called Halo. My ship crashed there, and we were having a conflict between us and the Covenant, when my Captain discovered the Flood. They infected him, and I had to kill him. An AI named 343 Guilty Spark found me shortly, and explained most of the story to me. Halo was a weapon, it killed all of the Flood's food, which are humans, Covenant, anything sentient, and Guilty Spark wanted me to activate the ring. I didn't, I went to my downed ship and activated the self-destruct on it, and destroyed Halo. I escaped on a single fighter, and I guess some Flood got onto my ship. They only have one purpose: infect every last sentient being in the universe."
"These things, could they defeat the Covenant?" 'Yamamee said.
"Yes they could. They might take this planet. And then you'd have to glass your own planet to stop the Flood." Chief let 'Yamamee out of the headlock. He heard engines of dropships. 100s were flying overhead. "They are attempting to evacuate the city. I fear it is much too late for that. Walk with me." Master Chief started walking through the forest. "Tell me where your city is, exactly."
"I'll lead," 'Yamamee said. He walked ahead of the Chief. "Why are we heading back? Aren't you afraid?"
"I am never afraid," the Chief replied. "I want to see them for myself," he added. 'Yamamee continued his walk. Soon huge buildings loomed above the trees. "Start running," Chief said, and increased his pace. 'Yamamee started to run through the forest, and Chief was close behind. They left the forest behind, to be welcomed by huge piles of rubble. 'Yamamee looked at the damage, stunned. Master Chief knelt down and peered at some green blood. "They will continue this rampage until the city is out of commission," he said. "Follow the trail of destruction. We'll have to run to catch up. If you see a car, tell me." Master Chief started to run, but he didn't put a lot of effort into it, 'Yamamee was too slow.
'Yamamee looked into a driveway and spotted a car. "There's one!" he shouted. Chief took out his assault rifle and pointed it at the driveway. "I meant there is a car," 'Yamamee said.
Chief relaxed. "Good work," he said, and headed towards the car. He opened the door and spotted a cowering Grunt. "Hey you! Get out!" The Grunt looked up, confused, and then spotted Chief in his armour. He huddled down again.
'Yamamee came over and spoke to the Grunt in his own language. The Grunt spoke back, then got in the back seat of the car. "He's coming with us," 'Yamamee said.
Master Chief was not happy. "Frankly, I think he'd be safer here."
"I will protect him, let him come," 'Yamamee said.
"Fine, he can come," Chief said. 'Yamamee got in the driver's seat, and started the engine. Chief got in the side seat. They drove out the driveway, and accelerated. They drove for about ten minutes, and then saw a Banshee in the distance. Chief took out his MA5B.
There was a huge battle a kilometer ahead. There were thousands of soldiers. 'Yamamee continued to drive for another half-kilometer, then Chief told him to stop.
"We should proceed more stealthily," Chief said. He got out and started to walk.
"What about him?" 'Yamamee said, pointing at the Grunt.
"I told you you should have left him," Chief said.
"Well I couldn't leave him with no getaway vehicle," 'Yamamee said.
"Let him take the car then. We won't need one. And if we do, I'm sure we'll come across another one," Chief replied. 'Yamamee talked to the Grunt, and the Grunt got in the driver's seat. Chief heard a slight noise. He turned around, and saw a Ghost coming. "'Yamamee! Hide!" he yelled. He ran into a nearby building.
'Yamamee rushed into the doorway. The Grunt was trying to start the engine, but it wasn't working. The Ghost was 100 meters away. The Grunt started to panic. The engine wouldn't start. The Ghost started firing. It was right there. The Grunt got out and started running. The car exploded, and the Grunt was sent flying headfirst into the building. "NOOO!" 'Yamamee screamed. 'Yamamee rushed out and ran towards the Ghost, and the pilot was unaware of 'Yamamee. 'Yamamee ran up, and dropkicked the Flood out of the Ghost. 'Yamamee took out his sword and sliced the ex-Elite's limbs off. 'Yamamee was seeing red. He started cursing in Elitian, and punched and kicked the Flood. He took out his sword again, and stabbed down into the Flood's stomach. It was still alive though. 'Yamamee kept stabbing it in the chest, and it died. 'Yamamee raised his foot and crushed the Flood's head. He took out a grenade, gripped it in his hand, and punched down through the Flood's chest, then activated it, and then he ran away, and the ex-Elite was blown into a million pieces. 'Yamamee then went over to the dead Grunt's body, and prayed for the Grunt. Master Chief looked on in admiration of the Elite's intensity.
"Let's go," 'Yamamee said, getting on the Ghost. Chief started to run at max speed, while the Ghost flew off ahead. They came across a few Flood that were lagging behind. 'Yamamee shot them with the plasma cannons before they could raise their weapons. One started to run, but Chief cut him down with rifle fire. One was carrying a plasma sniper rifle. Chief slung his assault rifle on his arm, and picked up the sniper rifle.
"'Yamamee! Is this rifle any good?" he asked.
"The bullet's velocity is higher than human sniper rifles, and can zoom farther," 'Yamamee replied.
Chief aimed at a wall and fired. He saw a green flash and then saw a hole appear in the wall. 'Much faster than a plasma rifle,' Chief thought. He could easily see plasma rifle and pistol blasts, but this rifle's blasts were too fast for him to track. He looked into the scope, and increased the zoom. He zoomed so far he could make out a Flood's ear. He fired, and the ex-Jackal's head was blown off. Some other Flood turned and looked towards Chief, but Chief was too far away for them to see. Chief could also see that there were thousands of them, and knew it was hopeless to try and fight them. "'Yamamee, we should head back. There are too many Flood."
"I will not turn back," 'Yamamee said. "Those things destroyed my base. I will not be a coward again."
"You can go by yourself, and I will stay here and snipe them, but there is no way I am going into that battle," Chief said.
"Fine. I will go by myself," 'Yamamee said. 'Yamamee got out of the Ghost. "You'll need it later," he said. He ran towards the fight, yelling a war cry. Chief knelt down, and looked into the scope. He aimed at an ex-Elite's head, and fired, taking it down in two shots. He saw 'Yamamee, slicing open ex-Grunts, and firing his rifle at ex-Jackals. He saw one charge up a pistol, and Chief sniped him, and the blast flew off to the side and killed a carrier form, which exploded and killed several others. Chief continued to snipe while 'Yamamee kicked and fought to the death.
'Yamamee was angry. One of the ex-Grunts had shot his leg. He swiped at its head, slicing it in half. 'Yamamee spotted more Flood coming, and was being overwhelmed by plasma fire. Several were shot down by Chief. 'Yamamee charged into them, blade first, cutting through five of them. He spun to the right, cutting through two more, then fired his rifle at another. An ex-Elite had appeared, carrying a sword of its own. It ran at 'Yamamee, and swung the sword. 'Yamamee blocked it. 'Yamamee threw his rifle to the ground, and gripped his sword with two hands. He swung at the ex-Elite's legs, but it blocked him with its own sword. 'Yamamee then swung at one of the arms, and cut it off. The ex-Elite countered with a stab to 'Yamamee's leg. 'Yamamee cried out in pain, and fell to one knee. The ex-Elite raised its sword, preparing to stab down into 'Yamamee's head, but 'Yamamee thrust upward into its stomach, and then cut its head off. He picked up the other sword, and was swinging wildly with both of them. He was on a rampage. Flood were dropping left and right. 'Yamamee's injury was slowing him down, though. An ex-Grunt fired its pistol at 'Yamamee, and took out his shield.Several others fired, and 'Yamamee felt a burning sensation in his leg. He fell to the ground, dropping his swords. He quickly threw all but one of his grenades at the crowds of Flood that were inching closer. He took out his pistol and started firing, but he was surrounded, and they started slashing at him. He fell to the ground, overwhelmed. He felt tiny pricks all over his body. He took out his last grenade. "You will not take me!" he screamed, activating the grenade, and blew himself and the Flood on top of him apart.
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