Mission 3: A Long Road Ahead

[theforgotten]

Zuk watched the warthog drive when he heard Kel's voice he looks up.

"Zuk, get over here. We need to discuss what we're going to do."

He starts off in her direction, moving swiftly he weaves his way through the underbrush coming to Kel's side, he takes a look towards Kag before looking back at Kel.

"Ideas so far..?"

[Wax™]

Sergeant Jason Bowers
Delta Destroyers, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company
En;Route to Outpost GREENLAND

"Negative, Sergeant. We're heading to Greenland. While you were rescuing your Marine, Command sent a message to the entire Task Force. All forces are to head to Greenland and engage the Covenant there. I'll be dropping you and yours off at Greenland, then heading back to the city to drop off Lieutenant Farence. Also, they'll be medics waiting at the pad."

Bowers sighed and banged his head softly against the wall inside the Pelican, specificly the wall he was leaning against he nodded.

"Alright O'Reilly"

Bowers turned around and made his was down the cargo bay to Corporal Claire Hunt, she was tending to Corporal Thompson's leg wound as best she could while in the air, Bowers pulled a stretcher off her back that every Medic usually holds with them, he stretched it out along the cargo-bay floor and moved back to Claire.

"Get her on the stretcher"

Bowers moved to the back of the Pelican one of the Privates closed the blast door as the Pelican flew through the air probably so there was not any casualties in the air, Bowers turned and saw that Thompson was now on the chair, Corporal Claire was talking to her and two Privates were in position to carry the stretcher.

"Alright listen up men... I know you thought that we would be heading back to the city gates so that we could re-group with Alpha Company but the General is rather pissed off so we will be heading to GREENLAND to defend the outpost from the Covenant first hand, i'm sorry to say this but we will probably be fighting alone untill the main force can make their way through the tree's, so no back-up, just hope the forces at GREENLAND are still there."

Bowers looked through the Pelican and the faces on a few of his Marines looked grim, though the one's that have fought with him for a while and were not replacements were excited, though they knew that a few of them may not make the trip back home, it was silent till one of the Marines yelped.

"Let's kick some ass Sarge!"

"That's what I like to hear, O'Reilly how long till touch down?"

[kartoffelfogel]

Major Domo Legra 'Adantee

Legra surveyed the carnage.

He had certainly found himself an astounding creche of warriors.

The remnants of the first fireteam they encountered lay scattered. Three warthogs lay in flaming heaps. As far as he could tell, there were no casua--

"Legra! It's Crilin!" Legra recognized Seroth's voice, now pulsating with furious rage.

Legra turned about. Seroth crouched above the broken and mangled body of--by the Gods, had that corpse once had a face? Was that Crilin?

He slowly walked over to Seroth and...Crilin. The body was limp and clearly dead... and with a gaping rip in the head. It looked as if it had been done by a sadistic Jiralhanae.

"By the Gods... what did this?"

Breek and Essa, the other Sangheili he was in charge of, which he entrusted to Nyla, walked up. Breek spoke in a solemn voice.

"Warrior, wanderer, willful one. Set down your burdens, set down your blades. Let nothing burden your steps upon the Journey." Breek said, reciting an old prayer.

"I saw it all." Essa said succintly. "A burst of machine gun fire."

"Machine gun fire?" Legra said. "We stopped the Warthogs before they got to us!"

"Special Operator 'Katolai charged ahead, engaging an entire fireteam. We were in the middle of combat, embroiled in it."

"What? Did he give you orders? I put him in charge of you!"

Essa, Seroth and Breek shook their heads.

Legra stood up. He turned to see that Nyla was already facing him.

He stared at his fellow warrior in silence.

"Seroth, Breek, Essa, follow me. Til, gather your lance. We have but a small window of opportunity to cross this field and enter the human base. We must seize it."

In a low, solemn voice, he added; "Fang and claw."

"Tooth and talon."

"To the bitter, burning end."

[Dufflepud]

OOC: Huh? I was in charge of soldiers? I thought they rejoined you!

Skirmisher Zealot Xet

Xet's legion, several hundred strong, silently closed in around a human encampment. Obviously these were the ones who had set off the blast. Gaunlets off, their hunter instincts took over, and not a single one of them wa seen or heard. Xet felt a low rumble rising in his chest. Unslinging his rifle, he gave the signal

Suddenly, plasma fire erupted from every possible angle, Humans screamed and died as they were vaporized instantly by dozens of shots of directed energy. Xet himself roared in ecstasy as he slew human after human, meltiong them with bursts from his focus rifle. Now, his soldiers began to feast upon them, diving upon their twitching, burnt corpses and tearing charred flesh away in chunks. The humans hadn't stood a chance.

Denying his instincts, Xet stood tall, a true Zealot, but he did not interfere with his men. They had not fed for hours, and they would need their strength when the true mission began.

[Huka]

Captain Valerius

Hearing his new Chieftain's command, Valerius growled to his subordinates, who immediately sent their Unggoy out to the battlefield, with Therus' hounds acting as shock troopers against the fearful humans.

Valerius walked with brutish authority, his polished armor covered in blood war paint, and axes hanging on his back from harnesses. Carberus took his master's side, groveling with glee to his superior, "What a splendid idea having Therus' hounds out to scare the puny creatures before slaughtering like the meat they are."

Valerius despised weakness, but he did enjoy the mentions of his obvious intelligence. That is one of the factors of having the seemingly-sniveling Carberus alive in his pack.

"Of course, maggot. Fear give a certain spice to my meals and I like my meals perfect." Valerius said with a growl. "Of course, mighty Alpha. Of course." Carberus said, looking to the city's denizens running about in sheer panic as their defenders tried to fend the Unggoy off.

Albus' Unggoy fired fuel rod guns with devastating ferocity, caring not for their own lives or the chaos around them. As the giant Albino himself stood in their ranks, firing his spiker in rapid bursts.

Therus stood on a pile of rubble, kneeling down as he looked to the humans with studious eyes and needle rifle in the claws of his right hand. Holding the rifle to his eye, he began firing with careful aim, and each shot met with fatal cries or purple explosions.

"Now you have entered the field, the piles of bodies will surely heighten as high as these mountains of steel." Carberus said with a throaty chuckle.

"Why don't you make yourself as useful as your tongue and make a effort to prove your meal, fool." Valerius said with a cold look to the slender Jiralhanae.

"Y-Yes, Alpha." Carberus said before pulling his grenade launcher from his back and joining the others in the slaughter.

Major Domo Til 'Muramee

Til lifted his arm sorrowfully as he gathered his warriors, looking at the body of Legra's comrade, Crillin. "I wish I could have truly met you fellow comrade. May the Gods ready for the Great Journey." He murmured and looked to Legra. [yellow]"We are ready to move on, Legra. I am sorry for your warrior's death. His, and all of our comrades', fall will foreshadow the deaths of every human in that forsaken base, I promise you that. [/yellow]

Skor looked to the dead Sangheili with a somewhat sickened look. This death was not suitable for a Sangheili. Faceless. He hoped his astral soul will not be as wounded in person. "Gods..." He whispered. Igri and the Unggoy remained silent to the mourning, the last thing they wanted was to disrespect a group of Sangheili in mourning.

[kartoffelfogel]

Major Domo Legra 'Adantee

"We honor your spirit. May your feet be fleet and your heart strong on your Journey to the Divine Beyond."

Legra raised his head, and turned to glare at the human fortress ahead. He squared his shoulders, and took a few calm steps before hurling himself forward into a mad rush at the imposing structure. He bellowed once, spurring the other warriors to follow him. He drew both of his curveblades, and the flashed bone and steel.

"For all who walk the blessed path there is salvation... even in death."

"Now, to war."


"And to victory!"

OOC: Let's start charging at the base.

[Daenerys Targaryen]

Lieutenant Jessica Mae Collins
En route to Bracknell Command

"Humpf.." Without getting a response from the male officer she simply continued on her way through the streets of bracknell. UNSC forces, pelicans, warthogs... everything seemed scarce now.. Not even the criminals of A;bert where out tonight, all seemed silent as she finaly reached Bracknell ommand. Of course she was stopped by two UNSC marines as she tried tro enter the building, but as soon as they noticed her identification they let her through while mumbling somthing about spooks. She shruged them off only because she had bigger things to do. She hardly even noticed subtle quakings of the earth as a shockwave miles away slammed into the cities.

Lieutenant Aspen "Jade" Watts
En route to phase line November

After getting a few shipment orders the day seemed to turn slow, she knew something had to happen soon, but she was tooken back by the large explosion that flashes in the distance, splinterring trees flying this way and that. "Holy shit..." She mumbled over pelican comms, "..Dan did you see that?"

"Yeah, Covies or UNSC?" He asked, his voice slightly shakey.

"Probably UNSC, no plasma colors going out.. just good old human fire." Aspen said, reasoning with her self while thinking about her husband. "Hmmm.." Came a noise of concentration while Aspen patched her pelican comms up to Captain Sierra Lloyds Comms channel. "Captain Sierra Lloyd, Zulu 24 is here to give you any air support or lifts if needed. We should be near phase line november shortly." She reported, kicking up the thrusters towards the site of the explosion.

Lance Corporal Victoria Landcaster
Re-grouping with forces

"Hell, those things are getting closer..." Chase mumbled, having only just downed random kigyar jumping along the branches. Bastard alien blood flung out from it's wounded neck and it managed a small shriek befor thudding to the wet forest floor.

"Yeah I know..." She mumbled, clicking the comms of her helmet and hailing Captain Lloyd. "Captain Lloyd, we are almost back to your troops.. those bastards are getting clo-" Came her voice over the comms but was soon cut out by the shock waves of a massive explosion. Victoria and chase were thrown a couple of feet foreward from the pure force as a while away entire tree and covenant forces were turned to shreds from the shock and splinters. As she fought to pick herself up from the spongy mud she spoke out to continue her report.. "-Damn it.. what the hell was that..?" She mumbled almost dazed. "We are re-grouping with your forces now..." She offered, shutting off her comms. The pair picked themselves up and gathered their hgear before rushing over to the position of the Captain and her troops.

Petty Officer Dani-047
Command Terminal

Dani had been leaning back against the wall for a minute now as the two male spartans crouched over their terminal. "He report anything yet?" She mumbled out her question, giving a small sigh.

ODST Sergeant David Williams
"Finaly.. orders.."
((Took out my NPC's broken leg, change of plans on my part))

"Captain Dylan Lloyd, any orders as of yet?" David asked, trying to mask the annoyance held in his voice. It was only when a direct order from the general for all forces to head over to Greenland was when David decided to let it go and signale his troops to head out. It had only been minutes after the large explosion rocked their world and they now found themselves picking through the aftermath. The entire squad began to head over toward Greenland.

[jack]

Lieutenant Jack O'Reilly
UNSC Navy
Greenland

"O'Reilly how long till touch down?"

"We're thirty seconds out."

Jack turned the stick over to R.J. and looked over the cleared area around Greenland.

"Holy shit," he muttered. There were Covenant everywhere.

"Bowers, prepare for a hot drop. Greenland is being bombarded by plasma mortars, and I'm not sitting still for any longer than I have to."

Jack took the stick back from R.J. and looked for the landing pads. Spotting one with a military ambulance next to it, he angled the Pelican steeply.

"Twenty seconds!"

Ski slapped the door controls, opening the hatch at the back of the craft.

"Ten seconds!"

Jack pulled back on the yoke, bringing the tail of the Pelican down and settling into a holding position just above the pad.

"Go, go, go!"

As soon as the Marines had cleared the back of the Pelican, he took her straight up and opened a COM channel to all UNSC pilots.

"This is Navy Lieutenant Jack O'Reilly to all friendly air forces. Request you move to Greenland at high speed. Covenant are close to breaching the perimeter. Over."

[Wax™]

"We're thirty seconds out."

'Great' Bowers thought, thirty seconds out to getting his skin melted and bone's cracked, hopefully the reinforcement's were not too far out, Bowers sighed and watched the back hatch, he then turned to see his men, everyone was standing now, the two privates holding Thompson, ready to get her out of the craft.

"Bowers, prepare for a hot drop. Greenland is being bombarded by plasma mortars, and I'm not sitting still for any longer than I have to.""Twenty seconds!"

"Ten seconds!"

"Go, go, go!"

Bowers watched as the craft's rear doors opened and closed his eye's and once O'Reilly yelled out go, go, go he was out, not even thinking about it, he turned to supervise his men, they were all taking cover behind a building a few meters away from the pad, Bowers turned and looked at the privates moving out with Thompson.

"Get that Marine to the Ambulance..." Bowers paused to yell at the emergency ambulance drivers. "...Take her to the medical bay six!" Bowers then turned to re-group with his men at the building, medical bay six was the furthurs building away from the front line at this point in time, and there for the only building with no covenant by it, Bowers took a breath in and began to scream over the bullets, explosions and screams coming from GREENLAND.

"Alright... We need to reinforce the front line untill reinforcements can arrive, Fireteam Alpha, I want you to move to the front of GREENLAND and take up position by the entrance, there should already be sand-bag's in place, Fireteam Bravo, take up position on the opposite side of the entrance to the right, sandbag's should also already be in place, Fireteam Charlie, will be under my command since Thompson is in the medical wing, we will take up position thirty meter's behind the entrance... GO!"

As Bowers said that, everyone ran out, using all available cover as they could, Bowers turned the corner and him and his fifteen man squad were now fifty meters away from the main entrance, luckily sandbag's were in place on either side of the fifteen meter wide entrance, there was enough space for the two Fireteam's to take in and luckily there were also M247H Heavy Machine Gun's mounted on either side for perimeter defense, Bowers looked around his team now twenty meters away from the main entrance, there was really no where for them to take cover, so they entered a near-by building for cover, the window's smashed out and plasma burns everywhere, Bowers then took aim up on by a window over-looking the entrance, it was now when he saw all the Covenant he decided to radio in command, infact he did this on the UNSC Frequency for all ground forces, and when he did he almost screamed into the COM's to overthrow the sound of Automatic Weapons fire and plasma.

"This is Sergeant Bowers to all UNSC Ground Forces on Albert... My Squad from Alpha Company has taken up a defensive position in Fort GREENLAND, There is a lot of Covenant repeat, lot's of Covenant, without reinforcement's we will be overrun, requesting all USNC Forces at Phase Line November to make approach to GREENLAND, I repeat get to GREENLAND ASAP!"

Bowers then shut off his end of the COM but kept the speakers in his helmet open, he then looked down the scope of his DMR and fired on an approaching grunt more than one hundred meter's away but him and a few other grunt's were already cut down by M247H Heavy Machine Gun fire.

[halo001]

Zaxax sneaked around the corner do the building. He could hear the petty scum that called themselves humans around the corner. He slowly peeked around the corner, and saw a group of 5. He began issuing out orders. "Yafiz, you get up on that ledge and give us cover. Dap is, Mazaz, and Kamsiz, you come out and attack head on with me. Yakilz, you sneak up behind them. Sayim and Ilmaz, you come out for a surprise attack. On the count of three. One, two, three!" Zaxax and his party charged, while Yafiz shot a round from his Fuel Rod Cannon at them. Yakima snuck up behind them and began shooting. Just when the humans realized they were being attacked, Sayim and Ilmaz ran out and fired even more. The humans were outnumbered and outgunned, and the grunt squad disposed of them quickly. Zaxax spit on their bodies as they walked by, then continued on, booking for another opportunity to punish the human scum.



Y'gar walked to the center of the field, waiting for Cregs orders. As a squad of Marines came after them, he began to speak. "Grend, you sneak up behind them for a surprise attack. The rest of you, come with me, and be ready for a fight." They charged, and engaged with the foolish Marines. Y'gar smiled as he saw the surprised look on the faces of the humans as Grend shot them down from behind. As the Sangheili neutralized the humans, Y'gar was hit several times by the humans, but his energy shields held off most of the damage. It hurt, but it was nothing too bad. Y'gar laughed as they walked by the bodies of the humans.

[kel]

"I think you have met Kag?" Kel asked Zuk who was on her left. She glanced between the two briefly before continuing. "We are a good distance away from camp, and I haven't seen any signs of our forces out here. Zuk, how far did you run?" Kel inquired. She hoped to have a good idea of her surroundings before they could hope to formulate a strategy.

[theforgotten]

"I think you have met Kag?"

Zuk nods lightly in Kag's direction when he turns to Kel again.

"We are a good distance away from camp, and I haven't seen any signs of our forces out here. Zuk, how far did you run?"

He looks around at his surroundings going over in his head. "Somewhere between two hundred miles and two fifty.." He replies still in a bit of thought, he looks back over to Kag tilting his head then looks around as if they were being watched. "Where did you come from?" He asks Kag calming down a bit.

[Wax™]

Flight Captain Michelle Rodriguez
Scorpion Squadron - STINGER 1
En:Route to GREENLAND

"This is Navy Lieutenant Jack O'Reilly to all friendly air forces. Request you move to Greenland at high speed. Covenant are close to breaching the perimeter, Over."

That is all Michelle heard over the helmet COM's that followed by some marine by the name of Sergeant Bowers screaming for reinforcements over the ground COM, Michelle was sure to keep both channels open so as to hear all sorts of updates, Michelle had handed the flight controls to his co-pilot Michael who was seated behind her, Michelle pressed a couple of buttons and used her HUD to patch in a COM's link to Lieutenant Jack O'Reilly.

"Lieutenant O'Reilly, this is Flight Captain Rodriguez copy your last, be advised once you finish your drop off I urge to to turn back and help other air forces in the attack"

Michelle switched off the channel and pressed a button taking the controls back from Michael, she then saw a blue blip flash on her HUD indicating Michael understood, Michelle then banked left and urged the Pelican which was armed with many 50. Bullets and Missiles, towards GREENLAND, opening up a channel to ground forces.

"Be advised all ground forces in GREENLAND, STINGER 1 Is inbound, thirty seconds out, I will be available for close air support, call sign STINGER 1, Out"

Michelle then stopped and turned her head to looked at GREENLAND, She could see the flares of plasma and the mozzel flashes from automatic weapons, she then spoke aloud to Michael.

"Michael, prime HE Missiles under the right wing, and prepare to fire Fox one to four of eight... Copy?"

"Copy that"

"Roger, wait for my mark"

Michelle urged the Pelican further forward, they were now ten seconds from Greenland, below and forward she could see the battle raging on, she was at least fifty meters off the ground, a few seconds later they were now right over GREENLAND, And Michelle's HUD Picked up Covenant Targets, not too far from GREENLAND, she synced the chin-mounted AUTO Cannon on the nose of her Pelican and opened fire upon the Targets, hopefully tearing them to shreds. (That Crazy Alien, with your permission I would like to take out some of your Lance with that spray or all of it, you on the other hand can be lucky and don't need to get killed)

"Take that you little shits..." Michelle paused to haul the Pelican further back away from GREENLAND, she then targeted another set of Covenant half a mile or so from GREENLAND. "...Michael fire HE Missiles"

"Firing"

Michelle smirked and watched as the HE Missiles soared through the air towards the Covenant a few seconds later the exploded in the forest in a sort of square formation covering thirty or so square meters, the explosion hopefully taking out a good amount of Covenant in the blast if any.

"Alright, pulling back"

Michelle hauled back on the stick, the Pelican was taking small amount's of plasma fire, barely any though managing to hit the large atmospheric space and air craft, Michelle quickly dropped altitude and made it near impossible for the Covenant to hit them, being at such a low altitude now on the opposite side of GREENLAND by the Phase Lines.

[hollowsaber]

Outpost Greenland ONI-III SPECOPS Team Raptor

Out of the shadows three dark bodies emerged and the ONI soldiers brought up their battle rifles to bare. A sudden trio of bursts flickered as an entire group of Covenant moved forward, putting the group down quickly, except for the leading Elite. From the command building of the outpost, a muzzle flash peeped into the night. Not a second later; the low ranking Elite lost half of his face and dropped like a rock into the mud. The soldiers faded into the shadows again as another pair emerged from a building in the center of the base. They moved like ghosts, bolting silently through the small path between the buildings into a freshly occupied one where some reinforcements took cover.

"Sergeant Bowers, ONI Operative Landy. Hold the front door. Teams Oprah, Seltz and Jersey have secured all others. All buildings have been secured and snipers are hidden all over. Artillery is almost set and the 8492nd has got us covered. If you need a strike, switch to channel Delta-six-two. Callsign Conquest is the flight lead." The Operative gave Bowers a quick tap on his back then the two moved back into the shadows, firing a quick burst at a shimmer; dropping a cloaked Elite with ease.

"Good luck." The operatives then vanished from sight quickly as another plasma mortar crashed into the dirt nearby.

[z]

-Kag

"Two Fifty miles is much of an exaggeration.... Your sounding like an Unggoy now..." Kag stated with a cackle afterward.

"The Covenant Base is about twenty minutes that way..." Kag said, pointing behind him into the trees.

"If you are as fast as I am at least..."

[kel]

"Noting how fast your people run?" Kel let it hang, making her point. Though she agreed the distance was vastly exaggerated.

"Not many enemies are passing through here, but I have heard occasional fights starting and ending on the way here. We need to do something to help. Take out one of the human's ultras, or prophets, even an imp would be a good show of our skill now. Something to show we are helping in this battle." Kel nodded at her own words, though she seemed nervous. In truth, if it came to a fight, with the enemy closing in, she wanted to hide. She'd be opportunistic at a great distance, but at heart, she could be called cowardly. She yearned for the peaceful life before her drafting. She just had to tough this out, and make herself look good. That was the only way to earn her peace... The only way.

[Feel free to offer suggestions]

[theforgotten]

Zuk simply shrugs. "At least I don't run from battle like the children they are..Many people stretch the truth." Turning his attention away from the subject he goes into thought once more, before responding to Kel. "I remember seeing a large hill towards the northeast..it should a nice vantage point." He states. "Might have a nice view over one of the human outposts." He starts to think about the vantages of the area.

[Wax™]

Sergeant Jason Bowers
Alpha Company, Delta Destroyers
Defending GREENLAND from Covenant

"Sergeant Bowers, ONI Operative Landy. Hold the front door. Teams Oprah, Seltz and Jersey have secured all others. All buildings have been secured and snipers are hidden all over. Artillery is almost set and the 8492nd has got us covered. If you need a strike, switch to channel Delta-six-two. Callsign Conquest is the flight lead."

Bower was angry, ONI was here but there were the Marines, he turned his head to his team and nodded once, they then moved off to guard the other doors, Bowers then took aim with his M392 Designated Marksman Rifle and dropped three Grunt's closing in on an un-guarded part of the perimeter, he then dropped with the help of his Fireteam an Elite closing in on the main entrance of GREENLAND Where Fireteam Alpha and Bravo where set up with a M247H HMG each, Bowers sighed, ONI was here but where the fuck were the Marines, he then radioed into command

"HIGHCOM This is Sergeant Bowers, where are our Marine reinforcements, fucking ONI is here so where are our ground-pounders, we wont last anything over half an hour. Over"

Bowers shouldered his weapon and took up a position against a small window again, this window overlooking GREENLANDS main entrance, so he could keep an eye on his team, Bowers looked out the window and nodded as he saw his teams were still in place, a crackle then came over the radio.

"Sergeant... This is Winters, we are successful so far in keeping the Covenant back from GREENLAND, though we have incoming heavy weapon team's, Orders?"

Bowers stopped and thought for a moment, heavy weapons was going to be a problem, but it would not be a problem if the heavy weapons could not get close enough to shoot anything.

"Roger that Corporal, hold your position, we have just been informed that we have friendly snipers watching over the area, but but keep in mind anything that moves beyond your point MUST be considered hostile, just keep the suppression and keep them back, how are you on ammo, Over?"

"A-Okay on the ammo Sir, we have enough to last at least an hour of controlled bursts, Out"

Bowers smiled with a nod and turned his head to his team who were setting up and securing a door, they had already barricaded it with an overturned desk and some sand bag's that were left lying around, Bowers then squinted, past his Fireteam he could see stairs, stairs to a second improvised floor, perhaps this structure was meant to be a watch-tower.

"Team... Eye's on stairs?"

Bowers yelled out to his team a few seconds later he heard;

"Roger that Sir"

"Right... I am heading up to the second floor on over-watch, you five stay down here"
[/b]

Bowers pushed off the wall and ran over to the stairs, he climbed two small flight's to the second floor, this area was reinforce entirely of sand-bag's, Bowers moved over to an edge and looked over, he was able to see the whole west south-west end of GREENLAND Where the Covenant attack force was assaulting, Bowers shouldered his weapon and shot down a Jackal and two grunt's that were attempting to breach the perimeter with his DMR, before setting up.

"Winters I got you on over-watch, acknowledged?"

"Acknowledged Sir... Watch our backs."

[jack]

Lieutenant Jack O'Reilly
UNSC Navy
En route to Glasgow

"Lieutenant O'Reilly, this is Flight Captain Rodriguez copy your last, be advised once you finish your drop off I urge to to turn back and help other air forces in the attack"

"That was my intention, Captain. O'Reilly out."

Jack turned and headed for Glasgow, opening the Pelican's throttle wide. If all went well, he could be to the gates, drop off Farence, and be back before the ground-pounders even reached Greenland. He opened a COM channel to Farence.

"Farence, we've got an ETA of ten minutes. I'm going to drop you off at the city gates and haul ass back to Greenland. There should be assloads of Hogs at the gates--at least one should have the keys. Take it, get to a bird, and get back in the air."

[halo001]

Zaxax ran past the building, and into the trees. He could smell them. They were somewhere. Hiding. But he knew they were there. Eventually he came upon a small clearing where several bodies of Unggoy and humans lay on the ground. There were a few humans looking out in case someone attacked them, while several others tended to the wounded. This was going to be easier than Zaxax thought. "Yafiz, come right out and blast the center of the unwounded humans. Ilmaz, Kamsiz, Dapiz and Sayilm, you come with me and hit the stray guards. Yakilz and Mazaz, mop up any of the ones that have survived. And Zazap, you execute the wounded. Show no mercy. Go!" Zaxax and the four with him came out and hit the guards that weren't in a very large group. Yafiz hit the large groups with his Fuel Rod Cannon, killing some and sending the rest flying for cover. Yakilz and Mazaz hit the rest of them that lived through the rest of the Unggoy's assault decimating what survivors did not make it soon enough to cover, while Zazap shot the wounded. Zaxax then began to speak. "Good job everybody. You did a good job. Now let's go kill more of the pet-hmph!" Zaxax was shot from behind, wounding him, and then he hit the ground and rolled. The Unggoy had been ambushed! Zazap came running to Zaxax's aid, while the rest of the Unggoy shot at the invaders. A large group of them came running at the Unggoy, ducking from cover to cover. A green blast followed by a loud explosion hit the center of the humans, fresh from Yafiz's Fuel Rod Cannon, forcing them to retreat. They sent a volley of suppressive fire at the rest of them, then went to check Zaxax.

KARTOFFELFOGEL'S EDIT: Edited due to godmod and grammar. Humans are not dumb enough to go rushing in at an enemy artillery squad without cover, or all at once in tight bunches. I'm letting a few humans get away.

[kartoffelfogel]

Major Domo Legra 'Adantee

Legra let loose another screaming beam of plasma--yet another human fell down amidst the fray.

His lance followed him in the dust and destruction, and they while they were still charging forth for the glory of the Covenant, they were slowing. The immediate danger of the humans in front of them, and to either side, was beginning to force their steps to slow. Sprays of bullets drove them into cover, and they had to keep up an almost constant rain of suppressive fire.

Finally, a few determined rifle shots broke Legra's shield and drove a bullet into his helmet. The blast of the rifle sent him sprawling, dazed and confused. A sudden chorus of shouting, in both Human languages and Covenant ones, was followed by a rush of screeching bullets and plasma.

Legra struggled to a crouching position. His left hand went tentatively to his head. He felt no blood, and both the armor upon his head and his bones were strong...but he had a migraine to rival the greatest of alcoholic "faith binges."

He threw himself onto his feet, and cast his eyes around for the rest of his lance. Breek and Seroth were nowhere in sight... but he spotted Essa rushing toward him.

"Essa! Where are Breek and Seroth?"

"A fireteam of humans--we killed a few, and those leadheads charged in to finish them off. We were separated by that building's collapse." Essa answered, gesturing.

Essa was right--there was a veritable stone wall between him and the rest of his lance.

"We must try to get through--" Legra halted his command. He inhaled deeply. That was not the right decision. They would be picked off by snipers if they tried to ascend that ruin.

"No. We must gain a vantage point." He cast his eyes about his surroundings. "That hill! If we make it there, we may both pick off humans and seek out Seroth and Breek."

Essa nodded. "For the Covenant. Tooth and talon."

"Fang and claw."

OOC: Kel, Forgotten, how's about rendezvousing at the hill?

[kel]

"Sounds good." Kel nodded, and rose to her feet. "Let's get going then.

With swift steps, the female kig-yar led the other two on the beginnings of their path to their sniping destination.

[theforgotten]

Zuk nods a evil smirk coming to his face as he goes into the tree's in case of an ambush the three wouldn't all be taken out at once. Taking swift steps making sure he was in hearing radius of Kag and Kel and a good vantage point to see if any enemies are coming to give a heads up before hand. His avian head cranes low avoiding branches letting his speed keep pace with the two other Kig-Yar.

[kartoffelfogel]

Major Domo 'Legra Adantee

Legra and Essa struggled up through the undergrowth that clothed the hill. Whipping their rifles from their backs, the settled within the small copse and focused their scopes on the city.

There were humans everywhere.

In vehicles, in the streets, in buildings, on hills, on walkways, and most alarmingly, there were counter-snipers perched up in watchtowers. A single shot from either of them and their little hill would be aflame with sniper fire.

There was no way two snipers could take on a city-full of trained human snipers. They needed reinforcements--and the longer that took, the likelier it would be that Breek and Seroth would be trapped.

Legra's hand went to his comm.

"All snipers or riflemen in the area! This is Major Domo Legra 'Adantee. We are gathered on a hill, upon which I am sending coordinates and a HUD beacon. Attend to your duty--assist us in disposing of the snipers in the area."

[thenether]

Ari sat against a rock, listening to radio chatter, he looked at Rufus "Sir, we have voices all over the place, requests for help from marines, most tell us to get to GREENLAND. What should we do?" Ari reported to Rufus
"Right, well looks like we will be over there" Rufus said "Hold up for a minute. Command, this is Sergeant Jones, we are hearing calls from GREENLAND, over."
"We read you five by five, move over there fast, the area needs securing, over."
"On it command, we'll be there before you know it, out." he turned to the rest of the squad "Well, move your lazy asses, lets go, lets go!"
the squad rushed to GREENLAND, sprinting.

[milostsamis]

Corporal Ryan Krum sat relaxed against the far wall of Bravo Team's apartment. The wall was directly beside a window that Ryan was staring out of calmly, deep in his thoughts. Although he seemed to have his guard down, he held a threatening MA5 assault rifle in his hands, with three grenades and a M6D magnum at his side. On his other hip, was his standard issue combat knife given to all UNSC marines.

The rest of Bravo Team was similarly situated around the room, doing different tasks. Michelle was reading a novel that she had bought during their not-so-service-leave service leave. Lenny was busy checking himself out in the mirror by the door, fixing himself so as to look nice if he were to meet any ladies while out around town. Jake sat on his bed, tuning into their radio as to hear as to what was going out there on the planet Albert.

He twisted the tuning knobs on the side of the radio, listening intently as he picked up music stations and talk shows. He stopped his constant tuning and listened into an order that was meant for all UNSC personnel within the range of the broadcast. “All soldiers are to move to Greenland as soon as possible. Terrain is to difficult for vehicles, move on foot and fast. General not happy.”

"Ryan, looks like we've got some action at Greenland. Covenant. Looks like their giving them some trouble and need the entire task force moving into position to counter the attack." Jake reported, setting the radio back into his supply bag. "Shall we move immediately?"

Ryan forced himself to stand, his knees protesting due to how long he had been sitting like that. "'Bout damn time we got some action. Lenny, stop playing grab ass with yourself and get ready. Michelle, time to put the book down. It's time we show these Covies that we don't appreciate them invading our peaceful planet." Ryan said, looking at each of the marines under his command.

All three PFC's faces beamed back at him as they stood at attention, ready to follow Ryan anywhere, even their deaths. "Let's move Bravo Team, Greenland needs our help!" The small four man fire team opened the door of their apartment, and hitched a ride on a warthog to get themselves to the city gates as fast as possible. As they came up on the gates, Ryan slowed the 'Hog until it stopped. "It's on foot from here, team. I hope you got your running shoes, because it's going to be a bit of a run from here."

The four marines hopped out of the vehicle and began their quick trot towards Greenland, mixed feelings going on through their head about what was about to happen.

[hollowsaber]

Part One has ended... please direct your attention to Part Two.