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Subject: Last Stand: prologue

Leave No Man Behind


Last stand: prologue
8-12-2545


I was sitting in a recliner, looking down at my chest and looking at the bandages, and dog tags, SSGT. McRiley, it was August 12, 2545. I just returned on leave, I took a plasma shot to the lower stomach, I luckily survived. I was station on a small UNSC outpost on a distant system; I can still remember when they came, the covenant. There were rumors going around, about Harvest, we only thought Covenant were made up by brass to spook us marines, but they were real, and they came. I have never seen an enemy fight without mercy. I fought my fair share in the civil war in the outer colonies, but those guys didn’t cut people in two…no…. these new enemies, The Covenant, were entirely different.

I was resting on my bunk when I heard the alarm go off, I just thought of it as another drill, so I decided to run out with only my rifle and water bottle. I knew from the second a warthog blew up just 10 feet away and explosions happening around the base, then did I know this wasn’t a drill. Time seemed to stop as they marched shooting anyone who was in there path. 8 feet tall, aliens, split jaw, with U-shaped weapons, never saw anything like them. That’s when I saw the little guys, about 4 feet tall, and carrying little pistol like weapons. I decided to put a full clip into the nearest group. The little ones fell fast, but the big ones, bullets just seemed to bounce off them. That’s when they saw me, started firing as I ran behind a crate, I looked back, the other end of that crate was smoking, apparently they were firing some time of fire or laser beam, I didn’t know at the time, but they were firing plasma, there is no way to stop that, unless re-enforced titanium, but I was shirtless, had no body armor, had 2 clips of assault rifle ammo, and one frag grenade.

I saw a warthog, a good 50 meters away, the 50 cal. looked in good condition, I started to sprint, I guess the big guys thought I died or something because they just started to walk away. I jump up on there, clicked the safety and unloaded. 4 of them were surprised when they saw 2 of their buddies get ripped in half, they turned but a little to late to draw there weapons. I got 2 more when a fast purple object flew bye and all I saw was green the warthog flipped, on fire. I guess you would call that the banshee, damn things are fast and lethal. I got up and saw a big guy in red armor point to me, and say something to a blue one, I don’t know what they were saying, but I got a clear picture. Before the red one could even finish what he was saying, his head exploded, then I heard the shot. I turned and saw a marine holding a SRS 99D AM sniper rifle, he smiled at me raised the gun again, I turned just for about a second to see the red collapse and the blue turn before a bullet went through its chest and sprayed blood all over the wall, it crumpled to the floor, I turned and the marine who waved to me to follow him I turned and followed him for a good 500 yards, when we came to the armory, we went inside only to find 4 others, apparently, I was the highest rank. I found out the snipers name, PFC. H. Jenkins, there was also an explosive expert, LCPL. Griggs, and a pilot, a female, CPL. C. Rose, there was a PVT. R. Ramirez, he said he love to get up close in personal, that’s why he was packing a M90A CAWs shotgun, lethal at close range, then there was another female, one who I would never forget, PFC. C. Kane. Well with all the greetings and hand shakes and nods, we started to devise a plan to get off that rock. Apparently, there was a small vessel, worthy of space travel and light speed, so we were going to head there, and jump to Reach. But Cpl. Rose said something that got my attention, what if they have tracking equipment, or have the space around the planet on lock down, if they landed and we have no word from command or any reinforcements, it must mean are fleet was destroyed up stairs. What she was saying was 95 percent true, none of us wanted to believe her, but she was right, we got are defenses destroyed in one day, not even that 1 hour but none the less, we were all determined in one thing, to get out of here alive. CPL. Rose said the vessel, was about 5 klicks south, south-east, of the base, we loaded are a equipment bags with lots of ammo and food, we headed out at dark. The thermal eyewear and night vision on the latest helmets helped by a lot, we got about 2 klicks when we encountered some of the little guys, they stopped, stared at the trees, and all they heard was puff puff of are silenced weapons. We trudged on for about another 30 yards. That’s when we saw something behind us, something burning blue in the mist.


To be continued…….

  • 01.09.2008 3:04 PM PDT
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Definitely an amateur. But here's some tips for ya.

The term unloaded... use it less.
Check your English. Spelling and definitely punctuation. Don't make the run on sentences. More detail, more matured words.
Meters or yards, pick one. Don't use both. People get strange about it.

Many commas should be periods. I don't see the need for semi-colons at this point, so I won't advise you into using them.

At the end, remember.... this is a diary, so it should probably read as 'there' instead of 'here'. Unless this is on the guys gravestone, which happens to be placed over his grave there.

Don't quit. Study the practice more though. Ite?

  • 01.11.2008 12:01 AM PDT