- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Several small aliens came running through side passages, three shot bursts took them to the ground, dead or dying.
"B, we're approaching your position, anything we should be aware of?" Our answer was a quickly blinking red light, not a good sign at all. Being as close as we were, the danger that light foreboded wasn't far away. A bright flash of green came from a long hall up ahead, a low rumble followed. The red vitals of B's injured member died out, and another member's became dangerously low. Chief signed he was taking the long way around, to loop around and take the enemies from behind. I blinked green and hugged the corner waiting for him to be in position.
Peeking around, there was nothing to see. The lights had all been cut, it was perfectly dark. Yet Group B's beacon was directly down it, on the opposite wall, in one of the many storage spaces. Rising out of the black, a low groan, deep, penetrating, it lasted for several seconds, before fading back into the darkness.
Another picture came to my HUD, this one. . . no, a video, live and streaming. A shaky helmet cam showed a massive figure that was nothing but armor and muscle, shuffling along toward the camera. It's arm was nothing more than a cannon, which is pointed directly towards the camera. It lit green, and got brighter and brighter, bullets and grenades ricocheted off, never deterring the monster. Just as the cannon lit to an almost white shade, the camera ducked behind a thick barricade of steel, and just as he did, the air above him sizzled and crackled, momentarily fizzling out the picture, which returned to show molten metal running down the side of the barricade. The camera raised back up, showing the beast being tailed by another mass of cobalt blue and orange muscle. Two Spartans appeared behind the beast in the rear, one with the pronged weapon I held on my hip, another with a giant barreled shotgun. The Spartan stabbed quickly, leaving the weapon lodged deeply, while the creature roared and raised itself from its hunched position, standing straight up. Twisting the blade fiercely, the shotgun blasting mercilessly, the creature slid in two, both halves falling to the ground, while the first two Spartans disappeared, the front Alien had already wheeled around and upon seeing its fallen compatriot, began to run, gathering momentum, towards a group of soldiers that had been shooting small arms at its exposed back. They scattered just in time, it slammed a massive plate of armor onto the barricade they had been behind. A few of the tall, lean aliens appeared from the fire of a broken doorway and began firing on the scattered soldiers, another pair of Spartans appeared with rocket launchers, firing directly onto the tall aliens, which were too close to have dodged, their shields kept them alive through the first rocket, while the next three blew them to pieces. The cannon fired from the arm of the orange beast, narrowly missing one of the Spartans, leaving the air in its wake popping again.
A yellow light appeared in my HUD, flashing. "Master Chief," I began, believing the low groan in the dark hall and the green flash matched that of the hulk in the video.
"Group B has a live member with a shotgun, you've got the energy weapon, I'll be distracting it, the both of you are going to kill it the same way Group L did. Link." With that, Group B's live HUD appeared in my HUD, as did the MC's. Group B's member had active night-vision, which clearly outlined the hall and the creature standing perfectly still, cannon aimed at the corner where B was sitting tight. The Chief was only around 15 yards behind it, while I was a good 40. A light flickered, giving us a brief glimpse of the monstrosity.
--Ok, so, I've decided to do some editing, but here's a work in progress, we'll see the climax of that a little later in the day, or maybe not, it all depends on if I hear you want more or not. So make me and my Recon-clad Spartan know you love us! Off to work, peace.