- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The Rookie, Romeo, and Dare run from a Scarab shooting its beam. The beam hits near Romeo and he goes flying into a giant ditch. Dare and the Rookie run into a run down building hoping the driver of the scarab did not see them. Romeo gets on his feet and makes a run for the building when a Hornet zooms above his head and starts firing at the Scarab. In the Honet is none other than Mickey and Dutch. Mickey as the pilot and Dutch as the rider. Dare and the Rookie run from the door," Rook, you and Romeo haed to the the Scarab and board it," yelled Dare as she started firing at the Scarabs joints. "Are you crazy, i'm not getting near that thing," screamed Romeo meanwhile the Rookie had all ready jumped on the Scrab and searched for the reactor.
Buck walks through the silent New Mombasa streets. He hears the comotion and turns. He starts running towards the noise. He makes a sharp turn and slides in a puddle but keeps running. He turns in an alley way, his helmet starts glowing in the reflection as he stares at what stands infront of him,"It all makes sense now," Buck says as he takes a few steps back.
The Rookie runs through the Scarab panicing. Thoughts of the simutation Scarabs at basic training did not make sense. If this was a scarab shouldn't there be Covenent inside the Scarab? He runs as fast as his legs could take him. He finally finds the reactor and places a C4 charge on the wall beside the reactor. He runs to the back of the Scarab to find that it had risen and to get back to the ground he would have to jump 40 feet to the asfalt.
Buck is still staring at the thing that caused all his problems. He stares at the superintendent Main Computer. 27 cameras and 4 of them placed inside the Scarab. The Superintendent is contolling the Scarab! That explains the lack of covenent inside the Scarab. All the screens turn off and are placed together to form a picture of the Superintendent. Words start appearing as captions."So, you have figured out the secret of New Mombasa. I am the ruler, the controller, the dictator of this city. I control everything you see. The Garbage, the police, the electricity, even the City Gaurds". Mecanical arms extend from the walls and grab Buck."As the ruler I have taken it appon myself to personally gas the entire city and wipe out the Covenent!" "You can't do that, the gas would kill the romaining population of humands," yelled Buck as he struggled to get his arms free. "No plan is perfect" stated the intendent.
The Rookie stares at the ground as he tries to keep balance on the Scarab. "Hey Rookie, get on," yelled Mickey as he lowered the Hornet. The Rookie jumps for the seat and manages to keep his hands on the seat. He takes the detonator for the C4 and activates it. The Scarab is destroyed.
The SuperIntendent, still holding Buck, continues to talk,"Now I know what you are thinking, I must be a Maga Computer, but no I am powered on a single chip it runs on aaaaaaaaaa........" The Superintendent Started to stuter and began to break down. The arms holding Buck let go and he ran to take the chip.He grabbed it and ran towards the exploding Scarab.
The Hornet landed infront of Dare and Romeo. Mickey, Dutch and the Rookie jump from the Hornet. They look at the destroyed Scarab,"Well I guess we're done then huh," said Mickey. "Hey," screamed Buck as he ran toward the squad. He showed them the chip,"So wait do we do now," asked Buck. Just then around 5 or 6 Pelicans land in front of them. ODSTs come barging from the cargo hold and run through the city. "I want the entire city scaned for covenent," comanded Captain Jackson Darwinson. Buck takes a few steps forward and looks back at the squad,"Now we go home." They walk towards a pelican on top of a hill. As the rookie is about to board, looks back at the city and says the first words in the entire 24 hours they were in New Mombasa," It's finally over with." The Rookie boards the Pelican and Buck raises the the chip to the sun and snaps it in have. The Pelican door shuts.