This is part 1 of a probable 5 part story, they will all be in this thread though.
"Where are we?" private Alex asked. " Anyone there?"
"What happened?' asked Lt. Kate
"I don't know, but I do know that we aren't on that ring-shaped world. We must be on some unknown moon." Colonel Jake replied. "We must have been hit by a covenant ship's fire when we were halfway to that Ring-world."
A group of Pelican and Albatrosses on their way way to the ring world, called Halo, but they were shot and they were sent flying towards a moon. They crash landed on an unknown moon, and they all blacked out on impact. They woke up some several hours later and realized that they were not on Halo. But they could see it quite clearly, it was very close to the moon, but there was no way to get there because thier ships were severely damaged in the crashes. A They decide to try and call the Pillar of Autumn for evac.
"Colonel Jake to Pillar of Autumn, We need imediate Evac. I repeat, we require imediate evac." Jake said.
All he received for an answer was static. "I can't reach Them!!" he yelled, frustrated.
"We still have 1 pelican left Captain!, We managed to land her safely, with only a couple of minor problems.The warthog on the back isn't damaged!" Sgt. Jim said excitedly.
"Then lets get on that peilican and get the hell out of hear." Alex suggested happily.
"We can't because there are far too many of us to fit on just 1 pelican, and we leave no man behind." Jake replied."We're going to have to salvage what reains of the other pelicans and albatrosses. We will use the parts to fix a couple of them so that we can get out of here. If there are any other vehicles that can be saved, or fixed easily, then fix them." Jake ordered.
"We have 3 functioning warthogs Colonel! All 3 are Laags, we also have 1 mongoose, and We are reapairing a troop warthog, it will be ready in about 1 hour." Engineer Riggs explained.
"Good! Then we will break up into groups and search for anything that can help us on this barren rock." Jake replied.
2 hours later, 5 search parties, each consisting of 10 men went out into the barren wasteland searching for anything. 10 men were left behind to guard their camp.
"What the hell is that Major Roland?" Corprol Chloe asked.
"It looks like somesort of town or city. But what is a city doing on this moon?" Roland answered shocked. "We detected no signs of life anywhere near here other than the covenant, and if there was, the covenants scanners would have picked them up the and investigated. Unless the inhabitants are long dead, but they palce looks extremely well cared for."
"Should we radio the other search parties, and tell them to meet us here?" Sgt. Maddie asked.
"Yes, tell them to be here as soon as possible, and tell search party 3 to report back to camp and tell hem about this city. We have to investigate it and see if there is anything that we can use there. Tell search party 3 to report here with everyone and everything possible, especially the functioning pelicans and our ammo." Roland ordered her.
Inside the city a silent alarm was sounding, the inhabitants awoke. They see the marines at the crest of the hill 10 miles away. They prepare silently and swiftly.
"This is Jake of search party 3, reporting that we have all the ammo, equipment, and personnel prepared for departure, we will arrive in less than 3 1/2 hours, over and out." Jake radioed to Roland.
"Ok. How will we move all of the semi-functioning pelicans?'" Jake aked Sgt. Jim.
"We can attack cables o the working one and have them carrie some of the semi-functioning ones, and the semi's that can fly and land, but can't do much else, we'll fly them too." Jim replied.
"Then lets get to work, and move out!" Jake ordered
En route to Halo, A large group of Phantoms and covenant boarding craft received a distress call from an unknown moon. They realize that the signal is human and decide to go there to slaughter them.
"What will we do Commander Shorl?" the Grunts, and Jackals inquired on the leading phantom of that brigade.
"We will go to the distress signal and slaughter the human scum there!!!" Shorl replie loudly, encouraging his troops.
"Tell the others to follow us to the distress beacon. They must activate their active camoflauge within 150 leagues of the distress signal or risk giving our advantage of secrecy away."Shorl continued.
So, the small brigade of Covenant ships flew towards the signal, but they realize that the signal is coming from Govent, a hidden moon that is known only to the best Elites, it is hidden by a strange energy field-like gas cover. It is conatsntly moving around Halo, so it was rarely ever seen, and barely known about. They didn't see it until they were only 5 miles from its atmosphere. They arrived to the origin of the distress signal 1 hour after the humans were within 1 mile of the city.
"Where are They?!?!" Koalt roared, he was the leading Hunter.
"They aren't any where near here!" the leading Gunt and Jackal, Doalnt and Fayvn yelled in unison.
"Calm down, or the Prophets will have your heads!" rored Shorl, leader of the Elites and of this brigade. "They couldn't have gone far, have our banshees scout everywhere within a 15 mile radius of these crashed ships." he ordered one of his Elite officers.
"Yes Commander Shorl!" he answered. He sent the banshee on their scouting within 15 minutes.
The humans on the other hand found an entrance large enough for 20 pelicans to fit in at one time. They were all inside the city within minutes.
"Is there a power plant any where, so that we won't have to use our flashlights?" maddie asked.
"There has to be one, there is no possible way that anyone could build and live in this city without power." The General answered. " We'll first have to find a map of the city."
That is the end of Part 1. Please comment.