CHAPTER 1
I woke up with a pounding pain on my chest. The pelican must have hit some branch or something. As i got up I saw something hanging over the opening at the back of the rubble that was once a pelican. Strange, looks like an octopus arm. As i went up to touch the tentacle it moved. Oh god! I've heard stories of this. I felt a hand go over my shoulder.
"woooooh!" I yelled.
"calm down, god whats gotten you so jumpy?" It was Sarah, the 2nd division captain, we were on recon with her group when the pelican went down. Sarah was the kind of girl whose beauty seemed to distract you, making the battlefield awfully hard to live on.
"hellooooo, sargeant wants to see you. He made camp with Royce and Briggs." Sarah said while shaking a gloved hand in my face.
"O.K. thanks." I replied while watching her lips move, half-listening to what she was saying. Sgt.mason hates making camp, and me. This has got to be urgent. As i walked by the pelicans destroyed cockpit i heard the radio.
"This is Echo5, were searching the Manhatten subways, still no sign of- WAIT.... WHAT IS THAT! Get down men, open fire. Oh! Crap, its everywhere. Run, the infection is spreading." Just then a deep voice came over the screams.
" Humans take heave, this is Shadow of Intent, Elite carrier ships get down on that island. Send the scarabs to destroy the bridges."
I stood stunned as this news went through my mind. Lord Hood said the flood was just at the statue of liberty, how did they get across the ocean. And if the elites are here then that means its too serious for me to be any help.
"Hey, Davis, god damnit. Your more trouble than your worth, were headin to the surface. Briggs go get Chase and the rest of 2nd division." Yelled the seargent.
The manhole opened up, the air was immediatly filled with screams and the sound of phantoms flying through the air. A scarab blast went off in the distance.
"This is it, boys there may be some flood around. Just open fire on whatever has tentacles." Sarah yelled over the scared civilians.
AAAAAH MAN! Im in an actual battle, is this what my dad went through. And why is Sarah looking at me like that, does she have the same feelings for me that i have for her. NO... get out of it Davis, your a soldier like your father.
" Johnson, load your frickin gun." Seargent yelled at me while i threw the shells into the shotgun. Just as we were stepping out into the city an infection form jumped on Chases face.
CHAPTER 2
All the people in the platoon were firing, shells were striking my face and searing my cheeks. the flood were surrounding us but the AR rounds easily took them out. A phantom flew over us and the pieces of mutated flesh were swepped away.
" Well, now that we know what we're up against we know where to go. We need to move north towards that scarab. The elites will be the safest place to be." Said Sgt. Mason as he walked towards Wall St. In the distance ythe rumble of scorpion tanks started.
"If we stay on the main roads theres a better chance well be safe, warthogs and scorpions will have secured those areas."Sarah said as she followed seargent. What does she see in that jerk. Hes just a lonely *** that cheats on his wives. Then theres me, a nice, polite guy that can keep a woman happy. My thoughts were stopped when a flood tank form started coming across the road towards us. Every soldier started opening fire.
" That thing aint going down, maybe grenades." I yelled and just as i was reaching for my lucky pouch a warthog ran over the flood.
"WOOOHOOOO, did you boys see that!" screamed a soldier in the passenger seat of the warthog. He was dressed in ODST armor.Crap, the last thing we need are helljumpers in here. The warthog drove away as fast as it had shown up. The cheers of the helljumpers rang through the air even after they left. Cocky SOBS, dont know when to quick being fools. A pelican flew low over the street in front of them and dropped off a scorpion tank which was quickly filled with marines.
"We better get out of here." Yelled the marine standing by my side, I think his name is Mcgregor, one of chases closest friends, he looks really sad about chases mutation.
"Ya lets head into that building, their dropping off some elites, maybe we can get a ride." I yelled over the hail that was dropping out of the sky.
"Well its better than nothing, i geuss well go with nimrods idea." Said Mason as he walked towards the door of a building that was only two storys, then just rubble that was the other 27. As we went up the stairs we saw three elites getting out of a phantom.
"Think we can borrow a ride to the bridges your destroying, you probably need some backup." Said Sarah, in a scared voice. The elites quickly looked her over and a Zealot walked up and slowly nodded his head. HUH? Apparently their not as mean as mom always told me. Their letting us fight alongside them. Wait those phantoms, they could have gotten across the ocean, possibly the elites mistakenly let the infestation to this island. Then they could have felt guilty about causing this and... and now they've come to help us secure the flood. In this fit of newfound anger I looked up and scowled at the zealot as we walked into the phantom.
The captain of the ship started whispering to Mason as I sat down. I only picked up the last few words but from what I learned apparently the flood came in through a naval ship that stopped at japan. I knew they were hit with some unknown spread of different viruses, so a naval mechanic was picking up a box from the shipyards. But when he opened it out popped a swarm of infection forms. They quickly engulfed the entire crew. Eventually they made a brain form, stopped at the statue of liberty, infested that area, took over 13 more naval ships, and soon had a fleet of ships that all landed at Manhatten. Well i guess i cant hate the elites anymore but i sure dont like the water-navy anymore.
When the phantom landed i didnt expect us to land on the scarab, but thats what happened.
"Well need these." Said sarah as she pulled out four sniper rifles.
CHAPTER 3
This is crazy, if my sentinals keep getting destroyed we'll never get this mission done.
"Sir, active thrusters are down. We may land off target." Said a sentinel that was shooting blue beams at a screen on the wall. A moniter entered the room, its light in the center of its machinework was yellow.
"Penitent, as your stationary advisor I request that you send your fleets to take out those scarabs." The moniter was looking all over the room in a frenzied terror.
"Didget, i understand your worry but i am commander in chief of the Forerunner army, I know that this ship cant possibly be harmed. Did you prepare E-2, so that we can land Peak of Resistance on her." I said as I walked to the dash.
"Sir, the infection is spreading. Soon E-2 will be lost, and what will you do next. I am your guide, YOUR only guide." Screamed Didget as he floated closer to the dash.
"Sir, entering vicinity of the island."Said the same sentinal as he issued a red beam.
"Didget prepare the armies, I want every sentinal pod i have producing at top velocity." I yelled over the crash of plasma hitting the Peak of Resistance. A sound of ground opening up issued and soon the Statue of Liberty was gone. In its place was a gaping hole with metal lining the sides.
"Here we go again, shipboard control. Activate." And just as the words left Didgets audio reciever, a swarm of sentinals came out of holes on the sides of the Peak of Destruction.
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